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Howard Gluckman
@hgluckman.bsky.social
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Retired Data Architect, and avid golfer. Travel, Space Exploration, Space Development, Cats, Bluegrass/Acoustic Music and whatever else is of interest.
Ocala, Fl
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Howard Gluckman @hgluckman.bsky.social · Nov 17
For new followers, I've been following rocketry and spaceflight for 64 of my 70 years.
I have very conflicted feelings about SpaceX. On one hand, they are doing amazing engineering, and revolutionizing spaceflight. On the other, the owner/CEO is a despicable person.
Expect Starship skeets this week
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worldbluegrassday.bsky.social
Jamming with Country Gongbang #worldbluegrassday #jam #bluegrass
November 26, 2025 at 11:02 PM
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ginsengsullivan.bsky.social
So lucky to share a planet with these guys.
youtu.be/lPxAFOVEG6A?...
Tallahassee - Bryan Sutton & David Grier
YouTube video by jwdavis8188
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November 27, 2025 at 2:25 AM
hgluckman.bsky.social
This is our local fire station 🙄
November 27, 2025 at 1:12 AM
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xkcd.com
Fifteen Years

xkcd.com/3172/
Comic. Panels up to the 10-year point are grayed out. New panels since the Ten Years comic, which chronicles the first ten years of PERSON 1's journey with cancer: (1) [two people in bed] PERSON 1 (woman): One more chapter? PERSON 2 (man): Don’t we both have to get up early? PERSON 1: Nnnnnggggh PERSON 2: Sure, good point. (2) [many people wearing masks, walking while looking at graphs on their phones] (3) [birds landing on people] PERSON 2 in beanie and scarf: Hah! They like *my* seeds best. PERSON 1 in scarf holding phone with a bird sitting on it: Wait, how do I take a picture of this one? (4) [two people rowing boats with tree landscape] (5) [Person 1 carries overflowing stack of things to Person 2 in bed] PERSON 1: I brought you honey lemon tea, more pillows, a cinnamon roll, Tylenol, another blanket, a– PERSON 2: It was just Appendicitis, I’m really– PERSON 1: *It is my turn to take care of you and I am going to do it right!* (6) [Two people in car] (7) [still in car) PERSON 1: Oh my god. PERSON 2: Oh my god. (8) [car driving] PERSON 1: Pull over! PERSON 2: I am! (9) [both people get out of car] (10) [Large colored panel of aurora borealis over water with both people looking on] (11) [Person 1 sits against tree while Person 2 lies on the ground] PERSON 1: Fifteen years. No sign of the cancer. (12) I *am* having some weird symptoms. Joint pain. Fatigue. I think I’m losing my close-up vision. PERSON 2: Yeah. Me too. (13) PERSON 2: I think we’re getting old. (14) PERSON 1: I guess that’s okay. PERSON 2: It’s all I wanted.
November 26, 2025 at 10:32 PM
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ridingrobots.bsky.social
I don't know why this idea is suddenly flaring up online so early, but yeah, this time next year, Voyager 1 will be one light-DAY away – meaning it will take light a whole 24 hours to travel between Earth and the spacecraft. For comparison: Mars is a few light MINUTES from Earth!
Artist rendering of a Voyager spacecraft moving through stylized blue gas and stars in deep space.
November 26, 2025 at 9:01 PM
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ahrensscience.bsky.social
Very polarizing views and interesting look into priorities 🧐
bordergroves.bsky.social Gregory A. Hargreaves 🍂 @bordergroves.bsky.social · 3d
Trump voting men rank having children as their highest priority in life, and rank having emotional stability dead last. Those poor children.
November 26, 2025 at 1:29 PM
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November 26, 2025 at 3:06 PM
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pptsapper.bsky.social
Minnesota reminding everyone of the “traitors in the field” and the “extension of the arc of human freedom”
the channels of industry Let us thank God for the giorious victories achiered by our brave soldiers in the fierce struggle for. the maintenance of our Guvern-ment ugainst traitors in the field, and for the loyalty which inspires our people to continue and support a rigorous prosecution of the war until rebellion shall yield to respect for Constitution and Law. Let us praise lim to unesamplel national prosperity notwith tanding the ravages uf war in the land; for the proepect of an early termination of this frotriedal strile; for the extension of the arca of human freedom; and for the bright hopes we may cherish for the futare of our beloved country.
November 26, 2025 at 2:32 PM
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pptsapper.bsky.social
Here’s Pennsylvania’s proclamation- I assume people will want to read these at dinner as good patriots, which will make all their relatives of a conservative persuasion very happy indeed…until they hear the contents
"Now, I, Andrew Q. Curtin, Gavernor of of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, do hereby recommend, that the people of renn-sylvanin do set upart and observe the maid day accordingly and that they do especially return thauks to the Almighty God, for the gathered harvests of the fruits of the earth,— For the prosperity with which He has blossed tho industry of our people,-For the geveral health and welfare which Ho lias graciously bestowed upon them,— And for the crowning meroy by which the blood-thirsty and devastating enemy was driven from our soil by the valor of our brethren, freemen of this and other States, - And thac they do especially pray for the continuance of the blessings which have been heaped upon us by the Divine Hand, - And for the safety and welfare and success of our brethreu in the field, that they may be strengthened to the overthrow and confusion of the rebels now in arms against our beloved country, - So that peace may be restored in all our borders, and the Constitution and laws of the land be everywhere within them reestab-lished and sustainea."
November 26, 2025 at 2:46 PM
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tomtomorrow.bsky.social
sir if I may suggest, TUBLICKIN'.
November 26, 2025 at 2:06 PM
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mluckovich.bsky.social
November 25, 2025 at 7:15 PM
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Daddy, why did you get mommy deported?
bencollins.bsky.social Tim Onion @bencollins.bsky.social · 1d
"A woman with a family connection to White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt has been arrested by Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents in Revere, Massachusetts."

