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pushkin99.bsky.social @pushkin99.bsky.social · 12h

Was it really 10 years ago?

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The Star River Podcast @thestarriver.com · 17h

From the archives: Can a Star Make a Cookie? (And How We Search for Alien Tech) with Dr. Chenoa Tremblay - Why the Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence is more hard science than you think it is. ⭐🎙🧪🔭🦛 #Astronomy #Podcasts

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Can a Star Make a Cookie? (And How We Search for Alien Tech) with Dr. Chenoa Tremblay

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Astropotamus 🔭🦛 @astropotamus.com · 28/09/2026

Feel like chatting with me? Aside from Discord (astropotamus.com/discord) you can also catch me on #Signal at signal.me#eu/cNxxRPS8U... or username Astropotamus.01

Scan this QR code with your phone to chat with me on Signal. Or find me at username Astropotamus.01

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Astropotamus 🔭🦛 @astropotamus.com · 28/09/2026

Chasing Stars in the City lights with Dr Jessica Dowell of the University of New Mexico Observatory (and her husband). The Star River Podcast episode goes live tomorrow at 5am Eastern!

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Chasing Stars in the City Lights

How does an observatory thrive amidst urban lights?

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Astropotamus 🔭🦛 @astropotamus.com · 27/09/2026

This guy. With the cigar. Priceless. apnews.com/article/nore...

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ESA Space Science @science.esa.int · 27/09/2026

Want to join us as BepiColombo arrives at Mercury? You can! Submit a #WelcomeToMercury message for Bepi and Mio and stand a chance to win a trip to ESA in Darmstadt, Germany, in December of this year. Check the competition out here 👉 esa.int/WelcomeToMercury 🔭

Illustration showing BepiColombo cartoon characters Bepi and Mio waving. To the left of the characters, a text reads ‘Welcome BepiColombo to Mercury!’. On the lower part of the image, we see part of planet Mercury on the left, and the hashtag WelcomeToMercury on the right.

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The Star River Podcast @thestarriver.com · 16/09/2026

From the archives: The Star River - Trailer - An exploration of our connection to the cosmos, bridging the gap between the technical and the transcendent. Hosted by the Astropotamus. ⭐🎙🧪🔭🦛 #Astronomy #Podcasts

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The Star River - Trailer

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The Star River Podcast @thestarriver.com · 23/09/2026

From the archives: Flecks of Matter on a Spinning Rock: Finding Joy in Smallness with Corrina Jaramillo-Feldman - The perfect antidote to the noise of everyday life. Plus so much more. 🎙🧪🔭🦛 #Astronomy #Podcasts

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Flecks of Matter on a Spinning Rock: Finding Joy in Smallness with Corrina Jaramillo-Feldman

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The Star River Podcast @thestarriver.com · 22/09/2026

Seeing the Entire Sky at Once in Radio Waves with Dr Jayce Dowell - "The LWA is all about looking at low frequencies. So light comes, light goes in, a variety of frequencies of wavelengths, depending on how you like to think about it." - Dr. Jayce Dowell 📡🎙🧪🔭🦛 #Astronomy #Podcasts

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Seeing the Entire Sky at Once in Radio Waves with Dr Jayce Dowell

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Astronomy & Astrophysics @aanda-journal.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Featured image: The LOFAR Galaxy Cluster Ultra-Deep Field (Botteon, A., et al., 2026, A&A, 713, A150) www.aanda.org/component/is...

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Astropotamus 🔭🦛 @astropotamus.com · 19/09/2026

@astroattorney.com When do I get to have you on my podcast to share a drink, talk about astrophotography, and see if my legal theories about Unitary Executive blah blah are correct?

