pbjonearth
@pbjonearth.bsky.social
Heart of gold, pancreas of plastic, chemist, teacher, cook, astronomer, writer, baseball fan, hiker, eater. OK/NC. Opinions my own and subject to change. He/him.
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pbjonearth
@pbjonearth.bsky.social
· Oct 20
2024 has been a year of rare celestial events for me. Total solar eclipse in April, once in generation auroral outburst in May, continuing aurora through the year, and a really nice comet. I even managed five clear nights at star parties. #astronomy #astrophotography 1/n
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November 18, 2025 at 11:46 PM
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Which one would you put on your pancakes? u-of-o-nmr-facility.blogspot.com/2016/06/nmr-... #nmr #nmrchat #chemsky
November 15, 2025 at 9:18 AM
Which one would you put on your pancakes? u-of-o-nmr-facility.blogspot.com/2016/06/nmr-... #nmr #nmrchat #chemsky
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Lots of folks captioning aurora photos like "for a few minutes we didn't think about politics"
guess I'm built different, every time I'm out trying to see night sky stuff I frequently think about how much light pollution is entirely preventable with just a tiny bit of regulation
guess I'm built different, every time I'm out trying to see night sky stuff I frequently think about how much light pollution is entirely preventable with just a tiny bit of regulation
November 13, 2025 at 10:03 PM
Lots of folks captioning aurora photos like "for a few minutes we didn't think about politics"
guess I'm built different, every time I'm out trying to see night sky stuff I frequently think about how much light pollution is entirely preventable with just a tiny bit of regulation
guess I'm built different, every time I'm out trying to see night sky stuff I frequently think about how much light pollution is entirely preventable with just a tiny bit of regulation
The 2025 World Series will see more innings than any series since 1921 (Giants 5-3 win in best of 9). The only series with more innings was 1919 (Reds 5-3 win with one 10 inning game). 11 innings tomorrow gets us the longest series in history. #baseball #worldseries
November 1, 2025 at 4:13 AM
The 2025 World Series will see more innings than any series since 1921 (Giants 5-3 win in best of 9). The only series with more innings was 1919 (Reds 5-3 win with one 10 inning game). 11 innings tomorrow gets us the longest series in history. #baseball #worldseries
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There are far too many people who scoff at just having a good time for its own sake.
October 25, 2025 at 1:58 PM
There are far too many people who scoff at just having a good time for its own sake.
Saturn was at opposition last night. I imaged Titan and its shadow crossing the disk the night before. Here I show that image with an image of Saturn with Titan's shadow on the disk on Sept 4. Note how much brighter the ring is on the 20th. This is the Seeliger Effect. #astrophotography 🔭🧪
September 21, 2025 at 3:13 PM
Saturn was at opposition last night. I imaged Titan and its shadow crossing the disk the night before. Here I show that image with an image of Saturn with Titan's shadow on the disk on Sept 4. Note how much brighter the ring is on the 20th. This is the Seeliger Effect. #astrophotography 🔭🧪
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To my H-1B friends, I am so fucking sorry. This all sucks so much.
September 19, 2025 at 11:46 PM
To my H-1B friends, I am so fucking sorry. This all sucks so much.
I sometimes think it's possible that current American politics are simply the result of someone asking a genie for Ted Cruz and Marco Rubio to be as humiliated as they possibly could be but not being specific about other outcomes.
September 17, 2025 at 8:59 PM
I sometimes think it's possible that current American politics are simply the result of someone asking a genie for Ted Cruz and Marco Rubio to be as humiliated as they possibly could be but not being specific about other outcomes.
With Earth crossing Saturn's ring plane, we're being treated to some lovely moon and shadow transits. Titan is currently casting its shadow on the disk every 18 days. With gear too long unused, I managed to catch last night's transit. Color is in Vis light, Gray in IR. 🔭 🧪 #astrophotography
September 4, 2025 at 6:07 PM
With Earth crossing Saturn's ring plane, we're being treated to some lovely moon and shadow transits. Titan is currently casting its shadow on the disk every 18 days. With gear too long unused, I managed to catch last night's transit. Color is in Vis light, Gray in IR. 🔭 🧪 #astrophotography
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Anyone from the University of Montreal here? Please DM.
Please RT.
Please RT.
September 4, 2025 at 4:25 PM
Anyone from the University of Montreal here? Please DM.
Please RT.
Please RT.
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Watch as the familiar pattern of the Scorpius constellation distorts into a whole new perspective.
The opening of the sequence pans up to Scorpius in the night sky. The brightest star in the constellation, Antares, is a red supergiant known as the "heart of the Scorpion." 🔭 🧪
The opening of the sequence pans up to Scorpius in the night sky. The brightest star in the constellation, Antares, is a red supergiant known as the "heart of the Scorpion." 🔭 🧪
September 2, 2025 at 12:53 PM
Watch as the familiar pattern of the Scorpius constellation distorts into a whole new perspective.
The opening of the sequence pans up to Scorpius in the night sky. The brightest star in the constellation, Antares, is a red supergiant known as the "heart of the Scorpion." 🔭 🧪
The opening of the sequence pans up to Scorpius in the night sky. The brightest star in the constellation, Antares, is a red supergiant known as the "heart of the Scorpion." 🔭 🧪
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The #1 way to explain America working properly is by saying “comedians can make fun of he President on TV.” A good way to explain fascism is “the President forces companies to fire those comedians as a condition of allowing them to conduct business.”
