Kat Troche
@kuiperkat.org
Professional amateur astronomer with astrosociety.org + aaa.org 💫
Have scope, will travel 🔭
Opinions are my own 👩🏻💻
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Have scope, will travel 🔭
Opinions are my own 👩🏻💻
linktr.ee/kuiperkat
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Happy birthday to one of my favourite haters, Charles Darwin
February 12, 2026 at 4:31 PM
Happy birthday to one of my favourite haters, Charles Darwin
I'm still so emotional 🥹 🇵🇷
February 9, 2026 at 8:29 AM
I'm still so emotional 🥹 🇵🇷
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If you've ever wondered what Hubble and Webb were observing at any time, there's an easy way to find out! 👀
Space Telescope Live can show you what the telescopes are looking at now and what the next planned observation will be, all in one space (pun intended 😁): https://spacetelescopelive.org/
Space Telescope Live can show you what the telescopes are looking at now and what the next planned observation will be, all in one space (pun intended 😁): https://spacetelescopelive.org/
February 4, 2026 at 5:00 PM
If you've ever wondered what Hubble and Webb were observing at any time, there's an easy way to find out! 👀
Space Telescope Live can show you what the telescopes are looking at now and what the next planned observation will be, all in one space (pun intended 😁): https://spacetelescopelive.org/
Space Telescope Live can show you what the telescopes are looking at now and what the next planned observation will be, all in one space (pun intended 😁): https://spacetelescopelive.org/
Another sunny day, another session with the Heliostar ☀️🔭
iPhone 15 with the @skywatcherusa.bsky.social Heliostar 76mm Hα telescope. 10 second live video, then processed in Adobe Premiere.
#sungazing #astronomy #astrocelltography
iPhone 15 with the @skywatcherusa.bsky.social Heliostar 76mm Hα telescope. 10 second live video, then processed in Adobe Premiere.
#sungazing #astronomy #astrocelltography
February 4, 2026 at 9:30 PM
Another sunny day, another session with the Heliostar ☀️🔭
iPhone 15 with the @skywatcherusa.bsky.social Heliostar 76mm Hα telescope. 10 second live video, then processed in Adobe Premiere.
#sungazing #astronomy #astrocelltography
iPhone 15 with the @skywatcherusa.bsky.social Heliostar 76mm Hα telescope. 10 second live video, then processed in Adobe Premiere.
#sungazing #astronomy #astrocelltography
HUGE thank you to @skywatcherusa.bsky.social for this incredible telescope! The Heliostar 76mm Hydrogen Alpha Solar Telescope is gonna be the new go-to for all my solar observations this year, both in person and via livestream ☀️🔭
#astrocelltography #astronomy #AmateurAstronomy #HydrogenAlpha
#astrocelltography #astronomy #AmateurAstronomy #HydrogenAlpha
February 4, 2026 at 3:25 AM
HUGE thank you to @skywatcherusa.bsky.social for this incredible telescope! The Heliostar 76mm Hydrogen Alpha Solar Telescope is gonna be the new go-to for all my solar observations this year, both in person and via livestream ☀️🔭
#astrocelltography #astronomy #AmateurAstronomy #HydrogenAlpha
#astrocelltography #astronomy #AmateurAstronomy #HydrogenAlpha
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Garcia: I want to remind the American public of Stephen Miller. There's probably no single person in this government that has done more damage and more harm to people across this country than this man right here. It's our job to hold him responsible
February 3, 2026 at 11:04 PM
Garcia: I want to remind the American public of Stephen Miller. There's probably no single person in this government that has done more damage and more harm to people across this country than this man right here. It's our job to hold him responsible
New telescope news tomorrow, but #Unistellar telescope shenanigans tonight 😏🌖
#DawnOfTheFirstDay #72HoursRemain
#DawnOfTheFirstDay #72HoursRemain
February 3, 2026 at 8:37 AM
New telescope news tomorrow, but #Unistellar telescope shenanigans tonight 😏🌖
#DawnOfTheFirstDay #72HoursRemain
#DawnOfTheFirstDay #72HoursRemain
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lol I have a feeling I'll be using this ALL month. #BlackHistoryMonth
February 2, 2026 at 12:19 AM
lol I have a feeling I'll be using this ALL month. #BlackHistoryMonth
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Mainers:
BALM is offering a FREE street medic bridge training for people with medical experience (EMT/WFR and above) this Friday, Feb. 6, in Orono. Meals will be provided. If you're interested, please comment or DM me and I'll get you the link. It's 6 hours, meals provided.
