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Trying to take better photos. Astro, landscape, nature. https://sites.google.com/view/galleries-chrisbecke/home
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The @planetarysociety.bsky.social makes it super easy to send letters to your congresspeople urging them to support NASA science during these trying times. If you believe in the power of science to transform the world for the better, please consider doing this.

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The Roads Both Taken xkcd.com/3076

submitted 22 hours ago • 69 comments

An astronomy professor colleague of mine once relayed trying to explain to his students why it was important that they actually write their class reports themselves. “The point is not to teach ME about neutron stars,” he said.

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Tuesday morning’s #TenMinMerlin introduces the Gray Catbird.

submitted 1 day ago • 1 comment

22° halo visible in Williamsburg VA just now

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So it turns out the Republicans didn't have to stack the Supreme Court. They can just ignore it.

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The administration has removed an image of actual disabled people from ada.gov and replaced them with a stock photo of a flag

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If it were tRump who had repeatedly said A1 instead of AI, all his followers would then do the same, any news outlet that refused to now call it A1 would be banned from White House press briefings, and any university that refused to change to calling it A1 would lose grant funding.

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Monday morning’s #TenMinMerlin caught three different woodpeckers!

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So… when they rebooted Doctor Who in 2005, I decided I couldn’t watch until I saw all the previous (available) episodes in order, starting in 1963. I just saw my favorite episode of all. S9 (of the reboot), Ep11 Heaven Sent, with Peter Capaldi. Brilliant.

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Trump And AG Pam Bondi Go Silent After Arsonist Sets Fire To Gov. Josh Shapiro's Residence Trump and his AG Pam Bondi claim that vandalizing a Tesla is domestic terrorism, but an arsonist setting fire to the Pennsylvania governor's residence gets no response. www.politicususa.com/p/trump-and-...

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Granddaughter sleeping in my arms

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Sunday morning #TenMinMerlin

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There’s a Mercedes ad that’s been running during The Masters. At the end of the ad, the moon appears in the sky, and it didn’t look right. I zoomed in on the moon and also grabbed a photo I took just the other day. How many issues can you find? (I bet @philplait.bsky.social would have an opinion)

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The guy who said Biden was withholding FEMA funds from North Carolina withholds FEMA funds from North Carolina

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Some personal news: the Department of Homeland Security has given me, an immigration lawyer born in Newton, Massachusetts, seven days to leave the U.S. Does anyone know if you can get Italian citizenship through great-grandparents?

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Lots of familiar friends in today’s #TenMinMerlin capture

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Underappreciated, I think.

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The American Astronomical Society — the largest organization of professional astronomers in the country — has put out a statment about Trump's proposed fatal cuts to NASA science. aas.org/press/aas-st...

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"Days ago, the Administration’s nominee to lead NASA called for a “new golden age of science and discovery” at the agency. The proposed budget from within the White House — which cuts NASA science by 47% — would plunge NASA into a dark age instead." www.planetary.org/press-releas...

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reposting with a link to a non-paywalled site with similar info: arstechnica.com/space/2025/0...

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