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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

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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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janrosenow.bsky.social
Energy transitions can happen faster than we think:

In 2000 almost 90% of Denmark's electricity was from fossil fuels.

In 2024 less than 10% of Danish electricity was from fossil fuels.
December 1, 2025 at 4:18 PM
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#KeyLimeAIr which runs #DenverAirConnection flies for #ICE
Protest outside of CO airports 12/20 noon to 2. Tell #ColoradoUniversity to stop using Key Lime for athletes.

krdo.com/news/2023/09...
Former pilots raise several safety concerns with an airline that serves southern Colorado
DENVER, Colo. (KRDO) - Five former pilots of a small airline based in Denver detail what they consider major safety concerns with aircraft that fly
krdo.com
December 1, 2025 at 3:38 PM
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jeaninetb.bsky.social
coloradonewsline.com/briefs/key-l...
Activists protest Colorado's Key Lime Air over ICE flights | Colorado Newsline
Picketers demonstrated against Key Lime Air over its operation of detainee transport flights for U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement.
coloradonewsline.com
December 1, 2025 at 3:55 PM
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coloradosun.com
How Medicaid became such a drag on Colorado’s state budget
How Medicaid became such a drag on Colorado’s state budget
The state price tag of administering the program has risen dramatically in recent years, far outpacing the voter-imposed cap on government growth and spending
coloradosun.com
December 1, 2025 at 2:03 PM
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cleverjay.bsky.social
Deep Sage Nine Starcast Episode 030

 Meteorites and "Wrongs" This episode of Starcast, recorded on the anniversary of the first known person to be injured by a falling meteorite, covers an active space weather forecast featuring Sunspot 4294, news of a supermoon and the Geminids, and a deep dive…
Deep Sage Nine Starcast Episode 030
 Meteorites and "Wrongs" This episode of Starcast, recorded on the anniversary of the first known person to be injured by a falling meteorite, covers an active space weather forecast featuring Sunspot 4294, news of a supermoon and the Geminids, and a deep dive into how to distinguish actual meteorites from "meteor-wrongs" using four key tests and the work of the New Mexico Meteor Array…
www.skylapser.com
November 30, 2025 at 7:40 PM
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vincentledvina.bsky.social
Alone in the woods under the aurora
November 30, 2025 at 3:53 PM
wildernessvagabonds.com
Here's a #timelapse for November 28-29, 2025 from Crestone, Colorado USA

#astronomy #astrophotography
Plenty of Sublime to Go Around - November 28-29, 2025 time lapses
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November 30, 2025 at 1:38 AM
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northumb-astro.bsky.social
A bright meteor on the Meteor Cam LIVE stream last night.

You can view the LIVE Sky Cameras here...

northumberland-astro.space/sky-cameras/

or here...

www.youtube.com/@Northumberl...

#Meteors #Astronomy @imometeors.bsky.social
November 29, 2025 at 9:13 PM
wildernessvagabonds.com
The Onion Futures Act
In 1956, an audacious scheme in the Chicago onion markets led to the only commodity-specific trading ban in U.S. history—and its lessons still resonate through today's markets.
randomfactsofhistory.substack.com
November 30, 2025 at 12:31 AM
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The earliest sunset this year occurs one week from today in Crestone, Colorado USA
Chart showing earliest sunset for Crestone Colorado on Sat Dec 6 at 4:44:35 pm Note that it occurs just one second later the day before and after, at 4:44:36 pm https://sunrise-sunset.org/us/crestone-co/2025/12
November 29, 2025 at 10:30 PM
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Well well well if it isn't MechaJohnMuir
November 28, 2025 at 11:46 PM
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🤣 The deep sea ID guide I've made for myself is only slightly more detailed than this
November 28, 2025 at 6:35 PM
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I'm old enough to remember the last boycott.
A pin that has a Campbell's SOUP can inside an international No sign (circle with diagonal cross bar) that reads: Campbell's CONDEMNED CREAM OF EXPLOITATION SOUP At the top it says APOYE CAMPESINOS At the bottom it says SUPPORT FARMWORKERS Flyer: Photo of striking farmworkers with signs BOYCOTT CAMPBELL'S Farmworkers On Strike Since August 1978, over 2,000 farmworkers, under the leadership of the Farm Labor Organizing Committee, have been on strike in the tomato fields of northwest Ohio. These workers, whose back breaking work helps feed America, have suffered the worst conditions of any occupation in America -- low wages, inadequate housing, child labor and constant exposure to pesticides. FLOC seeks a contract with the growers and canneries which would provide fair wages and the dignity of working men and women. The workers have met with poverty, violence, legal attacks and strikebreakers, yet they have vowed to remain on strike until Campbell's and Libby's agree to negotiate. Show your support and solidarity with FLOC and the striking farmworkers. DO NOT BUY CAMPBELL'S AND LIBBY'S PRODUCTS Farm Labor Organizing Committee Toledo Area Support Committee 714½ South St. Clair Toledo, Ohio 43609 (419) 243-2456 Be Sure to Boycott Campbell's New Spaghetti Sauce, Prego [image of Prego jar]
November 28, 2025 at 6:45 PM
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I caught a nice moondog last night shortly before the moon set!

