If you're going to make a post praising an incredible news photo, it's a real bad look when you don't include the photographer credit in the post.

Yes, the #PrehistoricPlanetIceAge trailer is out today...

Back up, and I am headed home at last! :)

It's now 6:25, was told "15 or 20 more min". Sigh.

I hear today's #BirdOfTheDay theme is #CloseUps? How about a head shot of a Black-crowned night heron? 🦉📷🌿

Am sitting up at the observatory waiting for Maui Electric to restore power to to the summit. Was supposed to come on at 5, we were just informed it'll be more like 6, just sitting here AMA. :)

Blue steel

I hear today's #BirdOfTheDay theme is #CloseUps? How about a head shot of a Black-crowned night heron? 🦉📷🌿

Success

Eggplant parm in the oven so dinner is sorted.... :)

Someone needs to make a chocolate cheesecake using this chocolate and serve it with never-ending Espresso.

My wife brought home some chocolate that has strips of dried fig in it and cinnamon and anise and it's goddamn amazing. That's it. That's the skeet.

40 years? That's not even enough time to go through every museum on the planet, never mind the Library Of Congress...

Just about to pass out from the cuteness of this plush Hawaiian owl perched between a planter full of young Haleakalā silversword plants, is all. 🦉🥹 Yes, you can get one: shop.hawaiipacificparks.org/products/plu... #Pueo #HawaiianOwl #OMGTheCute #DyingOverHere #IMeanLookAtThis #HALE

Hey, @echinoblog.bsky.social , urchin predation, this is a new one on me--I've seen eagle rays rooting in the sand a lot but never saw one grab a pencil urchin like this!

"OK, you came, you saw nature, now GET THE HELL OUT OF MY FOREST!" 🌿📷🦉 (birds and cursing prompt for the bird feed)

"OK, you came, you saw nature, now GET THE HELL OUT OF MY FOREST!" 🌿📷🦉 (birds and cursing prompt for the bird feed)

Wow, I made a terrible typo in this...twice. ASUS. I meant ASUS makes good shit. Acer...does not, in my experience. :)

goddamn, bird. 🪶

Second project today was replacing the 7200 RPM platter hard drive in my Acer tower with a 2 TB SSD. I suddenly realized I've owned this computer since 2016 and NOTHING HAS EVER FAILED. Which is why I replaced the moving-parts-stone-age-technology hard disc. :) Acer makes good shit.

A toothy critter cosplaying Betelgeuse for Halloween? :) This Yellowhead moray was...not thrilled I interrupted his evening hunt. This is something of a threat posture, the eel deepening its yellow head and grey stripes as a warning. One of the few species you want to be cautious around. :) 📷🌿🐟🦑

Excellent work! All us scientists are gonna see this and be like: "yeah, that was 100% me when I was a kiddo"

OH FUCK GEDDY LEE IS WEARING AN EFFIN BIRDS SHIRT AT THE WORLD SERIES

Little known fact*, lamprey regularly form acapella vocal trios, as seen here... *not a fact

Just upgraded my ancient Lenovo T530 from 4gb of RAM to a matched pair of 8 GB DDR3 memory DIMMs, for 16 gig total RAM. It's just a bit faster now. :) Also amused that 16 gig of ram for this laptop cost $20, there was a time that would have cost $200. For each DIMM. :)

A toothy critter cosplaying Betelgeuse for Halloween? :) This Yellowhead moray was...not thrilled I interrupted his evening hunt. This is something of a threat posture, the eel deepening its yellow head and grey stripes as a warning. One of the few species you want to be cautious around. :) 📷🌿🐟🦑

Timeline cleanse: Behold the cuteness that is Kittywampus... #Catsky #CatsOfBluesky

I think this may be the most specialized joke I've ever seen on social media. NICHE humor.

Takahashi Hiroaki (Shotei) Starlit Night, 1930s woodblock print I appreciate you all ✨️ have a good night🌙

Timeline cleanse: Behold the cuteness that is Kittywampus... #Catsky #CatsOfBluesky

Geo help? We’re drafting our “What is a mineral?” and “What is an ore?” & related blurbs for #OreCup Anyone have fav examples of things that are ores but not minerals, ores that don’t contain the same-named minerals, and other weirdness we should include?

I went back and got the Good Camera. The iphone is fine and all. But it ain't big on details.

Got any car 🚗 and star ✨ fans out there? #HaleakalaNationalPark

I wrote the first version of this draft almost exactly a year ago, but I wasn’t ready. I am now. thebarbedwire.com/2025/10/27/t...

Woah. Klein. That was a gutsy strikeout, my man.

A commissioner who loves baseball

I hope someday we defeat fascism and in the far future, No Kings Day is celebrated as a federal holiday, and little children leave out dance mixtapes and cookies for the Resistance Frog, who leaves pocket Constitutions in their shoes.

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA *squint* *deep breath* AHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA *gasp* *gasp* Joshua Tyler, go home. You're drunk.

Your Halloween costume is “sexy” + the last thing you googled. Sexy polyketide synthase reporting for duty. 🫡

On the other hand, *I* am (to my nieces and nephews) THAT Uncle, the one who ran off to Hawaii and did crazy sh*t like become a SCUBA Instructor for a bit while the rest of the family was being responsible. AHhahahahahahahha! Yes I am!

Well, one of my uncles...I can't talk about, and the other one....um....I can't talk about that one either. It's complicated. :)

Daryll is once again asking us to post raptors. :) Here's an osprey with places to be. 📷🦉🌿

LOL Every woman I've ever known were Star Trek/Star Wars fans. They just don't bother to talk to the dudebros about it because there's nothing intelligent coming the other way.

This is one of those pictures that while I'm editing I'm thinking "Who the fuck do you think you are Brett Banditelli? what are you doing with your life? How dare you bring this content into the world in this moment?" Then I remember I have a meeting in 12 minutes about unions. 🪶

Since @rkinnett.bsky.social just posted the Heart of the Heart Nebula, bringing back my version. Ryan, my 10" RC doesn't have quite the resolution of that 30", but I shot dual narrowband and got more dust and O[III] LOL. 🔭

A moth got into the shelter tonight and it was the event of the season.

Anybody need an adorable shorebird? I need an adorable shorebird (Sanderling) #birds 🌿

Yeah, that’s a big NOPE for me. This account is that content scraper from Twitter that built a massive following by ripping off other people’s work and just posting without attribution. He says it right there in his first post. These people never learn. This is not the BlueSky way. BLOCK HIM.

Since @rkinnett.bsky.social just posted the Heart of the Heart Nebula, bringing back my version. Ryan, my 10" RC doesn't have quite the resolution of that 30", but I shot dual narrowband and got more dust and O[III] LOL. 🔭

Shoutout to Hiren's BootCD PE (now really Hiren's Boot USB!), just did an SSD clone-and-swap on my laptop with the included free software. If you don't already know about this, it's indispensable for IT work. www.hirensbootcd.org