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bean sidhe

@number1banshee.bsky.social

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3D art/printing, mixed media, amateur photography watching humans prepare for off-world working & living within our lifetime - we can 💯do this with our compassion and empathy intact 🌑🌏🛰️ Collector of strange facts.

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bean sidhe @number1banshee.bsky.social · Nov 15

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Vittoria @vitt.bsky.social · Nov 15

Deserves to be shared on Bluesky too. The funniest video of all time.

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Paul Byrne @theplanetaryguy.bsky.social · 1d

This day ten years ago.

On 30 October 2015 the now-destroyed Arecibo radio telescope images this giant skull looming out of the dark of space.

A ghostly skull shape, defined by two darker areas where the eyes would be, and the lower portion of which fades into the grey speckled pattern of the background.

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Astronomy 🔭 @astronomy.bsky.social · 2d

The mysterious carbon star CW Leonis glows within a web of shells and arcs — a cosmic masterpiece of carbon dust and light. Its fiery layers may hold clues to how the carbon in us once drifted through dying stars like this one.

Image Credit: ESA, NASA, Hubble, T. Ueta (U. Denver), H. Kim (KASI)

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bean sidhe @number1banshee.bsky.social · 3d

The Gwich'in Nation & Why Their Land Is Important:

GCI’s mission is to amplify the voice of the Gwich’in Nation on issues of sustainable development and the environment in international fora, predominantly the Arctic Council.

arctic-council.org/about/perman...

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Scott Bachmeier @wisc-satellite.bsky.social · 3d

According to NHC, #Melissa made landfall along the SW coast of Jamaica at 1700 UTC.

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bean sidhe @number1banshee.bsky.social · 3d

no weather forecast along the route, but sure, advertising is what users need most 🤷

any open source recommendations to replace ios maps?

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Bruce Lawson @brucel.bsky.social · 4d

Python Software Foundation withdraws bid for $1.5m grant from US gov, because the terms require they do not "operate any programs that advance or promote DEI", and "it would be a betrayal of our mission and our community." Applause. pyfound.blogspot.com/2025/10/NSF-...

The PSF has withdrawn a $1.5 million proposal to US government grant program

pyfound.blogspot.com

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David Blanchflower BSc @davidbflower.bsky.social · 3d

I am very sorry to report that Prunella Scales has died. Wonderful actress. Probably best known as Sybil Fawlty in "Fawlty Towers."

Image of Prunella Scales in her role as Sybil Fawlty.

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Kevin M. Gill @kevinmgill.bsky.social · 5d

Comet C/2025 A6 Lemmon, 48.5 minutes of exposure across 97 images taken from Bear Divide in Los Angeles. This is the first time I’ve processed a comet observation like this so I had to do some quick learning and experimentation. Hopefully I’ll improve on this in the future.

flic.kr/p/2rBGQZv

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Eoghan Daltun 🌍 @irishrainforest.bsky.social · 5d

The light over the Atlantic coast of Ireland is like nowhere else on Earth 🌎

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AkaSci @akasci.bsky.social · 6d

Many spacecraft will get a chance to observe Interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS.

ESA Juice will collect imaging and spectral data from ~0.4 AU distance.

NASA Europa Clipper can potentially sample the plasma and dust tail from ~1 AU away.

fosstodon.org/@AkaSci/1153...
arxiv.org/pdf/2508.15768
#Astronomy

1. Table from paper of various spacecraft (and earth) and observation parameters during their closest approach of the comet.

2. Map of the solar system and locations of 3I/ATLAS, the inner planets and various spacecraft on Nov 4, with some added annotations by me
https://eyes.nasa.gov/apps/solar-system/#/c_2025_n1?rate=0&time=2025-11-04T16:17:20.000+00:00

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bean sidhe @number1banshee.bsky.social · 7d

is this legal? yes, naive question given current curcumstances, but genuine still

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HiRISE Beautiful Mars (NASA) @uahirise.bsky.social · 7d

HiRISE 8K: Concentric Crater Fill

These ridges are parallel to the crater rim and it’s possible that ice flowed down the higher crater walls towards the crater center from all directions at once.

