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25, I study physics in Münster. #BlackLivesMatter (he/him)
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This photo says “Edna Wilke” on the back and I hope that was the name of the kitten. Photo from my collection, ca. 1950s.
Black and white closeup photo of a shorthaired white kitten with striking blotches of black fur on its face and head. It’s a great shot of a beautiful kitten, looks like it may have been taken by a professional.
January 19, 2025 at 5:40 PM
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juliepatchouly.bsky.social
How can ANYone say they don’t do politics! WHAT?
January 3, 2025 at 3:48 PM
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nizzy.cc
For example, in this specific instance a trans woman was treated as a woman for the purpose of facilitating an arrest for breaching public decency laws, and then treated as a man to maximise the potential for harm to come to her while in jail.
WATCH: Transgender Woman Arrested for Exposing Breasts, Jailed With Men Ashley Del Valle is a transgender woman from New York who was arrested in Georgia for indecent exposure after she allegedly showed her breasts, but then was housed in an all-male jail.
December 10, 2024 at 11:50 PM
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khesser.bsky.social
The aurora visible from half way between Eau Claire and Madison, WI, 10 mins ago (~12:30am). It’s so bright we can see it from the car driving down 94!
A night sky scape looking north: a farm with lights in the distant horizon. Above a dark narrow cloud runs horizontal across the image, but green and purple streaks radiate above and below it. A night sky scape looking north/northwest: trees and power lines on the horizon. Above a dark narrow cloud runs horizontal across the image, but green (right) and purple (left) streaks radiate above and below it. A night sky scape looking north: a farm with lights in the distant horizon. Above a dark narrow cloud runs horizontal across the image, but green and purple streaks radiate above and below it.
August 12, 2024 at 5:44 AM
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Perseid Meteors over Stonehenge - ©
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What's happening in the sky above Stonehenge? A meteor shower: specifically, the Perseid meteor shower. A few nights ago, after the sky darkened, many images of meteors from this year's Perseids were captured separately and merged into a single frame. Although the meteors all traveled on straight paths, these paths appear slightly curved by the wide-angle lens of the capturing camera. The meteor streaks can all be traced back to a single point on the sky called the radiant, here just off the top of the frame in the constellation of Perseus. The same camera took a deep image of the background sky that brought up the central band of our Milky Way galaxy running nearly vertical through the image center. The featured image was taken from Wiltshire, England, being careful to include, at the bottom, the famous astronomical monument of Stonehenge. Although the Perseids peaked last night, some Perseid meteors should still be visible for a few more nights.
August 12, 2024 at 8:00 AM
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🔭Multiple pinhole images of the Sun on my bed.
Making a short video, I realized I could see the current big sunspot as a very faint spot moving along with the bright circles.
Multiple light circles projected on a white sheet, after passing through foliage. Screenshot from a video: sunlight spots on a sheet of paper with a pencil. 2 red arrows point to a faint darker spot.
August 12, 2024 at 8:16 AM
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catsofyore.bsky.social
Scrambler! Postcard from my collection, sent 1957.
Black and white photo of a shorthaired tabby kitten on a wooden fence, it has a remarkably cute little face and beautiful big shining eyes.
June 22, 2024 at 5:50 AM
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catsofyore.bsky.social
“Honey the cat in the garden” 1968. digitalnz.org/records/3791...
Color photo of a shorthaired ginger cat sprawled asleep on its back on a lawn in sun dappled shade. The perspective is looking upward from his ridiculous little gams.
March 15, 2024 at 12:28 AM
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drskyskull.bsky.social
Anakin: "Astronauts will survive 90% of the mission" Padme: "You mean they have a 90% chance to survive, right?" Padme: "You mean they have a 90% chance to survive, right"
March 15, 2024 at 3:47 AM
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catsofyore.bsky.social
Oh lord. Look at this thing. I love her so much it makes my chest ache.
Photo of my fluffy white cat Francie asleep in my lap, partially turned on her back, looking very happy.
March 15, 2024 at 5:32 AM
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catsofyore.bsky.social
I just saw an Easter ad so it's time to start reminding people: LILIES ARE DEADLY FOR CATS. The leaves, the petals, the stem, even drinking a bit of vase water or licking a few grains of pollen from their fur can cause fatal kidney failure. ⚠️ www.fda.gov/animal-veter....
Color photo of a white lily blossom, overlaid with a black skull and cross bones and text that reads “no lilies for kitties”.
March 4, 2024 at 12:13 AM
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whysharksmatter.bsky.social
One fish: "fish"
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Multiple fish of the same species: "fish"
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Fish of multiple species: "fishes"
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March 13, 2024 at 2:55 AM
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catsofyore.bsky.social
The pinnacle of loaf-ness. The alpha and omega of loafosity. 1964. digitaltmuseum.org/021011165002...
Black and white photo of a slim white man in button up shirt, showing off a chubby shorthaired white and tabby cat that he holds in his arms. The cat has tiny ears that looks like they might've been operated on at some point to partially remove the ear tissue due to frostbite or cancer, but the cat seems perfectly healthy and it has a very cute effect because it exaggerates the proportions of little round head and big chonky body. The cat also bears an adorable smug smile.
March 10, 2024 at 2:38 AM
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I took a ton of keeper swallow shots today, but mostly interested that THEY SCRATCH THEMSELVES MID FLIGHT what the f!!! 😭 🪶
A swallow scratching it's head with its leg and on its wing in mid air
March 9, 2024 at 11:40 PM
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philplait.bsky.social
Imagine building this ornate planetarium with an ornery and then in the year it opens astronomers discover the very first new planet.
whereisyvette.bsky.social Yvette Cendes @whereisyvette.bsky.social · Mar 9
Today I visited THE OLDEST PLANETARIUM IN THE WORLD!!! 🤩

