This fantastic pic from Joe Randall was obtained by over 60 images, stacked to capture the sequence of the storm clouds, in July 2020 over Colorado Springs. We know on average 44 lightning bolts occur on Earth every second, even if... 1/2 ➡️ apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap16120... 🔭 🧪 #science

ນ ສ ສຶມຟວງ – ເຜຶ້ວນດິນໄຮັດ່າ/Despair [Laos - Beat/Folk] (1960s) Tender and beautifully haunting ballad from Laos. https://redd.it/r129lg https://youtu.be/L-vUuW4VfjE

#Baltimore #Orioles

Saturn Opposite the Sun apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap25092...

London protests as Putin ally Anna Netrebko performs at Royal Opera House. #NoStageForRussia

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After six years on the run, wanted oligarch Vladimir Plahotniuc arrived back in Moldova, to face a trial over a massive fraud case dubbed the 'theft of the century'. balkaninsight.com/2025/09/25/f...

I get that the news cycle is packed right now, but I just heard from a colleague at the Smithsonian that this is fully a GIANT SQUID BEING EATEN BY A SPERM WHALE and it’s possibly the first ever confirmed video according to a friend at NOAA 10 YEAR OLD ME IS LOSING HER MIND (a thread 🧵)

#Iryna #Law #stabbing #NorthCarolina 🇺🇲 🇺🇦💔🥀 apnews.com/article/nort...

🌎🦉🧪 #Science that changes the conversation. This year, #MigratoryShorebirdProject data directly informed #IUCNRedList updates—proof that coordinated monitoring can shape policy. As a new #IUCN member, we’re excited to keep contributing data that drives #conservation impact. 🔗 shorturl.at/Nc0JB

New maps show Elon Musk’s expanding Texas empire, property by property www.houstonchronicle.com/business/art... #Musk #property

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#Sanadine #topaz open.substack.com/pub/mineralm...

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Check out this beautiful drawing based on my photo of an ancient bristlecone pine! 👏 (referenced photo below)

The two-state "solution" is a neat and tidy way that Westerners feel will solve the problems in the Middle East. Reality is different, however.

So that was Wednesday Sept 24th 2025. Crikey. Another day done, another (more or less) here. So it goes. (Dated this very day in 1967, TV Century 21 #88, with its front cover featuring the mighty Thunderbird 3 taking off from Tracy Island.) And so to bed. Sleep well, gentle sentients…

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#Idaho #lawsuit #vouchers #public #private #schools 👧🏻🧒🏼💰⚖️ open.substack.com/pub/politica...

🧵 This spectacular image by Göran Strand, captured over Östersund (Sweden) in 2019, superbly features the enchanting and colorful phenomenon known as cloud iridescence or irisation. This relatively rare... Image source➡️ apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap24070... 🔭 🧪 ⚛️ #science #nature

The Ancient Mars Variety Show While exploring the Vernodden area along Jezero crater's rim, the Perseverance rover has been studying what might be "megablocks," a variety of ancient crustal materials with clues to Mars' early geological history ➡️ science.nasa.gov/blog/the-anc... #Mars 🧪 #PlanetSci

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per Veronica Konkova 🇺🇦🌻🐻🌾🪶🥊💪🏼 #WingsofWar #avian #biology www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

#Vote for #Mannardite! It's trailing horribly! #MinCup25 #MinCup www.mineralcup.org/2025/vote/r2...

To all of the antizionist Jews: I wish you a Shana Tova and ask you to listen to a Reform Jewish Rabbi address your concerns about Israel. #Israel #antizionist #Jews #Jewish #FreePalestine #DSA #Mamdani youtu.be/Ek2gSPz0GKI?...

#Bjork #MassiveAttack #Israel 🤦🏻 grapevine.is/news/2025/09...

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apnews.com/article/doge... #DOGE #Musk #AllForNothing

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🇺🇦🌻🐻🌾🪶🥊💪🏼 #Ukraine understandingwar.org/research/rus...

360° panorama captured yesterday by Curiosity, deep within the boxwork field 📷 science.nasa.gov/resource/sol... ℹ️ science.nasa.gov/blog/curiosi... #Mars Sep. 22, 2025 - Sol 4667 Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech 🧪🔭

Knowing your ash trees is the first step in protecting them from #EmeraldAshBorer. MSU Extension’s guide shows how to tell true ash apart from lookalikes like elm, boxelder and walnut. Read it here: www.canr.msu.edu/resources/as... #InvasiveSpecies #Entomology 🧪🌍🍁

IC 5146, the Cocoon Nebula, about 4000 light years away in Cygnus. My software detected over 66,000 stars in the original image. You can also see a dark nebula that looks like a trail below the Cocoon nebula.🧪

🧵 You are watching the rugged and stunning landscape of an asteroid, a near-Earth object: 162173 Ryugu. The image was captured on 23 September 2018 immediately before hop of Rover-1B. Image source➡️ hayabusa2.jaxa.jp/en/topics/20... Image credit: JAXA 🔭 🧪 #science #histsci

The Moon is rusting Oxygen particles blown from Earth to the Moon can turn lunar minerals into haematite, also known as rust. The discovery adds to researchers’ growing understanding of the deep interconnection between Earth and the Moon. 🧪🔭 www.nature.com/articles/d41...

If you saw a bunch of rubber ducks around Congress, you'd probably be curious enough to ask: "What's up with the ducks?" OR "What the duck is going on?" Let alone when you add a person in a duck suit into the mix. (9/10) 🧪

🦆 QUACK! 🦆 QUACK! 🦆 QUACK! Now, THIS is a great campaign. @standupforscience.bsky.social, led by @cdelawalla.bsky.social, began delivering "Quack-O-Grams" to Congress this past week. The message is simple: Impeach "the Quack," Robert F. Kennedy Jr. www.youtube.com/watch?v=wjET... (1/10) 🧪

This visualization of the Scorpius constellation in three dimensions reveals how the stars in the sky become distorted when viewed from a new perspective. 🔭 🧪

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A paper in Nature Communications describes a newly discovered species of South American predatory dinosaur, called Joaquinraptor casali. The species dates to the latest part of the Cretaceous Period and was a top predator in the region. go.nature.com/46MHZOh #Paleosky 🧪