www.wcvb.com/article/karo...
REVERE, Mass. — A woman with a family connection to White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt has been arrested by Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents in Revere, Massachusetts. The woman, Bruna Ferreira, has an 11-year-old son with Michael Leavitt, Karoline Leavitt's brother. Ferreira migrated with her family to the United States from Brazil as a child and is currently in custody at an ICE facility in southern Louisiana. Michael Leavitt released a statement, saying that his "only concern has always been the safety, well-being, and privacy of [his] son."
November 26, 2025 at 4:33 AM
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kylec.bsky.social
Tina Peters' attorney is backing the idea of President Trump using a military raid to free her from a prison in Colorado.

Meanwhile, a bipartisan group of Colorado's county clerks say Gov Polis (D) is betraying election workers with his silence on whether he'll free Peters.
November 26, 2025 at 1:51 AM
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ginsengsullivan.bsky.social
BMF-twin fiddle-S
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"Leaning on a Travelin' Song" - Billy Strings (LIVE on The Late Show)
YouTube video by The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
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November 26, 2025 at 12:51 AM
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dmbofficial.bsky.social
Starting on November 26th, Jeff Coffin will join Béla Fleck and the Flecktones for the Jingle All The Way tour! Visit www.flecktones.com for tour dates and tickets.
November 24, 2025 at 6:02 PM
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weratedogs.com
You're kidding me. We only rate dogs. This is a rainbow bagel. I really need you all to start sending us dogs, because we only rate dogs. Thank you... 12/10 (IG: mrpeanutbutter.69)
i can't believe i'm describing this, but a rainbow bagel rests on a gray couch. it is vibrant and beautiful. to the untrained eye, one might the rainbow bagel is actually a tan greyhound wearing a colorful striped sweater and a colorful wavy design collar resting in a perfectly round circle position.
November 25, 2025 at 8:16 PM
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weratedogs.com
Here are my top 10 dogs carrying big sticks!
November 25, 2025 at 3:53 PM
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November 25, 2025 at 12:07 PM
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charles.littlegreenfootballs.com
i’m not crying you’re crying

xkcd: Fifteen Years

Fifteen Years
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November 25, 2025 at 1:58 AM
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apod.shinyakato.dev
🔭 Comet Lemmon and the Milky Way

Image Credit & Copyright: Lin Zixuan linzx23 at mails.tsinghua.edu dot cn) (Tsinghua U.)

apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap25112...
A night skyscape is shown over snowcapped mountains. On the left is the band of the Milky Way Galaxy, while on the right is a bright comet with two tails -- a white tail going up and trailing to the right and a longer blue tail going up and trailing off to the left. Please see the explanation for more detailed information.
November 25, 2025 at 8:00 AM
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kylec.bsky.social
NEW: As President Trump increases pressure on Colorado Governor Polis to free Tina Peters, a close ally of Peters is calling for Gov Polis and Attorney General Weiser to be executed.

MAGA podcaster Joe Oltmann called for the execution of several Colorado Democrats by name.
November 25, 2025 at 2:50 AM
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paleofuture.bsky.social
Sen. Mark Kelly has released a statement.

"If this is meant to intimidate me and other members of Congress from doing our jobs and holding this administration accountable, it won't work. I've given too much to this country to be silenced by bullies..."
Today, Arizona Senator Mark Kelly released the following statement: "When / was 22 years old, I commissioned as an Ensign in the United States Navy and swore an oath to the Constitution. / upheld that oath through flight school, multiple deployments on the USS Midway, 39 combat missions in Operation Desert Storm, test pilot school, four space shuttle flights at NASA, and every day since / retired - which I did after my wife Gabby was shot in the head while serving her constituents. "In combat, I had a missile blow up next to my jet and flew through anti-aircraft fire to drop bombs on enemy targets. At NASA, I launched on a rocket, commanded the space shuttle, and was part of the recovery mission that brought home the bodies of my astronaut classmates who died on Columbia. I did all of this in service to this country that I love and has given me so much. "Secretary Hegseth's tweet is the first I heard of this. I also saw the President's posts saying I should be arrested, hanged, and put to death. "If this is meant to intimidate me and other members of Congress from doing our jobs and holding this administration accountable, it won't work. I've given too much to this country to be silenced by bullies who care more about their own power than protecting the Constitution."
November 24, 2025 at 6:45 PM
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worldbluegrassday.bsky.social
Kermit and Brad Paisley Duel #banjo #guitar #dueling
November 23, 2025 at 11:01 PM
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niais.bsky.social
This is ... not a good idea.
politico.com Politico @politico.com · 6d
A 25-person startup is developing technology to block the sun and turn down the planet’s thermostat.

The stakes are huge — and the company and its critics say regulations need to catch up.

Read more: politi.co/4iaojIc
November 23, 2025 at 10:06 PM
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skycalpro.com
Google street view… but on the International Space Station!
😎

www.google.com/maps/@0,0,0a...
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November 23, 2025 at 7:58 PM