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Tony Dunn @tony873004.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

To be a star, all you need to do is sustain fusion in your core. But the range of brightnesses is staggering. 🔭 #astro

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Astropotamus 🔭🦛 @astropotamus.com · 03/10/2026

Just grow big and get fat and physics takes care of the rest.

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Astropotamus 🔭🦛 @astropotamus.com · 03/10/2026

I speak with her on Wednesday actually. I'll ask her!

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Astropotamus 🔭🦛 @astropotamus.com · 02/10/2026

The last Star Trek I was happy to watch was Voyager.

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Astropotamus 🔭🦛 @astropotamus.com · 02/10/2026

technology should have stopped right there

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Astropotamus 🔭🦛 @astropotamus.com · 02/10/2026

I'd be happy to take one or two of those GPUs and use them to play some Cyberpunk 2077 on the like they were meant to! 😉

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Astropotamus 🔭🦛 @astropotamus.com · 02/10/2026

I think people forget he was a mathematical prodigy. His 1967 dissertation, Boundary Functions, won the Sumner B. Myers Prize for Michigan's best mathematics dissertation of the year.

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Astropotamus 🔭🦛 @astropotamus.com · 02/10/2026

Ah yes, that's just its internal voice constantly reassuring itself: "as long as I make enough noise, Newton won't notice I'm supposed to be on the ground."

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Astropotamus 🔭🦛 @astropotamus.com · 02/10/2026

If you don't know who Mike Weasner is, he's the #1 listened to episode of The Star River Podcast and he is well worth another listen to. 🎙️🔭🦛

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Astropotamus 🔭🦛 @astropotamus.com · 02/10/2026

We should get you, me, @drcarpineti.bsky.social, and @astroroyalscot.bsky.social on a Star River Podcast together to talk about it!

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Astropotamus 🔭🦛 @astropotamus.com · 01/10/2026

Oh oh oh! Pick me! I know! Pick me!!

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Astropotamus 🔭🦛 @astropotamus.com · 01/10/2026

I've thought about this a lot. I think if we knew that we had augmented our vision, we'd be impressed. But if it had always been that way, we'd basically have adapted to what we could see and think it normal. Lamenting that we couldn't see X-rays with our naked eyes before they melted.

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pushkin99.bsky.social @pushkin99.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Was it really 10 years ago?

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Astropotamus 🔭🦛 @astropotamus.com · 30/09/2026

That's kind of the point game. Voting on the fattest bear before they hibernate. See which one "enters the cave" with the most blubber to carry them through winter.

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Astropotamus 🔭🦛 @astropotamus.com · 30/09/2026

It tends to be a Big Thing in the US because we're all fat slobs, I think.

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The Star River Podcast @thestarriver.com · 30/09/2026

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 · 30/09/2026

But...they made a poster board. Doesn't that mean it's true?

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Astropotamus 🔭🦛 @astropotamus.com · 30/09/2026

Throw AI at it. That will surely help one or the other.

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Astropotamus 🔭🦛 @astropotamus.com · 29/09/2026

I'm guessing it will take multiple human deaths before it gets shut down. If even then.

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

Even the graceful gazelle has to start somewhere. Keep practicing! Love it!

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

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

I see who's sashaying and who's staying put! 😜

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

You leave Warren Buffet out of this. He's one billionaire I respect. He founded The Giving Pledge. He's given away 99% of his wealth. He eBayed his car to raise money for Girls, Inc. We can call Warren one of the Good Guys.

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

Since The Expanse is not on the list, I question it's veracity.

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Astropotamus 🔭🦛 @astropotamus.com · 26/09/2026

Oh, Kai. This is why I don't follow you. You're great when there's a script, but you spout nonsense when it's your own thought. Maybe this is why you have so few interns?

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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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