A view of the Milky Way, straight overhead. There is clear structure visible in the dust bands through the cloudy-looking stars. There are a whole lot of satellite streaks at many different angles, all over the field.
Looking toward the northern horizon, with faint aurora glow visible, also reflected in a small pond on the ground. The Milky Way is vertical, with the Pleiades easily visible on one side of the picture.
Looking toward the city of Regina, more than 100km away, you can see clouds lit up by city light pollution, and a tiny bit of sunset light visible. Above it, there's the Milky Way stretching vertically up from the city, and a chain of satellite streaks going diagonally across the whole scene. Thanks, Starlink.
Looking up at the band of the Milky Way, with a line of satellite streaks diagonally across the Milky Way (thanks, Starlink). There's also lots of other satellite streaks in many random directions.
I did go drive out to Bortle 2 skies with my family and it was INCREDIBLE (thanks for encouragement, fediverse).
The only light coming from stars, totally silent except for coyotes, owls, and I think maybe whooping cranes (!!) flying over. Barely any auroras [β¦]
[Original post on mastodon.social]
11.11.2025 15:09 β π 5 π 10 π¬ 2 π 0
WaPo headline: No, putting a potato in your sock will not cure a cold
Something-something, Carl Sagan, something-something, clutching our pearls
Washington Post: No, putting a potato in your sock will not cure a cold (11/11/25)
(paywall) [β¦]
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12.11.2025 04:19 β π 7 π 1 π¬ 0 π 0
Wow, this game really showcased all the good and bad of this team right now.
Great spirit to rescue the point at the end, but 2 shots on goal isn't enough. Completely lost control as the game went on, especially once Casemiro went off.
#mufc
08.11.2025 14:31 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
What did I say...
#mufc
08.11.2025 14:20 β π 0 π 1 π¬ 1 π 0
Original post on urbanists.social
South London Low Traffic Neighbourhoods will become permanent, decreasing traffic and improving air quality
"East Greenwich resident Kate Middleton praised the scheme for making roads safer for the young people in her area. She said: "Over 1,000 children walk to school more safely, more [β¦]
08.11.2025 09:00 β π 0 π 3 π¬ 0 π 0
Gotta keep this up and go up by two before the half while the momentum is going our way
#mufc #mastodonfc #fedifc
08.11.2025 13:12 β π 0 π 1 π¬ 1 π 0
An old reel to reel magnetic tape. It has a label, in Jay Lepreau's handwriting, proclaiming it to be "UNIX Original from Bell Labs v4 (see manual for fmt)"
While cleaning a storage room, our staff found this tape containing #UNIX v4 from Bell Labs, circa 1973
Apparently no other complete copies are known to exist: https://gunkies.org/wiki/UNIX_Fourth_Edition
We have arranged to deliver it to the Computer History Museum
#retrocomputing
06.11.2025 20:49 β π 101 π 377 π¬ 20 π 7
Airports in New York, Los Angeles and Chicago along with hubs across the US are among the 40 that will see flights cut starting tomorrow due to the government shutdown, according to a list distributed to the airlines and obtained by The Associated Press.
06.11.2025 15:56 β π 2 π 8 π¬ 0 π 0
Original post on c.im
Criminals posing as US immigration officers have carried out robberies, kidnappings, and sexual assaults in several states,
warns a law enforcement bulletin issued last month by the Federal Bureau of Investigation.
The bureau urges agencies to ensure officers clearly identify themselves and to [β¦]
04.11.2025 20:49 β π 1 π 43 π¬ 0 π 0
Georgia public service commissioner sears already being called for the two Democrats Alicia Johnson and Ron Hubbard.
60-40 margin with 38% reporting (!!!)
#georgia #atlanta
05.11.2025 01:30 β π 4 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
π₯³π₯³π₯³Live updates: Abigail Spanberger elected #Virginia governor; NYC records massive turnout https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/5586863-live-updates-trump-election-virginia-nyc-nj-california-shutdown/
05.11.2025 00:33 β π 4 π 11 π¬ 2 π 0
[plane explosion]
@ai6yr
ugh. what a horror show.
04.11.2025 23:05 β π 1 π 2 π¬ 0 π 0
End of daylight savings in theory: Sleeping in an extra hour
In practice: kids are up and wired at 5AM
#parenting
02.11.2025 11:39 β π 0 π 1 π¬ 0 π 0
Original post on sauropods.win
Someone has suggested LLMs are "good for writing summaries" but today I wrote a summary of all 38 chapters in "The Book I Can't Talk About Until it is Done" and this really helped me put them in order better and decide what I need to write next, cut and revise.
