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Mike Lewinski

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Timelapser, astrophotographer, off-gridder in Crestone, Colorado, USA (a Dark Sky certified community). Friend of Bill W. Time is not money https://wildernessvagabonds.com

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Mike Lewinski @wildernessvagabonds.com · Jan 14

“Do your little bit of good where you are; it’s those little bits of good put together that overwhelm the world.”
- Desmond Tutu

This photo is a composite of the night sky with fireflies in the foreground. The star trails create a semi-circle with center near the top of the frame. The sky is purplish near the horizon. Some of the star trails are blue.

The fireflies flashes make paths across the ground and up into the sky. There are trees in the background. The photo has a quote on the left side:

“Do your little bit of good where you are; it’s those little bits of good put together that overwhelm the world.” - Desmond Tutu

This text is underneath the quote.
XERCES SOCIETY for Invertebrate Conservation

Photo: Mike Lewinski / Flickr Creative Commons 2.0

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Jay Shaffer @cleverjay.bsky.social · 7h

Deep Sage Nine Starcast Episode 024

Wayback Machine This week Mike and Jay discuss a new study about the early, warmer-than-expected universe, which leads to a deep dive into the properties of cosmic microwave background radiation and listening to the Big Bang. Also, a launch of Kuiper satellites,…

Deep Sage Nine Starcast Episode 024

Wayback Machine This week Mike and Jay discuss a new study about the early, warmer-than-expected universe, which leads to a deep dive into the properties of cosmic microwave background radiation and listening to the Big Bang. Also, a launch of Kuiper satellites, and an update on space weather and the night sky.

www.skylapser.com

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Mike Lewinski @wildernessvagabonds.com · 1d

Monday is Canada Thanksgiving, better make it Tuesday.

Mike Lewinski @wildernessvagabonds.com · 1d

The amiable Althusserian scholar asked the aardvark for an absinthe. 😂

Autocomplete options with the Apple wheel:

The aardvark asked for a ride.
The absinthe arrived by airmail.
The abortion went well.
The actor asked for an aardvark.
The actor asked for abstinance.
The actor asked for redemption.
The advertisement was effective.
The agile aardvark arrived by airmail.
The agile aardvark bathed with beauties.
The agriculture was cultivated by the coral.
The aggravated driver beeped on his horn.
The aggravated rooster scratched the dirt.
The Althusserian scholer gave his copy of Lacan's "Ecrits" to the abortion doctor
The amiable Althusserian scholar asked the aardvark for an absinthe.

Mike Lewinski @wildernessvagabonds.com · 1d

scuz me... wtf r we doin?

www.dallasfed.org/research/eco...

Dan Munz @danmunz.bsky.social · 2d

this is the greatest chart ever created

Chart titled "AI scenarios" from the Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas shows GDP per capita (in thousands of 1990 dollars, log scale) from 1870 to 2050. The chart includes:
A blue line representing historical Real GDP per capita from 1870 to ~2024.
An orange line indicating the Trend GDP per capita, growing at 1.9% per year.
A green line showing an AI GDP-boosted trend with a 2.1% growth rate for 10 years.
A red line labeled "Singularity: Benign scenario," depicting rapid GDP growth after 2024.
A purple line labeled "Singularity: Extinction," illustrating a sharp GDP decline to zero post-2024.

Notes explain data sources from the Bureau of Economic Analysis, Haver Analytics, Macrohistory.net, United Nations, and authors' calculations.

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NullPointer 🍄 @nuiipointer.bsky.social · 1d

Large parasol mushroom.
#fungifriends

A large mushroom next to my legs in hiking boots. The mushroom reaches to halfway up my shins. Its cap is the size of a dinner plate.

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Flint Crow @flintcrow.bsky.social · 2d

🤭

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Mike Lewinski @wildernessvagabonds.com · 1d

Soul of a Man

www.youtube.com/watch?v=sLW9...

Bruce Cockburn - Soul of a Man

YouTube video by Flightdoc Reviews

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Mike Lewinski @wildernessvagabonds.com · 2d

The alt text typo is a winner!

bugs bunny is wearing a helmet with wings and a braid

Alt: Bugs Bunny, wearing a viking helmet with blonde braids and a bikini armor top, riding a steed, looking goofy

media.tenor.com

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Wendy Miller @burrowingowl.bsky.social · 2d

New burrowing owl behavior for me today-- taking a bath in the rain! So cool! 🪶

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Mike Lewinski @wildernessvagabonds.com · 3d

Since reality had jumped the shark, I am asking the writers to give us one Deus ex machina

a man is pulling a rope in the water with a yellow belt that says t on it

Alt: Happy Days scene where Fonzie jumps the shark

media.tenor.com

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Mike Lewinski @wildernessvagabonds.com · 3d

Last night at Mt. Princeton hot springs, near Buena Vista Colorado. Clouds doing wild dances, just like people at the Ayla Nereo concert

#COwx

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Mike Lewinski @wildernessvagabonds.com · 4d

Alex Ammons is awesome!

www.westword.com/music/denver...

