@drnego.bsky.social
color, art and light
quantum mechanics
photography
emeritus professor of physical chemistry
believer in due process
believer in the constitution
quantum mechanics
photography
emeritus professor of physical chemistry
believer in due process
believer in the constitution
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I'm at a loss for words. I'm glad someone else has them.
January 25, 2026 at 8:51 AM
I'm at a loss for words. I'm glad someone else has them.
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Alex Jeffrey Pretti, the man fatally shot by federal agents in Minneapolis on Saturday, was a U.S. citizen with no criminal record, an official said. He was a registered nurse who worked in the intensive-care unit at the Veterans Affairs hospital in Minneapolis. nyti.ms/4t3ekJW
Alex Jeffrey Pretti Knew He Wanted to Help Others
Shot and killed by immigration agents on a Minneapolis street, he wanted to be a ‘force of good in the world.’
nyti.ms
January 24, 2026 at 11:55 PM
Alex Jeffrey Pretti, the man fatally shot by federal agents in Minneapolis on Saturday, was a U.S. citizen with no criminal record, an official said. He was a registered nurse who worked in the intensive-care unit at the Veterans Affairs hospital in Minneapolis. nyti.ms/4t3ekJW
Prism in the window projects into the living room, 1/15/2026. This goes with post two back.
January 23, 2026 at 4:51 PM
Prism in the window projects into the living room, 1/15/2026. This goes with post two back.
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The first thing Virginia Spanberger did after being sworn in as Governor of Virginia was repeal Youngkin’s executive order requiring state and local law enforcement to cooperate with ICE.
This is the kind of leadership Democratic governors nationwide should be emulating.
This is the kind of leadership Democratic governors nationwide should be emulating.
January 18, 2026 at 11:35 AM
The first thing Virginia Spanberger did after being sworn in as Governor of Virginia was repeal Youngkin’s executive order requiring state and local law enforcement to cooperate with ICE.
This is the kind of leadership Democratic governors nationwide should be emulating.
This is the kind of leadership Democratic governors nationwide should be emulating.
Desktop Fan with Canon EOS RP, 1/12/2026.
January 16, 2026 at 7:03 PM
Desktop Fan with Canon EOS RP, 1/12/2026.
Prism into the living room, 1/15/2026
January 16, 2026 at 6:09 PM
Prism into the living room, 1/15/2026
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Renee Good's family is accusing federal immigration officers of killing the Minneapolis mother of three as she attempted to follow agents' instructions, and have now hired the same law firm that represented George Floyd's family to press for answers and accountability.
Renee Good's family hires George Floyd law firm to investigate Minneapolis ICE shooting
Renee Good’s family hired the law firm that represented George Floyd’s family to seek answers and accountability for the Minneapolis mother’s killing by a federal immigration agent
www.washingtonpost.com
January 15, 2026 at 8:10 PM
Renee Good's family is accusing federal immigration officers of killing the Minneapolis mother of three as she attempted to follow agents' instructions, and have now hired the same law firm that represented George Floyd's family to press for answers and accountability.
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You may feel helpless — a powerless observer of this hurricane of violence. Please do not succumb to helplessness, despair, or fear. You are needed — desperately. Here are some things you can do. https://robertreich.substack.com/p/mobilizing-america
January 15, 2026 at 4:06 PM
You may feel helpless — a powerless observer of this hurricane of violence. Please do not succumb to helplessness, despair, or fear. You are needed — desperately. Here are some things you can do. https://robertreich.substack.com/p/mobilizing-america
Asked in a wide-ranging interview with The New York Times if there were any limits on his global powers, Mr. Trump said:
“Yeah, there is one thing. My own morality. My own mind. It’s the only thing that can stop me.”
NYT 1/8/26
“Yeah, there is one thing. My own morality. My own mind. It’s the only thing that can stop me.”
NYT 1/8/26
January 13, 2026 at 4:34 PM
Asked in a wide-ranging interview with The New York Times if there were any limits on his global powers, Mr. Trump said:
“Yeah, there is one thing. My own morality. My own mind. It’s the only thing that can stop me.”
NYT 1/8/26
“Yeah, there is one thing. My own morality. My own mind. It’s the only thing that can stop me.”
NYT 1/8/26
Ban secret police.
January 10, 2026 at 5:46 PM
Ban secret police.
Mars just before being eclipsed by moon on 1/13/2025 from Charlotte NC using a Meade ETX-90EC telescope and a Canon Rebel Ti1 35 mm digital camera with two zoomed clips.
December 31, 2025 at 4:10 AM
Mars just before being eclipsed by moon on 1/13/2025 from Charlotte NC using a Meade ETX-90EC telescope and a Canon Rebel Ti1 35 mm digital camera with two zoomed clips.
