Chuck Barnum
@chuckbarnum1971.bsky.social
Tired, old, science fiction fan. I don't care what franchises you like or hate - just as long as you treat each other with dignity & respect. Okay? It's literally that easy to do. Gen-Xer with one foot in the grave. Progressive/SocDem till the day I die.
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Hi.
I'm Chuck, Actually, I was named after my father but my mother thought "Chuck" was a better name to call me by. Needless to say, it had mixed results.
Anyways - welcome to my Bluesky page. Oh and here's a picture of me at the Kennedy Space Center. That's how nerdy I am.
I'm Chuck, Actually, I was named after my father but my mother thought "Chuck" was a better name to call me by. Needless to say, it had mixed results.
Anyways - welcome to my Bluesky page. Oh and here's a picture of me at the Kennedy Space Center. That's how nerdy I am.
Wow...
Just, wow!
Just, wow!
WE HAVE A STUNNING NEW CLOSE UP VIEW OF THE HELIX NEBULA FROM WEBB!!! 🌌
January 21, 2026 at 11:20 AM
Wow...
Just, wow!
Just, wow!
"Sex-tuple"
*giggle*
*giggle*
Castor, one of the stars marking Gemini's twins — and one of the brightest in the sky — is actually a sextuple star, a *six*-star system! Now, for the first time, astronomers have split some of those tightly bound stars.
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Splitting Castor’s sextuple star system
Four stars seen separately in the system for the first time
badastronomy.beehiiv.com
January 21, 2026 at 10:59 AM
"Sex-tuple"
*giggle*
*giggle*
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Yep #TrekTuesday easy my favorite day of the week!
Tuesday is always a good day to post more #StarTrek as a Trekkie it's Fun to me to Post more Trek every day but Tuesday a good day for the day's posts to be mainly Trek.
Here have a #funny Ferengi Star Trek bit from DS9.
#Treksky #StarTrekDS9
Tuesday is always a good day to post more #StarTrek as a Trekkie it's Fun to me to Post more Trek every day but Tuesday a good day for the day's posts to be mainly Trek.
Here have a #funny Ferengi Star Trek bit from DS9.
#Treksky #StarTrekDS9
January 20, 2026 at 6:48 PM
Yep #TrekTuesday easy my favorite day of the week!
Tuesday is always a good day to post more #StarTrek as a Trekkie it's Fun to me to Post more Trek every day but Tuesday a good day for the day's posts to be mainly Trek.
Here have a #funny Ferengi Star Trek bit from DS9.
#Treksky #StarTrekDS9
Tuesday is always a good day to post more #StarTrek as a Trekkie it's Fun to me to Post more Trek every day but Tuesday a good day for the day's posts to be mainly Trek.
Here have a #funny Ferengi Star Trek bit from DS9.
#Treksky #StarTrekDS9
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Spaceship!
January 21, 2026 at 9:50 AM
Spaceship!
Did you try turning it off and then turning it back on again? That usually works for me.
ICYMI: About an hour after departing for Switzerland with President Trump aboard Tuesday night, Air Force One safely returned to Joint Base Andrews due to "a minor electrical issue."
Trump boarded another aircraft and continued on with his trip to the World Economic Forum shortly after midnight.
Trump boarded another aircraft and continued on with his trip to the World Economic Forum shortly after midnight.
Air Force One returns to Washington due to minor electrical issue, White House says
www.stripes.com
January 21, 2026 at 10:55 AM
Did you try turning it off and then turning it back on again? That usually works for me.
Lissen' up, Republicans...
"No dictator, no invader can hold an imprisoned population by force of arms forever.
There is no greater power in the universe than the need for freedom.
Against that power, governments and tyrants and armies cannot stand."
--G'Kar, #Babylon5, s2ep20
There is no greater power in the universe than the need for freedom.
Against that power, governments and tyrants and armies cannot stand."
--G'Kar, #Babylon5, s2ep20
January 21, 2026 at 10:51 AM
Lissen' up, Republicans...
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October 23, 2025 at 10:04 PM
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January 20, 2026 at 9:26 AM
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#StarTrek: #StarfleetAcademy knows how important Boothby is to San Francisco. 🖖
This TNG Character Is The Most Fitting Callback In Star Trek: Starfleet Academy
Boothby gets his honors at Starfleet Academy.
screenrant.com
January 20, 2026 at 3:39 PM
#StarTrek: #StarfleetAcademy knows how important Boothby is to San Francisco. 🖖
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Enjoy this humble rabbit hole, with the resolved image (not an artist's interpretation!) of a star located 178 light years away from us..!
(it is also insanely massive, at 370x the size of our sun 🫠)
Mindblowing 👀
(it is also insanely massive, at 370x the size of our sun 🫠)
Mindblowing 👀
R Doradus - Wikipedia
en.wikipedia.org
January 20, 2026 at 9:10 PM
Enjoy this humble rabbit hole, with the resolved image (not an artist's interpretation!) of a star located 178 light years away from us..!
(it is also insanely massive, at 370x the size of our sun 🫠)
Mindblowing 👀
(it is also insanely massive, at 370x the size of our sun 🫠)
Mindblowing 👀
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And finally, a lot of aztec wallpapers down on the NX Excelsior. A lot more to be done, I haven't started on the saucer yet as I have to paint that silver ring around the saucer rim.