July 18, 2025 at 1:07 AM
The #1 way to explain America working properly is by saying “comedians can make fun of he President on TV.” A good way to explain fascism is “the President forces companies to fire those comedians as a condition of allowing them to conduct business.”
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Matt Walsh's imaginary professor: "good morning student-comrades. today we learn how to bayonet a white Christian capitalist while taking trans hormones"
actual average professor: "folks, I am begging you, please do the reading for tomorrow this time. it is five pages"
actual average professor: "folks, I am begging you, please do the reading for tomorrow this time. it is five pages"
one of the things that gets me about so many of the pundits who pontificate about "higher education" when they really mean a handful of elite private institutions is that most of them live within driving distance of either a community college or a non-selective public institution
July 16, 2025 at 1:30 PM
Matt Walsh's imaginary professor: "good morning student-comrades. today we learn how to bayonet a white Christian capitalist while taking trans hormones"
actual average professor: "folks, I am begging you, please do the reading for tomorrow this time. it is five pages"
actual average professor: "folks, I am begging you, please do the reading for tomorrow this time. it is five pages"
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We should be putting a gargantuan amount of money into solar and storage. War economy levels. It should be free to have a guy from the government solar your house up. Electricity should basically cost nothing.
July 14, 2025 at 10:18 PM
We should be putting a gargantuan amount of money into solar and storage. War economy levels. It should be free to have a guy from the government solar your house up. Electricity should basically cost nothing.
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The problem is once you support something, even if things change for the worse, you tend to stick by your earlier statements.
This trick is known to salesmen, cult leaders, conmen, and politicians.
This trick is known to salesmen, cult leaders, conmen, and politicians.
July 2, 2025 at 6:56 PM
The problem is once you support something, even if things change for the worse, you tend to stick by your earlier statements.
This trick is known to salesmen, cult leaders, conmen, and politicians.
This trick is known to salesmen, cult leaders, conmen, and politicians.
M27 imaged over June 22-23, two clear nights in a very cloudy month. The Dumbbell shape (L/R here) is apparent in even in small scopes. With my 15" and a dark sky, I can see the more delicate parts above and below. It's all greenish gray in the eyepiece, of course. 🔭 🧪 #astrophotography
July 1, 2025 at 1:07 PM
M27 imaged over June 22-23, two clear nights in a very cloudy month. The Dumbbell shape (L/R here) is apparent in even in small scopes. With my 15" and a dark sky, I can see the more delicate parts above and below. It's all greenish gray in the eyepiece, of course. 🔭 🧪 #astrophotography
Man. Today is going to be a long day.
June 20, 2025 at 2:08 PM
Man. Today is going to be a long day.
Had a guy here to replace my gas meter. Said it would be a few hours. Took 30 minutes. Now I have to go to work. Feeling cheated.
June 18, 2025 at 1:06 PM
Had a guy here to replace my gas meter. Said it would be a few hours. Took 30 minutes. Now I have to go to work. Feeling cheated.
I have few followers and little reach. Which is fine. But I'll say this at the outset of a tense weekend and beginning of what will likely be a long, hot summer.
Know who you're fighting. And why.
Punching those you can reach simply because you want to punch someone is a bad plan.
Know who you're fighting. And why.
Punching those you can reach simply because you want to punch someone is a bad plan.
June 12, 2025 at 10:53 PM
I have few followers and little reach. Which is fine. But I'll say this at the outset of a tense weekend and beginning of what will likely be a long, hot summer.
Know who you're fighting. And why.
Punching those you can reach simply because you want to punch someone is a bad plan.
Know who you're fighting. And why.
Punching those you can reach simply because you want to punch someone is a bad plan.
In so many forums I keep reading ~ “AI just said X. X seems wrong…so I’m not sure what I’m missing.” You’re not missing anything! Why do you assume AI is right and you’re the idiot. Forget ethics and cost and environment, AI is just often completely wrong.
June 1, 2025 at 3:52 PM
In so many forums I keep reading ~ “AI just said X. X seems wrong…so I’m not sure what I’m missing.” You’re not missing anything! Why do you assume AI is right and you’re the idiot. Forget ethics and cost and environment, AI is just often completely wrong.
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As the parent of a type-I diabetic, I would like to invite the ignorant piece of shit currently directing the FDA to kiss my ass.
May 26, 2025 at 4:09 AM
As the parent of a type-I diabetic, I would like to invite the ignorant piece of shit currently directing the FDA to kiss my ass.
In Trek of a certain era, there were allusions to the early dangers of transporters. But anyone older than 50 who had 36 hours of travel (which has recently changed to 60, yay!) would happily have been a test subject: I might not reassemble? fine. I might turn inside out? Fine. Let's go.
May 10, 2025 at 1:00 PM
In Trek of a certain era, there were allusions to the early dangers of transporters. But anyone older than 50 who had 36 hours of travel (which has recently changed to 60, yay!) would happily have been a test subject: I might not reassemble? fine. I might turn inside out? Fine. Let's go.
The USA is, now, officially Old World.
May 8, 2025 at 5:21 PM
The USA is, now, officially Old World.