RJ Stessman
@turn2thecosmos.bsky.social
Posts of astrophotography, ISU Cyclone sports, catitude, cycling or beautiful landscapes may occasionally pop up here. Birder, bluebirder, cat Dad, and unapologetic tree hugger. DIY audio nut and would-be craftsman. Retired.
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As the dawn breaks on what promises to be a rocky year full of twists and turns, remember to recognize the good and the beautiful along with the downturns. #landscapephotography, #photography #Utah #wilderness #nature
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The chairman of the Senate Armed Services is not a fan of the Trump admin’s Ukraine peace plan.
November 21, 2025 at 9:29 PM
The chairman of the Senate Armed Services is not a fan of the Trump admin’s Ukraine peace plan.
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6) “The livability of this state is being degraded by our agricultural systems. We need to talk about that, and we need to figure this out,” Jones said.
November 23, 2025 at 12:56 PM
6) “The livability of this state is being degraded by our agricultural systems. We need to talk about that, and we need to figure this out,” Jones said.
November 22, 2025 at 7:58 PM
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when the real daddy comes home
November 21, 2025 at 9:25 PM
when the real daddy comes home
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Iowa has "more pounds, if not tons of chemicals per square mile" than other states, Des Moines cancer doctor Richard Deming said at the Iowa Nature Summit.
“We have enough research to show the association" between these ag products and cancer rates; "next we need to have public health policy."
“We have enough research to show the association" between these ag products and cancer rates; "next we need to have public health policy."
'We know enough': Researchers call for Iowa ag regulations to protect public health - Little Village
Researchers and public health advocates said Wednesday that water quality and land use continue to be modifiable elements impacting public health, and in particular cancer, in Iowa. The experts spoke...
littlevillagemag.com
November 21, 2025 at 6:09 PM
Iowa has "more pounds, if not tons of chemicals per square mile" than other states, Des Moines cancer doctor Richard Deming said at the Iowa Nature Summit.
“We have enough research to show the association" between these ag products and cancer rates; "next we need to have public health policy."
“We have enough research to show the association" between these ag products and cancer rates; "next we need to have public health policy."
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Iowa State will celebrate its 16 seniors in Saturday's home finale against Kansas
ISU to celebrate it's 16 seniors against Kansas
So when that siren is cranked during Saturday's game, Domonique Orange and his fellow seniors will smile.
www.thegazette.com
November 21, 2025 at 1:16 PM
Iowa State will celebrate its 16 seniors in Saturday's home finale against Kansas
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JD Vance standing there like a clenched asshole saying Trump is not violent while that dicksiedouche is talking about hanging democrats. What a Cuntabulous sac of ballnuts this admin is 🤦🏻♀️
November 20, 2025 at 5:48 PM
JD Vance standing there like a clenched asshole saying Trump is not violent while that dicksiedouche is talking about hanging democrats. What a Cuntabulous sac of ballnuts this admin is 🤦🏻♀️
“We already know of policies that would be beneficial, and if we just leave everything as voluntary, we probably won’t get much done,”… “Let’s get the experts together and then figure out how incentives and penalties drive behavior that we know will reduce the chemicals getting into the water.”
Researchers and public health advocates said Wednesday that water quality and land use continue to be modifiable elements impacting public health, and in particular cancer, in Iowa, Cami Koons reports.
Panelists at nature summit: Certain ag practices are harming public health • Iowa Capital Dispatch
Researchers and public health advocates said water quality and land use are modifiable elements impacting cancer in Iowa.
iowacapitaldispatch.com
November 19, 2025 at 10:02 PM
“We already know of policies that would be beneficial, and if we just leave everything as voluntary, we probably won’t get much done,”… “Let’s get the experts together and then figure out how incentives and penalties drive behavior that we know will reduce the chemicals getting into the water.”
He knows what happened in Epstein's cell.
Trump suggests Khashoggi had it coming: "You're mentioning someone that was extremely controversial. A lot of people didn't like that gentleman that you're talking about. Whether you like him or didn't like him, things happen. But he knew nothing about it. You don't have to embarrass our guest."
November 18, 2025 at 7:05 PM
He knows what happened in Epstein's cell.
I can't believe that the most transparent administration in history won't RELEASE THE MRI!!!
www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...
www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...
Trump claims his MRI was part of checkup: ‘The doctor said it was the best result’
The president also said he had ‘no idea’ what doctors were looking at during the MRI
www.independent.co.uk
November 18, 2025 at 1:22 PM
I can't believe that the most transparent administration in history won't RELEASE THE MRI!!!
www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...
www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...
