Cyclops
@cyclopsofmars.bsky.social
Fugitive from academia. Currently plying the Pacific.
I think this is a pretty good choice, and I applaud the Dems who risked the ire of Bluesky and voted for him. Will he crash and burn? Who knows? But Trump could've nominated a bucket of fried chicken. Isaacman is a space guy and believes in that future.
Billionaire Jared Isaacman confirmed as new head of NASA
Billionaire Jared Isaacman confirmed as new head of NASA
The Senate confirmed the two-time nominee as NASA administrator following a monthslong saga.
buff.ly
December 18, 2025 at 7:31 AM
I think this is a pretty good choice, and I applaud the Dems who risked the ire of Bluesky and voted for him. Will he crash and burn? Who knows? But Trump could've nominated a bucket of fried chicken. Isaacman is a space guy and believes in that future.
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Astronomers have discovered a bizarre lemon-shaped exoplanet orbiting a dense, rapidly spinning dead star. But those details are perhaps the least weird thing about it.
Latest in @sciam.bsky.social!
www.scientificamerican.com/article/scie...
Latest in @sciam.bsky.social!
www.scientificamerican.com/article/scie...
This Planet Is the Shape of a Lemon. That May Be the Least Weird Thing about It
Astronomers using the James Webb Space Telescope have discovered a bizarre-looking exoplanet that defies explanation
www.scientificamerican.com
December 17, 2025 at 8:03 PM
Astronomers have discovered a bizarre lemon-shaped exoplanet orbiting a dense, rapidly spinning dead star. But those details are perhaps the least weird thing about it.
Latest in @sciam.bsky.social!
www.scientificamerican.com/article/scie...
Latest in @sciam.bsky.social!
www.scientificamerican.com/article/scie...
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Mailman spins 🤘#vinyl
December 12, 2025 at 11:21 PM
Mailman spins 🤘#vinyl
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US facing second measles surge this year as outbreak accelerates in South Carolina.
www.cnn.com/2025/12/10/h...
www.cnn.com/2025/12/10/h...
US facing second measles surge this year as outbreak accelerates in South Carolina | CNN
As multiple measles outbreaks simmer across the United States, cases are accumulating nearly as quickly as when the West Texas outbreak was at its peak this spring.
www.cnn.com
December 11, 2025 at 4:08 AM
US facing second measles surge this year as outbreak accelerates in South Carolina.
www.cnn.com/2025/12/10/h...
www.cnn.com/2025/12/10/h...
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You might start with learning about the basics of household economics for the majority of humans who have ever lived, which is to say pre-modern peasant farmers: acoup.blog/2025/07/11/c...
Collections: Life, Work, Death and the Peasant, Part I: Households
This is the first post in a series discussing the basic contours of life – birth, marriage, labor, subsistence, death – of pre-modern peasants and their families. Prior to the industria…
acoup.blog
December 11, 2025 at 1:57 AM
You might start with learning about the basics of household economics for the majority of humans who have ever lived, which is to say pre-modern peasant farmers: acoup.blog/2025/07/11/c...
Owning physical media is the best, but I stream a lot too! And I completely agree with the sentiment here. Haven't used Spotify in years. Qobuz is the best quality, but I do like Tidal's discovery algorithm. Both are light-years better than the alternatives.
Spotify is garbage on every count: Its treatment of artists, its ICE advertising, the CEO's investment in military AI, its leading role in the commodification and AI slopification of music, its terrible audio quality—you name it.
So I quit, and put together a complete guide to getting off Spotify:
So I quit, and put together a complete guide to getting off Spotify:
How to quit Spotify
This Black Friday, here's a guide to finding the best Spotify alternative
www.bloodinthemachine.com
December 8, 2025 at 3:07 AM
Owning physical media is the best, but I stream a lot too! And I completely agree with the sentiment here. Haven't used Spotify in years. Qobuz is the best quality, but I do like Tidal's discovery algorithm. Both are light-years better than the alternatives.
The #sky off the bow for #blueskyartshow. Somewhere in the Pacific Ocean.
#video
#westcoastkin
#sunset
#video
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December 6, 2025 at 5:36 PM
The #sky off the bow for #blueskyartshow. Somewhere in the Pacific Ocean.
#video
#westcoastkin
#sunset
#video
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#sunset
This can't possibly be real.
🚨 BREAKING - New Star Trek: #StarfleetAcademy Poster!
The first season of the new #StarTrek live-action series premieres January 15th on Paramount+
🖖 Will YOU be watching?
The first season of the new #StarTrek live-action series premieres January 15th on Paramount+
🖖 Will YOU be watching?
