Galaxy Messier 33 in the Constellation Triangulum, sometimes called the "Pinwheel" Galaxy. Photo taken 15 Oct 2025 with my Celestron Origin from Goldendale Sky Village #GSV Washington (the State). Bortle 2 skies. I am amazed by the clarity. #astronomy

Some carmakers are bringing back buttons, thank goodness. Some touchscreen functions are ok, but gawd I hate touchscreens for everything ... 🤬- www.popsci.com/technology/c...

Nebula NGC7822, Constellation Cepheus taken with my Celestron Origin Telescope from West Seattle, Bortle 7/8 skies 25 Sept 2025. This nebula is almost impossible to see visually, which may be the reason it doesn't have a common name like "torch flame nebula" or something similar. #astrophotography

New jet replaces windows with screens <-- when I first saw this headline, I was thinking "screen doors". www.popsci.com/technology/p...

Did Billiard Balls lead to our present craziness in using plastic for everything? #savetheelephants - www.popsci.com/environment/...

Cederblad 214 Nebula part of the NGC7822 cloud in the constellation Cepheus, imaged 5 October 2025 from Bortle 7 skies in West Seattle using my Celestron Origin with nebula filter. About 1 hour exposure, reprocessed a bit on the Origin itself. Arrow lower right indicates north. #astrophotography

Seattle scientist shares #Nobel Prize for medicine. She didn't answer her phone because it was a Swedish number and she thought it was spam, but called back after listening to the voicemail. @kuow.org - www.kuow.org/stories/the-...

Will China beat the US back to the moon? Can the US catch up? NASA squandered billions developing an expensive "space launch system" demanded by Congress to put jobs in their states. Now the US is in a hole, falling further behind. #space @sciguyspace.bsky.social - arstechnica.com/space/2025/1...

Is there actual paid customer demand for suborbital space flights offered by Jeff Bezos Blue Origin? The company is thinking about scaling up to weekly flights of its New Shepherd rocket. @b0yle.bsky.social on @geekwire.com - www.geekwire.com/2025/blue-or...

Why was this grand observatory razed to the ground? Ulugh Beg, prince and governor of Samarkand in present day Uzbekistan, was probably a better astronomer than governor. He built the world's most advanced observatory in the 1400's. #astronomy @atlasobscura.com - www.atlasobscura.com/places/ulugh...

A vaccine developer and a climate scientist walk into a bar - ok,ok, they really wrote a book. Who is really behind the "war on science"? arstechnica.com/science/2025...

1927 Paramount Studio Map Of California Filming Locations That Look Like Foreign Countries & Regions brilliantmaps.com/california-f...

Is Saturday 27 September the coolest mathematical date of our lifetime? It's a "global square date". Well, ok ... www.popsci.com/science/sept...

Apparently it is legal for Amazon (and other stores) to sell sprays which have the "odor of feces" aka "fart spray". However it is not legal to use the spray almost daily for weeks at a South Carolina high school. @arstechnica.com - arstechnica.com/culture/2025...

The Wizard Nebula, NGC 7380, in the Constellation Cepheus, taken earlier this week with my Celestron Origin telescope in the Bortle 7 skies (that's pretty light-polluted) of West Seattle. 7130 second exposure (about two hours). #astrophotography

Jeff Bezos is frustrated with the slow progress of his rocket company #BlueOrigin compared to Elon Musk and #SpaceX (as are the rest of us). He's got New Glenn and is apparently planning a "New Armstrong" to rival #Starship. @b0yle.bsky.social writes in @geekwire.com www.geekwire.com/2025/space-r...

FRAPs - frenetic random activity periods - aka “zoomies.” Why is your dog so happy to see you and how does she(he) recognize you? It might be the jingling of your keys or your smell (ah "scent") or it might be your Oxytocin. www.popsci.com/science/why-...

Should we have an digital Pope powered by Artificial Intelligence #AI? At least one guy doesn't think so - his name is Leo. www.eweek.com/news/pope-le...

The pros and cons of raking leaves. The lazy person in me loves this article. If you like beetles, spiders, moths and chipmunks, and you don't mind the wrath of your neighbors, you might just not rake. On the other hand ... www.popsci.com/environment/...

NASA's newly announced astronaut class of six women and four men includes an engineer who has already flown in orbit on a privately backed mission and a geologist who worked on Mars rover missions. www.geekwire.com/2025/nasa-as...

Laid-off Microsoft tech workers applying to be baristas? Is Seattle's tech scene in trouble? @geekwire.com www.geekwire.com/2025/is-seat...

Seestar 50 telescope image of the sun this afternoon from Seattle. Quite red because the air is hazy with wildfire smoke from the Bear Gulch fire on the Olympic Peninsula. #astronomy #astrophoto

Nine images of deep-sea creatures. Beautiful and other-worldly. @popsci.com - www.popsci.com/environment/...

Steve Hartmann of cbssundaymorning.bsky.social documents the bedrooms of school kids killed by gunfire. Why oh why do we Americans love our guns more than our kids? 😢 www.cbsnews.com/video/portra...

"Capture the Dark" photo contest winners, including this one of sprites over Western Australia by J J Rao. www.popsci.com/science/capt...

