Jason Betzner
@jbetzner.bsky.social
I’m a former science teacher with interests in photography, space, and art. He/Him
Silence is Consent. Resist.
https://linktr.ee/jbetzner
Silence is Consent. Resist.
https://linktr.ee/jbetzner
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Still can’t get over how beautiful this was.
Aurora from Virginia on 11/11/25.
#Photography #Aurora #eastcoastkin
Aurora from Virginia on 11/11/25.
#Photography #Aurora #eastcoastkin
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Happy Doctor Who Day everyone
62 years of Gallifreyan fun and frolics!
👍👏🩷
62 years of Gallifreyan fun and frolics!
👍👏🩷
November 23, 2025 at 1:57 PM
Happy Doctor Who Day everyone
62 years of Gallifreyan fun and frolics!
👍👏🩷
62 years of Gallifreyan fun and frolics!
👍👏🩷
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Looks like we have some decent IMF enhancement. Auroral displays along the northern tier of the U.S. are possible tonight if data hold. The cause of this may be an SSBC structure (crossing between solar wind polarities).
November 23, 2025 at 5:10 PM
Looks like we have some decent IMF enhancement. Auroral displays along the northern tier of the U.S. are possible tonight if data hold. The cause of this may be an SSBC structure (crossing between solar wind polarities).
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Crow: "It's so telling that when members of Congress simply remind service members of the Constitution and their duty to obey the law that he cannot handle that and resorts to threats of violence and execution. That tells you everything you need to know about Trump's respect for the Constitution"
November 23, 2025 at 3:43 PM
Crow: "It's so telling that when members of Congress simply remind service members of the Constitution and their duty to obey the law that he cannot handle that and resorts to threats of violence and execution. That tells you everything you need to know about Trump's respect for the Constitution"
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Rep. Jason Crow's office is seeking a Capitol Police investigation into Trump for what they described as "intimidating, threatening, and concerning" social media posts.
It's highly unusual for a member of Congress to request a police investigation into a sitting president of the United States.
It's highly unusual for a member of Congress to request a police investigation into a sitting president of the United States.
Scoop: Democrat requests police investigation into Trump over "threatening" posts
"All of these posts are intimidating, threatening, and concerning," Rep. Jason Crow's office wrote.
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November 22, 2025 at 7:36 PM
Rep. Jason Crow's office is seeking a Capitol Police investigation into Trump for what they described as "intimidating, threatening, and concerning" social media posts.
It's highly unusual for a member of Congress to request a police investigation into a sitting president of the United States.
It's highly unusual for a member of Congress to request a police investigation into a sitting president of the United States.
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A bit of a display at Sandside, north Scotland
November 20, 2025 at 11:05 PM
A bit of a display at Sandside, north Scotland
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Before the midterms of 1866, President Andrew Johnson called his congressional opponents traitors and said they should be hanged.
Voters were so profoundly moved by his words... that they gave his opponents a supermajority in Congress, and the nation got the Fourteenth Amendment.
Voters were so profoundly moved by his words... that they gave his opponents a supermajority in Congress, and the nation got the Fourteenth Amendment.
November 20, 2025 at 3:33 PM
Before the midterms of 1866, President Andrew Johnson called his congressional opponents traitors and said they should be hanged.
Voters were so profoundly moved by his words... that they gave his opponents a supermajority in Congress, and the nation got the Fourteenth Amendment.
Voters were so profoundly moved by his words... that they gave his opponents a supermajority in Congress, and the nation got the Fourteenth Amendment.
The CDC is no longer a reliable source of medical information.
It’s been hijacked by scientifically illiterate idiots.
It’s been hijacked by scientifically illiterate idiots.
November 21, 2025 at 4:20 AM
The CDC is no longer a reliable source of medical information.
It’s been hijacked by scientifically illiterate idiots.
It’s been hijacked by scientifically illiterate idiots.
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Donald Trump is now saying Democratic lawmakers who encouraged servicemembers to follow the law should be put to death.
