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RainOrShine99
@rainorshine99.bsky.social
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Interested in Astronomy, Cosmology, Spaceflight and Space Exploration, Earth Weather and Space Weather, Nature.
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❄️ We got snow! ❄️
Stay warm everyone!
Snow piling up on an apartment railing, with snow covered trees and houses in the distance. The sky is overcast and gray.
December 2, 2025 at 2:08 PM
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My bedroom wall has my signed Buzz Aldrin canvas print, so, a little space theme is going on here.
😁
😎👍
Canvas print on a wall: Buzz Aldrin saluting the American flag on the Moon, photo taken by his moon-walking partner Neil Armstrong. July 20, 1969. (My 9th birthday) also featured is a framed Bob Dylan concert poster from The Beacon Theatre, NYC.
December 1, 2025 at 4:35 PM
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Get your Merch! 😎👍
Large Mug shown here:
A large mug featuring I Am A Goddamned Delight cheerful message to brighten your day, as seen in my kitchen on a blue and white striped kitchen towel, with coffee maker near by.
December 1, 2025 at 4:22 PM
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😎👍
A blank wall as seen above a well worn sofa, an LED floor lamp to the right, an end table, off to the right a little further is a picture window with a western view. Some wall art would be admired.
December 1, 2025 at 4:05 PM
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Another info graphic:
Top posts:
My top posts were silly comments I made to “current events of the day” including the “sandwich guy” who was accused in throwing a Subway Sub at law enforcement in DC, and the “news” about Oscar Isaac returning to the Star Wars franchise.
November 30, 2025 at 10:59 PM
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Thanks to Emily @emily.space I was able to get some info on how I use this platform.

Most used words:
An info graphic includes words most used by me in posts this past year, including Moon, Happy, Hope, Photo and Wordle. A list of the most used words by me on this platform: Moon, happy, hope, photo, podcast, link, Wordle.
November 30, 2025 at 10:54 PM
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Pro tip to older folks, and younger folks! There is something called a Golden Birthday (evidently) where the day/date of your birth and your age coincide.
Born on the 12th, then Golden Birthday is twelve.

I never knew that and I missed mine. 😫

I celebrate Prime Number Birthdays now! 🎂😎👍
Celebrate!
A list of numbers 1-100 with prime numbers indicated in a purple color.
November 29, 2025 at 3:34 PM
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Happy “I took 2 days off from email” Day to all who celebrate! 🤣
102 unread emails icon in notifications on a phone. A white envelope on a blue background with the hideous Liquid Glass graphics in iOs 26.
November 28, 2025 at 10:12 PM
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Congratulations to @twit.tv
TWiT for the 1,000 Episode of the podcast MacBreak Weekly!
Leo, Jason, Andy and Alex MacBreak Weekly 1000, Tuesday 25 November, 2025 Leo with his festive Fez and Death by Chocolate celebratory cake for episode 1000. A graphic showing MacBreak Weekly with candles and older tech from Apple.
November 25, 2025 at 9:47 PM
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🤔 🤭 🫣 💀 🤡
DealBook's Sarah Kessler talked with Valery Yakubovich, the executive director of the Mack Institute for Innovation Management at Wharton, about what corporate board members should learn from this strong performance by A.I. directors. The interview has been condemned and edited for clarity.
November 24, 2025 at 3:28 PM
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Get your Merch, People!
😎👍
I already got myself a mug recently, but I may *need* more! 😄

