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CJ Moose 🫎
@cjmoose.bsky.social
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Rock lover, beer drinker, birdwatcher, weather nerd.
Former NPS, Former #SciEd teacher, Former #VetMed.
#GoAvsGo fan.
@1LukeAF.bsky.social’s official taste-tester🍴.
Parent of Rainy, Stormy, & Fred.
#Lymphedema, #ADHD, #SciCom
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There are so many examples of this. The progression of the Rutherford/Marsden/Geiger Gold Foil experiments is one of my favorites.

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As this work proceeded, Geiger began to notice what he termed a "notable" scattering; in other words he was seeing scattering by greater angles than he had expected. In addition to this, he found that gold foil scattered through a greater angle than aluminum. As Geiger put it, "quite an appreciable angle." He proposed to continue with as many metals as possible "in the hope of establishing some connection between the scattering and stopping powers of these materials." In other words, what was first a problem now bcame the subject of study. VII. Marsden Enters the Scene To assist in these experiments, twenty-year-old Ernest Marsden joined Geiger. The tube was improved and lengthened, but experimental difficulties persisted. They could gain only a rough estimate of the most probable angle of deflection for a given metal. They (by the early spring of 1909) decided the trouble was somehow related to scattering by the tube walls and a series of washers installed in the tube solved the problem. According to Marsden (many years later), neither of them thought the alpha particles were being directly REFLECTED from the walls or the metal foil. As Geiger himself says, some thirty years later: "In the electric counting of alpha-particles it was seen that the small residuum of gas in the four-metre long tube... influenced the result. We attributed this to a slight scattering of the alpha-particles. Later on, I examined scattering quantitatively in several experiments. The most important observation was the appearance of isolated instances of extremely large angles of deflection, which were far outside the normal variations. At first we could not understand this at all." VIII. Rutherford makes the Critical Suggestion Hans Geiger was a scientist in his own right. He held a Ph.D., was a teacher on staff, and did research with Rutherford's direction and collaboration. It was at this time that he said (according to Rutherford), "Don't you think that young Marsden whom I am training in radioactive methods ought to begin a small research?" Rutherford agreed and, as Marsden remembers it 50 years later, he came into the lab one day, turned to Marsden and said "See if you can get some effect from alpha particles directly reflected from a metal surface." Marsden goes on to say about his own thoughts: "I did not think he expected any such result, but it was one of those hunches that perhaps some effect might be observed .... The year before he died, Rutherford himself recalled what then happened: "Two or three days later Geiger came to me in great excitement and said: "We have been able to get some of the alpha particles coming backwards." For Ernest Rutherford, winner of the 1908 Nobel Prize in Chemistry, his greatest scientific achievement still lay two years into the future. Sometime in late 1910/early 1911, he switched roles with Geiger, who remembers it from 27 years later: "One day Rutherford, obviously in the best of spirits, came into my room and told me that he now knew what the atom looked like."
February 16, 2026 at 3:51 PM
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This would be a great candidate for @thelouvreof.bsky.social.
FoxyBard is Still Fighting @foxybard.bsky.social • 4h She/They Bluesky Elder Give me a good reason why someone should be deported. — Jared (hard "d") @jaredhardd.bsky.social • 4h 100+ Blocks 20+ Blocks Do you think we should have immigration laws at all? Because if not there's no point responding. — FoxyBard is Still Fighting @foxybard.bsky.social • 4h She/They Bluesky Elder Brother, I don't think we should have borders at all, but the world we're in right now isn't that. What, to you, constitutes a good reason to deport someone? — Jared (hard "d") @jaredhardd.bsky.social 100+ Blocks 20+ Blocks An Italian tourist who overstays his visa has no lawful reason to be here and won't suffer one whit if he's sent back. A Mexican cartel member with no ties to the US who entered illegally to sell drugs. I could go on but I think the point is made.
February 16, 2026 at 1:34 AM
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Happy Gallontines Day to those who celebrate!
