Ned
@nedman.bsky.social
B.S. Physics, M.S. Chemistry , Astro 🪐 Buff, Maker, Husband, Freemason, Dad, Nerd, Dog Dad, Am. Photographer, Stalker of Butterflies, 🏳️🌈Ally, 😃 Coastal NC
The Cape Fear River for me.
My favorite Twitter prompt was "RT this with your home river," so reskeet this with your home river.
Mine is the Patuxent.
Mine is the Patuxent.
January 13, 2026 at 3:49 AM
The Cape Fear River for me.
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As much as I WANT this to be a magic portal to a happier world, it's not.
Captured on the slopes of an Austrian ski resort, it's a LIGHT PILLAR, an optical phenomenon created by the alignment of hexagonal ice crystals reflecting a strong light source in a way that creates the illusion of a pillar.
Captured on the slopes of an Austrian ski resort, it's a LIGHT PILLAR, an optical phenomenon created by the alignment of hexagonal ice crystals reflecting a strong light source in a way that creates the illusion of a pillar.
January 12, 2026 at 2:03 PM
As much as I WANT this to be a magic portal to a happier world, it's not.
Captured on the slopes of an Austrian ski resort, it's a LIGHT PILLAR, an optical phenomenon created by the alignment of hexagonal ice crystals reflecting a strong light source in a way that creates the illusion of a pillar.
Captured on the slopes of an Austrian ski resort, it's a LIGHT PILLAR, an optical phenomenon created by the alignment of hexagonal ice crystals reflecting a strong light source in a way that creates the illusion of a pillar.
After following all the ICE fuckery being shown here on Bluesky, the quote line at the end hit hard.
January 12, 2026 at 5:45 AM
After following all the ICE fuckery being shown here on Bluesky, the quote line at the end hit hard.
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In happier news, it's been a great week for learning strange new things about the universe. A few highlights:
The Rubin Observatory opened its eyes & immediately discovered 1900 asteroids, including the fastest-spinning large asteroid (once every 1.88 minutes!). 🧪🔭
noirlab.edu/public/news/...
The Rubin Observatory opened its eyes & immediately discovered 1900 asteroids, including the fastest-spinning large asteroid (once every 1.88 minutes!). 🧪🔭
noirlab.edu/public/news/...
January 11, 2026 at 12:31 AM
In happier news, it's been a great week for learning strange new things about the universe. A few highlights:
The Rubin Observatory opened its eyes & immediately discovered 1900 asteroids, including the fastest-spinning large asteroid (once every 1.88 minutes!). 🧪🔭
noirlab.edu/public/news/...
The Rubin Observatory opened its eyes & immediately discovered 1900 asteroids, including the fastest-spinning large asteroid (once every 1.88 minutes!). 🧪🔭
noirlab.edu/public/news/...
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BIG FIGHT AT POLAND’S WROCLAW ZOO!!!
January 9, 2026 at 8:02 PM
BIG FIGHT AT POLAND’S WROCLAW ZOO!!!
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This is really, really great.
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MTV REWIND - I Want My MTV
Celebrating 44 years of continuous music videos. Stream classic music videos 24/7.
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January 6, 2026 at 4:58 PM
This is really, really great.
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Just call me nerdy Nedry. 🤓
Fuck I just realized Nedry is a lazy as hell anagram of nerdy
January 7, 2026 at 1:54 AM
Just call me nerdy Nedry. 🤓
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Our Solar System is orbiting the center of our Galaxy at about 220 km/s so in 2025 we collectively traveled something like 7 billion kilometers across the Milky Way. Once in a while, when you have a moment, it’s worthwhile to take a look around, see where you are, and appreciate how far you’ve come.
January 1, 2026 at 5:27 AM
Our Solar System is orbiting the center of our Galaxy at about 220 km/s so in 2025 we collectively traveled something like 7 billion kilometers across the Milky Way. Once in a while, when you have a moment, it’s worthwhile to take a look around, see where you are, and appreciate how far you’ve come.
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Not now, super-massive runaway black hole!
