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Imaging the night sky before light pollution makes that impossible. Retired PhD. DC expat hiding in the Blue Ridge foothills. Pro-Democracy. Pro-Science. Pro-Truth.
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NEW: “The survey, released Friday, showed that US consumer sentiment declined in February for the second consecutive month, according to a final reading, down by a steep 10% from January. That was double the decline initially reported earlier this month.” www.cnn.com/2025/02/21/e...

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Trouble is brewing within the GOP per Politico Playbook… Very interestingly, the video mentioned at the end of the first screenshot is apparently being censored on Xchan (see second screenshot) 🤔 www.politico.com/newsletters/...

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New polling from CNN: “A majority feel the president isn’t doing enough to address the high prices of everyday goods. And 52% say he’s gone too far in using his presidential power, with similar majorities wary of his push to shutter federal agencies and elevate Musk” www.cnn.com/2025/02/20/p...

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NEW: “LONG LIVE THE KING!”

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Yes. Many people will die. And many people will not get vaccines so disease will spread.

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Yeah, I’ve been wondering the same thing…

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NEW: “Zel. admits that half of the money we sent him is "MISSING." He refuses to have Elections, is very low in Ukrainian Polls, and the only thing he was good at was playing Biden "like a fiddle." A Dictator without Elections, Zelenskyy better move fast or he is not going to have a Country left.”

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‘Asked if the European aviation sector was concerned about the X boss' new task to fix US air traffic management, Charlton said: “Yes, 100 percent. I think the word you're after is dumbstruck. I mean, they're freaking out. They're watching with slack-jawed amazement”’ www.politico.eu/article/euro...

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My daughter is a probationary fed and these stories are 100% true. She’d love to make a career of it, but these people are simply abusive. She’s actively seeking other work. I’m encouraging her to seek another country. Got nukes? I know a good, young nuclear engineer.

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Marco Rubles drives a hard bargain...for Russia.

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🤣🤣🥲

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Hmmm… Who benefits from gutting NASA? Anyone? Anyone? Bueller? 🤔

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That’s it. I’m paying my taxes in rubles.

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‼️‼️ This is quite an analysis by a former Trump associate Eileen Workman. Was posted in Substack by George Evans. Do yourself a favor and read it all. I don’t know that I agree that a blowup is coming between Trump and others, but quite breathtaking to read 1/2

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Crozet Harris Teeter shooting update: Police believe the shooter (who had a rifle) began firing in the store parking lot, killing one (male) and wounding another (female), at which point a "good Samaritan" engaged the shooter with his own weapon and killed them. The investigation is ongoing.

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As long as we’re renaming things…

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Sure seems like it…

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Stone buttering up the evangelical NAR crazies 🙄

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“The Warrenton, Virginia, facility is considered a “nerve center” for the FAA, dictating plans for air traffic, space launches and monitoring for weather, among other crucial roles.“ Space launches, you say? 😑 www.politico.com/news/2025/02...

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“The DOGE people are coming in with absolutely no knowledge of what these departments are responsible for,” said Kimball, executive director of the Arms Control Association. “They don’t seem to realize that it’s actually the department of nuclear weapons...” apnews.com/article/nucl...

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The speech was “full of laughable hypocrisy, distorted portraits of European democracy and insensitivity to Europe’s trauma with fascism, but for what it said about the chasm in values between most in Europe and the Trump administration, it was hard to overlook.” www.theguardian.com/world/2025/f...

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Severance is a great show. Reality, not dystopian SciFi. Captures what it’s like to work in a SCIF. 😱

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If SCOTUS sides with Trump, it’ll be because they were installed to do precisely that, not because Trump won a fight…

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“Who controls the past controls the future: who controls the present controls the past”

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And if dems had any game at all they’d be highlighting that at every turn.

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PSA: This is fake news. Nancy Mace has never gone six hours without being in front of a camera.

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There are already a lot of people who voted for Trump who regret doing so. And there will soon be many more. And my only question to them is the one important takeaway from any regret in life: did you learn anything? The folks who persuaded you he wasn’t gonna do Project 2025? Still listen to them?

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The Dragon's Egg is a southern hemisphere nebula flying about 3900 light-years away -- right next door. The star in the middle is causing all the ruckus, ionizing hydrogen (red stuff) and oxygen (blue stuff). I processed this using data from a CDK20 scope in Chile. #astrophotography

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You can almost hear him cackling with glee 😣

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Folks: I am NOT affiliated with the group that is using my name to support an economic boycott. Please spread this post, if you would.

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