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Dilong
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dilong.bsky.social
Aurora pics from last night! There were just enough gaps in the clouds to get some images, I couldn't really see it by eye though.
Night sky with pink/purple aurora visible at top left corner. A tree limb covers much of the right half of the frame. Red/pink aurora shining through gaps in clouds. A telephone pole and wire is visible in the corner of the image
November 12, 2025 at 5:26 PM
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haroldtobin.bsky.social
NOAA cut funding for critical parts of the tsunami and earthquake detection system in Alaska, primarily in the Aleutians. I spoke to Wash Post about negative impacts. But, hey, what are the chances of a deadly tsunami being triggered in Alaska? (Gift article, not behind paywall) ⚒️ wapo.st/4qKvavQ
This lab is key for tracking deadly waves. Its sensors are about to go offline.
After NOAA cut funding to the lab that’s been monitoring seismic activity for more than 25 years, nine stations tracking tsunami-causing earthquakes for the agency will go offline by the end of the mo...
wapo.st
November 11, 2025 at 7:37 PM
dilong.bsky.social
Pictures from the San Juans-Anacortes run of @ferries.wsdot.wa.gov!
The Washington State Ferry Yakima unloads a sailboat from the car deck at the Anacortes terminal. The ferries Salish and Chelan can be seen in slips to the right. The sun deck of the Washington State Ferry Salish as it sails through the San Juans just after sunset.
November 9, 2025 at 12:34 AM
dilong.bsky.social
I saw so so many salmon today!
A stream with dozens of salmon visible just under the surface. Some of their tails poke above the water. Sunbeams illuminate the water
November 2, 2025 at 11:33 PM
dilong.bsky.social
A view from an airliner window of another airliner passing underneath trailing a long contrail. Below, a landscape of farms transitioning into hillier terrain. At the top of the image a few light clouds can be seen. The plane's contrail is casting a shadow below, maybe onto a thin layer of clouds.
October 18, 2025 at 6:34 PM
dilong.bsky.social
If you take a drive in Maryland you may find yourself asking "What is the point of rocks"
A road sign in front of some trees. The sign says: POINT OF ROCKS MD 4 FREDERICK MD 22
October 18, 2025 at 6:49 AM
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evlynmoreau.bsky.social
ohhh watch this one, the Gobelins art school often produce neat animations.
youtu.be/eB9JdjNCiiA?...
TEARS OF THE MOUNTAIN - Animation Short Film 2025 - GOBELINS
YouTube video by GOBELINS Paris
youtu.be
October 15, 2025 at 4:44 PM
dilong.bsky.social
Once again I am reading about how the Tacoma ASARCO smelter plumed a huge area of the south sound with lead and arsenic and despite decades of soil cleanup there's no end in sight and settlement money is projected to run out well before cleanup is anywhere close to complete
October 7, 2025 at 6:41 PM
dilong.bsky.social
A squid-like robot ventures out from a borehole under thick ice. The tentacles of its twin pole out from the borehole. The robot is transparent and mechanical components can be seen inside. Rows of lights dot its skin
September 30, 2025 at 1:24 PM
dilong.bsky.social
Here, have some spacecraft!
A rocket sits on the pad at sunset, ready to launch. It is composed of two parts: a large booster, mostly orange, and a thinner and slightly shorter winged payload strapped to the side. Steam emanates from various places. In the distance the last rays of sunlight colour the mountaintops pink. A rocket in space. The second stage is in the process of separating from the first, firing thrusters to keep steady. A large white payload with orange warning markings sits atop the second stage. In the background scattered clouds dot a blue ocean.
September 11, 2025 at 1:29 PM
dilong.bsky.social
Charlie Kirk was a terrible person who stood against everything I believe in. He peddled racism, sexism, transphobia, and violence under the guise of reasonable debate. Turning Point USA is funded by corporate execs as astroturf to dismantle higher Ed and promote ghouls like Trump.
September 11, 2025 at 12:35 PM
dilong.bsky.social
So ICE is just taking people actively fighting fires now?! www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news...
Federal agents arrest firefighters working on WA wildfire
Federal agents showed up northeast of Lake Cushman to check identification of crew members fighting Washington's largest active wildfire.
www.seattletimes.com
August 28, 2025 at 3:10 AM
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theurbanist.org
NEW OP-ED // PCC Provides Model for State Rail Ownership in Washington State www.theurbanist.org/2025/08/14/o...
Op-Ed: PCC Provides Model for State Rail Ownership in Washington State » The Urbanist
# Railroad giants like BNSF have often deferred maintenance on their tracks and pressured government to pay for it. This had led some officials to consider taking over ownership, like Washington State...
www.theurbanist.org
August 14, 2025 at 9:30 PM
dilong.bsky.social
Set foot in the San Juans for the first time over the weekend!
Green and white double-ended evergreen state class Washington State ferry Tillikum loading cars at Orcas Island as seen from shore
August 12, 2025 at 1:42 PM
dilong.bsky.social
Rode the battery hybrid ferry Wenatchee today! Not sure if they actually ran it on battery (it's hard to tell) but it seems like it's working well!
The Washington State Ferries boat Wenatchee docked at the Bainbridge ferry terminal on a sunny day
July 26, 2025 at 11:51 PM
dilong.bsky.social
This (and the similar actions by Steam) is bad for art and free expression! Not to mention the intentional side effect of LGBTQ artists often getting caught up in this kind of thing.

