I can’t believe you lefty Luddites hate tech so much that you embrace mRNA vaccines, heat pumps, electric bikes, hybrid work, renewable power (and awesome advancements in storage), space telescopes, and hot/cold running water but reject the planet destroying plagiarism enrich the worst people bots!
February 18, 2026 at 1:07 PM
I can’t believe you lefty Luddites hate tech so much that you embrace mRNA vaccines, heat pumps, electric bikes, hybrid work, renewable power (and awesome advancements in storage), space telescopes, and hot/cold running water but reject the planet destroying plagiarism enrich the worst people bots!
#Reverberations
#MusicChallenge
#MusicSky
Feb 18
The Telescopes - Celestial
www.youtube.com/watch?v=0qN9...
#MusicChallenge
#MusicSky
Feb 18
The Telescopes - Celestial
www.youtube.com/watch?v=0qN9...
The Telescopes - Celestial
YouTube video by Jason Fearn
www.youtube.com
February 17, 2026 at 10:00 PM
#Reverberations
#MusicChallenge
#MusicSky
Feb 18
The Telescopes - Celestial
www.youtube.com/watch?v=0qN9...
#MusicChallenge
#MusicSky
Feb 18
The Telescopes - Celestial
www.youtube.com/watch?v=0qN9...
TELESCOPES!
February 17, 2026 at 9:59 PM
TELESCOPES!
Une solution d'ingénierie climatique qui marche à tous les coups, pour les pays qui cherchent à provoquer des nuages dans le ciel :
Installer des télescopes et laisser la mesquinerie de l'Univers faire le travail...
😉
Installer des télescopes et laisser la mesquinerie de l'Univers faire le travail...
😉
February 17, 2026 at 9:17 AM
Une solution d'ingénierie climatique qui marche à tous les coups, pour les pays qui cherchent à provoquer des nuages dans le ciel :
Installer des télescopes et laisser la mesquinerie de l'Univers faire le travail...
😉
Installer des télescopes et laisser la mesquinerie de l'Univers faire le travail...
😉
Well it's near impossible for extraterrestrials to not exist in this infinite universe. Have you ever noticed that all of the telescopes looking for intelligent life are pointing away from Earth ???
February 16, 2026 at 11:57 AM
Well it's near impossible for extraterrestrials to not exist in this infinite universe. Have you ever noticed that all of the telescopes looking for intelligent life are pointing away from Earth ???
Lasers, particle colliders, deep space telescopes, green energy, mRNA technology, quantum computing, high-speed rail systems, prosthetic technology, Wayback machine, Wikipedia
February 18, 2026 at 10:01 AM
Lasers, particle colliders, deep space telescopes, green energy, mRNA technology, quantum computing, high-speed rail systems, prosthetic technology, Wayback machine, Wikipedia
This is such a weird question for me as someone who just came to work to finalize slides for my class on upcoming space telescopes while over breakfast my husband kept sharing his excitement in how much power our new solar panels are generating and if it’ll be enough to charge the car today
"Is there technology the left is excited about?" is the kind of question you only ask if you're wildly naive about technology.
mRNA vaccines. Heat pumps. Offshore wind. Urban mining. Sodium batteries.
But god forbid we're not fawning over every new implementation of Making Computers Bad At Math.
mRNA vaccines. Heat pumps. Offshore wind. Urban mining. Sodium batteries.
But god forbid we're not fawning over every new implementation of Making Computers Bad At Math.
February 18, 2026 at 6:05 PM
This is such a weird question for me as someone who just came to work to finalize slides for my class on upcoming space telescopes while over breakfast my husband kept sharing his excitement in how much power our new solar panels are generating and if it’ll be enough to charge the car today
Gender-affirming care! Mife! Postal services! Glass recycling! Bikes! Darning! Litter pickers! Telescopes (not on sacred ground)! Drums! Stone circles! Loop pedals! Megaphones! Vaccines & the means to keep them stable & distribute them widely! Writing/record-keeping systems! Condoms! Pond liners!