GALLONTINES DAY BEER FLIGHT Deep Brewing, Tallahassee, FL 1. MY MAIN SQUEEZE | Chocolate Orange lIPA 2. SHARE THESE BERRIES | White Chocolate + Strawberry Sour Ale 3. COCONUTS OVER U | Dark Chocolate + Coconut Export Stout 4. JAW DROPPER | Milk Chocolate + Malted Milk Porter
February 15, 2026 at 7:29 PM
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Here. Look at the pants and bag that magically change colors!
Reddit post with AI “colorized” images of a suspect captured on a security cameras. Reddit post with AI “colorized” images of a suspect captured on a security cameras.
February 11, 2026 at 3:41 AM
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I thought it was a pack with a chest strap, but it appears to be dark trim across the upper chest of the full zip fleece jacket, not a chest strap.
Still black and white photo taken from the Nest cam video from Nancy Guthrie’s house showing that the chest strap-looking feature on the suspect’s full zip fleece jacket does not cross the zipper. Another black and white still photo taken from the Nest cam video from Nancy Guthrie’s house showing that the chest strap-looking feature on the suspect’s jacket does not cross the zipper. This photo also includes a close-up of the contrast trim on the fleece.
February 10, 2026 at 7:56 PM
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You can tell when it’s getting close to their evening medicine time because they both start hovering over me.
Stormy, a short haired brown tiger cat, is sitting on the pillow behind my head, purring loudly in anticipation. Rainy, a short haired gray cat with green eyes, is sitting next to me and staring intently at me.
February 10, 2026 at 1:54 AM
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An idea for possibly making Goose a touch more tolerable…
A post from the subreddit r/AnimalCrossing from 6у ago By user AlyBambi Goose is my absolute favorite character... one of the first days, I gave him a sheep costume and I love that he wears it all the time. A chicken, named Goose, wearing a sheep costume.
February 7, 2026 at 10:00 PM
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This #Carurday I want to give a shout out to my coworker, Rainy, who is very diligent about reminding me when I’ve gone too long without a break.
Rainy, a gray domestic shorthair cat, is curled up on top of a messy pile of work papers, looking very forlorn and neglected. Another photo of Rainy as she continues to flaunt her cuteness as she rolls around and stretches out on a pile of work papers.
February 7, 2026 at 2:04 PM
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Okay, Colton. It’s all on you, buddy.
#GoAvsGo #AvsBingo
Colorado avalanche bingo card with nine boxes marked off: Avs 24 shots on goal, 4 on 4 hockey, slashing, free space, MacKinnon point, holding, Makar point, any player multi point game, and shot off the goal post.
February 5, 2026 at 4:00 AM
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Thinly sliced Gjetost appreciation post.
Gjetost (pronounced "yay-toast") is not your typical cheese. A type of brunost, or “brown cheese,” this Norwegian classic stands out for its sweet, caramel-like flavor and caramel color. It’s traditionally made by boiling down whey — the liquid left after curdling and straining milk — until the natural sugars caramelize. The result? A firm but not hard cheese that’s easily sliced into thin curls and sheets with a flavor that’s rich, sweet, and completely unexpected. In this photo, very thinly sliced sheets of caramel-brown gjetost are haphazardly distributed on a small, square, white appetizer plate that says ”I love fowl language.”
February 5, 2026 at 3:27 AM
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Thanks to this “Vote Blue No Matter Who” weirdo who added me to his pejorative harassment feed merely for preemptively blocking him several days ago. Surely encouraging harassment is a great strategy for changing minds.
@madgreek2024.bsky.social has added you to the "Wankers & Morons & Twats" custom feed list
February 3, 2026 at 2:22 PM
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Just bought 6+2 share boxes!
An “l 🩷 Girl Scout Cookies” virtual photo badge.
January 28, 2026 at 5:10 AM
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The Kīlauea V3 cam is in the tephra fall zone again.

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January 24, 2026 at 11:06 PM
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My first Colorado Avalanche jersey. It’s got a few stains and the signature is faded and barely visible, but I know it’s there and that’s all that matters.
Picture of my signed 2001 Stanley Cup Ray Bourque #77 Colorado Avalanche jersey.
January 24, 2026 at 10:33 AM
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Forgot to post the jersey. #GoAvsGo
Photo of a signed Ray Bourque #77 Colorado Avalanche 2001 Stanley Cup championship jersey.
