Jason Betzner
@jbetzner.bsky.social
I’m a former science teacher with interests in photography, space, and art. He/Him
Silence is Consent. Resist.
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Silence is Consent. Resist.
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Still can’t get over how beautiful this was.
Aurora from Virginia on 11/11/25.
#Photography #Aurora #eastcoastkin
Aurora from Virginia on 11/11/25.
#Photography #Aurora #eastcoastkin
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The Seagull Nebula 🌌
Here is a spectacular astrophotography target to try with your wide-field refractor this winter.
I took this one using a super portable (quickly set up and run back inside) on a freezing cold night in February.
#astrophotography
Here is a spectacular astrophotography target to try with your wide-field refractor this winter.
I took this one using a super portable (quickly set up and run back inside) on a freezing cold night in February.
#astrophotography
December 5, 2025 at 4:19 PM
The Seagull Nebula 🌌
Here is a spectacular astrophotography target to try with your wide-field refractor this winter.
I took this one using a super portable (quickly set up and run back inside) on a freezing cold night in February.
#astrophotography
Here is a spectacular astrophotography target to try with your wide-field refractor this winter.
I took this one using a super portable (quickly set up and run back inside) on a freezing cold night in February.
#astrophotography
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The windchill here is -4 degrees and I’m waiting for the bus. As I blink through the ice shards blowing into my eyeballs at 30 mph, I think about how glad I am they took the bus shelter down.
At least the unhoused will have cause to reflect on how little they contributed to the economy.
At least the unhoused will have cause to reflect on how little they contributed to the economy.
December 4, 2025 at 10:04 PM
The windchill here is -4 degrees and I’m waiting for the bus. As I blink through the ice shards blowing into my eyeballs at 30 mph, I think about how glad I am they took the bus shelter down.
At least the unhoused will have cause to reflect on how little they contributed to the economy.
At least the unhoused will have cause to reflect on how little they contributed to the economy.
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I can't stop looking at the images taken by ISS astronauts during the Nov 11-13 G4 event. Here, I have taken a screenshot from Jonny Kim's video showing a SAR arc detached from the main auroral oval.
December 5, 2025 at 11:45 PM
I can't stop looking at the images taken by ISS astronauts during the Nov 11-13 G4 event. Here, I have taken a screenshot from Jonny Kim's video showing a SAR arc detached from the main auroral oval.
Pete Souza keeping it real 😂
December 5, 2025 at 11:45 PM
Pete Souza keeping it real 😂
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“What have I done!” 🤡
December 5, 2025 at 4:11 PM
“What have I done!” 🤡
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There are a couple of glancing blow impacts from CMEs possible on Dec 8. One of them is a faint CME due to the M6.0 flare from AR 4300 which peaked at 2025-12-04 02:50 UT.
The other a bright, wide CME observed to the SE in SOHO LASCO C2/C3.
Not expecting much from these, just an FYI mostly.
The other a bright, wide CME observed to the SE in SOHO LASCO C2/C3.
Not expecting much from these, just an FYI mostly.
December 5, 2025 at 7:22 AM
There are a couple of glancing blow impacts from CMEs possible on Dec 8. One of them is a faint CME due to the M6.0 flare from AR 4300 which peaked at 2025-12-04 02:50 UT.
The other a bright, wide CME observed to the SE in SOHO LASCO C2/C3.
Not expecting much from these, just an FYI mostly.
The other a bright, wide CME observed to the SE in SOHO LASCO C2/C3.
Not expecting much from these, just an FYI mostly.
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The ACIP recommendation to end the universal birth dose of the hepatitis B vaccine puts millions of American children at greater risk of liver damage, cancer and early death.
December 5, 2025 at 4:43 PM
The ACIP recommendation to end the universal birth dose of the hepatitis B vaccine puts millions of American children at greater risk of liver damage, cancer and early death.
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December 5, 2025 at 12:51 PM
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Took my #Dwarf3 to Breckenridge for Thanksgiving and tried imaging M31 in the freezing cold.
185 subs later, I think the Andromeda shot turned out awesome. Shout out to @naztronomy.com and his amazing Siril script for smart telescopes.
#astrophotography #astronomy #space
185 subs later, I think the Andromeda shot turned out awesome. Shout out to @naztronomy.com and his amazing Siril script for smart telescopes.
#astrophotography #astronomy #space
December 5, 2025 at 2:05 PM
Took my #Dwarf3 to Breckenridge for Thanksgiving and tried imaging M31 in the freezing cold.
185 subs later, I think the Andromeda shot turned out awesome. Shout out to @naztronomy.com and his amazing Siril script for smart telescopes.
#astrophotography #astronomy #space
185 subs later, I think the Andromeda shot turned out awesome. Shout out to @naztronomy.com and his amazing Siril script for smart telescopes.
#astrophotography #astronomy #space
The sick humor in the arrest over the J6 pipe bomb suspect is that Trump’s sweeping pardon of everyone involved in that attack might also apply to the would be bomber and thus deny Pam Bondi and Trump a “win”.
December 5, 2025 at 4:21 PM
The sick humor in the arrest over the J6 pipe bomb suspect is that Trump’s sweeping pardon of everyone involved in that attack might also apply to the would be bomber and thus deny Pam Bondi and Trump a “win”.
