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Jeromy Farkas @jeromyyyc.bsky.social · 3h

They preach "Alberta First" while promising the Americans our water, oil, and land. I joined Edmonton's Mayor Andrew Knack on CBC's Power & Politics to call out the hypocrisy of the Alberta separatist movement. You don’t defend Alberta by putting our province up for sale to the United States.

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Katie Mack @astrokatie.com · 2h

A fun fact about neutrinos is that they come in three “flavors” (types) and also in three masses and you would think that this means each flavor has its own mass and you would be absolutely wrong about that.

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Jason Nishiyama @evilscientistca.bsky.social · 11h

NGC 5492 (small galaxy at centre) is a spiral galaxy located about 124 Mly away in the constellation of Boötes. It was discovered by William Herschel in 1792. #astronomy

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Jason Nishiyama @evilscientistca.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

IC 4593 is a planetary nebula located about 7900 ly away in the constellation of Hercules. The IC (Index Catalog) is a supplement to the 1888 NGC (New General Catalog) published in 1895 and 1908. Both list several thousand non-stellar objects and are still in use. #astronomy

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Jason Nishiyama @evilscientistca.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

M72 is a globular cluster located about 54.6 kly away in the constellation of Aquarius. Typical of globular clusters, it is old, on the order of 9.5 billion years. #astronomy

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Astrogeo 🇨🇦🇺🇦🌻 @astrogeo.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Today, Crew 13 arrived in Florida to start their final preparations before their launch on October 1. The crew consists of (L to R) Russian astronaut Sergiy Teteryatnikov, NASA astronauts Luke Delaney & Jessica Watkins (Commander) and from Canada, Joshua Kutryk.

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Jason Nishiyama @evilscientistca.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

It is though that the blue stragglers are formed when less massive (and longer lived) stars merge in the densely packed clusters.

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Jason Nishiyama @evilscientistca.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

M70 is a globular cluster located about 29.4 kly away in the constellation of Sagittarius. It is thought to have some blue stragglers near the core. Globulars shouldn't have blue stars as the clusters are too old. #astronomy

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Jason Nishiyama @evilscientistca.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

M8 - the Lagoon Nebula - is an emission nebula located about 4100 ly away in the constellation of Sagittarius. Home of active star formation, M8 contains many Bok globules, dark nebular blobs that contain areas where stars are forming. #astronomy

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Jason Nishiyama @evilscientistca.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

This means that the light had to pass through a lot more of the Earth's atmosphere than if it were higher in the sky. This made the light redder and the image less clear.

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Jason Nishiyama @evilscientistca.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

M7 is an open cluster located about 980 ly away in the constellation of Scorpius. It is the southernmost Messier object. This put it very low on the horizon for this image from the telescope's location. #astronomy

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Jason Nishiyama @evilscientistca.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

M34 is an open cluster located about 1500 ly away in the constellation of Perseus. It's age is estimated at about 250 million years. It does contain some white dwarf stars which implies it's heavier intermediate mass stars (~6 solar masses) have fully evolved. #astronomy

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Jason Nishiyama @evilscientistca.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

There was I time in my life where I could enjoy kamaboko without being pestered by cats…

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Jason Nishiyama @evilscientistca.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Canada and Denmark/Greenland should build a joint base on Hans Island...

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Jason Nishiyama @evilscientistca.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

Poilievre is a man who has yet to come to terms with his growing irrelevance.

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Jason Nishiyama @evilscientistca.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

M103 is an open cluster located about 9400 ly away in the constellation of Cassiopeia. The stars in an open cluster were formed more or less at the same time which makes them great natural laboratories for understanding stellar evolution.

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Jason Nishiyama @evilscientistca.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

As we enter the “I’m going to hold my breath until I die and you’ll all be sorry when I’m gone “ phase of the US presidency.

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Jason Nishiyama @evilscientistca.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

NGC 40 is a planetary nebula located about 5300 ly away in the constellation of Cepheus. Quite visible is the central star of this PN. This star is the former core of the progenitor star. No longer undergoing fusion it will cool slowly over billions of years. #astronomy

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Jason Nishiyama @evilscientistca.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

Since we view space through images and telescopes it appears 2D to us, but it is important to remember that it is indeed 3 dimensional and things may not be near each other.