February 18, 2026 at 10:11 AM
Gender-affirming care! Mife! Postal services! Glass recycling! Bikes! Darning! Litter pickers! Telescopes (not on sacred ground)! Drums! Stone circles! Loop pedals! Megaphones! Vaccines & the means to keep them stable & distribute them widely! Writing/record-keeping systems! Condoms! Pond liners!
February 15, 2026 at 12:19 AM
mRNA, CAR-T, solar, UVGI, HVAC, sodium batteries, space telescopes, metformin, ductless turbofans, ceramics, storm modeling, acidic laundry rinse, 3D-printed organs, next-gen antibiotics, MP3 players, golden rice, dirigibles, induction cooktops, Wikipedia, infrared thermometers, modern meat packing,
is there a technology that "the left" is excited about?
www.transformernews.ai/p/the-left-i...
www.transformernews.ai/p/the-left-i...
The left is missing out on AI
As a movement, it has largely refused to engage seriously with AI, ceding debate about a threat and opportunity to the right
www.transformernews.ai
February 18, 2026 at 1:32 AM
mRNA, CAR-T, solar, UVGI, HVAC, sodium batteries, space telescopes, metformin, ductless turbofans, ceramics, storm modeling, acidic laundry rinse, 3D-printed organs, next-gen antibiotics, MP3 players, golden rice, dirigibles, induction cooktops, Wikipedia, infrared thermometers, modern meat packing,
It never would have occurred to me that we could have telescopes capable of seeing a change in redshift of a galaxy over time as the univeral expansion accelerates. That's mind-boggling.
Can we see the expanding Universe changing?
#AskEthan
We've measured the expanding Universe by looking at many objects at different distances and with different redshifts.
Here's how we'll measure it directly: with just one object over time.
bigthink.com/starts-with-...
#space #astro #redshift
#AskEthan
We've measured the expanding Universe by looking at many objects at different distances and with different redshifts.
Here's how we'll measure it directly: with just one object over time.
bigthink.com/starts-with-...
#space #astro #redshift
Ask Ethan: Can we see the expanding Universe changing?
The Universe is expanding, the expansion is accelerating, and some galaxies even recede faster-than-light. Can we see a change in real time?
bigthink.com
February 13, 2026 at 5:27 PM
It never would have occurred to me that we could have telescopes capable of seeing a change in redshift of a galaxy over time as the univeral expansion accelerates. That's mind-boggling.
We got custom Buffs made for the Sweden SKA Science Days and other sweSRC and Nordic ARC node events this year, inspired by the telescopes and landscape of Onsala Space Observatory. The anticipation has been intense, but they turned out so well! 🤩 🔭 📡
February 14, 2026 at 5:27 PM
We got custom Buffs made for the Sweden SKA Science Days and other sweSRC and Nordic ARC node events this year, inspired by the telescopes and landscape of Onsala Space Observatory. The anticipation has been intense, but they turned out so well! 🤩 🔭 📡
In this image captured at Paranal, one of the Auxiliary Telescopes of our VLT is still asleep, with its spherical dome closed.
But overhead, the night is wide awake and the #milkyway is putting on a stunning show!
Read more: https://www.eso.org/public/images/potw2607a/
🔭 🧪
📷 A. Trigo/ESO
But overhead, the night is wide awake and the #milkyway is putting on a stunning show!
Read more: https://www.eso.org/public/images/potw2607a/
🔭 🧪
📷 A. Trigo/ESO
February 16, 2026 at 8:02 AM
In this image captured at Paranal, one of the Auxiliary Telescopes of our VLT is still asleep, with its spherical dome closed.
But overhead, the night is wide awake and the #milkyway is putting on a stunning show!
Read more: https://www.eso.org/public/images/potw2607a/
🔭 🧪
📷 A. Trigo/ESO
But overhead, the night is wide awake and the #milkyway is putting on a stunning show!
Read more: https://www.eso.org/public/images/potw2607a/
🔭 🧪
📷 A. Trigo/ESO
...'The internet' as a shared, information sharing resource. Vaccines, personalised gene therapy, re-use and recycling, new antibiotics, heat pumps, energy storage, space-based telescopes...
