@monk-in-space.bsky.social
Space junkie, 💙🇺🇸, husband, dad, grampa, retired ☎ guy, non-current pilot ✈, motorcycle aficionado 🛵, 🩵's things that fly 🦋,TR & @npr.org.
“I am not a member of any organized political party. I am a Democrat.” – Will Rogers
“I am not a member of any organized political party. I am a Democrat.” – Will Rogers
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Nenko Gantchev should still be alive—home with his family. After 30 years contributing to Chicagoland as a small business owner and taxpayer, ICE detained him, ignored his medical needs, and he died in custody. This system is cruel, reckless, and must be held accountable.
Bulgarian Chicago business owner dies in ICE custody, sparking calls for 'immediate investigation'
https://abc7chicago.com/post/bulgarian-chicago-business-owner-nenko-gantchev-dies-ice-custody-family-congresswoman-call-immediate-investigation/18301520/
https://abc7chicago.com/post/bulgarian-chicago-business-owner-nenko-gantchev-dies-ice-custody-family-congresswoman-call-immediate-investigation/18301520/
Bulgarian Chicago business owner dies in ICE custody, sparking calls for 'immediate investigation'
A Bulgarian man from Chicago arrested during an immigration enforcement 'blitz' has died while in the custody of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement at a Michigan private prison, the ABC7 I-Team has learned.
abc7chicago.com
December 20, 2025 at 2:42 AM
Nenko Gantchev should still be alive—home with his family. After 30 years contributing to Chicagoland as a small business owner and taxpayer, ICE detained him, ignored his medical needs, and he died in custody. This system is cruel, reckless, and must be held accountable.
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Of course we all would love a little extra money around the holidays but here's the truth about Trump's "warrior dividend."
December 20, 2025 at 1:26 AM
Of course we all would love a little extra money around the holidays but here's the truth about Trump's "warrior dividend."
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Signing a piece of paper with a Sharpie and actually doing it are not the same. China's going to beat us to the moon 🌖 because of politics.
Trump signs sweeping executive order to assert U.S. dominance in space
The White House issued a sweeping executive order on space policy Dec. 18 covering topics from NASA’s exploration plans to space security.
The White House issued a sweeping executive order on space policy Dec. 18 covering topics from NASA’s exploration plans to space security.
Trump signs sweeping executive order to assert U.S. dominance in space
The White House issued a sweeping executive order on space policy Dec. 18 covering topics from NASA’s exploration plans to space security.
spacenews.com
December 19, 2025 at 1:39 PM
Signing a piece of paper with a Sharpie and actually doing it are not the same. China's going to beat us to the moon 🌖 because of politics.
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December 18, 2025 at 7:50 PM
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I don't see a whole lot of 'likes' for #oyd in space. However, I look forward to it everyday. Thanks, Hanneke!
#otd in #space: In 1999, #nasa launched the #terra #earth observing #satellite to monitor Earth's changing #climate.
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#spacehistory #onthisdayinspace #onthisday #history #science #spacescience #astronomy #astronomyfacts #astronomylovers #historyfacts
Read more: www.space.com/39251-on-thi...
#spacehistory #onthisdayinspace #onthisday #history #science #spacescience #astronomy #astronomyfacts #astronomylovers #historyfacts
December 18, 2025 at 7:23 PM
I don't see a whole lot of 'likes' for #oyd in space. However, I look forward to it everyday. Thanks, Hanneke!
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I knew I had a Trump gif in the archives appropriate for last night’s performance
December 18, 2025 at 2:50 PM
I knew I had a Trump gif in the archives appropriate for last night’s performance
It's didn't happen...again.
December 18, 2025 at 7:18 PM
It's didn't happen...again.
Bridenstine was the ONLY administrator from trump1 that I thought was a good man & I wish he was back. He, and Pence, really did love the space program. Not a fan of Pence but that, and what he did on January 6 is a definite plus in my book. 📖
The previous two NASA administrators were sworn in by vice presidents (Bridenstine by Pence; Nelson by Harris.) Isaacman was sworn in by a district judge.
www.nasa.gov/news-release...
www.nasa.gov/news-release...
NASA Welcomes 15th Administrator Jared Isaacman - NASA
Jared Isaacman was sworn in Thursday as NASA's 15th administrator by District Judge Timothy J. Kelly. The oath was taken during a ceremony held at the
www.nasa.gov
December 18, 2025 at 7:16 PM
Bridenstine was the ONLY administrator from trump1 that I thought was a good man & I wish he was back. He, and Pence, really did love the space program. Not a fan of Pence but that, and what he did on January 6 is a definite plus in my book. 📖
Eewwwwww! 🧟
A former manager of the Harvard Medical School morgue in Boston is sentenced to eight years in prison for stealing and selling body parts "as if they were baubles."
