Bob Geoghegan
@bobgeo.bsky.social
IT Consultant, ex-small biz owner for libraries, museums & publishers. Dad to teen and cat (FIV+), shelter helper. Astronomy, science, history, jazz, privacy, 007. Will block Nazis, 18+, OF, crypto. No Chats right after follow. Veil nebula by Rob Gendler
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Bob Geoghegan
@bobgeo.bsky.social
· Nov 26
When an eel flashes by, in the blink of an eye, that's a moray.
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AI should be "useful, private and optional," contends DuckDuckGo founder @yegg13.bsky.social.
It's one reason @shiraovide.bsky.social declares the privacy-focused search engine "the best technology company of 2025" in her year-end column: www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2...
It's one reason @shiraovide.bsky.social declares the privacy-focused search engine "the best technology company of 2025" in her year-end column: www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2...
Analysis | The best and worst technologies of 2025
Your Elon Musk-free guide to actually good things that happened in technology in 2025.
www.washingtonpost.com
December 30, 2025 at 5:45 PM
AI should be "useful, private and optional," contends DuckDuckGo founder @yegg13.bsky.social.
It's one reason @shiraovide.bsky.social declares the privacy-focused search engine "the best technology company of 2025" in her year-end column: www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2...
It's one reason @shiraovide.bsky.social declares the privacy-focused search engine "the best technology company of 2025" in her year-end column: www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2...
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Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ was released 100 years ago today, on Dec. 30, 1925. It would go on to be one of the highest-grossing movies of the silent era
December 30, 2025 at 3:20 PM
Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ was released 100 years ago today, on Dec. 30, 1925. It would go on to be one of the highest-grossing movies of the silent era
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On December 26, 1968, the Yorktown was getting into position to be the rescue vessel for the #Apollo8 crew that would return back to Earth the next day.
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December 25, 2025 at 10:21 PM
On December 26, 1968, the Yorktown was getting into position to be the rescue vessel for the #Apollo8 crew that would return back to Earth the next day.
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Apollo 8's Christmas Miracle
YouTube video by The Vintage Space
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December 25, 2025 at 1:58 PM
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this made me so happy
December 22, 2025 at 12:22 AM
this made me so happy
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Ilse Steppat, who played Irma Bunt in On Her Majesty's Secret Service, died on 21nd December 1969 just days after the film premiered.
#JamesBond #dates #OTD
#JamesBond #dates #OTD
December 21, 2025 at 8:23 AM
Ilse Steppat, who played Irma Bunt in On Her Majesty's Secret Service, died on 21nd December 1969 just days after the film premiered.
#JamesBond #dates #OTD
#JamesBond #dates #OTD
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Yesterday we had some unusual, festive visitors who stopped off at the library on their way to work! 🦌🦌
This is Aztec and Jelly, the Cairngorm Reindeer, on their way to meet Christmas shoppers at William Shearer's wonderful shop in Kirkwall.
This is Aztec and Jelly, the Cairngorm Reindeer, on their way to meet Christmas shoppers at William Shearer's wonderful shop in Kirkwall.
December 15, 2025 at 10:55 AM
Yesterday we had some unusual, festive visitors who stopped off at the library on their way to work! 🦌🦌
This is Aztec and Jelly, the Cairngorm Reindeer, on their way to meet Christmas shoppers at William Shearer's wonderful shop in Kirkwall.
This is Aztec and Jelly, the Cairngorm Reindeer, on their way to meet Christmas shoppers at William Shearer's wonderful shop in Kirkwall.
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A beautiful view of the #Apollo17 command module "America" as it maneuvered to rendezvous with the lunar module "Challenger". December 14, 1972
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December 12, 2025 at 11:13 PM
A beautiful view of the #Apollo17 command module "America" as it maneuvered to rendezvous with the lunar module "Challenger". December 14, 1972
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forallmankind.de
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60 years ago today -
Jim Lovell and Frank Borman were in orbit on Gemini VII, waiting for their visitors, who were still on Earth - the crew of Gemini VI-A.