I will be contacting my representatives about this and you should too!
July 24, 2025 at 1:45 PM
dilong.bsky.social
I reviewed some pencils!

youtu.be/epzzaFc-67M
0.5mm Pencil Reviews
YouTube video by Dilong-paradoxus
youtu.be
July 20, 2025 at 10:11 PM
dilong.bsky.social
Great video about the floating bridges of Washington: www.youtube.com/watch?v=nol0...

I have personally been stuck in a traffic jam caused by a submarine multiple times so I can confirm that's a common issue lol
The Hidden Engineering of Floating Bridges
YouTube video by Practical Engineering
www.youtube.com
July 17, 2025 at 3:56 AM
dilong.bsky.social
Sometimes my Wikipedia app glitches a bit with incredible results
Screenshot of the Wikipedia app showing the article for "amusement park" with the title image erroneously substituted for the title image of the crossroads nuclear test series article, which happens to be a nuclear fireball
July 1, 2025 at 1:01 AM
dilong.bsky.social
#makeaterriblecomicday
A hastily drawn comic page Panel one: two stick figures standing, left one asks “Hey, so what’s your favorite movie?” Panel two: close up on the face of right stick figures standing saying “I’m a big fan of the classics you know, like:” Entire rest of page: a dynamic scene where an exploding train rushes towards the viewer past a roaring T. rex and and flying Nyctosaurus. Behind the action title text reads “BULLET PARK TRAIN IV” in large font
June 25, 2025 at 3:26 AM
dilong.bsky.social
Seeing a lot of ads for mini "A/C" units which are actually swamp coolers (just evaporating water). They can be useful, but since this heat wave is also high humidity you have to be really careful you're not making things worse! There also much less effective when the air already has humidity in it
June 23, 2025 at 5:04 PM
dilong.bsky.social
Two cats. One in the foreground out of focus, looking at a second cat on the ground, which has its front paws raised and is looking at the camera
June 21, 2025 at 1:56 AM
dilong.bsky.social
If you live in Washington State and go hiking like me one of your fav spots is probably on this map!

National forests provide recreation, habitat, timber, research plots, etc. This is the kind of resource that would be very very difficult to get back if we lose
June 16, 2025 at 8:16 PM
dilong.bsky.social
So you get to send masked ICE thugs (and the military, etc.) into cities to kidnap people without consequences, but having a senator talk sternly to you gets them detained? Unbelievable
June 12, 2025 at 7:24 PM