Dr. Timothy Pickering
@tepickering.bsky.social
astronomer, telescope wrangler, grizzled pythonista, bluesky boomer
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This is true and I was the only one on set excited about it (and playing the song on my phone to blank stares)
Just watched the new Knives Out and I think it's really important you know that the scene in the Seminary's Gym is filmed in the same place Rick Astley filmed the music video for Never Gonna Give You Up.
I saw the window tracery and immediately made my friends pause the film so I could tell them.
I saw the window tracery and immediately made my friends pause the film so I could tell them.
December 30, 2025 at 4:21 AM
This is true and I was the only one on set excited about it (and playing the song on my phone to blank stares)
kcrw now has a vintage24 feed and it's currently playing an episode of dierdre o'donoghue's snap! from dec 30, 1985. one of the featured albums is "sun city" by artists united against apartheid, an album and project organized by steven van zandt. awesome stuff that i hadn't heard in decades...
a man in a suit and tie has a pink pocket square
Alt: steven van zandt in a suit and tie with a pink pocket square
media.tenor.com
December 27, 2025 at 8:28 AM
kcrw now has a vintage24 feed and it's currently playing an episode of dierdre o'donoghue's snap! from dec 30, 1985. one of the featured albums is "sun city" by artists united against apartheid, an album and project organized by steven van zandt. awesome stuff that i hadn't heard in decades...
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"Six-piece Chicken McNobody" is hands-down THE most withering insult known to man
December 26, 2025 at 3:29 AM
"Six-piece Chicken McNobody" is hands-down THE most withering insult known to man
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Damn, I thought I was the only person who was using the Nieman Lab predictions to subtweet
www.niemanlab.org/2025/12/plea...
www.niemanlab.org/2025/12/plea...
Please learn how to use your computer
"The number of professionals in journalism, media, communications, and academia who still don't understand how to use the very tools they depend on for their livelihood is, frankly, staggering."
www.niemanlab.org
December 20, 2025 at 1:03 AM
Damn, I thought I was the only person who was using the Nieman Lab predictions to subtweet
www.niemanlab.org/2025/12/plea...
www.niemanlab.org/2025/12/plea...
epitome of “more ass than class”
December 18, 2025 at 12:34 AM
epitome of “more ass than class”
rescued from office purgatory. still works great at 16 years old…
December 17, 2025 at 11:33 PM
rescued from office purgatory. still works great at 16 years old…
i think it’s my fault for having visited the shrine to sterling sharpe they built at the packers hall of fame. think about what could have been if his career and then those of nick collins and jermichael finley weren’t cut so short…
If you would’ve told me I could protect Packers not named Jordan Love—I would’ve picked, in order:
4. Christian Watson
3. Tucker Kraft
2. Zach Tom
1. Micah Parsons
#GoPackGo
One of the most cruel, random, & painful days in Packer history. For as storied as this franchise is—it’s low key cursed af
4. Christian Watson
3. Tucker Kraft
2. Zach Tom
1. Micah Parsons
#GoPackGo
One of the most cruel, random, & painful days in Packer history. For as storied as this franchise is—it’s low key cursed af
December 15, 2025 at 2:16 AM
i think it’s my fault for having visited the shrine to sterling sharpe they built at the packers hall of fame. think about what could have been if his career and then those of nick collins and jermichael finley weren’t cut so short…
What actor’s facial expression in a movie will stay with you the rest of your life?
December 13, 2025 at 5:29 AM
What actor’s facial expression in a movie will stay with you the rest of your life?
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Reading around for a pod I'm recording tomorrow I came across this classic episode of @chrislhayes.bsky.social's pod where we dug into America's epistemic crisis. Tons of gems in here. And boy has everything on this front gotten *much* worse since 2018...
David Roberts explains how America's information crisis has impacted conservatism
Chris Hayes speaks with journalist David Roberts about how the erosion of trust and manipulation of information has impacted the conservative movement.
www.nbcnews.com
December 9, 2025 at 6:34 AM
Reading around for a pod I'm recording tomorrow I came across this classic episode of @chrislhayes.bsky.social's pod where we dug into America's epistemic crisis. Tons of gems in here. And boy has everything on this front gotten *much* worse since 2018...
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You will be visited by three spirits
December 9, 2025 at 6:10 AM
You will be visited by three spirits
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Trying out a new PCP's office, and their "preferred language" dropdown on the intake form is time-traveler inclusive.
December 8, 2025 at 8:06 PM
Trying out a new PCP's office, and their "preferred language" dropdown on the intake form is time-traveler inclusive.
today in WTF: saw an orange cybertruck sporting multiple cincinnati bengals stickers and personalized plates that said "ZATHRAS"...
a werewolf with the words not the one written below him
ALT: a werewolf with the words not the one written below him
media.tenor.com
December 8, 2025 at 5:50 AM
today in WTF: saw an orange cybertruck sporting multiple cincinnati bengals stickers and personalized plates that said "ZATHRAS"...
Movie you’ve watched more than six times with a gif. Hard mode: no Stars (Wars nor Trek), LOTR, or Marvel, Disney Animated or Pixar.
December 8, 2025 at 2:31 AM
Movie you’ve watched more than six times with a gif. Hard mode: no Stars (Wars nor Trek), LOTR, or Marvel, Disney Animated or Pixar.
what the heck is the deal with tucson grocery prices? for several things i looked at they were even more expensive than they were in anchorage. that new aldi needs to open, stat!