3 days later, the crews would perform the world's first rendezvous in space.
Wave clouds over the Andes, illuminated like a golden fire:
Jim Lovell and Frank Borman were in orbit on Gemini VII, waiting for their visitors, who were still on Earth - the crew of Gemini VI-A.
3 days later, the crews would perform the world's first rendezvous in space.
Wave clouds over the Andes, illuminated like a golden fire:
December 12, 2025 at 12:02 PM
60 years ago today -
Jim Lovell and Frank Borman were in orbit on Gemini VII, waiting for their visitors, who were still on Earth - the crew of Gemini VI-A.
3 days later, the crews would perform the world's first rendezvous in space.
Wave clouds over the Andes, illuminated like a golden fire:
Jim Lovell and Frank Borman were in orbit on Gemini VII, waiting for their visitors, who were still on Earth - the crew of Gemini VI-A.
3 days later, the crews would perform the world's first rendezvous in space.
Wave clouds over the Andes, illuminated like a golden fire:
Start up wants to further dent what we know as night:
www.smithsonianmag.com/science-natu...
www.smithsonianmag.com/science-natu...
Giant Mirrors in Space Could Bring Sunlight After Dark, One Startup Says—and Astronomers Are Concerned
Critics argue the satellites, billed as a way to harness solar energy at night, could hamper sky observations and may pose a threat to human and animal health
www.smithsonianmag.com
December 11, 2025 at 4:28 PM
Start up wants to further dent what we know as night:
www.smithsonianmag.com/science-natu...
www.smithsonianmag.com/science-natu...
Windows 11 Installation Assistant is an easy tool to use if you're stuck on an unsupported Win 11 version like 23H2 or before. Hint: if Windows Update stopped working, this can help.
www.microsoft.com/en-us/softwa...
www.microsoft.com/en-us/softwa...
Download Windows 11
www.microsoft.com
December 11, 2025 at 12:19 AM
Windows 11 Installation Assistant is an easy tool to use if you're stuck on an unsupported Win 11 version like 23H2 or before. Hint: if Windows Update stopped working, this can help.
www.microsoft.com/en-us/softwa...
www.microsoft.com/en-us/softwa...
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Trinity College, Dublin, 2012, photo by German photographer Candida Höfer from her Beautiful Libraries series.
December 4, 2025 at 6:00 PM
Trinity College, Dublin, 2012, photo by German photographer Candida Höfer from her Beautiful Libraries series.
Tried scanning 2 pages while main Internet for a bit. A Chromebook was more useful than a PC - despite Chromebooks being "Iinternet only" devices. HP device stuff is the problem. Some people are off line some times.
December 4, 2025 at 11:09 PM
Tried scanning 2 pages while main Internet for a bit. A Chromebook was more useful than a PC - despite Chromebooks being "Iinternet only" devices. HP device stuff is the problem. Some people are off line some times.
LinkedIn? I have to use it for something but... What a mess.
December 4, 2025 at 1:30 AM
LinkedIn? I have to use it for something but... What a mess.
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WTF
India demands installation of government app on all smartphones
“The ministry-developed app, called Sanchar Saathi, will have access to the phone’s call log, memory and camera, according to the app’s privacy statement.”
“The ministry-developed app, called Sanchar Saathi, will have access to the phone’s call log, memory and camera, according to the app’s privacy statement.”
India demands installation of government app on all smartphones
Privacy advocates raise concerns about potential snooping
on.ft.com
December 2, 2025 at 11:51 AM
WTF
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We’re grateful to the millions of Privacy Badger users who are blocking trackers and fighting for a better web! Together, we’re disrupting the business models that fuel online surveillance.
November 27, 2025 at 3:00 PM
We’re grateful to the millions of Privacy Badger users who are blocking trackers and fighting for a better web! Together, we’re disrupting the business models that fuel online surveillance.