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Wings & Space Photography @wingsandspace.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

Possibly a fallstreak hole (also known as a cavum or hole-punch cloud), a striking circular gap that appears in thin layers of cirrocumulus or altocumulus clouds #clouds #photography

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Cosmic Night Shift @cosmicnightshift.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

COSMIC NIGHT SHIFT LOG #01 Telescope aligned Camera focused Coffee ready Clouds arrived exactly on schedule #astrophotography #astronomy

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The Star River Podcast @thestarriver.com · 18/09/2026

From the archives: The New Mexico Mission: Returning Home - I begin my return journey home form the Land of Enchantment, enchanted. 🎙🧪🔭🦛 #Astronomy #Podcasts

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The New Mexico Mission: Returning Home

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Astropotamus 🔭🦛 @astropotamus.com · 17/09/2026

NASA spacecraft discovers a huge new crater on the moon. 🌛🔭🦛

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Astropotamus 🔭🦛 @astropotamus.com · 15/09/2026

"It’s unfortunate that something so personal and happy can be recast as something political or sinister simply because of who someone is or where they come from." Too bad your new father-in-law doesn't believe that same thing.

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The Star River Podcast @thestarriver.com · 15/09/2026

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Seeing the Entire Sky at Once in Radio Waves with Dr Jayce Dowell

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Astropotamus 🔭🦛 @astropotamus.com · 14/09/2026

Rock on with your bad assed selves!!

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Astropotamus 🔭🦛 @astropotamus.com · 14/09/2026

This man will be our (and maybe humanity's) Romulus Augustulus. Trump dismisses new AI guardrails, says there is a 'SICK conspiracy' against AI and data centers. "The only control or ‘guardrails’ that AI needs is a STRONG AND SMART (High IQ!) PRESIDENT, and the U.S.A. has that, in spades!"

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Steve Brown - astronomy and astrophotography @sjbastro.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

If you have a very good southwest horizon early this evening, 14 September, you might be able to spot the 14% lit crescent #Moon just to the left of bright planet Venus. The viewing window is very short though as the pair are rapidly setting. View around 19:30 BST (18:30 UT). #Astronomy

Stellarium graphic showing the 14% lit crescent Moon to the left of Venus at 19:30 BST (18:30 UT) on 14 September 2026.

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The Star River Podcast @thestarriver.com · 14/09/2026

From the archives: Pro Astrophotography Results from Your Backyard: The Greg Yancey Method - Carving a path through the noise to reveal the stunning structures of the Cosmos 🎙🧪🔭🦛 #Astronomy #Podcasts

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Pro Astrophotography Results from Your Backyard: The Greg Yancey Method

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Astropotamus 🔭🦛 @astropotamus.com · 14/09/2026

Spaghetti all’Assassinaaaaaahhhh!!!! In six words or fewer, write a story about this photo. #sixwordstory #WritingCommunity

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Astropotamus 🔭🦛 @astropotamus.com · 13/09/2026

I feel like maybe he's missing the point of tactical strikes. Perhaps he should call his buddy in the Kremlin and see if *he* might be able to do something that would stop the strikes from occurring? "Trump calls on Ukraine to halt strikes on Russian diesel, saying attacks are causing a shortage"

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Astropotamus 🔭🦛 @astropotamus.com · 12/09/2026

Things I was frightened of as a child: The furnace. 70s wallpaper. Water hammer when the sump pump would do its thing while I was alone, before I understood fluid dynamics. Horses, until I was tall enough to look them in the eye. Losing the rest of my family to another plane crash.

