Mike Garrahan
@mgarraha.bsky.social
Amateur classical musician and astronomer. Advocate for year-round standard time.
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I live in DC and I'm not famous, so it was a really big deal for my art to be featured in the Washington Post a few times and to speak at the Kennedy Center once 😞
The destruction of these organizations is far from the worst thing happening right now, but goddamn it, evil billionaires suck 😣
The destruction of these organizations is far from the worst thing happening right now, but goddamn it, evil billionaires suck 😣
February 4, 2026 at 4:20 PM
I live in DC and I'm not famous, so it was a really big deal for my art to be featured in the Washington Post a few times and to speak at the Kennedy Center once 😞
The destruction of these organizations is far from the worst thing happening right now, but goddamn it, evil billionaires suck 😣
The destruction of these organizations is far from the worst thing happening right now, but goddamn it, evil billionaires suck 😣
In the past lunar month, these potentially hazardous asteroids were recovered, improving our estimates of their orbits: 2022 CR4, 2023 RJ3.
February 3, 2026 at 5:42 PM
In the past lunar month, these potentially hazardous asteroids were recovered, improving our estimates of their orbits: 2022 CR4, 2023 RJ3.
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Oh our Minneapolis, I hear your voice
Singing through the bloody mist
We’ll take our stand for this land
And the stranger in our midst
Directed by Thom Zimny
Edited by Thom Zimny and Samuel Shapiro
Production Footage: Pam Springsteen and Thom Zimny
Singing through the bloody mist
We’ll take our stand for this land
And the stranger in our midst
Directed by Thom Zimny
Edited by Thom Zimny and Samuel Shapiro
Production Footage: Pam Springsteen and Thom Zimny
Bruce Springsteen - Streets Of Minneapolis (Official Lyric Video)
YouTube video by Bruce Springsteen
youtu.be
January 29, 2026 at 5:22 PM
Oh our Minneapolis, I hear your voice
Singing through the bloody mist
We’ll take our stand for this land
And the stranger in our midst
Directed by Thom Zimny
Edited by Thom Zimny and Samuel Shapiro
Production Footage: Pam Springsteen and Thom Zimny
Singing through the bloody mist
We’ll take our stand for this land
And the stranger in our midst
Directed by Thom Zimny
Edited by Thom Zimny and Samuel Shapiro
Production Footage: Pam Springsteen and Thom Zimny
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Virginia has a new bill to ditch Daylight Saving Time! Tell your VA state legislators to sponsor SB541: www.votervoice.net/ditchDST/Cam...
Virginia: Tell State Lawmakers “Yes on SB541; No on HB9”. Ditch DST!
Tell your state lawmakers to ditch Daylight Saving Time and restore permanent Standard Time! Daylight Saving Time makes us set our morning alarms an hour earlier than Standard Time, every work da...
www.votervoice.net
January 29, 2026 at 12:58 AM
Virginia has a new bill to ditch Daylight Saving Time! Tell your VA state legislators to sponsor SB541: www.votervoice.net/ditchDST/Cam...
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Looney Tunes is (finally!) heading back to broadcast television, with Turner Classic Movies set to position the classic shorts as curated works of film history rather than disposable kids' content.
www.cartoonbrew.com/tv/looney-tu...
www.cartoonbrew.com/tv/looney-tu...
Looney Tunes Returns To TV With Prestige Treatment At TCM
TCM will showcase classic theatrical shorts in curated programming, restoring visibility and providing historical context to Warner Bros.’ iconic cartoons.
www.cartoonbrew.com
January 26, 2026 at 6:59 PM
Looney Tunes is (finally!) heading back to broadcast television, with Turner Classic Movies set to position the classic shorts as curated works of film history rather than disposable kids' content.
www.cartoonbrew.com/tv/looney-tu...
www.cartoonbrew.com/tv/looney-tu...
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Jack Smith: "My fear is that we have seen the rule of law function in our country for so long that many of us have come to take it for granted. The rule of law is not self-executing. It depends on our collective commitment to apply it."
January 22, 2026 at 3:33 PM
Jack Smith: "My fear is that we have seen the rule of law function in our country for so long that many of us have come to take it for granted. The rule of law is not self-executing. It depends on our collective commitment to apply it."
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The ‘Solar Do-Nothing Machine’ designed by Charles and Ray Eames in 1957 as a kinetic aluminum sculpture.
January 15, 2026 at 1:57 PM
The ‘Solar Do-Nothing Machine’ designed by Charles and Ray Eames in 1957 as a kinetic aluminum sculpture.
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The morning light is finally starting to come ever so slightly earlier, but slowly enough that there is a part of me that wants to shake every fool who thinks year long daylight saving time would be a good idea.
