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Parag @parag.bsky.social · 3h

Comet Lemmon on Oct 23,2025. It is interesting how much the tail structure has changed over two days. 45 minute (45x1min subs) total exposure for this image. #cometlemmon #astrophotography

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Parag @parag.bsky.social · 12h

May I suggest you try CO next time? I am sure it is better.

Matt the Starting Over Guy @theinfinitedadness.bsky.social · 14h

New wellness grift just dropped

Twitter post from a grifter: CO2 healed or improved all of these, even homosexuality. ® 4
Anxiety? CO2
Alcoholism? C02
Allergy? CO2
Anorexia? CO2
Asthma or shortness of breath? C02
Compulsion? CO2
Constipation? CO2
Concentration difficulties? C02
Cephalagia? co2
Cardiac disturbance? CO2
Depression? CO2

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Parag @parag.bsky.social · 14h

It does but adding some more context will make it more powerful.

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Corey S. Powell @coreyspowell.bsky.social · 16h

Happy Mole Day to all who celebrate.

www.compoundchem.com/2014/10/23/m... 🧪

Today, 23rd October is Mole Day – which might put you in mind of small, furry, burrowing animals. However, they don’t even seem to have a commemorative day of any kind; we’re actually talking about the mole in chemistry, a concept that makes it easier to talk about the amounts of substances involved in chemical reactions. This is a fundamental concept and one that all chemists utilize.

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Andre the Chemist @andrechemist.bsky.social · 16h

My go-to #MoleFact: think of going to the beach and all that sand getting *everywhere*.

There is not even 1 mole of grains of sand on the planet Earth.

Matt Hartings @matthartings.bsky.social · 16h

Happy Mole Day, everyone! 10 to the 23 is a biiiiig number. Here are some incredible drawings from @chemscrapes.bsky.social illustrating the bigness of moles and the smallness of atoms and molecules.

A ChemScrapes illustration showing how big a mole of eggs would be. The size would be roughly that of 5 moons. The image shows two people staring up at 5 moons. The person on the left asks, "Mum, what are the moons made from?." The person on the right says, "A mole of eggs, Dear."

An image by ChemScrapes showing how far a mole of gasoline (octane, by approximation) will take your car. The image on the left shows a car filling up with a mole of gas. The image on the right shows that the car has traveled just over a mile before the gas runs out.

An image from ChemScrapes showing that a mole of Skittles would fill the Atlantic ocean.

An image from ChemScrapes showing a person (me ... I'm the person) reading directions to add a mole of water, roughly 3.5 teaspoons, to a recipe. The person (ahem ... me) says, "Now, let's see ... 1 mole of water ... 3 1/2 teasppons? Doesn't seem like a lot!"

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Parag @parag.bsky.social · 15h

Wishing you many many returns of the day!

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Derek Lowe @dereklowe.bsky.social · 15h

I’m afraid this is correct. We have been spinning the wheels for 250 years and unfortunately we finally came up with a triple-zero.

Upstate Dem @upstatedem.bsky.social · 16h

The Founders feared the rise of someone who lacked good character. What it didn’t count on was the two other branches led by people without good character.

Garrett M. Graff @vermontgmg.bsky.social · 1d

The destruction of the East Wing is a reminder that America has violated the only check-and-balance that actually ends up mattering: www.doomsdayscenario.co/p/the-only-c...

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Parag @parag.bsky.social · 15h

no no no. they voted for him for his fiscal policies. f***ing morons!

Parag @parag.bsky.social · 16h

It is about time for Bruce Springsteen to make a new version of "Born in the USA".

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Parag @parag.bsky.social · 16h

also the guy who has no class and absolutely horrible taste.

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Parag @parag.bsky.social · 19h

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Parag @parag.bsky.social · 1d

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Parag @parag.bsky.social · 2d

Comet Lemmon on Oct 21, 2025. I really like how the ion and dust tails are clearly visible. This image is a stack of 226 ten second exposures. Total exposure about 40 minutes. #cometLEMMON #astrophotography

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Parag @parag.bsky.social · 2d

Capturing Comet Lemmon right now. Planning to get to comet Swan when this goes below the treetops.

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Parag @parag.bsky.social · Sep 13

The Crescent nebula (NGC6888) from Cygnus with lots of nebulosity around it.

Total exposure was 2 hours (40x3min) for this image taken with William Optics UltraCat108 attached to ASI2600MC-Duo with Optolong LeNhance dual band filter. Processed using SIRIL and Photoshop.

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Parag @parag.bsky.social · 2d

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Parag @parag.bsky.social · 3d

Great image of comet Swan. Did you use a tracking mount for that image?

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Parag @parag.bsky.social · 3d

More power to these high schoolers!!!

NPR @npr.org · 3d

Three high schoolers founded a book club that reads some of the country's most frequently banned books after a state law removing books with sexual content was signed in 2023. Two years later, many of the books have been reshelved and parts of the law can't be enforced.

When books were being pulled from Iowa classrooms, these teens started an after-school club to read them

Three Iowa City West high schoolers founded a book club that reads some of the country's most frequently banned books after a state law removing books with sexual content was signed in 2023. Two years later, many of the books have been reshelved and parts of the law can't be enforced.

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Parag @parag.bsky.social · 3d

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Parag @parag.bsky.social · 5d

#NOKINGS new London, CT

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Parag @parag.bsky.social · 5d

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Parag @parag.bsky.social · 6d

Comet Lemmon from last night. Nice coma and tail can be seen.

Taken with Nikon Z6 with 70-300 lens at 300mm f/5.8. 30x10sec exposures stacked in Siril. Focus wasn’t perfect. Will try again tonight with a refractor.

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Parag @parag.bsky.social · 6d

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Dr. Lucky Tran @luckytran.com · 8d

15 US states and territories have formed a new Public Health Alliance, which will counter the absence of federal leadership by tracking outbreaks, issuing guidance, buying vaccines and more.

Members of the new alliance include CA, CO, CT, DE, GU, HI, IL, MD, MA, NJ, NY, NC, OR, RI, WA.

Map: Governors Public Health Alliance
* Guam is also a member of the alliance
Updated October 15, 2025
Map: @luckytran • Created with Datawrapper

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Elizabeth Cronise McLaughlin @ecmclaughlin.bsky.social · 8d

The Speaker of the House thinks a naked bike ride is terrorism.

This is a sentence I never thought I’d write when I got a degree in professional writing for journalism.

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