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Chuck Barnum

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Tired, old nerd, sci-fi & Trek fan. I don't care what era of Trek you like or hate just as long as you treat each other with dignity & respect. Okay? It's literally that easy to do. Gen-Xer with one foot in the grave. Progressive/SocDem till the day I die.

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I wish this veteran would tell us how he really feels. ๐Ÿ˜ณ๐Ÿ‘‡

12.03.2026 02:32 ๐Ÿ‘ 273 ๐Ÿ” 108 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 24 ๐Ÿ“Œ 3
Daniels Reveal That He Is From 900 Years In The Future
Daniels Reveal That He Is From 900 Years In The Future YouTube video by April 5, 2063

Daniels Reveal That He Is From 900 Years In The Future โœจ www.youtube.com/watch?v=5m5H...

12.03.2026 05:21 ๐Ÿ‘ 4 ๐Ÿ” 1 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Initial conditions:
m1=21.8 m2=133.5 m3=1.9 (solar masses)
v1x=-6.632 v1y=6.552 v2x=-5.791 v2y=-5.053 v3x=2.492 v3y=1.327 (km/s)
x1=25.0 y1=-14.0 x2=-12.0 y2=-33.0 x3=16.0 y3=28.0 (AU from center)
Music: First Step (Interstellar) โ€“ Zimmer

12.03.2026 06:17 ๐Ÿ‘ 23 ๐Ÿ” 4 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Yep.

12.03.2026 07:09 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
Pete Hegseth's Holy War
Pete Hegseth's Holy War YouTube video by Leeja Miller

Pete Hegseth's Holy War

Leeja Miller

www.youtube.com/watch?v=uOFN...

12.03.2026 05:02 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

My husband is the same. Also with bonito flakes. Me, I like em' all but the wasabi flavoured furikake's my favourite by far.

12.03.2026 04:52 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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#StreetArt by #GOIN in #France #Grenoble

11.03.2026 09:54 ๐Ÿ‘ 314 ๐Ÿ” 61 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 4 ๐Ÿ“Œ 2
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Terms And Conditions Apply does not exist #AIArt #midjourney

11.03.2026 16:00 ๐Ÿ‘ 13 ๐Ÿ” 1 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

That's just me playing "Solar Smash" again.

12.03.2026 03:58 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Astronomers collect rare evidence of two planets colliding Anastasios (Andy) Tzanidakis was combing through old telescope data from 2020 when he found an otherwise boring star acting very strangely. The star, named Gaia20ehk, was about 11,000 light-years from...

phys.org/news/2026-03...
#Astrophysics

11.03.2026 20:53 ๐Ÿ‘ 12 ๐Ÿ” 5 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

This is what satellite constellations are doing to ground-based astronomical observation.

12.03.2026 03:57 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
Image posted by astronomybot

Image posted by astronomybot

Rosette Nebula context image
Image date: 23 April 2025, 16:00


The Rosette Nebula is a vast star-forming region, 100 light-years across, that lies at one end of a giant molecular cloud the constellation Monoceros. The nebula is estimated to contain around 10,000 solar masses. The nebula is locat...

12.03.2026 03:55 ๐Ÿ‘ 3 ๐Ÿ” 3 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Unknown space object seen 'screaming' out of our galaxy at over 1 million miles per hour CWISE J1249+36, a low-mass runaway star, is traveling at an extraordinary speed that could propel it out of the Milky Way.

www.earth.com/news/runaway...
It is a rogue star. An interesting read if youโ€™re not familiar with the phenomena.
#AstroPhysics

11.03.2026 05:38 ๐Ÿ‘ 15 ๐Ÿ” 5 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Revisiting Rollerball (1975): An Enduring and Powerful Dystopian Classic Image is of James Caan in Rollerball. (Courtesy of United Artists)

Iโ€™ve been on a kick of rewatching #Rollerball (1975) recently, so I thought I would share some my thoughts on this underrated, ahead of its time, excellent film. ๐Ÿ๏ธ ๐Ÿงก
#FilmSky
#MovieSky

medium.com/@melanie1701...

12.03.2026 00:50 ๐Ÿ‘ 16 ๐Ÿ” 1 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

I use it fairly often as a drizzle when I bake chicken. I also season the chicken with furikake.

12.03.2026 03:55 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Always has been, always will be.

