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Mallory
@malcircuit.bsky.social
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Posts about astrophotography, space stuff, hacker stuff, and cynical leftist political hot takes. I swear like a sailor.

My opinions are my own and probably wrong. I'm not here to be correct or "defend my position". I will block you.

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bankuei.bsky.social
h/t to @jpfairfield.bsky.social

I've said "No one wants a calculator that's only right 70%" of the time but actually it looks like it's only 40% 😩

futurism.com/study-ai-sea...
Study Finds That AI Search Engines Are Wrong an Astounding Proportion of the Time
New research found that AI models gave the wrong answer in search results more than 60 percent of the time.
futurism.com
March 17, 2025 at 3:11 PM
malcircuit.bsky.social
Here's my second attempt at processing the #lunar #eclipse from a few days ago.

I stacked the stars and made a composite image. I'm not sure whether I'm completely satisfied with it, so I might redo it again later.

#astrophotography #astronomy
A field of stars with a rust-colored moon in the center of the frame
March 17, 2025 at 4:32 PM
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thomasfuchs.at
Here are some photons I rescued from crashing into my driveway a while back.

Inside the core of the Heart Nebula
🧪🔭 #astrophotography
A colorful image of a space nebula, with golden, red, cyan and dark blue areas. In the center there's various complex structures, one which looks a bit like a tree. Stars are everywhere.
March 16, 2025 at 1:57 PM
malcircuit.bsky.social
If you or anyone you know is in Mississippi, Alabama, or Louisiana today I suggest you get in touch and verify they are aware of the dangerous weather today and are prepared.

This is not something to be trifled with. This is a legitimately extremely dangerous situation.

#MSWX #ALWX #LAWX
Key Messages for Saturday Mar 15 Severe Weather An outbreak of intense tornadoes is expected today into tonight across the Deep South Updated Mar 15, 2025, 1:37 AM CDT Overview: A dangerous outbreak of potentially violent, long-track tornadoes is expected today into tonight across the Deep South and Tennessee Valley. Primary Risks: Numerous supercells will form today and move from Louisiana across Mississippi, Alabama and southern Tennessee, reaching western Georgia and the Florida Panhandle tonight. Multiple, destructive EF3-EF4+ tornadoes are likely. Safety Actions: Storms will move very rapidly and pose a serious threat to life and property. It is important to take action when warnings are issued and not wait to see or hear the signs of a severe storm. For more information go to www.spc.noaa.gov and www.weather.gov Storm Prediction Center Norman, OK
March 15, 2025 at 3:42 PM
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coreyspowell.bsky.social
One more--this is just so cool:

Firefly Aerospace has released the full image sequence of a solar eclipse from the surface of the Moon. The dark object moving in front of the Sun is Earth. The lunar landscape is lit red by all the sunrises & sunsets in the world. 🧪

fireflyspace.com/news/blue-gh...
March 14, 2025 at 7:14 PM
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thomasfuchs.at
The tl;dr is that colors aren’t a real physical thing.
March 14, 2025 at 4:06 PM
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blakesmith.photography
This is a 4-shot composite image of this morning’s lunar eclipse with 3 longer exposures to capture the eclipsed half and the glow behind the moon along with a shorter exposure to capture details in the uneclipsed half. The stars were added in from an image taken during totality.

#astrophotography
March 14, 2025 at 4:00 PM
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astropotamus.com
#Seestar #Astrophotography of the #Eclipse at its best!
mgscheue.bsky.social Mark Scheuern @mgscheue.bsky.social · Mar 14
Well this kind of worked. The auto exposure and tracking freaked out a bit around totality, but mostly it was better than I expected.
#seestars50 #seestar #astrophotography #eclipse #lunareclipse
March 14, 2025 at 11:26 AM
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peterlewis55.bsky.social
Normally I never post photos that aren't mine but this one is of an Earth eclipse taken by Blue Ghost, the lunar lander craft which got her first diamond ring! Captured at the landing site around 3:30 am CDT and shows the sun about to emerge from totality behind Earth. #astronomy #astrophotography
March 14, 2025 at 1:56 PM
malcircuit.bsky.social
I stayed up way too late last night, but I got lucky with the clouds.

Here's a quick and dirty edit of one of the frames I got last night during the #lunar #eclipse

