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Phil Plait
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Bad Astronomer (formerly @BadAstronomer), SciCommer, Dork. Crash Course Astronomy guy. He/him. Newsletter: badastronomy.beehiiv.com

I'm self-employed so my opinions do in fact represent my company's.
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Hello, front desk? Thanks, but you have grossly overestimated the width of my head.
A hotel room pillow that is three-quarters the width of a regular pillow but literally over a meter long. My hand is in the photo for a size comparison, and I have pretty big hands, yet it looks like I used a doll's hand.
November 18, 2025 at 9:46 PM
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Mandelbroccoli
Romanesco broccoli has lots of little cones all over it like the drill bits in the front of a machine designed to dig to the center of the earth. It's a light green in color and looks very mathy.
November 18, 2025 at 12:27 PM
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This is a pastry made for Bluesky
A pastry that's basically a long piece of sweet bread with several stacked up on a tray. They're called Fartones.
November 17, 2025 at 12:07 PM
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Brush your teeth after eating these or else you'll get calculus.
A vending machine with a snack called minis, and the brand is Leibniz.
November 16, 2025 at 8:41 PM
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Fall has fell
Shot low to the ground, there's nothing but brown leaves as far as the eye can see.
November 15, 2025 at 4:20 PM
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I just gave a critical thinking talk to about 1,800 Texas science teachers. My heart is filled with joy and inspiration. It was an honor to talk to them, and I heartily thank the folks running the CAST 2025 conference for inviting me!

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About 30 minutes before the opening remarks to the conference and my talk, and already over a thousand people in the room.
November 13, 2025 at 6:42 PM
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I think this is an app for people who want to date pizza
A pizza restaurant at the Charlotte, South Carolina airport called P Z A.
November 12, 2025 at 5:46 PM
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I'm in the Charlotte airport and it's mobbed. Despite that I have seen literally not a single other masked person. Not one.
Selfie. I'm masked and wearing a baseball cap and a dark blue Stargate T-shirt.
November 12, 2025 at 4:53 PM
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I just blew the leaves off the driveway yesterday

#ForestLife
An endless vista of brown leaves covering the ground.
November 9, 2025 at 10:23 PM
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Deep cut. So to speak.
A Zohran Memdani style campaign poster that says, Rabbi for briss
November 9, 2025 at 2:29 AM
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I want to read a book but I keep thinking there might be something else I need to do
My dog Buddy, a black and brown mutt, rests his head on my tablet as I'm trying to read it.
November 5, 2025 at 11:12 PM
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About 30 vultures just flew overhead, circling as they headed south. I assume they're looking for the GOP politicians who lost yesterday.
Looking straight up past some trees, four vultures at various distances fly against a blue sky with some puffy clouds.
November 5, 2025 at 9:08 PM
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Daisy rests after a long wonderful election day.
Close up of Daisy's head, mostly white with a brown patch over one eye. Her eyes are closed as she sleeps, resting her head on a chair arm.
November 5, 2025 at 2:32 AM
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www.bristol.ac.uk/news/2025/no...
Peter Dinklage saluting in a blond wig, silver jacket, and pants with planets on them from the SNL skit, "Space Pants".
November 4, 2025 at 6:14 PM
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Love celebrating this way.

#vote
Selfie in a white hat and blue t shirt holding a sticker that says, "I voted today!"
November 4, 2025 at 2:58 PM
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Fall has fell
Trees in a forest with leaves in green, yellow, orange, and red. A small shes is in the foreground with a black fence
November 3, 2025 at 6:18 PM
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We had a little picnic with friends at the races today. There was a lot less food than it looks like, but it was yummy.
My wife, a blond woman in sunglasses, sitting in a chair holding a cup, with me on the ground wearing a cowboy hat. What looks like a feast is laid out next to us, but there are a lot of lids and accoutrements bulking it up.
November 1, 2025 at 8:29 PM
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Horsies!
Steeplechase horses jumping a gate at the race.
November 1, 2025 at 5:27 PM
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Man, Optimus Prime has fallen on hard times.
A blue porta potty with a white roof and the side kinda looks like a face.
November 1, 2025 at 4:28 PM
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I'm at the Montpelier Hunt Races in Virginia and they're doing Jack Russel races.
November 1, 2025 at 2:40 PM
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Cute li'l baby rat snake in our yard. They're good to have around.

(Pic hidden for herpetophobes)
A tiny snake with alternating dark and greenish markings among leaves on the ground.
October 30, 2025 at 11:24 PM
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Great! I'll take five!
A sign in front of a beauty salon that says, "Free eyebrows".
October 30, 2025 at 6:35 PM
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Good night from Buddy
My dog Buddy is a black and brown mutt. All we see is his head resting on the arm of a sofa, and one of his big bat ears sticking out.
October 27, 2025 at 2:01 AM
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Got my flu shot! I just had COVID so I need to wait to get that vaccine. Anyway, mask up and get vaccinated!
Me, smiling under my mask, getting a shot in my arm.
October 24, 2025 at 4:40 PM
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A lovely quiet moment on a lake. Nice to remind myself these things exist.
A gently rippling lake seen through a corpse of trees just starting to show some fall color. Sunlight is dappled on the water's surface.
October 23, 2025 at 10:44 PM