Cherenkov's Poolboy
@kythrain.bsky.social
Taiji/Bagua/Xingyi/Shaolin/Qigong instructor. Support Nuke Power, it's green energy! Pagan, Science!, SciFi/Fantasy nerd, Gamer (video and table), comics fan, LGBTQIA+ ally. He/Him, pretty fly for a white guy. We're all mad here and it's ok.
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Cherenkov's Poolboy
@kythrain.bsky.social
· Nov 12
1) All content is my own and does not reflect any official views or policy of USN/DoD. As a servicemember I'm bound by DoD Directive 1344.10.
2)Tolerance is a social contract. Don't break it. We can agree to disagree on things and have civil discourse, with some hard limits.
2)Tolerance is a social contract. Don't break it. We can agree to disagree on things and have civil discourse, with some hard limits.
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As promised, a better picture of tonight's moon.
November 6, 2025 at 12:32 AM
As promised, a better picture of tonight's moon.
"I shall be telling this with a sigh
Somewhere ages and ages hence:
Two roads diverged in a wood, and I—
I took the one less traveled by,
And that has made all the difference."
The Road Not Taken, Robert Frost, 1915
(1/3)
Somewhere ages and ages hence:
Two roads diverged in a wood, and I—
I took the one less traveled by,
And that has made all the difference."
The Road Not Taken, Robert Frost, 1915
(1/3)
November 6, 2025 at 2:30 AM
"I shall be telling this with a sigh
Somewhere ages and ages hence:
Two roads diverged in a wood, and I—
I took the one less traveled by,
And that has made all the difference."
The Road Not Taken, Robert Frost, 1915
(1/3)
Somewhere ages and ages hence:
Two roads diverged in a wood, and I—
I took the one less traveled by,
And that has made all the difference."
The Road Not Taken, Robert Frost, 1915
(1/3)
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Saw it.
(Super crappy zoomed-in phone picture, I'll go out later tonight with a better camera for a really cool shot, promise)
(Super crappy zoomed-in phone picture, I'll go out later tonight with a better camera for a really cool shot, promise)
November 5, 2025 at 11:11 PM
Saw it.
(Super crappy zoomed-in phone picture, I'll go out later tonight with a better camera for a really cool shot, promise)
(Super crappy zoomed-in phone picture, I'll go out later tonight with a better camera for a really cool shot, promise)
Lady does good work.
--Glass work update--
Anyone working in stained glass knows that you end up with a bunch of scrap glass, so I've been doing a few mosaic projects.
Anyone working in stained glass knows that you end up with a bunch of scrap glass, so I've been doing a few mosaic projects.
October 21, 2025 at 6:39 PM
Lady does good work.
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October 14, 2025 at 2:07 PM
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Most "classics" are boring as fuck to a modern reader in no small part because the context of the story is not understood by them and so many of the allusions and "inside jokes" known to then-contemporary readers have been lost in time and in translation
Tell me your most unhinged literary opinion, as a little treat
October 13, 2025 at 11:09 PM
Most "classics" are boring as fuck to a modern reader in no small part because the context of the story is not understood by them and so many of the allusions and "inside jokes" known to then-contemporary readers have been lost in time and in translation
Go get stabbed, people.
If you're wondering whether or not to get a flu shot, I didn't get one in time, and I just had a fever dream where I was in the Drew Carey Show because several days ago I was on the Wikipedia page for the Drew Carey Show. You don't have to do this to yourself.
October 14, 2025 at 1:09 AM
Go get stabbed, people.
October 13, 2025 at 10:51 PM
"Resolved, That a swift sailing vessel, to carry ten carriage guns, and a proportionable number of swivels, with eighty men, be fitted, with all possible despatch, for a cruise of three months, ... (1/x)
October 13, 2025 at 11:50 AM
"Resolved, That a swift sailing vessel, to carry ten carriage guns, and a proportionable number of swivels, with eighty men, be fitted, with all possible despatch, for a cruise of three months, ... (1/x)
"So, Fight Night and curry?"