Astronomers made a truly mind-boggling discovery using the JWST:
A runaway super-massive black hole, rocketing through space at a staggering 1,000 km/s, leaving a 200,000 light-year-long tail in its wake in which gas is accumulating and triggering star formation.
🧪
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A runaway super-massive black hole, rocketing through space at a staggering 1,000 km/s, leaving a 200,000 light-year-long tail in its wake in which gas is accumulating and triggering star formation.
🧪
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James Webb Space Telescope confirms 1st 'runaway' supermassive black hole rocketing through home galaxy at 2.2 million mph: 'It boggles the mind!'
"The forces that are needed to dislodge such a massive black hole from its home are enormous."
www.space.com
December 27, 2025 at 9:18 AM
Not now, super-massive runaway black hole!
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Three ways of looking at the iconic Christmas Tree Cluster, 2700 light years from Earth.
What the universe looks like depends on how we look at it. These views highlight infrared (left), x-rays (middle), and red emission from hydrogen gas. Beautiful in three different ways. 🧪🔭
What the universe looks like depends on how we look at it. These views highlight infrared (left), x-rays (middle), and red emission from hydrogen gas. Beautiful in three different ways. 🧪🔭
December 25, 2025 at 7:01 PM
Three ways of looking at the iconic Christmas Tree Cluster, 2700 light years from Earth.
What the universe looks like depends on how we look at it. These views highlight infrared (left), x-rays (middle), and red emission from hydrogen gas. Beautiful in three different ways. 🧪🔭
What the universe looks like depends on how we look at it. These views highlight infrared (left), x-rays (middle), and red emission from hydrogen gas. Beautiful in three different ways. 🧪🔭
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So love wobbegongs. Everything is good about the wobbegong. Its name. Its flattened Oscar the Grouch face. Its frondy bits. Its lazy life as a hungry rug. And it’s a shark. Outstanding animal 10/10
The Tasselled Wobbegong is a master of disguise that can eat a fish almost as big as itself in one gulp. It's classified as a shark, but when it lays on the sea floor it looks like a harmless rug if you manage to see it. But with powerful jaws and sharp teeth they are no fish to mess with.
December 8, 2025 at 9:49 AM
So love wobbegongs. Everything is good about the wobbegong. Its name. Its flattened Oscar the Grouch face. Its frondy bits. Its lazy life as a hungry rug. And it’s a shark. Outstanding animal 10/10
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On FB, Yukon Geological Survey posted some spectacular photos of landslides & snow avalanches triggered by the magnitude 7.0 earthquake on Dec 6 in the St Elias Mountains. Here are some of my favs. @geocron.bsky.social @theronfinley.bsky.social @davepetley.bsky.social @ksvenenvig.bsky.social 🧪⚒️
December 15, 2025 at 10:44 PM
On FB, Yukon Geological Survey posted some spectacular photos of landslides & snow avalanches triggered by the magnitude 7.0 earthquake on Dec 6 in the St Elias Mountains. Here are some of my favs. @geocron.bsky.social @theronfinley.bsky.social @davepetley.bsky.social @ksvenenvig.bsky.social 🧪⚒️
Whoa!
Take a journey through time down a new NSF COLDEX ice core borehole just completed by the team in #Antarctica!
If you’re at #AGU25 stop by the COLDEX booth in the Exhibit Hall to talk to COLDEX team members from across the 15-institution center funded by NSF! @agu.org Follow us on IG @ coldex_stc
If you’re at #AGU25 stop by the COLDEX booth in the Exhibit Hall to talk to COLDEX team members from across the 15-institution center funded by NSF! @agu.org Follow us on IG @ coldex_stc
December 15, 2025 at 4:48 AM
Whoa!
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HERETICS WELCOME
December 14, 2025 at 9:52 PM
HERETICS WELCOME
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Fascinating story. Seems to me there should be technology to find the device.
An American nuclear device disappeared on one of the world’s highest mountains during a covert mission. After losing it 60 years ago, the U.S. government still refuses to acknowledge that anything ever happened.
How Did the C.I.A. Lose a Nuclear Device in the Himalayas?
A plutonium-packed generator disappeared on one of the world’s highest mountains in a covert mission that the U.S. will not talk about.
