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There's obviously a lot to say about Anthology 4, but I will say this first: Much as I wish we had fewer SDE reruns, I think "Good Night (Take 10 with a guitar part from Take 5)" should be on *every* album. Their 4-part harmonies make life worth living www.youtube.com/watch?v=h4Sd...
Good Night (Take 10 With A Guitar Part From Take 5)
YouTube video by The Beatles - Topic
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November 22, 2025 at 1:46 AM
There's obviously a lot to say about Anthology 4, but I will say this first: Much as I wish we had fewer SDE reruns, I think "Good Night (Take 10 with a guitar part from Take 5)" should be on *every* album. Their 4-part harmonies make life worth living www.youtube.com/watch?v=h4Sd...
Happy Anthology 4 day to those who celebrate.
a black and white photo of the beatles with their faces on a sign that says first
ALT: a black and white photo of the beatles with their faces on a sign that says first
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November 21, 2025 at 9:23 PM
Happy Anthology 4 day to those who celebrate.
I may have been grumpy about Anthology 4 but In My Life Take 1 is beautiful.
November 15, 2025 at 11:43 PM
I may have been grumpy about Anthology 4 but In My Life Take 1 is beautiful.
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The New York Times article about the Escapade missions includes a beautiful visualization by the SVS's AJ Christensen.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/14/s...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/14/s...
Almost Everything About NASA’s Latest Mission to Mars Is Unusual
www.nytimes.com
November 15, 2025 at 11:05 PM
The New York Times article about the Escapade missions includes a beautiful visualization by the SVS's AJ Christensen.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/14/s...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/14/s...
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Waltham has never looked better
November 12, 2025 at 11:49 PM
Waltham has never looked better
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From @noirlabastroes.bsky.social: The moon rests behind Cerro Pachón, the home of three NOIRLab-operated telescopes: @vrubinobs.bsky.social, Gemini South, and the SOAR Telescope. #astronomy
📸: CTIO/NOIRLab/NSF/AURA/P. Horálek
📸: CTIO/NOIRLab/NSF/AURA/P. Horálek
November 11, 2025 at 6:00 PM
From @noirlabastroes.bsky.social: The moon rests behind Cerro Pachón, the home of three NOIRLab-operated telescopes: @vrubinobs.bsky.social, Gemini South, and the SOAR Telescope. #astronomy
📸: CTIO/NOIRLab/NSF/AURA/P. Horálek
📸: CTIO/NOIRLab/NSF/AURA/P. Horálek
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In the century leading up to 1975, nearly 6000 freighters went down in the Great Lakes.
The Edmund Fitzgerald was the last.
The last. In 50 years, not a single commercial freighter has been lost in the Great Lakes.
Why?
It's NOAA. Of course it's NOAA.
The Edmund Fitzgerald was the last.
The last. In 50 years, not a single commercial freighter has been lost in the Great Lakes.
Why?
It's NOAA. Of course it's NOAA.
November 11, 2025 at 1:50 AM
In the century leading up to 1975, nearly 6000 freighters went down in the Great Lakes.
The Edmund Fitzgerald was the last.
The last. In 50 years, not a single commercial freighter has been lost in the Great Lakes.
Why?
It's NOAA. Of course it's NOAA.
The Edmund Fitzgerald was the last.
The last. In 50 years, not a single commercial freighter has been lost in the Great Lakes.
Why?
It's NOAA. Of course it's NOAA.
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I've summarized the truth about Loeb's 10 "anomalies" about 3I/ATLAS in one post.
Thanks to @deschscoveries.bsky.social @michael-w-busch.bsky.social @cometary.org and @marshall-eubanks.bsky.social for contributing their expertise!
Thanks to @deschscoveries.bsky.social @michael-w-busch.bsky.social @cometary.org and @marshall-eubanks.bsky.social for contributing their expertise!
Loeb’s 3I/ATLAS “Anomalies” Explained
Avi Loeb continues to claim that 3I/ATLAS has many anomalous behaviors that lead to the conclusion that it “might” be an alien spacecraft. He carefully hedges the probability that it is a spacecraft ...
sites.psu.edu
November 10, 2025 at 12:22 AM
I've summarized the truth about Loeb's 10 "anomalies" about 3I/ATLAS in one post.
Thanks to @deschscoveries.bsky.social @michael-w-busch.bsky.social @cometary.org and @marshall-eubanks.bsky.social for contributing their expertise!
Thanks to @deschscoveries.bsky.social @michael-w-busch.bsky.social @cometary.org and @marshall-eubanks.bsky.social for contributing their expertise!
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Tomorrow is the 50th anniversary of the sinking of the Edmund Fitzgerald.
Takes whatever signs and portents you need from that fact.
Takes whatever signs and portents you need from that fact.
