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Retired 30-year IT guy (at two large public universities). Living my best life with two cats, family, and friends. Yes, I took these eclipse photos. #Wisconsin #Astronomy #Cosmology #Hiking #Music #Opera #Cats #LiberalAF #Photography
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The Dodgers announce they are donating $1 million toward direct financial assistance for families of immigrants impacted by recent events in the region, with more announcements to come.

"What's happening in Los Angeles has reverberated among thousands upon thousands of people, and we have heard the calls for us to take a leading role on behalf of those affected." - Stan Kasten

Game 76- June 20, 2025 Milwaukee Brewers (40-35) at Minnesota Twins (37-37) Target Field RF Frelick CF Chourio DH Yelich C Contreras 2B Turang 1B Hoskins LF Collins 3B Durbin SS Ortiz P Misiorowski BENCH: Cameron, Monasterio, Haase, Bauers #Brewers #ThisIsMyCrew #RunItBack

Love it when seasoned broadcasters who've seen a few terrific pitchers in their day get giddy watching a newly called up young pitcher. Le Miz apparently, as of the bottom of the 1st, has the stuff he had in his debut. #Brewers

Provus!!! I've been in Madison long enough to have heard Pat Hughes, Cory Provus, Joe Block all in the booth with Uecker before they left for their current jobs. Love these chances to hear them in the booth for the pregame talking about their time with him. #Brewers

ICE agents are facing a 413% increase in violence against them. Imagine being the devil incarnate and people not liking you.

It's Murderbot Day for all who celebrate: www.youtube.com/watch?v=4sq_...

Here are photos of the three newest Wisconet stations: Flambeau, Hunter, and Bayfield.

You know what I miss at protests now? Singing. We need to teach the kids their Woody Guthrie and Pete Seeger

Register for the popular online Gardening for Pollinators course by June 30, 2025! 🪴 Jaret Daniels and colleagues created this self-paced class with topics like: 🦋 Bee and butterfly diversity, ID & biology 🌻 Garden design 🌺 Florida plant selection 🌼 Info: www.floridamuseum.ufl.edu/events/blog/...

The June #solstice marks the year’s northernmost sunset and sunrise. It brings the year’s longest period of daylight to the Northern Hemisphere (least daylight in the Southern Hemisphere). But it doesn’t bring the earliest sunrise. Read more at: buff.ly/WraI60W 📸 Marcella Giulia Pace.

I've posted this before, but when I keep reading about ICE's gestapo tactics in LA and elsewhere, and how they are obviously intended to say "fuck you, we own this place" to local citizens and authorities, I think of Sam Houston's warning to TX secessionists about their swaggering overconfidence:

I don't know who needs to hear this but I wrote a book about why we hate some animals so very, very much. And also why we LOVE some animals...even when they cause some of the same problems as the animals we love to hate! Anyway it's on sale. www.harpercollins.com/products/pes...

You kidnap mothers on the street and leave their young children alone and crying. You think this is funny. God wants to know, how dare you call yourselves Christians?

It's Friday morning and THE FOLDED SKY is out all over the English-speaking world! books2read.com/u/mBB0QZ?for...

The #SummerSolstice in the Northern Hemisphere is today, Friday, June 20, 2025, at 7:41 pm Pacific Time. It’s the longest day and shortest night of the year, and is considered the official beginning of summer. 🧪 🔭

With my cracked governor there was nothing to stop me, but not letting anybody, especially the people who held my contract, know that I was a free agent was kind of important.

Modern strawberries are a hybrid between two wild species that were intentionally crossed 300 years ago. But the history of strawberries stretches back much further than that and is a lot more complicated. 🍓 Story: www.floridamuseum.ufl.edu/science/uf-s... 🍓 Study: www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...

Yay! Recliner snuggles!

Just got a large glossy anti-Zohran flyer in the mail from “Fix the City, Inc.” Top three donors are Mike Bloomberg, Doordash, and Will iam Ack man. Message: “Less safe. Too radical.” 🙄

Name these #waves ... Andrea van de Loo took this pic on a solstice morning: “We were standing on the cliff near Davenport. When the sun rose, it illuminated the spray of the incoming surf. One of us knew the phenomenon was referred to as ‘galloping horses.’ It was magical.” Thanks, Andrea.

An analysis in Communications Earth & Environment shows that new forests larger than the land area of North America would need to be planted to offset the potential carbon dioxide emissions from the fossil fuel reserves currently held by the world’s 200 largest fossil fuels companies. 🧪

🧪 Jake Scott and Stanford colleagues have compiled over 270 randomized controlled trials for licensed vaccines. This spreadsheet provides crucial evidence on vaccine safety and efficacy, aiming to counter misinformation. #MedSky 🛟

Hey ⚒️🪐🔭🧪 nerds! I'm trying to figure out how much energy was released in the moon-forming impact. But I'm having trouble finding a straightforward number. Who among you has a good source for the scale of the moon kaboom?

Does anybody can help me identify what I'm seeing here? 🤔 Seems like something deeply weathered. 🧪

Exciting update! Data from #CopernicusAtmosphere is now part of the @unep.org's IMEO @methanedata.bsky.social ta. The integration offers enhanced insights into methane emissions through TROPOMI on Sentinel-5P, helping monitor global methane emissions. methanedata.unep.org/map?mars=&co...

We're delighted to see our former president Professor Dame Jocelyn Bell Burnell recognised alongside three other @royalastrosoc.bsky.social Fellows in the King's Birthday Honours. Read more here: ras.ac.uk/news-and-pre...

Why is this quiet corner of the Scottish countryside a hub of global importance? 🧭 BBC Landward visited Eskdalemuir Observatory to explore its role in space weather forecasting, and how it helps protect tech like GPS and the power grid. 📺 Watch from 5m 15s: www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/epis...

LA RESIDENT: “The cruelty is staggering. People are hiding in their homes from the federal government like Anne Frank. If you’re a Christian and you’re still supporting this you’ve lost your mind. You’re not gonna get a job because of what they’re doing. Absolute brutality.”

Every one of these petty, ideologically driven visa denials is an assault on *our* freedom of association, our right to hear, and our ability to learn about the world around us. They are meant to make us stupider, more susceptible to manipulation, and less free. www.nytimes.com/2025/06/19/w...