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@sscarborough.bsky.social

Recovering Texan living in Colorado who enjoys black and white landscape photography. Dabbles in astrophotography here and there. Once was a Medicaid statistician.

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What causes autism? Here's what the White House gets wrong. More than a hundred autism genes have been identified, explains author Peter Hotez. And Tylenol isn't the biggest environmental factor.

www.houstonchronicle.com/opinion/outl...

10.10.2025 12:32 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 112    ๐Ÿ” 43    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 3    ๐Ÿ“Œ 2
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It's All About the Tenth Amendment - Teri Kanefield No, really, it is. The history of the Tenth Amendment explains [almost] everything happening in politics and government today. But before I get to the [scintillating] topic of the Tenth Amendment, I h...

In honor of the special occasion, I have a blog post ready: All About the Tenth Amendment.

(No, really, it IS all about the Tenth Amendment)

The history of the Tenth Amendment explains (almost) everything happening in American politics and government today.

terikanefield.com/its-all-abou...

20.05.2025 13:25 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 50    ๐Ÿ” 20    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1

Congrats on a fabulous image!

17.05.2025 13:13 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Ice fish. Diamond Beach, Iceland

25.04.2025 12:24 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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The Eagle Nebula (M16) --- a favorite--- which showcases the iconic Pillars of Creation. Taken from about 9 hours of imaging with the Seestar S50.

12.04.2025 13:40 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 4    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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The Needle Galaxy captured with my Seestar S50 telescope.

18.03.2025 16:28 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 5    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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M104, the Sombrero Galaxy. This photogenic galaxy was captured from about 10 hrs of images from my Seestar S50.

06.03.2025 13:22 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 7    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Congrats! Excellent! FYI, I have about 10 hrs of images on it (took about 20 hrs total time on my S50..). My result is not as good as yours, although mine is not bad. ๐Ÿ™‚

18.02.2025 13:56 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Aurora pic I took in the fall on Trail Ridge Rd in Rocky Mountain National Park.

08.02.2025 00:39 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 6    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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This is the Crab Nebula (M1) taken by my Seestar S50 telescope. It is a supernova remnant where the star that blew up is now a neutron star.

28.01.2025 19:38 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 7    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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One of my favorite places in Iceland: Jokulsarlon Glacier Lagoon

15.01.2025 13:09 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 7    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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๐Ÿ”ญ These new #Gaia maps are the best reconstructed views of how our #MilkyWay galaxy might look to an outside observer. They show us our place in the Universe like no other mission has before๐Ÿ‘‡

15.01.2025 12:07 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 295    ๐Ÿ” 92    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 5    ๐Ÿ“Œ 7
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Thank you to the entire community for helping us build a database for our next tool: SPCC.
#opensource #astrophotography

13.01.2025 14:17 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 14    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Jimmy Carter at the Judgment Seat - Christianity Today From Russell Moore: The former presidentโ€™s death at 100 has a lesson for the American church.

My essay on what the death of Jimmy Carter reveals about American Christianity:

www.christianitytoday.com/2025/01/jimm...

09.01.2025 13:18 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 65    ๐Ÿ” 23    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 8    ๐Ÿ“Œ 3

Gorgeous!

08.01.2025 16:22 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
This image from the Kitt Peak National Observatory shows the locations of Supernova 2004et and Supernova 2017eaw within the galaxy NGC 6946, an intermediate spiral galaxy with a small bright nucleus, nicknamed Fireworks Galaxy.

This image from the Kitt Peak National Observatory shows the locations of Supernova 2004et and Supernova 2017eaw within the galaxy NGC 6946, an intermediate spiral galaxy with a small bright nucleus, nicknamed Fireworks Galaxy.

๐Ÿ”ญ ๐Ÿงช ๐Ÿงต (Please read the whole thread)
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This stunning image, released on 5 July 2023, depicts the Fireworks Galaxy, officially NGC 6946.

Its nickname is due to the high number of supernovae observed within it, almost a dozen in the last 100 years.

Image sourceโžก๏ธ webbtelescope.org/contents/med...

05.01.2025 11:37 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 799    ๐Ÿ” 76    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 5    ๐Ÿ“Œ 3
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Bothsidesing, With a Republican Slant: Here We Go Again Election results donโ€™t change the facts

Democrats say this, Republicans say that. But don't readers deserve to hear some facts? paulkrugman.substack.com/p/bothsidesi...

05.01.2025 12:20 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1568    ๐Ÿ” 341    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 46    ๐Ÿ“Œ 47

I very much value your thoughts! It is so very true that we deeply reflect on --- and appreciate --- the wonderful and beauty of space.

29.12.2024 13:56 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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I love shooting from the #WestminsterBridge in #London. Besides feeling the history at every step, there are so many subjects and angles to play with.
This was a long exposure I did to soften the water and create a ghost effect in the people.
#architecturephotography #bwphotography #bigben

28.12.2024 20:29 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 453    ๐Ÿ” 30    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 27    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Wonderful image! ๐Ÿ˜€

29.12.2024 13:39 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

I am a long-time astronomy maven. Have quite a bit of eyepiece viewing through various telescopes over the years. For several years I dabbled in EAA using tripod, mount, telescope, camera, usb cable, laptop, and software. Now I have taken the ZWO Seestar S50 plunge. Having quite a time!

21.12.2024 14:38 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

yes

21.12.2024 14:35 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

@bot.astronomy.blue signup

21.12.2024 14:33 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

#astronomy #astrophotography #Siril

21.12.2024 14:25 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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I recently got back into astrophotography. In this case I am using the remarkable ZWO Seestar S50. This image of S33, the Triangulum Galaxy, was created using about 10 hours of imaging over multiple nights. I processed the images in Graxpert, Siril, and Photoshop.

21.12.2024 14:23 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 13    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 3    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Many thanks!

20.12.2024 15:52 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Well done!

19.12.2024 22:17 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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See below for my statement in response to Chairman Loudermilk's "Interim Report":

17.12.2024 19:36 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 22533    ๐Ÿ” 5515    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1606    ๐Ÿ“Œ 466

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