W McLean

W McLean

@mclabradore.bsky.social

42 Followers 233 Following 142 Posts Joined Aug 2023
2 weeks ago
Very young crescent moon from a couple nights ago.

New moon who dis

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1 month ago
The moon hovering over the downtown Ottawa skyline this evening.

Happy Moonday. (Go look at the moon.)

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1 month ago
The moon rising behind the Parliament of Canada in Ottawa, silhouetting the Peace Tower.

Sometimes things line up.

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2 months ago

Merryhelion to all who celebrate!

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2 months ago
Seriously, between the effects of perihelion and perigee, this orb is about 35% brighter than your average full orb.

Go.
Look.
At.
That.
Moon.

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2 months ago
The full moon emerging from behind fast-moving clouds.

Go look.

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2 months ago
The moon veiled by high clouds, exhibiting a bright halo, with treetops in the foreground.

Go look.

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2 months ago
Spruce trees silhouetted against clouds backlit by a very full moon.

Go.

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2 months ago
Post image

Late walk-on?

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2 months ago
The waxing gibbous moon viewed through treetops The same moon, in the clear sky at dusk

Go look at the moon.

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2 months ago
Waxing crescent sliver of a moon, showing lots of features in relief.

The moon would appreciate being looked at right now, and you should go do that.

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2 months ago

Wait until you hear that LLMs can only train on digitized/datafied info.

Most of the FACTS scholars use are in archives/libraries.

Less than 1% of archival colletions worldwide have been digitized.

Also: lots of facts are not even in archives, but in the attics.

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3 months ago
A waxing gibbous, nearly full, early winter moon, doing its thing. At the left, craters are in relief along the terminator line, where in local lunar longitude, the sun is very slowly rising.

What if, while you're looking at the moon, the moon is looking at you?

Something to contemplate while you look at the moon. Go do that.

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4 months ago
The almost-full moon, showing prominent rayed craters. Mountains and other irregularities are visible along the limbs, especially at bottom and left.

I'm pickin' up good libration.

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4 months ago
Nuntii Latini Nuntii Latini Vasintonienses. The week's news in Latin, brought to you by the students of Western Washington University.

Did you know that classics students at @wwu.edu put out a weekly newsletter in Latin? You can read it online or subscribe to receive it in your inbox Friday 🤓

#MedievalSky #EarlyModern #skystorians #languages

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4 months ago

Can always do the Marge Simpson thing and hope both teams have fun.

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5 months ago
The very very very full moon. Go look at it. Now.

It's a scorcher.

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5 months ago
Downtown Ottawa and the Chief William Commanda Bridge, with the Ottawa River reflecting tonight's very full moon, which you should be looking at in person instead of on your phone. Be polite to the moon.

Wear your moonscreen.

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5 months ago
The full moon rising over west end Ottawa this evening.

By now you should know what to do.

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5 months ago
The almost-full waxing moon, rising through the Belt of Venus, with treetops out of the focal plane in the foreground, which is fortunate, because it probably wouldn't be a great day for anyone if they were out of the focal plane in the background.

You very much need to go look at the moon.

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5 months ago
A square composition with the moon barely entering the frame from above, while three of a much larger line of migrating geese are flying into the frame from below.

Go look at the moon.

Never know what else you might see when you look at the moon.

Go look at the moon.

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5 months ago
A telephoto view of the waxing gibbous moon tonight, a fine Third Summer evening in this corner of the world. Craters are prominently visible along the lunar terminator at left, while the maria and even ray craters are visible in the fully illuminated portion.

If your lookers are any good for lookin', point them at the moon.

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5 months ago
Seven Canada geese silhouetted against the dusk reflected on the Ottawa River at Westboro Beach, where they are reclaiming space from the fairweather humans.

Each evening the sun sets in five billion places.

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5 months ago
A nearly first quarter moon, by some miracle properly focussed and exposed, ringed by one of the distinctive red  "lifesaver" lamps that marks an @oc_transpo LRT station in Ottawa.

The moon: go look at it.

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5 months ago

Did you know that fevers in early pregnancy also cause genetic mutations in fetuses and resulting developmental abnormalities? Know how we treat and prevent that? Yeah, Tylenol.

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5 months ago
Preview
Faking a committee meeting for ragebait - Loonie Politics There is no upside or redeeming value to Brock making up a fictional meeting in order to try and score points.

For the evening crowd, my Loonie Politics column: Faking a committee meeting for ragebait #cdnpoli

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5 months ago
Atmospheric scattering rays at dusk over the Ottawa River at Parc Brébeuf / Parc Mousette in Gatineau.

Felt crepuscular, might delete later.

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5 months ago
While others take off from a different part of the same aerodrome, as peak goose holiday travel season kicks in.

Départs / Departures

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5 months ago
Two Canada geese touching down at the Remic Rapids aerodrome on the Ottawa River.

Arrivées / Arrivals...

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6 months ago
Limestone layers on the bed of the Ottawa River at Parc Moussette in Gatineau. Possibly the Navel of the World?

Closing out another day on the surface of a rocky lil planet.

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