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🔵 in a red state. ❤️ my kids & spouse. Sci educator, scope slinger ⭐🌛. Rock collector. Slava 🇺🇦 🇱🇹💙🌈 Health care for all. Pets have souls. Born @ 312ppm CO2.
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She should play Miz Nancy in a biopic.
From the Harry Potter movie universe. " Here is a fact-based summary of the story contents: Nailing the villain is a crucial part of every story. Sometimes the best villains have something that makes you feel bad for them, such as a tragic backstory, redeeming qualities, or a compelling motive. Some antagonists, however, have no such things, and are unapologetically the worst. There's nothing to make the viewer sympathize with them in any way. On r/AskReddit, Reddit's open-ended discussion forum, a user named Family_Man_On_TV asked users which fictional villain was evil incarnate. Many answers came from all corners of the site. Some listed TV or comic book villains, while others listed movie villains. 10 Sauron – 'The Lord of the Rings' Trilogy (2001-2003) Sauron reaches towards the viewer Image via Warner Bros. The user Emu_on_the_Loose put forth this answer, stating, "I have been rereading The Lord of the Rings lately, and it has been striking me that Sauron has no redeeming qualities at all, nothing to be sympathetic toward, nothing to aspire to. Tolkien wrote him as a satanic evil with no goodness whatsoever other than a lingering living memory in some ancient beings of a time when he was not yet so evil. I usually identify with villains at least a little, but Sauron is utterly unlikeable and completely horrible." This answer ended up being the top comment on the thread. RELATED: The 10 Greatest 'Lord Of The Rings' Villains, Ranked The movie version of Sauron (Alan Howard) proves to be just as despicable in every way. His ring of power is the main plot point for the film trilogy, and its evil is enough to make best friends and even family members turn on each other. In the case of Gollum, (Andy Serkis), it was literally enough to make him murder his cousin. This horrific, corrupting power is what makes Sauron one of the most evil villains in cinema. 9 Emperor Palpatine – 'Star Wars' Series (1977-) Palpatine in Episode III Image via Walt Disney The user He…
November 15, 2025 at 9:02 PM
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An oldie but goodie. There's a Simpsons reference for just about everthing.
A woman from the Simpsons screams "Won't somebody please think of the children?"
November 14, 2025 at 4:03 AM
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A few miles west of St. Loui, MO.
A nightscape with an Aurora display. Pink and green. With a bare tree and a low building.
November 12, 2025 at 5:16 PM
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The wallpaper for my tablet.
Wallpaper for my tablet. A white Great Egret in a swamp picture plus tablet icons for apps.
November 12, 2025 at 5:07 PM
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A few miles west of St. Louis, MO. 8pm local time 11 Nov. 2025.
Nightscape with a bare tree and a low building. Red and green Aurora light the sky.
November 12, 2025 at 4:53 PM
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East Central Missouri.
A nightscape with a tree, a low building, and distant lights. Red and green Aurora in the sky.
November 12, 2025 at 4:31 PM
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G'day mate. Stay warm!
A yellow dog wears a blue plaid sweater on a cold day.
November 12, 2025 at 5:02 AM
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Here is a phone pic of auroral activity in east central Missouri.
Pink arcs of aurora borealis curve over a large bushy tree. The aurora is bright pink with vertical pillars.
November 12, 2025 at 4:21 AM
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Good for them.
The four horsemen of the apocalypse decide to become less depressing, now representing Hope, Justice, Empathy, and Basically Not Being a Dick.
November 11, 2025 at 3:27 AM
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I ❤️ my SeeStar S50. This M17 Swan Nebula (Omega Nebula) pic was taken during a full light polluting Moon.
The Swan Nebula in Sagittarius. It looks like an upside down swan.
November 7, 2025 at 7:06 PM
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Logical, in its way.
November 4, 2025 at 7:29 PM
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A modest proposal.
A Daily Kos member replies to a cartoon with "Let's create an A.I. billionaire to make real billionaires unnecessary, and replace them all."
October 29, 2025 at 10:28 PM
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This is the only way.
Yellow dog looks alert and to the left on a flight of carpeted stairs.
October 26, 2025 at 5:20 PM
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Last December, visiting family near PHX.
Christmas, 2024, about 50 miles East of Apache Junction, AZ.
October 21, 2025 at 4:18 PM
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Comet 2025 R2 Swan is moving way fast. This is an 8 minute exposure, 10 sec integrations, East Central Missouri 19 October.
A picture full of stars with an elongated blurry of fuzz, Wich is a fast moving comet.
October 20, 2025 at 4:54 PM
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St. Louis says No Kings. Even with thunderstorms.
The Gateway Arch and the old Court House, downtown St. Louis. No Kings marchers are gathered with umbrellas and raincoats under a heavy downpour.
October 19, 2025 at 4:17 PM
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This is what democracy looks like.
A young girl sitting on her Dad's shoulders holds an American flag on a pole. Inverted flag means EMERGENCY.
October 19, 2025 at 3:59 PM
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Last year in AZ.
Abrown bird with a long thin bill is feeding on a cactus flower.
October 19, 2025 at 3:48 PM
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This is it.
Banner held by two people says "You only target journalists when your enemy is truth."
October 18, 2025 at 11:45 PM
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Because they have no self-awareness.
photo of an ice agent pulled over for DUI, who is afraid of losing custody of his kids if arrested. No sense of irony with that one.
October 18, 2025 at 11:32 PM
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Standing in the rain in a suburb of St. Louis, MO. Even with heavy rain, 600 people showed up in this red county in a red state.
October 18, 2025 at 8:26 PM
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Cartoon drawings. The Sun, being Mom, scolds Saturn for being jealous, and throwing ice at, Mars and its robots. Meanwhile, Earth slingshots another robot to Mars.
October 16, 2025 at 7:35 PM
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Hydrate. My boy says you got this.
Yellow with one brown eye and one blue eye, dog looks alert up to the right.
October 11, 2025 at 6:09 PM
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This is from the X-Files. Dr. Scully is testifying before Congress. In 1990.
Dr. Dana Scully (Gillian Anderson), an FBI agent investigating unexplained phenomena, testifies before the US Congress.
October 5, 2025 at 11:43 PM
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GIMP on my laptop for astrophotography.
The Orion Nebula M 42 is fun to observe in winter (Northern Hemisphere).
October 3, 2025 at 8:10 PM