Alex Ammons Explores Love and Loss on Debut Album

The Denver singer-songwriter is hosting a highly-anticipated release show at Leon Art Gallery on Friday, September 19.

www.westword.com

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Brett "Solidarity 2025" Banditelli @banditelli.org · 5d

Regardless of if you celebrate the Mid-Autumn Moon Festival, the Harvest Moon, or just making it through the day, every night we see is another one our enemies wish we hadn't.

Here's tonight's #FullMoon rising.

I hope if you have some clear skies you can look up and smile tonight. ❤️

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Beebleblox @beebleblox.bsky.social · 5d

Moon rising over the Sangre de Cristos Mountains, outside of Taos, NM.

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Mike Lewinski @wildernessvagabonds.com · 6d

Hey it worked on the boy...

Mike Lewinski @wildernessvagabonds.com · 6d

Yes this bubble isn't blowing up fast enough. When do I get to bail them out?

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Jeanine @jeaninetb.bsky.social · 7d

About #Colorado bill #SB276:
For the first time in Colorado, public schools, childcare centers, colleges and universities, health facilities, and libraries are prohibited from collecting immigration documents or disclosing sensitive information for #immigration enforcement purposes.

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Mike Lewinski @wildernessvagabonds.com · 7d

Every time Aunt Agnes laments the decline of society this scene plays in my head.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=5xp3...

Into the Wild - Bar Scene

YouTube video by Naveen Rai

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Mike Lewinski @wildernessvagabonds.com · 7d

A couple recent #meteor captures (with crops) from Crestone, Colorado USA

#astronomy #astrophotography

October 5, 2025 at 2:42am MDT

A meteor streaks down towards the horizon on the right side of the frame. Aspens and cottonwoods on the horizon are turning yellow/orange are illuminated under a waxing gibbous moon that hangs high, just left of center. Most of the foreground is grass and chamisa, brown with little bits of green.

October 5, 2025 at 2:42am MDT

Crop of previous frame showing meteor detail. The tail is faint pink, the main body a whitish-green.

Aspens and cottonwoods on the horizon are turning yellow/orange are illuminated under a waxing gibbous moon that is not in this cropped image.

October 3, 2025 at 1:57am MDT

A meteor streaks downward in the center of the frame, disappearing behind the ridgeline of the Rocky Mountains. There are stars visible in the sky which is tinged blue, illuminated by the waxing gibbous moon. The meteor has a fainter pink/purple tail that abruptly shifts brighter, halfway through the streak. The foreground is mostly brown grasses and chamisa.

October 3, 2025 at 1:57am MDT

Crop of previous frame. A meteor streaks downward in the center of the frame, disappearing behind the ridgeline of the Rocky Mountains. There are stars visible in the sky which is tinged blue, illuminated by the waxing gibbous moon. The meteor has a fainter pink/purple tail that abruptly shifts brighter, halfway through the streak. The foreground is mostly brown grasses and chamisa.

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Jason Coward @drumshaman.bsky.social · 8d

The first rays of sunlight illuminating this ridge above Silverton, Colorado last Saturday were striking.

#Photography #Landscape #Nature #Outdoors #Colorado #SunriseSaturday #Sunrise #SilvertonColorado #SanJuanMountains

Soft sunrise light rakes across a rounded alpine peak, highlighting golden ridges and casting deep blue shadows on the surrounding mountains under a moody sky.

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Dr Delyth Badder @folklorewales.com · 7d

Six weeks ago, I picked up a year-old tawny owl with a broken leg off the main road near our home and dropped him off at our nearest vet.

After a few days, I received one of the most bizarre phone calls I’ve ever had, asking “So when are you coming to pick up your owl?” 🧵

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Mike Lewinski @wildernessvagabonds.com · 8d

Welp, all bardcore playlist for the rest of the day now.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=a-4J...

Bohemian Rhapsody (Medieval | Bardcore Style)

YouTube video by Bardcore Bops

www.youtube.com

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Jay Shaffer @cleverjay.bsky.social · 8d

Deep Sage Nine Starcast Episode 023

KEEP IT REAL! Mike and Jay discuss the profound importance of direct observation in astronomy. The hosts share personal anecdotes, emphasizing how witnessing phenomena like the Orion Nebula or space launches firsthand provides an undeniable, grounding connection…

Deep Sage Nine Starcast Episode 023

KEEP IT REAL! Mike and Jay discuss the profound importance of direct observation in astronomy. The hosts share personal anecdotes, emphasizing how witnessing phenomena like the Orion Nebula or space launches firsthand provides an undeniable, grounding connection to the reality of the universe. The episode also explores the week's celestial events, including a Super Harvest Moon and a close asteroid flyby. Episode Links: NMPBS ¡COLORES!: Thomas Ashcraft

www.skylapser.com

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Mike Lewinski @wildernessvagabonds.com · 8d

#timelapse from Crestone, Colorado USA for October 3-4, 2025 including the moonbow sequence

The soundtrack is Depths of Field Retreating by Blue Dot Sessions, licensed under a Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License

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Mike Lewinski @wildernessvagabonds.com · 8d

I caught a moonbow in my #timelapse last night from Crestone, Colorado USA

I knew I was risking rain on my cameras, but it all worked out!

#COwx

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