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Dear Americans, welcome to the thrilling game of ‘Did this dictator die or just disappear for a day?’ We’ve been playing it with Putin and Lukashenko for decades. Enjoy the suspense.
August 30, 2025 at 11:43 AM
Here is the starless version of my latest image which I think is pretty neat to look at.
July 31, 2025 at 3:41 PM
Latest from my observatory. IC5070 the Pelican Nebula an HII region in the constellation Cygnus.

90 x 1 minute L
90 x 1 minute R
90 x 1 minute G
90 x 1 minute B

Telescope Askar 106 509mm at f/5
Mount Astro-Physics Mach 2 GTO
Camera Ogma 26MC Mono IMX 571 APSC
July 31, 2025 at 12:24 AM
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If you are an NC resident and voted in November, please check if your name or the names of any family areone of the 60K votes being challenged. If so, confirm ASAP with your Board of Elections. You only have two weeks.

The website to check linked in the reply.

www.newsobserver.com/news/politic...
NC Court of Appeals gives over 60,000 challenged voters 15 days to prove eligibility
The majority wrote that, even though they have the authority to completely throw out the contested ballots, they decided to instead mandate a cure period for most of the challenged voters.
www.newsobserver.com
April 4, 2025 at 5:15 PM
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Who did this?
April 4, 2025 at 1:14 PM
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Those trying to understand the tariffs as economic policy are dangerously naive.

No, the tariffs are a tool to collapse our democracy. A means to compel loyalty from every business that will need to petition Trump for relief.

1/ A 🧵 to explain his plan and how we fight back.
April 3, 2025 at 3:29 AM
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March 31, 2025 at 8:47 PM
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Day 42
Gas prices up.
Egg prices doubled.
The world thinks we’re assholes.
Our neighbors think we’re assholes.
Tariffs will crater the economy.
An unelected billionaire on the spectrum is letting children, fire experts.
They have voted to take your Medicare and social security. You paid for it.
March 3, 2025 at 6:51 PM
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Apparently this story has been disappearing from some websites, possibly Being censored, look at it and share it while you can! 🙏
www.irishstar.com/news/us-news...
Donald Trump 'recruited by KGB in 80s and even has codename'
Alnur Mussayev, 72, who headed Kazakhstan’s National Security Committee, alleges Donald Trump was recruited when he was a 40-year-old New York real estate developer
www.irishstar.com
February 23, 2025 at 3:54 AM
US economy is largely driven by consumer spending. We need to go on retail strike until Trump is gone. No unnecessary spending until he is gone. Hold off on all non essential purchases. If the economy tanks even the bigots will turn on him. It is the most effective action we can take at this point.
February 21, 2025 at 4:12 PM
My latest from the observatory.
IC 5146 The Cocoon Nebula
From Wikipedia
IC 5146 is a stellar nursery where star-formation is ongoing. Observations by both the Spitzer Space Telescope and the Chandra X-ray Observatory have collectively identified hundreds of young stellar objects.
December 10, 2024 at 4:22 AM