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Astrophysics, science communication, sci-fi, nerdery (he/him) Astronomer at @cefca-oaj.bsky.social https://linktr.ee/darksapiens

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A view from the Space Shuttle's cockpit showing the atmospheric limb

A view from the Space Shuttle's cockpit showing the atmospheric limb

Two astronauts in the Space Shuttle

Two astronauts in the Space Shuttle

The HUD for the Space Shuttle

The HUD for the Space Shuttle

A view from the  Space Shuttle's upper windows

A view from the Space Shuttle's upper windows

In the Space Shuttle's cockpit

06.03.2026 22:08 👍 29 🔁 6 💬 1 📌 0

Sitio Patrimonio Mundial en Tiro: Un sitio arqueológico casi alcanzado por un ataque israelí
Estos ataques reavivan la preocupación por la protección del patrimonio libanés, en un momento en que Beirut intensifica sus esfuerzos con la UNESCO.

06.03.2026 21:23 👍 22 🔁 11 💬 0 📌 0

I think this is a great argument, beautifully constructed

06.03.2026 21:20 👍 1861 🔁 387 💬 14 📌 0
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CH$_3$OH and HCN in Interstellar Comet 3I/ATLAS Mapped with the ALMA Atacama Compact Array: Distinct Outgassing Behaviors and a Remarkably High CH$_3$OH/HCN Production Rate Ratio We report the detection of methanol (CH$_3$OH) toward interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS using the Atacama Compact Array of the Atacama Large Millimeter/Submillimeter Array (ALMA) on UT 2025 August 28, Septe...

This news release from NRAO today refers to Nathan Roth et al. using ALMA to observe 3I/ATLAS.

Finding vaporizing methanol at but not above the limit of the solar system range: arxiv.org/abs/2511.20845

public.nrao.edu/news/alma-de...

06.03.2026 21:05 👍 2 🔁 2 💬 1 📌 0

No sé si lo habrá pensado Feijóo o alguien por él, pero… Macron y Meloni gobiernan, mientras que Feijóo no, y a él le vendría bien una crisis de refugiados para alentar el odio contra los inmigrantes en una campaña electoral

06.03.2026 22:39 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

I maintain that simply arresting Elon musk and making a real example of him is the quickest way to global stability

06.03.2026 20:58 👍 1448 🔁 341 💬 26 📌 6
A sequence of shots from the TV series MASH. Three surgeons are operating in a mobile army surgical theater, and are masked in cotton masks, wearing cotton caps to cover hair, and aprons. Bright lights are visible in their backgrounds. The first, panel shows Frank Burns (an absolute jerk character but Larry Linville, his actor, was not) saying, “Everybody knows war is Hell”. The second panel shows BJ Hunnicutt (Mike Farrell) saying (sarcastically) “ remember, you heard it here last.” The third and fourth panels show Hawkeye Pierce (Alan Alda) saying, “War isn’t Hell. War is war and Hell is hell and of the two, war is a lot worse.“ 
5th panel shows Father Mulcahey, the chaplain (William Christopher) saying, “How do you figure that, Hawkeye?” 6th is back to Hawkeye, saying “ Easy, Father. Tell me, who goes to Hell?” 7th is Fr Mulcahey saying “ Sinners, I believe.” 

The last three panels are all Hawkeye, saying,  “ Exactly. There are no innocent bystanders in Hell. But war is chock full of them. Little kids, cripples, old ladies. In fact, except for a few of the brass, almost everybody involved is an innocent bystander.”

