I enjoyed the interview and I spotted this Hirschfeld on their set: 👀

Prediction! 👀 We* will not get any more snow this year! Not one more flake! Why do I know this? 🤔 Because I purchased a collapsible avalanche backpacker aluminum shovel for the car. Brand name is Crescent Moon! I had been using my broom and dust pan. This means- - No more snow. *We = Me.

A few weeks back, when we had those big solar storms, I was asking about how the #ArtemisII crew would be affected. BlueSky did its thing, and then one of the Orion capsule engineers took time to respond! 🙏 This @science.org article on this very topic is excellent, in-depth and worth reading. 🔭🧪

It’s a snowy day, so I am reading a lot of open tabs which I have open in my browser, things to “read later” …as one does. I’ll put the NYT story gift link in comments. ⬇️

NYT DealBook Gift link: ⬇️

“The biggest merger in history, with an asterisk, just happened: SpaceX has acquired xAI to create a $1.25 trillion giant. It’s an all-stock deal — and the stock is private (and privately valued, hence the asterisk), though SpaceX plans to go public later this year.” www.nytimes.com/2026/02/03/b...

“NASA has only a handful of days any given month to send them around the moon — the first time astronauts will have flown there since 1972. They won’t land on the moon or even go into lunar orbit during the nearly 10-day mission…” ⬇️ more

AP: “CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — NASA’s long-awaited moonshot (Artemis 2) with astronauts is off until at least March because of hydrogen fuel leaks that marred the dress rehearsal of its giant new rocket.” apnews.com/article/nasa...

News: Podcast @seanmcarroll.bsky.social Sean Carroll’s AMA episode for February is up. The first 8 minutes are truly uplifting and I was inspired by his optimism. You might enjoy it, too. Give it a try. (3 hrs) Transcript or Audio version link below ⬇️ www.preposterousuniverse.com/podcast/2026...

I enjoyed the interview and I spotted this Hirschfeld on their set: 👀

You’re Welcome! 😎 I just found this delightful interview with LeVar Burton with two of his pals: LLAP 🖖 youtu.be/kjkhxe9A8Qk

Big news, dorks: We're going NATIONAL! Join us for our National Day of Action on March 7th in Washington DC, or at one of our satellite rallies across the US. We're taking back our science, health, and democracy! Find or host your local rally! standupforscience.net/march7 (Link in bio!)

Through the clouds, it's Moonrise in London. Still pretty full but now a 99% Waning Gibbous #astronomy #astrophotography @stormhour.com @photohour.bsky.social

Mr. Colonus hesperus jumper hanging out in my "Cup n Paper" cup. He was under the kitchen table, came out to see what was going on when I was getting ready to trim Kiff. I advised him the cup was the much safer option. He liked the cup, so I just put it on its side in the windowsill. #inverts

News: Podcast @seanmcarroll.bsky.social Sean Carroll’s AMA episode for February is up. The first 8 minutes are truly uplifting and I was inspired by his optimism. You might enjoy it, too. Give it a try. (3 hrs) Transcript or Audio version link below ⬇️ www.preposterousuniverse.com/podcast/2026...

The NC State Climate Office has a released a slightly more detailed map of snowfall from this weekend's winter storm... That 1 to 2 inch dot in Wake County is amazing when you look at the rest of the state. #SpectrumNews1 #ncwx

Sunrise reveals the snow-covered landscape across the Carolinas this morning.❄️ Northwest winds are pushing cold air out over the Atlantic - leading to the expansive clouds we see from our NOAA GOES-19 satellite.🛰️ weather.gov

Female evening grosbeaks 🪶

Marianne’s Monthly Full Moon Setting on the Mountains

The X8.1 flare did technically launch a CME, but it is WIMPPPYYY. It is a glancing blow at Earth and traveling very slow at < 300 km/s. Here is the NASA M2M WSA-ENLIL+Cone model for the CME. It may arrive on Feb 5, but I am placing zero bets on this doing anything for us...

Last night's Full Moon. 1 February 2026. 🔭 🧪 🎨 #astrophotography #SciArt #photography #StormHour #ThePhotoHour

Gift link NYT: www.nytimes.com/2026/02/01/s...

Dramatic imagery from SDO showing the recent X8.1 flare from AR 4366, the third strongest solar flare of Solar Cycle 25. A CME was launched which may have Earth-directed components...

