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Accelerationista
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I like to go fast. Moved to Boston in 1976 to attend MIT. Decided this was home. The Cradle of Liberty. Retired software engineer. Some of my software flew on the Space Shuttle. Motorcyclist, photographer, hacker, reader of all kinds of things.
The griffin with veil from the same yard. We pan down briefly to see the tarantula. Scary!

#spookysky #halloween #photography #videography
October 28, 2025 at 7:41 PM
Closeup of the porch from t he same house.
#spookysky #halloween #photography #videography
October 28, 2025 at 7:38 PM
Yet more spooky doings in the Newton MA neighborhood.

#spookysky #halloween #photography #videography
October 28, 2025 at 7:35 PM
More spooky doings in Newton, MA.
#spookysky #halloween
October 27, 2025 at 10:18 PM
October 27, 2025 at 10:13 PM
Some spooky doings around the neighborhood.

#spookysky #halloween
October 27, 2025 at 10:08 PM
Refactor working driver today.
October 12, 2025 at 6:38 PM
After all, T was *convicted* at his trials.
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OK, found liable at some, convicted at others.
Still, Guilty! Guilty! Guilty!
September 27, 2025 at 4:54 PM
NGC 6826 Planetary Nebula
aka The Blinking Nebula

Captured using a Vespera Pro smart telescope on September 3rd, 2025 in Truro, MA. No filters.

The Nebula is centered around the bright green star in the center of the image.
#astrophotography #astronomy
September 8, 2025 at 11:39 PM
MGC 6553 Nebula

Captured using Vespera Pro smart telescope on September 3rd, 2025 in Truro, MA. No filters.

Fighting the nearly full moon, there was quite a lot of sky glow. Still, quite a pretty nebula.

Truro is Bortle 4 dark sky area.
#astrophotography #astrophotograph
September 7, 2025 at 1:47 AM
Grindr
Help Desk
The Musical

Advertising cart found abandoned near the public restrooms in Provincetown.

Sadly, grindrhelpdesk.com will get you nowhere, ;-)

#Ptown #Provincetown
September 6, 2025 at 4:57 PM
Cannery Wharf Park, newly opened in the East Side on Commercial Street in Provincetown. Beautiful!
#Ptown #Provincetown
September 6, 2025 at 4:23 PM
Graffiti stickers on a box locked by Master Vline
(No smoking)

Beatbox
Admit One
Mickey and Minnie Mouse
FDT
Champlain College
Keep America Beautiful
Phillip Morris USA
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Isn’t it ironic, don’t you think?
#ptown #provincetown
September 6, 2025 at 4:17 PM
I’m ILLEGAL in 64 countries.

So far, being gay is still legal in the USA. For how much longer, tho?

#Ptown #Provincetown
September 6, 2025 at 4:03 PM
Frankenstein’s Monster at the town parking lot.

We’ve been in Provincetown for our annual September week.
#ptown #provincetown
September 6, 2025 at 3:59 PM
Black Kawasaki Ninja motorcycle I found on one of my all too frequent visits to St. Eves. Medical center this summer. Note the black RAM X claw cell phone holder mounted on the clip-ons. They are great! #motorcycle #motosky
August 31, 2025 at 5:15 PM
Here is an older Honda CBR I found on Mt. Auburn St., Watertown, MA. Note the analog instrument cluster. Still a nice looking bike.
#motorcycle #motorsky
August 29, 2025 at 5:19 PM
Interesting TAO motorcycle I found while walking around Boston.

#motosky #motorcycle
August 28, 2025 at 4:00 PM
My plans were to have a wall of sunflowers along the street. But the wind and the rabbits got seventeen (17) of them. Still, a few made it. 😎 #summer You can see some bees. Sound up for crickets.
August 28, 2025 at 3:51 PM
Here are my two rides on a recent beautiful summer afternoon.
#motosky #motorcycle
August 27, 2025 at 3:10 PM
time sensitive question
July 20, 2025 at 11:00 PM
The people pushing such stuff as Radithor did not themselves quite understand how dangerous radioactivity was.
periodictable.com/Items/090.8/...
July 20, 2025 at 7:47 AM
Presenting Melotte 111, aka, the Coma Cluster.
Imaged on June 13th, 2025 in Truro, Massachusetts.

This target was again over 90 degrees away from the Full Moon, so the Vespera Pro was able to reject the bright light very well.

#astrophotography #astronomy #photography
July 18, 2025 at 10:38 PM
Presenting the Messier 5 Globular Cluster, located in the constellation Serpens. Imaged on June 12, 2025 in Truro, Massachusetts.

Truro is a Bortle 4 dark area, degraded that night by the full moon.

#astrophotography #astronomy #photography
July 17, 2025 at 12:26 AM
Last December, I got myself a tiny robotic telescope, a Vespera Pro.

This past June, I was able to image M13, the Hercules cluster while we were in Truro, attending the Provincetown Film Festival.

#astrophotography #photography
July 12, 2025 at 7:23 PM