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Eric

@astroeric12.bsky.social
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Nerd, Freshwater Person. Here to comfort the afflicted and afflict the comfortable. As social as a wet cat.

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Eric @astroeric12.bsky.social · 21h
The Hill is really can't make up its mind
A picture of Bernie Sanders with the caption 
 Bernie Sanders calls for permanent ban on artificial superintelligence

The Hill. 9h
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Eric @astroeric12.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
The weather needs to make up it's mind
Today

22%

66° 54°

Mon

20%

82° 67°

Tue

4%

4.1 88° 62°

Wed

70% !" !" 71° 54°

Thu

24%

/ 63° 57°

Fri

52% 60° 37°

Sat

14% 48° 29°
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Eric @astroeric12.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
I voted My work here is done Now let's stop the political ads
A white sticker reading ohio voted on a car seat
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Eric @astroeric12.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
“Power concedes nothing without a demand. It never did and it never will. Find out just what any people will quietly submit to and you have found out the exact measure of injustice and wrong which will be imposed upon them, and these will continue till they are resisted with either words or blows, or with both. The limits of tyrants are prescribed by the endurance of those whom they oppress.”
― Frederick Douglass
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Eric @astroeric12.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
The most wonderful time of the year is upon us
A house with Halloween decorations in front of it including several skeletons and a grim reaper
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Eric @astroeric12.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
The skunk has made a return. The groundhog was in my yard this afternoon. My backyard is turning into a nature preserve.
A skunk in the grass
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Eric @astroeric12.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Dynamite Kid He is still the most amazing wrestler to watch work. He was so far ahead of his time. IYKYK
An image of wrestler the Dynamite Kid a muscular white man with red tights and red and white wrestling boots
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Eric @astroeric12.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
49 years ago Voyager 1 took this picture of the Earth and Moon in the same frame. This was the first both objects were in the same picture.
The Earth and Moon both in a crescent phase
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Eric @astroeric12.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
"The slow-rising central horror of 'Watergate' is not that it might grind down to the reluctant impeachment of a vengeful thug of a president whose entire political career has been a monument to the same kind of cheap shots and treach-ery he finally got nailed for, but that we might somehow fail to learn something from it."

-Hunter S. Thompson
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Eric @astroeric12.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Counterpoint: “I apologize now. I apologize because of the terrible mess the planet is in. But it has always been a mess. There have never been any “Good Old Days,” there have just been days. And as I say to my grandchildren, “Don’t look at me. I just got here myself.” Kurt Vonnegut
An old grumpy looking cartoon duck giving the finger with the caption 

I MAY BE OLD
BUT I GOT TO SEE THE WORLD BEFORE IT WENT TO SHIT.
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Eric @astroeric12.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
It's magical floating leaf season.
A leaf suspended on a spider web in front of a chain link fence and over some grass
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Eric @astroeric12.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
One more dialect quiz. This one seems more accurate
A colorized map of the United States
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Eric @astroeric12.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
Yeah it did
A colorized map of the United States
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Eric @astroeric12.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
Close enough.
A map showing where my dialect is most similar to with the caption 
Your dialect map

Redder areas talk more like you; bluer areas least.

You talk most like someone from Illinois - about

55% of your answers match a typical resident.

MYDIALECT - STANDARD

Least like you

Most like you

https://mydialect.us

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Cities most & least like you

Interpolated from the nearest survey responses.

