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Accelerationista @accelerationista.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

Lunar eclipse movie from August 28th, 2026. Captured in Boston using my Vespera Pro smart telescope. #photography #astrophotography #Boston

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Accelerationista @accelerationista.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

The atomic number of Plutonium, symbol Pu, is 94. The color of that element in this table of "Can I lick it?" is Purple, "Please reconsider". They mean it.

Can I Lick It? Periodic table of elements.

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Accelerationista @accelerationista.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

A short movie of the partial solar eclipse from August 12th, 2026. Shot using my Vespera Pro smart telescope in Boston, Massachusetts. #astrophotography #Boston

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Accelerationista @accelerationista.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

M31, The Andromeda Galaxy Observed September 8th, 2026 in Truro, MA using my Vespera Pro smart telescope. Four and a half hours of observation with dark frame and light pollution filter. Native stacking. #astrophotography #Truro

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Accelerationista @accelerationista.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

Nebula IC 5068 This nebula doesn’t have a catchy name. It is near NGC 7000 in the sky. Captured by my Vespera Pro smart telescope over two nights with about five hours of observation. Dual filter, dark frame, native stacking. #astrophotography #Boston

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Accelerationista @accelerationista.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

NGC 7000, The North American Nebula. Observed from Boston using my Vespera Pro smart telescope July 26, 2026. About five hours of observing time over two nights. Dual filter, dark frame, native stacking. #astrophotography #Boston

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Accelerationista @accelerationista.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

So, my husband and I did get to see The Odyssey in 70 mm at the Coolidge Theater in Brookline. It was awesome, as many people noted.

Wide angle shot of the Coolidge Theater in Brookline. A man with his dog are seen walking from left to right. A bicyclist is seen exiting the frame at extreme left.

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Accelerationista @accelerationista.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

Full Moon Eclipse near maximum. Photographed from my yard in Boston with my Vespera Pro smart telescope. 2 am on 8/28/2026. #astrophotography #Boston

Sliver of the Full Moon can be seen at the maximum of the lunar eclipse around 2 am on Friday morning, 8/28/2026. Photographed in Boston by a Vespera Pro smart telescope.

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Accelerationista @accelerationista.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

Here’s the wee beast in action. The solar filter must be installed to observe the Sun. The firmware will refuse to initialize in solar mode if it isn’t. #astrophotography

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Accelerationista @accelerationista.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

Bite out of the Sun! Imaged this afternoon in Boston around eclipse maximum using my Vespera Pro smart telescope in Solar Mode. Note the sun spots. #Boston #astrophotography

Astrophotograph of the sun during a partial solar eclipse. About 16% of the Sun is obscured by the Moon. Taken August 12, 2026 around 1:45 pm EDT.

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Accelerationista @accelerationista.bsky.social · 05/08/2026

Our marsh mallow has done great this year. No leaf miners at all. Maybe it was all the fertilizer? #Boston #photography

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Accelerationista @accelerationista.bsky.social · 05/08/2026

A sunflower bud in a 2 foot, rabbit proof chickenwire cage. #Boston #photography

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Accelerationista @accelerationista.bsky.social · 05/08/2026

A culprit rabbit in my yard. Not so cute anymore. #Boston #photography

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Accelerationista @accelerationista.bsky.social · 05/08/2026

Here’s what rabbits did to a bunch of my not so resilient sunflowers. My new cages are 2 feet tall. Those appear rabbit proof. #Boston #photography

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Accelerationista @accelerationista.bsky.social · 04/08/2026

Here’s a closeup view from the other side of one flower. One bee tries to horn in on another bee. Fuck off, mate! #Boston #photography

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Accelerationista @accelerationista.bsky.social · 04/08/2026

Some volunteer sunflowers that the rabbits didn’t eat! Notice the bees. #Boston #photography

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Accelerationista @accelerationista.bsky.social · 03/08/2026

The tallest sunflower in my garden finally bloomed. Here is a bee enjoying it! #Boston #photography

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Accelerationista @accelerationista.bsky.social · 28/07/2026

M27, The Dumbbell Nebula, captured from my North driveway, Boston, MA on July 1st and 12th, 2026 using my Vespera Pro smart telescope. Dual band filter and dark frame were engaged. #Boston #photography #astrophotography

M27, the Dumbbell Nebula. Captured with my Vespera Pro smart telescope. Dual band filter and dark frame engaged.

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Accelerationista @accelerationista.bsky.social · 23/07/2026

M13, Hercules Globular Cluster, captured June 25th, 2026 in Boston from our East lawn using my Vespera Pro smart telescope. The Light Pollution filter was installed, but the dark frame was not in use. Native stacking. #boston #photography #astrophotography

M13, Hercules Globular Cluster. Significant light pollution can be seen as a red gradient in the upper right and as a sky glow behind the cluster itself. A relatively short exposure.

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Accelerationista @accelerationista.bsky.social · 23/07/2026

M104, The Sombrero Galaxy, captured June 14th in Truro, MA using my Vespera Pro smart telescope. #truro #photography #astrophotography

M104, the Sombrero Galaxy against a field of stars.

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Accelerationista @accelerationista.bsky.social · 22/07/2026

T Coronae Borealis, in center, captured June 14th, 2026 on Truro, MA using my Vespera Pro smart telescope. #truro #photography #astrophotography

T Coronae Borealis, in center, on a field of stars and galaxies.

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Accelerationista @accelerationista.bsky.social · 22/07/2026

M51, the Spiral Galaxy, captured in Truro, MA on June 12, 2026 with my Vespera Pro smart telescope. #truro #photography #astrophography

M51, the Spiral Galaxy. Two interacting galaxies are easily seen against a background of stars and other galaxies.

