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Andy Rivkin
@asrivkin.bsky.social
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Planetary Astronomer on #TeamAsteroid; Gedankenband member/guitarist; “Surprisingly nonchalant” according to Wired. He/him הנני 🌻

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Kenesaw Mountain Landis, the first commissioner of baseball, sits in an overcoat, looking sternly at the camera. He's almost certainly at a baseball game, though the shot is cropped pretty close. A speech bubble fills the bottom of the image, meant to enclose the quoted skeet.
November 16, 2025 at 12:56 AM
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Three men in obviously fake blond wigs face the camera. They are aping a heavy metal band, with the man in the middle holding a mic and the two men flanking him holding guitars. Maybe there’s a fourth guy leaning on one of the guitar players? I guess there is. Four guys, my bad. The fourth guy also has a blond wig.
November 11, 2025 at 8:15 PM
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I assume this chat request from a sketchy looking account that has no followers and is following nobody is a scam, yes? @bsky.app
Chat request with the text: "BluSkyVerif • 22s @bluskyverify.bsky.social Your Bluesky account is temporarily suspended. To avoid permanent ermination, complete verification within 24 hours...."
November 11, 2025 at 5:51 PM
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Fate of Golgafrincham A notation in the Guide about Golgafrincham after the departure of the B Ark states that the entire remaining population subsequently died from a virulent disease contracted from a dirty telephone.
November 10, 2025 at 8:53 PM
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The text "Surpringly unhinged for a Sunday morning" done in the Zohran campaign font.
November 9, 2025 at 6:51 PM
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ok, well, if we're doing this let's do this i guess.
It's the Currier and Ives depiction of the Assassination of Abraham Lincoln, with Donald Trump standing around bored and irritated as it's going on in front of him.
November 8, 2025 at 7:03 PM
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watchin' the game
four consecutive skeets: "baseball" "wtaf" "What in the actual fuck" "Watching the Wolrd [sic] Series" with a photo of a bedraggled, dirty woman smoking a cigarette
November 2, 2025 at 3:42 AM
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It's the Sickos meme
November 2, 2025 at 3:21 AM
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btw, happy halloween to all who celebrate.
photo of a man looking at the camera with something of a frown on his face. he is wearing a black cape and a red vest, with the furniture behind him covered in funerary lace.
October 31, 2025 at 9:54 PM
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The Mycon from Star Control 2, with a speech bubble at the bottom to enclose the quote post.
October 28, 2025 at 1:16 PM
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@gamma-fe2o3.bsky.social

I can’t send a picture via DM but everyone says hi!
Picture taken looking down a picnic table, where 7 people smile for the camera. Given how they’re dressed it looks chilly.
October 25, 2025 at 7:07 PM
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Linus from Peanuts, with a speech bubble at the bottom to enclose the QP.
October 19, 2025 at 2:21 PM
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Trooping up to the street from the rally. Certainly over 1000 here for #NoKings in Columbia, possibly several thousand lining the streets waving signs.
October 18, 2025 at 6:57 PM
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#NoKings in Columbia, MD
October 18, 2025 at 6:02 PM
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Oh dear.
A depiction of a phallus and testicles, mounted on a stick, wearing a crown, with the universal “no” symbol stuck over it.
October 18, 2025 at 4:58 PM
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Yoinks and away!

[submitted a JWST proposal in case the system utterly seizes up at the deadline per tradition]
October 14, 2025 at 8:36 PM
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It's the "Who Killed Hannibal?" meme, with LPI playing the role of the shooter and Planetary Science in the role of the body.
October 10, 2025 at 7:31 PM
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I also give to UROP and this one. :)
James ('Big Jimmy') E. Roberts Sr. Memorial Scholarship Fund 3538700 Gifts to support undergraduate scholarships for Senior House and East Campus residents in memory of James Roberts (Big Jimmy), the beloved night watchmen of East Campus and Senior House for over 20 years.
October 10, 2025 at 6:38 PM
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there is also this though
A scene from the movie Casablanca. Rick Blaine, with the text "YANKEES FANS" on his white tuxedo, sits in front of a chess board. Guillermo Ugarte is about to light a cigarette, with the text "FANS OF BASICALLY EVERY OTHER TEAM" on him.
October 9, 2025 at 3:12 AM
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An email from Zoom with the subject "You are no longer an alternative meeting host" and text saying "You are no longer an alternative host for this meeting, which means that you cannot start and end the meeting. You can still join the meeting as a participant at the specified time. Meeting ID: Personal Meeting Room Thank you for choosing ZoomGov." the recipient, meeting ID, and the person whose personal meeting room is no longer available are redacted. Sinead O'Connor crying, in a scene from the music video "Nothing Compares 2 U".
October 8, 2025 at 2:35 PM
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The very fun afterparty for a European rocket launch (a year ago yesterday!) had a photobooth. The group of us there who work together (and worked on DART) wanted to capture the moment. :)
Five people, two male-presenting and three female-presenting, cram in together to appear in a single frame. Behind them are signs and memorabilia including what appears to be a space shuttle, though it's hard to see. The men are in button down shirts, one wears glasses and the other has a beard and straw hat. Two of the women wear glasses, the third has her eyes very open (because she tends to close them in photos, not that you'd otherwise know that). All are smiling.
October 8, 2025 at 12:41 PM
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Thank you all for your support.
A striped cup of frozen custard with chocolate sprinkles sits on an outdoor table next to a straw trilby.
October 6, 2025 at 8:40 PM
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Chotiner interviews Edmund Pevensie
Text, as though from an interview: You didn't even like the Turkish Delight, of course. I didn't, which made the betrayal of my family all the more painful. But really, it was an excuse all along, bewitched or not. I am grateful that Aslan saw fit to bring me back to my senses and redeem me. Why do you think he abandoned your sister and didn't redeem her? Does he dislike her? What are you talking about? If Aslan has a favorite, it is definitely Lucy. She was there with him at the Stone Table and saw his resurrection. You have two sisters, don't you, Edmund? And both sisters were at the Stone Table that night. OK, but Aslan didn't abandon Susan, it was the other way around. Perhaps Aslan doesn't understand women. Back to your time on the Dawn Treader, then.
September 24, 2025 at 4:28 PM
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A black, shiny outdoor table with a cup of ice cream sitting on it. I happen to know the ice cream is a scoop of malted vanilla and a scoop of Indonesian cinnamon. The cup says “Charmery” on it.
September 22, 2025 at 8:07 PM
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Depending on what you're hoping the answer to be, I have either bad news or good news for you.
The top of Matthew R Francis's Bluesky profile page, but the avatar and banner are blank.
September 19, 2025 at 11:10 PM