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Will Work for Launch. Spacecraft troubleshooter at Flying Circuits. Building hardware for the ISS (and beyond!) with BioServe Space Technologies at CU Boulder. Former toymaking elf at Sparkfun Electronics. Friend of parrots. He/him/ally.
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Flying Circuits @flyingcircuits.bsky.social · Aug 16
Words to live by
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wardqnormal.bsky.social
Recently I posted my negative views of gen-AI, and someone responded with a quote from Douglas Adams that ended "anything invented after you're thirty-five is against the natural order of things.” The message being I'm just an old fuddy-duddy.

I love Douglas Adams, but he didn't see this bullshit.
December 27, 2025 at 8:58 PM
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dynamicsymmetry.bsky.social
Douglas Adams was also first and foremost a humanist—it’s one of the things I love most about him and one of the ways he was most formative for me as a creative person. He *loved* humanity in all its horribly flawed absurd messiness

I don’t think he would love what’s happening now
wardqnormal.bsky.social Ward Q. Normal (he/him) @wardqnormal.bsky.social · 13h
Recently I posted my negative views of gen-AI, and someone responded with a quote from Douglas Adams that ended "anything invented after you're thirty-five is against the natural order of things.” The message being I'm just an old fuddy-duddy.

I love Douglas Adams, but he didn't see this bullshit.
December 27, 2025 at 9:08 PM
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genrando.moe.observer
Welp. Time to put it out of its misery.
elmo from sesame street is standing in front of a wall of fire .
Alt: Meme of Elmo the red Sesame Street Muppet raising his hands, standing in front of burning flames.
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December 27, 2025 at 7:27 PM
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investigationcone.bsky.social
Looks like the goat got windsheared!
December 27, 2025 at 6:24 PM
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joshuajfriedman.com
Goat down! I repeat: Goat down! www.dn.se/sverige/stor...
Auto-translation of news site: Storm Johannes overturned the Gävle goat. The Gävle goat has once again met an unfortunate fate.
December 27, 2025 at 5:43 PM
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joshuajfriedman.com
The Gävlebock's Wikipedia page has already been updated en.wikipedia.org/wiki/G%C3%A4...
From the Wikipedia table of all the ways the Gävle goat has been destroyed over the years: 2023 24-hour guards on site, double fence, 24-hour public webcam stream. Little by little throughout December Pecked to pieces by jackdaws (frame remained) Due to the straw used to construct the goat containing higher than usual amounts of seed, while not destroyed, the goat was severely damaged by flocks of jackdaws foraging for food. 2024 24-hour guards on site, double fence, 24-hour public webcam stream. 86] Better quality straw was used to discourage jackdaws from destroying the goat through foraging. Survived Live stream started on 28 November. 88] The official inauguration of the goat was on 1 December 189] On 13 December, a deepfake hoax of the goat burning down spread on social media. The goat and live stream were taken down on 2 January. 2025 24-hour guards on site, double fence, 24-hour public webcam stream. 27 December Collapsed Live stream started on 27 November.[93] The official inauguration of the goat was on 30 November. 94] On December 27, the goat fell over due to strong winds from the storm Johannes.
December 27, 2025 at 5:47 PM
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joshuajfriedman.com
Look,,
November 28, 2025 at 5:01 PM
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auntbenjy.bsky.social
In the 70s, there were only 18 known Kākāpō living on Rakiura/Stewart Island, all male. So glad they didn't give up on them.
December 27, 2025 at 8:11 PM
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davidbrace2.bsky.social
"SELF SERVE (Bus Lane)", oil on canvas, 12x12- $800(Cdn) & "Bistro (CAUTIONCAUTIONCAUTION)", oil on canvas, 12x12", 2023- $800(Cdn). On sale for $600(cdn) each. DM if interested. #art
A realistic painting of a Pioneer gas station, framed just below the roof top on a car up to the awning & massive sign sign above. The sky is clear & blue. A realistic painting of a gas pump covered in a blue tarp & yards of yellow Caution tape wound around it. A strip mall Pizza Hut is seen behind it.
December 16, 2025 at 8:07 PM
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rahaeli.bsky.social
The kakapo is both one of my favorite birds and favorite conservation stories. They are the orange cats of the bird world: so beautiful, so ridiculous, so dumb
funranium.bsky.social Funranium (AKA Phil Broughton) @funranium.bsky.social · 17h
In the eternal struggle between kakapo and towel, the towel remain triumphant. Towels left in the wild by careless hitchhikers are a contributor to the kakapo's dwindling numbers. www.youtube.com/watch?v=fBnj...
Kakapo: Crazy Moss Chickens
YouTube video by Dunedin Wildlife Hospital
www.youtube.com
December 27, 2025 at 7:31 PM
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holboldoart.bsky.social
Happy Solstice ❄️
A snowy scene in which a humanoid figure in long black robes with the head of a rook stands in a churchyard holding a long spear. By its feet is a red fox. Both are flecked with fallen snow. Around them are many weathered snow-covered graves. In the background is a medieval church of warm coloured stone with large rectangular windows and a battlemented parapet topped with pinnacles. Behind the main body of the church is the tower with clock face and belfry. Behind the church are tall but bare trees dusted with snow. More snow falls in the air.
December 21, 2025 at 6:56 PM
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marygemignani.bsky.social
My most recent bird image is from last weekend of a Juvenile Bald Eagle in flight with a view from directly underneath the bird.
#BirdOfTheDay #mostrecent #BaldEagle #birds
A young Bald Eagle is soaring above near an energy dam in Wisconsin. He's displaying a full wing and tail spread. His coloring is a patchwork of brown and cream coloring.
December 27, 2025 at 6:03 PM
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andrealuck.bsky.social
Hey Martians, did I mention we now also have a video of epic Phobos passing over a Martian dust storm near Pavonis Mons? 🌪️🌋🥔