Welcome to our (LGBTQ Americans) world.

12.03.2026 03:52 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Today's APOD: a cosmic monster about to devour an entire galaxy! Or a chance alignment - you decide ๐Ÿ˜€ Read more: apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap26031... ๐Ÿ“ธ: William Vrbasso

11.03.2026 16:52 ๐Ÿ‘ 34 ๐Ÿ” 10 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2 ๐Ÿ“Œ 1
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Astronomers capture birth of a magnetar, confirming link to some of universe's brightest exploding stars Astronomers have for the first time seen the birth of a magnetarโ€”a highly magnetized, spinning neutron starโ€”and confirmed that it's the power source behind some of the brightest exploding stars in the...

phys.org/news/2026-03...

12.03.2026 01:42 ๐Ÿ‘ 10 ๐Ÿ” 4 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

If you see this, post a character that starts with the letter T.
(Tommyinnit & Tubbo)

12.03.2026 03:49 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

"BUT I dont want to relive the past 60 years of Trek through reboots & prequels.

I don't want the untold stories of Kirk & Spock. I NEED the untold stories of new characters. Blatant nostalgia wanking will be the death of this franchise."

Me too, me too. And agreed with you 100%.

12.03.2026 03:46 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

(big sigh)

it's star trek, id watch it regardless BUT I dont want to relive the past 60 years of Trek through reboots & prequels.

I dont want the untold stories of Kirk & Spock. I NEED the untold stories of new characters. Blatant nostalgia wanking will be the death of this franchise.

12.03.2026 00:39 ๐Ÿ‘ 72 ๐Ÿ” 7 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 13 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Always have found it interesting with how Starships Transporter Capabilities are at times stretched to their limits with how many that can be Transported at the same time especially from a Ship that is about to Explode.

#StarTrekVoyager #StarTrek #Treksky #Trekkies

11.03.2026 18:34 ๐Ÿ‘ 8 ๐Ÿ” 1 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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"The last thing I need is to hear that two of my senior officers have been admitted to sickbay, because they suddenly regressed to the level of five-year-olds!"

That Archer line always has me chuckling.

"Don't tell me who Started it!" lol

#StarTrekEnterprise #Treksky #StarTrek #Treksky

11.03.2026 19:00 ๐Ÿ‘ 3 ๐Ÿ” 1 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Available For Parties And Small Wars does not exist #AIArt #midjourney

12.03.2026 00:00 ๐Ÿ‘ 11 ๐Ÿ” 2 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Falcon does not exist #AIArt #midjourney

11.03.2026 20:00 ๐Ÿ‘ 12 ๐Ÿ” 2 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
The only known painting of Star Trekโ€™s USS Enterprise, by Walter โ€œMattโ€ Jefferiesโ€”the Star Trek art director who created it

The only known painting of Star Trekโ€™s USS Enterprise, by Walter โ€œMattโ€ Jefferiesโ€”the Star Trek art director who created it

Walter Matthew Jefferies (1964)

12.03.2026 01:55 ๐Ÿ‘ 102 ๐Ÿ” 19 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 5 ๐Ÿ“Œ 1
(Debajo en espaรฑol)

Milky Way over the 10.4m Gran Telescopio CANARIAS (GTC) and the 3.6m Telescopio Nazionale Galileo (TNG), Roque de los Muchachos Observatory, La Palma, Canary Islands, Spain. 

Single frame, 15 seconds exposure at 1600 ISO over CANON EOS 5D Mark III, F=33mm and f/2.8. Taken on Wed 3 Aug 2016, 20:35 UTC. 

Credit: รngel R. Lรณpez-Sรกnchez.


La Vรญa Lรกctea sobre el Gran Telescopio CANARIAS (GTC), de 10.4m, y el Telescopio Nacional Galileo (TNG), de 3.6m, en el Observatorio del Roque de los Muchachos, La Palma, Islas Canarias, Espaรฑa.

รšnico fotograma, exposiciรณn de 15 segundos a 1600 ISO sobre CANON EOS 5D Mark III, Objetivo con F=33mm y f/2.8. Conseguida el miรฉrcoles 3 de agosto de 2016 a las 20:35 UTC.

Crรฉdito: รngel R. Lรณpez-Sรกnchez (AAO/MQ).

