Camrat
@camrat.bsky.social
With a strong drive to grasp how stuff, ie nature, tech and people, work.
December 3, 2025 at 11:42 PM
Let’s start the next lap with some style.
It's Friday, and apparently bluesky is ready for this fun revelation:
Dinosaurs lived on the other side the Galaxy.
Dinosaurs lived on the other side the Galaxy.
November 22, 2025 at 8:36 PM
Let’s start the next lap with some style.
Falling with style should be considererd good enough for a lot of us, me included.
Anchiornis. Detail from a drawing from 2019.
A new paper by Kiat et al indicates that Anchiornis probably couldn't fly.
(But I still think it might have been capable of 'falling with style'.)
www.nature.com/articles/s42...
A new paper by Kiat et al indicates that Anchiornis probably couldn't fly.
(But I still think it might have been capable of 'falling with style'.)
www.nature.com/articles/s42...
November 22, 2025 at 8:21 PM
Falling with style should be considererd good enough for a lot of us, me included.
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It is all about gaining the public's support. The fascists want fear and violence from us to justify their actions. The more we mock them and have fun, the more their actions seem out of proportion and unjustifiable and the more support they lose from "undecided" folks.
This is not just funny, it's smart. We need more of this mockery that shows these thugs that we see their despicable fascism and give them the respect that they deserve.
ICYMI: “And now, a response from the leader of the frog resistance...” 🐸 🎵 #Colbert
October 14, 2025 at 5:06 PM
It is all about gaining the public's support. The fascists want fear and violence from us to justify their actions. The more we mock them and have fun, the more their actions seem out of proportion and unjustifiable and the more support they lose from "undecided" folks.
I don’t wanna talk about this.
October 12, 2025 at 4:59 PM
I don’t wanna talk about this.
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Jag tillhör gruppen som det smöras våldsamt för, etniskt svensk välmående medelklass, och jag vill inte ha en spänn mer i sänkt skatt. Jag hade fått nog av jobbskatteavdrag redan på Anders Borgs tid. Jag vill leva i ett samhälle som fungerar och håller ihop. Det minskade skatteuttaget syns överallt.
October 6, 2025 at 3:47 PM
Jag tillhör gruppen som det smöras våldsamt för, etniskt svensk välmående medelklass, och jag vill inte ha en spänn mer i sänkt skatt. Jag hade fått nog av jobbskatteavdrag redan på Anders Borgs tid. Jag vill leva i ett samhälle som fungerar och håller ihop. Det minskade skatteuttaget syns överallt.
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Comet C/2025 A6 (Lemmon) is now around magnitude 7.0. Visible as a blurry fuzz in binoculars roughly midway between the constellations of Gemini and Ursa Major. 🔭 🧪
September 25, 2025 at 12:20 PM
Comet C/2025 A6 (Lemmon) is now around magnitude 7.0. Visible as a blurry fuzz in binoculars roughly midway between the constellations of Gemini and Ursa Major. 🔭 🧪
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Do *any* of TRAPPIST-1's planets have air? Maybe. Kinda. Maybe not.
This stuff is HARD.
badastronomy.beehiiv.com/p/looking-fo...
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This stuff is HARD.
badastronomy.beehiiv.com/p/looking-fo...
🔭🧪
Looking for air around TRAPPIST-1’s planets
Two more planets observed have ambiguous results, showing how difficult this is to determine
badastronomy.beehiiv.com
September 23, 2025 at 2:39 PM
Do *any* of TRAPPIST-1's planets have air? Maybe. Kinda. Maybe not.
This stuff is HARD.
badastronomy.beehiiv.com/p/looking-fo...
🔭🧪
This stuff is HARD.
badastronomy.beehiiv.com/p/looking-fo...
🔭🧪
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Behold my nearly completed Da Vinci helicopter model
September 23, 2025 at 6:57 PM
Behold my nearly completed Da Vinci helicopter model
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The Pleiades from yesterday. 22 September 2025. 🔭 🧪 🎨 #astrophotography #SciArt #photography #StormHour #ThePhotoHour
September 23, 2025 at 3:10 PM
The Pleiades from yesterday. 22 September 2025. 🔭 🧪 🎨 #astrophotography #SciArt #photography #StormHour #ThePhotoHour
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I was just outside and I did what I always do: I looked up. Vega caught my eye, and after a moment I had this odd feeling that the only thing separating me and that powerful, brilliant star is our atmosphere. Get past that and it's a straight line through 250 trillion km of literally nothing.
September 14, 2025 at 2:04 AM
I was just outside and I did what I always do: I looked up. Vega caught my eye, and after a moment I had this odd feeling that the only thing separating me and that powerful, brilliant star is our atmosphere. Get past that and it's a straight line through 250 trillion km of literally nothing.
