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Alan @nicehat.bsky.social · 22h

no rain in forecast
for #Garbage concert, but we’re
happy anyway
— #Saratoga #MountainWinery #Fall #SchoolNight
- https://www.nicehat.org/2025/10/23/no-rain-in-forecast/

man and woman sitting on bench before concert in saratoga

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Alan @nicehat.bsky.social · 2d

had fun processing
Thor’s Helmet. i really like
all of the details
— #Astrophotography #Backyard #SanJosé #NGC2359 #Seestar #S50 #Processed #Siril
- https://www.nicehat.org/2025/10/21/had-fun-processing/

Deep sky object "Thor's Helmet" captured via ZWO Seestar S50 from my backyard in San José and processed in Siril

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misformyley.bsky.social @misformyley.bsky.social · Jun 14

Graduate at 11, protest at 1. #nokingssanjose #nokings #fdt

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Tombmas Spooks @thomasfuchs.at · 12d

It all started to go downhill when people began to purposefully make vertically video

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Alan @nicehat.bsky.social · 27d

six by six weave and
frying six more for inside.
how’s your saturday?
— #BaconExplosion #666 #Apropos #ThePowerOfBaconCompelsMe #BaconFest
- https://www.nicehat.org/2025/09/27/six-by-six-weave-and/

18 slices of bacon being readied to create a bacon explosion: a bacon wrapped, italian sausage and bacon filled masterpiece.

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Alan @nicehat.bsky.social · Sep 23

flying home westward
to #FollowTheSun to make
for a long #birthday
— #FollowTheSun #Timezones #JetSet #BirthdayFlight #CPHSFO #SittingPretty
- https://www.nicehat.org/2025/09/23/flying-home-westward/

collage of photos for flight homeward from oslo via copenhagen

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Alan @nicehat.bsky.social · Sep 23

exchanged knowing nods
to a couple in #FloMask
on the first plane out
— #SittingPretty #JetSet #MaskUp #OSLCPH
- https://www.nicehat.org/2025/09/23/gave-the-knowing-nod/

man in flomask protective face mask aboard airplane

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Alan @nicehat.bsky.social · Sep 23

starting the trek home
on SAS Airways where
every row is #rad
— #JetSet #OSLCPH #BirthdayFlight
- https://www.nicehat.org/2025/09/23/starting-the-trek-home/

man boarding flight in Oslo where the sign indicates that the rows are rad

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · Sep 21

Remember: If we allow ourselves to fall into fatalism, or wallow in disappointment, or become resigned to what is rather than what should be, we will lose the long game.

The greatest enemy of positive social change is cynicism about what can be changed.

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Alan @nicehat.bsky.social · Sep 21

Willis the rhino
stays with Chewie in Norway
as we return home
— #Yarn #Crochet #Amigurumi #Woobles #Ravelry #JetSet
- https://www.nicehat.org/2025/09/21/willis-the-rhino/

crochet willis the rhino joins chewbacca the wookie at our friends' place in Norway

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Alan @nicehat.bsky.social · Sep 18

life imitates art
while roaming the national
museum, oslo
— #Commentary #IDontKnowArt #IKnowWhatILike
- https://www.nicehat.org/2025/09/18/life-imitates-art/

imitating poses and expressions of paintings at the National Museum, Oslo

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Alan @nicehat.bsky.social · Sep 17

opposites attract!
totally unplanned outfits
on public transit
— #Oslo #MatchyMatchy #RidingOnTheMetro
- www.nicehat.org/2025/09/17/o...

opposites attract…

opposites attract totally unplanned outfits on public transit — #Oslo #MatchyMatchy #RidingOnTheMetro

www.nicehat.org

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Tombmas Spooks @thomasfuchs.at · Sep 16

If you want to watch a Redford movie that fits the timeline, All the President's Men is right there.

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Alan @nicehat.bsky.social · Sep 16

quick hop to Oslo
after a very brisk walk
in Copenhagen
— #TightConnection #SittingPretty #JetSet #CPHOSL #MaskUp
- www.nicehat.org/2025/09/16/q...

quick hop to Oslo…

quick hop to Oslo after a very brisk walk in Copenhagen — #TightConnection #SittingPretty #JetSet #CPHOSL

www.nicehat.org

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Alan @nicehat.bsky.social · Sep 16

midair lookbook for
our flight to Norway! plenty
of matching colors!
— #matchymatchy #watches #nails #shoes #hair #MaskUp
- www.nicehat.org/2025/09/15/m...

midair lookbook for

midair lookbook for our flight to Norway! plenty of matching colors! — #matchymatchy #watches #nails #shoes #hair #MaskUp

www.nicehat.org

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Tombmas Spooks @thomasfuchs.at · Sep 16

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · Sep 1

This Labor Day (and all other days): Thank the workers who serve you. Appreciate the workers who care for you. Respect the workers who pick up your trash. Salute the workers who get you your mail. Honor the workers who teach your children.

Pay all workers a living wage.