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Eric Stein �
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I value science and public health. Software architect by day.

https://twitter.com/toba is me.

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M33, 15 minutes #seestar S50 auto stack, no denoise, light polluted area. #astrophotography
A spiral galaxy, M33. The image is a little noisy and there are visible rectangular changes in contrast due to varied atmospheric conditions and presence of trees over the image capture period
September 7, 2025 at 7:34 AM
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First auto stacked #seestar S50 test, the red giant Mirach, β Andromedae. 9.5 minutes of data, light polluted area
September 7, 2025 at 6:52 AM
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Stock #ubuntu 24.04, #wayland + #gnome, I get this every time Synergy starts. It's been broken as well even once I allow permissions, but I haven't had the time/energy to look into what's wrong with it. Does anyone know if there is a no-fuss setup guide for Synergy […]

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A pop up presumably from the GNOME wayland "compositor" whatever that is (I haven't really bothered to learn about how this stuff works), or Wayland itself, asking permission for "An application" to capture input events
August 17, 2025 at 7:26 PM
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Happy Friday, enjoy a classic meme #badscreen #goodscreen
Meme has pictures of 2 dudes sitting with computers, one is in an office and looks sad and the other is on a couch in more casual clothing looking like he's having a good time. Text: "Tired of looking at BAD SCREEN Can't wait to get home and look at GOOD SCREEN"
July 25, 2025 at 11:14 PM
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People who have any sense would know to make their first chat request message on signal actually identify who they are to the person they are messaging, right? I blocked this account for this.. no fucking idea who it could be. If that's you, uh, do better next time […]

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July 11, 2025 at 7:45 PM
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https://mastodon.social/@cube_drone/114502135331361943
May 13, 2025 at 9:50 PM
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Garden planter baby bunnies... they will grow up to be our nemeses, but the cuteness means we must watch over them and keep them safe. Very conflicted. Anyway, behold the cute buns.
May 9, 2025 at 3:28 PM
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The Moon, at about 20 minutes after peak totality of the #lunareclipse tonight. #astrophotography
March 14, 2025 at 9:30 AM
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that's a fun juxtaposition
personally, I like to have some practice using judgement and actually understanding what I'm doing
#ai
February 11, 2025 at 7:46 AM
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okay so Wayland or some shit is making my new windows I open not open in the foreground which is basically never what I want ever, and it's going to fuck with how I use my mouse and keyboard as well? I love this future
February 7, 2025 at 9:07 AM
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#illinois folks, with the current flu wave, bird flu possibly on the horizon, and the ongoing COVID pandemic, it's important to make substantial improvements to make schools healthier for all children and school staff.

It doesn't have to be a given that […]

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February 6, 2025 at 2:47 PM
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If you didn't vote because you didn't think the parties were different, please learn from this. We don't need to talk about it. You do need to think about what the consequences have been, though.

My family has been harmed. So has yours whether you're aware of it […]

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January 24, 2025 at 2:45 PM
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the us postal service emailed me to inform me they have a podcast
January 17, 2025 at 12:24 AM
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mfw the unicode consortium has done a violence upon me once again....
#ufeff #unicode
"all your base" meme. A bridge of a vehicle of some kind is shown with explosions outside the windows. Text has been modified to read: MECHANIC: SOMEBODY SET UP US THE BOM .
January 10, 2025 at 12:04 AM
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Can someone explain to me why NOAA is predicting both rain and snow when it's consistently below freezing? I guess there aren't error bars on the graphs, my only guess is that somehow the temperature forecast is really uncertain, but this is like 1.5 days out so […]

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January 4, 2025 at 11:24 PM
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Wishing for clear skies the next 2 nights but not so sure I'll get that here. If you can get a look don't miss it!

Venus should be half-lit phase and getting closer to earth than average, and both Venus and Saturn will be nearly in conjunction with the narrow […]

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January 3, 2025 at 8:17 PM
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Having a normal one at the car maintenance shop #CovidIsNotOver
January 3, 2025 at 7:51 PM
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Glaring differences in aesthetics can be pretty entertaining to see
December 26, 2024 at 5:14 PM
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Gotta love how YouTube moves the pause button not one but FOUR TIMES while the page loads so if you want to pause the player and add to watch-later (because you have no intent of watching the video right now) you have to play an absurd game of cat-and-mouse to […]

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December 12, 2024 at 12:13 AM
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the most scientific plug-in christmas lights specs ever #scientificnotation #ChristmasLights
December 7, 2024 at 8:52 PM
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Insurance executives today
December 6, 2024 at 4:31 AM
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How do you say "you're citing a dipshit" in health bureaucrat-ese?
November 15, 2024 at 2:47 AM
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Moving averages on the switch, small bins statistics on the router? I like the blinkenlights. #streamingmedia #Ubiquitin
November 12, 2024 at 11:47 PM
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Do not fall for deceptive marketing of nasal insert filters being able to do a respirator's job. And frankly, fuck this o2armor company. One of the comment replies from the brand, tries to spin it as for people who would refuse real PPE. Ridiculous. Of course I […]

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November 11, 2024 at 7:37 AM
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Me working hard at my job all day so I don't have to ponder the Horrors
November 8, 2024 at 10:35 PM