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Larry Hamilton

@ichiloe.bsky.social

Survey research on public views of science & environment; climate change; human/environment interactions; society in the Arctic. Also: walking my dog through the woods, and gazing at the night sky. All graphs & photos are my own unless otherwise cited.

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Backyard telescope view of the Flaming Star nebula, filaments of red and faintly blue glowing gas around a bright star.

Backyard telescope view of the Flaming Star nebula, filaments of red and faintly blue glowing gas around a bright star.

Good article! As someone who grew up on science fiction often looks at the sky, I wistfully reached this conclusion long ago. Even human travel to the near parts of our solar system raises challenges that I'm not sure our firefly civilization will last long enough to solve.

04.03.2026 14:51 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Interstellar travel is impossible and aliens haven't visited Earth, physicists say β€œThere is a silence in the night sky that has bothered me for as long as I can remember. ” Richard Feynman’s reflection lingers because it feels personal.

Another truth most humans are just to dumb to grasp.

www.yahoo.com/news/article...

03.03.2026 22:19 β€” πŸ‘ 442    πŸ” 101    πŸ’¬ 12    πŸ“Œ 0

The MAGA who regret voting for Trump, will 100% vote for the next Trump regardless of how much of a racist bigot he is.

They haven't actually learned their lesson. They're just mad they're getting hurt too.

These people didn't vote FOR Trump, they voted AGAINST vulnerable communities.

03.03.2026 16:08 β€” πŸ‘ 1400    πŸ” 210    πŸ’¬ 80    πŸ“Œ 21
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Once more with feeling…

03.03.2026 13:08 β€” πŸ‘ 4156    πŸ” 1209    πŸ’¬ 188    πŸ“Œ 52
Dog looking down a path in white forest.

Dog looking down a path in white forest.

Sky takes me for walks every day.

04.03.2026 00:13 β€” πŸ‘ 6    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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This is what happens when oligarchs control the *news*

03.03.2026 18:15 β€” πŸ‘ 8117    πŸ” 3070    πŸ’¬ 308    πŸ“Œ 109

As a boomer, I agree. Still can't shake my discouraged surprise, though, at how many of my generation forgot all we learned in the 1960s.

03.03.2026 20:49 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Just emailed my senators advocating impeachment for the sake of survival.

03.03.2026 20:13 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
International Space Station Transit Finder This website helps plan observations of the International Space Station transit events in front of the Moon and Sun.

Success and information thanks to nifty & it seems very accurate website transit-finder.com

03.03.2026 18:17 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

There's a food truck near me that sells only smashburgers and poutine. I experimentally tried the poutine for the first time a few weeks ago and was amazed how good it tasted -- winter comfort food.

03.03.2026 18:13 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Kim Jong-un and Xi Jinping smiling together

Kim Jong-un and Xi Jinping smiling together

Xi: Did you hear?

Kim: No...

Xi: The Americans are moving air defense systems out of South Korea!

Kim: What? No way!

Xi: Yes!

Kim: Amazing. How'd you do that?

Xi: I didn't do anything. They started a war with Iran, told themselves it'd be easy, and didn't do the math on interceptors.

Kim: Ha!

03.03.2026 16:50 β€” πŸ‘ 147    πŸ” 37    πŸ’¬ 5    πŸ“Œ 2

Just bought gas, $0.30/gallon higher than last week at same station. Is maga seeing this?

03.03.2026 18:06 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Rond blanc sur fond noir.
Sur le rond blanc se trouve des taches noires, dont une sΓ©rie parfaitement alignΓ©e.

Rond blanc sur fond noir. Sur le rond blanc se trouve des taches noires, dont une sΓ©rie parfaitement alignΓ©e.

L'image-mystΓ¨re d'hier montrait une taches noire sur une boule. Vous en voulez encore ? Pas de problΓ¨me πŸ˜‰

D'après vous, que voit-on sur cette image ?

N'hΓ©sitez pas Γ  mettre vos propositions en commentaire, je posterai la rΓ©ponse en fin de journΓ©e.
C'est Γ  vous !

03.03.2026 07:56 β€” πŸ‘ 28    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 23    πŸ“Œ 1

I should do this today.

03.03.2026 14:52 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Cartoon by
Emad Hajjaj

02.03.2026 21:40 β€” πŸ‘ 846    πŸ” 267    πŸ’¬ 16    πŸ“Œ 9
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One of my favourite sides of politics/media.

