Travis (Ryder Zblok)
@travisweik.bsky.social
Newspaper editor and reporter. Consumer of media, especially the Doctor Who variety. NSO for Cornfed Roller Derby.
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Areas of drizzle and fog this morning will end this afternoon. Dry weather is expected through Saturday evening with widespread rain and a few strong storms for Sunday. Temperatures will remain warm through Sunday, then will turn much colder for early next week. #INwx #indy #Hoosiersky
December 26, 2025 at 12:30 PM
Areas of drizzle and fog this morning will end this afternoon. Dry weather is expected through Saturday evening with widespread rain and a few strong storms for Sunday. Temperatures will remain warm through Sunday, then will turn much colder for early next week. #INwx #indy #Hoosiersky
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RFK: “Where did all this autism come from? It never existed when I was a kid!”
“A Christmas Story”, a 1983 movie based on a 1971 memoir about a childhood in the 1930s: “This is my brother Ralphie. He has a ton of sensory issues and behaviors we don’t understand. Every family has a child like him.”
“A Christmas Story”, a 1983 movie based on a 1971 memoir about a childhood in the 1930s: “This is my brother Ralphie. He has a ton of sensory issues and behaviors we don’t understand. Every family has a child like him.”
December 26, 2025 at 2:43 AM
RFK: “Where did all this autism come from? It never existed when I was a kid!”
“A Christmas Story”, a 1983 movie based on a 1971 memoir about a childhood in the 1930s: “This is my brother Ralphie. He has a ton of sensory issues and behaviors we don’t understand. Every family has a child like him.”
“A Christmas Story”, a 1983 movie based on a 1971 memoir about a childhood in the 1930s: “This is my brother Ralphie. He has a ton of sensory issues and behaviors we don’t understand. Every family has a child like him.”
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Here's a shot I got this year that I like a lot. I'm pretty sure this was on Trona Road on the way to some legit Milky way action in the desert! #Photography
December 26, 2025 at 7:01 AM
Here's a shot I got this year that I like a lot. I'm pretty sure this was on Trona Road on the way to some legit Milky way action in the desert! #Photography
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KIMMEL, to the UK:
“.. It may not seem like it, but we love you guys. .. We’re going through a bit of a wobble right now, but we’ll come around. .. Give us about three years.”
@jimmykimmel.com
“.. It may not seem like it, but we love you guys. .. We’re going through a bit of a wobble right now, but we’ll come around. .. Give us about three years.”
@jimmykimmel.com
December 26, 2025 at 3:27 AM
KIMMEL, to the UK:
“.. It may not seem like it, but we love you guys. .. We’re going through a bit of a wobble right now, but we’ll come around. .. Give us about three years.”
@jimmykimmel.com
“.. It may not seem like it, but we love you guys. .. We’re going through a bit of a wobble right now, but we’ll come around. .. Give us about three years.”
@jimmykimmel.com
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Good morning Bluesky!
December 26, 2025 at 12:31 PM
Good morning Bluesky!
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Merry Christmas to all who celebrate! We had an amazing morning with an ever-changing sunrise and a 7-7 tie vote at the bagel shop for the favorite, so I got to be the tiebreaker today. Tap for full size. I hope you have a great day!
December 25, 2025 at 3:07 PM
Merry Christmas to all who celebrate! We had an amazing morning with an ever-changing sunrise and a 7-7 tie vote at the bagel shop for the favorite, so I got to be the tiebreaker today. Tap for full size. I hope you have a great day!
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Extremely funny to call the pope “holier-than-thou”
December 25, 2025 at 4:05 AM
Extremely funny to call the pope “holier-than-thou”
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Mom and dad said that if I posed really nice while wearing my new pajamas some fat guy is gonna bring me treats tonight. I hope it is a whole steak.
December 24, 2025 at 11:03 PM
Mom and dad said that if I posed really nice while wearing my new pajamas some fat guy is gonna bring me treats tonight. I hope it is a whole steak.
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🤖 image processing for #JWST 🔭 data (Abell370). RGB Filters: 480, 360, 150
PI: Withers, Cassandra, program 05890. CRVAL: 39.98641, -1.596807
Credits: NASA, ESA, CSA, STScI.