November 10, 2025 at 12:28 AM
Tomorrow is the 50th anniversary of the sinking of the Edmund Fitzgerald.
Takes whatever signs and portents you need from that fact.
Takes whatever signs and portents you need from that fact.
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Federal employee ethics training is like “you are technically allowed to get a birthday card for your co-worker but why risk it?”
Patel's girlfriend performed at Penn State last weekend. A government jet arrived at State College Regional Airport, according to its FAA registration, with an address listing the FBI HQ. The plane then flew to Nashville, where his girlfriend lives.
All on the taxpayer’s dime.
trib.al/TBvPo7A
All on the taxpayer’s dime.
trib.al/TBvPo7A
October 30, 2025 at 12:32 PM
Federal employee ethics training is like “you are technically allowed to get a birthday card for your co-worker but why risk it?”
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Fawlty Towers actor Prunella Scales dies at the age of 93
Fawlty Towers actor Prunella Scales dies at the age of 93
Actor portrayed Sybil Fawlty and later charmed viewers with her canal boat journeys alongside husband Timothy West
Prunella Scales, the actor best known for playing Sybil Fawlty in the classic comedy series Fawlty Towers, has died aged 93.
Scales, who was married to fellow actor Timothy West , was diagnosed with Alzheimer’s disease in 2013 . Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
October 28, 2025 at 10:44 AM
Fawlty Towers actor Prunella Scales dies at the age of 93
“Happy” FY26 to those who celebrate. To those in pain this new FY, I hope new pay periods bring brighter days.
October 1, 2025 at 9:31 AM
“Happy” FY26 to those who celebrate. To those in pain this new FY, I hope new pay periods bring brighter days.
@asrivkin.bsky.social @theymaybeparted.bsky.social Anthology 4 predictions? Carnival of Light? MAL versions of Real Love and Free As A Bird?
August 19, 2025 at 11:44 PM
@asrivkin.bsky.social @theymaybeparted.bsky.social Anthology 4 predictions? Carnival of Light? MAL versions of Real Love and Free As A Bird?
Son:”dad, can you teach me about the Beatles?” Me:
a man with long hair and glasses is smiling and holding a guitar in front of a disney + logo
ALT: a man with long hair and glasses is smiling and holding a guitar in front of a disney + logo
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August 11, 2025 at 1:22 AM
Son:”dad, can you teach me about the Beatles?” Me:
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Probably should have checked that out before firing off a letter to NASA
August 4, 2025 at 3:50 PM
Probably should have checked that out before firing off a letter to NASA
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Surveyor 3 is the only lunar site with astronaut footprints that was not a human landing mission. (from 2017)
🧪 🏺 #SpaceArchaeology
🧪 🏺 #SpaceArchaeology
Surveyor 3 - the only multi-occupation site on the Moon
I've been looking at the amazing pictures of astronaut Alan Bean visiting the Surveyor 3 robotic lunar landing craft to remove a camera f...
zoharesque.blogspot.com
June 28, 2025 at 2:09 AM
Surveyor 3 is the only lunar site with astronaut footprints that was not a human landing mission. (from 2017)
🧪 🏺 #SpaceArchaeology
🧪 🏺 #SpaceArchaeology
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Every machine in a Hospital that diagnoses your body without cutting you open is based on a principle of Physics, discovered by a Physicist who had no interest in Medicine.
If you think the world doesn’t need Basic Science, or that somehow Science has failed you, think again.
If you think the world doesn’t need Basic Science, or that somehow Science has failed you, think again.
June 17, 2025 at 11:22 AM
Every machine in a Hospital that diagnoses your body without cutting you open is based on a principle of Physics, discovered by a Physicist who had no interest in Medicine.
If you think the world doesn’t need Basic Science, or that somehow Science has failed you, think again.
If you think the world doesn’t need Basic Science, or that somehow Science has failed you, think again.
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LEEEEEERRRRROOOOOOYYY
JJEEEEEEEENNNNNNNKKKIIIINNS
JJEEEEEEEENNNNNNNKKKIIIINNS
June 17, 2025 at 12:11 AM
LEEEEEERRRRROOOOOOYYY
JJEEEEEEEENNNNNNNKKKIIIINNS
JJEEEEEEEENNNNNNNKKKIIIINNS
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International or UK researcher looking for a #fellowship in #astrophysics, #planetaryscience, and/or space instrumentation? Leicester @physicsuol.bsky.social is inviting expressions of interest for this year's STFC 5-year Ernest Rutherford Fellowships (deadline June 26th):
le.ac.uk/physics/rese...
le.ac.uk/physics/rese...
June 2, 2025 at 2:36 PM
International or UK researcher looking for a #fellowship in #astrophysics, #planetaryscience, and/or space instrumentation? Leicester @physicsuol.bsky.social is inviting expressions of interest for this year's STFC 5-year Ernest Rutherford Fellowships (deadline June 26th):
le.ac.uk/physics/rese...
le.ac.uk/physics/rese...
