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Bumblebee head first in my Spotted deadnettle

June 15, 2025 at 8:10 PM

shoegirl013.bsky.social

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vancouversun.com/news/opinion...

Opinion: Farewell to my American friends. It's over.

Pete McMartin: Where there was once admiration, there is now a firm and angry resolve. Read more.

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February 23, 2025 at 4:08 AM

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Jwst Feed

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IR image of the iconic Horsehead nebula by Hubble.
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This is an infrared image of the Horsehead Nebula taken by the Hubble Space Telescope. The image shows a dark, horse-head-shaped cloud of dust and gas, known as Barnard 33, rising from a turbulent background of glowing gas and bright stars. The "neck" of the horse faces to the lower left. The image is dominated by hues of red and brown from the dust, with areas of blueish light outlining the edges of the nebula where it is being illuminated by surrounding stars. Numerous stars are scattered throughout the image, appearing as bright white points of light. The overall scene has a dramatic and majestic feel.

February 3, 2025 at 3:59 PM

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Thomas Carpentier

@thocarp.bsky.social

Another Hubble magic to end the week! 🔭

This is the N44 nebula in the LMC, located 160,000 light years away. A *lot* of massive stars are born inside this nebula!

It is also one of my favourite images that I processed 😊

HD: flic.kr/p/2qJaPz1

A nebula where the gas appears red, blue and grey/silver. On the top left a "bubble" can be spotted: a massive star created it thanks to its stellar winds. Another one can be seen on the bottom left. Hundreds of stars are spread everywhere.

January 31, 2025 at 5:48 PM

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Jwst Feed

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IR Hubble image of Westerlund 2: an obscured compact young star cluster in the Milky Way, with an estimated age of about one or two million years.
Processing: @thocarp.bsky.social
www.flickr.com/photos/19746...
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A Hubble image of Westerlund 2, a young, massive star cluster located in the Milky Way galaxy. The image reveals the cluster's central concentration of hot, luminous stars, as well as the surrounding cloud of gas and dust sculpted by stellar winds and radiation. The distinct dark, finger-like structures are likely due to the obscuring effects of dust and gas.

January 31, 2025 at 6:34 PM

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Peter Morley ♿️

@petermorley.bsky.social

Hospital chic! Please send all your positivity and I’ll see you on the other side.🙏💜

January 31, 2025 at 12:20 PM

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Kevin M. Gill

@kevinmgill.bsky.social

The hourglass nebula LDN 1527 surrounding a fresh protostar. Seen in infrared by JWST.

flic.kr/p/2p5gJ1M

Hourglass shaped nebula surrounded by starry space.

NASA / ESA / CSA / Pontoppidan, Klaus M. (PI)/Kevin M. Gill

February 1, 2025 at 12:14 AM

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Was it the Chad?

@adisruptivekid.bsky.social

The fact that this exists around us but we got stuck on this stupid planet with a bunch of man babies trying to work out their grievances is just so annoying.

January 31, 2025 at 3:58 AM

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Dr. Jack Brown

@drjackbrown.bsky.social

January 28, 2025 at 2:09 AM

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Mark Hamill

@markhamillofficial.bsky.social

#NeverForget

Auschwitz Memorial @auschwitzmemorial.bsky.social · Jan 27

Auschwitz was at the end of a long process. It did not start from gas chambers.

This hatred was gradually developed by humans. From ideas, words, stereotypes & prejudice through legal exclusion, dehumanization & escalating violence... to systematic and industrial murder.

Auschwitz took time.

A bird's-eye view of a former Auschwitz II-Birkenau camp showing a wide dirt pathway flanked by parallel rows of barbed-wire fences. Groups of visitors walk along the path, surrounded by the remnants of brick structures and barracks, now reduced to foundations. Green grass contrasts with the somber history of the site, as the path leads toward a guard tower in the distance.

January 28, 2025 at 1:32 PM

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That Photo Guy

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When Mother Nature shows off. The Aurora Borealis and the Milky Way. This was taken half way up Cairngorm mountain in the Scottish Highlands. Such a wonderful thing to see. There were people in camper vans who slept through it all 😮

Hope you’re all having a great day, stay safe.

The northern lights and our home galaxy. Taken at Cairngorm mountain in the Scottish Highlands.

January 28, 2025 at 1:29 PM

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Create the Ripple

@createtheripple.bsky.social

“Remember, you have been criticizing yourself for years and it hasn’t worked. Try approving of yourself and see what happens.” Louise L. Hay

Be gentle with yourself . You are enough, more than enough. 🧡

#kindness #SelfCare

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Picture by anxiety positive

Do the best you can show up anyway put yourself first focus on your growth don’t look behind. Follow your gut. Remember to breathe be gentle with yourself be human to the fullest brightly coloured text on a white background.

January 28, 2025 at 8:24 AM

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Richard

@rvmrn69.bsky.social

Goodnight everyone

January 27, 2025 at 2:24 AM

shoegirl013.bsky.social

@shoegirl013.bsky.social

Now this is cold…

January 21, 2025 at 3:07 PM

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David Mirren

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January 18, 2025 at 12:00 PM

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Mark_RJF

@mrjfuk.bsky.social

I assume today (Jan 20th '25) will be a slow news day. So to give you something to think about, here's a tight crop of part of the Veil Nebula. The Veil Nebula is a supernova remnant some 2400 lightyears away. (Approx 14,108,701,682,176,092 miles away!)
#astrophotography #astronomy #photography

January 20, 2025 at 9:41 AM

shoegirl013.bsky.social

@shoegirl013.bsky.social

It’s a tad chilly this morning

January 20, 2025 at 12:12 PM

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Mark Hamill

@markhamillofficial.bsky.social

With everything so seemingly terrible these days & no sign of anything remotely hopeful in the near future, I thought you might need this photo of a baby giraffe.