MOST SIMILAR

1. Chicago, IL (53%)

2. Milwaukee, WI (53%)

3. St. Louis, ΜΟ (53%)

LEAST SIMILAR

1. Portland, MΕ (47%)

2. Boston, MA (48%)

3. New York, NY (49%)
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Eric @astroeric12.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
Post something random or you’ll have an awful September. I'm pretty sure this isn't going to save me but why not
A white and orange cat sitting on white trash can next to a tree
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Eric @astroeric12.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
Sagan wrote this over 30 years ago. It's a shame no one ever listens.
"Science is more than a body of knowledge; it is a way of thinking. I have a foreboding of an America in my children's or grandchildren's time -- when the United States is a service and information economy; when nearly all the key manufacturing industries have slipped away to other countries; when awesome technological powers are in the hands of a very few, and no one representing the public interest can even grasp the issues; when the people have lost the ability to set their own agendas or knowledgeably question those in authority; when, clutching our crystals and nervously consulting our horoscopes, our critical faculties in decline, unable to distinguish between what feels good and what's true, we slide, almost without noticing, back into superstition and darkness." - Carl Sagan
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Eric @astroeric12.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
No cheating. Share the last photo of the sky from your camera roll
A blue sky with some fluffy clouds and a last quarter Moon
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Eric @astroeric12.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
Silver Surfer I want to soar around the cosmos.
Silver Surfer who is a man covered in silver on a silver surfboard
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Eric @astroeric12.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
Yeah I've always drifted into the darkness and this album helped
The cover of the Alice in Chains album Dirt with a half buried person  and the whole thing is red-orange tinted
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Eric @astroeric12.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
🎵In times of trouble Sausey Cool Hand comes to me🎵 🎵Speaking words of wisdom🎵
A green brick wall with a white anthropomorphic tomato on it with the words Sausey Cool Hand
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Eric @astroeric12.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
post your favorite Disney princess, wrong answers only
Gillian Anderson,  a redheaded woman in a black blazer and an FBI badge, playing Dana Scully in The X-Files
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Eric @astroeric12.bsky.social · 10/08/2026
post you from a different era in your life
Me at 11 years old with longish hair and a plaid shirt leaning on a table
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Eric @astroeric12.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
Everything is shit at the moment, so lets try and cheers things up a bit... post your TV/Film crush from your younger years.
Bailey Quarters from WKRP in Cincinnati. She is a young woman with brown hair and glasses Olivia Newton John in Grease. She is a blonde woman with her hair pulled back
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Eric @astroeric12.bsky.social · 02/08/2026
Max Miller replies to Bernie Moreno. NGL I hope they both destroy each other.
Max Miller
@MaxMillerOH
X.com
@berniemoreno If my daughter said the same thing to me, I personally wouldn't wait two years before holding him accountable. You know this isn't true and the only reason you are speaking out now is to hide from your own media circus. This is all political.
Bernie Moreno
@berniemoreno.
2h
As a father and husband, I can tell you the last two years have been pure hell for my wife Bridget, our daughter Emily, me, and our entire family in the aftermath of Emily's divorce....
11:58 AM
8/2/26
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Eric @astroeric12.bsky.social · 02/08/2026
Moreno finally issues a statement when the pressure is basically at a breaking point
Bernie Moreno
@berniemoreno
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As a father and husband, I can tell you the last two years have been pure hell for my wife Bridget, our daughter Emily, me, and our entire family in the aftermath of Emily's divorce.
It has been horrific to watch this play out in full public view, all while knowing an innocent two-year-old girl is caught in the middle. Our priority has always been protecting our daughter and our granddaughter. Out of concern for the safety of my family, I hoped to keep this matter private but Max Miller's increasingly erratic and dangerous behavior has made that impossible.
As he has admitted privately, Max Miller needs serious psychological help. He is a danger to my daughter, and I hold my breath every minute he has custody of my granddaughter.
If there are any basic standards of character required to hold elected office, Max Miller fails them. He should not serve in the House of Representatives. I believe Max Miller needs to seek professional help to end the clear pattern of abuse he has left in his wake. I believe he should not be free to continue endangering others until he does.
I ran for office because I wanted to make a difference for the country that gave me every opportunity to succeed, and to leave this nation better for my children and grandchildren. That sacrifice has been especially hard on my wife Bridget, whose big heart and steady support have never wavered. I owe it to her, to Emily, and to my granddaughter to speak the truth now.
11:22 AM
Aug 2, 2026
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Eric @astroeric12.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
Post a perfect album from the 90s that isn't Nirvana, Soundgarden, Pearl Jam, or Alice in Chains
The cover for the King's X album Dogman showing a dog colored red with a black background
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Eric @astroeric12.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
What's your sign?
A yin and yang symbol with do not harm in the white part and take no shit in the black part
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Eric @astroeric12.bsky.social · 24/07/2026
I play too Here are my babies
Four guitars leaning against a gray shed 
A red schecter seven string 
A black schecter seven strings 
A sunburst carvin bolt t 
A natural finished cigar box guitar
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Eric @astroeric12.bsky.social · 24/07/2026
I just saw this and it'll probably always be my favorite picture that I've ever taken
A squirrel that is eating while sitting on a tombstone that is embedded into a tree
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Eric @astroeric12.bsky.social · 23/07/2026
Some bird pics from my walk.
A Great Blue Heron on the bank on a reservoir Several ducks in a reservoir
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Eric @astroeric12.bsky.social · 22/07/2026
I had a lot of furry critters in my yard tonight
A cat lying in some bushes A cat looking away while lying in some bushes A rabbit in the grass A rabbit looking the opposite way while sitting in some grass
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Eric @astroeric12.bsky.social · 19/07/2026
Post a thirst trap, Go:
Me in a grey beanie, sunglasses, white cloth mask and a red hoodie 

All the hotties will flock to my DM  because of this pic
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Eric @astroeric12.bsky.social · 15/07/2026
I tell people that I've turned into the person I always wanted in my life. So if anything good came from my neglected and bullied and misunderstood life, I got a lot of empathy. So I guess this pic hit uncomfortably close to home.
A picture of a balding man with a beard in a suit with the quote 

"Look at you, comforting others with the words you wished someone had said to you."