January 24, 2026 at 3:30 AM
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With Alt Text of the full announcement.
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE January 22, 2026 Contact: HHS Press Office 202-690-6343 United States Completes WHO Withdrawal WASHINGTON - January 22, 2026 - The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services and the U.S. Department of State today announced the United States' completion of its withdrawal from the World Health Organization (WHO) due to the organization's mishandling of the COVID-19 pandemic that arose out of Wuhan, China, its failure to adopt urgently needed reforms, and its inability to demonstrate independence from the inappropriate political influence of WHO member states. Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. and Secretary of State Marco Rubio issued a joint statement on the termination of U.S. membership in the WHO. President Trump on January 20, 2025, announced the U.S. plan to leave the WHO. During the yearlong process, the U.S. stopped funding WHO, withdrew all personnel from WHO, and began pivoting activities previously conducted with WHO to direct bilateral engagements with other countries and organizations. With the exit from WHO, the U.S. will be coordinating with WHO solely in a limited fashion to effectuate withdrawal. The WHO delayed declaring a global public health emergency and a pandemic during the early stages of COVID-19, costing the world critical weeks as the virus spread. During that period, WHO leadership echoed and praised China's response despite evidence of early underreporting, suppression of information and delays in confirming human-to-human transmission. The organization also downplayed asymptomatic transmission risks and failed to promptly acknowledge airborne spread. …alt text continued …alt text continued (same image) After the pandemic, the WHO did not adopt meaningful reforms to address political influence, governance weaknesses or poor coordination, reinforcing concerns that politics took priority over rapid, independent public health action and eroding global trust. Its report evaluating the possible origins of COVID-19 rejected the possibility that scientists created the virus, even though China refused to provide genetic sequences from individuals infected early in the pandemic and information on the Wuhan laboratories' activities and biosafety conditions. The U.S. is the world's leading force in protecting public health, saving lives, and responding rapidly to infectious disease outbreaks. Going forward, the U.S. government will continue its global health leadership through existing and new engagements directly with other countries, the private sector, non-governmental organizations, and faith-based entities. U.S.-led efforts will prioritize emergency response, biosecurity coordination, and health innovation to protect America first while delivering benefits to partners around the world.
January 23, 2026 at 3:23 AM
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What’s your sign?
A photo of a brown metal trail marker with a sign attached that says, “Do not pet the fart squirrels” along with a picture of a skunk.
January 22, 2026 at 2:11 PM
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Lol. This is true. Gonna have to try and find the rest of this sketch from Dustin Nickerson on Colorado.
January 22, 2026 at 11:34 AM
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That was fun! #AvsBingo
Avs bingo card at the end of the 3rd.
January 20, 2026 at 12:12 AM
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This was about a minute before the Manson penalty.
January 19, 2026 at 11:06 PM
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#AvsBingo!
Avs bingo card with a diagonal bingo.
January 19, 2026 at 10:53 PM
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#AvsBingo after 1
Colorado avalanche bingo card with seven items marked off: Manson penalty, Capitals power-play goal, free space, any holding penalty, after the whistle scrum, Chychrun point, Makar point.
January 19, 2026 at 10:11 PM
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Can you think of any political/policy issue in your lifetime with this level of consensus? Why are Dem leaders sitting on the fucking sidelines?!?
Quinnipiac poll: Nearly 9 in 10 U.S. voters oppose taking Greenland by military force Q: Would you support or oppose the United States trying to take Greenland by military force? Registered voters 86% oppose Republicans 68% oppose Democrats 95% oppose Independents 94% oppose Note: Totals may not equal 100% because of rounding. Source: Jan. 8-12, 2026, Quinnipiac poll of 1,133 registered voters with a margin of error of +/- 3.7 percentage points. Error margins are larger among subgroups.
January 18, 2026 at 11:14 PM
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#AvsBingo oh well
Has bingo card after three periods with no bingo
January 17, 2026 at 4:41 AM
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#AvsBingo after 2
Colorado avalanche bingo card with seven spaces marked off: Avs 29 shots on goal, O’Reilly point, free space, stamkos point, any player multi point game, Josi point, icing in last two minutes
January 17, 2026 at 3:49 AM