February 17, 2026 at 9:59 PM
...'The internet' as a shared, information sharing resource. Vaccines, personalised gene therapy, re-use and recycling, new antibiotics, heat pumps, energy storage, space-based telescopes...
3/ Three Auxiliary Telescopes and above them, star trails, each one marking the apparent path of a single star across the dark night sky, due to the rotation of the Earth.
📷 ESO/B. Tafreshi (twanight.org)
🔭
📷 ESO/B. Tafreshi (twanight.org)
🔭
February 17, 2026 at 8:04 AM
3/ Three Auxiliary Telescopes and above them, star trails, each one marking the apparent path of a single star across the dark night sky, due to the rotation of the Earth.
📷 ESO/B. Tafreshi (twanight.org)
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📷 ESO/B. Tafreshi (twanight.org)
🔭
The iOptron Rumak and Askar 60F mounted on my Skytee II with Skywatcher guidescope and finder.
#astronomy #telescopes #refractor #maksutov-cassegrain
#astronomy #telescopes #refractor #maksutov-cassegrain
February 14, 2026 at 3:19 PM
The iOptron Rumak and Askar 60F mounted on my Skytee II with Skywatcher guidescope and finder.
#astronomy #telescopes #refractor #maksutov-cassegrain
#astronomy #telescopes #refractor #maksutov-cassegrain
The Visible Universe - a journey from 100 km to 12.4 billion light years - From Rolf Wahl Olsen - https://flic.kr/p/atvFK7
February 18, 2026 at 5:00 AM
The Visible Universe - a journey from 100 km to 12.4 billion light years - From Rolf Wahl Olsen - https://flic.kr/p/atvFK7
First, I probably know tens of dozens of progressives who are happily using Claude, ChatGPT, or Gemini.
But as for fascinating tech I’m excited about:
mRNA vaccines
Gene therapy
Particle colliders
Solar energy capture
Space telescopes
Planetary rovers
Tech that expands knowledge and saves lives.
But as for fascinating tech I’m excited about:
mRNA vaccines
Gene therapy
Particle colliders
Solar energy capture
Space telescopes
Planetary rovers
Tech that expands knowledge and saves lives.
is there a technology that "the left" is excited about?
www.transformernews.ai/p/the-left-i...
www.transformernews.ai/p/the-left-i...
The left is missing out on AI
As a movement, it has largely refused to engage seriously with AI, ceding debate about a threat and opportunity to the right
www.transformernews.ai
February 18, 2026 at 1:39 PM
First, I probably know tens of dozens of progressives who are happily using Claude, ChatGPT, or Gemini.
But as for fascinating tech I’m excited about:
mRNA vaccines
Gene therapy
Particle colliders
Solar energy capture
Space telescopes
Planetary rovers
Tech that expands knowledge and saves lives.
But as for fascinating tech I’m excited about:
mRNA vaccines
Gene therapy
Particle colliders
Solar energy capture
Space telescopes
Planetary rovers
Tech that expands knowledge and saves lives.
Le démantèlement de la science à la NASA: 60 années de savoir pour le savoir. «Human-spaceflight missions are useful to the president as nationalistic spectacles[...] but although crewed missions can inspire awe [...] they provide far less scientific return than robotic probes or space telescopes.»
An Act of Cosmic Sabotage
How Donald Trump tried to ground NASA’s science missions
www.theatlantic.com
February 18, 2026 at 1:47 PM
Le démantèlement de la science à la NASA: 60 années de savoir pour le savoir. «Human-spaceflight missions are useful to the president as nationalistic spectacles[...] but although crewed missions can inspire awe [...] they provide far less scientific return than robotic probes or space telescopes.»
Hot Potato Poetry Challenge
@ignorantfairy.bsky.social
Your prompt is 'dreamspace'
Change it to a new one and pass it on!
