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Heather Goss @heathermg.bsky.social · 2d

If it’s anywhere near as good as Independent People, which I bought in Iceland before I’d really heard of Halldór Laxness, I am in for a treat.

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Heather Goss @heathermg.bsky.social · 2d

When I was in Budapest last December I spent a whole day going to nearly every bookstore in the city, and when I asked one proprietor what I should read from a local author she handed me this. Seems like a good day to crack it open!

A book with a black cover and three red lines going down the center like claw marks. The title is The Last Wolf and the author is László Krasznahorkai.

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Heather Goss @heathermg.bsky.social · 2d

The only way I wanna go out.

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Heather Goss @heathermg.bsky.social · 2d

Fun fact: Astronomers think M33 might be a gravitational companion to Andromeda, and both galaxies are moving towards our own.

Maybe one day we’ll all have a spectacular collision.

science.nasa.gov/mission/hubb...

Messier 33 (The Triangulum Galaxy) - NASA Science

At half the size of our Milky Way, Messier 33 is the third-largest galaxy in our local group of galaxies.

science.nasa.gov

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Heather Goss @heathermg.bsky.social · 2d

I also experimented with the Triangulum Galaxy, M33. It was so faint I honestly wasn’t sure I had the telescope pointed in the right direction, but I got some detail after cleaning it up.

A long exposure of a very faint spiral galaxy positioned head on so the arms are somewhat visible. A field of stars is in the background.

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Heather Goss @heathermg.bsky.social · 2d

Nice clear sky last night so I took another try at Andromeda while I watched The Battle of Algiers for the first time.

A long exposure image of the night sky showing a galaxy stretching across the frame and two smaller bright points to the upper left and lower right. A field of stars in the background.

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Jameel Jaffer @jameeljaffer.bsky.social · 6d

It's a pretty big deal that the NYC Bar Association--one of the most prominent and respected bar associations in the country--is accusing the President of ordering the "unlawful summary execution," i.e. murder--of civilians in violation of US and international law. www.nycbar.org/press-releas...

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Heather Goss @heathermg.bsky.social · 6d

The captain on our trip home was on his retirement flight, so we got a water canon salute on the taxi to the gate! Lots of clapping, there was a cake waiting for him.

One last performance to round out our Vegas trip, ha.

A photo taken at night from inside the passenger cabin of an airplane. Outside on the tarmac is a fire engine spraying a plume of water over the photographers airplane. Another parked commercial airplane with a red, white and blue tail is behind the fire truck.

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KOJAMF🤘🖤🤘 @kojamf.bsky.social · 7d

Dr. Jane Goodall filmed an interview with Netflix in March 2025 that she understood would only be released after her death.

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Heather Goss @heathermg.bsky.social · 7d

Aces win!!!

Heather Goss @heathermg.bsky.social · 7d

Hey this game is on ABC right now and we really are right behind the Aces so you should all be watching women’s sports and keep an eye out for us!

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Heather Goss @heathermg.bsky.social · 7d

We are back! And we’re + one @thefordon.bsky.social with even better seats like 10 rows behind A’ja and co. Go @lasvegasaces.bsky.social!

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Heather Goss @heathermg.bsky.social · 7d

Got to see Paul McCartney with 40,000 of my friends last night. Man is over 80 and rocking out banger after banger for three straight hours. 10/10 experience.

A concert stage with a giant video screen showing a man with a guitar singing into a mic.

Zoom in to a concert stage with 2 men singing on guitar.

A concert stage with a giant video screens showing archival scenes of a man with long hair and round glasses singing into a mic.

A concert stage with a giant video screens showing a man with a guitar singing into a mic.

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Heather Goss @heathermg.bsky.social · 8d

Oh my god Isabel. Is this your crowning achievement?

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Heather Goss @heathermg.bsky.social · 9d

Aces win!! God that was so fun. I love basketball so much. See you at Game 2 on Sunday!

A GOAT shoots a jumper from the top of the key.

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Heather Goss @heathermg.bsky.social · 9d

You guys Juvenile just sang Back dat ass up live during halftime NOW it’s the greatest day of my life 😂

A man with a microphone performing on a basketball court.

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Heather Goss @heathermg.bsky.social · 9d

I’m in Vegas to see a concert tomorrow and 3 hours ago I realized that Game 1 of the WNBA Finals is playing TONIGHT AT MY HOTEL. This is the greatest day of my life.

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Heather Goss @heathermg.bsky.social · 9d

Go @lvaces.bsky.social !!!

Two women’s basketball teams during tip off.

A basketball game while the line up is being announced. Pyrotechnics burst near the court.

A rabbit mascot in the crowd of a basketball game.

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Heather Goss @heathermg.bsky.social · 11d

I bet. At least my view from the office doesn’t disappoint either!

The sun rising over a cityscape of modestly high buildings.

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Heather Goss @heathermg.bsky.social · 11d

I don’t really miss pre-sunrise alarms but the view never lets me down.

The sky just before sunrise with a silhouette of a treeline. A couple long, wispy bright pink clouds break up the blue sky.

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Heather Goss @heathermg.bsky.social · 11d

Safe travels back pal. Sorry about the dumpster fire.

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Heather Goss @heathermg.bsky.social · 12d

I also can’t help but notice how many incredible images of historical moments in the book are sourced from the @dcpubliclibrary.bsky.social.

I like to think the next great follow up to this might feature Exposed DC images from DCPL chronicling the city since the millennium. 📷

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Heather Goss @heathermg.bsky.social · 12d

“We hope [to] inspire Washingtonians to take up the challenge of black and white abolitionists, of former slaves and Radical Republicans, of civil rights and home rule activists, of freeway protestors and cooperative organizers, to build a just, egalitarian, and democratic nation’s capital.”

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Heather Goss @heathermg.bsky.social · 12d

Finally got to reading Chocolate City, just a really really stellar history of DC since pre-Revolution days.

Especially today, with my heart on my sleeve for this city and a Statehood for DC button on my bag, I’m so grateful for this story of radicals and rebels.

The cover of a book titled Chocolate City: A history of race and democracy in the nation’s capital. By Chris Myers Asch and George Derek Musgrove.

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Vincent Ledvina @vincentledvina.bsky.social · 13d

Wow! Ely, MN is absolutely popping off with aurora right now, and we still have not seen a full substorm expansion. This next substorm *should* be a great show for everyone above the 45th parallel with views extending down to the central U.S.

go.theauroraguy.com/webcams

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