Harvard morgue manager who sold body parts like 'baubles' gets 8-year prison term
In one example, Cedric Lodge provided skin to a buyer so it could be tanned into leather and bound into a book, prosecutors said in a court filing.
nbcnews.to
December 18, 2025 at 2:53 PM
Eewwwwww! 🧟
He IS from Joliet, so that’s a plus. However, he is Cub fan. They can’t all be perfect, I guess. ⚾️✝️
Pope Leo XIV makes his most important U.S. appointment to date, naming a fellow Chicagoan as the next archbishop of New York to lead one of the biggest U.S. archdioceses as it navigates relations with the Trump administration and its immigration crackdown.
Pope names fellow Chicagoan, Bishop Ronald Hicks, as new archbishop of New York
Bishop Ronald Hicks, the current bishop of Joliet, Illinois, replaces the retiring Cardinal Timothy Dolan.
nbcnews.to
December 18, 2025 at 2:46 PM
He IS from Joliet, so that’s a plus. However, he is Cub fan. They can’t all be perfect, I guess. ⚾️✝️
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Sorry didn't see this earlier. Just thinking about Alice, & Officer Obee, a few days ago.
My dad and I listened to this every year elementary-high school and college. We got a 6-pack of Dr. Peppers and drove around watching people put up Christmas lights while we listened to it on NPR. When I was in the mental hospital I said I finally got put on the Group W bench and no one got it.
happy thanksgiving, everyone
and remember: you can get anything you want at alice's restaurant
and remember: you can get anything you want at alice's restaurant
December 17, 2025 at 9:10 PM
Sorry didn't see this earlier. Just thinking about Alice, & Officer Obee, a few days ago.
I am retired from our local community college & we had those things all over the place. If any institution is holding back on security to save 💵, they won't save money on lawsuits if it happens to them.
December 17, 2025 at 8:59 PM
I am retired from our local community college & we had those things all over the place. If any institution is holding back on security to save 💵, they won't save money on lawsuits if it happens to them.
I was just wondering about that this morning. 🤔 He was not my favorite choice but it's better than Duffy running everything & really running nothing. I hope this guy Isaacman makes some good decisions. 🌘
The Senate has confirmed Jared Isaacman as NASA administrator on a 67-30 vote.
December 17, 2025 at 8:53 PM
I was just wondering about that this morning. 🤔 He was not my favorite choice but it's better than Duffy running everything & really running nothing. I hope this guy Isaacman makes some good decisions. 🌘
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I don't know any American who is looking for another war over foreign oil or regime change. This Administration must be clear with the American public about their plan in Venezuela.
December 17, 2025 at 7:04 PM
I don't know any American who is looking for another war over foreign oil or regime change. This Administration must be clear with the American public about their plan in Venezuela.
You all know she's history, right? 🫢
“He can’t see me hiding behind this lamp, right?” — Susie Wiles
December 17, 2025 at 5:00 PM
You all know she's history, right? 🫢
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Kind of funny that Trump's chief-of-staff Susie Wiles looks a bit like his mom
December 17, 2025 at 1:49 AM
Kind of funny that Trump's chief-of-staff Susie Wiles looks a bit like his mom
And he's doing this in a book, so it's not something you're going to just throw away. 🫢
😲 How does he do that? Just casually laid down some squiggly ink lines and out pops a portrait 😳
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(Sketch by: @likontam)
#art #portrait #inkpainting #sketch #linedrawing
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(Sketch by: @likontam)
#art #portrait #inkpainting #sketch #linedrawing
December 17, 2025 at 2:49 PM
And he's doing this in a book, so it's not something you're going to just throw away. 🫢
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December 17, 2025 at 2:47 PM
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(eyeroll) Well, at least the writer briefly acknowledged how Hollywood historically would cast women barely older than their male co-stars as the mother.
www.theguardian.com/film/2025/de...
(note this cartoon is from 2003. The stats are higher now...I hope)
www.theguardian.com/film/2025/de...
(note this cartoon is from 2003. The stats are higher now...I hope)
December 17, 2025 at 12:34 PM
(eyeroll) Well, at least the writer briefly acknowledged how Hollywood historically would cast women barely older than their male co-stars as the mother.
www.theguardian.com/film/2025/de...
(note this cartoon is from 2003. The stats are higher now...I hope)
www.theguardian.com/film/2025/de...
(note this cartoon is from 2003. The stats are higher now...I hope)
Gotta 💙 AOC...
.@pabloreports.bsky.social : Were you satisfied with the answers you’ve gotten so far in this classified briefing on Venezuela?
AOC: Oh, hell no. It was a joke. This was not a serious intelligence briefing. This was the communication of an opinion.
AOC: Oh, hell no. It was a joke. This was not a serious intelligence briefing. This was the communication of an opinion.
December 17, 2025 at 2:36 PM
Gotta 💙 AOC...
Quite a long list. I don't think there has ever been an administration with more scumbags (deserving of coal) in the history of the country. Something we all can be proud of.
December 17, 2025 at 2:15 AM
Quite a long list. I don't think there has ever been an administration with more scumbags (deserving of coal) in the history of the country. Something we all can be proud of.