A sequence of shots from the TV series MASH. Three surgeons are operating in a mobile army surgical theater, and are masked in cotton masks, wearing cotton caps to cover hair, and aprons. Bright lights are visible in their backgrounds. The first, panel shows Frank Burns (an absolute jerk character but Larry Linville, his actor, was not) saying, “Everybody knows war is Hell”. The second panel shows BJ Hunnicutt (Mike Farrell) saying (sarcastically) “ remember, you heard it here last.” The third and fourth panels show Hawkeye Pierce (Alan Alda) saying, “War isn’t Hell. War is war and Hell is hell and of the two, war is a lot worse.“ 5th panel shows Father Mulcahey, the chaplain (William Christopher) saying, “How do you figure that, Hawkeye?” 6th is back to Hawkeye, saying “ Easy, Father. Tell me, who goes to Hell?” 7th is Fr Mulcahey saying “ Sinners, I believe.” The last three panels are all Hawkeye, saying, “ Exactly. There are no innocent bystanders in Hell. But war is chock full of them. Little kids, cripples, old ladies. In fact, except for a few of the brass, almost everybody involved is an innocent bystander.”

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Agree that I hate this is still relevant.

06.03.2026 20:08 👍 137 🔁 54 💬 3 📌 6

If there were credible allegations against a Democratic president that he had punched a 13 yr old girl in the face after she bit his penis while he was raping her, Fox would be running that shit on a loop 24/7 and calling for his arrest/execution let alone his impeachment.

06.03.2026 20:34 👍 2085 🔁 624 💬 105 📌 24

Hoy en la guarde tenían puestos carteles de mujeres ilustres por el #8M y uno era de Marsha P. Johnson 🙌🏻 aquí sí es

06.03.2026 20:19 👍 28 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0
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Good website: www.youraislopbores.me

06.03.2026 09:58 👍 382 🔁 181 💬 18 📌 91
8x10” oil painting of Jupiter’s Great Red Spot in visible, ultraviolet, and infrared

8x10” oil painting of Jupiter’s Great Red Spot in visible, ultraviolet, and infrared

No big deal just holding my Jupiter painting next to my Jupiter tattoo 🤓

Back from the art show, varnished, and ready to go to its new home on Monday! I will miss you Spectrum of Storms. I spent a month on this lil guy adding details with the smallest brush.

06.03.2026 19:56 👍 54 🔁 7 💬 3 📌 0
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Fun commission project I just finally finished, a Starfleet-styled TARDIS! Inspired by Voyager and DS9, with a full set of custom LCARS stickers.

Only have 3 more commissions until I'm done with all my orders from last year :) Next up is the 1:4775 scale Covenant Assault Carrier!

06.03.2026 19:05 👍 66 🔁 16 💬 1 📌 1
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Inside the Underground Safe Houses Sheltering Immigrants From ICE

We are at this stage of the Holocaust — in Ohio, which hasn’t gotten much attention recently.

“In Springfield, Ohio, some Americans have converted their basements and spare bedrooms into shelters for immigrant families who could be targeted in raids.”

#GiftLink courtesy of my library:

06.03.2026 19:00 👍 186 🔁 89 💬 5 📌 4

Aprovecho para reclamar que este tipo de servicios, en realidad todos los servicios, que tienen las Administraciones sean públicos siempre y no sé subcontraten jamás.

06.03.2026 18:50 👍 41 🔁 7 💬 1 📌 0

25k por poner en peligro la vida de miles de mujeres. Ok.

06.03.2026 18:48 👍 171 🔁 72 💬 8 📌 1

At dusk, Gandalf and Pippin set out from Edoras upon Shadowfax in a desperate race to reach Minas Tirith before it is surrounded by the armies of Mordor and cut off.

06.03.2026 18:25 👍 36 🔁 7 💬 0 📌 1

De hecho, uno de los grandes logros de la propaganda capitalista actual es hacer creer que la IA es solamente un asunto de tecnología.

06.03.2026 18:22 👍 19 🔁 4 💬 0 📌 0

Algunos no lo creerán, pero es perfectamente válido criticar todo el asunto IA sin decir «sirve para algunas cosas, pero» por miedo a parecer tecnófobo.

Porque insisto: no es asunto de tecnología, ni de estar a favor o en contra de la tecnología. Es un asunto de capitalismo.

