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Trying to take better photos. Astro, landscape, nature. https://sites.google.com/view/galleries-chrisbecke/home

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The first rule of Fight Club โ€ฆ

08.03.2026 03:44 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Holding fire

07.03.2026 21:57 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Iโ€™d like to tax unrealized capital gains. This includes investments as well as stock options as compensation. Your first $1M is tax free. The rest is income (at the upper 91% level.)

07.03.2026 21:54 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 11    ๐Ÿ” 2    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

If a president starts a war without congressional approval, he should pay for it out of his own pocket

07.03.2026 21:09 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

In that order (space then Star Trek).

I suppose Shatner counts in the other?

06.03.2026 21:47 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Lest we forget, she also had an appearance on Star Trek

06.03.2026 16:49 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 11    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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I don't know why this came to mind

06.03.2026 14:12 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Shield of America allows for lots of cosplay opportunities:

05.03.2026 19:48 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
Quote Origin: People Sleep Peacefully in Their Beds at Night Only Because Rough Men Stand Ready to Do Violence on Their Behalf โ€“ Quote Investigatorยฎ

"Inspired by Kipling, paraphrased by Orwell, and, we think, in the Churchill spirit."
- The Churchill Project

quoteinvestigator.com/2011/11/07/r...
winstonchurchill.hillsdale.edu/rough-men-st...

05.03.2026 19:43 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
Quote Origin: People Sleep Peacefully in Their Beds at Night Only Because Rough Men Stand Ready to Do Violence on Their Behalf โ€“ Quote Investigatorยฎ

Inspired by Kipling, paraphrased by Orwell, and in the Churchill spirit.
quoteinvestigator.com/2011/11/07/r...

05.03.2026 19:41 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Itโ€™s all about looking up more often!

05.03.2026 17:49 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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High thin clouds are favorable for a 22ยฐ halo

05.03.2026 17:40 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 6    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Itโ€™s 75ยฐ out and every window in the house is open.

Ahhhhhhh. ๐Ÿ˜„

05.03.2026 17:32 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Still might put on a show for the astronauts on Artemis XII?

05.03.2026 16:19 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Been there

05.03.2026 12:17 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

By any chance is it Jeep related? I recently learned that's a thing.

04.03.2026 18:28 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Very useful.

I like the rhyme:
30 is hot, 20 is nice,
10 is cold, 0 is ice.

(It took me about 45 years of my life to realize Fahrenheit had two h's.)

04.03.2026 14:56 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 4    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

One yellow?

04.03.2026 14:43 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

That has a @astrokatie.com "Lunar eclipse, solar eclipse, apocalypse" vibe.

04.03.2026 14:24 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 5    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

(back in 1994)

04.03.2026 14:22 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

On my third day working for Ernst & Young in Chicago, shortly after getting engaged, I got assigned to a M-F assignment in Cleveland for the next 4 months.

04.03.2026 14:19 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

I had to do the math. 2,058,262 R voters versus 2,222,349 D voters. That's 52% of those voting in a Texas primary were Democrats.

I'd say that's encouraging.

04.03.2026 14:02 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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My mom caught this morningโ€™s Falcon 9 launch from KSC. She lives about an hour south.

04.03.2026 12:00 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 13    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Now that the eclipse is over, the skies have cleared and the moon makes an appearance. Go figure.

Two shots. One straight, and one for @bryanminear.com

#Fujifilm X-T4, XF150-600mm

04.03.2026 03:21 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 11    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Which is kind of the plot at the beginning of the 7th installment

04.03.2026 02:52 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

I still remember walking out of the biggest screen in Chicago (McClurg Court) on opening night, wondering where they found live dinosaurs to make the first film.

04.03.2026 02:44 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Van Gogh?

03.03.2026 23:38 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

If you start a war without Congress, you should have to pay for it yourself.

03.03.2026 23:37 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 5    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Finally Prof draws a new molecule on the board, something completely out of the blue.

โ€œTheres no way you could have known this, youโ€™ll just have to memorize this oneโ€

And thatโ€™s the day I dropped the class and switched to Physics major. โ€œJust memorize thisโ€ is not how my brain works.

03.03.2026 23:33 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

A student to my left says โ€œcould it replace the double bonded โ€ฆ

Professor: โ€œThatโ€™s ridiculous! The activation energy is off the charts!!โ€

Crickets โ€ฆ

03.03.2026 23:33 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0