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Douglas Long
@minimillian.bsky.social
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Staff Scientist @ STScI
All posts are my own. (Seriously, who else would want to take credit for this nonsense?)

ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2508-9211
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Remember when Disney OPPOSED fascism? Good times, good times…
A 1940’s ad for Walt Disney’s Donald Duck in “Der Fuehrer’s Face”. A small Donald Duck hits a large Adolph Hitler in his left eye with a tomato. Red text at the top reads “Here’s the PICTURE from which the SONG SENSATION was taken!”
September 18, 2025 at 4:25 PM
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The Empire Strikes Back for the Atari 2600
September 12, 2025 at 4:43 PM
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The only thing I think of when I hear about any AI company
The character Jack Barker from tv show Silicon Valley confidently saying, “Pied Piper’s product is its stock.”
September 5, 2025 at 3:31 AM
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Post a picture of when your pet was little
A small black kitten with large white paws scrambling to the top of a red couch.
June 22, 2025 at 5:25 PM
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A variation on the "This is Fine" meme. In panel 1 an orange dog wearing a tan hat sits on a chair next to a table with a mug. There are large flames all around the room and visible in a rear doorway. Dark smoke covers the ceiling. A NASA logo has been added to the mug. Panel 2 is a close up of panel 1, with the dog now smiling and saying via a text balloon, "Embrace the challenge!"
June 3, 2025 at 3:47 AM
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Just feeling petty.
Cartman from South Park with a hand puppet that looks like a woman. Behind him is a yellow field with a pattern of small red stars. The text is styled like an old music video and reads, ‘ Jennifer Lopez “Taco-Flavored Kisses” ‘
May 31, 2025 at 1:26 AM
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From Joseph Allen: “Now economists know how scientists felt when he said “inject bleach”.”
April 3, 2025 at 3:50 PM
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“We are currently clean on OPSEC.”
Luke skywalker, in stormtrooper armor, his hair wet and dripping, up to his neck in wet garbage. He is shouting into a hand-held comlink.
March 25, 2025 at 1:30 AM
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With apologies to @proptermalone.bsky.social and @cheriepriest.com
A sign with a light tan background. Translucent background images show a painting of General George Washington astride a white horse brandishing a saber, a photograph of General Ulysses Grant standing outside a tent, and General Dwight Eisenhower standing amidst bombed buildings. Foreground text in blue reads, "NO Kings. NO Slaves. NO Nazis." Below that foreground text in red italics says, "NO EXCEPTIONS."
March 13, 2025 at 2:16 AM
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"When a clown moves into a palace, he doesn't become a king. The palace turns into a circus."
President Donald Trump made to look like a clown since he is speaking like a clown
February 16, 2025 at 5:53 AM
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Grabbed the astronomy textbook my brother gave me in 1989 off of my office bookshelf to see what it said about exoplanets. Note the future tense in discussing the un-named Space Telescope. 🔭🪐
A page from The Dynamic Universe, Third Edition by Theodore P. Snow describing techniques to detect other solar systems, if they exist.
February 13, 2025 at 8:32 PM
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No tariff on poutine
A takeout box of poutine- a Canadian dish of french fries, cheese curds, and gravy.
February 13, 2025 at 5:01 PM
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A cartoon dwarf covering his nose saying, "All the halls within must be filled with his foul reek."
February 8, 2025 at 1:15 AM
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A cartoon emoji of General Leia Organa
February 5, 2025 at 6:57 AM
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A view of the summit from when we visited in 2022.
The cratered summit of Mount Saint Helens showing noticeable water erosion under a clear blue sky.
January 23, 2025 at 10:18 PM
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Live view of me over the next few years.
Milo Oblong looking concerned. His t-shirt simply reads “No.”
January 23, 2025 at 12:06 AM
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For some reason this feels ominous
@merriam-webster.com: “Take a screenshot of this GIF, and whichever new word you land on is YOUR word for 2025.” The word shown in the screenshot is “mythical”.
January 1, 2025 at 5:21 PM
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Santa brought me one a few years ago, but when I opened it up it was 8 meters wide! Not skinny at all.
JWST ‘under’ Earth just after launch
December 11, 2024 at 5:46 PM
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White N7 on a black background. From the Mass Effect video game series.
November 7, 2024 at 2:50 PM
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"You are in the House of Elrond, it is ten in the morning, on October the 24th, if you want to know."
A wizard smoking beside a bed
October 24, 2024 at 2:00 PM
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Disturbing that this keeps being politically relevant
1952 Eisenhower campaign button with a black and white photo of the candidate and the slogan “I Like Ike”
October 23, 2024 at 6:50 PM
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I’d given up on ever seeing this comet, then tonight I walked out of the grocery store. It was much brighter to the eye than in my photo. 🔭
A comet in the orange glow of setting sun above a dark line of trees
October 22, 2024 at 12:31 AM
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Pippin wanted to help me unpack the new barstools today.
A large black and white cat completely blocking the open end of a large box
October 18, 2024 at 10:44 PM
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Happy birthday to me
Cover of “Superman at Fifty!” showing the hero examining his reflection in a mirror
October 12, 2024 at 9:16 PM
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The sky was all purple, there were people running everywhere
Purple aurora borealis over house, trees, and a river north of Baltimore, Maryland
October 11, 2024 at 12:05 AM