SCOOP— Trump wants a 24k gold coin w/ his face on it for America 250, but an official at a late February coin advisory committee meeting called it something only done by "nations ruled by kings or dictators." After NYT reported the criticism, US Mint yanked online vid of the meeting w/o explanation.

“Apparently I’m an idiot.” Woman at Pennsylvania gas station who voted for Trump rips into him, calls him “a worthless pile of sh*t”.

Here's my #timelapse for March 16-27, 2026 from Crestone, Colorado USA. I missed a nice fireball at dawn while repositioning my camera for sunrise. Grim desert aftermath by Kevin Bryce is licensed under a Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 International License. #astronomy #astrophotography

You might think it’s bad to get relationship advice from a chatbot trained on notoriously deranged internet advice forums, but it’s actually the best advice you can get x.com/aakashgupta/...

I caught some really nice airglow in my #timelapse last night, March 15-16, 2026 from Crestone, Colorado USA The full night video is up at youtu.be/T4HXamo7E5U #astronomy #astrophotography

Here is the blast wave from the M2.7 CME which occured a couple hours ago. The source region is AR 4392 which is growing and within the Earth-strike zone. The blast wave spreads out in all directions and indicates an Earth-directed CME is on the way. #heliophysics

A bright meteor on the Meteor Cam LIVE stream a couple of nights ago. It's the first time I've captured a meteor smoke trail on this camera, it lingered for about 15 minutes ! You can view the Meteor Cam here... www.youtube.com/@Northumberl... #Meteors #Fireball #Astronomy @imometeors.bsky.social

Here's my #timelapse for March 14-15, 2026 from Crestone, CO USA Transe en sandales by Patroux is licensed under a Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License. We had several 45mph gusts. I lashed my tripods to a t-post to keep them from blowing away #COwx #astronomy #astrophotography

Deep Sage Nine Starcast Episode 042  The B612 Foundation In this episode of Starcast, hosts Jay Shaffer and Mike Lewinski discuss current space weather and astronomical sights before diving into the history of asteroid impacts and the B612 Foundation's data-driven efforts to detect potentially…

My #timelapse for March 13-14, 2026 from Crestone, Colorado USA features a very brief aurora display and some awesome lenticulars. Creatures of Avalon (ID 2428) by Lobo Loco is licensed under a Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International License. #astronomy #astrophotography

Joe was a real one. RIP. sfist.com/2026/03/13/j...

Tyranny requires constant effort. It breaks, it leaks. Authority is brittle. Oppression is the mask of fear. Remember that. - Andor Pic of the day #photography

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You don't see "cluster fuck" used in the news very often. Via @rothandrew.bsky.social www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...

✋ Former USG war crimes lawyer here. Apropos of SecDef's remarks this morning: Denial of quarter—even the declaration of no quarter—is a war crime. And recognized as such by the US Government. From DoD's Manual for Military Commissions.

Here's my #timelapse for March 12-13, 2026 from Crestone, Colorado USA Intergalactic journey by Patroux is licensed under a Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License. There was a visitor overnight at the 1:05 mark, probably an owl. #astronomy #astrophotography

I wrote about how the conservative Supreme Court and federal judiciary are constructing a dual state for trans people. A system that enables arbitrary and unchecked power to push trans people out of society. www.thedissident.news/the-normativ...

Four phases of night, March 12-13, 2026 from Crestone, Colorado USA #astronomy #astrophotography

After Escher by George Bilgere is the Academy of American Poets' Poem-a-Day for March 13, 2026 poets.org/poem/after-e...

Beautiful aurora tonight over Fairbanks--check out this giant auroral spiral! Great show earlier with the arrival of the coronal hole.

That’s actually the distant Golden Gate Bridge glowing under the hollowed-out moon this morning.

Josh Hawley named his bill to ban the abortion drug mifepristone nationwide the "Safeguarding Women from Chemical Abortion Act." Abortion is safer at any stage of pregnancy than giving birth, but fascists act as if pregnant people need protection from abortion www.hawley.senate.gov/wp-content/u...

This x 1000

If Ai destroys the world because we wrote stories about it, we will at least have the funniest possible apocalypse. COMIC ◆ www.smbc-comics.com/comic/sci-fi PATREON ◆ www.patreon.com/ZachWeinersm... STORE ◆ smbc-store.myshopify.com

Fuck this guy

Mood

Gene: "It was really windy in #Boulder today." Audience: "How windy was it?" (per NCAR #cowx)

Here is my #timelapse for March 11-12, 2026 from Crestone, Colorado USA Dessous le mur de planck by Muhr is licensed under a Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 United States License. #astronomy #astrophotography

"Crews making progress with hand and hose lines.  Fire has not increased in size at this time per Incident Command." #WatchDuty #EstesPark #cofire #cowx share.watchduty.org/i/85396?ts=1...

Not great

Indeed

War Crimes

Here's my #timelapse for March 10-11, 2026 from Crestone, Colorado USA Shut Down by 1st Contact is licensed under a Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International License. #astronomy #astrophotography

I spent the last week writing up this essay on what it means to be trans in this moment. What it means to live under authoritarianism as the scapegoated minority of the moment and how it feels inescapable as an infinite loop. www.thedissident.news/exit-conditi...

I cancelled Prime a year ago and don't miss it a bit. I will never shop Amazon again, or subscribe to any AWS services.

The World Is Too Much With Us by Leila Chatti is the Academy of American Poets' Poem-a-Day on March 11, 2026 poets.org/poem/world-t...

"Denver’s job market shrank by 1.4 percent in the third quarter. That ranks the county 328th out of the 373 counties tracked by the BLS across the U.S."

Colorado Democrats tell ICE to ‘immediately abandon’ Hudson detention center plans coloradonewsline.com/briefs/color...

Taking a break today from posting about concentration-camp matters for the newsletter, I wrote instead about a sociological study that might shed light on the Trump administration's reckless violence and the loyalty of his most diehard supporters.

It's looking increasingly like these guys thought that if they could wreak more death and destruction than the other side then they would be respected as strong powerful men and they would "win" and that would make them big important heroes. Very possibly they had no rationale deeper than that.

The trailer for EVERYONE IS LYING TO YOU FOR MONEY. In select theaters starting April 17th 🍿🤑🤣

"People are willing to fall in line behind mythology because conceiving an entirely-different future is an intellectually challenging and emotionally draining act."

Here is my #timelapse for March 9-10, 2026 from Crestone, Colorado USA Fragments of a Moving Sky.mp3 by Anthony Attard is licensed under a Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International License. #astronomy #astrophotography

Denver friends.... It's going down at the Cheesman Park Pavilion on March 14th 5pm: RITUAL TO SUMMON THE UNREDACTED EPSTEIN FILES

Two bluebirds at our nest box today :)

This is what a timelapse of sleeping seals looks like. Seals can hold their breath for up to 19 minutes and even nap underwater. While sleeping, they sink and periodically swim to the surface to breathe. [📹zeehondencentrum] Original post