"Sounds good. I'm in the mood for Indian food and violence. I'll pray to the Destroyer for naan."
"O Kali Dough Kali then... this gives a whole new layer to Cake or Death..."
"Sounds good. I'm in the mood for Indian food and violence. I'll pray to the Destroyer for naan."
"O Kali Dough Kali then... this gives a whole new layer to Cake or Death..."
October 12, 2025 at 3:29 PM
"So, Fight Night and curry?"
"Sounds good. I'm in the mood for Indian food and violence. I'll pray to the Destroyer for naan."
"O Kali Dough Kali then... this gives a whole new layer to Cake or Death..."
"Sounds good. I'm in the mood for Indian food and violence. I'll pray to the Destroyer for naan."
"O Kali Dough Kali then... this gives a whole new layer to Cake or Death..."
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I see the wider news outlets are breaking a story medical providers have been talking about since August 2001 so let’s talk about The Gap (not the store for beige moms, the organ one).
Below is a graph generated from OPTN (Organ Procurement & Transplant Network) showing The Gap.
Below is a graph generated from OPTN (Organ Procurement & Transplant Network) showing The Gap.
July 21, 2025 at 9:17 PM
I see the wider news outlets are breaking a story medical providers have been talking about since August 2001 so let’s talk about The Gap (not the store for beige moms, the organ one).
Below is a graph generated from OPTN (Organ Procurement & Transplant Network) showing The Gap.
Below is a graph generated from OPTN (Organ Procurement & Transplant Network) showing The Gap.
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I should write GI JOE.
I've never watched the cartoon but my favorite Joes are WhipDip, AcidWash, Nectarine Todd, Freddy the Fridge, Buttskull, Hawaiian Punch, WetEar, ToggleSwitch, BatGuano, RipFart, RanchFlavor, TallyTwang, BallSack, Cretinair, and PartyDip.
PartyDip was badass.
I've never watched the cartoon but my favorite Joes are WhipDip, AcidWash, Nectarine Todd, Freddy the Fridge, Buttskull, Hawaiian Punch, WetEar, ToggleSwitch, BatGuano, RipFart, RanchFlavor, TallyTwang, BallSack, Cretinair, and PartyDip.
PartyDip was badass.
July 21, 2025 at 6:45 PM
I should write GI JOE.
I've never watched the cartoon but my favorite Joes are WhipDip, AcidWash, Nectarine Todd, Freddy the Fridge, Buttskull, Hawaiian Punch, WetEar, ToggleSwitch, BatGuano, RipFart, RanchFlavor, TallyTwang, BallSack, Cretinair, and PartyDip.
PartyDip was badass.
I've never watched the cartoon but my favorite Joes are WhipDip, AcidWash, Nectarine Todd, Freddy the Fridge, Buttskull, Hawaiian Punch, WetEar, ToggleSwitch, BatGuano, RipFart, RanchFlavor, TallyTwang, BallSack, Cretinair, and PartyDip.
PartyDip was badass.
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"After spending more than half his life in a shallow aquarium tank in Mendoza, Argentina, hundreds of miles away from the ocean, Jorge is doing what once seemed impossible..."
After 41 years in captivity, this celebrity sea turtle is finally swimming home
Here's how Jorge the sea turtle prepared for the improbable journey—decades after he was found tangled in a fishing net off the coast of Argentina.
www.nationalgeographic.com
July 6, 2025 at 10:55 AM
"After spending more than half his life in a shallow aquarium tank in Mendoza, Argentina, hundreds of miles away from the ocean, Jorge is doing what once seemed impossible..."
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Interesting article on one of my favorite museums. www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...
A Medical-History Museum Contends with Its Collection of Human Remains
Supporters saw the Mütter’s preserved fetuses, skulls, and “Soap Lady” as a celebration of human difference. New management saw an ethical and a political minefield.
www.newyorker.com
July 6, 2025 at 1:16 PM
Interesting article on one of my favorite museums. www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...
