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Perplexed and Vexed
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Doom-scrolling and Bloom-scrolling Trekkie. Why are you following me?!?
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February 1, 2026 at 11:48 PM
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In Sept. of 2023, I witnessed what was in my eyes the perfect storm. This intricately-structured, highly-electric supercell danced under a sky full of stars, looming over the landscape like the Mind Flayer while producing multiple funnels, bursts of sprites, and a barrage of lightning. #Photography
January 31, 2026 at 1:23 AM
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❤️
January 30, 2026 at 7:57 PM
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I need a break from the relentless (bad!) news, so I'm poking through some recent photos, and I figured hey, maybe you want a momentary break as well. So here are four of those photos. All by me.
January 30, 2026 at 2:48 PM
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January 29, 2026 at 1:48 PM
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I think we’ve got better and more culturally-varied street food than I could have imagined, cool jackets galore, and drugs that make us think we’re really fast and strong before they kill us.
we're getting all the downsides of cyberpunk (social alienation, ruthless hyper capitalism, digital mass surveillance state) but none of the promised upsides (cheap street food, cool jackets, super drugs that make you really fast and strong before they kill you)
January 20, 2026 at 10:02 PM
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This photo was taken in 1911 using glass plate technology by Herbert Ponting who was part of Scott's Antarctic expedition,

The composition and detail are exquisite with the band of white snow/ice creating a perfect frame around the two people and the ship in the distance

Iconic imo
January 17, 2026 at 7:12 AM
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Here is a video of a frozen creek that had begun to thaw, and the water was flowing beneath the thin ice on top. I took this because it was soothing and wonderfully bloopy and I wanted to listen to it for hours. You are all welcome to enjoy it, too. Let your brain settle here and rest for a moment.
January 10, 2026 at 4:57 AM
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We've removed the paywall from this guide so everyone can access it. 👇 Stay safe.
Just days into 2026, the killing of 37-year-old Renee Nicole Good by a federal immigration officer in Minneapolis, Minnesota, has sparked protests around the US.

If you’re planning to protest, here’s how to safeguard your digital security.
How to Protest Safely in the Age of Surveillance
Law enforcement has more tools than ever to track your movements and access your communications. Here’s how to protect your privacy if you plan to protest.
www.wired.com
January 8, 2026 at 6:35 PM
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i know we're all busy but i just overheard a plumber say "parlez-vous français ? non ? you motherfuckers don't even speak french, do you" to a pair of french bulldogs
January 8, 2026 at 2:18 PM
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The city shut down the station in 1945 on New Year's Eve. Eighty years later, it's a symbolic venue choice for the incoming mayor's private swearing-in ceremony. n.pr/4bbETpx
The history behind the NYC subway station chosen for Mamdani's swearing-in
The city shut down the station in 1945 on New Year's Eve. Eighty years later, it's a symbolic venue choice for the incoming mayor's private swearing-in ceremony.
n.pr
January 1, 2026 at 4:55 AM
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Do you swear to yell “cowabunga” when you and the other ninja turtles leap into battle?
I do.
January 1, 2026 at 5:27 AM
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Flying into the New Year with hope and positivity! 🕊️🫶

Happy New Year everyone! Thank you to all those still here for our fun interactions, for all your kindness and support too over this past year. Here's to a wonderful year for nature too! 📷 🪶

#Photography #Birds #EastCoastKin #HappyNewYear
January 1, 2026 at 8:56 AM
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December 31, 2025 at 9:40 PM
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Service took @stationcdrkelly.bsky.social and me to the Navy and into space. It was the honor of a lifetime to do it for our country.
December 30, 2025 at 4:56 PM
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Winter girl sketch :)
December 29, 2025 at 1:48 PM
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David Attenborough [whispering]:

“Like a grain of sand in a vast desert, the predator blends seamlessly into its environment, nearly imperceptible to the naked eye.”
December 28, 2025 at 3:38 PM
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Funny Numbers

xkcd.com/3184/
December 26, 2025 at 10:44 PM
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December 18, 2025 at 3:00 AM
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I try to focus on posting about art and comics and not my complaints about the state of everything but GOOD GRIEF
December 17, 2025 at 5:47 AM
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Peak Geminids Meteor shower this past Saturday night captured over Stonehenge.

Photo credit: Sandra.Davies6869
December 16, 2025 at 3:57 PM
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It hasn't even been twelve hours, but all three of us have been overwhelmed with requests from media for comment and I'm mostly writing this now so they'll leave me alone.
this is such a painful loss. my heart is broken.
“The most important things are the hardest things to say. They are the things you get ashamed of, because words diminish them — words shrink things that seemed limitless when they were in your head to no more than living size when they’re brought out. But it’s more than that,...
wilwheaton.net
December 15, 2025 at 10:14 PM
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Merriam-Webster’s human editors have chosen ‘slop’ as the 2025 Word of the Year.
December 15, 2025 at 2:07 PM
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I begged them to let me hire some weirdos to write some Lower Decks EU novels with saucy covers and they said no.
So can we get Star Trek novels set after the series like authors did during the wilderness period.
I would love a Discovery, Prodigy, Lower Decks novels continuing the adventures of those characters. Definitely an Enterprise G novel.

#StarTrek
December 16, 2025 at 5:03 AM