Full Harvest Moon Moonstreaks inspired by @bryanminear.com #Fujifilm X-M5, XF150-600mm

If you can't see that since you've taken office, there's been an organized, systematized campaign to have ICE officers dehumanize, threaten, abduct and physically assault US citizens and residents, then I can't persuade you of it.

Monday morning #TenMinMerlin

Sunday morning #TenMinMerlin

Am I just imagining a time in the past when Presidents tried to unite all Americans?

I hear it’s international observe the moon night, so here goes. #Fujifilm X-T4, XF150-600mm

Covid vaxxed!! Take that RFK Jr!!

Great morning!

#TenMinMerlin from Nellysford

I think for me the most compelling answer for "why fund basic research?" (and the one most relevant to the people doing the work) is that humans are curious and finding stuff out makes us happy and fulfilled. Science is a thing humans like. Life would be more dull and sad if we didn't do it. end/🧵

As if irony isn’t already dead, the Hatch Act violation on the DOJ website, which blames Democrats for the shutdown, appears on the page advising DOJ employees they are subject to the Hatch Act. joycevance.substack.com/p/a-note-abo...

Friday morning #TenMinMerlin

Never taken a cruise. Never will.

Oops! I left my #TenMinMerlin running for 42 minutes 😮

For kicks, handheld timelapse of tonight’s ISS pass

We are thrilled to announce that our NEW Large Language Model will be released on 11.18.25.

A relatively quiet Wednesday morning #TenMinMerlin

My representative. … for now.

My student: "Dr. Montano, did you hear what the EPA did??!!" Me: You're going to need to be MUCH more specific. 😅

Monday morning #TenMinMerlin

Puzzle done!

Sunday morning #TenMinMerlin from Nellysford

My #TenMinMerlin on a rainy Saturday in Nellysford VA

Friday morning #TenMinMerlin from my alternate location at the foot of the Blue Ridge Mountains. Quite the collection!

Sometimes it makes you wonder... (from an Amazon product listing)

@jess4va.com Wow! The 71st is all out for early voting! Hopefully this is a good sign. www.vpap.org/visuals/visu...

Wednesday morning #TenMinMerlin

Does anyone know if nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov has been relocated? Or if it's one of the casualties of the efforts to shut down Goddard? @nasawatch.bsky.social @roguenasa.altgov.info

@abigailspanberger.com early voting done! (Remember us from the Indigo Girls concert?)

@jess4va.com Early voting done!

Never has more truth been said.

what the hell did Tylenol ever do to this guy?

At the end of each day I think things couldn’t possibly get worse because I’m an optimist. But Trump always proves me wrong. bsky.app/profile/atru...

Trump is aggressively ignorant. He does not learn, actively resists it, and has surrounded himself with people who enable his stupidity.

Monday morning #TenMinMerlin

Sunday morning #TenMinMerlin

My Etsy shop is still on sale this weekend. Times are tough. The husband is sick with Covid still I’d love a few sales. Take a look if you have time. My global warming Christmas tree are a big hit with the parents in laws as gifts! And there are mugs (making more) and jewelry. Surly.etsy.com

Timeline cleanse

Saturday morning #TenMinMerlin

If you see this, QRP with a gif of the last show/movie you watched.

In this Friday morning #TenMinMerlin there’s some unfamiliar calls. Perhaps catching some migration?

"A republic, if you can keep it" -- Benjamin Franklin

Right-wing Sinclair Broadcasting owns all these local media stations and many others all across America. This is not journalism, it is scripted propaganda.

Carr in 2022

We need to get serious about Mars Sample Return. So hear me out.

Not many avian voices on this rainy Wednesday morning #TenMinMerlin

Battle doomscrolling by posting 5 small pleasures in life: 1. Drinking a whiskey drink 2. Drinking a vodka drink 3. Drinking a lager drink 4. Drinking a cider drink 5. Singing the songs that remind me of the good times Bonus round. Singing the songs that remind me of the better times

SWAN25B now has a formal name: I give you Comet C/2025 R2 SWAN. This one snuck up on us from sunward, and is now shining at a respectable magnitude +7 low to the west at dusk, near Mars and Spica. But that’s about to change, as the comet vaults into the evening sky, and past Earth in October.