(Debajo en espaรฑol) Milky Way over the 10.4m Gran Telescopio CANARIAS (GTC) and the 3.6m Telescopio Nazionale Galileo (TNG), Roque de los Muchachos Observatory, La Palma, Canary Islands, Spain. Single frame, 15 seconds exposure at 1600 ISO over CANON EOS 5D Mark III, F=33mm and f/2.8. Taken on Wed 3 Aug 2016, 20:35 UTC. Credit: รngel R. Lรณpez-Sรกnchez. La Vรญa Lรกctea sobre el Gran Telescopio CANARIAS (GTC), de 10.4m, y el Telescopio Nacional Galileo (TNG), de 3.6m, en el Observatorio del Roque de los Muchachos, La Palma, Islas Canarias, Espaรฑa. รšnico fotograma, exposiciรณn de 15 segundos a 1600 ISO sobre CANON EOS 5D Mark III, Objetivo con F=33mm y f/2.8. Conseguida el miรฉrcoles 3 de agosto de 2016 a las 20:35 UTC. Crรฉdito: รngel R. Lรณpez-Sรกnchez (AAO/MQ).

Milky Way over the GTC and the TNG - From รngel Lรณpez-Sรกnchez - https://flic.kr/p/JWSpFb

12.03.2026 02:00 ๐Ÿ‘ 37 ๐Ÿ” 8 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 1
The ARC-170 Starfighter seen at the battle of Coruscant. It has 6 wings, 3 on each side that maneuver like the X-wing does in the original star wars films.

The ARC-170 Starfighter seen at the battle of Coruscant. It has 6 wings, 3 on each side that maneuver like the X-wing does in the original star wars films.

Ship of the day

ARC-170 Starfighter

Three clone trooper pilots operated this advanced combat craft, with a pilot handling the flight maneuvers, a copilot operating the laser cannons mounted on the ship's wide wings, and a tailgunner operating the dorsal rear-facing cannon.

12.03.2026 00:37 ๐Ÿ‘ 92 ๐Ÿ” 10 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 5 ๐Ÿ“Œ 1
A partial clipping from an old TV Guide reads as follows:

two down-on-their-luck witches (Gilda Radner, Estelle Harris) must stop an evil plot to resurrect Vlad The Impaler (Bill Murray).

7 PM channel 13 STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION(CC)โ€”Science Fiction; 60 min.
The Enterprise is dispatched to the site of a battle that ended badly for Starfleet. Wesley makes mistakes on purpose as an excuse to try out his new catchphrase, "warpsie daisy!" Transporter chief: Douglas Adams.

[SCI] MOVIE(CC)โ€”Science Fiction; 2 hrs.
โ€œBeatnik Skeletor.โ€ Garry Shandling. Dolph Lund-

A partial clipping from an old TV Guide reads as follows: two down-on-their-luck witches (Gilda Radner, Estelle Harris) must stop an evil plot to resurrect Vlad The Impaler (Bill Murray). 7 PM channel 13 STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION(CC)โ€”Science Fiction; 60 min. The Enterprise is dispatched to the site of a battle that ended badly for Starfleet. Wesley makes mistakes on purpose as an excuse to try out his new catchphrase, "warpsie daisy!" Transporter chief: Douglas Adams. [SCI] MOVIE(CC)โ€”Science Fiction; 2 hrs. โ€œBeatnik Skeletor.โ€ Garry Shandling. Dolph Lund-

#StarTrekTNG "Old Wounds"

The Enterprise is dispatched to the site of a battle that ended badly for Starfleet. Wesley makes mistakes on purpose as an excuse to try out his new catchphrase, "warpsie daisy!" Transporter chief: Douglas Adams.

12.03.2026 01:55 ๐Ÿ‘ 46 ๐Ÿ” 4 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 1
Nebulous blue gas surrounded by red gas against a sea of stars. Looks a bit like a galactic flower.

Nebulous blue gas surrounded by red gas against a sea of stars. Looks a bit like a galactic flower.

The ancient remains of Abell 31, a planetary nebula that is dissolving back into the Milky Way as its central star nears the white dwarf stage.

Image credit: 15 hrs on my tiny telescope

#science #astronomy ๐Ÿ”ญ๐Ÿ‘ฉ๐Ÿพโ€๐Ÿ”ฌ

11.03.2026 18:55 ๐Ÿ‘ 46 ๐Ÿ” 9 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0