Just having the summary done [β¦]
01.11.2025 15:43 β π 4 π 46 π¬ 5 π 0
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βThey were careless peopleβ¦ β they smashed up things and creatures and then retreated back into their money or their vast carelessness, or whatever it was that kept them together, and let other people clean up the mess they had made.β - from the actual novel, by F. Scott Fitzgerald [β¦]
01.11.2025 05:15 β π 2 π 28 π¬ 0 π 0
@futurebird this is also why I love coffee. There are so many different flavor profiles depending on where it was grown, the soil, how it was processed, how it was roasted, etc.
Then you get to when it's brewed and all the different brew methods...
01.11.2025 12:25 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
Original post on wetdry.world
[Full list of updates]
Keeping this short but I hope to get everything included:
* Up to 12 players online play if all players are on Switch 2
* Megaphone returns from ACNL for Switch 2 users
* Switch 2 mouse compatibility
* New hotel that you can manage by your port, you'll be able [β¦]
30.10.2025 16:14 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
Original post on wetdry.world
## News / Updates: Version 3.0.0 of Animal Crossing New Horizons is coming January 15th
I am utterly confused by this move, but here we go. Nintendo has officially announced a major content update to Animal Crossing New Horizons 5 years after launch.
As usual, yes Nintendo is making a Switch 2 [β¦]
30.10.2025 16:07 β π 1 π 4 π¬ 1 π 0
In light of the PSF's recent loss of an NSF grant and attendant funding shortfall, I will be matching donations up to $5000. Send me your receipts.
Very happy if you've already donated for similar reasons but the point is to motivate *new* donations so be sure the timestamp is after this toot π.
28.10.2025 20:02 β π 19 π 114 π¬ 4 π 1
Is your teen texting about Unions?
UWU: Union Workers Unite
LOL: Labor Organizes Labor
TFW: Time for Fair Wages
IDC: I demand a contract
OMG: Overtime money guaranteed
ASAP: All Solidarity, All Power
STFU: Support the effing Union
From the United Food and Commercial Workers International Union (UFCW).
28.10.2025 16:24 β π 6 π 4 π¬ 0 π 1
Feels so good to beat Brighton. They've been our bogey team for the last couple years.
#manutd
25.10.2025 18:43 β π 0 π 1 π¬ 0 π 0
Original post on c.im
From NBC News:
ICE officials only later discovered that some of the recruits failed drug testing,
have disqualifying criminal backgrounds,
or donβt meet the physical or academic requirements to serve, the sources said. ...
Staff members at ICEβs training academy in Brunswick, Georgia, recently [β¦]
25.10.2025 16:03 β π 1 π 18 π¬ 3 π 0
Original post on c.im
Elon Musk is having a very bad week.
The man who bought Twitter for $44 billion to secure unaccountable power over public discourse
is discovering what unaccountable power actually looks like when wielded by someone who understands dominance even better than he does.
Trump just stripped SpaceX [β¦]
24.10.2025 05:10 β π 7 π 85 π¬ 7 π 0
A graph showing number of gold medals Daniel has received for working on curl, over time. One in 2017 and a second is being award tonight, October 2025.
Just one of those graphs we all have.
24.10.2025 11:21 β π 13 π 17 π¬ 5 π 0
And people said Amad and Mbeumo wouldn't work together...
#mufc #mastodonfc #fedifc
19.10.2025 15:38 β π 0 π 1 π¬ 0 π 0
Original post on ai6yr.org
Rode around today, and ended up striking up random conversations with people today in the neighborhood, lol (people at garage sales, people at the farmer's market, person working on their yard). Riding your bicycle around slowly results in lot more personal interaction than a car. #Bicycling [β¦]
19.10.2025 01:29 β π 3 π 3 π¬ 1 π 0
BREAKING: Trump humiliated as official numbers are in β 7 million people joined the No Kings rallies, making it the largest single-day protest in U.S. history. πΊπΈπͺ
19.10.2025 09:47 β π 8 π 73 π¬ 2 π 0
Man sits at typewriter, typing analog letter to Trump
Frog typing analog letter to Trump
People holding up Signs of Fascism. Including 'using military against civilians ' and ' using fear to gain power'
#NoTyrants #NoKings day in London yesterday.
19.10.2025 08:59 β π 2 π 3 π¬ 1 π 0