This is a large mug:
A black and white drawing of a bird on a large white mug which says: I Am A Goddamned Delight, in my kitchen.
November 24, 2025 at 12:52 AM
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Last one!
#Moon on the far left on a wide shot of the horizon.
Tiny crescent moon on tge left of frame above a tall pine tree. A few pink and purple clouds on the right at sunset and a dark tree line along the bottom of the photo.
November 22, 2025 at 11:18 PM
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It is easier to see the crescent #Moon here, as the sky got darker.
A tiny crescent Moon above a dark tree line at sunset with a clear blue sky getting darker as the sun sets.
November 22, 2025 at 11:02 PM
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Ok, a few more.
This is the Sun, left. It had to set before I could find the Moon early on. And yes, the #Moon is in the second image.
Setting sun is glowing red behind some trees and houses on the horizon at sunset. A crescent moon is barely visible, above a pine on the left, a few pink clouds in a darkening sky, dark tree line at the bottom.
November 22, 2025 at 10:59 PM
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Lint #Moon alert! 🚨

The crescent Moon at sunset. (I call it the lint Moon as it looks like lint on your phone.)😄 👀
A crescent moon in an orange sky with a few dark clouds above a very dark tree line.
November 22, 2025 at 10:51 PM
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News: 👀
#Theater
#Theatre
🎭 🎟️

In 1975 I went to NYC and visited Broadway and saw a show. It was cool. I bought a poster, stuffed it in with my clothes on the bus-ride home. I’ve move SoooOoo many times since then. 6 states (some states twice!)
5 0 years.
Fifty!

I finally got my poster framed.😎👍
BEST MUSICAL NEW YORK DRAMA CRITICS AWARD 1975 PULITZER PRIZE FOR DRAMA 1976 A CHORUS LINE A CHORUS LINE A CHORUS LINE A CHORUS LINE A CHORUS LINE SHUBERT THEATRE
November 19, 2025 at 6:59 PM
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Moriarty, by Sydney Paget.
1893
(Photo, Wikipedia)
Drawing of Moriarty by Sydney Paget, a Sherlock Holmes character. A man stands looking forlorn, with a top hat held behind his back, he is very thin and looks tall.
November 18, 2025 at 3:42 AM
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MacBreak Weekly
(aka: “MacBreak Leafy”)
🤣
Andy outdoors with some leaves Leo, Stephen, Andy and Alex, MacBreak Weekly show number 998, Tuesday, November 11, 2025
November 15, 2025 at 9:56 PM
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Thanks @stephenrobles.com
Stephen Robles and MacBreak Weekly and
Twit
@twit.tv
For my T-Shirt commemorating MacBreak Weekly podcast (MacBreak Leafy 🤣)

And Andy Ihnatko
@ihnatko.bsky.social
for providing the outdoor inspiration on last week’s podcast. I watched live and immediately ordered it!
A nice heavy weight 100% cotton T-Shirt from Twit.tv and Stephen Robles from beard.fm podcasts which says: MacBreak Leafy, TWiT with a nice leaf off to one side, the lettering is white and the shirt is blue, on a tan leather chair.
November 15, 2025 at 9:51 PM
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Make it so!
Data, seated at the console, Riker displaying his casual demeanor, Center, and Picard, Right, evaluating the situation from Star Trek: The Next Generation.
November 14, 2025 at 10:48 PM
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I had 2 baby deer in the pocket park near my building! 😎👍
2 baby deer enjoying the tiny pocket park near my building at dusk. Picnic tables and red bricks indicate the park. It is hilariously small but the deer like the weeds near the fence.
November 14, 2025 at 8:49 PM
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So fantastic! And delightful!
I am just now catching up on everything from last night.

In case you’d like to know more about the colors, here is a graphic describing them, the OP is listed at the very bottom of the graphic:
A graphic describing the colors as seen in an Aurora with the colors representing Oxygen and Nitrogen at differing altitudes. Red, Green, Purple, Blue.
November 13, 2025 at 4:52 PM
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Here you go!
😎👍
A poster describing how different colors are made in Aurora.
November 13, 2025 at 4:35 AM
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A little more action
K7
K index increasing slightly on a bar chart from yellow to orange. K7
November 13, 2025 at 4:16 AM
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Still a chance!
Wednesday night!
#Aurora

www.swpc.noaa.gov#slideshow-3
November 12, 2025 at 10:29 PM