The Eise Eisinga planetarium opened to the world in 1781 after seven years construction in Eisinga’s living/ bed room in Frankaner, The Netherlands. It still works perfectly today for the six planets known at the time

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Ceiling showing scale model of the solar system from 1781 Some of the detailed example clocks from the planetarium including the moon rise and set times, sun location, day of the week… Clock mechanism for the planetarium Outside the planetarium in Franaker, The Netherlands
March 10, 2024 at 2:00 AM
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emily.space
Let me take you on a tour of Vienna University's absolutely gorgeous observatory - built in the 19th century! 🔭🧪

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(Aerial photo credit: C.Stadler/Bwag)
An aerial view of the observatory. The large, cross-shaped, red brickobservatory building has four telescope domes on its roof. The observatory is surrounded by woodland. Aerial photo credit: C.Stadler/Bwag The main entrance hall of the observatory. There are granite pillars on either side of the hallway, which contains a long marble staircase up to the first floor. The large 68cm refracting telescope in the main dome. The view looking east from the roof of the observatory. A skyscraper can be seen peeking through the trees.
March 6, 2024 at 10:25 AM
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Nicht akzeptabel! Gefährlicher Eingriff in den Straßenverkehr und Behinderung/Angriff von Rettungskräften. Das ist nicht in Ordnung egal welches Anliegen vertreten wird.
snoopde.bsky.social SnoopDE @snoopde.bsky.social · Mar 4
Bericht Feuerwehr #Elstal (FB)
Feuerwehr_EIstal 1 Std..O 22-2024 H:VU-mit-P Feuerwehr Elstal, Rettungsdienst, Polizei 03.03.2024 um 22:29 Uhr Elstal/ B5 ,Protest vs. Gefahrdung von Leib und Leben" Einsatzbericht der Feuerwehr Die Kameraden der Freiwilligen Feuerwehr Elstal wurden zum Stichwort: ,H:VU-mit-p" alarmiert. Auf der Bundesstraße 5 - zwischen der Anschlussstelle Elstal und Designer Outlet Center, Fahrtrichtung Nauen - ereigneten sich zwei aufeinander folgende Unfalle Eine Protestgemeinschaft lud am Sonntag Abend mehrere Haufen Mist auf der Bundesstraße 5 ab und blockierte diese im weiteren Verlauf mehrfach. Diese Hindernisse, welche vollkommen ungesichert waren, stellten gerade vor dem Hintergrund der Dunkelheit eine erhebliche Gefahr für den allgemeinen Straßenverkehr dar Zwei Personenkraftwagen fuhren in diese Hindernisse und verloren die Kontrolle über lhr Fahrzeug. Durch die Blockaden der Protestgemeinschaft, hatten die Kameraden erhebliche Probleme zum Einsatzort zu gelangen. Eine Rettungsgasse war nic
March 5, 2024 at 8:19 AM
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galacticrave.bsky.social
The Perseus Galaxy Cluster Abell 426 hosts 500 - 1000 galaxies of various mass and morphology. At the center is the massive cD galaxy NGC1275, which features quite a bit of structure, working out these features was quite enjoyable! #astrophotography 🔭📷
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March 2, 2024 at 2:08 PM
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It’s a cloudy day but Mr Allen’s is not letting that dampen his iridescence!! 🔥
Wowser, buddy. You look fab! #birds
A male Allen’s hummingbird perching on a metal rod and showing orange-gold gorget or throat feathers. Seen in Southern California.
February 26, 2024 at 1:19 AM
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saavikford.bsky.social
Google helpfully pointed me at an entertaining new app: Galactic Compass. If you have your location on, it points the direction to Sgr A*, the supermassive black hole at the center of our galaxy. 🧪🔭

