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Trying to take better photos. Astro, landscape, nature. https://sites.google.com/view/galleries-chrisbecke/home

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In that order (space then Star Trek).

I suppose Shatner counts in the other?

06.03.2026 21:47 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Lest we forget, she also had an appearance on Star Trek

06.03.2026 16:49 ๐Ÿ‘ 10 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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I don't know why this came to mind

06.03.2026 14:12 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Shield of America allows for lots of cosplay opportunities:

05.03.2026 19:48 ๐Ÿ‘ 2 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
Quote Origin: People Sleep Peacefully in Their Beds at Night Only Because Rough Men Stand Ready to Do Violence on Their Behalf โ€“ Quote Investigatorยฎ

"Inspired by Kipling, paraphrased by Orwell, and, we think, in the Churchill spirit."
- The Churchill Project

quoteinvestigator.com/2011/11/07/r...
winstonchurchill.hillsdale.edu/rough-men-st...

05.03.2026 19:43 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
Quote Origin: People Sleep Peacefully in Their Beds at Night Only Because Rough Men Stand Ready to Do Violence on Their Behalf โ€“ Quote Investigatorยฎ

Inspired by Kipling, paraphrased by Orwell, and in the Churchill spirit.
quoteinvestigator.com/2011/11/07/r...

05.03.2026 19:41 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Itโ€™s all about looking up more often!

05.03.2026 17:49 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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High thin clouds are favorable for a 22ยฐ halo

05.03.2026 17:40 ๐Ÿ‘ 6 ๐Ÿ” 1 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Itโ€™s 75ยฐ out and every window in the house is open.

Ahhhhhhh. ๐Ÿ˜„

05.03.2026 17:32 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Still might put on a show for the astronauts on Artemis XII?

05.03.2026 16:19 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Been there

05.03.2026 12:17 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

By any chance is it Jeep related? I recently learned that's a thing.

04.03.2026 18:28 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Very useful.

I like the rhyme:
30 is hot, 20 is nice,
10 is cold, 0 is ice.

(It took me about 45 years of my life to realize Fahrenheit had two h's.)

04.03.2026 14:56 ๐Ÿ‘ 4 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

One yellow?

04.03.2026 14:43 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

That has a @astrokatie.com "Lunar eclipse, solar eclipse, apocalypse" vibe.

04.03.2026 14:24 ๐Ÿ‘ 5 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

(back in 1994)

04.03.2026 14:22 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

On my third day working for Ernst & Young in Chicago, shortly after getting engaged, I got assigned to a M-F assignment in Cleveland for the next 4 months.

04.03.2026 14:19 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

I had to do the math. 2,058,262 R voters versus 2,222,349 D voters. That's 52% of those voting in a Texas primary were Democrats.

I'd say that's encouraging.

04.03.2026 14:02 ๐Ÿ‘ 3 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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My mom caught this morningโ€™s Falcon 9 launch from KSC. She lives about an hour south.

04.03.2026 12:00 ๐Ÿ‘ 13 ๐Ÿ” 1 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Now that the eclipse is over, the skies have cleared and the moon makes an appearance. Go figure.

Two shots. One straight, and one for @bryanminear.com

#Fujifilm X-T4, XF150-600mm

04.03.2026 03:21 ๐Ÿ‘ 11 ๐Ÿ” 1 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Which is kind of the plot at the beginning of the 7th installment

04.03.2026 02:52 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

I still remember walking out of the biggest screen in Chicago (McClurg Court) on opening night, wondering where they found live dinosaurs to make the first film.

04.03.2026 02:44 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Van Gogh?

03.03.2026 23:38 ๐Ÿ‘ 2 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

If you start a war without Congress, you should have to pay for it yourself.

03.03.2026 23:37 ๐Ÿ‘ 5 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Finally Prof draws a new molecule on the board, something completely out of the blue.

โ€œTheres no way you could have known this, youโ€™ll just have to memorize this oneโ€

And thatโ€™s the day I dropped the class and switched to Physics major. โ€œJust memorize thisโ€ is not how my brain works.

03.03.2026 23:33 ๐Ÿ‘ 2 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

A student to my left says โ€œcould it replace the double bonded โ€ฆ

Professor: โ€œThatโ€™s ridiculous! The activation energy is off the charts!!โ€

Crickets โ€ฆ

03.03.2026 23:33 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

The prof replies โ€œwhat are you thinking?! Look at the electronegativity!! That would never happen!โ€

Another minute passes โ€ฆ

03.03.2026 23:33 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

My classmates and I stared at the board, then at each other, then back to the board. Silence. A minute passes.

Finally someone tentatively raises their hand and says โ€œmaybe it will replace the carboxyl groupโ€ฆ?โ€

03.03.2026 23:33 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

It was 2nd semester honors organic chem. The professor drew two molecules on the chalkboard and asked us what we would expect the reaction to produceโ€ฆ

03.03.2026 23:33 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

O-chem is why I became a physics major

03.03.2026 23:11 ๐Ÿ‘ 2 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0