As winter approaches I am eagerly looking forward to the return of the elusive giraffalope.
#wildlife #nature #photography #birdfeeding
#wildlife #nature #photography #birdfeeding
November 18, 2025 at 3:04 AM
As winter approaches I am eagerly looking forward to the return of the elusive giraffalope.
#wildlife #nature #photography #birdfeeding
#wildlife #nature #photography #birdfeeding
🤔 …IA-04 will receive no earmarked funding, because for the fifth straight year, Feenstra declined to submit any requests… Ernst & Grassley have not participated in the earmarks process in recent years either. Abstaining does not save taxpayer dollars; it only ensures funds flow to other districts.
New post: The bill that ended the government shutdown included $16 million in funding for Iowa projects.
I broke down the $$ secured for #IA01, #IA02, and #IA03.
(#IA04 will get nothing again, because Randy Feenstra doesn't submit earmark requests)
www.bleedingheartland.com/2025/11/17/f...
I broke down the $$ secured for #IA01, #IA02, and #IA03.
(#IA04 will get nothing again, because Randy Feenstra doesn't submit earmark requests)
www.bleedingheartland.com/2025/11/17/f...
Funding bill includes $16 million for earmarked Iowa projects
Laura Belin reviews the Iowa projects funded in the bill that ended the recent federal government shutdown.
www.bleedingheartland.com
November 17, 2025 at 10:14 PM
🤔 …IA-04 will receive no earmarked funding, because for the fifth straight year, Feenstra declined to submit any requests… Ernst & Grassley have not participated in the earmarks process in recent years either. Abstaining does not save taxpayer dollars; it only ensures funds flow to other districts.
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Nestlé worried AI will destroy world’s water supply before they do
Nestlé worried AI will destroy world’s water supply before they do
VEVEY, SWITZERLAND - Nestlé executives gathered from around the world to announce their grave concern regarding the impact that artificial intelligence’s water consumption will have on their own abili...
www.thebeaverton.com
November 15, 2025 at 4:34 PM
Nestlé worried AI will destroy world’s water supply before they do
What perfect album came out the year you turned 16?
November 17, 2025 at 4:06 AM
What perfect album came out the year you turned 16?
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Pete Townshend On The Who's Farewell Tour, "Quadrophenia," And The Best Thing He's Ever Written - YouTube
www.youtube.com/watch?v=ukBw...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=ukBw...
Pete Townshend On The Who's Farewell Tour, "Quadrophenia," And The Best Thing He's Ever Written
YouTube video by The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
www.youtube.com
November 13, 2025 at 4:15 PM
Pete Townshend On The Who's Farewell Tour, "Quadrophenia," And The Best Thing He's Ever Written - YouTube
www.youtube.com/watch?v=ukBw...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=ukBw...
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UK album chart 14 Nov 1973
8. Dark Side of the Moon Pink Floyd
7. These Foolish Things Bryan Ferry
6. Sladest Slade
5. Hello Status Quo
4. And I Love You So Perry Como
3. Goodbye Yellow Brick Road Elton John
2. Quadrophenia The Who
1. Pin Ups David Bowie
What a chart!
#70srule
8. Dark Side of the Moon Pink Floyd
7. These Foolish Things Bryan Ferry
6. Sladest Slade
5. Hello Status Quo
4. And I Love You So Perry Como
3. Goodbye Yellow Brick Road Elton John
2. Quadrophenia The Who
1. Pin Ups David Bowie
What a chart!
#70srule
November 14, 2025 at 3:18 PM
UK album chart 14 Nov 1973
8. Dark Side of the Moon Pink Floyd
7. These Foolish Things Bryan Ferry
6. Sladest Slade
5. Hello Status Quo
4. And I Love You So Perry Como
3. Goodbye Yellow Brick Road Elton John
2. Quadrophenia The Who
1. Pin Ups David Bowie
What a chart!
#70srule
8. Dark Side of the Moon Pink Floyd
7. These Foolish Things Bryan Ferry
6. Sladest Slade
5. Hello Status Quo
4. And I Love You So Perry Como
3. Goodbye Yellow Brick Road Elton John
2. Quadrophenia The Who
1. Pin Ups David Bowie
What a chart!
