@jbetzner.bsky.social
I’m a former science teacher with interests in photography, space, and art. I’m the “enemy within”. He/Him Silence is Consent. Resist. 🥄 🥄 https://linktr.ee/jbetzner
Todd Stoll ©
November 2nd, 2025.
Realme phone camera
#Photography
#ManualFocus
#ManualExposure
redid the processing with proper calib frames now and looks little bit better...always like some hidden pockets of galaxies tucked away in some corner and showing them out in the light
#astronomy
#astrophotography
Not that you asked, but Daylight Savings Time ended today. It didn’t start (as I’ve seen so many mis-state). We are now back on standard time.
This is what it would be like if we eliminated DST. It would just happen more gradually.
You’re welcome.
More Americans blame Republicans for the shutdown.
www.nbcnews.com/politics/tru...
Yeah, we all knew it was a lie
02.11.2025 17:30 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Messier 74 object - The Phantom Galaxy with its nice spiral structure containing red emission nebulae bursting with starry activity along blue giants in other parts of the spiral arms
some nice data gathered on #M74 #PhantomGalaxy
enhanced some dust details from our end...love all the starburst activity in this galaxy
#astronomy
#astrophotography
Thank you, Norfolk! Take it from President @barackobama.bsky.social — there’s too much at stake to sit Tuesday’s election out.
This is our opportunity to chart a new course forward for Virginia — and your vote will set an example for the rest of the country along the way.
It was great being back in Norfolk to help get out the vote for @abigailspanberger.com for Governor.
Virginia – Abigail Spanberger cares about your freedoms, she will fight for your rights, and she will work every day to make your life a little bit better.
Obama: "They never miss a chance to scapegoat minorities and blame DEI for every problem under the sun. You got a flat tire? Must be DEI. Your wife kicked you out? DEI. Who knew?"
01.11.2025 23:29 — 👍 15569 🔁 3871 💬 272 📌 177That rocks
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A bit more autumn color from yesterday before it’s gone 🍁🍂
31.10.2025 11:20 — 👍 26 🔁 4 💬 0 📌 0BREAKING: A federal court permanently blocked part of President Trump's executive order that required unnecessary documentary proof-of-citizenship on the federal voter registration form.
31.10.2025 21:16 — 👍 1762 🔁 436 💬 18 📌 13I am certainly no seasoned strategist but I am a little skeptical of the political wisdom behind building a giant golden ballroom and sharing a dozen photos of a renovated marble bathroom at the very moment that millions of people are losing access to healthcare and food.
31.10.2025 18:07 — 👍 8473 🔁 1952 💬 8 📌 226Reuters: U.S. JUDGE PERMANENTLY BLOCKS EXECUTIVE ORDER REQUIRING VOTERS TO SUBMIT PROOF OF CITIZENSHIP - COURT RULING
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A map of planes being cleared over Venezuela’s airspace.
The airspace is being cleared over Venezuela.
Looks like the orange idiot is about to do something illegal and stupid.
#Venezuela
Thanks for Zooming with me
31.10.2025 21:52 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
My favorite costume. From 2020.
31.10.2025 21:51 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Two people dressed in Schoolhouse Rock themed Halloween costumes, Man on left wrapped with large sheet of white foam from above the head to nearly the knees, hole cut to allow face through, wrapped with red ribbon and a large badge with "bill" written on it. Woman in denim overalls and shirt, red bandanna around neck, blue glove with star and railroad conductor's hat, holding a lantern
Still one of my favorite Halloween costumes
31.10.2025 20:22 — 👍 8 🔁 1 💬 2 📌 0
“Double, double toil and trouble; Fire burn and cauldron bubble” - well it's about bubble and witches so I'll call that Halloween. I'm catching up with processing and so this one seemed appropriate for tonight. #Caldwell11 #Bubble #astrophotography #EAA #astronomy 🔭 #halloween 🎃
31.10.2025 20:56 — 👍 49 🔁 13 💬 0 📌 0
A patch of sunlight on autumnal slopes below a pinkish scree slope and a mountain peak with a light dusting of snow above. Grey skies above.
In case I forget, happy 4th anniversary to this photo next week :)
#Scotland #BeinnEighe #autumn
Nighttime photo of a person walking along a canal, orange and yellow walls behind them, a reflection of the scene on the water.
reflecting #venice #night #streetshot
31.10.2025 15:45 — 👍 53 🔁 8 💬 1 📌 0We need you in the live action movie. Now! Happy Halloween
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Wishing you all a HAPPY HAMILLWEEN !!! 🎃 👻 😱 💀 🧙♀️ 🐈⬛
My costume this year is from one of my favorite Disney movies: Pinocchio.
How do you like me as Geppetto?
this is insane.
www.kivitv.com/canyon-count...
Happy Halloween from this Jack-O-Lantern 🎃 mushroom.
#happyhalloween #halloween
A very wide panorama of Yosemite Valley with Yosemite Falls on the left, Half Dome at middle right, and Nevada Falls on the far right. There are clear blue skies overhead.
A massive pano of Yosemite Vally, as viewed from Glacier Point. You'll find Yosemite Falls on the left, Half Dome at middle right, and Nevada Falls on the far right. #photography
31.10.2025 05:16 — 👍 218 🔁 26 💬 2 📌 1BREAKING: A federal court ruled that the FDA's unnecessary restrictions on medication abortion are unlawful and must be reconsidered.
This decision reaffirms that our access to safe and essential medicines should be dictated by science, not politics.
The President wants to use the military to crack down on Americans who are exercising their 1st Amendment rights to oppose him. I can’t think of a better reason to insist on exercising those rights.
29.10.2025 23:05 — 👍 21406 🔁 6004 💬 434 📌 178Killing people on the open seas without a declaration of war is mass murder.
29.10.2025 22:02 — 👍 7423 🔁 1935 💬 229 📌 73Someone should ask Obama and Clinton how many ‘screening MRIs’ and cognitive tests they had when President
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