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Michael Frasca

Michael Frasca

@frasca.bsky.social

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Retired doc, but still teaching. Taping live music. Movies. Reading SF/fantasy. Playing gowf. Fishing with wife. 3 grown kids. He/him. Live Music Archive page: archive.org/details/@frasca

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Michael Frasca @frasca.bsky.social · 4d

The weather is turning colder. What better time to get cozy under the covers and enjoy some weird tales.
Follow along as I post short reviews of my favorite stories in the Nov/Dec 2025 issue of Asimov's Science Fiction.
@asimovssfmag.bsky.social #ScienceFiction #Fantasy

Cover illustration showing a ghostly face with close eyes. There are stars over the entire picture with a spiral galaxy in the lower left corner. The color palette is blue, purple and pink.

Text:

NOVEMBER/DECEMBER 2025

Asimov's
SCIENCE FICTION

SPARE PARTS
FOR THE MIND
GREG EGAN

Tegan Moore
Ray Nayler
Sean McMullen
Sean Monaghan
Allen M. Steele
Susan Shwartz

www.asimovs.com

Michael Frasca @frasca.bsky.social · 5h

Backyard #Astrophotography
A few nights ago I used the larger mosaic function of the #SeeStar to take this wide-field view of M 31, the Andromeda Galaxy.
The two large blobs above and below it are its satellite galaxies M 32 and M 110 respectively

$Large spiral galaxy seen almost edge-on. There are two smaller galaxies about and below the disc. 85 minute mosaic exposure with a 2" f5 250mm fl quadruplet refractor.$

Michael Frasca @frasca.bsky.social · 5h

#Criterion Crawl - Spine #895 David Lynch: The Art Life (2016 d: Jon Nguyen)
Fascinating documentary about David Lynch's early development as an artist. The film uses archival photos and film along with scenes of Lynch in his present day art studio creating paintings and sculptures. #DavidLynch

DVD cover showing a head shot of the older David Lynch.

Text:

DAVID LYNCH

A FILM BY JON NGUYEN, RICK BARNES, OLIVIA NEERGAARD-HOLM

2016 THE CRITERION COLLECTION

Michael Frasca @frasca.bsky.social · 5h

Halloween in Provo: four young women for two men.

Weird Christmas @weirdxmas.bsky.social · 16h

Dunno what's going on here. But I approve.

A vintage halloween postcard that is somehow... off.

Michael Frasca @frasca.bsky.social · 5h

Hare Club for Witches.

Michael Frasca @frasca.bsky.social · 5h

"Here's Johnny!"

Michael Frasca @frasca.bsky.social · 5h

Bagels with garden veggie schmear!

Michael Frasca @frasca.bsky.social · 5h

Blues For Allah. But don't worry, help is on the way.

Weird Christmas @weirdxmas.bsky.social · 7h

The vibes here are, indeed, rocking.

A vintage halloween postcard that is somehow... off.

Michael Frasca @frasca.bsky.social · 5h

I see a calzone. (Ganoderma sessile)

A polypore fungi attached to the base of a tree. It looks like a calzone.

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Rob LaRocque @roblarocque.bsky.social · 5h

Quote of the Day:
"Satire is meant to ridicule power. If you are laughing at people who are hurting, it's not satire, it's bullying."
- Terry Pratchett

#QuoteOfTheDay #TerryPratchett #Satire #Bullying

Michael Frasca @frasca.bsky.social · 17h

She has no torso. Her left leg is attached to her spleen.

Michael Frasca @frasca.bsky.social · 17h

Trump is a gavone.

Michael Frasca @frasca.bsky.social · 21h

The High Hawks closed Friendly Valley's season with a fine show yesterday - a chilly evening, but the Valley was hot.
Here is the link to my audio recording of their set.
Check out Cripple Creek>Waugh Paugh with Chicago Farmer guesting.
#LiveMusic #Peoria #HighHawks #ChicagoFarmer #JohnHartford

The High Hawks Live at Friendly Valley on 2025-10-19 : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet Archive

ONLY SET 01. Heroes & Highways 02. Somewhere South 03. Blue Earth 04. Fox River Blues 05. Mother Nature's Show 06. Appalachian Soul 07. Temperature...

Michael Frasca @frasca.bsky.social · 22h

Unfortunately, no.
My telescope won't visualize that part of the sky from my backyard and, being old and decrepit, don't have the spoons to drive somewhere in the wee hours.

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Welcome to Night Vale @nightvaleradio.bsky.social · 1d

Dress for the job you want (Dracula); not the job you have (Office Manager at a Credit Union).

Michael Frasca @frasca.bsky.social · 1d

Ensh*ttification run rampant.

Michael Frasca @frasca.bsky.social · 1d

Quantum waiting.

Michael Frasca @frasca.bsky.social · 1d

I guess the pickle keeps Disney from sending a cease and desist letter?

Michael Frasca @frasca.bsky.social · 1d

Backyard #Astrophotography
Not gonna shoot some gowf today so went and shot me some sunpots.
#Sun #sunspots

$The Sun photographed through an orange solar filter. The are several small sunspots scattered across its face. Taken with a 50mm f/5 250mm fl quadruplet refractor.$ $A close up view of some of the small sunspots scattered across the Sun’s face. Taken with a 50mm f/5 250mm fl quadruplet refractor and an orange solar filter.$

Michael Frasca @frasca.bsky.social · 1d

@asimovssfmag.bsky.social #FavoriteStories Nov/Dec 2025 #Asimovs #Fantasy #SF
Lagrange Point 5 by #SeanMcMullen
Roadside Picnic seven light minutes from Earth.
Cutting edge space exploration in the age of social media when getting the audience’s attention is paramount.

Michael Frasca @frasca.bsky.social · 1d

a black and white photo of a samurai holding a sword in his hand .

Alt: a black and white photo of a samurai holding a sword in his hand .

media.tenor.com

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Weird Christmas @weirdxmas.bsky.social · 1d

Picture 2107

A vintage halloween postcard that is somehow... off.

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Weird Christmas @weirdxmas.bsky.social · 1d

A vintage halloween postcard that is somehow... off.

Michael Frasca @frasca.bsky.social · 1d

Cute couple.

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Jen the Feisty Librarian @feistywaters.com · 1d

Local woman wakes up, does an oatmeal museum heist but it’s helping Indigenous communities get back stuff the colonizers stole and replacing it with oatmeal, makes oatmeal.

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Rob LaRocque @roblarocque.bsky.social · 1d

Quote of the Day:
“People are never so completely and enthusiastically evil as when they act out of religious conviction.”
- Umberto Eco
#QuoteOfTheDay #UmbertoEco #Religion #GodIsDead #Evil #MAGAexplained