Begging people to understand that what they read on a heavily censored social media site in a repressive totalitarian state may not, in fact, reflect the reality on the ground https://mastodon.social/@Gina@fosstodon.org/113855995009462296
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What happens if I stack a bunch of those jiggly #Moon frames an torture them with #gmic?
Not too bad for a cheap point and shoot with a 1/2.3 sensor on a tripod
(Canon SX730 160x1/111s, F/7, ISO 80 960mm EFL)
[#]Astrophotography #Astrodon
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[#]Mars conjunction aligned on the #Moon, showcasing our fine sea-level coastal seeing
[#]Astrophotography #Astrodon
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and the exit
[#]Moon #Mars
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[#]Mars passing behind the #Moon tonight
(explanation: Mars is faster because it's red)
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Now T-30 minutes. Delays (or scrubs) not unexpected on a first attempt, though I'm not sure I've seen anyone periodically add time to the clock like this before. Holds or reset to T-n seem more common
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🚀 #NewGlen #NG1, t-15ish minutes https://www.blueorigin.com/missions/ng-1
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Anyway what I'm saying is there's never been a better time to found an FPV startup in Canada, Denmark or Panama
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No European leader wants to start a trade war over some ostensibly joking dumbfuck remarks about Greenland. Even the ones who think Trump is an absolute piece of shit know they have to deal with the US for the next four years
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IMO, what I said about the overturning the election (pre-Jan 6) applies to the Greenland, Canada, Panama stuff: It's a joke until people in his orbit show they're willing to act on it. The scary part is that even the actors who find it totally over the line have strong individual incentives to humor him and hope goes away rather than getting into a direct confrontation, which only encourages it to fester in his inner circle
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[#]Moon and #Venus tonight
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The writers are hacks
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Hard to think of a more damning indictment of the media and American education: “He is more attuned to the needs of everyone instead of just the rich”
He was president for four fucking years, we know what his policies were like and it sure as fuck wasn't addressing the "needs of everyone"
https://wapo.st/4grQrVy
[#]GiftArticle #GiftLink
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The broad strokes of this were all known and not meaningfully disputed when Trump nominated Gaetz. Yet, while some GOP signaled they weren't willing to vote for Gaetz, they've been pretty much completely silent as to what the selection says about Trump's judgement, character, and support for the purported deeply held values of the GOP
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Ladies and gentlemen, the man nominated to be chief law enforcement officer by the leader of the party of Traditional Family Values and Law and Order: "The Committee determined there is substantial evidence that Representative Gaetz violated House Rules and other standards of conduct prohibiting prostitution, statutory rape, illicit drug use, impermissible gifts, special favors or privileges, and obstruction of Congress" https://www.cbsnews.com/news/matt-gaetz-ethics-report-released/
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So far he's "joked" about annexing Canada¹, the Panama Canal and Greenland², plus invading Mexico³
Unclear how much is trolling but it sure puts a light on saying Putin was "smart" for attempting to grab Ukraine by force, and how neither he nor his sycophants give a shit about diplomatic norms
¹ https://www.politico.eu/article/us-donald-trump-says-great-idea-to-make-canada-the-51st-state-justin-trudeau/
² https://www.reuters.com/world/americas/trump-says-he-might-demand-panama-hand-over-canal-2024-12-22/
³ https://www.yahoo.com/news/trump-team-said-debating-much-232551873.html
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One of the most clownish fucking election deniers joins the fucking clown show https://www.reuters.com/world/us/trump-picks-hardline-republican-kari-lake-lead-voice-america-2024-12-12/
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Re the disappearing plane: If it crashed, or landed hard at the end of that track, someone probably should have noticed and posted on the internet by now (OTOH, there's A Lot Going On Right Now)
If they turned off the transponder and headed for some 3rd country, you'd expect them to turn it back on once in friendly / neutral airspace
https://mastodon.social/@reedmideke/113615124542356546
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What comes after Assad is fraught at best, but let me just say… hahahahaha fuck that guy
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I present the man chosen to "head up the Presidential Council of Advisors for Science and Technology"
https://www.theverge.com/2024/12/5/24314514/trump-david-sacks-white-house-ai-crypto-czar
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