Larry R. Nittler 🚀🎹🌖☄️
@larrynittler.bsky.social
Hermeochemist, Interstellar Dust Buster, and Cosmic Organist.
Professor @SESEASU
asteroid 5992
Opinions are my own.
pronouns: he/him/his
Professor @SESEASU
asteroid 5992
Opinions are my own.
pronouns: he/him/his
Well I see you got your brand new leopard-skin pill-box hat
What are the first song lyrics that come to mind when you see this album cover?
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album.ink/BobDylanBOB
December 14, 2025 at 9:03 PM
Well I see you got your brand new leopard-skin pill-box hat
Apropos of nothing, the last Thanksgiving with my dad a few months before he died from Alzheimer's, he spent the whole meal rambling on about snakes, a subject he had never demonstrated an interest in before.
Trump as he rambles on and on about snakes: “Look how quiet everybody is”
December 14, 2025 at 8:07 PM
Apropos of nothing, the last Thanksgiving with my dad a few months before he died from Alzheimer's, he spent the whole meal rambling on about snakes, a subject he had never demonstrated an interest in before.
December 14, 2025 at 5:38 PM
@theplanetaryguy.bsky.social Dude, the Delmar Mercury sign has a verticality issue - you should fix that :^)
December 13, 2025 at 10:58 PM
@theplanetaryguy.bsky.social Dude, the Delmar Mercury sign has a verticality issue - you should fix that :^)
It's a lot colder in St. Louis than Scottsdale
December 13, 2025 at 3:15 PM
It's a lot colder in St. Louis than Scottsdale
Once a week in my big intro astro class this semester I polled the students with "How y'all doing?" Here are the 15 resulting word clouds. See if you can see the week they conspired to make "bisexual" the biggest word
December 12, 2025 at 10:32 PM
Once a week in my big intro astro class this semester I polled the students with "How y'all doing?" Here are the 15 resulting word clouds. See if you can see the week they conspired to make "bisexual" the biggest word
Don't say this the day before my solar system astronomy final!
December 10, 2025 at 8:28 PM
Don't say this the day before my solar system astronomy final!
So Roger Daltrey is now a knight. I guess that means he now has to wear armor and ride on a horse, jousting with Paul McCartney and Elton John?
December 10, 2025 at 4:23 PM
So Roger Daltrey is now a knight. I guess that means he now has to wear armor and ride on a horse, jousting with Paul McCartney and Elton John?
Movie you’ve watched more than six times with a gif. Hard mode: no Stars (Wars nor Trek), LOTR, or Marvel.
December 7, 2025 at 9:05 PM
Movie you’ve watched more than six times with a gif. Hard mode: no Stars (Wars nor Trek), LOTR, or Marvel.
Reposted by Larry R. Nittler 🚀🎹🌖☄️
TIL about a memorial ceremony in Iceland in 2019 to mark the end of a glacier, changing the place name from Okjökull to Ok (jökull = glacier). Uncompromising wording on the bronze plaque:
"This is to acknowledge that we know what is happening and what needs to be done. Only you know if we did it".
"This is to acknowledge that we know what is happening and what needs to be done. Only you know if we did it".
December 7, 2025 at 5:17 PM
TIL about a memorial ceremony in Iceland in 2019 to mark the end of a glacier, changing the place name from Okjökull to Ok (jökull = glacier). Uncompromising wording on the bronze plaque:
"This is to acknowledge that we know what is happening and what needs to be done. Only you know if we did it".
"This is to acknowledge that we know what is happening and what needs to be done. Only you know if we did it".
Mount Erebus, Dec 7, 2000
The next day we flew to Meteorite Hills to setup camp and spend six weeks looking for black rocks on the ice. Cannot believe it has been 25 years. #ANSMET 🔭🧪
The next day we flew to Meteorite Hills to setup camp and spend six weeks looking for black rocks on the ice. Cannot believe it has been 25 years. #ANSMET 🔭🧪
December 7, 2025 at 6:08 PM
Mount Erebus, Dec 7, 2000
The next day we flew to Meteorite Hills to setup camp and spend six weeks looking for black rocks on the ice. Cannot believe it has been 25 years. #ANSMET 🔭🧪
The next day we flew to Meteorite Hills to setup camp and spend six weeks looking for black rocks on the ice. Cannot believe it has been 25 years. #ANSMET 🔭🧪
They fuck you up, your mum and dad.
They may not mean to, but they do.
They fill you with the faults they had
And add some extra, just for you
They may not mean to, but they do.
They fill you with the faults they had
And add some extra, just for you
Which lines of poetry live rent-free in your head?
December 7, 2025 at 5:02 PM
They fuck you up, your mum and dad.
They may not mean to, but they do.
They fill you with the faults they had
And add some extra, just for you
They may not mean to, but they do.
