Slow Lorus
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Slow Lorus
@marylandrockets.bsky.social
Retired computer scientist and cybersecurity professional. Non-practicing YT.
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Okay this is thrilling. Yes gravitational lensing massive objects that create gravity without creating light is perfect. #astronomy #physics
Dark matter may be made of pieces of giant, exotic objects — and astronomers think they know how to look for them
Searches for dark matter particles have come up empty so far, driving theorists to get more creative with their ideas.
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December 27, 2025 at 5:04 AM
I didn’t know or had forgotten that the Insurrection Act was used on the South in the 1960’s. Everything happening now is refighting the civil war and civil rights struggles
December 26, 2025 at 9:10 PM
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“We live during a time where all the institutions and corporations I worked for—or leaders I looked up to—they caved or remained silent, so we are now finding hope in everyday people…”

www.thebulwark.com/p/defiance-i...
Defiance in a Time of Cowardice
She sang the national anthem in Spanish as deportation forces assaulted L.A. Now she’s headed to Sundance.
www.thebulwark.com
December 26, 2025 at 5:01 PM
“I am just another traveler who has not repaid his debt” Why does this line hit so hard?
December 23, 2025 at 2:41 PM
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December 23, 2025 at 11:30 AM
“In some cases, it may look like retribution,” she said. “And there may be an element of that from time to time. Who would blame him? Not me.”

www.nytimes.com/2025/12/16/u...
Takeaways From Susie Wiles’s Candid Interviews Describing Trump World
www.nytimes.com
December 16, 2025 at 6:08 PM
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December 13, 2025 at 10:55 PM
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December 13, 2025 at 5:35 PM
Please allow me to chortle

Republican Women Suddenly Realize They’re Surrounded by Misogynists www.nytimes.com/2025/12/09/o...
Opinion | Republican Women Suddenly Realize They’re Surrounded by Misogynists
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December 9, 2025 at 1:52 PM
Your continued obsequiousness to Sky Daddy has held civilization back two thousand years. Keep up the good work

Supreme Court Questions N.Y. Ban on Religious Exemptions for Vaccines www.nytimes.com/2025/12/08/n...
Supreme Court Questions N.Y. Ban on Religious Exemptions for Vaccines
www.nytimes.com
December 9, 2025 at 1:48 PM
People with money are more equal than you.

Supreme Court Is Asked to Take Another Ax to Campaign Finance Limits www.nytimes.com/2025/12/09/u...
Supreme Court Is Asked to Take Another Ax to Campaign Finance Limits
www.nytimes.com
December 9, 2025 at 1:46 PM
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He had a revelation on the road to de-mask us
Good on Penn Jillette. Having to come to terms with your entire political identity and philosophy being wrong is not easy and most people could never do it.
December 8, 2025 at 11:27 AM
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I can’t believe that in this day and age, people are still wearing fir.
December 7, 2025 at 2:46 PM
Evderyone who reaches $1B in personal wealth should be awarded a medal and declared winner, have their assets seized and they are immediately retired on a pension.
December 6, 2025 at 1:18 PM
Has Gaza completely fallen out of the news? Are people being fed and housed? Have the hostilities ceased completely?
December 3, 2025 at 6:37 PM
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This is possibly my favorite product answer yet:

Q: Will this deodorizing spray get rid of dead animal smell?
A: Yes, but you need to remove the dead animal or you will need to keep applying it.
November 27, 2025 at 12:26 AM
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November 9, 2025 at 12:10 PM
Daughter: I saw something on the way home.
Me: Okay
Daughter: What road was I on?
Me: ??
Daughter: The signs are brown.
Me: The BW Parkway?
Daughter: Yeah, thanks.
November 7, 2025 at 1:19 AM
Refighting the Civil War

How and Where the National Guard Has Deployed to U.S. Cities www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
How and Where the National Guard Has Deployed to U.S. Cities
See where the troops called upon by President Trump are working, what they are doing, and under whose authority.
www.nytimes.com
October 28, 2025 at 1:26 PM
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ordinary americans are filming ice agents and trying to save their neighbors. for all the hemming and hawing during 2024 about how democracy was an elite concern, the elites gave up far more quickly than average people.
October 24, 2025 at 1:51 PM
My daughter is in graduate school for mechanical engineering. She received a 95 on her midterm for Linear Vibrations.

Please do not ask what that is.
October 22, 2025 at 6:04 PM
October 21, 2025 at 9:01 PM
Dems get 218th vote for the release petition.

DJT invades Venezuela.

Bank this.
October 16, 2025 at 1:18 PM
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some people told dave chappelle his jokes weren’t funny and this ego maniac has been having a meltdown over it for ten years
October 3, 2025 at 1:56 AM