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i know this is the most minimal of issues among Everything but it’s worth noting that the udvar-hazy center is probably one of the greatest aviation museums on the planet and the space made for discovery is one of the coolest places on earth and this just sucks shit
apple.news/A2obNGSPlRSa...
apple.news/A2obNGSPlRSa...
Trump’s tax bill would send an iconic Smithsonian spacecraft to Texas — The Washington Post
The massive tax and immigration bill moving through Congress would transfer the space shuttle Discovery from the Smithsonian to a museum in Houston.
apple.news
July 6, 2025 at 1:21 PM
i know this is the most minimal of issues among Everything but it’s worth noting that the udvar-hazy center is probably one of the greatest aviation museums on the planet and the space made for discovery is one of the coolest places on earth and this just sucks shit
apple.news/A2obNGSPlRSa...
apple.news/A2obNGSPlRSa...
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Mauna Loa Observatory captured the reality of climate change. The US plans to shut it down
Mauna Loa Observatory captured the reality of climate change. The US plans to shut it down
Cutting data climate collection – as the Trump administration is now trying to do – is like breaking a thermometer to avoid knowing you’ve got a fever.
theconversation.com
July 4, 2025 at 4:53 PM
Mauna Loa Observatory captured the reality of climate change. The US plans to shut it down
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“… a form of gene therapy can successfully restore hearing in toddlers and young adults born with congenital deafness.”
#scicomm
#neuroskyence
www.sciencealert.com/gene-therapy...
🧪 🧠 👂
#scicomm
#neuroskyence
www.sciencealert.com/gene-therapy...
🧪 🧠 👂
Gene Therapy Can Restore Hearing in Adults, First-of-Its-Kind Trial Shows
Up to three in every 1,000 newborns has hearing loss in one or both ears.
www.sciencealert.com
July 5, 2025 at 9:12 PM
“… a form of gene therapy can successfully restore hearing in toddlers and young adults born with congenital deafness.”
#scicomm
#neuroskyence
www.sciencealert.com/gene-therapy...
🧪 🧠 👂
#scicomm
#neuroskyence
www.sciencealert.com/gene-therapy...
🧪 🧠 👂
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In a horrifying article about the dangers of Teslas, one point stands out: Teslas automatically disengage self-driving mode <1 second before an imminent crash--not enough time for the driver to react, but enough for Tesla to deny responsibility for fatal crashes, since self-driving "wasn't engaged."
July 5, 2025 at 9:53 AM
In a horrifying article about the dangers of Teslas, one point stands out: Teslas automatically disengage self-driving mode <1 second before an imminent crash--not enough time for the driver to react, but enough for Tesla to deny responsibility for fatal crashes, since self-driving "wasn't engaged."
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... "Give me your tired, your poor,
Your huddled masses yearning to breathe free,
The wretched refuse of your teeming shore.
Send these, the homeless, tempest-tost to me,
I lift my lamp beside the golden door!"
Emma Lazarus
November 2, 1883
www.nps.gov/stli/learn/h...
Your huddled masses yearning to breathe free,
The wretched refuse of your teeming shore.
Send these, the homeless, tempest-tost to me,
I lift my lamp beside the golden door!"
Emma Lazarus
November 2, 1883
www.nps.gov/stli/learn/h...
July 4, 2025 at 10:27 PM
... "Give me your tired, your poor,
Your huddled masses yearning to breathe free,
The wretched refuse of your teeming shore.
Send these, the homeless, tempest-tost to me,
I lift my lamp beside the golden door!"
Emma Lazarus
November 2, 1883
www.nps.gov/stli/learn/h...
Your huddled masses yearning to breathe free,
The wretched refuse of your teeming shore.
Send these, the homeless, tempest-tost to me,
I lift my lamp beside the golden door!"
Emma Lazarus
November 2, 1883
www.nps.gov/stli/learn/h...
