Mike Lund
@lowbacca.bsky.social
Astro Applications Developer and Acta Prima Aprilia editor
Seeing a picture of @pattonoswalt.bsky.social in his role as Doug in Star Trek: Strange New Worlds really reminds me of Harvey Korman's character Krelman in the musical number with Bea Arthur from the Star Wars Holiday Special (which, to be clear, is a segment I enjoy).
Maybe its the brown outfits?
Maybe its the brown outfits?
November 22, 2025 at 1:04 AM
Seeing a picture of @pattonoswalt.bsky.social in his role as Doug in Star Trek: Strange New Worlds really reminds me of Harvey Korman's character Krelman in the musical number with Bea Arthur from the Star Wars Holiday Special (which, to be clear, is a segment I enjoy).
Maybe its the brown outfits?
Maybe its the brown outfits?
Decided to watch Felidae last night, and I think this movie is going to keep haunting my mind for the next few days.
"Neo-noir but animated cats" is a heck of a pitch, but the themes here were way more intense than I was expecting.
German w/ subtitles probably added to that.
"Neo-noir but animated cats" is a heck of a pitch, but the themes here were way more intense than I was expecting.
German w/ subtitles probably added to that.
November 7, 2025 at 10:45 PM
Decided to watch Felidae last night, and I think this movie is going to keep haunting my mind for the next few days.
"Neo-noir but animated cats" is a heck of a pitch, but the themes here were way more intense than I was expecting.
German w/ subtitles probably added to that.
"Neo-noir but animated cats" is a heck of a pitch, but the themes here were way more intense than I was expecting.
German w/ subtitles probably added to that.
My pictures, one from the mansion inspired house and the other two from the pirates inspired house
October 31, 2025 at 7:20 PM
My pictures, one from the mansion inspired house and the other two from the pirates inspired house
Pulled out an old Halloween costume of mine to take in for work. Glad to work somewhere where i can wear such a deep-cut 🔭 astronomy-themed costume.
(I'll add the explanation as a comment, but the close-up photo has the closest trying to a hint here)
(I'll add the explanation as a comment, but the close-up photo has the closest trying to a hint here)
October 30, 2025 at 7:29 PM
Pulled out an old Halloween costume of mine to take in for work. Glad to work somewhere where i can wear such a deep-cut 🔭 astronomy-themed costume.
(I'll add the explanation as a comment, but the close-up photo has the closest trying to a hint here)
(I'll add the explanation as a comment, but the close-up photo has the closest trying to a hint here)
Accidentally seeing The Offspring and really hoping that they play some Crazy Taxi
September 20, 2025 at 2:43 AM
Accidentally seeing The Offspring and really hoping that they play some Crazy Taxi
The mane-age à trois energy of this makes me think this movie was well ahead of its time
August 28, 2025 at 7:44 PM
The mane-age à trois energy of this makes me think this movie was well ahead of its time
This feels like a healthy news cycle we have going here
August 1, 2025 at 12:53 AM
This feels like a healthy news cycle we have going here
And the seat complaints do remind me quite a bit of Riddler's Revenge at Magic Mountain. When I worked it seemed like these seats would get someone like every other train (when the restraints released, these would spring upward a little bit):
July 31, 2025 at 12:54 AM
And the seat complaints do remind me quite a bit of Riddler's Revenge at Magic Mountain. When I worked it seemed like these seats would get someone like every other train (when the restraints released, these would spring upward a little bit):
I was not expecting any episode of @wildmousepodcast.com to involve a tangential discussion of the Thunder Road from Explorers, but I'm always pleased to hear that movie brought up (it's 40th anniversary was last week)
July 17, 2025 at 11:25 AM
I was not expecting any episode of @wildmousepodcast.com to involve a tangential discussion of the Thunder Road from Explorers, but I'm always pleased to hear that movie brought up (it's 40th anniversary was last week)
I don't think Oga's is too central on alcohol to enjoy - there's a solid non-alcohol selection.
And With Savi's, I think the underappreciated part of it is this crate off to one side, mostly because rarely is someone in there that can read that but isn't building a lightsaber (not my photo)
And With Savi's, I think the underappreciated part of it is this crate off to one side, mostly because rarely is someone in there that can read that but isn't building a lightsaber (not my photo)
July 3, 2025 at 9:36 PM
I don't think Oga's is too central on alcohol to enjoy - there's a solid non-alcohol selection.