Crestone, Colorado USA November 27, 2025 10:43pm MST

#astronomy #astrophotography #COwx
There is a moondog, rainbow prism, almost in the center. The nearly first quarter moon is just a yellow/white orb to the right. There are thin and patchy clouds above, thicker near the horizon. The foreground is covered in snow. A few houses are visible on the left. A few stars are visible over the moon and moondog scene.
November 28, 2025 at 4:14 PM
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capture907.bsky.social
For the star trail fans, here's 5 hours worth.

Aurora + star trails + snow/frost covered trees = 😍
November 28, 2025 at 2:49 AM
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carnage4life.bsky.social
Not wanting to disappoint you so much that it lies is the last quality I want in a computer.
November 28, 2025 at 12:02 AM
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xythar.bsky.social
setting up a new windows 11 pc (groan) and it's so funny how microsoft injects their own ads into the "download Chrome" page when you load it using Edge. "built on the technology of Chrome plus the trust of Microsoft"? what trust, the trust you just violated by changing the page I was trying to view
November 28, 2025 at 11:32 AM
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chrisbecke.bsky.social
Space station flying in front of the moon. Crozet VA. Thanksgiving evening 8:15 pm
November 28, 2025 at 2:39 AM
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"manufactured authenticity" - we're fully in the enshittocene here.
Opinion | A.I.’s Anti-A.I. Marketing Strategy
www.nytimes.com
November 28, 2025 at 6:21 AM
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tuexplorer1.bsky.social
Amazing look at a Erenna siphonophore. @schmidtocean.bsky.social dive 874 #asgardarchaea #MarineLife
November 27, 2025 at 4:56 PM
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i know WHY this is but that just makes it even more of a kick in the pants lmao
screenshot of a tumblr post from user “wildmansters” The thing that really boils my potatoes about Al in general is that I have been a creative professional for over a decade now and the devil has ALWAYS been in the details. Big and small, I've had single-person businesses rip me to shreds over how their colors turned out on newsprint, and have worked with huge companies with THICK brand guidelines with every detail of their brand identity laid out and enforced with an iron fist. But I guess all of that stuff doesn't matter anymore? Who gives a fuck if this Al generated baby has six fingers, that mom-and-pop shop is still going to use it. That rug from Temu says Happy Thanksgivirg? Oh well haha it's just a silly funny thing now (nevermind that you never would have given a B-grade item from a craft show the same consideration). I don't actually care that the Al Coca-cola ad has a truck that changes size every scene, but I can't help but think about how, if it had been some poor underpaid artist, they would have been laughed out of the building. I don't really know how to put it in a succint way but it just feels all the more obvious how much more grace and flexibility has always been possible but never offered.
November 28, 2025 at 3:28 AM
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Eternally and Infinitely Grateful - November 26-27, 2025 time lapses

The soundtrack is Sequoia Variations by Ozum Itez, used under a Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 International License

#astronomy #astrophotography
Eternally and Infinitely Grateful - November 26-27, 2025 time lapses
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November 27, 2025 at 9:09 PM
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broadwaybabyto.bsky.social
Australia recorded ZERO cases of cervical cancer in women under 25 for the first time since they started tracking the cancer in the 80s.

This is the power of vaccines.

The HPV vaccine is extremely effective at preventing cancer.

Viruses can be oncogenic. Get your vaccines and protect yourself!
newsGP - Australia set for world-first cervical cancer elimination
Vaccination programs have played a key role, and GPs remain ‘instrumental’ in boosting screening rates to reach the 2035 target.
www1.racgp.org.au
November 27, 2025 at 3:45 AM
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William S. Burroughs, A Thanksgiving Prayer, 1990
November 27, 2025 at 4:39 PM
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Definitely have to share one of the most iconic Thanksgiving Day reenactments today. Grab those cardigans and highballs and enjoy! 🦃 🍁 🪶🔥🍽️
Addams Family Values: Thanksgiving play (HD CLIP)
YouTube video by Binge Society
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November 27, 2025 at 4:47 PM