<![CDATA[👈 Boop!]]>👈 Boop! Photo of me booping a giant bucket wheel excavator right on the bucket-snoot.

The scale of these machines is mind-blowing! A mechanical monster that once tore through the Earth strip mining coal.

This monster is long dead, its rusting hulk retired and put out to pasture.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/topic/7f53b09a-8333-4d82-8b9d-2bb3c9acda05/boopRSS for NodeSat, 02 May 2026 18:17:02 GMTSun, 26 Apr 2026 13:10:39 GMT60<![CDATA[Reply to 👈 Boop! on Mon, 27 Apr 2026 06:23:27 GMT]]>@JohanEmpa @ObsidianUrbex I don't think this one is the 288, though. It seems too smalll, and the buckets count doesn't match.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://gotosocial.jkbockstael.be/users/jkb/statuses/01KQ6SPT64DDMVB334D5ANXAA1https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://gotosocial.jkbockstael.be/users/jkb/statuses/01KQ6SPT64DDMVB334D5ANXAA1Mon, 27 Apr 2026 06:23:27 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to 👈 Boop! on Sun, 26 Apr 2026 22:35:53 GMT]]>@ObsidianUrbex

The machine booping back will not end well

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.ie/users/janwwbosch/statuses/116473394182179500https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.ie/users/janwwbosch/statuses/116473394182179500Sun, 26 Apr 2026 22:35:53 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to 👈 Boop! on Sun, 26 Apr 2026 20:09:33 GMT]]>@ObsidianUrbex This atmosphere is familiar. Look around for robo-dinos and a red-haired person.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.online/users/neilvandyke/statuses/116472818762635688https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.online/users/neilvandyke/statuses/116472818762635688Sun, 26 Apr 2026 20:09:33 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to 👈 Boop! on Sun, 26 Apr 2026 19:57:35 GMT]]>@ObsidianUrbex
I am absolutely fascinated by these things.
Environmentally horrible in every way, but utterly compelling.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://cupoftea.social/users/MikeFromLFE/statuses/116472771725414291https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://cupoftea.social/users/MikeFromLFE/statuses/116472771725414291Sun, 26 Apr 2026 19:57:35 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to 👈 Boop! on Sun, 26 Apr 2026 19:47:22 GMT]]>@ObsidianUrbex

Nothing says the "efficiency of capitalism" like a 10,000ton steel machine quietly rusting away in the wilderness....

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/ap/users/115736792646413589/statuses/116472731582398185https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/ap/users/115736792646413589/statuses/116472731582398185Sun, 26 Apr 2026 19:47:22 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to 👈 Boop! on Sun, 26 Apr 2026 19:03:16 GMT]]>@ObsidianUrbex Looks cool and would be fun to photograph, but that much metal should be recycled.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mstdn.social/users/timokytta/statuses/116472558138399120https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mstdn.social/users/timokytta/statuses/116472558138399120Sun, 26 Apr 2026 19:03:16 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to 👈 Boop! on Sun, 26 Apr 2026 18:56:00 GMT]]>@ObsidianUrbex
Sure looks like a Star Wars doodad war machine.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://beige.party/users/bkahn/statuses/116472529558205968https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://beige.party/users/bkahn/statuses/116472529558205968Sun, 26 Apr 2026 18:56:00 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to 👈 Boop! on Sun, 26 Apr 2026 17:56:25 GMT]]>@ObsidianUrbex
A bucket-snoot boop! I love it!!

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/users/MyYeeHaa/statuses/116472295266846847https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/users/MyYeeHaa/statuses/116472295266846847Sun, 26 Apr 2026 17:56:25 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to 👈 Boop! on Sun, 26 Apr 2026 17:52:45 GMT]]>@ObsidianUrbex https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=azEvfD4C6ow

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/users/Felila/statuses/116472280866164972https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/users/Felila/statuses/116472280866164972Sun, 26 Apr 2026 17:52:45 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to 👈 Boop! on Sun, 26 Apr 2026 17:49:22 GMT]]>@ObsidianUrbex [Sings the Bagger 288 song]

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mstdn.social/users/UnionJackal/statuses/116472267545408976https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mstdn.social/users/UnionJackal/statuses/116472267545408976Sun, 26 Apr 2026 17:49:22 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to 👈 Boop! on Sun, 26 Apr 2026 15:51:58 GMT]]>@ObsidianUrbex
reminds me of an SF:
"The Grain Kings" by Keith Roberts © 1976.
It has a not-as-good cover of a giant combine harvester.
Paperback on the shelf behind me,

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.ie/users/raymaccarthy/statuses/116471805904391015https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.ie/users/raymaccarthy/statuses/116471805904391015Sun, 26 Apr 2026 15:51:58 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to 👈 Boop! on Sun, 26 Apr 2026 15:39:45 GMT]]>@ObsidianUrbex it could have a new life if repurposed as a cat cafe

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/users/lobsterofrevenge/statuses/116471757871170967https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/users/lobsterofrevenge/statuses/116471757871170967Sun, 26 Apr 2026 15:39:45 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to 👈 Boop! on Sun, 26 Apr 2026 15:25:25 GMT]]>@ObsidianUrbex love the fact that plants are growing around it.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/users/renardboy/statuses/116471701527289116https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/users/renardboy/statuses/116471701527289116Sun, 26 Apr 2026 15:25:25 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to 👈 Boop! on Sun, 26 Apr 2026 15:15:47 GMT]]>@ObsidianUrbex https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=azEvfD4C6ow

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://masto.nyc/users/draken/statuses/116471663652369993https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://masto.nyc/users/draken/statuses/116471663652369993Sun, 26 Apr 2026 15:15:47 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to 👈 Boop! on Sun, 26 Apr 2026 14:57:21 GMT]]>@ObsidianUrbex Sadly, others of these monsters are still digging up more carbon every day. I took this video in February of this year.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/users/lenzgr/statuses/116471591148344271https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/users/lenzgr/statuses/116471591148344271Sun, 26 Apr 2026 14:57:21 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to 👈 Boop! on Sun, 26 Apr 2026 14:46:41 GMT]]>@ObsidianUrbex Looks like you've been booping a very famous machine there 😮 Have you seen the music video 'Bagger 288!' from Rathergood?

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.green/users/JohanEmpa/statuses/116471549200691830https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.green/users/JohanEmpa/statuses/116471549200691830Sun, 26 Apr 2026 14:46:41 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to 👈 Boop! on Sun, 26 Apr 2026 14:20:49 GMT]]>@ObsidianUrbex
All these companies leave their shit behind and are not held accountable.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://social.vivaldi.net/users/hipsauerkraut/statuses/116471447547332747https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://social.vivaldi.net/users/hipsauerkraut/statuses/116471447547332747Sun, 26 Apr 2026 14:20:49 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to 👈 Boop! on Sun, 26 Apr 2026 14:06:29 GMT]]>@ObsidianUrbex the human is so small!

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/users/knowprose/statuses/116471391151670747https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/users/knowprose/statuses/116471391151670747Sun, 26 Apr 2026 14:06:29 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to 👈 Boop! on Sun, 26 Apr 2026 13:22:56 GMT]]>@ObsidianUrbex Such a cool image. Shows the scale of that machine.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://icosahedron.website/users/Dozer/statuses/116471219926054219https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://icosahedron.website/users/Dozer/statuses/116471219926054219Sun, 26 Apr 2026 13:22:56 GMT