January 13, 2026 at 2:22 PM
The morning light is finally starting to come ever so slightly earlier, but slowly enough that there is a part of me that wants to shake every fool who thinks year long daylight saving time would be a good idea.
In the past lunar month, new observations refined our orbit estimates for these potentially hazardous asteroids: 2011 YE6, 2015 VE1, 2022 AP, 2022 MN, 2023 TT1, 2023 VF1, 2024 YE, 2025 AK2.
January 5, 2026 at 5:45 PM
In the past lunar month, new observations refined our orbit estimates for these potentially hazardous asteroids: 2011 YE6, 2015 VE1, 2022 AP, 2022 MN, 2023 TT1, 2023 VF1, 2024 YE, 2025 AK2.
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At any point between now and March we could all just agree to cancel Daylight Savings & never do it again. we're on 'standard' time now.
we should try it some year
"But what about the light in Summer"
1. pretty sure no one alive remembers what Summer nights used to be like
2. Maybe we'd like it
we should try it some year
"But what about the light in Summer"
1. pretty sure no one alive remembers what Summer nights used to be like
2. Maybe we'd like it
December 31, 2025 at 8:09 PM
At any point between now and March we could all just agree to cancel Daylight Savings & never do it again. we're on 'standard' time now.
we should try it some year
"But what about the light in Summer"
1. pretty sure no one alive remembers what Summer nights used to be like
2. Maybe we'd like it
we should try it some year
"But what about the light in Summer"
1. pretty sure no one alive remembers what Summer nights used to be like
2. Maybe we'd like it
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It's just past 7am and while it's not quite pitch dark, it is dark.
Dear Daylight Savings Time fans, if we had DST all the time, it would be not quite pitch dark at 8 something am.
Dear Daylight Savings Time fans, if we had DST all the time, it would be not quite pitch dark at 8 something am.
December 28, 2025 at 1:14 PM
It's just past 7am and while it's not quite pitch dark, it is dark.
Dear Daylight Savings Time fans, if we had DST all the time, it would be not quite pitch dark at 8 something am.
Dear Daylight Savings Time fans, if we had DST all the time, it would be not quite pitch dark at 8 something am.
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Isamu Noguchi - Playground
Metal models for a proposed children's playground in Hawaii
Metal models for a proposed children's playground in Hawaii
December 25, 2025 at 8:50 PM
Isamu Noguchi - Playground
Metal models for a proposed children's playground in Hawaii
Metal models for a proposed children's playground in Hawaii
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In not-very-good news, extreme winds (114 mph gusts) on the early morning of the 25th caused significant damage to the 36" Great Refractor at Lick Observatory. Half of the main shutter broke off and landed on the main building.
December 27, 2025 at 1:00 AM
In not-very-good news, extreme winds (114 mph gusts) on the early morning of the 25th caused significant damage to the 36" Great Refractor at Lick Observatory. Half of the main shutter broke off and landed on the main building.
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In English we know it as “Carol of the Bells,” but the melody arises from a Ukrainian folk tradition of songs welcoming the new year and summoning the forces of nature to meet human labor and bring prosperity.
Do listen.
I wrote about the history here: snyder.substack.com/p/o-generous...
Do listen.
I wrote about the history here: snyder.substack.com/p/o-generous...
Another beautiful Shchedryk performance amidst ruins.
It was set in what used to be a DTEK thermal power plant — now destroyed by russia.
The contrast between russia’s destructive nature and the Ukrainian will to create beauty even in the darkest times is palpable.
It was set in what used to be a DTEK thermal power plant — now destroyed by russia.
The contrast between russia’s destructive nature and the Ukrainian will to create beauty even in the darkest times is palpable.
December 21, 2025 at 9:37 PM
In English we know it as “Carol of the Bells,” but the melody arises from a Ukrainian folk tradition of songs welcoming the new year and summoning the forces of nature to meet human labor and bring prosperity.
Do listen.
I wrote about the history here: snyder.substack.com/p/o-generous...
Do listen.
I wrote about the history here: snyder.substack.com/p/o-generous...
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21. And before team Yglesias responds by saying "yeah, but it's bad politics to run on climate and energy"... I'd point out that I've won 4 elections in a very purple district running on climate and energy. Pro-tip: leadership is possible! You don't have to be stupid to win!
December 20, 2025 at 4:12 PM
21. And before team Yglesias responds by saying "yeah, but it's bad politics to run on climate and energy"... I'd point out that I've won 4 elections in a very purple district running on climate and energy. Pro-tip: leadership is possible! You don't have to be stupid to win!