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If I still worked at Air & Space I would be clearing my entire day to write the most subtly vulgar news blurb I could get away with in the print edition to gaslight our 80yo readers into getting mad enough to write me sternly worded handwritten letters in response.
June 13, 2025 at 12:49 AM
If I still worked at Air & Space I would be clearing my entire day to write the most subtly vulgar news blurb I could get away with in the print edition to gaslight our 80yo readers into getting mad enough to write me sternly worded handwritten letters in response.
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16000 days ago (August 21, 1981) in the Carolina League, Alexandria Dukes catcher Angel Rodriguez is suspended from Organized Baseball for intentionally tipping pitches to opposing players who were Hispanic.
Shockingly, this doesn’t end his career. Rodriguez returns to pro baseball in ‘84.
Shockingly, this doesn’t end his career. Rodriguez returns to pro baseball in ‘84.
Angel Rodriguez, a catcher for Alexandria of the Carolina... - UPI Archives
Angel Rodriguez, a catcher for Alexandria of the Carolina League, has been suspended for one year for tipping off pitches, in Spanish, to rival Latin...
www.upi.com
June 11, 2025 at 11:47 PM
16000 days ago (August 21, 1981) in the Carolina League, Alexandria Dukes catcher Angel Rodriguez is suspended from Organized Baseball for intentionally tipping pitches to opposing players who were Hispanic.
Shockingly, this doesn’t end his career. Rodriguez returns to pro baseball in ‘84.
Shockingly, this doesn’t end his career. Rodriguez returns to pro baseball in ‘84.
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me: in cheers frasier said his dad was dead but then when sam visited him in seattle he had to explain that he was lying because their relationship was strained but to me the weirder thing is he never mentioned niles to anyone at cheers
the federal soldier being unlawfully quartered in my home: ok
the federal soldier being unlawfully quartered in my home: ok
June 10, 2025 at 10:36 PM
me: in cheers frasier said his dad was dead but then when sam visited him in seattle he had to explain that he was lying because their relationship was strained but to me the weirder thing is he never mentioned niles to anyone at cheers
the federal soldier being unlawfully quartered in my home: ok
the federal soldier being unlawfully quartered in my home: ok
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Sorry, but restoring funding to Gateway is nowhere near as important as restoring funding to NASA's science missions. This $2.6B for Gateway alone would be more than half of the money required to keep NASA's science missions intact.
Actually it's $9.995 billion.
Includes: $700M for cmrcl Mars Telecom Orbiter; $2.6 B to fully fund Gateway; $4.1 B for 2 more SLSs (Artemis IV and V); $20M to procure a 4th Orion; $1.25 B for ISS ops over 5 yrs; $1 B for NASA Center improvements; $325M for US Deorbit Vehicle.
Includes: $700M for cmrcl Mars Telecom Orbiter; $2.6 B to fully fund Gateway; $4.1 B for 2 more SLSs (Artemis IV and V); $20M to procure a 4th Orion; $1.25 B for ISS ops over 5 yrs; $1 B for NASA Center improvements; $325M for US Deorbit Vehicle.
June 5, 2025 at 11:41 PM
Sorry, but restoring funding to Gateway is nowhere near as important as restoring funding to NASA's science missions. This $2.6B for Gateway alone would be more than half of the money required to keep NASA's science missions intact.
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James Hutton, the founder of modern geology, was born #OTD in 1726.
He proposed Uniformitarianism, the idea that geological processes occurring now are the same ones that occurred in the past, unseating catastrophism and implying Earth is much older than Biblical accounts. 🧪 🪨
He proposed Uniformitarianism, the idea that geological processes occurring now are the same ones that occurred in the past, unseating catastrophism and implying Earth is much older than Biblical accounts. 🧪 🪨
June 4, 2025 at 1:29 AM
James Hutton, the founder of modern geology, was born #OTD in 1726.
He proposed Uniformitarianism, the idea that geological processes occurring now are the same ones that occurred in the past, unseating catastrophism and implying Earth is much older than Biblical accounts. 🧪 🪨
He proposed Uniformitarianism, the idea that geological processes occurring now are the same ones that occurred in the past, unseating catastrophism and implying Earth is much older than Biblical accounts. 🧪 🪨
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This plot shows how rare the coming close flyby of Apophis will be. All known asteroid passes by Earth are shown scaled by size. OSIRIS-APEX is slated to rendezvous with Apophis shortly after the near miss. (DellaGiustina et al. 2023)
May 31, 2025 at 1:44 PM
This plot shows how rare the coming close flyby of Apophis will be. All known asteroid passes by Earth are shown scaled by size. OSIRIS-APEX is slated to rendezvous with Apophis shortly after the near miss. (DellaGiustina et al. 2023)