Jason Betzner
@jbetzner.bsky.social
I’m a former science teacher with interests in photography, space, and art. He/Him
Silence is Consent. Resist.
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Silence is Consent. Resist.
https://linktr.ee/jbetzner
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This is just some ordinary dude no one had ever heard of, quietly getting by, and the administration has decided in a fit of pique to hound him for the rest of his life because otherwise they'd have to tacitly admit they're capricious incompetent villains. Just let him live, ffs
BREAKING: At 7am ET, in response to the emergency overnight filing, Judge Xinis issued a TRO barring the Trump administration from re-detaining Abrego Garcia.
www.courtlistener.com/docket/71191...
www.courtlistener.com/docket/71191...
Memorandum and Order – #114 in Abrego Garcia v. Noem (D. Maryland, 8:25-cv-02780) – CourtListener.com
MEMORANDUM ORDER granting 112 Motion for Temporary Restraining Order; Respondents are enjoined from re-detaining Petitioner in ICE custody until this Court can receive further briefing from the partie...
www.courtlistener.com
December 12, 2025 at 1:22 PM
This is just some ordinary dude no one had ever heard of, quietly getting by, and the administration has decided in a fit of pique to hound him for the rest of his life because otherwise they'd have to tacitly admit they're capricious incompetent villains. Just let him live, ffs
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The best show from the garden for a good while. #aurora #northernlights
December 12, 2025 at 7:55 PM
The best show from the garden for a good while. #aurora #northernlights
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December 12, 2025 at 4:52 AM
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Violent substorm happening now over Ely, MN. May become visible from the central U.S. soon with a long exposure on the northern horizon. Heads up!!!
December 12, 2025 at 4:53 AM
Violent substorm happening now over Ely, MN. May become visible from the central U.S. soon with a long exposure on the northern horizon. Heads up!!!
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Sorry for the lack of updates, I'm studying for my last final exam tomorrow. There is a healthy auroral arc right now on the Ely, MN aurora webcam and GOES Mag is showing significant charging with values in the 20s nT.
December 12, 2025 at 4:27 AM
Sorry for the lack of updates, I'm studying for my last final exam tomorrow. There is a healthy auroral arc right now on the Ely, MN aurora webcam and GOES Mag is showing significant charging with values in the 20s nT.
Some of the same people who voted for Trump are the ones saying kids today have no morals.
Let that sink in.
Let that sink in.
December 12, 2025 at 3:39 AM
Some of the same people who voted for Trump are the ones saying kids today have no morals.
Let that sink in.
Let that sink in.
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Trump 0-3 on indicting Tish James and just had his ass handed to him by Indiana Republican legislators he threatened and bullied. Also new low in AP poll at 36% approval.
December 11, 2025 at 9:50 PM
Trump 0-3 on indicting Tish James and just had his ass handed to him by Indiana Republican legislators he threatened and bullied. Also new low in AP poll at 36% approval.
Just more racism and ableism shit from a racist president.
New court documents reveal a list of nearly 200 words or phrases the Trump administration told Head Start programs it does not want to see in their funding requests. n.pr/497P6C4
Head Start centers told to avoid 'disability,' 'women' and more in funding requests
New court documents reveal a list of nearly 200 words or phrases the Trump administration told Head Start programs it does not want to see in their funding requests.
n.pr
December 11, 2025 at 9:49 PM
Just more racism and ableism shit from a racist president.
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Reuters: U.S. JUDGE ORDERS SALVADORAN MIGRANT KILMAR ABREGO RELEASED FROM IMMIGRATION CUSTODY
December 11, 2025 at 3:25 PM
Reuters: U.S. JUDGE ORDERS SALVADORAN MIGRANT KILMAR ABREGO RELEASED FROM IMMIGRATION CUSTODY
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One of my favorites from RMNP Colorado
I can feel this memory tightly in my chest. Some are not meant to be forgotten. If I have to bury all of these memories I would have to forget my photography.