#70srule
Seeing the PT interview on Colbert the other night it struck me re: the plight of male American youth. They each need to listen to this opus 4 times, from start to finish, focusing on a different performer each time thru. It would be life-changing.
#nowplaying #TheWho
youtu.be/IA5PGHXGyu0?...
#nowplaying #TheWho
youtu.be/IA5PGHXGyu0?...
Quadrophenia
YouTube video by The Who - Topic
youtu.be
November 16, 2025 at 10:38 PM
Seeing the PT interview on Colbert the other night it struck me re: the plight of male American youth. They each need to listen to this opus 4 times, from start to finish, focusing on a different performer each time thru. It would be life-changing.
#nowplaying #TheWho
youtu.be/IA5PGHXGyu0?...
#nowplaying #TheWho
youtu.be/IA5PGHXGyu0?...
A tiny being in a tiny world. An unknown fly on a spiderwort blossom.
#Stunday #Photography #Flowers #PhotographersOfBluesky
#outdoors #onlybeautifulthings #garden #bloomscrolling #Nature #wildlife #macro #macrophotography
#Stunday #Photography #Flowers #PhotographersOfBluesky
#outdoors #onlybeautifulthings #garden #bloomscrolling #Nature #wildlife #macro #macrophotography
November 16, 2025 at 2:43 PM
A tiny being in a tiny world. An unknown fly on a spiderwort blossom.
#Stunday #Photography #Flowers #PhotographersOfBluesky
#outdoors #onlybeautifulthings #garden #bloomscrolling #Nature #wildlife #macro #macrophotography
#Stunday #Photography #Flowers #PhotographersOfBluesky
#outdoors #onlybeautifulthings #garden #bloomscrolling #Nature #wildlife #macro #macrophotography
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Trump and his voters have put us through so much pain and not one of his supporters has a higher paying job or cheaper healthcare or a better education for their children or new roads or sidewalks or hospitals...
Nothing is better. Everything is demonstrably worse.
Nothing is better. Everything is demonstrably worse.
November 16, 2025 at 2:08 PM
Trump and his voters have put us through so much pain and not one of his supporters has a higher paying job or cheaper healthcare or a better education for their children or new roads or sidewalks or hospitals...
Nothing is better. Everything is demonstrably worse.
Nothing is better. Everything is demonstrably worse.
In this ocean of grape hyacinth, see if you can find the bees hard at work.
#photography #nature #flowers #gardening #wildlife #Iowa #bees
#photography #nature #flowers #gardening #wildlife #Iowa #bees
November 15, 2025 at 8:38 PM
In this ocean of grape hyacinth, see if you can find the bees hard at work.
#photography #nature #flowers #gardening #wildlife #Iowa #bees
#photography #nature #flowers #gardening #wildlife #Iowa #bees
Have a gander at this bee's eye view of a Husker Red Penstemon (aka beardtongue) blossom.
#photography #nature #flowers #gardening #nativeplants #Iowa #prairie
#photography #nature #flowers #gardening #nativeplants #Iowa #prairie
November 15, 2025 at 6:57 PM
Have a gander at this bee's eye view of a Husker Red Penstemon (aka beardtongue) blossom.
#photography #nature #flowers #gardening #nativeplants #Iowa #prairie
#photography #nature #flowers #gardening #nativeplants #Iowa #prairie
November 14, 2025 at 11:05 PM
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#Montana comes through two days in a row. Captured on my way home this afternoon.
#EastCoastKin #scape #rainbow #photography
#Montana comes through two days in a row. Captured on my way home this afternoon.
#EastCoastKin #scape #rainbow #photography
November 14, 2025 at 10:20 PM
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#Montana comes through two days in a row. Captured on my way home this afternoon.
#EastCoastKin #scape #rainbow #photography
#Montana comes through two days in a row. Captured on my way home this afternoon.
#EastCoastKin #scape #rainbow #photography
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This is worth a read. It’s not news that Neo-Nazism is spreading through the far right, but this offers interesting perspective on it
unreal ... JD Vance Received a Dire Warning About the Groyper Takeover of the GOP From a Strange Source talkingpointsmemo.com/news/jd-vanc...
JD Vance Received a Dire Warning About the Groyper Takeover of the GOP From a Strange Source
The call warning of a dangerous tide of extremism in Donald Trump’s...
talkingpointsmemo.com
November 13, 2025 at 10:58 PM
This is worth a read. It’s not news that Neo-Nazism is spreading through the far right, but this offers interesting perspective on it
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