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The Cambrian marked the beginning of a fantastic flourishing that set the basis for life as we know it today. In my latest for Smithsonian, I take a peek at how everything from sea level changes to who ate whom underwrote life’s biodiversity burst.
What Led Life to Flourish Roughly 520 Million Years Ago?
Changes to the world’s oceans and the rise of certain predators may have driven diversification
www.smithsonianmag.com
September 14, 2025 at 1:02 PM
The Cambrian marked the beginning of a fantastic flourishing that set the basis for life as we know it today. In my latest for Smithsonian, I take a peek at how everything from sea level changes to who ate whom underwrote life’s biodiversity burst.
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iPhone 15 (!) photo of Scorpio and Sagittarius. The skies are SO BEAUTIFUL here.
September 14, 2025 at 2:25 PM
iPhone 15 (!) photo of Scorpio and Sagittarius. The skies are SO BEAUTIFUL here.
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1999 still feels like yesterday.
Has it really been 26 years since a nuclear accident blasted the Moon out of Earth orbit and into deep space, with all crew of Moonbase Alpha presumed lost?
Well, Happy Breakaway Day then!
badastronomy.beehiiv.com/p/ban-461-as...
#Space1999
Well, Happy Breakaway Day then!
badastronomy.beehiiv.com/p/ban-461-as...
#Space1999
BAN #461: Astronomer in Residence at the Grand Canyon, Happy Breakaway Day
September 12, 2022 Issue #461
badastronomy.beehiiv.com
September 13, 2025 at 7:32 PM
1999 still feels like yesterday.
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Glories are amazing. I've seen a few while flying. The super cool part is how it's centered on *you*, so in vids like this you can even tell where the person is on the plane!
Best glory I’ve ever seen from a plane! It’s an optical phenomenon that occurs when light interacts in and around tiny droplets of water in the clouds, in the direction opposite the sun. More complex than a rainbow. Here’s a link to some more info: www.zmescience.com/science/phys... #optics #physics
September 7, 2025 at 1:51 PM
Glories are amazing. I've seen a few while flying. The super cool part is how it's centered on *you*, so in vids like this you can even tell where the person is on the plane!
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When I start wrapping up a book, the self doubt creeps in. What if I’m fooling myself, what if I could have done better, what if everyone’s going to see the flaws I see.
Then @dinopupper.bsky.social reminds me I do this every time. Not with annoyance. But reassurance that the feeling always passes.
Then @dinopupper.bsky.social reminds me I do this every time. Not with annoyance. But reassurance that the feeling always passes.
September 1, 2025 at 1:09 PM
When I start wrapping up a book, the self doubt creeps in. What if I’m fooling myself, what if I could have done better, what if everyone’s going to see the flaws I see.
Then @dinopupper.bsky.social reminds me I do this every time. Not with annoyance. But reassurance that the feeling always passes.
Then @dinopupper.bsky.social reminds me I do this every time. Not with annoyance. But reassurance that the feeling always passes.
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Currently in Berlin remembering what a place where fascism was defeated feels like
September 1, 2025 at 4:09 PM
Currently in Berlin remembering what a place where fascism was defeated feels like
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Det är alltså bara att skicka namn och adress i DM, så skickar jag boken.
Boken finns också på många bibliotek eftersom den fick kulturstöd beviljat.
Boken finns också på många bibliotek eftersom den fick kulturstöd beviljat.
September 1, 2025 at 5:48 PM
Det är alltså bara att skicka namn och adress i DM, så skickar jag boken.
Boken finns också på många bibliotek eftersom den fick kulturstöd beviljat.
Boken finns också på många bibliotek eftersom den fick kulturstöd beviljat.
On my comfort listening list.
Catch up with your pals, the dinosaurs, in my latest book.
August 22, 2025 at 9:23 PM
On my comfort listening list.
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In 2032 there is a small chance that the 60-meter asteroid 2024 YR4 will impact the Moon. If it does, we could get a helluva meteor shower from it. We're safe on Earth's surface, but our satellites may suffer.
www.scientificamerican.com/article/will...
🧪🔭
www.scientificamerican.com/article/will...
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If This Asteroid Hits the Moon, Watch for Shooting Stars and Stricken Satellites
The 60-meter asteroid 2024 YR4 has a 4 percent chance of hitting the moon. Could such a lunar collision create a dangerous new meteor shower?
www.scientificamerican.com
August 22, 2025 at 3:34 PM
In 2032 there is a small chance that the 60-meter asteroid 2024 YR4 will impact the Moon. If it does, we could get a helluva meteor shower from it. We're safe on Earth's surface, but our satellites may suffer.
www.scientificamerican.com/article/will...
🧪🔭
www.scientificamerican.com/article/will...
🧪🔭