Pretty excited I caught my first airplane in front of full moon of 2026. Let's keep up the momentum!

Nearly Full Moon. 1915UT 1 February 2026. 🔭 🧪 🎨 #astrophotography #SciArt #photography #StormHour #ThePhotoHour

I took this photo this morning, and I'm so in love with it - the timing, the focus, the colour. I can't quite believe it worked so well. The new camera definitely helped. Also, she's so cute and chubby! #birds 🌿

Loving fabulous lichen ... finicky about air quality, cooperatively intertwined, symbiotically complex, textured (whoooweee, is it ever), thermally tolerant, color-embracing, endlessly patient, substrate adaptable but specialized, growing WORLDWIDE in a hydration dance under the sun ... 🌿

For Liam.

I caught moonset under the Belt of Venus this morning, moon low enough it's a bit flat-tired by the atmosphere. Taken right outside the Haleakala fee booth at 7000'/2300m

News: AP: “The first Artemis moonshot with a crew is now targeted for no earlier than Feb. 8, two days later than planned.” apnews.com/article/nasa...

I know @darthbluesky.bsky.social is hibernating…. But…. 👀 www.theguardian.com/world/2026/j...

Head of a Fisherman with a Fringe of Beard and a Sou'wester - 1883 https://botfrens.com/collections/46/contents/12950

Red-tailed Hawk hunting in our backyard late yesterday afternoon #birds #birding #Bobsbackyard #Ancaster #HamOnt #hawk #raptor #redtailedhawk

Another moon shot from a few nights ago. Sinus Iridum at sunrise. I love the long shadow cast by Cape Laplace. The mountains at lower right, known as the Straight Range, are also interesting 🔭

☄️C/2023 A3 (Tsuchinshan–ATLAS) Above Kitt Peak ☄️C/2023 A3 (Tsuchinshan–ATLAS) is captured here from near the 0.9-meter SARA Kitt Peak🔭 at U.S. National Science Foundation Kitt Peak National Observatory (KPNO), Program of NSF NOIRLab. PNO/NOIRLab/NSF/AURA/R. Sparks noirlab.edu/public/image...

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The 97% waxing gibbous with Jupiter on top. Seems like I have a new stargazing buddy, the owl, my favorite bird. 🦉

Never mind the jobs you had, tell me five classes you took in college. English Literature Theater of the Absurd History of Dance Welding (Acetylene, Arc, Mig, Tig) Stagecraft: Lighting, Scene design, scene painting (BFA Technical Theater) 🎭🤹🏻

Here’s a visualization of the Extreme Cold for January 2026 so far, at this link is a short animation of how it has progressed: science.nasa.gov/earth/earth-...

Ten years ago today 🌿 🌱 Dendrobium spectabile orchid on Maui

⬇️ Read more below. Snow totals predicted. 5-8 inches, 8-12” along the Outer Banks. (Fuzzy image due to me taking picture of my tv, as one does.)

Stay Weather Aware Carolinas! The Weather Channel Prediction model for tomorrow (Saturday) night. Cold air, Heavy snow and high winds coinciding with high tides will provide the conditions for a dangerous storm. Use caution.

Waxing gibbous 93.7% at 1.27 AM (UTC+7) on Saturday.

I’m giving myself a trophy. 😎👍 Wordle 1,686 4/6 ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜🟨⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜🟨⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

Moonrise today, well 2 hours later than ‘official’ rise but I have a hill to the east that is 2 hours tall 😁 88% illuminated waxing gibbous phase. Not great detail cuz not dark. Very clear skies so I’ll get another view in 3-4 hours. #skysky

🚨Alert: Sun Halo #Sun #Halo

#LeslieBricusse and Anthony Newley's lyrics with John Barry's music for the third #JamesBond film "GOLDFINGER" (1964) together with Shirley Bassey's iconic vocals began the tradition of Bond theme songs introduced over the opening title sequence 🎬 Eon Productions 🎞 United Artists

Getting the impression that ICE is gearing up for a pogrom in Springfield, Ohio, which was ground zero of Vance’s lies about Haitians during the campaign. Haitians lose temporary protected status on February 3rd. Reporters, lawyers, neighbors — please get ready.

🚨Alert: Sun Halo #Sun #Halo

Motherly love. 💕🪶