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Accelerationista @accelerationista.bsky.social · 24/06/2026

I'm going to repeat this: "significantly outperforming actual human participants" Put that in your pipe and smoke it.

Rene Magritte - This is not a pipe - The Treachery of Images

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Accelerationista @accelerationista.bsky.social · 19/06/2026

Here is a view of the full rainbow. 🌈 Pretty nice Pride sign! #photography #Boston

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Accelerationista @accelerationista.bsky.social · 19/06/2026

After last night’s rainstorm, a lovely rainbow appeared over Brighton. #photography #Boston

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Accelerationista @accelerationista.bsky.social · 16/06/2026

A second view of the rabbit. #photography. I hope the Rabbit Scram works to protect the sunflowers 🌻

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Accelerationista @accelerationista.bsky.social · 15/06/2026

Kevin Bacon and his family on stage after the screening of “Family Film” answering questions. One of their influences was Serial Mom. Shout out to John Waters! #PIFF2026 #provincetown

Kevin Bacon and his family on stage at Town Hall to answer questions. Kyra Sedgwick is currently talking.

Kevin Bacon and his family on stage after the screening of “Family Film” to answer questions. Travis Bacon is currently talking.

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Accelerationista @accelerationista.bsky.social · 15/06/2026

A short clip of Kevin Bacon and his wife Kyra Sedgwick as she introduces their new horror / comedy movie “Family Film”. #PIFF2026 #provincetown

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Accelerationista @accelerationista.bsky.social · 14/06/2026

A bakery clerk serves a patron a cookie. The Nut House, Whaler’s Wharf, Commercial Street, Provincetown, MA. You can faintly see my skeleton jacket reflected in the window. #PIFF2026 #photography #streetphotography #provincetown

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Accelerationista @accelerationista.bsky.social · 14/06/2026

The Nut House bakery at the front of Whaler’s Wharf on Commercial Street in Provincetown, MA. #PIFF2026 #photography #streetphotography #provincetown

Looking in the window of The Nut House Bakery. Neon signs saying Fresh Cookies Baked and Bakery are in the window.

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Accelerationista @accelerationista.bsky.social · 14/06/2026

Tin Pan Alley restaurant on Commercial Street in Provincetown, MA. It is starting to be dusk. #PIFF2026 #photography #streetphotography #provincetown

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Accelerationista @accelerationista.bsky.social · 14/06/2026

An Art Gallery is nestled along a path away from Commercial Street in Provincetown. #PIFF2026 #photography #streetphotography #provincetown

A small art gallery painted blue with a black Mansard roof is set back from the road. A face is seen in the main entrance.

A small art gallery is seen along its access path. You see the entrance, and above that a face. The gallery is painted blue.

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Accelerationista @accelerationista.bsky.social · 13/06/2026

Close up of the broken down piano on the beach in back of Whaler’s Wharf. My husband Paul tells me it has been there since last summer. It don’t think it is in tune anymore. #PIFF2026 #provincetown #photography #streetphotography

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Accelerationista @accelerationista.bsky.social · 13/06/2026

Folks on the beach behind Whaler’s Wharf, “playing” a broken down piano left on the sand. Everyone is having fun. #PIFF2026 #photography #streetphotography #provencetown

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Accelerationista @accelerationista.bsky.social · 13/06/2026

Drop your pants / kilt, Centerfold posters surround a penny smashing machine in the rebuilt Whaler’s Wharf. #PIFF2026 #photography #streetphotography #provincetown

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Accelerationista @accelerationista.bsky.social · 13/06/2026

First night in Provincetown for the film festival. #photography

Pilgrim Monument in the fog. Provincetown, MA.

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Accelerationista @accelerationista.bsky.social · 08/06/2026

Rabbit 🐇 in our yard. Pretty good size, too.

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Accelerationista @accelerationista.bsky.social · 05/06/2026

At the eye doctor and I noticed this Yamaha MT 09. Along with my ride, a Zero FTX. #motosky

Yamaha MT09 side view. Nice red wheel detailing. Zero FTX in the background.

Yamaha MT 09 view from the rear. Really nice looking bike.

My Zero FTX in the foreground, with the Yamaha MT 09 in the background. Beautiful summer day at 88 degrees.

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Accelerationista @accelerationista.bsky.social · 10/04/2026

Earth is really looming large is what is probably my final capture from the Orion capsule; we are going to a concert! Look at that atmosphere. The continents and oceans are clearly visible. #Artemis #NASA #Spaceflight

Capture of Earth from the Orion capsule a mere 2+ hours before splashdown. The SM is to the extreme left. The large Earth is to the lower left. The atmosphere and lights on the dark side are clearly visible.

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Accelerationista @accelerationista.bsky.social · 10/04/2026

This is a direct solar panel camera view of the Moon, taken from a camera on the opposite side of the spacecraft. #Artemis #NASA #Spaceflight

View from Orion Service Module solar panel, showing propulsion nozzles. Almost centered is a tiny Moon, surrounded by a white circle labeled MOON. The rest of the image is filled with stars and galaxies.

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Accelerationista @accelerationista.bsky.social · 10/04/2026

Synthetic image of Orion capsule looking back on the Moon, taken shortly after the images just posted above of the Earth. The use of the synthetic view is flagged by the yellow dot on the spacecraft graphic at lower right. #Artemis #NASA #Spaceflight

Synthetic view of the Orion spacecraft looking back at the Moon. The Moon is a small sphere to the right of the capsule flagged with a white circle labeled MOON.

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