#waterfallwednesday
#eastcoastkin
#classicmono
#longexposure
#blackandwhite
#photography
I can feel this memory tightly in my chest. Some are not meant to be forgotten. If I have to bury all of these memories I would have to forget my photography.
#waterfallwednesday
#eastcoastkin
#classicmono
#longexposure
#blackandwhite
#photography
December 10, 2025 at 6:16 PM
One of my favorites from RMNP Colorado
I can feel this memory tightly in my chest. Some are not meant to be forgotten. If I have to bury all of these memories I would have to forget my photography.
#waterfallwednesday
#eastcoastkin
#classicmono
#longexposure
#blackandwhite
#photography
I can feel this memory tightly in my chest. Some are not meant to be forgotten. If I have to bury all of these memories I would have to forget my photography.
#waterfallwednesday
#eastcoastkin
#classicmono
#longexposure
#blackandwhite
#photography
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Dark magic from the Icelandic Highlands…
Captured from a bush plane.
#photography #aerial #nature #landscape
Captured from a bush plane.
#photography #aerial #nature #landscape
December 10, 2025 at 3:27 PM
Dark magic from the Icelandic Highlands…
Captured from a bush plane.
#photography #aerial #nature #landscape
Captured from a bush plane.
#photography #aerial #nature #landscape
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Wow. A Virginian named Naomi just called my office to share her monthly premiums are going up over 700% next year… for a worse plan.
Republicans COULD prevent this with a simple vote tomorrow. Instead, they’re choosing to let Americans like Naomi spend way more.
Republicans COULD prevent this with a simple vote tomorrow. Instead, they’re choosing to let Americans like Naomi spend way more.
December 10, 2025 at 8:25 PM
Wow. A Virginian named Naomi just called my office to share her monthly premiums are going up over 700% next year… for a worse plan.
Republicans COULD prevent this with a simple vote tomorrow. Instead, they’re choosing to let Americans like Naomi spend way more.
Republicans COULD prevent this with a simple vote tomorrow. Instead, they’re choosing to let Americans like Naomi spend way more.
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Last night's colourful captures !
The remarkable Dwarf smart scope captured the blue nebulosity of the Seven Sisters of the Pleiades and the red molecular clouds of the Jellyfish Nebula.
#astronomy #astrophotography @stormhour.com @photohour.bsky.social
The remarkable Dwarf smart scope captured the blue nebulosity of the Seven Sisters of the Pleiades and the red molecular clouds of the Jellyfish Nebula.
#astronomy #astrophotography @stormhour.com @photohour.bsky.social
December 11, 2025 at 10:11 AM
Last night's colourful captures !
The remarkable Dwarf smart scope captured the blue nebulosity of the Seven Sisters of the Pleiades and the red molecular clouds of the Jellyfish Nebula.
#astronomy #astrophotography @stormhour.com @photohour.bsky.social
The remarkable Dwarf smart scope captured the blue nebulosity of the Seven Sisters of the Pleiades and the red molecular clouds of the Jellyfish Nebula.
#astronomy #astrophotography @stormhour.com @photohour.bsky.social
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Good morning #bluesky. I hope you all have a great day. This is our home galaxy over a frozen loch. The small pinky coloured area a third of the way up the galaxy is the North America nebula. Can anyone make out the Andromeda galaxy?
December 11, 2025 at 5:34 AM
Good morning #bluesky. I hope you all have a great day. This is our home galaxy over a frozen loch. The small pinky coloured area a third of the way up the galaxy is the North America nebula. Can anyone make out the Andromeda galaxy?
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Northern light sky from the other day :)
December 10, 2025 at 10:55 PM
Northern light sky from the other day :)
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The EPA has removed references about humans causing climate change from its website.
No US government website can be trusted for science information.
No US government website can be trusted for science information.
December 10, 2025 at 7:52 AM
The EPA has removed references about humans causing climate change from its website.
No US government website can be trusted for science information.
No US government website can be trusted for science information.
Am I the only one that sees this?
1920’s: Spanish Influenza pandemic; huge wealth disparity; lack of regulation leading to stock market crash—>Great Depression.