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2 NEW epic images of Phobos over Mars just released by @esa.int Mars Express
This view is especially striking, with Phobos between the Tharsis volcanoes and Noctis Labyrinthus–Valles Marineris
Full resolution 300MP(!) & info on: flic.kr/p/2rMW4so
Credit: ESA/DLR/FUBerlin/AndreaLuck CC BY 🧪🔭
2 NEW epic images of Phobos over Mars just released by @esa.int Mars Express
This view is especially striking, with Phobos between the Tharsis volcanoes and Noctis Labyrinthus–Valles Marineris
Full resolution 300MP(!) & info on: flic.kr/p/2rMW4so
Credit: ESA/DLR/FUBerlin/AndreaLuck CC BY 🧪🔭
December 21, 2025 at 2:12 PM
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2 NEW epic images of Phobos over Mars just released by @esa.int Mars Express
This view is especially striking, with Phobos between the Tharsis volcanoes and Noctis Labyrinthus–Valles Marineris
Full resolution 300MP(!) & info on: flic.kr/p/2rMW4so
Credit: ESA/DLR/FUBerlin/AndreaLuck CC BY 🧪🔭
2 NEW epic images of Phobos over Mars just released by @esa.int Mars Express
This view is especially striking, with Phobos between the Tharsis volcanoes and Noctis Labyrinthus–Valles Marineris
Full resolution 300MP(!) & info on: flic.kr/p/2rMW4so
Credit: ESA/DLR/FUBerlin/AndreaLuck CC BY 🧪🔭
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The first data from NASA's SPHEREx mission are out!
Check out this video, showing the entire sky in infrared light. The Milky Way runs as a band across the center. Each frame shows a different infrared wavelength, with light from stars, hot gas, and cosmic dust. 🔭🧪
www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/nasas-s...
Check out this video, showing the entire sky in infrared light. The Milky Way runs as a band across the center. Each frame shows a different infrared wavelength, with light from stars, hot gas, and cosmic dust. 🔭🧪
www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/nasas-s...
SPHEREx First All-Sky Map — Spectrum
YouTube video by JPLraw
youtu.be
December 19, 2025 at 7:11 PM
The first data from NASA's SPHEREx mission are out!
Check out this video, showing the entire sky in infrared light. The Milky Way runs as a band across the center. Each frame shows a different infrared wavelength, with light from stars, hot gas, and cosmic dust. 🔭🧪
www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/nasas-s...
Check out this video, showing the entire sky in infrared light. The Milky Way runs as a band across the center. Each frame shows a different infrared wavelength, with light from stars, hot gas, and cosmic dust. 🔭🧪
www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/nasas-s...
Glass and painted glass construction.
December 19, 2025 at 2:23 AM
Glass and painted glass construction.
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We are failing our kids
December 16, 2025 at 3:06 PM
We are failing our kids
"Beloved" by American artist Beth Cavener at The Mint Museum in Charlotte, North Carolina.
December 14, 2025 at 5:47 PM
"Beloved" by American artist Beth Cavener at The Mint Museum in Charlotte, North Carolina.
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Brough Bay lighting up after the main burst
October 19, 2025 at 8:50 AM
Brough Bay lighting up after the main burst
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Brough Bay on the north Caithness coast looking towards the Orkney Isles. Three focal lengths, 50mm, 24mm and 14mm.
December 13, 2025 at 9:48 AM
Brough Bay on the north Caithness coast looking towards the Orkney Isles. Three focal lengths, 50mm, 24mm and 14mm.
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"Local businesses were ready to push back. Posted on store- and restaurant-front windows were signs: 'Private area', '4th Amendment Workplace' and 'There’s always room at our table, but to enter past this point, we’ll need to see a warrant signed by a judge'...”
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
‘We’ll need to see a warrant’: the group teaching businesses a vital tool to fight ICE raids
Siembra in North Carolina gives owners fourth amendment rights trainings should federal agents show up at their door
www.theguardian.com
December 8, 2025 at 7:45 PM
"Local businesses were ready to push back. Posted on store- and restaurant-front windows were signs: 'Private area', '4th Amendment Workplace' and 'There’s always room at our table, but to enter past this point, we’ll need to see a warrant signed by a judge'...”
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
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Magnificent Aurora over Loften, Norway ~ time lapse
December 10, 2025 at 4:56 PM
Magnificent Aurora over Loften, Norway ~ time lapse
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(Robert Reich) I debated passing this on...but decided to anyway. This 2.5-minute YouTube video illustrates Trump at his finest as he approaches dementia. Horribly funny and also pitiful. You don't have to watch it all for sure, but it is hilarious.
Enjoy.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=NQHL...
Enjoy.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=NQHL...
Has Donald Trump Finally Lost It?
YouTube video by Robert Reich
www.youtube.com
December 10, 2025 at 3:53 AM
(Robert Reich) I debated passing this on...but decided to anyway. This 2.5-minute YouTube video illustrates Trump at his finest as he approaches dementia. Horribly funny and also pitiful. You don't have to watch it all for sure, but it is hilarious.
Enjoy.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=NQHL...
Enjoy.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=NQHL...
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Luster Glaze, Jacques Sicard, ~1903, Zanesville OH. Photographed at the Mint Museum, Charlotte NC
December 5, 2025 at 1:19 AM
Luster Glaze, Jacques Sicard, ~1903, Zanesville OH. Photographed at the Mint Museum, Charlotte NC
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Mint Museum, Charlotte NC, John Kuhn, Moody Blue, 1991
November 21, 2025 at 6:04 PM
Mint Museum, Charlotte NC, John Kuhn, Moody Blue, 1991