06.03.2026 18:20 👍 39 🔁 13 💬 2 📌 0

LAST CALL

Spectrum of Storms prints disappear tomorrow (March 7) at midnight MST

Thanks to everyone who has ordered! Many have always gotten their prints & love them ☺️

06.03.2026 18:12 👍 17 🔁 5 💬 0 📌 0

Una de las cosas horribles que tenía el remake de Cosmos…

06.03.2026 22:01 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

It’s hard to properly convey the lunacy of these proposals to people outside aerospace.

Reflect wants to put gigantic mirrors in orbit and beam down sunlight at nighttime.

SpaceX wants a million more starlink sats.

If either of these actually happens, space will be unusable.

06.03.2026 17:26 👍 429 🔁 164 💬 23 📌 10
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The Spaceshipper | Patreon creating Writings, sharing, research, book

New homepage on my Patreon, where you can find all my long-form articles on the creation of Mass Effect, Star Wars, Avatar, The Expanse, Foundation, The Matrix, Alien, Star Trek, Stargate, Dune, Homeworld, Interstellar, Starship Troopers, and many more.

And lots of fictional spaceships. 🚀

06.03.2026 18:04 👍 43 🔁 4 💬 1 📌 0
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Now that it's clear the US bombed an Iranian school killing 165 schoolgirls and staff, here is some new video showing another US-Israeli strike hitting near a different school in Iran.

Starting to feel like killing kids is part of the modus operandi for both regimes. This madness needs to end.

06.03.2026 17:53 👍 9 🔁 4 💬 2 📌 0
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Inside the latest, and scariest, iteration of America’s endless abortion wars After Trump’s mass pardons of anti-abortion activists, threats and harassment at clinics have surged.

“I have a bomb, I have a bomb. Don’t let anyone in or out of the clinic, or I’ll set it off.”

After Trump’s mass pardons of anti-abortion activists, threats and harassment at clinics have surged.

06.03.2026 17:39 👍 296 🔁 137 💬 15 📌 7
A mattress tagged with “The only thing worse than AI are the people that are using it”

A mattress tagged with “The only thing worse than AI are the people that are using it”

“Let’s harvest a few Billionaires and watch the rest fall in line, real fast…”

“Let’s harvest a few Billionaires and watch the rest fall in line, real fast…”

Mattress speech. Very much a neighborhood phenomenon.

06.03.2026 17:55 👍 37 🔁 6 💬 1 📌 0

I'm unsure how people really think people were downplaying a virus that can kill you, make you go blind, wipe out your immune system for years, and oh yeah come back and kill you a decade after you thought you'd shaken it.

06.03.2026 15:42 👍 1657 🔁 522 💬 65 📌 16
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El PP defiende "la propiedad privada, económica e industrial" de la costa ante un aumento de la protección ambiental Sus gobiernos autonómicos reaccionan al proyecto de modificación de la normativa con la intención de que no se limiten los usos del litoral, se acorten las concesiones de ocupación ni se endurezcan lo...

El PP defiende "la propiedad privada, económica e industrial" de la costa ante un aumento de la protección ambiental www.eldiario.es/1_c6ed8c?utm...

06.03.2026 17:15 👍 3 🔁 2 💬 1 📌 0

In good news, WA State is about to become the 14th state to... Ban the microchipping of workers. 😳

06.03.2026 16:50 👍 30 🔁 2 💬 7 📌 2

Anyway, the traditional "way things were" so beloved by reactionaries was largely made up by some terrible 19th century hacks who even then couldn't ever hammer all the old stories enough to fit into their bullshit racist project.

The past is, blessedly, too goddamn complicated for that.

06.03.2026 16:11 👍 63 🔁 8 💬 1 📌 0

Anglo-saxons: Heroes are fragile things. The constant urge for glory and war will lead to nothing but a dead, buried heap of old metal.

Celtic epic: Rage and hypervigilance are a path to the doom of all around you. The land has its own rules; do not ignore them. Be very careful what you promise.

06.03.2026 16:10 👍 79 🔁 18 💬 1 📌 1