December 4, 2025 at 4:34 PM
what the heck is the deal with tucson grocery prices? for several things i looked at they were even more expensive than they were in anchorage. that new aldi needs to open, stat!
played winter weather travel roulette over the weekend and crushed it 💪❄️🌨️
December 1, 2025 at 3:32 PM
played winter weather travel roulette over the weekend and crushed it 💪❄️🌨️
introduce yourself with five concerts you’ve seen multiple times:
neko case
jenn wasner/flock of dimes/wye oak
pinback
nick cave
calexico
next five:
garbage
spoon
sleater-kinney
yo la tengo
jack parow
neko case
jenn wasner/flock of dimes/wye oak
pinback
nick cave
calexico
next five:
garbage
spoon
sleater-kinney
yo la tengo
jack parow
Introduce yourself with five concerts you've seen multiple times
Throwing Muses
PJ Harvey
Sleater-Kinney
My Bloody Valentine
Wye Oak
Throwing Muses
PJ Harvey
Sleater-Kinney
My Bloody Valentine
Wye Oak
Introduce yourself with five concerts you’ve seen multiple times
Neko Case
Winterpills
Yo La Tengo
Teenage Fanclub
The Magnetic Fields
Neko Case
Winterpills
Yo La Tengo
Teenage Fanclub
The Magnetic Fields
November 27, 2025 at 11:23 PM
introduce yourself with five concerts you’ve seen multiple times:
neko case
jenn wasner/flock of dimes/wye oak
pinback
nick cave
calexico
next five:
garbage
spoon
sleater-kinney
yo la tengo
jack parow
neko case
jenn wasner/flock of dimes/wye oak
pinback
nick cave
calexico
next five:
garbage
spoon
sleater-kinney
yo la tengo
jack parow
“everything is more beautiful because we are doomed”
November 19, 2025 at 8:02 PM
“everything is more beautiful because we are doomed”
was finally catching up with the latest henry rollins show from last friday and he played @ekkoastral.bsky.social (cc @jael.bsky.social): www.kcrw.com/shows/henry-...
Henry Rollins | Audiophile Music Radio Online | KCRW
A mix of all kinds, from all over and all time.
www.kcrw.com
November 18, 2025 at 11:58 PM
was finally catching up with the latest henry rollins show from last friday and he played @ekkoastral.bsky.social (cc @jael.bsky.social): www.kcrw.com/shows/henry-...
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Could argue the misogyny Summers expressed both publicly while president of Harvard and in emails to Epstein says more about the culture at our most elite institutions than any of the frontpage freakouts over academia in the past few years but hey
November 17, 2025 at 12:36 PM
Could argue the misogyny Summers expressed both publicly while president of Harvard and in emails to Epstein says more about the culture at our most elite institutions than any of the frontpage freakouts over academia in the past few years but hey
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Have you ever wanted @astropy.org tutorials on:
– spectroscopic data reduction from a raw FITS image,
– computing galactic orbits from Gaia measurements,
– cross-matching astronomical catalogs?
Check out the redesigned learn.astropy.org! Announcement from @numfocus.bsky.social below. 🧪🔭 #astrocode
– spectroscopic data reduction from a raw FITS image,
– computing galactic orbits from Gaia measurements,
– cross-matching astronomical catalogs?
Check out the redesigned learn.astropy.org! Announcement from @numfocus.bsky.social below. 🧪🔭 #astrocode
Explore the Redesigned Learn.Astropy.org
A New Way to Learn Astronomy with Python
numfocus.medium.com
November 17, 2025 at 1:07 PM
Have you ever wanted @astropy.org tutorials on:
– spectroscopic data reduction from a raw FITS image,
– computing galactic orbits from Gaia measurements,
– cross-matching astronomical catalogs?
Check out the redesigned learn.astropy.org! Announcement from @numfocus.bsky.social below. 🧪🔭 #astrocode
– spectroscopic data reduction from a raw FITS image,
– computing galactic orbits from Gaia measurements,
– cross-matching astronomical catalogs?
Check out the redesigned learn.astropy.org! Announcement from @numfocus.bsky.social below. 🧪🔭 #astrocode
drove the van thru a flash flood at anza borrego state park…
November 16, 2025 at 1:15 AM
drove the van thru a flash flood at anza borrego state park…
i will actually be in town as one of the co-hosts for this one. plus it’s wine wednesday and they have ethiopian tacos 😋
Space Drafts #111 is 7:30p this Wed. @ Zerai's Intl Bar (2725 E Broadway Blvd, Tucson, AZ)! We have UA grad students Anna Taylor, on how exoplanets lose their atmospheres, and Maria Mutz, on why neutron stars are so cool! If you can't make it in person we are also streaming at bit.ly/SpaceDrafts111.
November 13, 2025 at 2:40 AM
i will actually be in town as one of the co-hosts for this one. plus it’s wine wednesday and they have ethiopian tacos 😋
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"Since being salvaged from the Fitzgerald in 1995, the bell has been rung every year on Nov. 10, though never to this much attention or with this many survivors attending."
www.chicagotribune.com/2025/11/11/a...
www.chicagotribune.com/2025/11/11/a...
A ceremony remembers the Edmund Fitzgerald 50 years later, gales of November included
Friends and family members gathered at the Great Lakes Shipwreck Museum in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula to ring the bell and remember those who died 50 years ago.
www.chicagotribune.com
November 12, 2025 at 2:05 PM
"Since being salvaged from the Fitzgerald in 1995, the bell has been rung every year on Nov. 10, though never to this much attention or with this many survivors attending."
www.chicagotribune.com/2025/11/11/a...
www.chicagotribune.com/2025/11/11/a...