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It's 6:55 AM right now and the Sun's about to come up. To anyone who wishes we were still on daylight saving time, it would be as dark now as it was an hour ago and the Sun wouldn't be starting to come up until an hour from now. For me, that would be 8 AM. It would still be dark then. At 8 AM. #DST
December 16, 2025 at 11:57 AM
It's 6:55 AM right now and the Sun's about to come up. To anyone who wishes we were still on daylight saving time, it would be as dark now as it was an hour ago and the Sun wouldn't be starting to come up until an hour from now. For me, that would be 8 AM. It would still be dark then. At 8 AM. #DST
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People really do not understand how awful for your health it is to routinely wake up in the dark.
December 10, 2025 at 7:49 AM
People really do not understand how awful for your health it is to routinely wake up in the dark.
In the past lunar month, these potentially hazardous asteroids were recovered, refining our estimates of their orbits: 2015 XK261, 2018 QN1, 2022 AY2, 2025 DY4.
December 8, 2025 at 6:21 PM
In the past lunar month, these potentially hazardous asteroids were recovered, refining our estimates of their orbits: 2015 XK261, 2018 QN1, 2022 AY2, 2025 DY4.
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By 2040, ~40% of the images from Hubble Space Telescope, and more than 96% from new and future space telescopes like SPHEREx, ARRAKIHS, and Xuntian will be contaminated by internet satellite constellations.
Read our new NASA article in Nature:
nature.com/articles/s4158…
Read our new NASA article in Nature:
nature.com/articles/s4158…
December 3, 2025 at 6:55 PM
By 2040, ~40% of the images from Hubble Space Telescope, and more than 96% from new and future space telescopes like SPHEREx, ARRAKIHS, and Xuntian will be contaminated by internet satellite constellations.
Read our new NASA article in Nature:
nature.com/articles/s4158…
Read our new NASA article in Nature:
nature.com/articles/s4158…
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NEW: AI “recipe slop” is overrunning search and social. Food creators say Google’s AI Overviews and glossy fake food pics are drowning out real, tested recipes — collapsing traffic and setting home cooks up for disaster, especially this Thanksgiving.
Gift link: www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Gift link: www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
AI Slop Recipes Are Taking Over the Internet -- And Thanksgiving Dinner
Food bloggers see traffic dip as home cooks turn to AI, inspired by impossible pictures
www.bloomberg.com
November 25, 2025 at 3:16 PM
NEW: AI “recipe slop” is overrunning search and social. Food creators say Google’s AI Overviews and glossy fake food pics are drowning out real, tested recipes — collapsing traffic and setting home cooks up for disaster, especially this Thanksgiving.
Gift link: www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Gift link: www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
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If you prefer something wearable, grab a silk scarf or tie in a sciency pattern artologica.etsy.com 🧪🐡 #BSNM Support your bsky artists
December 13, 2024 at 2:36 PM
If you prefer something wearable, grab a silk scarf or tie in a sciency pattern artologica.etsy.com 🧪🐡 #BSNM Support your bsky artists
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Editorial: Leave clocks alone. Our health depends on it trib.al/LFJgdv8
Editorial: Leave clocks alone. Our health depends on it
There are some economic reasons for permanent daylight saving time, but the health and safety reasons for permanent standard time overwhelm them.
trib.al
November 12, 2025 at 11:05 AM
Editorial: Leave clocks alone. Our health depends on it trib.al/LFJgdv8
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anyone who bitches about daylight savings this time of year (outside of the adjustment the first week or two or a parent) doesn't have to wake up early bc the only reason i am a functional human at work is because it is light out at 7 am
November 11, 2025 at 1:52 PM
anyone who bitches about daylight savings this time of year (outside of the adjustment the first week or two or a parent) doesn't have to wake up early bc the only reason i am a functional human at work is because it is light out at 7 am
In the past lunar month, these potentially hazardous asteroids were recovered: 2004 HF12, 2005 YS8, 2020 FA5, 2021 GN16, 2021 PL3, 2022 BH7, 2022 YU4.
November 9, 2025 at 2:46 PM
In the past lunar month, these potentially hazardous asteroids were recovered: 2004 HF12, 2005 YS8, 2020 FA5, 2021 GN16, 2021 PL3, 2022 BH7, 2022 YU4.
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New Jersey residents: Tell your state senators to oppose S1510 permanent DST before its Transportation hearing on Monday. Last time pDST was tried, it was a deadly and expensive disaster. Tell them to support S4084 permanent Standard Time for safety instead!
November 8, 2025 at 8:48 PM
New Jersey residents: Tell your state senators to oppose S1510 permanent DST before its Transportation hearing on Monday. Last time pDST was tried, it was a deadly and expensive disaster. Tell them to support S4084 permanent Standard Time for safety instead!