Lois M.

Lois M.

@ov099.bsky.social

An astronomy, Star Trek/Star Wars, news/weather nerd; Rutgers 2017 BS Geology grad, research assistant, and foram picker extraordinaire.

262 Followers 269 Following 785 Posts Joined Aug 2023
5 hours ago

Is not tomorrow, boy, the ides of March?

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6 hours ago

yep, I liked it! :)

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12 hours ago

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1 day ago
Comic.[A gantry straddles the intersection of two tectonic plates, one under water and the other on a mountain. A tether connected to a winch on the gantry making a β€œclick click click” sound is connected to the oceanic crust and is pulling it up, causing it to fold. Two people are standing on the fold next to the hook, looking down toward the space between the subducted crust where a shining object sits.] [caption] PSA: Please stay out of the Pacific Ocean today. Someone lost their wedding ring in a subduction zone and USGS is pulling the plate back up to retrieve it.

Subduction Retrieval

xkcd.com/3218/

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1 day ago

well, to me it sounds like a commentary on what's going on in the world, either as a made up by you or a idiom that I never heard before - either way, a fun one. So that's my excuse for a like :)

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1 day ago

guessing this is a take on the fundraising emails promising an all expenses trip to Mar-a-lago, with dinner with him, the whole nine.... and yet some covering him would say we never hear of anyone actually winning these things. Same deal with this made up membership, I'm sure.

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2 days ago
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a group of ghosts are standing in a dark room ALT: a group of ghosts are standing in a dark room
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2 days ago

I definitely agree with that statement, given mine sure as hell was this year... though disappointing isn't strong enough of a word...

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3 days ago
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a black and white photo of a man wearing a tuxedo and bow tie . ALT: a black and white photo of a man wearing a tuxedo and bow tie .

as he knows oh so well!

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3 days ago

besides, that's the nature of sports - records will always be broken; can't stop it, and can't choose who you rather do it or not.

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4 days ago
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a man is sitting in a chair and says `` i am the senate . '' Alt: a man is sitting in a chair and says `` i am the senate . '' He's the emperor from Star Wars episode 3: Revenge of the Sith.
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4 days ago
A colorful sky appears above several large telescopes.
Prominent in the sky is the band of the Milky Way Galaxy which
arches across the frame. Orange laser beams connect one
of the telescopes to the sky on the image right. 
Please see the explanation for more detailed information.

πŸ”­ Sky Glows over Paranal Observatory

Image Credit & Copyright: Julien Looten

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5 days ago

hypothetically, actually running things (at least a lot the day to day stuff a president does), since Trump doesn't. But I'm not really sure. I always thought Pence did that kind of thing, but nowadays, if we don't just have one person (Vance), then we have many (all cabinet leaders).

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5 days ago
Clockwise, from top left: Jupiter, Saturn, Neptune, and Uranus. None of the worlds is to scale, but all are imaged with JWST's near-infrared (NIRCam) instrument.

The giant planets of the Solar System, by JWST.

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6 days ago

while yes, he lies about everything, he does most especially lies about things he does or happens because of him... always the two year old that breaks the lamp, but no, didn't do it, even though I'm holding it in my hand kind of thing. And he still does it because they won't do anything about it.

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6 days ago
A leafless tree is pictured below a starry sky. In the
sky behind the tree is an aurora glowing mostly green but 
with some purple. The shape of the aurora seems to follow
the branches of the tree.
Please see the explanation for more detailed information.

πŸ”­ The Aurora Tree

Image Credit & Copyright: Alyn Wallace

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1 week ago

geez, as long as there have been people there have been games - even King Tut's tomb had a board game, they sure didn't seem to have a problem with it. Some are just so annoyingly stupid.

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1 week ago

not what Anakin meant of course, but as soon as I saw the pic, my immediate thought was, dang Stinky, how far we've come! LOL Definitely grew up, didn't he? LOL

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1 week ago

yeah, I think they roughly came out the same time... P&P&Z was first a book and it got crazy popular, so yeah, the movie was inevitable (I read all of the original Jane Austen, never did try this one myself). Not sure if Abe's started as a book though.

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1 week ago

hypothetically, since he's going with the so-called by him "Venezuela model", plucking the leader out but leaving everyone else in...but then, they could just be trying to play a cute legal game to avoid whatever issues they might be trying to avoid (like war vs no, this isn't a war thing)

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1 week ago

and last I checked, but hey, being a life long Star Wars fan, I could have gotten wrong... but while Kylo Ren/Ben Solo redeems himself at the end, it is definitely not when he is yelling more - he's trying to kill his mother (Leia) and the other rebels with her.

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1 week ago
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March 6, 1869, Russian chemist Dmitri Mendeleev presents his periodic table of the elements to the Russian Chemical Society βš›οΈŽ
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1 week ago

definitely - as long as you don't get distracted and forget ;)

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1 week ago

ah, well, I never saw Russia House, and it's been so very many years since Never Say Never Again... so yeah, I guess it's more then I just don't remember him! LOL

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1 week ago
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a man talking on a walkie talkie with the words " a great day comrades we sail into history " below him ALT: a man talking on a walkie talkie with the words " a great day comrades we sail into history " below him

have to look up Klaus because I don't think I know of him, but just can't picture anyone else in that role, no way...

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1 week ago

definitely feel old now...

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1 week ago
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QOTD:

β€œI don't... I don't believe it.”

β€œThat is why you fail.”

β€” Luke Skywalker & Yoda

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1 week ago

know the feeling, dude; definitely know the feeling.πŸ˜„

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1 week ago
Freedom Plane National Tour: Documents That Forged a Nation – Museum of History & Industry In summer 2026, MOHAI will be one of only eight venues nationwide to host the Freedom Plane National Tour: Documents That Forged a Nationβ€”a landmark exhibit from the National Archives created in celeb...

I quickly googled it and the first site to pop up is one of the 8 museums getting the documents, and says what it includes: mohai.org/exhibits/fre...

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2 weeks ago

she really said that somewhere? For real? That seems really out there, even for this bunch... now, if she went with that Gili or whatever that Jennifer Lopez and I guess Ben Affleck movie was, okay, that's kind of believable... but Star Wars? Really???

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