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Scaryanne Denton 🎃🧡 @mariannedenton.bsky.social · Nov 12

Hi friends,

Many of you know me, some it’s the first time meeting.

Here’s an introduction from last month when BlueSky has a multitude of new accounts. It’s a decent overview of my social media interactions & goals.

TL;DR: daily natural wonders, always punch a nazi, good faith engagement.

Scaryanne Denton 🎃🧡 @mariannedenton.bsky.social · Oct 17

Welcome new friends and friends I haven’t seen in awhile~

If you’re sharing this BlueSky space with me you’ll be seeing a lot of mountain & desert adventures, the wonders of the cosmos, and lots of invertebrate creatures. 💜💙💚
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Devil Postpile national monument with multiple columns of basalt in the side of a mountain surrounded by conifer trees

A desert lake with pinkish purplish and reddish auroras above it and reflecting in the water.

A small metallic blackish greenish fly with iridescent wings getting nectar from a small purple flower

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Scaryanne Denton 🎃🧡 @mariannedenton.bsky.social · 3h

SuperDog Rex says good autumn morning from the hills.

A brown brindle dog with a white chest sitting on a boulder. He is looking right at the camera. It is a sage Rush landscape with forted mountains in the background. The sky is mainly clear except for clouds sitting on top of the mountain.

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Scaryanne Denton 🎃🧡 @mariannedenton.bsky.social · 4h

Unsolicited sh*t pic.

A very large black bear spoor on a hiking trail.

The broken open very large black bear spoor on a hiking trail. It is full of apples, cherry seeds and corn.

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Mark Peifer (He, him) @peiferlabunc.bsky.social · 4h

The place where the first report of Kaposi's sarcoma and pneumocystis pneumonia in a cohort of gay men revealed the disease that came to be called AIDS

Diasporic Minnesotan @diasporaminnesotan.bsky.social · 4h

They killed MMWR.
They killed MMWR.
They killed MMWR.
They killed MMWR.
They killed MMWR.
They killed MMWR.

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Scaryanne Denton 🎃🧡 @mariannedenton.bsky.social · 21h

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Scaryanne Denton 🎃🧡 @mariannedenton.bsky.social · 23h

The pull to book a flight is sooooo strong! Especially with the active volcano!

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Scaryanne Denton 🎃🧡 @mariannedenton.bsky.social · 23h

Thank you! I’d love to recreate it right now.

When I landed, I bought a leis to wear for the remainder of my visit. Part of the visit was vacation, part was work. When I gave a work presentation, I definitely decked out in a lei 🌺

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Scaryanne Denton 🎃🧡 @mariannedenton.bsky.social · 23h

Neurodivergent solidarity

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Scott Kardel aka Palomar Skies @palomarskies.bsky.social · 1d

🔭 1/2 Here's the Tulip Nebula (Sharpless 101) a glowing cloud of hydrogen gas located about 6,000 light years away in the direction of the constellation of Cygnus, the Swan. The nebula is nice but what makes me happiest is what is also in this image.

A telescopic image of a dense field of stars. At center in the Tulip Nebula, a red cloud of glowing gas with an irregular shape. Two dark "fingers" of dust can be seen extending up from the bottom part of the nebula.

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Scaryanne Denton 🎃🧡 @mariannedenton.bsky.social · 23h

Ah nostalgia! It’s weird how some memories, emotions, sense of self & place just appear without warning…

It’s early, but I really would love to celebrate Día de Muertos Hawaiian style again.

Me, with short hair, wearing a black Día de Muertos T-shirt with sugar, skulls plus flowers, and a Hawaiian lei, with a cloudy sky and palm trees behind me.

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Scaryanne Denton 🎃🧡 @mariannedenton.bsky.social · 1d

I definitely see it on FB from Boomer Progressives. They’re as bad as Extreme Right.

AI images definitely don’t help with critical thought either: “but I saw it with my own eyes!” No. No, you didn’t.

And this from highly educated Boomer Progressives. If I didn’t see them socially, I’d unfriend.

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Constance Lee Menefee @conniemenefee.bsky.social · 1d

👁

Aspen eyes - variety is Prairie Gold and was planted in Spring Grove Cemetery

Aspen eye - variety is Prairie Gold and was planted in Spring Grove Cemetery

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Scaryanne Denton 🎃🧡 @mariannedenton.bsky.social · 1d

I am an AltText evangelist. But sometimes I’m using talk-to-text and those typos slide on bye.

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Chris Fisher @fisherspeaks.bsky.social · 1d

Though not a busy as their more famous kin the beaver, right now Muskrats are very occupied in their own right making winter preparations. #mammals

A muskrat is standing on a large pile of leafy debris beside a slam blue wetland.

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Scaryanne Denton 🎃🧡 @mariannedenton.bsky.social · 1d

Same

Scaryanne Denton 🎃🧡 @mariannedenton.bsky.social · 1d

From you ~ thank you ☺️

I tried to rub them out in Lightroom, but I also figured I’d leave the evidence there. So everyone can hate on starlink as much as me.

If I can stack on my phone, I will.

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Scaryanne Denton 🎃🧡 @mariannedenton.bsky.social · 1d

I did not! Maybe it’s time for me to dance the time warp again. 👄

Scaryanne Denton 🎃🧡 @mariannedenton.bsky.social · 1d

But Marianne, how can you be sure this handsome & accomplished BlueSkyGuy is a scammer?

I dunno maybe because he’s only following women whose name is a version of Julia or Marianne.

Big clue. Huge clue.

Scaryanne Denton 🎃🧡 @mariannedenton.bsky.social · 1d

Our glorious Solar System

Scaryanne Denton 🎃🧡 @mariannedenton.bsky.social · 1d

Should be naked eye observable soon!

Scaryanne Denton 🎃🧡 @mariannedenton.bsky.social · 1d

Yes! This is C/2025 A6 (Lemmon). Going to be baked eye visible soonish.

I’ve learned how comets are named this past year:
C/: comet
Year of first recorded observation: 2025
A6: the half-month being Jan 1–15 plus the 6th comet first observed
Lemmon: observatory or survey that identified it

Pan: The Reverist @ok2panic.bsky.social · 1d

Very cool! Is that the newly discovered one?

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Scaryanne Denton 🎃🧡 @mariannedenton.bsky.social · 1d

Feels like I'm knockin’

knock
knock
knockin’…

Scaryanne Denton 🎃🧡 @mariannedenton.bsky.social · 1d

a woman in a car says ok bye in white letters

Alt: a woman in a car says ok bye in white letters and a window closes

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Scaryanne Denton 🎃🧡 @mariannedenton.bsky.social · 1d

Good morning from The Denton Observatory!

🔭 #Astrophotography

A comment with a greenish tinged nucleus, and, and light yellow tail. There are multiple stars in the background. There are satellite trails through throughout the photo.

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Dr. Kat Napaaqtuk❄️ @napaaqtuk.bsky.social · 1d

A peaceful way to start your Friday morning.
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Our Common Nature

When the world stopped in 2020, cellist Yo-Yo Ma started thinking about how music can reconnect people to the natural world. In this limited podcast series, Yo-Yo goes around the country to places whe...

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Scaryanne Denton 🎃🧡 @mariannedenton.bsky.social · 1d

I have so much respect for the gorgeous astrophotography from proper telescopes and all the equipment & effort to take such incredible photos.

But it wasn’t for me. Mainly time. And partially cost.

While I love to observe with my telescopes, I’m about to pull out the Seestar to catch a comet.

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