Joe D
banner
derosa.bsky.social
Joe D
@derosa.bsky.social
•Doesn't feel nor does he act his age•
•A bright, blue dot in deep red Kentucky•
•#kywx•
•PWS: TwinElmsBGKY•
•Classical Music aficionado•
•Certified SkyWarn observer NWS Louisville•
•Woodworking•
•Climate Emergency•
•Astronomy•
•Photography•
•Seahawks!•
Pinned
Views at sunset in Bowling Green, on New Year's Eve Eve.
Summer blooms:
July 4, 2025 at 3:18 PM
June 23, 2025 at 8:31 PM
April 11, 2025 at 3:18 AM
In one of the most spectacular images yet captured by the James Webb Space Telescope, it shows a jet being expelled from a newly formed star system Herbig Haro 49, which is out of view at the lower right. The object at HH 49's tip is a far distant spiral galaxy!
#Astronomy
April 10, 2025 at 3:06 AM
March 18, 2025 at 4:34 PM
Reposted by Joe D
My first year are the helm, and now I get to say "Finalists for this year's Jim Baen Memorial Short Story Award are:
· Gustavo Bondoni
· Jason Crawford
· Deborah Davitt
· Meghan Feldman
· Ricardo Garcia
· Trent Guillory
· Gary Herring
· J. Russell
· Tom (T.S.) Ryker
· Tiffany Smith
March 18, 2025 at 4:32 PM
A comparison of passenger trains in the US versus Europe.
Wake up America!
March 17, 2025 at 6:36 AM
March 15, 2025 at 6:42 AM
Tonight's total Lunar Eclipse, or a Blood Moon on the Ides of March!
#LunarEclupse
March 14, 2025 at 6:58 AM
Here's a shot of the full moon, which I took a couple of minutes before the start of tonight's total #lunareclipse.
#lunareclipse2025
March 14, 2025 at 4:18 AM
Reposted by Joe D
Because it was time, I have -- finally! -- created a FAQ for the church, to answer most of the questions that come up whenever I mention that indeed, I own a church. The FAQ also has lots of pictures so you can see what it looks like now. Check it out:

whatever.scalzi.com/2025/03/13/t...
The Church FAQ
A few years ago, we bought a church building. Since then, every time I mention it online and/or on social media, someone always responds, “wait, you bought a church, what” and then asks…
whatever.scalzi.com
March 13, 2025 at 11:56 PM
Rep. John Larson rips #Trump and #Musk's efforts to skewer #SocialSecurity.
THIS is what we need from our representatives and senators!
youtu.be/0MJDxvPL-EI?...
Larson Demands Answers from Musk-Trump and House Republicans on Social Security
YouTube video by Rep. John Larson
youtu.be
March 13, 2025 at 1:21 AM
March 12, 2025 at 8:43 PM
March 9, 2025 at 5:03 PM
This actually makes sense, since some of the fundamental "strengths" that I associate with the radical right-wing include indifference, disdain, insensitivity, disunity, mercilessness, hatred, dispassion, aloofness, insouciance, and unresponsiveness.
March 8, 2025 at 5:20 PM
Reposted by Joe D
March 5, 2025 at 5:20 PM
A couple of early 1st Quarter pics of the Moon, taken tonight.
March 4, 2025 at 6:19 AM
In 91 days, the Atlantic #Hurricane season begins, but #Trump fired the modellers who predict the path of hurricanes, slashed FEMA's funding and fired #FEMA staff, whose job is to aid victim's recovery.
Hurricanes tend to hit the southern states, home to Trump's most virulent supporters.
Stay tuned
March 1, 2025 at 7:57 PM
March 1, 2025 at 6:21 PM
Reposted by Joe D
“Never again” demands action — Ukraine is fighting for all of us, writes Odesa Association of Jews Chairman Roman Shvartsman in his op-ed.
Hitler wanted to kill me because I'm Jewish. Putin wants to kill me because I'm Ukrainian
Editor’s Note: The following is a translated transcript of the address delivered by Roman Shvartsman, the chairman of the Odesa Association of Jews and a Holocaust survivor, at the Yalta European Stra...
kyivindependent.com
March 1, 2025 at 5:43 PM
March 1, 2025 at 4:47 AM
Reposted by Joe D
Hey @msnbc.com
You could have at the very least, thrown a white guy in the group y’all fired!
Need a splint for your bent knee?

Trump dictates. MSNBC obeys!
#DemVoice1
#Voices4Victory
February 25, 2025 at 3:42 PM
February 25, 2025 at 5:29 AM
February 24, 2025 at 6:34 AM
Please Like, and more importantly, Share!

To stop Meta (Facebook, Instagram, etc.) from feeding you ads based on data collected about you from other apps and websites, click the following link and follow the instructions:

johnoliverwantsyourraterotica.com
How to Change Your Meta Settings | Make yourself less valuable to Meta. Brought to you by Last Week Tonight with John Oliver.
johnoliverwantsyourraterotica.com
February 24, 2025 at 6:30 AM