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If you're an artist, you'll be "starving." (And probably gay but that's a whole other thread.)
I could do this all day. There's no respect for the arts as honed skills smart people perfect. It's been an ongoing project.
Unless the artists are dead Great White Men.
I told you I'd get to them.
I could do this all day. There's no respect for the arts as honed skills smart people perfect. It's been an ongoing project.
Unless the artists are dead Great White Men.
I told you I'd get to them.
July 5, 2025 at 6:16 AM
If you're an artist, you'll be "starving." (And probably gay but that's a whole other thread.)
I could do this all day. There's no respect for the arts as honed skills smart people perfect. It's been an ongoing project.
Unless the artists are dead Great White Men.
I told you I'd get to them.
I could do this all day. There's no respect for the arts as honed skills smart people perfect. It's been an ongoing project.
Unless the artists are dead Great White Men.
I told you I'd get to them.
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Whoa.
That's a sprite, an elusive, high-altitude electrical discharge from a thundercloud photographed by NASA astronaut Nichole Ayers from the ISS earlier today.
With reported sightings going back more than a century, this phenomenon was first photographed in 1989.
That's a sprite, an elusive, high-altitude electrical discharge from a thundercloud photographed by NASA astronaut Nichole Ayers from the ISS earlier today.
With reported sightings going back more than a century, this phenomenon was first photographed in 1989.
July 3, 2025 at 9:40 PM
Whoa.
That's a sprite, an elusive, high-altitude electrical discharge from a thundercloud photographed by NASA astronaut Nichole Ayers from the ISS earlier today.
With reported sightings going back more than a century, this phenomenon was first photographed in 1989.
That's a sprite, an elusive, high-altitude electrical discharge from a thundercloud photographed by NASA astronaut Nichole Ayers from the ISS earlier today.
With reported sightings going back more than a century, this phenomenon was first photographed in 1989.
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explained to a zoomer today about what the new york times public editor job was. "what the hell that sounds like such a good idea" welp yeah
July 5, 2025 at 3:16 AM
explained to a zoomer today about what the new york times public editor job was. "what the hell that sounds like such a good idea" welp yeah
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"Those who try to focus attention on voting rights, the rule of law, crucial supreme court decisions, widespread citizen action such as the vast 'No Kings' protests – to mention just a few – may get a modicum of attention.
But nothing compares to a show of military force." @sulliview.bsky.social
But nothing compares to a show of military force." @sulliview.bsky.social
Struggling in politics? Consider a war – the media will help | Margaret Sullivan
Struggling in politics? Consider a war – the media will help | Margaret Sullivan
Trump’s Iran strike knocked everything else out of the news, including the Minnesota shootings – and it was little surprise
www.theguardian.com
June 28, 2025 at 8:54 PM
"Those who try to focus attention on voting rights, the rule of law, crucial supreme court decisions, widespread citizen action such as the vast 'No Kings' protests – to mention just a few – may get a modicum of attention.
But nothing compares to a show of military force." @sulliview.bsky.social
But nothing compares to a show of military force." @sulliview.bsky.social
Happy 249th birthday America!
We were born with a rebellious spirit that lives on today. Sometimes I think it gets out of hand and we direct it at the wrong targets. With all of the divisiveness and fear going around, I think it's important to remember - we're Americans.
We were born with a rebellious spirit that lives on today. Sometimes I think it gets out of hand and we direct it at the wrong targets. With all of the divisiveness and fear going around, I think it's important to remember - we're Americans.
July 5, 2025 at 2:39 AM
Happy 249th birthday America!
We were born with a rebellious spirit that lives on today. Sometimes I think it gets out of hand and we direct it at the wrong targets. With all of the divisiveness and fear going around, I think it's important to remember - we're Americans.
We were born with a rebellious spirit that lives on today. Sometimes I think it gets out of hand and we direct it at the wrong targets. With all of the divisiveness and fear going around, I think it's important to remember - we're Americans.