Video & full info: flic.kr/p/2rNN8wk
Credit: ESA/DLR/FUBerlin/AndreaLuck CC BY

@esa.int Mars Express HRSC
300 MP Photo quoted below
Easy zoom: easyzoom.com/image/674026
December 27, 2025 at 2:01 PM
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scoiattolo.mountainherder.xyz
Anyway, here are some shots of the night sky. The camera can generally see more than we can, but in a dark place it can be this spectacular.
An image of the Milky Way spanning across a dark night sky, filled with countless stars of varying brightness. The foreground features a silhouette of pine trees, creating a stark contrast between the dark forest and the luminous, star-filled sky. The Milky Way appears as a bright, misty band stretching vertically through the center of the image, with a gradient of colors from deep blue to lighter tones near the horizon An night sky image featuring the Milky Way across a dark, star-filled backdrop. In the foreground, a silhouetted landscape with the long gentle slope of Mauna Kea is visible, with small clusters of city lights glowing along the horizon. The Milky Way appears as a bright, misty band of stars on the right side of the image, creating a stunning contrast between the dark landscape and the luminous celestial display. An image of a starry night sky over Joshua Tree National Park, featuring a person using a telescope on a dirt path surrounded by distinctive Joshua trees and rocky terrain. A glowing campfire with colorful blankets illuminates the foreground, casting warm light against the deep purple-blue starry backdrop. Distant headlights are visible on the horizon, and the landscape is dotted with silhouetted desert vegetation. A photograph of large, textured boulders silhouetted against a deep purple night sky filled with countless stars. The Milky Way is visible as a misty band stretching across the starry background, creating a dramatic contrast with the rugged rock formations in the foreground. The scene appears to be taken in a desert location like Joshua Tree National Park, capturing the ethereal beauty of a dark sky environment with minimal light pollution.​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​
December 27, 2025 at 6:26 PM
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dxmnkd316.bsky.social
Whenever I can, I use dishwashers as an analogy at work. They are what we as humanity should seek to achieve: high quality end product using less energy, less water, and less stuff (in this case, soap/detergent)

Modern dishwashers are an absolute marvel.
faineg.bsky.social Faine Greenwood @faineg.bsky.social · 16h
People who want to get morally superior about how they hand-wash everything really gotta reckon with the fact that machine dish-washing uses considerably LESS water and emits considerably fewer greenhouse emissions than standard handwashing practices do.

(And you save a lot of time...)
December 27, 2025 at 6:12 PM
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beatgrrrl.bsky.social
Gingerbread 2025 Dumpster 🔥
2025 "dumpster fire" gingerbread house made for the holiday season.
December 26, 2025 at 3:52 PM
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mangrovepitta.bsky.social
Gorgeous views of the Atlas Mountains from the Jardins de la Menara in Marrakech during a brief period of sunny weather yesterday.
La Ménara Pavilion, with the Atlas Mountains in the background
December 27, 2025 at 10:25 AM
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hemigod85.bsky.social
Space Invaders - #C64 - LC-Games - 2025 - #Commodore
#RetroGames
December 26, 2025 at 10:12 PM
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dougeifrid.bsky.social
Cyril Cox (Canadian, b.1958)

acrylic on panel
December 27, 2025 at 11:34 AM
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db-user.bsky.social
we're entering a wild west of 0 days that will be attributed to AI finding them, when it's really AI coding them that's doing it
December 26, 2025 at 2:34 PM
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pandomonium.bsky.social
Look at this smart lil guy that figured out how to have a drink
#PigeonSky
December 26, 2025 at 5:58 PM
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saskajanet.bsky.social
Big buddy movie energy #birds 🌿
A Common Raven and a Black-billed Magpie standing in the snow, facing opposite directions. The Magpie has a few white feathers in its beak and in front of the raven, the tip of a pigeon feather sticks out of the snow. They are nature’s clean-up crew.
December 26, 2025 at 11:27 PM
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todlauer.bsky.social
The old 36" Lick refractor. At the opposite end of the building is the 1m reflector that I used to get the observations for my PhD thesis.
dustinmulvaney.bsky.social Dustin Mulvaney @dustinmulvaney.bsky.social · 1d
Wow, xmas morning wind gusts up to 114 mph on Mount Hamilton, east of San Jose. Damaged the Lick Observatory. 🔭 🧪 bsky.app/profile/look...
December 26, 2025 at 11:48 PM
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dustinmulvaney.bsky.social
Wow, xmas morning wind gusts up to 114 mph on Mount Hamilton, east of San Jose. Damaged the Lick Observatory. 🔭 🧪 bsky.app/profile/look...
December 26, 2025 at 8:54 PM
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lookoutsantacruz.bsky.social
Powerful Christmas Day winds gusting up to 114 mph severely damaged UC Lick Observatory on Mount Hamilton, forcing the nearly 140-year-old facility to close while officials headquartered at UC Santa Cruz assess structural damage and begin repairs expected to take months.
Christmas Day winds up to 114 mph damage UC Lick Observatory
Powerful Christmas Day winds gusting up to 114 mph severely damaged UC Lick Observatory on Mount Hamilton, forcing the nearly 140-year-old facility to close while officials headquartered at UC Santa Cruz assess structural damage and begin repairs expected to take months.
buff.ly
December 26, 2025 at 8:00 PM