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Planetary Science Institute @psi.edu · 11/09/2026

50 years after Viking landed on Mars, what have we learned about the search for life, and where do we go next? PSI Senior Scientist David Grinspoon joined @CosmoQuest to talk Mars, astrobiology, Venus, and the future of planetary exploration. 🎥 buff.ly/N8GFOIJ

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Viking: Chasing Astrobiology then and now with David Grinspoon

In 2026, we are seeing a number of 50 year anniversaries for the Viking 1 and 2 missions to Mars. From their landings in August and September 1976, to the first astrobiology reports in December 1976,…

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Dr Space Junk (Alice Gorman) @drspacejunk.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

September 19 is International Talk Like a Pirate Day. This year I'm officially declaring it International Talk Like a SPACE Pirate Day! So many space pirates to choose from out among the arrrr-steroids! 🧪 🔭 #TalkLikeASpacePirateDay

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Lucky Starr and the Pirates of the Asteroids - Wikipedia

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The Star River Podcast @thestarriver.com · 11/09/2026

From the archives: Introduction to Season Two: The Enchanted Frequency - The Astropotamus returns for Season 2! A 2,000-mile desert trek, a new hotline launch, and a sneak peek at the VLA. Plus: limited-edition stickers! 🎙🧪🔭🦛 #Astronomy #Podcasts

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Introduction to Season Two: The Enchanted Frequency

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Astropotamus 🔭🦛 @astropotamus.com · 10/09/2026

Spending all my money on telescopes to give to kids so the next batch of Astro omers remembers the first time they saw the rings of Saturn through a telescope.

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The Star River Podcast @thestarriver.com · 09/09/2026

From the archives: The Five Messengers: Black Holes, Gravitational Waves, and Multi-Messenger Astronomy with Dr. Saavik Ford - "We're trying to understand and fight our way through the cosmos as a team." 🎙🧪🔭🦛 #Astronomy #Podcasts

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The Five Messengers: Black Holes, Gravitational Waves, and Multi-Messenger Astronomy with Dr. Saavik Ford

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Astropotamus 🔭🦛 @astropotamus.com · 08/09/2026

We did it! 🌌 Thank you to everyone who helped me hit 100% of my goal to cover a full year of virtual recording studio time on Riverside.fm! Your support keeps The Star River Podcast flowing so I can bring you the long-form stories you love. 🎙️ astropotamus.com/support #Astronomy #Podcasting

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Astropotamus 🔭🦛 @astropotamus.com · 08/09/2026

Date yourself with a picture of your first computer:

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The Star River Podcast @thestarriver.com · 08/09/2026

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Seeing the Entire Sky at Once in Radio Waves with Dr Jayce Dowell

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JRho @jrho.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

The most absolutely massive flex from the state fair exhibit. This quilt is made of 40 years of prize ribbons from various categories at the New Mexico State Fair won by Carol St. Clair Johnson. She also won a prize for this quilt.

Massive quilt made of prize ribbons in blue, red, yellow, and white

Center square of quilt made of yellow and red ribbons and yellow rosettes

Block of quilt made of blue, yellow, red, and white ribbons. Ribbons state the year. Some have the prize winning object written on in marker

Carol St. Clair Johnson
born 1954; resides Albuquerque, NM

O Fair New Mexico-41 Fair Years
2023
satin ribbons

After unexpectedly winning her first blue ribbon for a sewn cape in 1981, Carol St. Clair Johnson developed an enduring love for the New Mexico State Fair. The quilt Fair New Mexico-41 Fair Years incorporates more than six hundred of the ribbons she won at the fair every subsequent year except 2020 (when the fair was canceled because of the COVID-19 pandemic). Johnson earned ribbons for needlework, knitting, crochet, pies, cookies, cakes, canning, jewelry, flowers, vegetables, and potted plants. The title of the quilt is a reference to the state song, and the design places the state's Zia sun symbol at the center. The quilt earned Johnson yet another ribbon: Best in Category (miscellaneous quilt) at the 2023 New Mexico State Fair.

Courtesy of Carol St. Clair Johnson

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The Star River Podcast @thestarriver.com · 07/09/2026

From the archives: Enchanted Frequencies: Shane Baca Trailer - This quick teaser gives you a behind-the-scenes preview of my the next episode of my special series, Enchanted Frequencies 🎙🧪🔭🦛 #Astronomy #Podcasts

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Enchanted Frequencies: Shane Baca Trailer

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