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astrojaz.bsky.social
cosmic collisions, seen by hubble 🌌
A glowing portion of a galaxy is seen at the left of the image, with a bridge of cosmic material including bright blue stars and dark brown dust extending to the right. A pair of small, interacting galaxies shine in this new NASA Hubble Space Telescope image. The larger of the two galaxies is named NGC 5410. It spans 80,000 light-years across and has a bright white bar of stars at its center. It is also a spiral galaxy with a medium-sized nucleus and spread-out arms. NGC 5410 contains many young, blue star clusters, especially along its arms. The smaller of the two galaxies is called UGC 8932 or PGC 49896 and has a diameter of 60,000 light-years. It has a bright blue bar of stars at its core, indicating that it contains younger stars. Its shape is irregular, likely due to distortions from NGC 5410’s gravitational pull. A galaxy laced through with dark brown dust is viewed edge-on, shining against black space dotted with more distant galaxies. The central galaxy has a hazy bridge of faint stars extending down through the bottom of the image. Arp 300 consists of two interacting galaxies, UGC 05028 (the smaller face-on spiral galaxy) and UGC 05029 (the larger face-on spiral). Likely due to its gravitational dance with its larger partner, UGC 05028 has an asymmetric, irregular structure, which is not as visible from ground-based telescopes but is quite distinct here. The bright knot visible to the southeast of the center of UGC 05028 may be the remnant of another small galaxy that is in the process of merging with that galaxy. UGC 05029 has a pronounced spiral structure and multiple hot, blue giant stars visible on the side facing UGC 05028. Another edge-on spiral galaxy is visible in this image below UGC 05029 but is too faint to be resolved into star-forming regions, while the five objects strung out above it are probably a group of distant background galaxies.
January 5, 2025 at 11:12 PM
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cairenntairisu.bsky.social
After extensive review, France has established very positive gender affirming care guidelines, and they’ve rejected the highly politicized Cass Report as simply false.

www.lgbtqnation.com/2024/12/new-...
New French guidelines show doctors overwhelmingly support gender-affirming care - LGBTQ Nation
The medical guidelines contradict numerous conclusions from the UK's infamous Cass Review.
www.lgbtqnation.com
January 5, 2025 at 8:43 PM
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estel62.bsky.social
I need say no more...
January 5, 2025 at 8:34 PM
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vicjager.bsky.social
Possibly the best clap back against ignorant antivaxxers.
January 5, 2025 at 4:04 PM
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hrtbeats.bsky.social
i do unfortunately love my stupid cat so much i’ll buy anything that looks like him
January 5, 2025 at 9:40 PM
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gopjesus.bsky.social
You should have included his full quote though?🤷‍♂️

"If you feel pain, you are alive. If you feel other people's pain, you are a human being. If you don’t care about other people’s pain, you are Donald Trump or a MAGA chud.”

-Leo Tolstoy
December 23, 2024 at 12:55 AM
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sethabramson.bsky.social
Proof that dogs are actually human beings

Both our dogs are super empathetic
December 23, 2024 at 12:33 AM
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chrislhayes.bsky.social
They’re planning a heist in plain sight.
allinwithchris.bsky.social All In with Chris Hayes @allinwithchris.bsky.social · Dec 7
“This is an enormous heist. They’re just backing the truck up to the government in front of all of us. A massive bailout to the crypto world,” says @chrislhayes.bsky.social on the GOP crypto bill.
December 7, 2024 at 2:55 AM