Please signal boost!
BALM is offering a FREE street medic bridge training for people with medical experience (EMT/WFR and above) this Friday, Feb. 6, in Orono. Meals will be provided. If you're interested, please comment or DM me and I'll get you the link. It's 6 hours, meals provided.
Please signal boost!
February 1, 2026 at 4:39 PM
Mainers:
BALM is offering a FREE street medic bridge training for people with medical experience (EMT/WFR and above) this Friday, Feb. 6, in Orono. Meals will be provided. If you're interested, please comment or DM me and I'll get you the link. It's 6 hours, meals provided.
Please signal boost!
BALM is offering a FREE street medic bridge training for people with medical experience (EMT/WFR and above) this Friday, Feb. 6, in Orono. Meals will be provided. If you're interested, please comment or DM me and I'll get you the link. It's 6 hours, meals provided.
Please signal boost!
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Calling all educators! Sign up now for a four-part workshop series showcasing the free astronomy visualization software Stellarium. 🔭
Participants will learn Stellarium’s applicability for creating learner-centered lessons, facilitated by experienced ASP educators Tony Smith and Shanil Virani.💫
Participants will learn Stellarium’s applicability for creating learner-centered lessons, facilitated by experienced ASP educators Tony Smith and Shanil Virani.💫
January 29, 2026 at 6:37 PM
Calling all educators! Sign up now for a four-part workshop series showcasing the free astronomy visualization software Stellarium. 🔭
Participants will learn Stellarium’s applicability for creating learner-centered lessons, facilitated by experienced ASP educators Tony Smith and Shanil Virani.💫
Participants will learn Stellarium’s applicability for creating learner-centered lessons, facilitated by experienced ASP educators Tony Smith and Shanil Virani.💫
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I watched this excellent documentary, ‘Separated’ and the level of cruelty by Tom Homan was jaw dropping. I remember him being asked what he thought about children being ripped apart from their families and his answer was that he didn’t give a sh*t.
the great Errol Morris shows you exactly who Tom Homan is in our film SEPARATED. tv.apple.com/us/movie/sep...
Separated - Apple TV
Based on NBC Political and National Correspondent Jacob Soboroff's book, Morris merges explosive interviews with whistleblowing officials and artful n…
tv.apple.com
January 28, 2026 at 10:52 AM
I watched this excellent documentary, ‘Separated’ and the level of cruelty by Tom Homan was jaw dropping. I remember him being asked what he thought about children being ripped apart from their families and his answer was that he didn’t give a sh*t.
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may i offer you some space in this trying time?
January 25, 2026 at 2:54 AM
may i offer you some space in this trying time?
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If you need a little time off from the latest atrocities, Kilauea is off the chain right now
www.youtube.com/watch?v=gXKu...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=gXKu...
[V3cam] Kīlauea volcano, Hawaii (south Halemaʻumaʻu crater)
YouTube video by USGS
www.youtube.com
January 25, 2026 at 1:20 AM
If you need a little time off from the latest atrocities, Kilauea is off the chain right now
www.youtube.com/watch?v=gXKu...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=gXKu...
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REPUBLICAN 2026 PLATFORM:
- Republicans hold the unfettered right to abduct, rape, and murder any American citizen and get away with it.
2026 CENTRIST DEMOCRAT PLATFORM:
- ICE agents just need a little more training. Hugs! 🤗
WHAT AMERICANS WANT:
- Stop murdering us
- Abolish ICE
- Nuremberg trials
- Republicans hold the unfettered right to abduct, rape, and murder any American citizen and get away with it.
2026 CENTRIST DEMOCRAT PLATFORM:
- ICE agents just need a little more training. Hugs! 🤗
WHAT AMERICANS WANT:
- Stop murdering us
- Abolish ICE
- Nuremberg trials
January 25, 2026 at 2:58 AM
REPUBLICAN 2026 PLATFORM:
- Republicans hold the unfettered right to abduct, rape, and murder any American citizen and get away with it.