December 4, 2025 at 10:24 PM
This can't possibly be real.
Harry Dean Stanton. Obviously.
The trick is to pick an actor that’s been in everything for a long ass time. Off the top of my head that’s Samuel L.
This is a Bill Simmons game, but you’re stranded on a desert island. You can only have one actor’s filmography. You get it all, including cameos. But just the one performer.
I’m taking Cate Blanchett: Talented Mr. Ripley, LOTR, Life Aquatic, Black Bag, Tár, Ponyo, Hot Fuzz, Eyes Wide Shut, Thor
I’m taking Cate Blanchett: Talented Mr. Ripley, LOTR, Life Aquatic, Black Bag, Tár, Ponyo, Hot Fuzz, Eyes Wide Shut, Thor
December 1, 2025 at 4:41 AM
Harry Dean Stanton. Obviously.
November 30, 2025 at 6:51 AM
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teams should lose the designated hitter when the starting pitcher leaves the game
Tonight’s discourse bores me
what good policy would you pitch trump in a meeting that you think he’d half remember well enough to keep talking about it
what good policy would you pitch trump in a meeting that you think he’d half remember well enough to keep talking about it
Trump in a room with a very charismatic person results in like half a day of Trump agreeing with everything that person said, so this has the potential to be very, very funny.
November 21, 2025 at 3:22 AM
teams should lose the designated hitter when the starting pitcher leaves the game
If they have the will to actually do it, it'll be great for the industry. (Also, did a deckie write this?)
Mariners Wanted: Six-Figure Salaries and Months at Sea
www.nytimes.com
November 15, 2025 at 2:44 AM
If they have the will to actually do it, it'll be great for the industry. (Also, did a deckie write this?)
I get adequate shore leave and feel pretty lucky in that regard, but so many mariners don't. They deserve better.
Shore leave crisis for seafarers: Workload and lack of time in port result in crew spending months on board ship without ever setting foot on land.
What shore leave?
www.seatrade-maritime.com/crewing/shor...
What shore leave?
www.seatrade-maritime.com/crewing/shor...
Shore leave crisis for seafarers
Workload and lack of time in port result in crew spending months on board ship without ever setting foot on land
www.seatrade-maritime.com
November 12, 2025 at 12:56 PM
I get adequate shore leave and feel pretty lucky in that regard, but so many mariners don't. They deserve better.
Spinning Zep III and bringing order out of chaos out here in the Fernglade. Only executive decision on alphabetization was to stick Abba's Greatest behind Alice in Chains.
#vinylsky
#musicsky
#vinylcommunity
#nowspinning
#vinylsky
#musicsky
#vinylcommunity
#nowspinning
November 9, 2025 at 1:42 AM
Spinning Zep III and bringing order out of chaos out here in the Fernglade. Only executive decision on alphabetization was to stick Abba's Greatest behind Alice in Chains.
#vinylsky
#musicsky
#vinylcommunity
#nowspinning
#vinylsky
#musicsky
#vinylcommunity
#nowspinning
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The defense team presses Lairmore on whether the sandwich really 'exploded.' They return to the photo of the sandwich and wrapper on the ground.
"That sandwich hasn't exploded at all, has it?" defense asks.
"It looks like a little bit is coming out towards the bottom," Lairmore replies.
"That sandwich hasn't exploded at all, has it?" defense asks.
"It looks like a little bit is coming out towards the bottom," Lairmore replies.
November 4, 2025 at 4:37 PM
The defense team presses Lairmore on whether the sandwich really 'exploded.' They return to the photo of the sandwich and wrapper on the ground.
"That sandwich hasn't exploded at all, has it?" defense asks.
"It looks like a little bit is coming out towards the bottom," Lairmore replies.
"That sandwich hasn't exploded at all, has it?" defense asks.
"It looks like a little bit is coming out towards the bottom," Lairmore replies.
November 1, 2025 at 1:55 PM
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Hard to imagine a more sinister & dangerous argument, couched in euphemism & high-minded language. "This essay does not argue liberalism will collapse, only that [US] military officers should be intellectually (and spiritually) prepared for alternatives." warontherocks.com/2025/10/the-...
The American Military Officer After Liberalism
Across academia, government, and Silicon Valley, on social media, and in leading journals, intellectuals and political leaders are openly debating what
warontherocks.com
October 30, 2025 at 9:16 PM
Hard to imagine a more sinister & dangerous argument, couched in euphemism & high-minded language. "This essay does not argue liberalism will collapse, only that [US] military officers should be intellectually (and spiritually) prepared for alternatives." warontherocks.com/2025/10/the-...
