Lunar halo putting on a show as weather on the way. @philplait.bsky.social , you may be able to see this as your just up the road.

A hike today on the Appalachian Trail and a closed section of the Blue Ridge Parkway

Hey old friend!

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🧵This is on the White House web site today. Here is the (currently) still live link. www.whitehouse.gov/articles/202... We are at war and this President has put American lives at risk for no stated coherent reason.

In case you’re just waking up, the U.S. has teamed up with Israel overnight to start an illegal war of regime change, apparently on a presidential whim with no involvement of Congress, and they are already committing horrific atrocities.

You shall not pass!

Hey RVAers! I'll be in Richmond VA for this, giving a firebrand speech. I'm pissed off, I'm vocal, and I'm standing up.

The sky cover is not favorable on Tuesday early morning for eclipse viewing for many in the US (me included). 😢 source: graphical.weather.gov/sectors/sect...

Criminally funny, but also I'm crying inside Norway comes for the #TechBros www.forbrukerradet.no/breakingfree vimeo.com/1168468796?f...

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The continuing oxidation will degrade the thin layer until it no longer produces the interference pattern, and goes back to just being a fossil of decaying plants that were last warmed by the Sun millions of year ago. I think this stuff is best used in rock 🪨 collections, not burned as fuel. 🏭

Wow. Birds are really singing today! Red wing blackbirds and American Robins mostly. 🪶 Williamsburg VA

Look what my sister found from my days as a mathlete!

Puffy flakes. Slo-Mo telephoto snow #Fujifilm X-M5 XF150-600mm

My next read. Why Sharks Matter by @whysharksmatter.bsky.social

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Even in drab light, some scenes in #Iceland are still magical. Stokksnes, Feb 2020.

While looking for the evolution of freestyle ski jumping in the Olympics, I went down a rabbit hole that brought me to Ski Ballet youtu.be/fvk4PpFORD4?...

Blue Currents, by Tunji Adeniyi-Jones, 2025, 📸 by @tiltoncreative

There’s this Lexus ad that pops up when I pause Olympics. I’m particularly annoyed that the shadows don’t properly line up. Whoever drew in the charging cable and shadow wasn’t paying much attention to detail.

One of these days, the makeup artist will learn to color the hand when it is hanging down gathering blood instead of coloring it while it is up on a table.

Saw this Great Blue Heron today out by Jamestown Island. #Fujifilm X-T4, XF150-600mm @everyheron.bsky.social

My latest pet peeve is the “Skip Intro” button on streaming services, where it skips MOST of the intro, but forces you to have to see the egotistical director’s name.

My IALAC* sign expanded today. *I Am Loveable And Capable

Adding radium to the analogy list - alongside lead and asbestosis.

Disturbingly detailed analysis of my first rewatch incoming

If you didn’t catch the significance of the exploding transformers in Bad Bunny’s halftime show, I gotcha. Here’s one of a bunch of pieces I wrote from/on Puerto Rico about the crisis—and Trump’s role in it. slate.com/news-and-pol...

The Sermon on the Mount, by Beryl Lewis, before 1965, 📸 by @ScottStrazzante

Dump Truck, by Mikhail Evdokimovich Tkachev, 1956

That was awesome #BadBunny #NFL

I’ve been streaming Bad Bunny all day. Looking forward to halftime!

22° halo selfie!

Good morning!

My other curling 🥌 accomplishment. IYKYK

Strands #706 “Boo-o-o-o-ring” 🟡🔵🔵🔵 🔵🔵 Connections Puzzle #972 🟩🟩🟩🟪 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟦🟦🟦🟦 🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟪🟪🟪🟪 Wordle 1,694 3/6 🟩🟨⬛⬛⬛ ⬛🟨⬛⬛🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

My only sports accomplishment was being awarded "Rookie of the Year" at Broomstones Curling Club in 1986-87. Another member of Broomstones at the time was Keith Dropkin. His son, Korey Dropkin is currently on a winning streak in the Mixed Doubles Olympic Curling. So that's my "six degrees" story.

From @acyn.bsky.social (posted on X) "Reporter: Do any of you have a favorite animal? Child: My favorite one is a gold snake that can move. It has gold eyes, and it has a super-duper tail… Reporter: Mr. Mamdani, the second question for you. Mamdani: Yes. It’s also the golden snake."

Corona (?) around the moon this morning

Happy to see Curling featured in today's Google Doodle

Note that this "Leader of Antifa" was interviewed in @thisamericanlife.org episode 877. Spoiler: He's not the leader of Antifa. www.thisamericanlife.org/877/the-maki...

And a term I just learned tonight (thank you, @chrisbecke.bsky.social) SOOC (straight out of camera)....

Tonight’s full moon. #Fujifilm X-T4, XF150-600mm

This pretty much sums up the past year

Strong lunar halo again tonight as the snow storm approaches. And a bit of a solar halo earlier today. Williamsburg VA #Fujifilm X-T4. XF 8-16mm

Stunning lunar halo just now over Williamsburg VA. Not unexpected with the approaching storm. That’s Jupiter within the halo to the left. #Fujifilm X-T4, XF8-16mm

Despite my experience with Excel since it's early days as Lotus 1-2-3 (kidding), it was only today that I learned you can do 3-D formulas, easily doing calculations across multiple sheets. =SUM('Sheet 1:Sheet 7'!B4)

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