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just-jack-1.bsky.social
I used to think they were all nuts when they’d carry on non-stop about deep state cabals, powerful pedophile rings and highly connected sex traffickers.

It turns out they knew exactly what they were talking about.

They were talking about themselves.
December 29, 2025 at 6:22 PM
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georgetakei.bsky.social
History will record that Kimmel and Colbert were among the shining brave lights of our time.
December 22, 2025 at 4:00 PM
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everylibrary.bsky.social
Are academic libraries on your travel wish list?
Academic Libraries for Your Travel Bucket List
Are academic libraries on your travel wish list?
buff.ly
December 17, 2025 at 4:04 PM
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georgetakei.bsky.social
Time to admit they don't have a case. This is just embarrassing for the “Justice” Department under Pam Bondi.
New York Attorney General Letitia James stands outdoors in sunlight, looking composed. Text on the image reports that a grand jury has declined for the second time to indict her.
December 12, 2025 at 11:30 PM
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photonphanatic.bsky.social
The California Nebula (NGC 1499), shot in narrowband (RGB for the stars) and processed in the Hubble pallette. About 13 hours of data shot over two evenings. Shot with my 80-mm f/5 refractor. More details on Astrobin: app.astrobin.com/i/fbhw1e

#astrophotography
December 12, 2025 at 11:16 PM
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mikechristie.bsky.social
An hour and 45 minutes later, the GRS has rotated nearly 90 degrees across the disk. Seeing had improved, so CFF160🔭, #TeleVue 2.5x Powermate, #ZWO585MC camera. 90s video, best 25% frames stacked and sharpened in Astrosurface
Jupiter and 3 Galilean moons (from left to right: Europa, Ganymede, Io). The Great Red Spot has rotated nearly a quarter of the way round the disk and is just past the centre. The north and south equatorial belts are clearly visible, with smaller features trailing the GRS
December 12, 2025 at 11:52 PM
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mikechristie.bsky.social
Jupiter tonight, with 3 of the Galilean moons (Europa, Ganymede, Io from L to R). CFF160 🔭, #TeleVue 2x Barlow, #ZWO585MC camera. 90s video, best 10% frames stacked and sharpened in AstroSurface. #astrophotography
Jupiter, with great red spot lower left. Europa is visible to the left of the disk, and Ganymede and Io to the right of the disk. The disk has brown belts visible in the northern and southern hemispheres
December 12, 2025 at 11:04 PM
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meidastouch.com
Trump is rebuked by the Indiana GOP; Noem flails and runs away during a hearing; DOJ is humiliated again; Leavitt makes more excuses for Trump's health issues; Epstein survivors demand an audit; and more. Watch the MeidasTouch Podcast at 8p ET/5p PT!
LIVE: MeidasTouch RESPONDS to MAJOR BREAKING NEWS - 12/11/25
YouTube video by MeidasTouch
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December 12, 2025 at 12:50 AM
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truthout.org
At COP30, rich countries undermine true climate aid to the Global South by using loans, creative accounting, weak pledges, and private investments that fall short of promised support and worsen debt for those facing the climate crisis.
Rich Countries at COP30 Are Robbing the Global South of Climate Financing
Loans, accounting tricks, private investment, and meager pledges undermine a key tool for addressing climate crisis.
buff.ly
November 13, 2025 at 8:00 PM
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motherjones.com
At fairgrounds full of young men, the government sets up shop to hire immigration agents.
How the Border Patrol uses rodeos to recruit
At fairgrounds full of young men, the government sets up shop to hire immigration agents.
www.motherjones.com
November 10, 2025 at 12:00 AM
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truthout.org
The average recipient of federal food aid will see a massive 61% benefit cut this month — and millions will lose November benefits entirely — under the Trump administration’s plan to only partially fund SNAP as the government remains shut down.
Trump SNAP Plan Will Cut 61 Percent of Aid for Many, Others Will Lose All Aid
Around 5 million people will receive nothing this month because the cut is larger than their typical monthly benefit.
truthout.org
November 6, 2025 at 8:45 PM
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truthout.org
CBS News has fired most of its climate crisis production staff as part of the company’s dozens of news staff layoffs last week. The decision came following the Paramount Skydance merger, and David Ellison, a pro-Trump billionaire, became chief executive of the new Paramount Skydance company.
CBS News Guts Climate Team as New Conservative Management Takes Charge
The staff cuts came following a push by the climate team’s lead producer to accurately report on Hurricane Melissa.
truthout.org
November 3, 2025 at 8:30 PM
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georgetakei.bsky.social
Oh, you know he loved that 🙄
South Korea's President Just Presented Trump With A Massive Gold Crown—And Everyone Had The Same Response
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October 30, 2025 at 2:53 PM
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pomarede.bsky.social
🦇 Astronomy Picture of the Day

Lynds Dark Nebula 43, a.k.a. the Cosmic Bat nebula

Credit: Team Ciel Austral www.cielaustral.com

www.star.ucl.ac.uk/~apod/apod/a...

#APOD 🧪🔭
The 43rd object of Beverly Lynds' 1962 Catalogue of Dark Nebulae, fondly known as the Cosmic Bat nebula. While its visage looks alarmingly like a scary flying mammal, Lynds Dark Nebula 43 is over 12 light-years across. Glowing with eerie light, stars are forming within the dusty interstellar molecular cloud that is dense enough to appear in silhouette against a luminous background of Milky Way stars. This Cosmic Bat nebula is a mere 400 light-years distant toward the serpent-bearing constellation Ophiuchus.
October 30, 2025 at 2:23 PM
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sammyhasler.bsky.social
It’s Halloween week and I haven’t seen any talk about our favorite spooky #exoplanets yet this year!

