Tim L
@apollo18.bsky.social
I help take people to space and sometimes do things with swords.
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Tim L
@apollo18.bsky.social
· Nov 13
you: please act normal you need these people to like you
me: ok!
people: hi
me: Im quite serious when I say that I want to orbit and probe Uranus! It’s a type of planet we’ve never properly explored before, yet it’s the commonest type of planet in exoplanetary systems. And it has 5 round moons
me: ok!
people: hi
me: Im quite serious when I say that I want to orbit and probe Uranus! It’s a type of planet we’ve never properly explored before, yet it’s the commonest type of planet in exoplanetary systems. And it has 5 round moons
you: please act normal you need these people to like you
me: ok!
people: hi
me: Space toilets are incredibly complex, break often, and require training to use and maintain - the ISS toilet trainer has a camera in the bowl so astronauts can practice “docking”! Apollo astronauts pooped in bags!
me: ok!
people: hi
me: Space toilets are incredibly complex, break often, and require training to use and maintain - the ISS toilet trainer has a camera in the bowl so astronauts can practice “docking”! Apollo astronauts pooped in bags!
Another vivid reminder that “the federal budget” is all just made up numbers in a spreadsheet somewhere. Oh, we can’t afford healthcare or a Post Office or a space program or repairs to roads or maintenance of the bathrooms in National Parks! It’s all intent, not math.
January 29, 2026 at 2:53 AM
Another vivid reminder that “the federal budget” is all just made up numbers in a spreadsheet somewhere. Oh, we can’t afford healthcare or a Post Office or a space program or repairs to roads or maintenance of the bathrooms in National Parks! It’s all intent, not math.
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Q: I'm sorry to report, James Bond has gone rogue
M: Blazes! What do you mean, he's gone Rogue? 007, explain yourself!
BOND: ______________________
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M: Blazes! What do you mean, he's gone Rogue? 007, explain yourself!
BOND: ______________________
¦[email protected].............¦
¦...........................K......¦
January 25, 2026 at 6:36 PM
Q: I'm sorry to report, James Bond has gone rogue
M: Blazes! What do you mean, he's gone Rogue? 007, explain yourself!
BOND: ______________________
¦[email protected].............¦
¦...........................K......¦
M: Blazes! What do you mean, he's gone Rogue? 007, explain yourself!
BOND: ______________________
¦[email protected].............¦
¦...........................K......¦
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hobbits are some country ass mutherfuckers man. getting all hopped up on reefer setting off fireworks and shit. the central theory of this story is that the greatest and cruelest army in all history can be defeated by a passel of pothead hillbillies
January 25, 2026 at 2:45 PM
hobbits are some country ass mutherfuckers man. getting all hopped up on reefer setting off fireworks and shit. the central theory of this story is that the greatest and cruelest army in all history can be defeated by a passel of pothead hillbillies
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One of my colleagues wrote a really beautiful piece about the spirit and resolve of Minneapolis. www.cnn.com/2026/01/24/u...
Grief has become infrastructure in Minneapolis, a city mobilized by trauma | CNN
During Januarys here, the days are dark and short, the ground is cold and hard, and the subzero air pierces and cuts.
www.cnn.com
January 24, 2026 at 11:40 PM
One of my colleagues wrote a really beautiful piece about the spirit and resolve of Minneapolis. www.cnn.com/2026/01/24/u...
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My essay 'Should Galadriel have taken the Ring?' has been nominated for the #BSFA Award for Best Short Non Fiction and @speculativeinsight.bsky.social have very kindly made it free to read for the voting period. So please read to find out about the significance of #Galadriel being the Fairy Queen.