They fill you with the faults they had
And add some extra, just for you
Was beating Rhonda for 10 turns until she played IDOLIZER as a bingo and 5 turns later beat me 378-286
December 7, 2025 at 3:05 AM
Was beating Rhonda for 10 turns until she played IDOLIZER as a bingo and 5 turns later beat me 378-286
Introducing the Inaugural Larry Prizes for Human Achievement. Tell me in which field you deserve such a prize and I will bestow it.
December 6, 2025 at 8:03 PM
Introducing the Inaugural Larry Prizes for Human Achievement. Tell me in which field you deserve such a prize and I will bestow it.
I'm personally holding out for the WNBA Peace Prize myself
December 5, 2025 at 11:48 PM
I'm personally holding out for the WNBA Peace Prize myself
Bonus question on my Intro Astro class exam yesterday. 5/75 students who took the test chose True
December 5, 2025 at 7:19 PM
Bonus question on my Intro Astro class exam yesterday. 5/75 students who took the test chose True
update to my previous post - Trump may already have pardoned the piper bomber
December 4, 2025 at 10:26 PM
update to my previous post - Trump may already have pardoned the piper bomber
Has Trump announced the pardon yet?
December 4, 2025 at 3:30 PM
Has Trump announced the pardon yet?
Can't decide if I like the lack of an entrance, the MASTER ROKSN, or the BEDROOM 4/Full Bsth 43 (which just has a single sink) best
December 1, 2025 at 9:51 PM
Can't decide if I like the lack of an entrance, the MASTER ROKSN, or the BEDROOM 4/Full Bsth 43 (which just has a single sink) best
Well, we all know that skill in collegiate athletics is inversely proportional to excellence in planetary science. :^)
#ASUvUoA
@markmarley.bsky.social
#ASUvUoA
@markmarley.bsky.social
November 29, 2025 at 5:58 PM
Well, we all know that skill in collegiate athletics is inversely proportional to excellence in planetary science. :^)
#ASUvUoA
@markmarley.bsky.social
#ASUvUoA
@markmarley.bsky.social
Why do people write additional posts to correct typos instead of just deleting the original and re-posting it? is there some algorithm that makes such re-done posts less visible?
November 28, 2025 at 8:08 PM
Why do people write additional posts to correct typos instead of just deleting the original and re-posting it? is there some algorithm that makes such re-done posts less visible?
Introduce yourself with 5 animals you've seen in the wild
Squirrel
Mockingbird
Housefly
Another squirrel
A Fish (not sure of species)
Squirrel
Mockingbird
Housefly
Another squirrel
A Fish (not sure of species)
Introduce yourself with 5 animals you've seen in the wild
Walrus
Lynx
Weka
Beluga whale
Wolverine
Walrus
Lynx
Weka
Beluga whale
Wolverine
Introduce yourself with 5 animals you've seen in the wild:
Caribou
Ravens
Seals
Kea
Turkeys
Caribou
Ravens
Seals
Kea
Turkeys
November 28, 2025 at 4:35 PM
Introduce yourself with 5 animals you've seen in the wild
Squirrel
Mockingbird
Housefly
Another squirrel
A Fish (not sure of species)
Squirrel
Mockingbird
Housefly
Another squirrel
A Fish (not sure of species)
Introduce yourself with five concerts you’ve seen:
Sun Ra
Neil Young and Crazy Horse
Odetta
Godspeed You! Black Emperor
The Smiths
Sun Ra
Neil Young and Crazy Horse
Odetta
Godspeed You! Black Emperor
The Smiths
Introduce yourself with five concerts you’ve seen:
The Ramones
Kristen Hersh
The Rollins Band
Obituary
Julianna Hatfield
Alternate five:
Debbie Harry
Morrissey
Death
Aimee Mann
GWAR (Hell-o lineup)
The Ramones
Kristen Hersh
The Rollins Band
Obituary
Julianna Hatfield
Alternate five:
Debbie Harry
Morrissey
Death
Aimee Mann
GWAR (Hell-o lineup)
B-52s
New Order
Pussy Riot
Disney On Ice
Tyler The Creator
Renee Rapp
New Order
Pussy Riot
Disney On Ice
Tyler The Creator
Renee Rapp
November 28, 2025 at 6:19 AM
Introduce yourself with five concerts you’ve seen:
Sun Ra
Neil Young and Crazy Horse
Odetta
Godspeed You! Black Emperor
The Smiths
Sun Ra
Neil Young and Crazy Horse
Odetta
Godspeed You! Black Emperor
The Smiths
"Starship" is quite a name for a rocket that can't even escape low-earth orbit. Maybe it's a tribute to the rock band
Starship doesn’t have enough launch fuel to escape low-earth-orbit, so SpaceX’s plan for Artemis III is to launch one, and then launch a bunch more Starships (at least 14!!) with a cargo of extra fuel, and gradually refuel the first one in orbit so it can get it the moon
That’s the actual plan
That’s the actual plan
November 26, 2025 at 7:24 PM
"Starship" is quite a name for a rocket that can't even escape low-earth orbit. Maybe it's a tribute to the rock band