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Chris Casper

@spacecasper.bsky.social

670 followers 1.2K following 160 posts

Tiptoeing back onto social media so not sure where I’m going with this B2B tech copywriter living in New Mexico via California, Texas, Georgia, North Carolina, and points across the pond Interests include astronomy, citizen science, sci-fi, cooking

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Chris Casper @spacecasper.bsky.social · 19d

Gulf of America

It’s pronounced “Gulf of Mexico”

Say it wrong and you’re instantly marked as someone visiting from another sadder, hatier reality

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Chris Casper @spacecasper.bsky.social · 6d

Just going to leave this here:

“The East Wing of the White House is a partially demolished, two-story structure built to serve as office space for the first lady and her staff…”

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/East_Wing

Chris Casper @spacecasper.bsky.social · 18d

Or nahá.

When you get down to it, we’re all tourists on this planet!

Chris Casper @spacecasper.bsky.social · 19d

I was going to reply “except @scalzi.com’s” but I’m pretty sure he’s perfectly happy paying taxes on his church forever.

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Chris Casper @spacecasper.bsky.social · 19d

Gulf of America

It’s pronounced “Gulf of Mexico”

Say it wrong and you’re instantly marked as someone visiting from another sadder, hatier reality

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Cathrin Machin Space Art @cathrinmachin.bsky.social · 22d

Bluesky vs X…

So I shared the same post on my X account and even though I have 194k followers I had less intersection than here with only 5k followers.

Trying to share the beauty of the cosmos in a perpetual dumpster fire environment is tough!

Thanks to all at bluesky, you guys rock x

Cathrin Machin Space Art @cathrinmachin.bsky.social · 23d

Behold the Eastern Veil Nebula, a haunting supernova remnant that lit up the skies over 10,000 years ago!

It took a month to capture using our little amateur telescope under the clear Texas skies.

This is also Decembers shot in my 2026 calendar (link in my bio)

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Ed @edzeenm.bsky.social · Sep 27

Some news from the Portland war front!

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Chris Casper @spacecasper.bsky.social · Sep 24

Wait. The shrimp are cross-contaminated with bananas?!?

How does that even —

I’m so confused 😵‍💫

#ClubTWiT

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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · Sep 22

this sweater is meant to commemorate duckhead's 160th anniversary as a brand but i might buy it as a "160th anniversary of appomattox and emancipation" www.duckhead.com/collections/...

1865 Intarsia Sweater - 160th Anniversary Edition

Description Inspired by our iconic preppy legacy, this intarsia sweater nods to the style’s rise in the ’80s, when bold, playful motifs defined the look. This version showcases our founding year, 1865...

www.duckhead.com

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EarthLens @earthlens.bsky.social · Sep 21

Amateur astronomers collaborated with scientists to track an asteroid, enhancing understanding of its atmospheric disintegration and ground impact. 🌌🪨 Link: https://tinyurl.com/2azzgfnj #AsteroidTracking #SpaceScience #CitizenScience

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Chris Casper @spacecasper.bsky.social · Sep 22

Technologically advance a band:

Huey Lewis and the Social Media

Paris Marx @parismarx.com · Sep 21

technologically advance a band.

My Chatbot Romance

rom comrade @savasavasava.myatproto.social · Sep 21

technologically advance a band.

Nine Inch Nailguns

Chris Casper @spacecasper.bsky.social · Sep 11

I entered one of those carwashes just as the radio started playing The Imperial March. I laughed all the way through. It was delightful!

Chris Casper @spacecasper.bsky.social · Sep 7

Explains my penchant for navel gazing…

Sorrowscopes @sorrowscopes.bsky.social · Sep 7

Capricorn: We are all stardust but you also have an abnormally high lint content.

Chris Casper @spacecasper.bsky.social · Sep 6

#GBBO My mind kinda broke. A border collie / lab mix?

