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David Ridge

@dridge

Husband, father, grandfather (my most important roles), retired minister (not considering myself a Christian, given what that has come to mean), left of center, follower of science and advocate for human rights. Politically outspoken but on hiatus now.

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I appreciate those out there protesting at great risk to their lives however i think the nation needs to grind this economy to a dead stop.
It's something everyone can do safely. No spending on ANYTHING but absolute necessities.
I understand some shut ins can not do this but very many of us can.

25.01.2026 15:28 πŸ‘ 19424 πŸ” 4493 πŸ’¬ 47 πŸ“Œ 1
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This was then, and what do we have nowΒΏ www.facebook.com/share/1QC1qX...

23.01.2026 08:48 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

And here we are, being overwhelmed with his atrocious acts in violation of the constitution and basic human decency, when the fuck are we going to just walk out! And bring this POS POTUS to justice by bringing down his regime and bringing every childfucker to their rightful place UNDER the law?!?

22.01.2026 23:59 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Whoosies who get rich off other people's troubles are quietly sitting this one out. I wonder why?

21.01.2026 16:07 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Nuremberg

21.01.2026 16:04 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Venezuela. Greenland. Oil. Chaos. None of it is random.

This piece breaks down why trump’s latest escalations are about greed, ego, and fear of one thing he cannot survive: the Epstein files.

Read it here:
brooklyndaddefiant.substack.com/p/why-venezu...

21.01.2026 15:43 πŸ‘ 483 πŸ” 136 πŸ’¬ 31 πŸ“Œ 7

And CBS just blighly repeats the lie. Apparently not even asking "how could such a thing occur when the murderer was even touched?"

15.01.2026 02:24 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

This is a pretty severe escalation from CBS, just straight up lying like this.

14.01.2026 17:34 πŸ‘ 13763 πŸ” 2556 πŸ’¬ 1382 πŸ“Œ 205

Yeah, his heart said "fuck you, asshole, shooting a woman in cold blood" and started to hemorrhage.

14.01.2026 19:28 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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12.01.2026 15:31 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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11.01.2026 19:42 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Well, in addition to TACO, tr*mp has a new name TAFU. Seems the oil executives don't believe his picture of reality.

10.01.2026 08:14 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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β€œRise Up, Take a Stand! Nobody’s Illegal On Stolen Land!” Chants the growing crowd gathered where Renee Good was MURDERED today in Minneapolis by ICE agents.

08.01.2026 01:36 πŸ‘ 1193 πŸ” 408 πŸ’¬ 36 πŸ“Œ 21
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23.12.2025 15:42 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Well done, Boulder! I got tired of taking pics and I got there as many people were leaving... 5,000? 6,000? A LOT of peopleπŸ₯°

14.06.2025 19:23 πŸ‘ 5 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
LOS ANGELES CIVIL UNREST SCALE

1992 RIOTS

TRADER JOE'S
SILVERLAKE PARKING

HOLLYWOOD BOWL
INTERSECTION
AFTER A CONCERT

XMAS WEEK
HOLIDAY SHOPPING AT
GLENDALE GALLERIA

LAKERS/DODGERS
CHAMPIONSHIPS

CURRENT LEVEL AND WEATHER
68 AND FAIR, AND ABOLISH ICE

LOS ANGELES CIVIL UNREST SCALE 1992 RIOTS TRADER JOE'S SILVERLAKE PARKING HOLLYWOOD BOWL INTERSECTION AFTER A CONCERT XMAS WEEK HOLIDAY SHOPPING AT GLENDALE GALLERIA LAKERS/DODGERS CHAMPIONSHIPS CURRENT LEVEL AND WEATHER 68 AND FAIR, AND ABOLISH ICE

11.06.2025 01:35 πŸ‘ 2930 πŸ” 895 πŸ’¬ 26 πŸ“Œ 70
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Seti Astro My ongoing journey through our cosmos from my backyard. Astrophotography of our solar system, galaxies, nebula, and clusters to explore. Adding new projects as photons are collected.

7) [disclaimer: I did not know all this. I tip my hat to Frank at SetiAstro for his powerful program called What's in My Image. To other astro-imagers, if you've got a solved FITS file, his program will work for you - setiastro.com

11.06.2025 02:03 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Seti Astro My ongoing journey through our cosmos from my backyard. Astrophotography of our solar system, galaxies, nebula, and clusters to explore. Adding new projects as photons are collected.

6) Look up on a clear night. Lens help. Cameras are even better... (click on image to zoom in). This was about 13 hours of exposure.

11.06.2025 02:02 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Seti Astro My ongoing journey through our cosmos from my backyard. Astrophotography of our solar system, galaxies, nebula, and clusters to explore. Adding new projects as photons are collected.

5) And in the lower center-right is a galaxy with possibly an active black hole at 56,000,000 ly distance. In this image, astronomers have identified at least 15 quasars -- active galaxies in which the luminance of the black hole's consumption of surrounding material outshines the galaxy itself.

11.06.2025 02:02 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Seti Astro My ongoing journey through our cosmos from my backyard. Astrophotography of our solar system, galaxies, nebula, and clusters to explore. Adding new projects as photons are collected.

4) Directly above NGC 5248 is a Seyfert galaxy (also an active black hole) about 330,000,000 ly away. In the upper right is a "normal" galaxy, edge on, that's about 54,000,000 ly away.

11.06.2025 02:00 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Seti Astro My ongoing journey through our cosmos from my backyard. Astrophotography of our solar system, galaxies, nebula, and clusters to explore. Adding new projects as photons are collected.

3) Also included in this image are two very small "fuzzies" (galaxies) in the upper left corner that are about 1,000,000,000 (billion) light years away, one of which has an active black hole, i.e. consuming surrounding material.

11.06.2025 01:59 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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11.06.2025 01:48 πŸ‘ 5 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 5 πŸ“Œ 0
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Seti Astro My ongoing journey through our cosmos from my backyard. Astrophotography of our solar system, galaxies, nebula, and clusters to explore. Adding new projects as photons are collected.

1) Located in the constellation Bootes, it is on the edge of the Virgo supercluster of galaxies (of which the MW is also a part).

11.06.2025 01:45 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

πŸ”­This is about the size of the Milky Way, but at 42,000,000 light years away, NGC 5248 appears to be one fourth the size of the full Moon. It crosses the meridian (the imaginary line in the sky running north-south thru the zenith) on or about 10 pm (DST) on June 1. ].

11.06.2025 01:43 πŸ‘ 9 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 3 πŸ“Œ 0

And good catch

02.06.2025 03:03 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

You are absolutely right. I realized after I posted it that I had the wrong designator but no way to change it but to remove and repost

02.06.2025 03:03 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

I think that depends on the degree of certainty you'll accept for a "yes" πŸ˜‰

02.06.2025 03:01 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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πŸ”­ A cache of photons collected on my prior telescope has finally been processed... NGC7822, the largest galaxy of the Deer Lick group. It's about 127,000 light years across.

01.06.2025 06:22 πŸ‘ 12 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0

Autocorrect πŸ™„... My intent in posting this...

23.05.2025 20:23 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

My intent in paying this was for You to copy this sheet to your own repository to make it your own, adding your own data.

23.05.2025 20:22 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0