#astrophotography #astronomy
A pale orange moon with a few bright stars visible in the background
March 14, 2025 at 3:05 PM
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3peaksphoto.bsky.social
Keep in mind that if it's cloudy tonight, you can make your own lunar eclipse photos with a tortilla, a black backdrop and some sea salt. Follow me for more astrophotography tips. #photography #astrophotography #composite #eclipse #lunareclipse #moon #photographersofbluesky #photographersunited
Composite image of lunar eclipse made with a tortilla.
March 13, 2025 at 6:50 PM
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adamparkhomenko.bsky.social
More of this please
March 13, 2025 at 4:51 PM
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sarahweinman.com
So it’s over then, works for me
OpenAI declares AI race “over” if training on copyrighted works isn’t fair use
National security hinges on unfettered access to AI training data, OpenAI says.
arstechnica.com
March 13, 2025 at 8:20 PM
malcircuit.bsky.social
Some men would rather destroy their fortune and burn down the US government than simply talk to a therapist
March 12, 2025 at 10:59 PM
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omgisme.bsky.social
NGC 3576 Statue of Liberty Nebula
Do you see her, Lady Liberty (NGC 3576)? With an outstretched arm she is holding the torch, and if you look closely, with a little imagination, you might think she is wearing a crown (but that’s just gas and dust being zapped by high-energy light from massive stars)
March 11, 2025 at 8:58 PM
malcircuit.bsky.social
In some good political news, at least one Democrat actually has a backbone and knows what being an ally means
youtu.be/5R3RXYovDq4
US House hearing ends abruptly after Republican misgenders trans member
YouTube video by Guardian News
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March 12, 2025 at 10:04 PM
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amyhoy.bsky.social
remember any time anyone concern-trolls about medical intervention, they ONLY “care” when it’s gender affirming care for trans people
caseyparks.bsky.social Casey Parks @caseyparks.bsky.social · Mar 12
DoD officials have said the military spent $52 million between 2014 and 2025 on gender dysphoria treatments for troops — so an average of $5.2 million a year. According to Judge Reyes, the military spends $42 million a year on Viagra treatments.
March 12, 2025 at 8:22 PM
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thryse.com
IBM (1979)
A COMPUTER CAN NEVER BE HELD ACCOUNTABLE THEREFORE A COMPUTER MUST NEVER MAKE A MANAGEMENT DECISION
February 24, 2025 at 9:22 PM
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c1kids.bsky.social
We had some mostly clear nights recently and I was able to make this wide field image of the Rosette Nebula in Monoceros. #astrophotography, #photography
Flower-like cloud of red and pink against a field of stars
March 12, 2025 at 3:40 PM
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chaoticnebula.bsky.social
M27, the Dumbbell Nebula, often one of the first objects attempt for #astrophotography. By learning new #PixInsight workflows and capturing better data, the image improves significantly #Photography
March 12, 2025 at 3:42 PM
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dragonsoaring.com
Drifting 5,000 light-years away in Gemini, the Jellyfish Nebula (IC 443) glows with cosmic beauty—a supernova remnant stretching 70 light-years wide. Its tendrils of gas and dust are a stellar masterpiece. #astronomy #space #nebula #astrophotography
March 12, 2025 at 4:04 PM
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bflachsbart.bsky.social
Jones-Emberson 1 captured from my patio on 5 nights last month 😊🔭

It was shot on the EdgeHD 8 for a total integration time of about 34 hours in mono with Ha and OIII narrowband filters and LRGB filters for the stars.

#Astrophotography

@kat-astro-bot.bsky.social‬
Jones-Emberson 1 is a large and rather faint planetary nebula. It’s also dubbed the headphone nebula because the circular shape has two symmetrical notches resembling a headphone. The central star is a noticeable blueish white dwarf. JnEr1 is about 1.600 light years away from Earth and is located in the constellation of Lynx.
March 12, 2025 at 4:55 PM
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tony873004.bsky.social
Saturn has 128 newly-discovered moons. Here they are color-coded by their MPEC release. Orange: MPEC 2025 E153, Purple: MPEC 2025-E154, Green: MPEC 2025-E155.
March 12, 2025 at 12:52 AM
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astrafoxen.bsky.social
I spent almost 2 hours painstakingly copying the orbits of all 128 Saturnian moons from the announcement MPEC and reformatting them for visualization...

Behold, here are the orbits of ALL 128 MOONS OF SATURN. This isn't just a moon system—it's a literal asteroid belt around Saturn! 🧪🔭☄️
Saturn's outer moon system viewed from the north pole of Saturn. Moons orbiting in clockwise (retrograde) orbits have red-colored orbits while moons orbiting counterclockwise (prograde; in the direction of Saturn's spin) are colored blue. With so many irregular moons occupying the same region and intersecting each other, the irregular moon system looks like a donut-shaped vortex surrounding Saturn. Each of the 128 new moons is highlighted in the diagram with a white point representing their location, and a brighter-colored orbit. Previously-known moons of Saturn are included in the diagram, but are colored darker. The regular moons of Saturn are colored turquoise and the outermost regular moons (Titan, Hyperion, and Iapetus) labeled with their name. At the lower left corner are scale indicators to help visualize the scale of Saturn's irregular moon system. A small gray circle at the left left corner is shown to represent the diameter of the Earth-Moon orbital distance. A linear scale bar is labeled "10 million km" (6.2 million mi) to give a standard distance. View of Saturn's irregular moon system, tilted at an angle to show the toroidal belt-like shape of the system. Each moon is labeled with their names in turquioise. Red orbits = retrograde direction, and blue orbits = prograde direction. Turquoise curves closer to the center are orbits of Saturn's regular moons. Side view of Saturn's irregular moon system, tilted at an angle to show the toroidal belt-like shape of the system. Red orbits = retrograde direction, and blue orbits = prograde direction. Turquoise curves closer to the center are orbits of Saturn's regular moons. The irregular moons of Neptune (dark green) are also visible in the background to the right of Saturn. The horizontal red line protruding right of Saturn is the orbit path of Saturn.
March 12, 2025 at 12:05 AM