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December 14, 2025 at 1:33 AM
Fascinating story. Seems to me there should be technology to find the device.
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Robin Ince reveals to last night’s audience at a recording of Infinite Monkey Cage that the BBC has forced him to resign over his support of trans people
December 13, 2025 at 11:02 AM
Robin Ince reveals to last night’s audience at a recording of Infinite Monkey Cage that the BBC has forced him to resign over his support of trans people
😆❤️ but also 😬💀
(The short of it is that HF is very deadly if you get enough of it on your skin. Nasty chemical burn but more insidiously it can bind to calcium in your body which can cause, among other things, your heart to stop. 😳) #Chemsky
(The short of it is that HF is very deadly if you get enough of it on your skin. Nasty chemical burn but more insidiously it can bind to calcium in your body which can cause, among other things, your heart to stop. 😳) #Chemsky
The #BEASTLab won second place in the departmental holiday decoration contest!
December 12, 2025 at 11:13 PM
😆❤️ but also 😬💀
(The short of it is that HF is very deadly if you get enough of it on your skin. Nasty chemical burn but more insidiously it can bind to calcium in your body which can cause, among other things, your heart to stop. 😳) #Chemsky
(The short of it is that HF is very deadly if you get enough of it on your skin. Nasty chemical burn but more insidiously it can bind to calcium in your body which can cause, among other things, your heart to stop. 😳) #Chemsky
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Today in “Dudes Rock”:
A dude playing Dire Straits’s “Sultans of Swing” guitar solo on…a recorder.
A dude playing Dire Straits’s “Sultans of Swing” guitar solo on…a recorder.
December 12, 2025 at 12:50 AM
Today in “Dudes Rock”:
A dude playing Dire Straits’s “Sultans of Swing” guitar solo on…a recorder.
A dude playing Dire Straits’s “Sultans of Swing” guitar solo on…a recorder.
What even is a black hole anyway? An astrophysicist answers!
YouTube video by Dr Kirsten Banks
youtube.com
December 10, 2025 at 11:37 PM
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Mosaic of ☄️Lemmon C/2025 A6 on Oct.26, 2025. Taken with Leica Apo-Telyt f-180/4.0 telephoto lens&Asi 294. To emphasize ion tail, only blue images were used for L-image. Field 1 4x5.5min, field 2 5x6min.
📸 Michael Jäger
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📸 Michael Jäger
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December 10, 2025 at 9:53 PM
Mosaic of ☄️Lemmon C/2025 A6 on Oct.26, 2025. Taken with Leica Apo-Telyt f-180/4.0 telephoto lens&Asi 294. To emphasize ion tail, only blue images were used for L-image. Field 1 4x5.5min, field 2 5x6min.
📸 Michael Jäger
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📸 Michael Jäger
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Repaired the rocker power switch on one of my rotary tools with a 3D printed part. #3DPrinting #Repair
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Rocker Switch Repair
I have an inexpensive rotary tool that I have dedicated to use with a rotary flex shaft attachment. A few days ago the rocker power switch stopped working and I could tell something mechanical broke i...
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December 10, 2025 at 3:59 PM
Repaired the rocker power switch on one of my rotary tools with a 3D printed part. #3DPrinting #Repair
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Luna - watercolour and acryla gouache on paper
A personification of the night sky.
One of my favourite paintings. It makes me miss personal work. Eventually I'll figure out a balance where I can paint just to paint again.
Prints are on INPRNT if your mom would like one for xmas
A personification of the night sky.
One of my favourite paintings. It makes me miss personal work. Eventually I'll figure out a balance where I can paint just to paint again.
Prints are on INPRNT if your mom would like one for xmas
December 8, 2025 at 5:10 PM
Luna - watercolour and acryla gouache on paper
A personification of the night sky.
One of my favourite paintings. It makes me miss personal work. Eventually I'll figure out a balance where I can paint just to paint again.
Prints are on INPRNT if your mom would like one for xmas
A personification of the night sky.
One of my favourite paintings. It makes me miss personal work. Eventually I'll figure out a balance where I can paint just to paint again.
Prints are on INPRNT if your mom would like one for xmas