2026 CENTRIST DEMOCRAT PLATFORM:
- ICE agents just need a little more training. Hugs! 🤗
WHAT AMERICANS WANT:
- Stop murdering us
- Abolish ICE
- Nuremberg trials
- Republicans hold the unfettered right to abduct, rape, and murder any American citizen and get away with it.
2026 CENTRIST DEMOCRAT PLATFORM:
- ICE agents just need a little more training. Hugs! 🤗
WHAT AMERICANS WANT:
- Stop murdering us
- Abolish ICE
- Nuremberg trials
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“Get it all on record now — get the films — get the witnesses — because somewhere down the road of history some bastard will get up and say that this never happened.”
Dwight D. Eisenhower, after visiting liberated concentration camps in April 1945
Dwight D. Eisenhower, after visiting liberated concentration camps in April 1945
January 24, 2026 at 9:24 PM
“Get it all on record now — get the films — get the witnesses — because somewhere down the road of history some bastard will get up and say that this never happened.”
Dwight D. Eisenhower, after visiting liberated concentration camps in April 1945
Dwight D. Eisenhower, after visiting liberated concentration camps in April 1945
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This moment in history provides us with incontrovertible evidence that all the conservatives who claim to be extremely devoted to freedom of speech and the right to bear arms, and opposed to the encroachment of tyranny, are completely and totally full of shit.
It's all white supremacy and greed.
It's all white supremacy and greed.
January 25, 2026 at 2:03 AM
This moment in history provides us with incontrovertible evidence that all the conservatives who claim to be extremely devoted to freedom of speech and the right to bear arms, and opposed to the encroachment of tyranny, are completely and totally full of shit.
It's all white supremacy and greed.
It's all white supremacy and greed.
Minnesota and its people are under attack by the federal government because of one man's ego.
Pam Bondi just sent a letter to Minnesota officials saying ICE will leave if the state turns over its voter database to Trump.
Guess what? This has never been about safety or immigration. It’s a pretext for Trump to take over elections in swing states.
Guess what? This has never been about safety or immigration. It’s a pretext for Trump to take over elections in swing states.
January 25, 2026 at 3:49 AM
Minnesota and its people are under attack by the federal government because of one man's ego.
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“As of Saturday evening, the family said they had still not heard from anyone at a federal law enforcement agency about their son’s death.”
The man killed by a US Border Patrol officer in Minneapolis was an ICU nurse, family says
Family members say the man who was killed by a federal officer in Minneapolis was an intensive care nurse at a U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs hospital who cared deeply about people and was upset ...
apnews.com
January 25, 2026 at 3:29 AM
“As of Saturday evening, the family said they had still not heard from anyone at a federal law enforcement agency about their son’s death.”
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Quid Pro Quo.
We’ll use ICE to murder US citizens and terrorize your cities unless you give us your voter records so we can rig the election for Trump in 2028.
We’ll use ICE to murder US citizens and terrorize your cities unless you give us your voter records so we can rig the election for Trump in 2028.
January 25, 2026 at 3:35 AM
Quid Pro Quo.
We’ll use ICE to murder US citizens and terrorize your cities unless you give us your voter records so we can rig the election for Trump in 2028.
We’ll use ICE to murder US citizens and terrorize your cities unless you give us your voter records so we can rig the election for Trump in 2028.
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Here’s another fun alternative to doom scrolling: check out @astrosociety.org’s library that they are selling/rehoming. So many hidden gems!
www.asplibraryproject.com
www.asplibraryproject.com
January 25, 2026 at 3:01 AM
Here’s another fun alternative to doom scrolling: check out @astrosociety.org’s library that they are selling/rehoming. So many hidden gems!
www.asplibraryproject.com
www.asplibraryproject.com
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January 23, 2026 at 12:15 AM
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I just woke up from a nap and somehow while I was asleep, everyone on the bus has figured out we are not going to the right place
January 20, 2026 at 1:57 AM
I just woke up from a nap and somehow while I was asleep, everyone on the bus has figured out we are not going to the right place