#startrek #startrekmodel #ussexcelsior #starship #scalemodeling
#startrek #startrekmodel #ussexcelsior #starship #scalemodeling
January 20, 2026 at 6:06 AM
And finally, a lot of aztec wallpapers down on the NX Excelsior. A lot more to be done, I haven't started on the saucer yet as I have to paint that silver ring around the saucer rim.
#startrek #startrekmodel #ussexcelsior #starship #scalemodeling
#startrek #startrekmodel #ussexcelsior #starship #scalemodeling
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The Ausdeur - Eskaton Universe, by Thomas Elliott
January 21, 2026 at 7:39 AM
The Ausdeur - Eskaton Universe, by Thomas Elliott
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wow i can’t believe i decided to watch the bleakest most depressing movie ever made during my Amtrak ride to Boston… 🤦🏼♂️
(it’s incredible though. the low budget tv doc style makes it feel too real and just gut wrenching. an almost unbearable watch. still feels timely.)
(it’s incredible though. the low budget tv doc style makes it feel too real and just gut wrenching. an almost unbearable watch. still feels timely.)
January 21, 2026 at 3:17 AM
wow i can’t believe i decided to watch the bleakest most depressing movie ever made during my Amtrak ride to Boston… 🤦🏼♂️
(it’s incredible though. the low budget tv doc style makes it feel too real and just gut wrenching. an almost unbearable watch. still feels timely.)
(it’s incredible though. the low budget tv doc style makes it feel too real and just gut wrenching. an almost unbearable watch. still feels timely.)
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The second portrait in this series is weyoun, i mean i had to have jeffery combs in here somewhere aha
also the good ol 90s trek curtain fabrics 😅
#startrek #weyoun #ds9 #jefferycombs
also the good ol 90s trek curtain fabrics 😅
#startrek #weyoun #ds9 #jefferycombs
January 20, 2026 at 7:16 AM
The second portrait in this series is weyoun, i mean i had to have jeffery combs in here somewhere aha
also the good ol 90s trek curtain fabrics 😅
#startrek #weyoun #ds9 #jefferycombs
also the good ol 90s trek curtain fabrics 😅
#startrek #weyoun #ds9 #jefferycombs
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Um.
First Contact Day, anybody? Federation Day?
And of course - Tuesday!
First Contact Day, anybody? Federation Day?
And of course - Tuesday!
Haters: “Star Trek fans don’t have their own holiday, like May the Fourth!”
Me: “Star Trek fans have every Tuesday.”
Me: “Star Trek fans have every Tuesday.”
a man in a red sweater is screaming with the words " all engines full reverse " above him
Alt: a man in a red sweater is screaming with the words " all engines full reverse " above him
media.tenor.com
January 21, 2026 at 10:39 AM
Um.
First Contact Day, anybody? Federation Day?
And of course - Tuesday!
First Contact Day, anybody? Federation Day?
And of course - Tuesday!
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At the heart of a planetary nebula, a dying star releases its outer layers into the void. Ionized gas blooms outward in concentric shells, glowing softly as it disperses into interstellar space — the quiet aftermath of stellar evolution.
January 20, 2026 at 8:30 PM
At the heart of a planetary nebula, a dying star releases its outer layers into the void. Ionized gas blooms outward in concentric shells, glowing softly as it disperses into interstellar space — the quiet aftermath of stellar evolution.
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Astrochemistry: Webb Reveals The Helix Nebula In Glistening Detail
astrobiology.com/2026/01/astr... #astrobiology #astrochemistry #astronomy
astrobiology.com/2026/01/astr... #astrobiology #astrochemistry #astronomy
Astrochemistry: Webb Reveals The Helix Nebula In Glistening Detail - Astrobiology
One of the closest planetary nebulas to Earth, the Helix Nebula has become a favorite among astronomers using ground- and space-based telescopes
astrobiology.com
January 21, 2026 at 12:46 AM
Astrochemistry: Webb Reveals The Helix Nebula In Glistening Detail
astrobiology.com/2026/01/astr... #astrobiology #astrochemistry #astronomy
astrobiology.com/2026/01/astr... #astrobiology #astrochemistry #astronomy
For extra reading, look up Curtis Yarvin sometime on Wikipedia.
He makes Khan Singh look rational.
He makes Khan Singh look rational.
If you don't think that the future should have women that don't look like anorexic models, people in wheelchairs, deaf people using sign language or older people wearing prescription glasses, then you believe in eugenics. Admit it.
#StarTrek #StarfleetAcademy
#StarTrek #StarfleetAcademy
a man in a yellow shirt is talking about the world .
Alt: Khan Noonien-Singh saying dramatically "We offered the world order!" Star Trek TOS GIF.
media.tenor.com
January 21, 2026 at 10:35 AM
For extra reading, look up Curtis Yarvin sometime on Wikipedia.
He makes Khan Singh look rational.
He makes Khan Singh look rational.
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Model never completed based on Star Trek III: The Search for Spock Merchantman 2009. Long since lost
January 20, 2026 at 4:15 PM
Model never completed based on Star Trek III: The Search for Spock Merchantman 2009. Long since lost
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TWOK Door Graphics blueprints
January 20, 2026 at 4:17 PM
TWOK Door Graphics blueprints
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TWOK radiation labels
January 20, 2026 at 4:13 PM
TWOK radiation labels