#poetry
It was simulcast worldwide;
Satellite telescopes found them
Making a direct line for Earth
Attempts to communicate
Get bounced back at us
So we prepare for war
@ignorantfairy.bsky.social
Your prompt is 'dreamspace'
Change it to a new one and pass it on!
#poetry
It was simulcast worldwide;
Satellite telescopes found them
Making a direct line for Earth
Attempts to communicate
Get bounced back at us
So we prepare for war
Hot Potato Poetry Challenge ✍️
@acausalqualia.bsky.social
Your prompt is "telescope"
Change it to a new one and pass it on!
"Quote post" to keep the chain going :)
#poempass #poetry
(Full poem in alt text)
@acausalqualia.bsky.social
Your prompt is "telescope"
Change it to a new one and pass it on!
"Quote post" to keep the chain going :)
#poempass #poetry
(Full poem in alt text)
February 15, 2026 at 7:18 PM
Hot Potato Poetry Challenge
@ignorantfairy.bsky.social
Your prompt is 'dreamspace'
Change it to a new one and pass it on!
#poetry
It was simulcast worldwide;
Satellite telescopes found them
Making a direct line for Earth
Attempts to communicate
Get bounced back at us
So we prepare for war
@ignorantfairy.bsky.social
Your prompt is 'dreamspace'
Change it to a new one and pass it on!
#poetry
It was simulcast worldwide;
Satellite telescopes found them
Making a direct line for Earth
Attempts to communicate
Get bounced back at us
So we prepare for war
Every day we get to work on the amazing Hubble, James Webb and upcoming Nancy Grace Roman space telescopes. We have to admit, they're out of this world! 😁 🔭
Happy Valentine's Day to our favorite NASA missions. 🫶
Happy Valentine's Day to our favorite NASA missions. 🫶
February 14, 2026 at 4:28 PM
Every day we get to work on the amazing Hubble, James Webb and upcoming Nancy Grace Roman space telescopes. We have to admit, they're out of this world! 😁 🔭
Happy Valentine's Day to our favorite NASA missions. 🫶
Happy Valentine's Day to our favorite NASA missions. 🫶
Vous me direz que c'est bien gentil mais c'était avant et ça reste pas les volumes des data centers. Alors oui mais même de nos jours, avec les partages des données issus des grands télescopes et satellites, c'est de la folie. L'astronomie est un très bon domaine pour apprendre le big data
7/N
7/N
February 16, 2026 at 7:45 AM
Vous me direz que c'est bien gentil mais c'était avant et ça reste pas les volumes des data centers. Alors oui mais même de nos jours, avec les partages des données issus des grands télescopes et satellites, c'est de la folie. L'astronomie est un très bon domaine pour apprendre le big data
7/N
7/N
#PPOD: This picture shows the full scope of Paranal’s beauty. Cerro Paranal in Chile’s Atacama Desert, the mountain peak home to ESO’s Very Large Telescope (VLT), is a site of many marvels. And this panoramic image taken by Chilean astrophotographer Alexis Trigo certainly captures them all. 🧪 🔭
February 13, 2026 at 4:03 PM
#PPOD: This picture shows the full scope of Paranal’s beauty. Cerro Paranal in Chile’s Atacama Desert, the mountain peak home to ESO’s Very Large Telescope (VLT), is a site of many marvels. And this panoramic image taken by Chilean astrophotographer Alexis Trigo certainly captures them all. 🧪 🔭
We do a lot of looking: we look through lenses, telescopes, television tubes…
Our looking is perfected every day, but we see less and less.
~ Frederick Franck (1909-2006)
#Photography by Dan Dinu.
Our looking is perfected every day, but we see less and less.
~ Frederick Franck (1909-2006)
#Photography by Dan Dinu.
February 13, 2026 at 3:13 PM
We do a lot of looking: we look through lenses, telescopes, television tubes…
Our looking is perfected every day, but we see less and less.
~ Frederick Franck (1909-2006)
#Photography by Dan Dinu.
Our looking is perfected every day, but we see less and less.
~ Frederick Franck (1909-2006)
#Photography by Dan Dinu.