Why China can build things faster than the rest of the world, especially the United States. Hint: first, eliminate all the lawyers. @wired.com - www.wired.com/story/dan-wa...

Are Billionaires the reason everything sucks? Perhaps, but Paul Allen's legacy in Seattle stands out in contrast. He died 7 years ago but left us a recent $3.1 billion foundation, the Seattle Seahawks, the Museum of Pop Culture and more. @kurt-slosh.bsky.social - www.geekwire.com/2025/in-an-a...

Tesla denied having data about a fatal crash involving one of its cars in Florida. But then a hacker found the data by hacking into the car itself. arstechnica.com/cars/2025/08...

India opens a new consulate in Seattle, to "serve as a resource for tech companies, investors, and workers in both Seattle and India." India is the No. 1 country of birth for immigrants residing in Seattle's King County. @taylorsoper.bsky.social in @geekwire.com - www.geekwire.com/2025/tech-le...

Survey: "Twitter sucks now and all the cool kids are moving to Bluesky" @bsky.app becomes the platform of choice for the science community according to @arstechnica.com - arstechnica.com/science/2025...

Elon Musk is crazy, odd and perhaps even dangerous. But I'm still happy to see SpaceX successfully launch Starship today, and have it perform to its flight plan almost perfectly. www.cnn.com/science/live...

Late this summer the #AI tech company #Anduril will fly this autonomous fighter jet, Fury, which it hopes to sell to the U. S. military. No cockpit, no human pilot in the plane. The future of warfare? www.cbsnews.com/news/palmer-...

Barnard's Galaxy NGC 6822, constellation Sagittarius, taken with my Celestron Origin smart telescope at Goldendale Sky Village #GSV. Discovered by E. E. Barnard in 1884, it is the closest galaxy to our Milky Way other than satellite galaxies like the Magellanic Clouds. #astrophotograhy #astronomy

Thanks @b0yle.bsky.social for posting this story. Once, a long long time ago in a city far away, I investigated a burglary at George R. R. Martin's house. Even then, as a street cop, I knew he was a good scifi writer. P. S. I never solved the burglary.

What those TSA bag scanners at airports actually see. In 2023, passengers tried to smuggle a knife in a loaf of bread and a DIY explosive in a soda can. And in 2022, drug mules got creative by putting narcotics in hair scrunchies and Fentanyl in candy. www.popsci.com/technology/w...

Is handwriting and cursive writing dead, killed by keyboards, computers and smartphones? Would that be bad? As long as signatures are still required on everything from credit card charges (stupid) to legal documents, kids probably need to learn handwriting. www.wired.com/story/the-en...

The New York City medical examiner still works to identify all the 21,905 remains (such as bone fragments) from the 9/11 terror attack on the City. Only 60% of the 2,753 victims have been identified. Here is a painful, emotional update from @cbsnews.com 60 Minutes www.cbsnews.com/news/nyc-med...

The Cocoon Nebula IC 5146 in the Constellation Cygnus the Swan, taken with my Celestron Origin telescope this week from the light polluted skies of Seattle. The nebula is beautiful, but also notable is the dark nebulosity surrounding it, obscuring stars. #astrophotography #astronomy.

The Word of the Year for 2025 should probably be "enshittification", @katestarbird.bsky.social

If you are a Seattle police chief (or deputy) and you make $300k to $360k a year, should you receive a $1000 bonus for recruiting your assistant chiefs? @publicola.bsky.social ericacbarnett.substack.com/p/police-chi...

Can gasoline vehicles be converted to electric vehicles? This startup, Blue Dot, in Seattle thinks so, and is talking to schools, colleges and utilities about pilot programs. @lisastiffler.bsky.social on @geekwire.com www.geekwire.com/2025/forget-...

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A Harvard astronomer says the solar system is being visited by an "alien spaceship". But most of us think (and actually looks like) a plain old comet. #astronomy earthsky.org/space/new-in...

The Elephant Trunk nebula, IC1396A, in the constellation Cepheus, captured with a Celestron Origin telescope in my backyard here in light-polluted Seattle. #astronomy #astrophotograhy

How much is this Bill Gates business card worth in an auction? What if you knew it was the day Microsoft signed the deal with IBM to provide an operating system for its personal computer? @geekwire.com @kurt-slosh.bsky.social www.geekwire.com/2025/bill-ga...

As we come to the 80th anniversary of VJ day and the end of World War II, here's a musical note (pun intended): Steinway pianos produced "victory verticals", a specially built piano for use near the front lines. It could be air-dropped and fork-lifted. www.steinway.com/news/feature...

The United States Air Force wants to buy a set of Cybertrucks. Why? To use them for target practice. (Irony not noted here.) www.twz.com/land/air-for...

Not Rosie the Riveter or even Rosey the Robot from the Jetson, but this household robot can even pick up loose toys and sort through smelly socks - at least some of the time. One more step toward our future #robotoverlords. www.popsci.com/technology/a...

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Artificial Intelligence #AI is coming for your job. Maybe. Watch out if you are an interpreter, writer, telemarketer (and many more), but not if you work with your hands, e.g. massage therapist or roofer. Nothing said about those who post on BlueSky. @geekwire.com www.geekwire.com/2025/microso...