02.03.2026 10:20 β€” πŸ‘ 13237    πŸ” 4223    πŸ’¬ 130    πŸ“Œ 163

My dog thinks licking out an empty ice cream carton is a cosmic treat. Vanilla only, I hope that's ok.

03.03.2026 13:56 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Jamelle Bouie clearly and quite publicly works very hard to be informed and even-handed and anyone talking about him as if he’s not doing either of those things should shut the fuck up and definitely be widely ignored

02.03.2026 23:31 β€” πŸ‘ 3556    πŸ” 278    πŸ’¬ 22    πŸ“Œ 19

"You don't have any lines here," from Ben Vereen's character in the dying scene, became a catchphrase I've often told myself. Great movie.

03.03.2026 13:47 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Just wanted you guys to see β€œRiding in a golf cart fatly”

02.03.2026 22:54 β€” πŸ‘ 3739    πŸ” 537    πŸ’¬ 80    πŸ“Œ 85

That one person can drag us into a war without consulting or even notifying Congress, or our allies, or fully explaining to the American people why this is necessary, is absolutely bonkers.

Reminder that Congress has the power to stop this.

02.03.2026 21:01 β€” πŸ‘ 18455    πŸ” 5413    πŸ’¬ 1132    πŸ“Œ 318

Watching video of Hillary Clinton at that worthless GOP deposition reminds me that even tho I'm a lefty and supposed to hate her, I don't. And I think she would've been an amazing president

02.03.2026 23:00 β€” πŸ‘ 1797    πŸ” 222    πŸ’¬ 150    πŸ“Œ 27

The glibness. The indifference. The carelessness. The utter lack of planning for a war against a country of 90M. The sickness of a man who acts on whim that will kill thousands not hundreds. The horror of a regime that enables this sickness. The broken body politic that votes in such malignancy.

03.03.2026 01:39 β€” πŸ‘ 9023    πŸ” 2374    πŸ’¬ 278    πŸ“Œ 105

For all that it's a technical decision, demise of the ISS seems emblematic of something, doesn't it?

03.03.2026 12:27 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I'd love to see that here (US NH).

02.03.2026 22:05 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

A good way to demonstrate your unserious nature is arguing that β€œKamala would be doing this too.”

02.03.2026 13:12 β€” πŸ‘ 4219    πŸ” 527    πŸ’¬ 268    πŸ“Œ 54
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Here are the Top 5 Dogs of February!

02.03.2026 17:55 β€” πŸ‘ 3244    πŸ” 478    πŸ’¬ 34    πŸ“Œ 22
White-light filtered photo of Sun, with Tiangong visible as a trail of small dots across its face. Several prominent sunspot regions, appearing much larger than the space station, are visible as well.

White-light filtered photo of Sun, with Tiangong visible as a trail of small dots across its face. Several prominent sunspot regions, appearing much larger than the space station, are visible as well.

Chinese space station Tiangong transiting the Sun (w/sunspots) as seen this morning from my backyard. Smaller than the International Space Station, Tiangong is visible but hard to resolve with small telescopes. About 5.5 arcseconds in angular size and 0.75 seconds duration for this transit.πŸ”­πŸ§ͺ

02.03.2026 17:30 β€” πŸ‘ 17    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0

Again, I will be strongly engaged in the primary process for the Democratic Party's nominee for President in 2028.
But I will support whoever wins, even if it's not my preferred candidate.
The stakes are too high to be selfish.

01.03.2026 17:46 β€” πŸ‘ 3465    πŸ” 631    πŸ’¬ 242    πŸ“Œ 52
Color slide with orange-painted propeller aircraft including single-engine Otters, C-47, and P2v) on sea ice, with green Quonset hut in foreground and icy mountain ranges beyond.

Color slide with orange-painted propeller aircraft including single-engine Otters, C-47, and P2v) on sea ice, with green Quonset hut in foreground and icy mountain ranges beyond.

Sea-ice airstrip and Quonset huts at McMurdo Base in Antarctica, November 1958. Parked aircraft include single-engine Otters, C-47 (military DC-3), and a P2V Neptune. Mt Discovery is the high mountain (2680m) in distance. Warren Hamilton photo.

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