Of course many other apps can help you find it, but this has just 1 big friendly green arrow:
Giant green arrow pointing to lower left on a white background. Text below reads, ‘Galactic center: 26,000 light years’ and below that are buttons labeled ‘Compass’ and ’Debug’ Can you tell I’m stuck elevating my broken leg again?
February 21, 2024 at 8:51 PM
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Remember when the Greenbank Telescope used Synthetic Aperture Radar to image the Moon’s Tycho Crater, showing 5-meter resolution detail with less power than a kitchen microwave? 🥰📡🌕

The most detailed image of our Moon ever taken from Earth!

📸 Raytheon / GBT 🔭🧪
black and white image of a crater on the moon showing crater rim walls in concentric rings and a central small peak. Surrouding the main crater are other, smaller and more diffuse craters. perspective view of the Tycho crater, imaged in radar, showing the crater at an inclination angle. The crater walls are clearly present and a central small peak sits at the centre of the crater. An inset box expands and zooms in to a region near the central peak, revealing detail and structure on the Moon's surface that is about 5m in size.
February 21, 2024 at 10:06 PM
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catsofyore.bsky.social
Before the internet kittens had to call everyone individually to explain how small and cute they were. Ca. 1920 - 1935. collection.powerhouse.com.au/object/597342
Black and white photo of a shorthaired tuxedo tabby kitten on a floor next to a black, old fashioned candlestick type telephone. The kitten is sitting up on its haunches with its paws against the mouthpiece, peering into it curiously. Another kitten can be seen a couple feet away, blurry but you can see its sleeping in the upright loaf position.
February 18, 2024 at 10:52 PM
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Structure in the Tail of Comet 12P/Pons-Brooks - ©Dan Bartlett

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Heading for its next perihelion passage on April 21, Comet 12P/Pons-Brooks is growing brighter. The greenish coma of this periodic Halley-type comet has become relatively easy to observe in small telescopes. But the bluish ion tail now streaming from the active comet's coma and buffeted by the solar wind, is faint and difficult to follow. Still, in this image stacked exposures made on the night of February 11 reveal the fainter tail's detailed structures. The frame spans over two degrees across a background of faint stars and background galaxies toward the northern constellation Lacerta. Of course Comet 12P's April 21 perihelion passage will be only two weeks after the April 8 total solar eclipse, putting the comet in planet Earth's sky along with a totally eclipsed Sun.
February 16, 2024 at 8:06 AM
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The Large Magellanic Cloud. This is a single sub with a 50mm lens from an estancia near Cañuelas, Argentina in February 2017. The fireflies were thick that night and a few subs saw tracks as they looked for a connection. #astrophotography
A wide angle star field centered on the Large Magellanic Cloud, a satellite galaxy of our Milky Way. Below the galaxy is a yellow-green streak made by a firefly that lit up as it flew between my lens and the stars.
February 13, 2024 at 3:10 PM
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emily.space
It's amazing how far camera technology has come! This is what the Pleiades looked like in 1909 with a (at the time) state-of-the-art 6" telescope here in Heidelberg, Germany.

A poorly steadied phone picture of some stars in 2024 isn't too far off from being better 😵‍💫 🔭
A black and white picture of the Pleiades. It has more stars than Phil's picture, but there isn't a massive difference in quality.
February 14, 2024 at 1:06 AM