When are Republicans going to grow a spine to call this out?
When are Republicans going to grow a spine to call this out?
November 20, 2025 at 5:06 PM
Donald Trump is now saying Democratic lawmakers who encouraged servicemembers to follow the law should be put to death.
When are Republicans going to grow a spine to call this out?
When are Republicans going to grow a spine to call this out?
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Can’t believe the whole country has to suffer through the return of Dickensian childhood diseases because the worst, most ignorant attention-demanders decided other people’s expertise makes them feel bad
November 20, 2025 at 4:19 AM
Can’t believe the whole country has to suffer through the return of Dickensian childhood diseases because the worst, most ignorant attention-demanders decided other people’s expertise makes them feel bad
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“When she tried to follow up with a question about potentially incriminating details in the Epstein files, Trump pointed and said, ‘Quiet. Quiet, Piggy.’”
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Trump to female reporter who asked him about the Epstein files: ‘Quiet, Piggy’
Trump, who has struggled to shrug off the controversy around Jeffrey Epstein, resorted to an insult that he has been accused of using against women before.
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November 19, 2025 at 12:23 PM
“When she tried to follow up with a question about potentially incriminating details in the Epstein files, Trump pointed and said, ‘Quiet. Quiet, Piggy.’”
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The Aurora Australis
Murray River, Lakes and Coorong, Southern Australia
Photo by: Tom Cowey
Goodnight
Murray River, Lakes and Coorong, Southern Australia
Photo by: Tom Cowey
Goodnight
November 18, 2025 at 9:01 PM
The Aurora Australis
Murray River, Lakes and Coorong, Southern Australia
Photo by: Tom Cowey
Goodnight
Murray River, Lakes and Coorong, Southern Australia
Photo by: Tom Cowey
Goodnight
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So many senior appointees in the Trump admin got positions they were utterly unqualified and unprepared for because of their social media presence or Fox appearances. MAGA cheers it on. Then it constantly comes back to bite them when they screw things up - like the Texas gerrymander.
November 19, 2025 at 11:07 AM
So many senior appointees in the Trump admin got positions they were utterly unqualified and unprepared for because of their social media presence or Fox appearances. MAGA cheers it on. Then it constantly comes back to bite them when they screw things up - like the Texas gerrymander.
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"Quiet, piggy!"
November 19, 2025 at 8:33 AM
"Quiet, piggy!"
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I don't know if the Epstein vote is a one-off or not, but I've been thinkin of that very thin, translucent sticker film that comes when you order, say, a new monitor. It's devilishly hard to get the first little bit of the corner to separate but once you do, the entire thing pulls off very easily.
November 18, 2025 at 9:04 PM
I don't know if the Epstein vote is a one-off or not, but I've been thinkin of that very thin, translucent sticker film that comes when you order, say, a new monitor. It's devilishly hard to get the first little bit of the corner to separate but once you do, the entire thing pulls off very easily.
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Covering Jamal Khashoggi's murder was one of the most disturbing things I've worked on. Hearing Trump say he was "extremely controversial" and people "didn't like him" is chilling. Hard to take any other way than he thinks there is moral ambiguity in the murder of a journalist.
November 18, 2025 at 8:24 PM
Covering Jamal Khashoggi's murder was one of the most disturbing things I've worked on. Hearing Trump say he was "extremely controversial" and people "didn't like him" is chilling. Hard to take any other way than he thinks there is moral ambiguity in the murder of a journalist.
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At 7:12pm (ET) Tuesday, SpaceX launched a Falcon 9 rocket sending Starlink satellites to space, seen here over the Indian River Lagoon from the Space Coast of Florida.
(Bonus: The re-entry burn far out over the ocean is quite visible, frame right)
(Bonus: The re-entry burn far out over the ocean is quite visible, frame right)
November 19, 2025 at 12:49 AM
At 7:12pm (ET) Tuesday, SpaceX launched a Falcon 9 rocket sending Starlink satellites to space, seen here over the Indian River Lagoon from the Space Coast of Florida.
