Oregon Randy

See that small, moving splotch?

That's 3I/ATLAS, a comet that formed in a different star system, photographed from Mars orbit by the ESA Exomars Trace Gas Orbiter.

A comet from a DIFFERENT SOLAR SYSTEM photographed by a ROBOT ORBITING MARS

last Friday

I'll never forget "The Flight of the Tiny Bladders", even though the destination is lost to time.

Or I enabled the don't post unless Alt is completed option. 😮‍💨

OMG, I forgot the Alt text. 😐

A photo of a rugged mountain range with rocky peaks and snow around their tops. The sky over them is a cloudless light blue. Below the peaks, snow fields, and rocky outcrops are scattered stands of conifer trees descending into thick green forests. The foreground shows several small alpine trees with slightly twisted trunks from being buried under snows of Winter.

For #MountainMonday, I bring you some of the peaks of the Tatoosh Range in #MountRainier #NationalPark.
I think they're very scenic in their own right! You might remember them from a previous photo I posted with the bright moon over them.
#Mountains #Forest #nature #EastCoastKin #snow

My friends down south have some nosey neighbors.

Long thread, but follow along.

I little late to the game, but as usual, I've been busy with what-not! (Waves hands around)
For #Stunday I'm bringing you this wonderful dappled #butterfly! I *think* it's a Taylor's Checkerspot!
Enjoy the rest of your day whether it's winding down, or just starting up again!
#EastCoastKin #Insects

I was forced into a dark room with nothing but a slice of pizza, and a fuzzy drink. Then I had to watch this! 😭
They'll keep doing this to people until this coming Thursday! 😱

YouTube video by nydave7 Invincible Pole Fighter Shaolin Temple Fight

"Our Poles are evenly matched!"
Then the sound of an entire audience snorting and laughing. 😆

You've seen movies at that theater!

IKR?!? 🫨

A 4 Lane Street running from lower left to center right where it is obscured by a tree's leaves. The center line is double yellow. The top lanes are going left with a white pick up farthest left on the outside lane, and a smaller sedan behind it but in the inner lane driving through a cross walk. A car going right is almost seen from directly above as it drives in the near lane and below the perspective of the photographer. Across the street are some tall buildings. The one on the left has two stories with windows facing the street, and a third taller floor above with no windows. The tallest upright section at it's corner with the street has a tall facade with a long red sign that descend to the bottom of the second story that reads "HOLLYWOOD" in descending white letters. The tall facade is a dingey ivory shade, and there is a black marquee with small white lettering above the entrance at street level on the corner. The building is a salmon color with blue trim along the 2nd and top floor roof line. Next to it on the right is a 4 story apartment building of a similar color, but not a match. The sky beyond is of grey fluffy clouds and overcast openings in them. This is The Hollywood Theater in Portland Oregon where things are really nice on an early Fall afternoon.

The latest from #WarRavagedPortland
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Doing important bird stuff.

If you can manage to mimic their whistling cries when they fly, they sometimes come check to see what's going on.

Resist. Or sue.
He likes suing, but has usually been a big loser. Ask anyone in Manhattan.

Huzzah!

There is something doubly hilarious about a tariff costume sold at Spirit Halloween that was undoubtedly not made in the USA and costs $60 because of tariffs

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New approach to gravitational wave detection opens the milli-Hz frontier Scientists have unveiled a new approach to detecting gravitational waves in the milli-Hertz frequency range, providing access to astrophysical and cosmological phenomena that are not detectable with c...

LOL
I got on here to post one thing, and got rapidly distracted by a number of different topics in my feed, which is kind of what social media does anymore. ANYWAY!
Here's the thing I wanted to post, and it's amazing!

#Relax, I'll do the hiking for you.
#BlueSkyArtShow. A segment from the hike around the flanks of Mount Thielsen in Southern #Oregon I did before the weather turned to Fall. The creek, the mountain, the quiet...
Enjoy. Replay as needed.
#CascadeMountains #Alpine #creek #forest #nature #hiking

And folks who fear going to the 'big city' where ever, are going to be fearful of going anywhere new and strange to them.Until they may have a few moments of positive engagement, which don't happen when only scurrying between locations in the cities, then fleeing.

I have relatives in Southern Oregon who hold these views of the city. They occasionally reaching out to see if I'm ok during a protest that makes the local Faux News affiliate. Then my eventual reminder that whatever is going on is not in my neighborhood, but in an isolated part of the city.

Portland troop deployment sparks mixed reactions across Oregon As Portland fights against troops, some outsiders welcome an intervention.

Anecdotally, you can find examples statewide of people who perceive Portland ('the city') as dangerous and needing 'correction'. This is very likely repeated in any regions about the troop actions that this rogue administration as enacted against areas that resist.

And folks who fear going to the 'big city' where ever, are going to be fearful of going anywhere new and strange to them.
Until they may have a few moments of positive engagement, which don't happen when only scurrying between locations in the cities, then fleeing.

I have relatives in Southern Oregon who hold these views of the city. They occasionally reaching out to see if I'm ok during a protest that makes the local Faux News affiliate. Then my eventual reminder that whatever is going on is not in my neighborhood, but in an isolated part of the city.

That question is one of the closing ones in @paulduffell.bsky.social's astrophysics interview podcasts.

I was walking to the local taqueria last night when the sky went off in just one ray of sunset light hitting a scant few clouds in it's way, but wow! And then >poof<, done in seconds. I almost got the phone out, but there were a lot of powerlines, and I decided that was a 'for me' moment. ☯️

The cooler temperature and rain have started here. Leaves have started to turn.
I saw you posted The Watchman with snow already!

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