Andrew Pickett
@andrewctenor.bsky.social
Trying to figure out how to combine my loves for baroque music and hiking
Pluto was discovered at the Lowell Observatory.
Flagstaff’s Lowell Observatory plans to cut nearly all its research funding and reduce the number of paid science staff to just two positions next year.
Lowell Observatory slashes research funding in the midst of financial struggle
Flagstaff’s Lowell Observatory plans to cut nearly all its research funding and reduce the number of paid science staff to just two positions next year.
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November 11, 2025 at 1:16 AM
Pluto was discovered at the Lowell Observatory.
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On this day in 1918, the Western Union Cable Office in North Sydney, Nova Scotia received a top-secret coded message from Europe stating that all fighting would cease on Nov. 11, 1918 at 11 a.m. The news leaked, and an impromptu parade and celebration was held in the community.
November 10, 2025 at 3:44 PM
On this day in 1918, the Western Union Cable Office in North Sydney, Nova Scotia received a top-secret coded message from Europe stating that all fighting would cease on Nov. 11, 1918 at 11 a.m. The news leaked, and an impromptu parade and celebration was held in the community.
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Solar’s price drop is astonishing: panels are now 98% cheaper than when I first analyzed them in 2004.
Today, building a fence with solar can be cheaper than using wood.
Today, building a fence with solar can be cheaper than using wood.
November 10, 2025 at 8:10 AM
Solar’s price drop is astonishing: panels are now 98% cheaper than when I first analyzed them in 2004.
Today, building a fence with solar can be cheaper than using wood.
Today, building a fence with solar can be cheaper than using wood.
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The bumper says 'rugged working man'.
But the cargo bed says ‘cosplay builder with soft hands’.
Time to ban these fragile-man-mobiles from our cities.
But the cargo bed says ‘cosplay builder with soft hands’.
Time to ban these fragile-man-mobiles from our cities.
November 9, 2025 at 9:35 AM
The bumper says 'rugged working man'.
But the cargo bed says ‘cosplay builder with soft hands’.
Time to ban these fragile-man-mobiles from our cities.
But the cargo bed says ‘cosplay builder with soft hands’.
Time to ban these fragile-man-mobiles from our cities.
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Anyway Jesus hung out with sex workers, although admittedly not online
November 9, 2025 at 12:20 AM
Anyway Jesus hung out with sex workers, although admittedly not online
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I’m going to go ahead and chalk up “he won’t take Kevin O’Leary’s calls” as further evidence of Mamdani’s good judgment and character.
Canadian multimillionaire and Shark Tank guy Kevin O'Leary went on TV to say he's upset Zohran won't talk to him: "I and others who invest in real estate have tried to get a meeting to figure out what's rhetoric and what's policy. So far for me it's been crickets."
November 8, 2025 at 2:39 AM
I’m going to go ahead and chalk up “he won’t take Kevin O’Leary’s calls” as further evidence of Mamdani’s good judgment and character.
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You know, it’s not like I’m half-assing this, I am actually trying my best despite the fuck-ups.
November 7, 2025 at 4:50 PM
You know, it’s not like I’m half-assing this, I am actually trying my best despite the fuck-ups.
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Response from The Canadian Parks and Wilderness Society:
November 7, 2025 at 11:25 AM
Response from The Canadian Parks and Wilderness Society:
The dwindling of mainstream religions is leaving gaps in our culture that we’ve got to fill as best we can
I have attempted what I would refer to as “church hall” lemon crumble squares. I am hoping for success.
November 2, 2025 at 5:33 PM
The dwindling of mainstream religions is leaving gaps in our culture that we’ve got to fill as best we can
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I don't feel bad for the Blue Jays. Great club, great fans, great culture. They were the underdog and pushed one of the most stacked teams ever to the brink in Game 7 and I would argue carried the most momentum throughout the series. They got every reason to stand tall.
November 2, 2025 at 5:09 AM
I don't feel bad for the Blue Jays. Great club, great fans, great culture. They were the underdog and pushed one of the most stacked teams ever to the brink in Game 7 and I would argue carried the most momentum throughout the series. They got every reason to stand tall.
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Dear Canada and Blue Jays: that was one of the best World Series ever. I wish you could have won too.
November 2, 2025 at 10:35 AM
Dear Canada and Blue Jays: that was one of the best World Series ever. I wish you could have won too.