PI: Withers, Cassandra, program 05890. CRVAL: 39.98641, -1.596807
Credits: NASA, ESA, CSA, STScI.
December 25, 2025 at 7:38 AM
🤖 image processing for #JWST 🔭 data (Abell370). RGB Filters: 480, 360, 150
PI: Withers, Cassandra, program 05890. CRVAL: 39.98641, -1.596807
Credits: NASA, ESA, CSA, STScI.
PI: Withers, Cassandra, program 05890. CRVAL: 39.98641, -1.596807
Credits: NASA, ESA, CSA, STScI.
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I see a lot of people complaining that Pluribus is slow and boring.
This is what TV and movies used to be like before Netflix changed the law requiring characters to explain the plot in the first 15 minutes of runtime.
This is what TV and movies used to be like before Netflix changed the law requiring characters to explain the plot in the first 15 minutes of runtime.
December 25, 2025 at 1:39 AM
I see a lot of people complaining that Pluribus is slow and boring.
This is what TV and movies used to be like before Netflix changed the law requiring characters to explain the plot in the first 15 minutes of runtime.
This is what TV and movies used to be like before Netflix changed the law requiring characters to explain the plot in the first 15 minutes of runtime.
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26th December, 1964:
"Doctor Who: The Dalek Invasion of Earth - Flashpoint". #DoctorWho
"Doctor Who: The Dalek Invasion of Earth - Flashpoint". #DoctorWho
December 25, 2025 at 10:53 PM
26th December, 1964:
"Doctor Who: The Dalek Invasion of Earth - Flashpoint". #DoctorWho
"Doctor Who: The Dalek Invasion of Earth - Flashpoint". #DoctorWho
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A few excerpts from Darmok's Christmas Story:
Ralphie and Flick, at the flagpole.
Randy, his arms down.
The Old Man, when the lamp broke.
Santa and Ralphie, on the mountain.
Ralphie and Flick, at the flagpole.
Randy, his arms down.
The Old Man, when the lamp broke.
Santa and Ralphie, on the mountain.
December 25, 2025 at 9:51 PM
A few excerpts from Darmok's Christmas Story:
Ralphie and Flick, at the flagpole.
Randy, his arms down.
The Old Man, when the lamp broke.
Santa and Ralphie, on the mountain.
Ralphie and Flick, at the flagpole.
Randy, his arms down.
The Old Man, when the lamp broke.
Santa and Ralphie, on the mountain.
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Three ways of looking at the iconic Christmas Tree Cluster, 2700 light years from Earth.
What the universe looks like depends on how we look at it. These views highlight infrared (left), x-rays (middle), and red emission from hydrogen gas. Beautiful in three different ways. 🧪🔭
What the universe looks like depends on how we look at it. These views highlight infrared (left), x-rays (middle), and red emission from hydrogen gas. Beautiful in three different ways. 🧪🔭
December 25, 2025 at 7:01 PM
Three ways of looking at the iconic Christmas Tree Cluster, 2700 light years from Earth.
What the universe looks like depends on how we look at it. These views highlight infrared (left), x-rays (middle), and red emission from hydrogen gas. Beautiful in three different ways. 🧪🔭
What the universe looks like depends on how we look at it. These views highlight infrared (left), x-rays (middle), and red emission from hydrogen gas. Beautiful in three different ways. 🧪🔭
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Merry Christmas to all of my Bluesky friends / followers.
This is NGC 2264 in the constellation Monoceros, sometimes called the "Christmas Tree Nebula." 12-minute exposure edited and cropped from an image I took last November 17 with my scope. #HoosierSky #SeeStarS50 #Astrophotography
This is NGC 2264 in the constellation Monoceros, sometimes called the "Christmas Tree Nebula." 12-minute exposure edited and cropped from an image I took last November 17 with my scope. #HoosierSky #SeeStarS50 #Astrophotography
December 25, 2025 at 5:39 AM
Merry Christmas to all of my Bluesky friends / followers.