And With Savi's, I think the underappreciated part of it is this crate off to one side, mostly because rarely is someone in there that can read that but isn't building a lightsaber (not my photo)
And With Savi's, I think the underappreciated part of it is this crate off to one side, mostly because rarely is someone in there that can read that but isn't building a lightsaber (not my photo)
I do not get the sort of madness involved to sell a square pizza then say that the recommended portion requires cutting the pizza into fifths (which, to be clear, is already wrong for a round pizza)
May 21, 2025 at 8:49 PM
I do not get the sort of madness involved to sell a square pizza then say that the recommended portion requires cutting the pizza into fifths (which, to be clear, is already wrong for a round pizza)
I think the biggest part was that my wife entered to "Across the Stars", the love theme from Attack of the Clones, and wearing the dress that Mara Jade wears when she gets married to Luke Skywalker in the Star Wars comics (I think I'm required to note that as she made the dress, it had pockets)
May 9, 2025 at 9:54 PM
I think the biggest part was that my wife entered to "Across the Stars", the love theme from Attack of the Clones, and wearing the dress that Mara Jade wears when she gets married to Luke Skywalker in the Star Wars comics (I think I'm required to note that as she made the dress, it had pockets)
Pretty final version of map of fire agencies that helped Los Angeles fight the Jan 2025 fires. Over 550 agencies outside LA/OC, representing 3 countries and 14 states, sent people and/or equipment.
It's been something positive to focus on in a very rough month here
www.google.com/maps/d/u/0/e...
It's been something positive to focus on in a very rough month here
www.google.com/maps/d/u/0/e...
January 28, 2025 at 5:56 AM
Pretty final version of map of fire agencies that helped Los Angeles fight the Jan 2025 fires. Over 550 agencies outside LA/OC, representing 3 countries and 14 states, sent people and/or equipment.
It's been something positive to focus on in a very rough month here
www.google.com/maps/d/u/0/e...
It's been something positive to focus on in a very rough month here
www.google.com/maps/d/u/0/e...
Not much I can do about the LA fires themselves, but the amount of firefighting support coming in is incredible. In lieu of finding it anywhere else, I've started making a Google map of all agencies that have sent help (currently have over 200 agencies)
www.google.com/maps/d/edit?...
www.google.com/maps/d/edit?...
January 15, 2025 at 8:36 PM
Not much I can do about the LA fires themselves, but the amount of firefighting support coming in is incredible. In lieu of finding it anywhere else, I've started making a Google map of all agencies that have sent help (currently have over 200 agencies)
www.google.com/maps/d/edit?...
www.google.com/maps/d/edit?...
Welcome addition to academic conferences here is the addition of a discussion about mental health in academia, as this feels more impactful than these discussions happening in separated venues (talk by psychiatrist Jonathan Chou at MIT) #TESScon3 🔭
July 30, 2024 at 8:50 PM
Welcome addition to academic conferences here is the addition of a discussion about mental health in academia, as this feels more impactful than these discussions happening in separated venues (talk by psychiatrist Jonathan Chou at MIT) #TESScon3 🔭
You know what boat i wouldn't be getting on? Anything with a name this close to Poseidon Adventure. I saw how that goes (yes, i know the boat's just the Poseidon)
January 12, 2024 at 9:27 PM
You know what boat i wouldn't be getting on? Anything with a name this close to Poseidon Adventure. I saw how that goes (yes, i know the boat's just the Poseidon)
Andrew Vanderburg's summary on a really interesting talk about using TESS and JWST and a tantalizing image showing planet candidates around a white dwarf that will need some confirmation to identify as planets with any confidence
#AAS243 🔭
#AAS243 🔭
January 11, 2024 at 9:30 PM
Andrew Vanderburg's summary on a really interesting talk about using TESS and JWST and a tantalizing image showing planet candidates around a white dwarf that will need some confirmation to identify as planets with any confidence
#AAS243 🔭
#AAS243 🔭
Catherine Clark discussing at #AAS243 🔭 how high resolution imaging is necessary to supplement something like Gaia in detecting multistar systems
January 11, 2024 at 8:41 PM
Catherine Clark discussing at #AAS243 🔭 how high resolution imaging is necessary to supplement something like Gaia in detecting multistar systems
LSST Scialog providing finding to early career researchers to get seed funding as more of that support of the collaboration members #AAS243
January 11, 2024 at 7:30 PM
LSST Scialog providing finding to early career researchers to get seed funding as more of that support of the collaboration members #AAS243
Federica Bianco showing some interesting evolution in the LSST survey strategy, which has been a heavily community driven process
#AAS243 🔭
#AAS243 🔭
January 11, 2024 at 7:13 PM
Federica Bianco showing some interesting evolution in the LSST survey strategy, which has been a heavily community driven process
#AAS243 🔭
#AAS243 🔭
With the Rubin Observatory really this close to completion, it's quite exciting to me (given how long ago I started doing the work I did with LSST) to hear at #AAS243 🔭 just how close to completion this really is now.
January 11, 2024 at 6:59 PM
With the Rubin Observatory really this close to completion, it's quite exciting to me (given how long ago I started doing the work I did with LSST) to hear at #AAS243 🔭 just how close to completion this really is now.
Peter Williams at #AAS243 🔭 discussing that DASCH (the 100+ year baseline of Harvard plates being digitized) is now just a few months from completion after 20 years and will be opening up access significantly soon. Exiting milestone
January 10, 2024 at 9:21 PM
Peter Williams at #AAS243 🔭 discussing that DASCH (the 100+ year baseline of Harvard plates being digitized) is now just a few months from completion after 20 years and will be opening up access significantly soon. Exiting milestone