The sun sets on another boating season here in the land of pleasant living (MD). Hauling the old girl out for the winter on Monday. #chesapeakebay #sailing #oldboats #photography

The hubris of man. Spotted at a recent off season visit to Dewey Beach, DE. These brand new multi-million dollar homes, with no protecting dune structure, will soon be swept into the sea. This wasn't even a significant storm and they were already threatened. #sealevelrise #globalwarming

This is Kentuck Knob, another Frank Lloyd Wright architectural gem in the Laurel Highlands of western Pennsylvania. #architecturephotography

The old and the new. The Denis Sullivan and Sultana working their way through the commercial anchorage at the start of the Great Chesapeake Bay Schooner Race this morning off #annapolis. #chesapeakebay #sailing #photography

Last Wednesday night race of the season. Summer is over here in the #chesapeakebay #annapolis #sailboat #photography

RO-RO's in the Annapolis Anchorage: Things have been pretty quiet in the anchorage this year, but yesterday we spotted a couple of loaded car carriers waiting for orders on a beautiful late summer afternoon here in the #chesapeakebay #ShipSpotting #photography #annapolis

Good to know. https://ohai.social/@MeanwhileinCanada/114828464029053669

Now for something completely different: El Aguila En El Paralelo 28, Guerrero Negro, B.C. Mexico. December 1987. #film #landscape #photography

Vera Rubin first light. Image credit in the annotation (NSF NOIRLab). “The effort to understand the universe is one of the very few things that lifts human life a little above the level of farce and gives it some of the grace of tragedy”. - Steven Weinberg #astronomy #philosophy #positivenews

Just learned there was a new Google udm code discovered. So you know what I had to do. https://udm56.com/ Still kicking in on the DNS front, but it’s already up.

Late stage US #hypercapitalism comes for professional #sports. Interesting new (gift) article in the NY Times. https://www.nytimes.com/2025/06/16/opinion/sports-nba-mlb-leagues-streaming-fan.html?unlocked_article_code=1.PU8.LvVm.J4X2FRwCdeWX&smid=url-share

Severn sunset. #chesapeakebay #annapolis #usna #photography

We had the pleasure of hosting this young lad over the past weekend. He's a Guiding Eyes for the Blind puppy (9 months old) named Jersey. #dogsofmastodon

The communications in question were attempting to avoid accountability. If this is a true story, these people are operating outside legitimate government bounds. They should be treated as insider threats. https://mastodon.social/@fj/114222417886694499

Brilliant! https://hachyderm.io/@amcvittie/114084808341649121

The Falcon 9 second stage from the Starlink 11-4 launch failed to deorbit itself on Feb 2. It reentered over Northern Europe last night, with entry over the Irish Sea at 0343 UTC Feb 19 and the reentry track extending to Poland and Ukraine a couple of minutes later

Here's one from the archives: Big Sur (the AI thinks it's Monastery Beach, but it might be hallucinating as usual) - July 1988. #film #photography #seascape

Winter sunrise in Round Bay yesterday. The river is pretty solid right now. #chesapeakebay #winter #photography

I wonder how long this will stay up. APL tends to be a “Fast Follower” in most areas… #jhuapl #dei https://www.jhuapl.edu/culture/diversity

Latest book report: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/7240752675

It is now 2025 (per TT/TDB/UTC timescale) - happy new year! My 2024 report on space activities is available at planet4589.org/space/papers...