SensateBabylonLurker
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A few excerpts from Darmok's Christmas Story:
Ralphie and Flick, at the flagpole.
Randy, his arms down.
The Old Man, when the lamp broke.
Santa and Ralphie, on the mountain.
Ralphie and Flick, at the flagpole.
Randy, his arms down.
The Old Man, when the lamp broke.
Santa and Ralphie, on the mountain.
December 25, 2025 at 9:51 PM
A few excerpts from Darmok's Christmas Story:
Ralphie and Flick, at the flagpole.
Randy, his arms down.
The Old Man, when the lamp broke.
Santa and Ralphie, on the mountain.
Ralphie and Flick, at the flagpole.
Randy, his arms down.
The Old Man, when the lamp broke.
Santa and Ralphie, on the mountain.
I have seen something like that. It's cool.
December 22, 2025 at 11:34 PM
I have seen something like that. It's cool.
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Oh dang that's a cool shot. Tethys is one of several Saturn moons with a whopping huge crater. If whatever hit it had been much bigger or faster the moon would've been blown apart. That's why you don't usually see bigger craters (with respect the moon diameter) on these objects.
#CASSINI ORBITER #SATURN MISSION
Target: #Tethys
Time: 2005-10-13
Body Center Distance (km): 644184.003
Distance to Ring Intercept (km): 714451.634
Camera Narrow Angle Filter: Ir1 Grn Uv3
Finest Observed Resolution (km/pixel): 3.85615
opus.pds-rings.seti.org/opus/#/COISS...
NASA/JPL/j. Roger
Target: #Tethys
Time: 2005-10-13
Body Center Distance (km): 644184.003
Distance to Ring Intercept (km): 714451.634
Camera Narrow Angle Filter: Ir1 Grn Uv3
Finest Observed Resolution (km/pixel): 3.85615
opus.pds-rings.seti.org/opus/#/COISS...
NASA/JPL/j. Roger
December 22, 2025 at 9:09 PM
Oh dang that's a cool shot. Tethys is one of several Saturn moons with a whopping huge crater. If whatever hit it had been much bigger or faster the moon would've been blown apart. That's why you don't usually see bigger craters (with respect the moon diameter) on these objects.
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D'oh! I'm 20 minutes late to wish you a happy solstice! At 10:03 Eastern US time the Sun reached its most southern point on the sky, and will slowly begin to crawl farther north every day. This means today has the least amount of daytime of the year, and nights get shorter from here on out!
December 21, 2025 at 3:23 PM
D'oh! I'm 20 minutes late to wish you a happy solstice! At 10:03 Eastern US time the Sun reached its most southern point on the sky, and will slowly begin to crawl farther north every day. This means today has the least amount of daytime of the year, and nights get shorter from here on out!
Just making sure no one wants to visit the US.
Or what?
Or what?
This is pure insanity.
NEW: Five years of social media history is only a fraction of what the US Government will shortly demand of overseas visitors.
The full requirements will end tourism in the United States.
Below is the full, mind-blowing list.
🚨THEY. WANT. YOUR. DNA.🚨
1/
The full requirements will end tourism in the United States.
Below is the full, mind-blowing list.
🚨THEY. WANT. YOUR. DNA.🚨
1/
December 12, 2025 at 1:05 AM
Just making sure no one wants to visit the US.
Or what?
Or what?
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He couldn't care less.
Trump Just Called The Concept Of 'Affordability' A 'Democrat Scam'—And Got Instantly Dragged
www.comicsands.com
December 5, 2025 at 2:12 AM
He couldn't care less.
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I can't believe I ever took this guy seriously enough to debate him about the Moon landings
December 4, 2025 at 11:25 PM
I can't believe I ever took this guy seriously enough to debate him about the Moon landings
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Pretty cool halo around the Moon in Virginia just now. Ice crystals high up in the atmosphere bend the light to form the ring and can also break it up into colors like a rainbow, though the colors are usually faint. That's a hens and chicks plant lit by the Moon in the foreground, BTW.
December 4, 2025 at 2:50 AM
Pretty cool halo around the Moon in Virginia just now. Ice crystals high up in the atmosphere bend the light to form the ring and can also break it up into colors like a rainbow, though the colors are usually faint. That's a hens and chicks plant lit by the Moon in the foreground, BTW.
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That’s Trump’s message to millions of struggling families. Your suffering isn't real. It's a hoax, just like the Epstein files!
December 3, 2025 at 11:30 PM
That’s Trump’s message to millions of struggling families. Your suffering isn't real. It's a hoax, just like the Epstein files!
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Wow. Straight up Nazi/Stalin propaganda bullshit.
The White House web site now includes a "media bias" tracker with a leaderboard and an offender hall of shame. www.whitehouse.gov/mediabias/
November 30, 2025 at 3:57 AM
Wow. Straight up Nazi/Stalin propaganda bullshit.
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M5.9 solar flare observed around the soon to be reassigned AR 4294 at 22:22 UTC (Nov 28). SolarHam.com
November 28, 2025 at 10:55 PM
M5.9 solar flare observed around the soon to be reassigned AR 4294 at 22:22 UTC (Nov 28). SolarHam.com
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Would this have happened to a white resident? Asking for the First Nations.
November 28, 2025 at 8:41 PM
Would this have happened to a white resident? Asking for the First Nations.
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I mean, I've only blocked (checks) 2,727 accounts in all the time I've been here, that's not a HUGE number comparatively speaking. I've been blocked by five times that number of accounts, and good for them, if people find me annoying here they should block me and have a better Bluesky experience.