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An Upper Peninsula of Michigan pine plantation for #ForestFriday!
December 5, 2025 at 11:51 AM
An Upper Peninsula of Michigan pine plantation for #ForestFriday!
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A first desert image from last month trip to UAE… Sunset + desert dust = beautiful orange ball at the horizon.
Return home have been total chaos so I’m just starting to work on the images.
#photography #art #nature #landscape
Return home have been total chaos so I’m just starting to work on the images.
#photography #art #nature #landscape
December 5, 2025 at 2:13 PM
A first desert image from last month trip to UAE… Sunset + desert dust = beautiful orange ball at the horizon.
Return home have been total chaos so I’m just starting to work on the images.
#photography #art #nature #landscape
Return home have been total chaos so I’m just starting to work on the images.
#photography #art #nature #landscape
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I still have processed images I haven't shared and others I haven't processed yet. The 11/11 aurora was pretty magical.
#aurora #auroraborealis #northernlights #Nikon #PhotographersUnited
#aurora #auroraborealis #northernlights #Nikon #PhotographersUnited
December 5, 2025 at 12:22 AM
I still have processed images I haven't shared and others I haven't processed yet. The 11/11 aurora was pretty magical.
#aurora #auroraborealis #northernlights #Nikon #PhotographersUnited
#aurora #auroraborealis #northernlights #Nikon #PhotographersUnited
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The fact that a second strike like that in an armed conflict is definitely a war crime should not completely negate the fact that *there is no war* and ALL the strikes are cold-blooded murder. The whole chain of command are murderers.
December 5, 2025 at 1:20 AM
The fact that a second strike like that in an armed conflict is definitely a war crime should not completely negate the fact that *there is no war* and ALL the strikes are cold-blooded murder. The whole chain of command are murderers.
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December 4, 2025 at 9:47 PM
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Somali immigrants make our country stronger.
President Trump is yet again trying to demonize people who contribute to our communities to justify his cruel anti-immigrant agenda.
President Trump is yet again trying to demonize people who contribute to our communities to justify his cruel anti-immigrant agenda.
December 4, 2025 at 7:27 PM
Somali immigrants make our country stronger.
President Trump is yet again trying to demonize people who contribute to our communities to justify his cruel anti-immigrant agenda.
President Trump is yet again trying to demonize people who contribute to our communities to justify his cruel anti-immigrant agenda.
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Every state needs to completely decouple their vaccination policy from ACIP if they haven’t already done so.
This is no longer a credible scientific body.
This is no longer a credible scientific body.
December 4, 2025 at 4:25 PM
Every state needs to completely decouple their vaccination policy from ACIP if they haven’t already done so.
This is no longer a credible scientific body.
This is no longer a credible scientific body.
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Dropping these magazines silences the perspectives of women and Black students and robs all students of valuable learning opportunities.
All students have the freedom to express themselves on campus.
All students have the freedom to express themselves on campus.
U. of Alabama Suspends Black and Female Student Magazines, Citing D.E.I. Guidance
www.nytimes.com
December 4, 2025 at 4:44 PM
Dropping these magazines silences the perspectives of women and Black students and robs all students of valuable learning opportunities.
All students have the freedom to express themselves on campus.
All students have the freedom to express themselves on campus.
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An hour ago, on Sunk Island in East Yorkshire, the sky lit up with #aurora. Dancing pillars and vivid reds to the naked eye, despite the almost full Moon! Welcome to winter! 💃
December 3, 2025 at 8:55 PM
An hour ago, on Sunk Island in East Yorkshire, the sky lit up with #aurora. Dancing pillars and vivid reds to the naked eye, despite the almost full Moon! Welcome to winter! 💃
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I have way more birds than I thought I would have.
#birdoftheday
#songbirds
One of many trips to Rocky Mountain Arsenal. Denver
#colorado
#birds
#birdphotography
#nature
#birdoftheday
#songbirds
One of many trips to Rocky Mountain Arsenal. Denver
#colorado
#birds
#birdphotography
#nature
December 5, 2025 at 12:11 AM
I have way more birds than I thought I would have.
#birdoftheday
#songbirds
One of many trips to Rocky Mountain Arsenal. Denver
#colorado
#birds
#birdphotography
#nature
#birdoftheday
#songbirds
One of many trips to Rocky Mountain Arsenal. Denver
#colorado
#birds
#birdphotography
#nature
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The dripping contempt the right wing SCOTUS majority holds for district judges is truly a sight to behold every time. When they deign to give actual reasons for their shadow docket holdings, it’s “look at the absolute idiots who keep getting everything wrong!”
December 4, 2025 at 11:31 PM
The dripping contempt the right wing SCOTUS majority holds for district judges is truly a sight to behold every time. When they deign to give actual reasons for their shadow docket holdings, it’s “look at the absolute idiots who keep getting everything wrong!”
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NEW: GRAND JURY REFUSES TO RE-INDICT LETITIA JAMES per @nicollewallace.bsky.social on Deadline White House. HAHAHAHA
December 4, 2025 at 10:35 PM
NEW: GRAND JURY REFUSES TO RE-INDICT LETITIA JAMES per @nicollewallace.bsky.social on Deadline White House. HAHAHAHA