Collies are hyper intelligent and hyper… hyper. And labs are big lumps of love but not always the sharpest pups in the kennel.*

How does that combo work??

*I’ve spent half my life with goldens so I say that w/ ❤️

Chris Casper @spacecasper.bsky.social · Sep 5

Why send the National Guard to Portland when the #Grimm has everything under control?

Chris Casper @spacecasper.bsky.social · Sep 4

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Chris Casper @spacecasper.bsky.social · Sep 3

“Captain Kirk of the Senate” 🙄

Although, to be fair, both Cruz and Shatner were born in Canada…

Gene J. Mikulka @genejm1017.bsky.social · Sep 3

#SENATECMRCSCI #NASA - Mike Gold calling Ted Cruz the "Captain Kirk of the Senate" Curz quipped Mr. Gold, your time is extended to 10 minutes. Gold said that Gateway should be finished. With Gateway, Artemis can support luner ops for 60 to 90 days; without it, we'll be limited to 5 to 7 days. "

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Colin Schultz @colinschultz.bsky.social · Aug 15

Recent advances in East African archaeology reveal advanced civilizations that established international trade relationships and developed powerful and practical technologies during the most recent 11,700 years knowablemagazine.org/content/arti...

Civilizations of Africa through a new lens

Small settlements and the scourge of slavery left gaps in Africa’s archaeological record. Yet sites and artifacts are revealing clues to the continent’s more recent history. An archaeologist explains ...

knowablemagazine.org

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Chris Casper @spacecasper.bsky.social · Aug 13

Slightly diminish a band: Nickelback

Jacob T. Levy @jacobtlevy.bsky.social · Aug 13

Slightly diminish a band: The Only Mostly Dead Kennedys

Josh Chafetz @joshchafetz.bsky.social · Aug 13

Slightly diminish a band: The Beach Toddlers

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George Takei @georgetakei.bsky.social · Aug 6

The stories we tell matter. I know this not from watching but from memory. I was just a child, held behind barbed wire in a U.S. internment camp, when an atomic bomb obliterated Hiroshima—killing members of my family.

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Chris Casper @spacecasper.bsky.social · Aug 6

If the real animals are fake does that mean drop bears are real?

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Astronomy Picture of the Day 🪐 @apod.shinyakato.dev · Aug 4

What are these gigantic blue arcs near the Andromeda Galaxy (M31)? Discovered in 2022 by amateur astronomers, the faint arcs -- dubbed SDSO 1 -- span nearly the same angular size as M31 itself. At first, their origin was a mystery: are they actually near the Andromeda Galaxy, or alternatively near

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Chris Casper @spacecasper.bsky.social · Jul 31

I don't understand why google flagged this as spam. 🤷‍♂️

I mean, Attorney Hogan Lovells says he's an upright and credible attorney! He wouldn't lie would he? 🤔

🔥🔥🔥 ✉️ 🔥🔥🔥

Gmail flagged this as spam. Its opening paragraphs say "Attention, Please. Greetings, hope this email gets to you again in good spirit. My name is Attorney Hogan Lovells, an upright and credible attorney..."

The rest is irrelevant drivel meant to confuse people into thinking this is a legitimate email.

Chris Casper @spacecasper.bsky.social · Jul 24

My favorite only works as a spoken joke so you gotta say it out loud:

What do you call a fish with no eyes?

A fsh!

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Chris Casper @spacecasper.bsky.social · Jul 21

#enshittification Fran Blanche celebrated the Apollo 11 landing’s anniversary using NASA public domain video (stuff US taxpayers paid for). #Sony and @nbcnews.com banned her content.

“As if the entire world signed a really bad record contract in the 60s to the media companies”

youtu.be/OqK68ZLROC4

Apollo Is Banned Now?

YouTube video by Fran Blanche

youtu.be

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Nicholas Kole @nicholaskole.bsky.social · Jul 20

my has wife asked me to stop my running Werner Herzog commentary during our Donkey Kong Bananza playthru

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