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November 27, 2025 at 8:25 AM
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Last night dropped below freezing point last night. I think I'll pass on breakfast out on the terrace this morning.
November 27, 2025 at 8:09 AM
Last night dropped below freezing point last night. I think I'll pass on breakfast out on the terrace this morning.
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56 years ago, the number of human visitors to the lunar surface doubled. November 19, 1969, #Apollo12 astronauts Pete Conrad & Alan Bean landed their Lunar Module on the Moon, then completed 2 spacewalks. Richard Gordon orbited above in the Command Module contactlight.de
November 19, 2025 at 4:53 AM
56 years ago, the number of human visitors to the lunar surface doubled. November 19, 1969, #Apollo12 astronauts Pete Conrad & Alan Bean landed their Lunar Module on the Moon, then completed 2 spacewalks. Richard Gordon orbited above in the Command Module contactlight.de
Dancing greyhounds:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=XCrC...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=XCrC...
Nothing to see here, just some tap dancing greyhounds.
YouTube video by Magnus Greyhound
www.youtube.com
November 14, 2025 at 1:23 AM
Dancing greyhounds:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=XCrC...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=XCrC...
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Tragic. 🔭
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 1:04 AM
Tragic. 🔭
60th anniversary of the Beatles' Rubber Soul is coming up, a little rushed for Xmas 1965 but so good:
www.beatlesbible.com/albums/rubbe...
www.beatlesbible.com/albums/rubbe...
Rubber Soul
Recorded: 17 June 1965 12, 13, 16, 18, 21, 22, 24 October 1965 3, 4, 6, 8, 10, 11 November 1965 Producer: George Martin Engineer: Norman Smith Released: 3 December 1965 (UK), 6 December 1965 (US) Pers...
www.beatlesbible.com
November 6, 2025 at 1:39 AM
60th anniversary of the Beatles' Rubber Soul is coming up, a little rushed for Xmas 1965 but so good:
www.beatlesbible.com/albums/rubbe...
www.beatlesbible.com/albums/rubbe...
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2nd Nov. 2025 marks the 25th anniversary of the ongoing human presence off-world.
That is, humans have continuously occupied the ISS for exactly 25 years today.
So if you're <= 24 years old, you've never lived in a world where humans were *only* terrestrial-based.
Image by HEO (from above!)
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That is, humans have continuously occupied the ISS for exactly 25 years today.
So if you're <= 24 years old, you've never lived in a world where humans were *only* terrestrial-based.
Image by HEO (from above!)
🔭🧪
November 2, 2025 at 4:35 AM
2nd Nov. 2025 marks the 25th anniversary of the ongoing human presence off-world.
That is, humans have continuously occupied the ISS for exactly 25 years today.
So if you're <= 24 years old, you've never lived in a world where humans were *only* terrestrial-based.
Image by HEO (from above!)
🔭🧪
That is, humans have continuously occupied the ISS for exactly 25 years today.
So if you're <= 24 years old, you've never lived in a world where humans were *only* terrestrial-based.
Image by HEO (from above!)
🔭🧪
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DST is an archaic practice that we all like to complain about… but we never seem to quite do away with. My thought: we should simply stay on permanent Standard Time. Yes, I have an ulterior motive: it means that evening astronomy starts early. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dayligh...
Daylight saving time - Wikipedia
en.wikipedia.org
November 2, 2025 at 3:06 PM
DST is an archaic practice that we all like to complain about… but we never seem to quite do away with. My thought: we should simply stay on permanent Standard Time. Yes, I have an ulterior motive: it means that evening astronomy starts early. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dayligh...
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Happy World Wombat Day! Sound on to listen to the very soothing munching noises of this chonky wombat...
October 22, 2025 at 12:24 PM
Happy World Wombat Day! Sound on to listen to the very soothing munching noises of this chonky wombat...