Now spinning Porcupine Tree's Fear of a Blank Planet. A great pressing of this magnificent album. If you know Porcupine Tree then you know. If you don't know them, but you like Pink Floyd, then you need to find em!
#vinylcommunity
#musicsky
#vinylsky
#progrock
#vinylcommunity
#musicsky
#vinylsky
#progrock
November 1, 2025 at 12:21 AM
Now spinning Porcupine Tree's Fear of a Blank Planet. A great pressing of this magnificent album. If you know Porcupine Tree then you know. If you don't know them, but you like Pink Floyd, then you need to find em!
#vinylcommunity
#musicsky
#vinylsky
#progrock
#vinylcommunity
#musicsky
#vinylsky
#progrock
Now spinning a 45rpm pressing of Fleetwood Mac's Rumors. This is one of those must have albums in my opinion, and the 45rpm version is absolutely stellar.
#vinylcommunity
#musicsky
#vinylsky
#70s
#vinylcommunity
#musicsky
#vinylsky
#70s
October 30, 2025 at 10:49 PM
Now spinning a 45rpm pressing of Fleetwood Mac's Rumors. This is one of those must have albums in my opinion, and the 45rpm version is absolutely stellar.
#vinylcommunity
#musicsky
#vinylsky
#70s
#vinylcommunity
#musicsky
#vinylsky
#70s
New cairn terrier puppy here at the Fernglade. His name is Starbuck, after the 1st mate in Moby-Dick. Quite a lot of personality! Will miss him when I'm at sea. Sadly, he cannot join the crew.
#dogsofbluesky
#cairnterrier
#toto
#dogsofbluesky
#cairnterrier
#toto
October 30, 2025 at 6:24 PM
New cairn terrier puppy here at the Fernglade. His name is Starbuck, after the 1st mate in Moby-Dick. Quite a lot of personality! Will miss him when I'm at sea. Sadly, he cannot join the crew.
#dogsofbluesky
#cairnterrier
#toto
#dogsofbluesky
#cairnterrier
#toto
Now spinning Old and in the Way, an incredible album that in it's way kept bluegrass alive for popular audiences through the 70s and 80s. This is a deeply important record in the grand scope of human history.
#vinylsky
#musicsky
#bluegrass
#vinylcommuity
#70s
#vinylsky
#musicsky
#bluegrass
#vinylcommuity
#70s
October 23, 2025 at 4:27 AM
Now spinning Old and in the Way, an incredible album that in it's way kept bluegrass alive for popular audiences through the 70s and 80s. This is a deeply important record in the grand scope of human history.
#vinylsky
#musicsky
#bluegrass
#vinylcommuity
#70s
#vinylsky
#musicsky
#bluegrass
#vinylcommuity
#70s
Now spinning Neil Diamond's Hot August Night, one of the best live albums out there. What a show that must've been! The mofi is a great pressing and, for a mofi, not expensive.
#vinylcommunity
#vinylsky
#musicsky
#70s
#vinylcommunity
#vinylsky
#musicsky
#70s
October 22, 2025 at 6:13 PM
Now spinning Neil Diamond's Hot August Night, one of the best live albums out there. What a show that must've been! The mofi is a great pressing and, for a mofi, not expensive.
#vinylcommunity
#vinylsky
#musicsky
#70s
#vinylcommunity
#vinylsky
#musicsky
#70s
Now spinning Michael Jackson's Thriller. Crate dive find. 1st pressing. NM. Cover still in the shrink, w/ "The Girl is Mine" hype sticker. One original price tag shows $8.98. Then it was marked down to $6.49. So, im guessing it was sold in '84. Sound is amazing.
#vinylsky
#musicsky
#80s #80spop
#vinylsky
#musicsky
#80s #80spop
October 20, 2025 at 11:23 PM
Now spinning Paul Simon's Graceland. I think this might be the last truly perfect album from a 60s rock star/ pop star. There are plenty of great ones, dont get me wrong. Bowie's Blackstar? But Graceland was huge and spectacular and important.
#vinylcommunity
#vinylsky
#musicsky
#80s
#vinylcommunity
#vinylsky
#musicsky
#80s
October 20, 2025 at 10:42 PM
Now spinning Paul Simon's Graceland. I think this might be the last truly perfect album from a 60s rock star/ pop star. There are plenty of great ones, dont get me wrong. Bowie's Blackstar? But Graceland was huge and spectacular and important.
#vinylcommunity
#vinylsky
#musicsky
#80s
#vinylcommunity
#vinylsky
#musicsky
#80s