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Niall Harbison @niallharbison.bsky.social · 1d

Two beautiful creates who now have everything

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Star Quest Media @starquestmedia.bsky.social · 2d

#spiritualsundays

Star Quest Media @starquestmedia.bsky.social · 4d

Geoffrey’s Substack geoffreygrammer.substack.com?r=anfce&utm_... Very helpful lens on current events in America and how that resonates round the globe.

Geoffrey’s Substack | Geoffrey Grammer, M.D. | Substack

My personal Substack. Click to read Geoffrey’s Substack, by Geoffrey Grammer, M.D., a Substack publication with hundreds of subscribers.

geoffreygrammer.substack.com

Star Quest Media @starquestmedia.bsky.social · 5d

#kindnessshowingup

Star Quest Media @starquestmedia.bsky.social · 9d

Love myths too!

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Dia VanGunten / Writer @pinkzombierose.bsky.social · Aug 21

“How to live a human life under any circumstances…

Myth’ll tell ya that.”

#josephcampbell

Star Quest Media @starquestmedia.bsky.social · 9d

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Star Quest Media @starquestmedia.bsky.social · 10d

#curiousaboutwisdom

Star Quest Media @starquestmedia.bsky.social · 11d

Star Quest Media @starquestmedia.bsky.social · 12d

#change is a process. Until it’s not

Star Quest Media @starquestmedia.bsky.social · 13d

#globalpeace, #humanityfirst #innerpeace #compassioninaction #mindfulworld #healingtheplanet #sharedhumanity #wisdomforall #kindnesseverywhere #spiritualactivism #consciouschange #climateofcompassion #togetherweheal #lightinthedarkness #oneness

Star Quest Media @starquestmedia.bsky.social · 14d

# Dwapara-Yuga -now

Star Quest Media @starquestmedia.bsky.social · 14d

The moon was stunning last night

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Hourly Cosmos @hourlycosmos.bsky.social · 19d

8 Micron Spitzer View of the Galactic Core - From Judy Schmidt (geckzilla.bsky.social) - https://flic.kr/p/2jW97dA

The same mosaics from this view except using the 8 micron data for luminosity, and the other three channels for color. This significantly reduces the starlight signal, though not totally. Still makes it much easier to see the dust and emission nebulas.

Note that much of the nebulosity is in the foreground as we view the Milky Way's center through one of the arms of the Milky Way. It is difficult to discern or even measure the distance to each piece, but generally, the larger structures that extend far away from flat central plane are foreground objects, while thinner, smaller pieces that remain close to the plane are closer to the core. Many of these smaller objects are overlapped and obscured by mid and foreground objects.

Luminosity: 8.0 µm (IRAC4)
Red: 5.8 µm (IRAC3)
Green: 4.5 µm (IRAC2)
Blue: 3.6 µm (IRAC1)

The image is presented in galactic coordinates, with north up in that regard.

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MaicaTravesa 🐈😽🐾 @iratxotravesa.bsky.social · 20d

Barcelona que orgullo, llenando las calles contra el secuestro ilegal por parte del ejército de ocupación contra la Global Sumud Flotilla 💪🇪🇭

Visça Barcelona!!!!!

Star Quest Media @starquestmedia.bsky.social · 19d

Star Quest Media @starquestmedia.bsky.social · 19d

Thank you for this wonderful interview with Dr Jane Goodhall. These are some of the words of wisdom Dr Jane shared in the interview. She is a global treasure.

Star Quest Media @starquestmedia.bsky.social · 19d

Stunning Images.

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Hourly Cosmos @hourlycosmos.bsky.social · 19d

NGC 346 and NGC 371 in the Small Magellanic Cloud - From Rolf Wahl Olsen - https://flic.kr/p/Mw8WKy

In the Southern constellation Tucana lies the Small Magellanic Cloud, a dwarf galaxy orbiting our own Milky Way galaxy and home to the bright star-forming nebula and cluster NGC 346 depicted here in this image together with its neighbour NGC 371. The densely populated star field covering the entire field of view is part of the central bar structure in the SMC. The image is constructed from exposures in three very narrow (3nm) wavelength bands corresponding to the emission profiles of ionised Hydrogen, Oxygen and Sulphur. The red hues correspond to ionised Hydrogen emission (H-Alpha), and bluer colours are ionised Oxygen (OIII).

NGC 346 is a beautiful bright emission nebula in the central bar of the SMC. It is easily identifiable even in small telescopes as the brightest nebula in the SMC, and shows as an extended spiral shaped swirl surrounding a brighter centre which is home to the central star cluster. Near the core this nebula has a curious sharply defined edge curving around the cluster. The strong stellar winds from the young hot stars in the cluster have blown out the surrounding gas into diffuse filament-like structures extending far from the core region. It is interesting to imagine how impressive this magnificent nebula might have looked like if it was located in our own galaxy instead of in the SMC some 210,000 light years distant.
The neighbouring NGC 371 (to the right) is a large and diffuse star cluster, surrounded by a glow of emission which appears intensel...

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Tim Onion @bencollins.bsky.social · 19d

A quick note about money and comedy and power.

www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/st...

On a more serious note, Collins thinks the Riyadh lineup reflects something dire about both American politics and the bifurcated woke-versus-anti-woke comedy scene. Collins says there’s “a lot of money” behind enticing anti-woke comics to shill for the political project on the right. “I also like money, but I think getting hundreds of thousands of dollars to tell jokes for 10 minutes about ‘airline food is bad’ is actually illustrative of a much larger thing: The stuff that’s getting greenlit is not necessarily popular with the populace. It’s popular with rich people who are sick of being yelled at in the media. They are using some of these people as vehicles for whatever the comedy equivalent of greenwashing is.”