Britt Lundgren
@brittlundgren.bsky.social
Quasar gazer | data miner | science / education policy wonk | Associate Prof. of Physics & Astronomy at a public liberal arts college | Illinoisan
2008 -> 2025. America first, though.
November 19, 2025 at 5:19 PM
2008 -> 2025. America first, though.
My great-grandmother's small potato chip factory is three blocks away and in the background of this shot of the GMT mount, currently under construction in Rockford IL! 🔭🥔https://giantmagellan.org/gallery/telescope-mount/#data-fancybox-7
November 18, 2025 at 7:25 PM
My great-grandmother's small potato chip factory is three blocks away and in the background of this shot of the GMT mount, currently under construction in Rockford IL! 🔭🥔https://giantmagellan.org/gallery/telescope-mount/#data-fancybox-7
And I came home with this! www.belleepoquepottery.com
November 9, 2025 at 11:06 PM
And I came home with this! www.belleepoquepottery.com
Spent the afternoon at RAD Fest in Asheville's River Arts District, and my heart is full seeing so much of the area restored and open again ❤️🌈🎨
November 9, 2025 at 11:02 PM
Spent the afternoon at RAD Fest in Asheville's River Arts District, and my heart is full seeing so much of the area restored and open again ❤️🌈🎨
They find the directional colors are different from Mayan representations (red/east, white/north, back/west, yellow/south, and green/center).
"The use of green and blue pigments for different directions is intriguing as the Maya from the Classic to modern times use the term “yax” for both colors"
"The use of green and blue pigments for different directions is intriguing as the Maya from the Classic to modern times use the term “yax” for both colors"
November 7, 2025 at 2:49 PM
They find the directional colors are different from Mayan representations (red/east, white/north, back/west, yellow/south, and green/center).
"The use of green and blue pigments for different directions is intriguing as the Maya from the Classic to modern times use the term “yax” for both colors"
"The use of green and blue pigments for different directions is intriguing as the Maya from the Classic to modern times use the term “yax” for both colors"
The "axe-shaped" object the authors describe on the north side of the cross looks.. an awful lot like the big dipper.
November 7, 2025 at 2:40 PM
The "axe-shaped" object the authors describe on the north side of the cross looks.. an awful lot like the big dipper.
Buncombe County (for context):
October 29, 2025 at 12:21 AM
Buncombe County (for context):
...makes working for the Empire look appealing.
October 23, 2025 at 1:41 PM
...makes working for the Empire look appealing.
from the executive summary:
October 19, 2025 at 6:52 PM
from the executive summary:
No Kings in Black Mountain, NC
October 19, 2025 at 4:58 AM
No Kings in Black Mountain, NC
Very sorry to see that the Pisgah Astronomical Research Institute is up for sale. Anybody know someone with $30M? 🔭https://www.loopnet.com/Listing/1-Pari-Dr-Rosman-NC/37287415/?siteid=7049
October 16, 2025 at 12:36 AM
Very sorry to see that the Pisgah Astronomical Research Institute is up for sale. Anybody know someone with $30M? 🔭https://www.loopnet.com/Listing/1-Pari-Dr-Rosman-NC/37287415/?siteid=7049
Maybelle Blair, a former pitcher for the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League, spoke yesterday at the groundbreaking for a new stadium on the site of the Rockford Peaches' baseball field. (I'm pleased to see my old elementary school, still standing in the background! ❤️)
October 7, 2025 at 10:06 PM
Maybelle Blair, a former pitcher for the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League, spoke yesterday at the groundbreaking for a new stadium on the site of the Rockford Peaches' baseball field. (I'm pleased to see my old elementary school, still standing in the background! ❤️)
Errands done, heading home.
October 4, 2025 at 4:09 AM
Errands done, heading home.
New baby raccoon neighbors 🥰
October 4, 2025 at 4:07 AM
New baby raccoon neighbors 🥰
Some top-notch AI. Not even close to my subject matter expertise, but they've made a 5min AI-generated audio summary for me already. No one wants this stuff!
October 3, 2025 at 12:50 PM
Some top-notch AI. Not even close to my subject matter expertise, but they've made a 5min AI-generated audio summary for me already. No one wants this stuff!
Not a lot of storms to track this time of year in the Rock River Valley.
September 26, 2025 at 12:53 AM
Not a lot of storms to track this time of year in the Rock River Valley.
No, but I clicked on it.. and now my feed is ALL doomsday suits 💀
September 21, 2025 at 2:56 AM
No, but I clicked on it.. and now my feed is ALL doomsday suits 💀
FB's ad algorithm is suggesting I might want one of these. Everything is fine.
September 20, 2025 at 9:40 PM
FB's ad algorithm is suggesting I might want one of these. Everything is fine.
Look at this little cutie I just imaged using a telescope in Australia, controlled from my office on the other side of the planet! #skynet 🔭🪐
September 15, 2025 at 5:54 PM
Look at this little cutie I just imaged using a telescope in Australia, controlled from my office on the other side of the planet! #skynet 🔭🪐
As the media continues its evergreen speculations about a 22 y/o gunman's motives, I'll just leave this here.
"Age at onset of mental disorders worldwide: large-scale meta-analysis of 192 epidemiological studies" www.nature.com/articles/s41...
"Age at onset of mental disorders worldwide: large-scale meta-analysis of 192 epidemiological studies" www.nature.com/articles/s41...
September 13, 2025 at 1:55 PM
As the media continues its evergreen speculations about a 22 y/o gunman's motives, I'll just leave this here.
"Age at onset of mental disorders worldwide: large-scale meta-analysis of 192 epidemiological studies" www.nature.com/articles/s41...
"Age at onset of mental disorders worldwide: large-scale meta-analysis of 192 epidemiological studies" www.nature.com/articles/s41...
My wonderful high school history teacher is now a bird-banding citizen scientist in retirement, who chronicles his work on facebook. Today, he posted this photo of a "first of the year" flying squirrel, trapped by their net. 😍 He reports it was released and "took off without a hitch!"
September 11, 2025 at 12:44 PM
My wonderful high school history teacher is now a bird-banding citizen scientist in retirement, who chronicles his work on facebook. Today, he posted this photo of a "first of the year" flying squirrel, trapped by their net. 😍 He reports it was released and "took off without a hitch!"
I was cleaning out some old boxes tonight and rediscovered this childhood treasure 🤩 ! Career civil servants are some of our nation's greatest role models & they deserve to be treated as such
September 1, 2025 at 3:50 AM
I was cleaning out some old boxes tonight and rediscovered this childhood treasure 🤩 ! Career civil servants are some of our nation's greatest role models & they deserve to be treated as such