Crowd-sourcing ideas for our exoplanet journal club this week — what’s your nomination for spookiest exoplanet? 👻
Poster from NASA’s Exoplanet Exploration Program of “The Roasted Planet” HD 80606b, showing the planet’s atmosphere being blasted away by its star. Caption: “Can you hear this exoplanet screaming? As HD 80606 b approaches its star from an extreme, elliptical orbit, it suffers star-grazing torture that causes howling, supersonic winds and shockwave storms across the planet. Its torturous journey boils its atmosphere to a hellish 2,000 degrees Fahrenheit every 111 days, roasting both its light and dark sides. HD 80606b will never escape this scorching nightmare.”
October 28, 2025 at 2:47 PM
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manlius.bsky.social
Oops I did it again.

I could not resist: perfect sky after 2 rainy days; no clouds now; just in plain sight from my backyard.

Fingers crossed @scrutacieli.bsky.social

Raw pictures below, not yet processed (of course) 👇
October 24, 2025 at 5:08 PM
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aft.org
When the Trump administration failed to follow through on its duties to forgive student loan debt for eligible borrowers, the AFT took it to court—and won. Now 2.5 million borrowers are set to have their loan debt forgiven. Read more about what it could mean for you here ⬇️
time.com/7327813/stud...
Trump Administration to Resume Some Student Loan Forgiveness
The agreement comes after the American Federation of Teachers filed a lawsuit against the Department of Education.
time.com
October 23, 2025 at 3:42 PM
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terririffle.bsky.social
Saying hello to an old friend, the Pleiades. Taken from our backyard last week. #astrophotography #astrosky #astronomy #astrobackyard
October 13, 2025 at 11:12 PM
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govertschilling.nl
grateful to have received the david schramm award 2025 of the high energy astrophysics division (HEAD) of the american astronomical society (@aas.org), for my @skyandtelescope.bsky.social feature article 'catching cosmic neutrinos' (about the KM3NeT neutrino detector in the mediterranean sea) 🤗👍🏼⭐🏅🔭🧪
October 13, 2025 at 11:25 PM
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joegarrity.bsky.social
Soul Nebula, aka IC 1848
Integration Time: 16.25 hrs. (65 x 1000s)
Askar FRA500 (0.7x)
ASI2600MC Duo Camera
ZWO AM5N Mount
ASIair Plus Mini-PC
Pixinsight

My Portfolio:
portfolio.pixelfed.social/JoeGarrity

#astrophotography #astronomy #naturephotography #nature #longexposure #photography
October 14, 2025 at 2:25 AM
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aft.org
"The solution is simple. We need to make sure healthcare is affordable and accessible to all Americans."

Watch & share: ER doctor Dr. Bryce Pulliam came to Washington DC to tell Trump & Congress to fund the government & protect our healthcare. @afthealthcare.bsky.social #TrumpShutdown
October 9, 2025 at 8:12 PM
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stellerarts.com
Sometimes your ideas fail, and other times they turn out better than expected! #sciart
September 30, 2025 at 9:27 PM
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slothropsmap.bsky.social
Now this is Content
September 26, 2025 at 5:58 PM
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aft.org
Thanks to all the educators, students and families who joined us in Boston today for the #ReadingOpensTheWorld event—and to get a signed copy of @rweingarten.bsky.social's NYT Best Seller Why Fascists Fear Teachers.
@aftmass.bsky.social
September 27, 2025 at 4:18 PM
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astro-doug.bsky.social
This is the Andromeda galaxy. It is the nearest complete galaxy to us at about 2.5 M LY away, containing over a trillion stars. So bright, it can be seen with the unaided eye in clear skies. My pic is the first. The 2nd was in Astronomy Magazine this month.

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Andromeda Galaxy, M31 So named because it resides in the constellation Andromeda. Andromeda, as you recall was the princess saved by Perseus from the Kraken. M31, a barred spiral galaxy, is huge with over trillion stars - estimated to be 3X bigger than our Milky Way. It is also visually huge - bigger than 6 moons in length and 2 moons across. Note the two satellite galaxies, M210 (below center) and M32 (located in the upper arm left of center. These are both dwarf galaxies. At 2.5 million LY away M31 is the closest complete galaxy to ours. It’s diameter is estimated to be 152,000 LY. Interestingly, M31 is moving towards the Milky Way, and the two are expected to merge in a few billion years! To be clear, M31 is not the closest galaxy to us. There are, of course, an estimated 50+ dwarf galaxies that surround our Milky Way, but these lack a complex structure, and are thought not to have a black hole in their centers. Many of these dwarf galaxies are much more like star clusters. I’ve taken many pics on M31 over the years. While an easy target because of the brightness, bringing out details without over processing - which makes it look artificial - has always been challenging. I think I was finally successful. You be the judge. Scope: RASA 8 Camera: ASI 2600 MC Mount: Celestron AVX Guide: Sbvony 50mm/ASI 120 mini Control: ASI Air Plus Stack: DSS Process: StarTools Exposure: 180 sec X 120 subs collected over 2 nights. I stacked the best 70% of the subs. The first pic is mine from a couple of nights ago. The 2nd pic was published in Astronomy Magazine this month. It is the work of: Adriano Anfuso. Andromeda Galaxy Picture published in Astronomy Magazine, October 2025. Work of: Adriano Anfuso.
September 24, 2025 at 1:51 PM