Ned
@nedman.bsky.social
B.S. Physics, M.S. Chemistry , Astro 🪐 Buff, Maker, Husband, Freemason, Dad, Nerd, Dog Dad, Am. Photographer, Stalker of Butterflies, 🏳️🌈Ally, 😃 Coastal NC
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So love wobbegongs. Everything is good about the wobbegong. Its name. Its flattened Oscar the Grouch face. Its frondy bits. Its lazy life as a hungry rug. And it’s a shark. Outstanding animal 10/10
The Tasselled Wobbegong is a master of disguise that can eat a fish almost as big as itself in one gulp. It's classified as a shark, but when it lays on the sea floor it looks like a harmless rug if you manage to see it. But with powerful jaws and sharp teeth they are no fish to mess with.
December 8, 2025 at 9:49 AM
So love wobbegongs. Everything is good about the wobbegong. Its name. Its flattened Oscar the Grouch face. Its frondy bits. Its lazy life as a hungry rug. And it’s a shark. Outstanding animal 10/10
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On FB, Yukon Geological Survey posted some spectacular photos of landslides & snow avalanches triggered by the magnitude 7.0 earthquake on Dec 6 in the St Elias Mountains. Here are some of my favs. @geocron.bsky.social @theronfinley.bsky.social @davepetley.bsky.social @ksvenenvig.bsky.social 🧪⚒️
December 15, 2025 at 10:44 PM
On FB, Yukon Geological Survey posted some spectacular photos of landslides & snow avalanches triggered by the magnitude 7.0 earthquake on Dec 6 in the St Elias Mountains. Here are some of my favs. @geocron.bsky.social @theronfinley.bsky.social @davepetley.bsky.social @ksvenenvig.bsky.social 🧪⚒️
Whoa!
Take a journey through time down a new NSF COLDEX ice core borehole just completed by the team in #Antarctica!
If you’re at #AGU25 stop by the COLDEX booth in the Exhibit Hall to talk to COLDEX team members from across the 15-institution center funded by NSF! @agu.org Follow us on IG @ coldex_stc
If you’re at #AGU25 stop by the COLDEX booth in the Exhibit Hall to talk to COLDEX team members from across the 15-institution center funded by NSF! @agu.org Follow us on IG @ coldex_stc
December 15, 2025 at 4:48 AM
Whoa!
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HERETICS WELCOME
December 14, 2025 at 9:52 PM
HERETICS WELCOME
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Fascinating story. Seems to me there should be technology to find the device.
An American nuclear device disappeared on one of the world’s highest mountains during a covert mission. After losing it 60 years ago, the U.S. government still refuses to acknowledge that anything ever happened.
How Did the C.I.A. Lose a Nuclear Device in the Himalayas?
A plutonium-packed generator disappeared on one of the world’s highest mountains in a covert mission that the U.S. will not talk about.
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December 14, 2025 at 1:33 AM
Fascinating story. Seems to me there should be technology to find the device.
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Robin Ince reveals to last night’s audience at a recording of Infinite Monkey Cage that the BBC has forced him to resign over his support of trans people
December 13, 2025 at 11:02 AM
Robin Ince reveals to last night’s audience at a recording of Infinite Monkey Cage that the BBC has forced him to resign over his support of trans people
😆❤️ but also 😬💀
(The short of it is that HF is very deadly if you get enough of it on your skin. Nasty chemical burn but more insidiously it can bind to calcium in your body which can cause, among other things, your heart to stop. 😳) #Chemsky
(The short of it is that HF is very deadly if you get enough of it on your skin. Nasty chemical burn but more insidiously it can bind to calcium in your body which can cause, among other things, your heart to stop. 😳) #Chemsky
The #BEASTLab won second place in the departmental holiday decoration contest!
December 12, 2025 at 11:13 PM
😆❤️ but also 😬💀
(The short of it is that HF is very deadly if you get enough of it on your skin. Nasty chemical burn but more insidiously it can bind to calcium in your body which can cause, among other things, your heart to stop. 😳) #Chemsky
(The short of it is that HF is very deadly if you get enough of it on your skin. Nasty chemical burn but more insidiously it can bind to calcium in your body which can cause, among other things, your heart to stop. 😳) #Chemsky
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Today in “Dudes Rock”:
A dude playing Dire Straits’s “Sultans of Swing” guitar solo on…a recorder.
A dude playing Dire Straits’s “Sultans of Swing” guitar solo on…a recorder.
December 12, 2025 at 12:50 AM
Today in “Dudes Rock”:
A dude playing Dire Straits’s “Sultans of Swing” guitar solo on…a recorder.