(Bonus: The re-entry burn far out over the ocean is quite visible, frame right)
(Bonus: The re-entry burn far out over the ocean is quite visible, frame right)
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I don't know why the "Piggy" thing is bothering me so much. It's one more unforgivable thing in a list of 20,000 unforgivable things, but I've been mad about it for like 12 straight hours.
November 18, 2025 at 11:48 PM
I don't know why the "Piggy" thing is bothering me so much. It's one more unforgivable thing in a list of 20,000 unforgivable things, but I've been mad about it for like 12 straight hours.
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So you mistakenly dismembered a journalist?
MBS claims the murder of Khashoggi was "a huge mistake and we're our doing our best that this doesn't happen again."
November 18, 2025 at 6:12 PM
So you mistakenly dismembered a journalist?
When an astronaut who is currently in space replies to your comment!
Ad Astra, Zena! Your hometown is proud of you.
Ad Astra, Zena! Your hometown is proud of you.
November 18, 2025 at 12:24 PM
When an astronaut who is currently in space replies to your comment!
Ad Astra, Zena! Your hometown is proud of you.
Ad Astra, Zena! Your hometown is proud of you.
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The aurora australis dances over the peaks of the Freycinet National Park peninsula and Schouten Island.
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#auroraaustralis #aurora #freycinetnationalpark #freycinet
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#auroraaustralis #aurora #freycinetnationalpark #freycinet
November 18, 2025 at 9:08 AM
The aurora australis dances over the peaks of the Freycinet National Park peninsula and Schouten Island.
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#auroraaustralis #aurora #freycinetnationalpark #freycinet
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#auroraaustralis #aurora #freycinetnationalpark #freycinet
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"Sky Light"
Last week's celestial light show, shot from my deck.
The sky was partly cloudy, I wasn't sure how it would come out, but in the end, I quite like the little cloud there.
#AuroraBorealis #Astronomy #Colors #NaturalWonder #LongExposure #Photography #SciArt #PhotoHour
Last week's celestial light show, shot from my deck.
The sky was partly cloudy, I wasn't sure how it would come out, but in the end, I quite like the little cloud there.
#AuroraBorealis #Astronomy #Colors #NaturalWonder #LongExposure #Photography #SciArt #PhotoHour
November 17, 2025 at 2:38 PM
"Sky Light"
Last week's celestial light show, shot from my deck.
The sky was partly cloudy, I wasn't sure how it would come out, but in the end, I quite like the little cloud there.
#AuroraBorealis #Astronomy #Colors #NaturalWonder #LongExposure #Photography #SciArt #PhotoHour
Last week's celestial light show, shot from my deck.
The sky was partly cloudy, I wasn't sure how it would come out, but in the end, I quite like the little cloud there.
#AuroraBorealis #Astronomy #Colors #NaturalWonder #LongExposure #Photography #SciArt #PhotoHour
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My second #astrophotography target of the season… The Pac-Man #nebula. About 16 hours of total exposure time over 3 nights from my driveway. #astronomy
November 16, 2025 at 2:06 PM
My second #astrophotography target of the season… The Pac-Man #nebula. About 16 hours of total exposure time over 3 nights from my driveway. #astronomy
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November 15, 2025 at 10:00 PM
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Northern lights over Colpoy's Bay, Ontario for the #BlueSkyArtShow #bright theme. The brightest and most widespread display I have seen since first photographing the northern lights 40 years ago.
#EastCoastKin #PhotoHour #StormHour #photography
#EastCoastKin #PhotoHour #StormHour #photography
November 15, 2025 at 1:44 PM
Northern lights over Colpoy's Bay, Ontario for the #BlueSkyArtShow #bright theme. The brightest and most widespread display I have seen since first photographing the northern lights 40 years ago.
#EastCoastKin #PhotoHour #StormHour #photography
#EastCoastKin #PhotoHour #StormHour #photography