2020’s: COVID pandemic; huge wealth disparity; lack of regulation leading to a likely AI investment bubble and then stock market crash…
1920’s: Spanish Influenza pandemic; huge wealth disparity; lack of regulation leading to stock market crash—>Great Depression.
2020’s: COVID pandemic; huge wealth disparity; lack of regulation leading to a likely AI investment bubble and then stock market crash…
December 10, 2025 at 4:58 AM
Am I the only one that sees this?
1920’s: Spanish Influenza pandemic; huge wealth disparity; lack of regulation leading to stock market crash—>Great Depression.
2020’s: COVID pandemic; huge wealth disparity; lack of regulation leading to a likely AI investment bubble and then stock market crash…
1920’s: Spanish Influenza pandemic; huge wealth disparity; lack of regulation leading to stock market crash—>Great Depression.
2020’s: COVID pandemic; huge wealth disparity; lack of regulation leading to a likely AI investment bubble and then stock market crash…
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A CME has just arrived at L1, and mid-latitude auroral visibility may *slightly* improve if the Bz can turn south and maintain in that configuration for some time.
The Bt is currently around 10 nT which is slightly elevated but nothing crazy.
go.theauroraguy.com/webcams
The Bt is currently around 10 nT which is slightly elevated but nothing crazy.
go.theauroraguy.com/webcams
December 10, 2025 at 3:58 AM
A CME has just arrived at L1, and mid-latitude auroral visibility may *slightly* improve if the Bz can turn south and maintain in that configuration for some time.
The Bt is currently around 10 nT which is slightly elevated but nothing crazy.
go.theauroraguy.com/webcams
The Bt is currently around 10 nT which is slightly elevated but nothing crazy.
go.theauroraguy.com/webcams
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Read this on air to @sifill.bsky.social tonight.
Every legal story now is either
Ancient Circuit Judge Delivers Crystal Clear 100 Page Rebuke To Trumpist Overreach
or
In Unsigned Shadow Docket Decision, 6-3 Majority Declares Trump Can Hunt People For Sport
Ancient Circuit Judge Delivers Crystal Clear 100 Page Rebuke To Trumpist Overreach
or
In Unsigned Shadow Docket Decision, 6-3 Majority Declares Trump Can Hunt People For Sport
December 10, 2025 at 2:20 AM
Read this on air to @sifill.bsky.social tonight.
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Dunes at Skeleton Coast, Namibia 🇳🇦
December 9, 2025 at 5:22 PM
Dunes at Skeleton Coast, Namibia 🇳🇦
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for today’s #BirdOfTheDay theme of #NestBuilders - florida great blue herons on palmetto - one of those times with too much lens and not enough intelligence - so this is 2 images (top is birds in nest and bottom is palmetto stalk) merged. #birds #EastCoastKin #WestCoastKin #photography
December 8, 2025 at 5:29 PM
for today’s #BirdOfTheDay theme of #NestBuilders - florida great blue herons on palmetto - one of those times with too much lens and not enough intelligence - so this is 2 images (top is birds in nest and bottom is palmetto stalk) merged. #birds #EastCoastKin #WestCoastKin #photography
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December 9, 2025 at 7:10 PM
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Teach a man who hates socialism and votes for authoritarianism to farm and he can receive socialist handouts for life from the government that bankrupted him in the first place.
December 9, 2025 at 3:04 PM
Teach a man who hates socialism and votes for authoritarianism to farm and he can receive socialist handouts for life from the government that bankrupted him in the first place.
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BREAKING: A federal judge ordered the government to restore Rümeysa Öztürk's SEVIS student record after it was wrongfully terminated in retaliation for exercising her freedom of speech.
This allows her to fully engage with the opportunities of her PhD program.
This allows her to fully engage with the opportunities of her PhD program.
December 8, 2025 at 10:36 PM
BREAKING: A federal judge ordered the government to restore Rümeysa Öztürk's SEVIS student record after it was wrongfully terminated in retaliation for exercising her freedom of speech.
This allows her to fully engage with the opportunities of her PhD program.
This allows her to fully engage with the opportunities of her PhD program.