Full cutout: https://flic.kr/p/2rBjDdU
NASA/JPL-Caltech/University of Arizona

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bean sidhe @number1banshee.bsky.social · 7d

this video from Dr Heather Cox Richardson helped my morning

Voting: there are currently abt 53,000 races across the United States many w/focus on protecting democracy

www.youtube.com/watch?v=wEWi...

hang in there friend
53,000 elections more important than 2026 & 2028 races combined right now
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What’s Happening in the White House and Across the Country Right Now | Explainer

YouTube video by Heather Cox Richardson

www.youtube.com

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Earthjustice @earthjustice.org · 8d

BREAKING: Today, Interior Secretary Doug Burgum opened all 1.56 million acres of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge’s Coastal Plain to oil and gas leasing. These lands are sacred to the Gwich’in Nation, home to irreplaceable wildlife and wilderness, and have never seen industrialization.

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ProPublica @propublica.org · 8d

#MedSky: In August, we reported that the VA lost more than 600 doctors and nearly 2,000 nurses this year.

We know that for many of you, the decision to leave the VA could not have been easy. Here’s how you can share your story with us ⤵️

Why Did You Leave the Department of Veterans Affairs?

ProPublica wants to hear from doctors, nurses and other front-line medical providers who recently left positions at a VA hospital or clinic.

www.propublica.org

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AltUSDA🐮🌱 Growing America’s Recalcitrance @altusda.altgov.info · 8d

WANTED! RESTAURANTS to donate leftover prepared foods! This org redistributes donated prepared foods and fresh or frozen foods from licensed food businesses including buffet restaurants. Also for VOLUNTEERS to deliver the food! #giveback #donatemeals #lesswaste #help
rescuingleftovercuisine.org

Food Rescue NYC | Rescuing Leftover Cuisine

Rescuing Leftover Cuisine redistributes excess food to people experiencing food insecurity.

rescuingleftovercuisine.org

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Matt Fulchiron @thefullcharge.bsky.social · 8d

If you don’t want ICE to find you, pretend you’re a clitoris.

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Bigthinkingcap @bigthinkingcap.bsky.social · 8d

C’mon guys..

does ANYONE remember America’s safe word ?

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bean sidhe @number1banshee.bsky.social · 8d

*starship, apologies.

“three Starship launches ended in spectacular failure this year, and one rocket exploded on its test stand in June“ www.bbc.com/news/article...

SpaceX pulls off Starship rocket launch in stunning comeback

The Starship rocket is critical to the company's hopes of one day carrying people to the Moon and Mars.

www.bbc.com

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David Blanchflower BSc @davidbflower.bsky.social · 8d

European firms unite in bid to rival SpaceX. 🔭 🧪 www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

European firms unite in bid to rival SpaceX

Sources from Airbus said

www.bbc.co.uk

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Kendra "Gloom is My Beat" Pierre-Louis @kendrawrites.com · 8d

It takes 30 days to grow a radish. Also 2/3 of the country is already in or entering winter.

G. Willow Wilson @gwillow.me · 8d

On Threads, the usual suspects are telling ppl about to lose SNAP benefits to just start a garden. As a gardener, I had to laugh. You need at LEAST an acre of land to feed a family of 4. Start-up costs are enormous. But yes, subsistence farming on the balcony of your rental apartment is the answer

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bean sidhe @number1banshee.bsky.social · 8d

Scott Kupor:

"Employees may seek to 'persuade' others the correctness of their own religious views"

bean sidhe @number1banshee.bsky.social · 8d

he’s itching to start a riot or two

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Katie Harbath @katieharbath.bsky.social · 8d

Picture of the East Wing demolition of the White House taken on my flight out of DCA.

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Matt Novak @paleofuture.bsky.social · 8d

ABC News pulled the satellite imagery of the White House comparing Sept. 26 to today.

abcnews.go.com/Politics/new...

Satellite view of the White House showing an image on the left where the East Wing is still standing and an image on the right where it's completely demolished

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