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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 […]

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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) […]

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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

What did I say...

#mufc

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 […]

Gotta keep this up and go up by two before the half while the momentum is going our way

#mufc #mastodonfc #fedifc

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

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.

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 […]

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

🥳🥳🥳Live 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/

[plane explosion]

@ai6yr

ugh. what a horror show.

End of daylight savings in theory: Sleeping in an extra hour

In practice: kids are up and wired at 5AM

#parenting

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 […]

“They were careless people… – 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.” - from the actual novel, by F. Scott Fitzgerald […]

@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...

[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 […]

## 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 […]

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 😉.

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).

Feels so good to beat Brighton. They've been our bogey team for the last couple years.

#manutd

From NBC News:
ICE officials only later discovered that some of the recruits failed drug testing,
have disqualifying criminal backgrounds,
or don’t meet the physical or academic requirements to serve, the sources said. ...

Staff members at ICE’s training academy in Brunswick, Georgia, recently […]

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 […]

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.

Attorney General Bonta Joins Multistate Opposition to U.S. DOJ’s Attempt to Subpoena Gender-Affirming Care Records Records sought by U.S. DOJ are outrageously expansive, seek to intimidate those providing and receiving gender-affirming care U.S. DOJ subpoena includes unprecedented interpretation of federal law that could expose doctors to criminal liability for offering evidence-based treatments OAKLAND — California Attorney General Rob Bonta announced joining a coalition of 19 attorneys general in filing an amicus brief in the U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts. The brief opposes the Trump Administration’s motion to reconsider the court’s ruling quashing in its entirety the U.S.

Attorney General Bonta Joins Multistate Opposition to U.S. DOJ’s Attempt to Subpoena Gender-Affirming Care Records https://oag.ca.gov/news/press-releases/attorney-general-bonta-joins-multistate-opposition-us-doj%E2%80%99s-attempt-subpoena

Georgia Power says answer to state’s data center surge is more natural gas Georgia Power officials will make their case beginning Tuesday for gas-fired power plants and solar and battery storage to meet electricity demand driven by data centers.

https://www.ajc.com/business/2025/10/georgia-power-says-answer-to-states-data-center-surge-is-more-natural-gas/

#georgia

And people said Amad and Mbeumo wouldn't work together...

#mufc #mastodonfc #fedifc

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 […]

BREAKING: Trump humiliated as official numbers are in — 7 million people joined the No Kings rallies, making it the largest single-day protest in U.S. history. 🇺🇸💪

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.