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Chris Barrus
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Perception manager, tremolo specialist, macOS plumber. Wrench-turner at the Mount Wilson Observatory. http://chrisbarrus.com

On-air everywhere all the time with @missabyss.bsky.social at @abyssradio.bsky.social. Listen: http://abyssradio.net
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It’s been a landmark year at Mount Wilson - sold-out concerts, new film nights, and first-time visitors marveling at the 100-inch telescope. As we celebrate 120+ years of discovery, your support keeps our legacy alive. Join or donate: www.mtwilson.edu/support-us
November 26, 2025 at 12:02 AM
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Of course I noticed the typo 100 years later and will now sail off the edge of the world in a tiny boat
NEW: When Propecy Fails is one of the most famous social psychology books of all time, a look at a small group of UFO believers when the “spacemen” failed to land. I wrote about a new study from an independent researcher who says the book is not what it seems. www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
It’s one of the most influential social psychology studies ever. Was it all a lie?
A classic book on UFO believers and their "cognitive dissonance" after aliens failed to land is called into question.
www.motherjones.com
November 26, 2025 at 12:07 AM
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i can not be the only person wondering about the five percent gap between bigfoot and the yeti
i mean is this where u draw the line
New polling on aliens
% of U.S. adult citizens who believe the following definitely or probably exist:
Aliens 56%
Bigfoot 28%
The Yeti 23%
The Loch Ness Monster 22%
Chupacabra 16%
today.yougov.com/health/artic...
November 25, 2025 at 11:37 PM
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The 'psyops' revealed by X are entirely the fault of the perverse incentives created by social media monetization programs.
America’s Polarization Has Become the World's Side Hustle
The 'psyops' revealed by X are entirely the fault of the perverse incentives created by social media monetization programs.
www.404media.co
November 24, 2025 at 7:15 PM
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margate elephant, margate city, new jersey, 1978
November 24, 2025 at 8:36 PM
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Spiritualism skyrocketed in the US after its brutal Civil War killed roughly 750,000 people - and now in the wake of Covid’s million+ death toll, modern Americans are using ChatGPT to speak with the spirits. In this paper I will
I'm literally just living a normal life while also experiencing a theophany via communication with the satellite called VALIS.
November 24, 2025 at 8:15 PM
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Yemen music band El Khat were @ Le Mondo in Baltimore Saturday night Nov 22
November 24, 2025 at 3:18 AM
Fuck Harry Potter, watch THE TRIPODS instead.
November 24, 2025 at 1:57 AM
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My great uncle ran this theater before he passed last year. What small minded fascists
Israel’s National Security Minister Ben-Gvir ordered that a performance by children in the Palestinian National Theatre be raided and closed down just before the children were due to perform.
November 24, 2025 at 1:50 AM
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Udo Kier’s Closet Picks
YouTube video by CRITERION
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November 24, 2025 at 1:28 AM
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Metallica’s Cliff Burton in 1986: “There’s a band called R.E.M. that I like a lot…”
November 24, 2025 at 1:18 AM
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Lol new Elsbeth making fun of Katy Perry for stealing a church and killing that nun.
November 23, 2025 at 9:45 PM
My grandfather’s book is there: archive.org/details/cu31...
November 23, 2025 at 9:56 PM
Daily unheard album: 41 LONGFIELD STREET LATE ‘80s by Kieran Hebden + William Tyler
fourtet.bandcamp.com/album/41-lon...
#DailyUnheardAlbum
November 23, 2025 at 9:52 PM
Peter Lorre knows what’s up with this trash.
November 23, 2025 at 8:47 PM
Late Night Madness party at Seafood City in Eagle Rock last night. Impossible not to have a great time.
November 23, 2025 at 8:46 PM
It’s the year 2025 and I only *just now* noticed that the barbarian on the cover has a Dead Kennedys medallion.
November 23, 2025 at 8:40 PM
A movie that takes place where you’re from (then and now).
November 23, 2025 at 8:27 PM
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November 23, 2025 at 11:10 AM
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46
November 23, 2025 at 12:15 AM
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terrible news, Fleeting Joys were one of the bands I really connected with that got me back into the genre
RIP
#shoegaze
November 23, 2025 at 5:04 PM
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seen on fbook this morning
November 23, 2025 at 5:54 PM