Should Galadriel have taken the Ring? — Speculative Insight
The Fourth Age under the dominion of men isn’t going too well, is it? Did the free peoples of Middle-earth really combine to overthrow Sauron so that the world would be delivered on a plate to the lik...
www.speculativeinsight.com
January 23, 2026 at 12:34 PM
My essay 'Should Galadriel have taken the Ring?' has been nominated for the #BSFA Award for Best Short Non Fiction and @speculativeinsight.bsky.social have very kindly made it free to read for the voting period. So please read to find out about the significance of #Galadriel being the Fairy Queen.
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I have been actively involved in protest movements for 24 years. I have never seen anything approaching this scale. Minneapolis is not accepting what's happening here. ICE fucking murdered a woman for participating in this, and all that did is bring out more people, from more walks of life.
January 22, 2026 at 3:58 AM
I have been actively involved in protest movements for 24 years. I have never seen anything approaching this scale. Minneapolis is not accepting what's happening here. ICE fucking murdered a woman for participating in this, and all that did is bring out more people, from more walks of life.
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Shamelessly swiped from the Internet. Rules of Acquisition Afterall
April 2, 2025 at 1:33 AM
Shamelessly swiped from the Internet. Rules of Acquisition Afterall
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get in, no time to explain
May 17, 2025 at 10:20 PM
get in, no time to explain
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a bunch of guys who look like this buying Chinese-made shoulder mount rockets and shooting down untold numbers of F35s
January 20, 2026 at 5:26 PM
a bunch of guys who look like this buying Chinese-made shoulder mount rockets and shooting down untold numbers of F35s
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Gary Larson: In my cartoon I invented Cow Tools as a cautionary tale
Cows: At long last, we have created the Cow Tools from classic newspaper comic Cow Tools
Cows: At long last, we have created the Cow Tools from classic newspaper comic Cow Tools
January 19, 2026 at 5:04 PM
Gary Larson: In my cartoon I invented Cow Tools as a cautionary tale
Cows: At long last, we have created the Cow Tools from classic newspaper comic Cow Tools
Cows: At long last, we have created the Cow Tools from classic newspaper comic Cow Tools
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i cannot possibly recommend strongly enough starting with Letter from a Birmingham Jail.
www.africa.upenn.edu/Articles_Gen...
www.africa.upenn.edu/Articles_Gen...
January 19, 2026 at 5:39 PM
i cannot possibly recommend strongly enough starting with Letter from a Birmingham Jail.
www.africa.upenn.edu/Articles_Gen...
www.africa.upenn.edu/Articles_Gen...
The GWAR cover of Pink Pony Club is remarkably cathartic youtu.be/I5XR48KLE8I?...
GWAR cover “Pink Pony Club” by Chappell Roan
YouTube video by The A.V. Club
youtu.be
January 19, 2026 at 4:38 AM
The GWAR cover of Pink Pony Club is remarkably cathartic youtu.be/I5XR48KLE8I?...
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Kids and I discovered the Tomb of Treasure, a delightful little horror movie shop in White Center, WA. Blu-rays and VHS and Goosebumps books and, of course, Leatherface. www.tomboftreasure.com
January 18, 2026 at 2:23 AM
Kids and I discovered the Tomb of Treasure, a delightful little horror movie shop in White Center, WA. Blu-rays and VHS and Goosebumps books and, of course, Leatherface. www.tomboftreasure.com
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I love posting a music clip every day under #AICouldNever.
It's interesting how much response I've gotten this week with a string of metal bands.
So I'm re-upping this truly excellent piece from @highcountrynews.org "Heavy metal is healing teens on the Blackfeet Nation"
www.hcn.org/issues/57-11...
It's interesting how much response I've gotten this week with a string of metal bands.
So I'm re-upping this truly excellent piece from @highcountrynews.org "Heavy metal is healing teens on the Blackfeet Nation"
www.hcn.org/issues/57-11...
Heavy metal is healing teens on the Blackfeet Nation - High Country News
In response to youth suicides, teachers show students the power of headbanging at Fire in the Mountains festival.
www.hcn.org
January 17, 2026 at 11:05 PM
I love posting a music clip every day under #AICouldNever.