Fydor dostovesky
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Eric @astroeric12.bsky.social · 10/07/2026
I liked the way these clouds looked while I was out birding
Some clouds in milky sky behind some trees
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Eric @astroeric12.bsky.social · 09/07/2026
Because what goes around comes around, if you see this, share a circle, a disk, something round.
A yin yang circle with the white part labeled do not harm and the black part labeled take no shit
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Eric @astroeric12.bsky.social · 06/07/2026
This reminds of Carl Sagan describing the Earth as a mote of dust suspended on a sunbeam. He was describing this image taken of Earth by the Voyager 1 from almost 4 billion miles away.
Earth seen as a very small dot in space
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Eric @astroeric12.bsky.social · 03/07/2026
The butt of the Mothman statue in Point Pleasant West Virginia
The Mothman statue a metallic large humanoid with wings
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Eric @astroeric12.bsky.social · 03/07/2026
Post a random picture or everything else will go bad in July.
The metal Mothman stature shot from behind showing his shiny metal ass
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Eric @astroeric12.bsky.social · 29/06/2026
Well this seems like a great time for the whole family 🙄
Anna Kramer

@anna_c_kramer

...

DC Mayor just said that the fireworks show on the Mall is not scheduled to begin until 11 PM on July 4th, later than previously publicized.

That late hour is on top of serious new restrictions: no coolers, bags, chairs, etc. And viewers have to go through metal detectors.

3:26 PM

Jun 29, 2026

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Eric @astroeric12.bsky.social · 26/06/2026
Seems about right britmonkey.com/2020s-politi...
A graph showing my political affiliations according to an online quiz and a pic of Zohran Mamdani
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Eric @astroeric12.bsky.social · 25/06/2026
The geese are mobilizing. The end is nigh.
Several geese on the bank of a reservoir near a paved road
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Eric @astroeric12.bsky.social · 24/06/2026
It's great blue heron season
A great blue heron sitting on the bank of a reservoir
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Eric @astroeric12.bsky.social · 24/06/2026
My Merlin app heard one of these tonight now I need to see one
A graphic of a great crested flycatcher a Grey purple and gold bird on a limb
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Eric @astroeric12.bsky.social · 23/06/2026
I repost stuff and hand out likes Try not to be jealous If you want your own license go here kojira.github.io/bluesky-lice...
My Bluesky license
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Eric @astroeric12.bsky.social · 23/06/2026
Here's some pictures of a mama and a baybay duckies. Mama seemed flustered so they really weren't willing to pose for any pics.
A mother and baby mallard in front of a building A mother and baby mallard in front of a building
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Eric @astroeric12.bsky.social · 20/06/2026
Explain your @ I like astronomy and my name is Eric and the aperture of my telescope is 12 inches This telescope right here
A black dobsonian reflector telescope in  a yard
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Eric @astroeric12.bsky.social · 12/06/2026
Quote-Post a random photo from your camera roll. No explanation (but pls use alt text). I want to be confused.
A white plastic baby doll head on a red post next to a blue gate
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Eric @astroeric12.bsky.social · 10/06/2026
This little guy was keeping an eye on me this morning
A squirrel clinging on to the side of a tree
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Eric @astroeric12.bsky.social · 09/06/2026
We don't usually see each other's headers. Here's mine. Quote post with yours. This has been my header on multiple sites for years now.
My header with my black and white Pic and Calvin and Hobbes stargazing with the text 



IF PEOPLE SAT OUTSIDE AND LOOKED AT THE STARS EACH NIGHT I BET THEY WOULD LIVE A LOT DIFFERENTLY

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Nerd, Freshwater Person. Here to comfort the afflicted and afflict the comfortable. As social as a wet cat.
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Eric @astroeric12.bsky.social · 06/06/2026
Here's a couple pics of the engine Fun fact it weighs 600 tons
A black steam engine with quite a crowd A black steam engine
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