A dude playing Dire Straits’s “Sultans of Swing” guitar solo on…a recorder.
What even is a black hole anyway? An astrophysicist answers!
YouTube video by Dr Kirsten Banks
youtube.com
December 10, 2025 at 11:37 PM
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Mosaic of ☄️Lemmon C/2025 A6 on Oct.26, 2025. Taken with Leica Apo-Telyt f-180/4.0 telephoto lens&Asi 294. To emphasize ion tail, only blue images were used for L-image. Field 1 4x5.5min, field 2 5x6min.
📸 Michael Jäger
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📸 Michael Jäger
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December 10, 2025 at 9:53 PM
Mosaic of ☄️Lemmon C/2025 A6 on Oct.26, 2025. Taken with Leica Apo-Telyt f-180/4.0 telephoto lens&Asi 294. To emphasize ion tail, only blue images were used for L-image. Field 1 4x5.5min, field 2 5x6min.
📸 Michael Jäger
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📸 Michael Jäger
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Repaired the rocker power switch on one of my rotary tools with a 3D printed part. #3DPrinting #Repair
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Rocker Switch Repair
I have an inexpensive rotary tool that I have dedicated to use with a rotary flex shaft attachment. A few days ago the rocker power switch stopped working and I could tell something mechanical broke i...
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December 10, 2025 at 3:59 PM
Repaired the rocker power switch on one of my rotary tools with a 3D printed part. #3DPrinting #Repair
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Luna - watercolour and acryla gouache on paper
A personification of the night sky.
One of my favourite paintings. It makes me miss personal work. Eventually I'll figure out a balance where I can paint just to paint again.
Prints are on INPRNT if your mom would like one for xmas
A personification of the night sky.
One of my favourite paintings. It makes me miss personal work. Eventually I'll figure out a balance where I can paint just to paint again.
Prints are on INPRNT if your mom would like one for xmas
December 8, 2025 at 5:10 PM
Luna - watercolour and acryla gouache on paper
A personification of the night sky.
One of my favourite paintings. It makes me miss personal work. Eventually I'll figure out a balance where I can paint just to paint again.
Prints are on INPRNT if your mom would like one for xmas
A personification of the night sky.
One of my favourite paintings. It makes me miss personal work. Eventually I'll figure out a balance where I can paint just to paint again.
Prints are on INPRNT if your mom would like one for xmas
This morning we had to make the hard decision to have our 14yr old cat Romeo put to sleep.
Made him a little memorial by laser engraving a piece of slate. RIP little guy.
#CatsOfBluesky #LaserEngraving
Made him a little memorial by laser engraving a piece of slate. RIP little guy.
#CatsOfBluesky #LaserEngraving
December 8, 2025 at 8:46 PM
This morning we had to make the hard decision to have our 14yr old cat Romeo put to sleep.
Made him a little memorial by laser engraving a piece of slate. RIP little guy.
#CatsOfBluesky #LaserEngraving
Made him a little memorial by laser engraving a piece of slate. RIP little guy.
#CatsOfBluesky #LaserEngraving
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The fascinating link between cherry pie and this bird www.vox.com/climate/4711...
The fascinating link between cherry pie and this bird
Meet the unpaid animal laborers who help safeguard our food.
www.vox.com
December 5, 2025 at 1:35 PM
The fascinating link between cherry pie and this bird www.vox.com/climate/4711...
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More stills of the Butterfly kirigami/origamic architecture pop up card on my blog:
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#PopUpCard #OrigamicArchitecture #PaperArt #Kirigami #Butterfly
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#PopUpCard #OrigamicArchitecture #PaperArt #Kirigami #Butterfly
Butterfly OA/Kirigami Pop Up Card - Evermore Stud.io
This pop up butterfly with Celtic spirals cut from pearlescent white stock with a cobalt blue backing was my 2024 holiday card.
evermorestud.io
November 29, 2025 at 8:02 PM
More stills of the Butterfly kirigami/origamic architecture pop up card on my blog:
evermorestud.io/butterfly-oa...
