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Sur Cielbleu personne ne sait que je suis un chien. Curious about astronomy, computing, and other nerdy things. Recovering flerf herder.

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Badibulgator @badibulgator.bsky.social · Dec 20

5 authors I’ve read 5+ books by:

Arthur C. Clarke
Douglas Hofstadter
Jules Verne
Greg Egan
Robert Forward
James P. Hogan
Richard Dawkins

Oops that’s seven. 🤗

Jeremy Jenkins @jeremyjenkins.net · Dec 20

5 authors I’ve read 5+ books by:
Terry Pratchett
Diana Wynne Jones
Brandon Sanderson
Neil Gaiman 💀
Ursula Le Guin

Doesn’t take manga into account for obvious reasons.

Sharon Dale (she/they) @pixlz.com · Dec 20

5 authors I’ve read 5+ books by:
Mick Herron
Ben Aaronovitch
Kevin Hearne
Jodi Taylor
Benedict Jacka

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Badibulgator @badibulgator.bsky.social · 1m

Ohhh I definitely need to try it then. Thanks!

Badibulgator @badibulgator.bsky.social · 4m

"Save position on timeline": do you mean that it never loses its position even when restarting? WANT!

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Tony Dunn @tony873004.bsky.social · 4h

What if Juno left Jupiter to get a closer look at interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS? With a couple of burns, Juno can get as close as 25 million km. Purely hypothetical, fun orbital mechanics! 🔭
Thanks @adamsspaceresearch.bsky.social for the research and trajectory data. @i4interstellar.bsky.social

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Badibulgator @badibulgator.bsky.social · 1h

A very interesting piece. Thank you for exploring this in (fascinating) detail!

I remember the Clarke’s short story. I also remember that when he wrote it, in the Apollo period, it didn’t seem outrageously implausible that there would be astronauts on Mars in 1984…

Badibulgator @badibulgator.bsky.social · 8h

Yeah. Patiently.

a man in a suit and tie is standing in a field of flowers .

ALT: a man in a suit and tie is standing in a field of flowers .

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Badibulgator @badibulgator.bsky.social · 8h

Mais est-il Recornu d’utilité publique ?

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The Oikofuge @oikofuge.bsky.social · 14h

Nice!
A while ago I wrote a piece about transits of Earth as seen from Mars. It's often possible to see Earth and Moon silhouetted against the solar disc at the same time. There are periodicities, which I explored in (in retrospect, perhaps tedious) detail.

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Transit Of Earth

From Mars, we could sometimes watch the silhouettes of the Earth and Moon transit the solar disc. Here's how (and how often) it happens.

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Badibulgator @badibulgator.bsky.social · 12h

Yeah… 🧐

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Democracy Now! @democracynow.org · 15h

María Corina Machado, a U.S.-backed Venezuelan opposition figure, has received the Nobel Peace Prize.

“They didn't give it to Donald Trump, but they seem to have given it to the next best thing," says historian Greg Grandin.

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SMBC Comics @smbccomics.bsky.social · 1d

Sadly, it later turns out nobody knows how to build an ark anymore.

COMIC ◆ www.smbc-comics.com/comic/life-7
PATREON ◆ www.patreon.com/c/ZachWeiner...
STORE ◆ smbc-store.myshopify.com

Four-panel SMBC comic update where a woman is talking to God, asking where there isn't more intelligent life in the universe. God responds that there isn't supposed to be, and that by coincidence self replicators appeared and then developed the ability to suffer and now He's stuck with it. God asks the woman what she would do if worm civilization suddenly sprung from an old noodle dish in the sink, and she says that she would probably forget about it and destroy it accidentally while washing her hands, which God appreciates.

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Vincent Glavieux @vglvx.bsky.social · 21h

Notre nouveau numéro est paru en kiosque, librairie et en version numérique !

Ce trimestre, dans notre dossier d’une cinquantaine de pages, nous vous emmenons au cœur du noyau atomique.

www.larecherche.fr/parution/tri...

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Badibulgator @badibulgator.bsky.social · 20h

Nah, surely that’s just a silly off-by-one error. You’ll see, it will happen next month. Or next year. Or next century. No doubt! 😜

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Jérémy Lemaitre @jimmylaglisse.bsky.social · 21h

✨One year ago, on the starry night 🌌 from October 10th to 11th, 2024, we had the chance to contemplate the magic of the Northern Lights from France✨

#nothernlights #aurora #auroraborealis #photography #astrophotography

@vincentledvina.bsky.social
@astropierre.com
@ericlagadec.bsky.social

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Jérémy Lemaitre @jimmylaglisse.bsky.social · 21h

A timelapse of the #NorthernLights that appeared on the night of October 10-11, 2024, visible from France near Lyon 🇫🇷. It's been a year already and it was one of the best nights of my life ✨

@vincentledvina.bsky.social
@thom-astro.bsky.social
@esa.int
@astropierre.com
@ericlagadec.bsky.social

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Badibulgator @badibulgator.bsky.social · 21h

"Gentlemen, you can’t fight in here! This is the war room!"

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Badibulgator @badibulgator.bsky.social · 21h

Wow! 👽

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The Oregonian @oregonian.com · 1d

Things are happening at Portland's ICE facility tonight.

Read more of our protest coverage here: www.oregonlive.com/crime/2025/1...

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Badibulgator @badibulgator.bsky.social · 22h

Post a film with an excellent soundtrack

#Koyaanisqatsi

youtu.be/nWs3BSCnCog

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Sean Carroll @seanmcarroll.bsky.social · 1d

One was to imagine that the universe “started” in a low entropy state. That’s actually what we currently think is the right answer! But Boltzmann is writing in a Newtonian world, 20 years before general relativity. He had a chance to basically invent the Big Bang, but never really followed up.

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Schmidt Ocean Institute @schmidtocean.bsky.social · 2d

In celebration of World Octopus Day, we wanted to revisit one of our favorite cephalopod sightings, the glass octopus — Vitreledonella richardi filmed during a month-long #PhoenixIslandsCoral expedition in 2021.

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Badibulgator @badibulgator.bsky.social · 1d

Le seul crime qui devrait être passible de la peine de mort, c’est d’être favorable au rétablissement de la peine de mort. 🧐

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Collabblues @collabblues.bsky.social · 1d

Alors, si on remettait cela un poil en perspective, parce qu'il raconte n'importe quoi.

🇺🇸 "LA PEINE DE MORT C'EST BIEN !"
🇫🇷 "Ca a un effet préventif sur la criminalité ?"
🇺🇸 "Euh..."
🇫🇷 "C'est quoi ton taux de criminalité ?"
🇺🇸 "6,8 pour 100K"
🇫🇷 "Et le mien ?"
🇺🇸 "1,2..."

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Badibulgator @badibulgator.bsky.social · 1d

Yup yup yup. You’re not alone.

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Elzo @elzoblu.bsky.social · 1d

Curiosidades en las fronteras españolas

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Konrad Cox @konradcox.bsky.social · 1d

Looking through rough, bark binoculars into the autumn forest.
#photography #newforest

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David ALBERTO @astrolabe-science.fr · 1d

Ce livre regroupe les devinettes, énigmes, problèmes gnomoniques, et tests rapides de la section Jeux et énigmes des 18 premiers numéros du magazine Cadrans solaires pour tous.
Il peut être téléchargé gratuitement depuis bit.ly/48nwqhY
🔭

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