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Tipping my hat to the Toronto Blue Jays, they were some kind of team
November 2, 2025 at 4:26 AM
Tipping my hat to the Toronto Blue Jays, they were some kind of team
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It’s very on-brand of Rogers to remind Canadians at the height of Game Seven that despite how we might feel about L.A., our true foe has always been Rogers.
November 2, 2025 at 3:03 AM
It’s very on-brand of Rogers to remind Canadians at the height of Game Seven that despite how we might feel about L.A., our true foe has always been Rogers.
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I’m an optimist and still think we can work with the moderates in the Leopards Eating People's Faces Party. That’s why I’m presenting this bipartisan bill providing funding for them to eat one-half of people’s faces. We must work together for a brighter future!
November 1, 2025 at 5:39 PM
I’m an optimist and still think we can work with the moderates in the Leopards Eating People's Faces Party. That’s why I’m presenting this bipartisan bill providing funding for them to eat one-half of people’s faces. We must work together for a brighter future!
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Hello kids. Great costumes. You can have boring regular candy or, in exchange for a small fee, you can invest in something I'm calling Candy Premium, an AI-enabled solution that
November 1, 2025 at 12:18 AM
Hello kids. Great costumes. You can have boring regular candy or, in exchange for a small fee, you can invest in something I'm calling Candy Premium, an AI-enabled solution that
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This is it. We know exactly how to fix the climate crisis. We have all the technology and we know what actions we need to take. What people are hoping for is a technology that will fix everything without us having to change anything at all, and that's a fantasy. We have to do the work.
The most insanely frustrating thing about the #ClimateCrisis is how the breakthrough we so clearly need isn’t technological. It’s just a collective willingness, a determination even, to change in ways that would clearly be SO MUCH BETTER than the clear and obvious consequences of NOT changing.
October 30, 2025 at 10:19 AM
This is it. We know exactly how to fix the climate crisis. We have all the technology and we know what actions we need to take. What people are hoping for is a technology that will fix everything without us having to change anything at all, and that's a fantasy. We have to do the work.
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’Tis now the very witching time of night,
When churchyards yawn and hell itself breathes out
Contagion to this world.
When churchyards yawn and hell itself breathes out
Contagion to this world.
October 31, 2025 at 11:31 PM
’Tis now the very witching time of night,
When churchyards yawn and hell itself breathes out
Contagion to this world.
When churchyards yawn and hell itself breathes out
Contagion to this world.
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The real trick this Halloween is #shrinkflation and how few chips there are in the bags and how much smaller the candy are now.
October 31, 2025 at 11:09 PM
The real trick this Halloween is #shrinkflation and how few chips there are in the bags and how much smaller the candy are now.
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as a bird artist, in honor of tonight’s game i have attempted to draw the gorgeous blue jay as accurately as possible. as always please let me know if you have any constructive criticism
October 31, 2025 at 5:56 PM
as a bird artist, in honor of tonight’s game i have attempted to draw the gorgeous blue jay as accurately as possible. as always please let me know if you have any constructive criticism
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Now that’s a Great Pumpkin. Go @BlueJays!
(photo: David Moscrop)
(photo: David Moscrop)
October 31, 2025 at 11:16 AM
Now that’s a Great Pumpkin. Go @BlueJays!
(photo: David Moscrop)
(photo: David Moscrop)
Post something random or you'll have an awful November
October 30, 2025 at 12:11 AM
Post something random or you'll have an awful November
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This literally gets more incredible the further you watch.
AI sitcom accidentally a Lynchian fever dream. The sort of general malaise that only the genius possess and insane lament.
October 29, 2025 at 9:58 PM
This literally gets more incredible the further you watch.
I don’t know, I think that’s a pretty awesome name
Mannheim 🇩🇪 takes the lead 🥇 with the 165 MW (an increase from the planned 150 MW) heat pump, extracting heat from the river, prosaically named 'Flusswärmepumpe 2'.
The Rhine, like other rivers a source of German lyric, surely deserves a better name for something to which it gives so much warmth?
The Rhine, like other rivers a source of German lyric, surely deserves a better name for something to which it gives so much warmth?
Mannheim 🇩🇪, which has had a 20 MW heat pump using the Rhine as a heat source for two years, is planning to add two more: one 100 MW unit and another with a capacity of 150 MW. The latter is on a par with the Rhine heat pump under construction in Cologne, but Mannheim leads on total capacity.
October 29, 2025 at 7:08 PM
I don’t know, I think that’s a pretty awesome name