"Not blocked by John Scalzi" should be a badge that shows on one's account if one has replied to John Scalzi and not been blocked.
November 28, 2025 at 2:50 PM
I mean, I've only blocked (checks) 2,727 accounts in all the time I've been here, that's not a HUGE number comparatively speaking. I've been blocked by five times that number of accounts, and good for them, if people find me annoying here they should block me and have a better Bluesky experience.
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Today's APOD is a jaw-dropper. I love a good globular cluster, and I've observed M15 countless times with binoculars and telescopes. This deep image (with added foreground gas and dust) is just spectacular.
apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap25112...
apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap25112...
APOD: 2025 November 26 – Globular Cluster M15 Deep Field
A different astronomy and space science
related image is featured each day, along with a brief explanation.
apod.nasa.gov
November 27, 2025 at 5:50 PM
Today's APOD is a jaw-dropper. I love a good globular cluster, and I've observed M15 countless times with binoculars and telescopes. This deep image (with added foreground gas and dust) is just spectacular.
apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap25112...
apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap25112...
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Need a minute away from family and cooking and whatnot to destress and experience a moment of wondrous awe?
You know I've got you. With the help of the massive Gemini telescope and Hubble as well… and, of course, the universe.
badastronomy.beehiiv.com/p/stars-are-...
🔭🧪
You know I've got you. With the help of the massive Gemini telescope and Hubble as well… and, of course, the universe.
badastronomy.beehiiv.com/p/stars-are-...
🔭🧪
Stars are born in the heart
A heart-shaped nebula, that is. Plus: cookie recipe!
badastronomy.beehiiv.com
November 27, 2025 at 4:12 PM
Need a minute away from family and cooking and whatnot to destress and experience a moment of wondrous awe?
You know I've got you. With the help of the massive Gemini telescope and Hubble as well… and, of course, the universe.
badastronomy.beehiiv.com/p/stars-are-...
🔭🧪
You know I've got you. With the help of the massive Gemini telescope and Hubble as well… and, of course, the universe.
badastronomy.beehiiv.com/p/stars-are-...
🔭🧪
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Ah yes, there is nothing gayer than...friends?
Straight Guy Gets Epically Dragged After Claiming 'Friendsgiving' Is 'Homosexual' In Bizarre Hot Take
www.comicsands.com
November 27, 2025 at 1:28 AM
Ah yes, there is nothing gayer than...friends?
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It wasn’t a peace plan. It was a surrender plan.
November 24, 2025 at 7:30 PM
It wasn’t a peace plan. It was a surrender plan.
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Thank you! If they're published by Tor (US or UK) or from @subpress.bsky.social, they should be DRM-free anywhere you buy them, and if they are not, I will not complain if you take measures to make them so. If you actually purchase my books, it's my opinion that you own them, period, full stop.
I love that your ebooks are DRM-free on @bookshop.org
November 24, 2025 at 4:13 PM
Thank you! If they're published by Tor (US or UK) or from @subpress.bsky.social, they should be DRM-free anywhere you buy them, and if they are not, I will not complain if you take measures to make them so. If you actually purchase my books, it's my opinion that you own them, period, full stop.
Indeed!
Oh! It's not just Fibbonacci Day but also Doctor Who Day; it first aired OTD in 1963!
Allons-y!
Allons-y!
November 24, 2025 at 12:58 AM
Indeed!
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Beware anyone who loudly labels themselves a "truth-teller."
November 23, 2025 at 6:35 PM
Beware anyone who loudly labels themselves a "truth-teller."
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This is great news! (and the AI discussed in the article is, I suspect, very different than what the media and the oligarch pushers call AI; I'm guessing this is more of a neural network than LLM).
First Solar just opened a $1.1 billion integrated solar PV manufacturing plant in Louisiana capable of producing 3.5 gigawatts of panels each year. The plant will employ >700 people electrek.co/2025/11/21/f... 🔌💡
First Solar opens a Louisiana factory that’s 11 Superdomes big
First Solar opens a massive $1.1 billion solar factory in Louisiana, adding 3.5 GW of new US capacity and more than 800 well-paid jobs.
electrek.co
November 22, 2025 at 9:20 PM
This is great news! (and the AI discussed in the article is, I suspect, very different than what the media and the oligarch pushers call AI; I'm guessing this is more of a neural network than LLM).
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Tee hee.
Honestly. Whenever I hear someone claim that Socialism doesn't work, or is somehow worse than the Capitalist system that's choking us to death, I know that I can safely disregard anything else they have to say.
Their voice becomes that of an adult in a Peanuts special, though, which is always fun.
Their voice becomes that of an adult in a Peanuts special, though, which is always fun.
November 21, 2025 at 11:59 PM
Tee hee.
Who, indeed?
Who could've predicted this? 😒
Police Bust ICE Employee Trying To Solicit Minor For Sex In Sting Operation—And His Excuse Is Going Viral
www.comicsands.com
November 21, 2025 at 3:07 PM
Who, indeed?
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This is wonderful, and shows where curiosity can take you and others (including professionals!) even if you're 8 years old. It helps too that the Astronomer Royal is aces.
Enquiry from an 8yo asking what the Fulton Orrery planets were? Apparently the #Kelvingrove museum staff didn't know, so he e-mailed the Astronomer Royal to find out! I also didn’t know, but the AstroSociety of #Glasgow did (after watching an old VHS recording on the topic!) 🔭 #histsci 1/2🧵
November 19, 2025 at 5:12 PM
This is wonderful, and shows where curiosity can take you and others (including professionals!) even if you're 8 years old. It helps too that the Astronomer Royal is aces.