This is NGC 2264 in the constellation Monoceros, sometimes called the "Christmas Tree Nebula." 12-minute exposure edited and cropped from an image I took last November 17 with my scope. #HoosierSky #SeeStarS50 #Astrophotography
This is NGC 2264 in the constellation Monoceros, sometimes called the "Christmas Tree Nebula." 12-minute exposure edited and cropped from an image I took last November 17 with my scope. #HoosierSky #SeeStarS50 #Astrophotography
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A rather dreary Christmas under a low overcast will include areas of dense fog this morning … with at least patchy fog returning for many areas tonight. Mild today with most areas reaching the 50s, with 60s along the Ohio Valley. #INwx #Hoosiersky
December 25, 2025 at 1:32 PM
A rather dreary Christmas under a low overcast will include areas of dense fog this morning … with at least patchy fog returning for many areas tonight. Mild today with most areas reaching the 50s, with 60s along the Ohio Valley. #INwx #Hoosiersky
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THE REPLICATORS ARE LAUNCHING HOLDAY GIFTS AT ANYTHING THAT MOVES ACROSS THE PROMENADE
December 25, 2025 at 1:10 PM
THE REPLICATORS ARE LAUNCHING HOLDAY GIFTS AT ANYTHING THAT MOVES ACROSS THE PROMENADE
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A true warrior is not too proud to express gratitude. Indeed, acknowledging when you have been helped, when others have shared with you, is essential to an honorable life. I am grateful to have spent another day with you, those who make my days lighter and more hopeful. Thank you.
December 24, 2025 at 2:37 PM
A true warrior is not too proud to express gratitude. Indeed, acknowledging when you have been helped, when others have shared with you, is essential to an honorable life. I am grateful to have spent another day with you, those who make my days lighter and more hopeful. Thank you.
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CBS is now state run media. Killing a story, then lying about the justification, is the death of integrity.
December 23, 2025 at 11:22 PM
CBS is now state run media. Killing a story, then lying about the justification, is the death of integrity.
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Pope Leo said in a Christmas Eve sermon that the story of Jesus being born in a stable because there was no room at an inn should remind Christians that refusing to help the poor and strangers today is tantamount to rejecting God himself. For @reuters.com
Pope Leo, on Christmas Eve, says denying help to poor is rejecting God
Pope Leo said in a Christmas Eve sermon on Wednesday that the story of Jesus being born in a stable because there was no room at an inn should remind Christians that refusing to help the poor and stra...
www.reuters.com
December 24, 2025 at 9:56 PM
Pope Leo said in a Christmas Eve sermon that the story of Jesus being born in a stable because there was no room at an inn should remind Christians that refusing to help the poor and strangers today is tantamount to rejecting God himself. For @reuters.com
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Someone remake “It’s a Wonderful Life” but Mr. Potter believes that hoarding is morally required so he can devote resources to delivering a far future with trillions of humans while George Bailey is like, “Gosh Darnit! What if taking care of people today is what takes care of people in the future?!”
December 25, 2025 at 2:35 AM
Someone remake “It’s a Wonderful Life” but Mr. Potter believes that hoarding is morally required so he can devote resources to delivering a far future with trillions of humans while George Bailey is like, “Gosh Darnit! What if taking care of people today is what takes care of people in the future?!”
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Christmas Eve games. Not a bad start to the holiday.
December 25, 2025 at 2:47 AM
Christmas Eve games. Not a bad start to the holiday.
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Nothing says ‘authoritarian’ quite like trying to shut down anyone who doesn’t praise you.
December 24, 2025 at 6:27 PM
Nothing says ‘authoritarian’ quite like trying to shut down anyone who doesn’t praise you.
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The best essay about this film that I've ever read, and I've not only read dozens, I've written a few myself. Hooray for Mary!
This is an almost shockingly wise essay. I'm glad I've finally read it.
There Is No Mary Problem in ‘It’s a Wonderful Life’
George’s vision of his wife without him is essential to the film, but critics continue to miss its true—and profound—meaning.
open.substack.com
December 24, 2025 at 12:59 AM
The best essay about this film that I've ever read, and I've not only read dozens, I've written a few myself. Hooray for Mary!