It's interesting how much response I've gotten this week with a string of metal bands.
So I'm re-upping this truly excellent piece from @highcountrynews.org "Heavy metal is healing teens on the Blackfeet Nation"
www.hcn.org/issues/57-11...
It's interesting how much response I've gotten this week with a string of metal bands.
So I'm re-upping this truly excellent piece from @highcountrynews.org "Heavy metal is healing teens on the Blackfeet Nation"
www.hcn.org/issues/57-11...
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This is your reminder that Hungarian-Jewish scientist George de Hevesy dissolved two Nobel Prizes in aqua regia to keep them out of the hands of the Nazis.
He then left the dissolved solution on his shelf and fled to Sweden.
(After the war he un-dissolved the gold and the prizes were re-cast.)
He then left the dissolved solution on his shelf and fled to Sweden.
(After the war he un-dissolved the gold and the prizes were re-cast.)
January 16, 2026 at 4:14 AM
This is your reminder that Hungarian-Jewish scientist George de Hevesy dissolved two Nobel Prizes in aqua regia to keep them out of the hands of the Nazis.
He then left the dissolved solution on his shelf and fled to Sweden.
(After the war he un-dissolved the gold and the prizes were re-cast.)
He then left the dissolved solution on his shelf and fled to Sweden.
(After the war he un-dissolved the gold and the prizes were re-cast.)
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And because we've still not managed to land on an easily recognizable sign when we stick together, I'm going to suggest this marine signal flag.
It's the letter "U", but it also means "Standing into danger".
Flown by ships anchored at or moving in dangerous places.
Sounds right.
It's the letter "U", but it also means "Standing into danger".
Flown by ships anchored at or moving in dangerous places.
Sounds right.
January 17, 2026 at 12:24 AM
And because we've still not managed to land on an easily recognizable sign when we stick together, I'm going to suggest this marine signal flag.
It's the letter "U", but it also means "Standing into danger".
Flown by ships anchored at or moving in dangerous places.
Sounds right.
It's the letter "U", but it also means "Standing into danger".
Flown by ships anchored at or moving in dangerous places.
Sounds right.
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Another great series about the death of a republic and the birth of an empire is the BBC classic “I, Claudius.” Highly recommended!!!🧵
This would be a good time to watch “I, Claudius” if you’ve never seen it.
January 17, 2026 at 1:11 AM
Another great series about the death of a republic and the birth of an empire is the BBC classic “I, Claudius.” Highly recommended!!!🧵
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Babylon 5 is perhaps the most politically sophisticated science fiction series ever made (light years beyond Gene Roddenberry) and much of it speaks directly to the era we live in. I don’t know how @straczynski.bsky.social managed to be this prescient 30 years ago.
January 17, 2026 at 1:01 AM
Babylon 5 is perhaps the most politically sophisticated science fiction series ever made (light years beyond Gene Roddenberry) and much of it speaks directly to the era we live in. I don’t know how @straczynski.bsky.social managed to be this prescient 30 years ago.
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I made an account just for posting victories over the Trump regime. Consider it anti-doomscrolling. Hopescrolling? @we-will-win.bsky.social
I'm sure I'll miss a lot, so please @ me over there with the good news - court cases, reversed decisions, charges dropped, etc - and I'll repost verified info.
I'm sure I'll miss a lot, so please @ me over there with the good news - court cases, reversed decisions, charges dropped, etc - and I'll repost verified info.
January 17, 2026 at 12:54 AM
I made an account just for posting victories over the Trump regime. Consider it anti-doomscrolling. Hopescrolling? @we-will-win.bsky.social
I'm sure I'll miss a lot, so please @ me over there with the good news - court cases, reversed decisions, charges dropped, etc - and I'll repost verified info.
I'm sure I'll miss a lot, so please @ me over there with the good news - court cases, reversed decisions, charges dropped, etc - and I'll repost verified info.