#PopUpCard #OrigamicArchitecture #PaperArt #Kirigami #Butterfly
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#PopUpCard #OrigamicArchitecture #PaperArt #Kirigami #Butterfly
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A new version of Saturn by JWST Space Telescope
Full size & more info: flic.kr/p/2rHUzZs 🔭🧪
Credit: NASA/ESA/CSA/STScI/AndreaLuck
Instrument: NIRCAM
Target: Saturn-Centre
Time: 2023-06-24 (not a new release)
Filter: F322W2-F323N, F212 (partially reconstructed)
PI: Leigh Fletcher ID: 1247
Full size & more info: flic.kr/p/2rHUzZs 🔭🧪
Credit: NASA/ESA/CSA/STScI/AndreaLuck
Instrument: NIRCAM
Target: Saturn-Centre
Time: 2023-06-24 (not a new release)
Filter: F322W2-F323N, F212 (partially reconstructed)
PI: Leigh Fletcher ID: 1247
November 28, 2025 at 4:18 PM
A new version of Saturn by JWST Space Telescope
Full size & more info: flic.kr/p/2rHUzZs 🔭🧪
Credit: NASA/ESA/CSA/STScI/AndreaLuck
Instrument: NIRCAM
Target: Saturn-Centre
Time: 2023-06-24 (not a new release)
Filter: F322W2-F323N, F212 (partially reconstructed)
PI: Leigh Fletcher ID: 1247
Full size & more info: flic.kr/p/2rHUzZs 🔭🧪
Credit: NASA/ESA/CSA/STScI/AndreaLuck
Instrument: NIRCAM
Target: Saturn-Centre
Time: 2023-06-24 (not a new release)
Filter: F322W2-F323N, F212 (partially reconstructed)
PI: Leigh Fletcher ID: 1247
I went to several box stores around town to pick up a few things this afternoon since it was Black Fri. I asked employees at each store how busy it had been. They all said "it was just steady, not like last yr when it was mobbed."
Makes me wonder what that says about the state of the economy. 🤔
Makes me wonder what that says about the state of the economy. 🤔
November 28, 2025 at 8:42 PM
I went to several box stores around town to pick up a few things this afternoon since it was Black Fri. I asked employees at each store how busy it had been. They all said "it was just steady, not like last yr when it was mobbed."
Makes me wonder what that says about the state of the economy. 🤔
Makes me wonder what that says about the state of the economy. 🤔
Utterly indeed. 😅
"we obtain Γ ∼ 10^−18 events per year, which is utterly
negligible".
"we obtain Γ ∼ 10^−18 events per year, which is utterly
negligible".
"Gravitational Effects of a Small Primordial Black Hole Passing Through the Human Body" is a real paper just published in International Journal of Modern Physics D. 🧪🔭
arxiv.org/abs/2502.09734
arxiv.org/abs/2502.09734
November 27, 2025 at 4:22 PM
Utterly indeed. 😅
"we obtain Γ ∼ 10^−18 events per year, which is utterly
negligible".
"we obtain Γ ∼ 10^−18 events per year, which is utterly
negligible".
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Looking for good news, I found this:
If you were struck by a microscopic black hole, the mass of a small asteroid, it'd be no worse than a gunshot. And such black holes are definitely too rare to have "any observable effects on the human population." 🔭🧪
www.sciencealert.com/what-if-a-ti...
If you were struck by a microscopic black hole, the mass of a small asteroid, it'd be no worse than a gunshot. And such black holes are definitely too rare to have "any observable effects on the human population." 🔭🧪
www.sciencealert.com/what-if-a-ti...
November 27, 2025 at 1:47 AM
Looking for good news, I found this:
If you were struck by a microscopic black hole, the mass of a small asteroid, it'd be no worse than a gunshot. And such black holes are definitely too rare to have "any observable effects on the human population." 🔭🧪
www.sciencealert.com/what-if-a-ti...
If you were struck by a microscopic black hole, the mass of a small asteroid, it'd be no worse than a gunshot. And such black holes are definitely too rare to have "any observable effects on the human population." 🔭🧪
www.sciencealert.com/what-if-a-ti...
Lol, took me a second. 😆
November 27, 2025 at 1:34 PM
Lol, took me a second. 😆
Found this fine chimeric fellow just lounging in his favorite chair. on the morning walk. #cats #catsofbluesky
November 21, 2025 at 2:19 PM
Found this fine chimeric fellow just lounging in his favorite chair. on the morning walk. #cats #catsofbluesky
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The latest edition of #PeriodicGraphics by @compoundchem.com explores the smelly chemicals in skunk spray and how to get rid of the stink. cen.acs.org/biological-c...
#chemsky 🧪
#chemsky 🧪
November 14, 2025 at 8:15 PM
The latest edition of #PeriodicGraphics by @compoundchem.com explores the smelly chemicals in skunk spray and how to get rid of the stink. cen.acs.org/biological-c...
#chemsky 🧪
#chemsky 🧪
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Gigantic jet TLE above Mexico (crop) - From Simeon Schmauß (stim3on.bsky.social) - https://flic.kr/p/2rhxUhJ
November 13, 2025 at 2:00 PM
Gigantic jet TLE above Mexico (crop) - From Simeon Schmauß (stim3on.bsky.social) - https://flic.kr/p/2rhxUhJ