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Jason Nishiyama @evilscientistca.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

M23 is an open cluster located about 2050 ly away in the constellation of Sagittarius. The very bright star in the upper right is a foreground star, only about 330 ly away. #astronomy

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Jason Nishiyama @evilscientistca.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

M42 is an emission nebula/star formation region located about 1270 ly away in the constellation of Orion. The second image shows the nebula as seen through filters that show light from oxygen, hydrogen and sulfur. You can compare that to the first image which is regular RGB. #astronomy

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Jason Nishiyama @evilscientistca.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

M36 is an open cluster located about 4300 ly away in the constellation of Auriga. M36 contains many hot blue stars which means that it is a very young cluster, about 25 million years old. Not old enough for the blue stars to have evolved to their ultimate demise. #astronomy

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Jason Nishiyama @evilscientistca.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

Mars is the 4th planet from the Sun in our solar system. It gets its red colouring from large amounts of iron oxides on its surface. #astronomy

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Jason Nishiyama @evilscientistca.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

NGC 4361 is a planetary nebula located about 3400 ly away in the constellation of Corvus. The central star is very hot, about 126000 K. Despite this temperature the star has already left the Asymptotic Giant Branch of the HR diagram so it is no longer undergoing fusion. #astronomy

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Jason Nishiyama @evilscientistca.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

I've seen lots of comments about after seeing him as POTUS it's now easy to see how he managed to bankrupt a casion.

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Jason Nishiyama @evilscientistca.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

Albireo is a double star located between about 350 to 400 ly away in the constellation of Cygnus. A striking pair in a telescope, it is one of the few things in the night sky the human eye can detect colour in. One start is distinctly blue, the other a golden yellow. #astronomy

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Jason Nishiyama @evilscientistca.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

M93 is an open cluster located about 3400 ly away in the constellation of Puppis. It is a group of stars that formed together about 387 million years ago and are now moving through the Galaxy. #astronomy

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Jason Nishiyama @evilscientistca.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

M40 is an optical double star located in the constellation of Ursa Major. It is an optical double as the stars only appear together in our line of sight. In reality one star is 470ly away and the other 1013ly away. They are not gravitationally associated. #astronomy

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Jason Nishiyama @evilscientistca.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

One wonders why the Hegseth is scrolling through photos of teenagers...

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Jason Nishiyama @evilscientistca.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

M105 (lower right galaxy in the triangle of galaxies) is an elliptical galaxy located about 37 Mly away in the constellation of Leo. Like many large galaxies, M105 is known to have a supermassive black hole at its centre. #astronomy

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Jason Nishiyama @evilscientistca.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

M17 is an emission nebula located about 5500 ly away in the constellation of Sagittarius. It is an HII region, that is a region containing large amounts of ionized hydrogen. Stars are being formed here. #astronomy

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Jason Nishiyama @evilscientistca.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

NGC 7662 is a planetary nebula located about 5700 ly away in the constellation of Andromeda. Though a type of dying star, these objects got their name due to William Herschel comparing them to the planet Uranus which he had discovered earlier. #astronomy

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Jason Nishiyama @evilscientistca.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

It is rare to find PN in clusters as the clusters tend to drift apart before the stars that make PN get to that stage of evolution.

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Jason Nishiyama @evilscientistca.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

M46 is an open cluster located about 4900 ly away in the constellation of Puppis. The planetary nebula NGC 2438 appears to be in the cluster, but is a foreground object, being only about 1400 ly away from us. #astronomy

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Jason Nishiyama @evilscientistca.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

M95 is a barred spiral galaxy located about 33 Mly away in the constellation of Leo. Unlike normal spirals, barred spirals have a prominent bar of stars moving through their cores as seen in M95. Our own Galaxy is a barred spiral.

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Jason Nishiyama @evilscientistca.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

Given the bluster coming from the Trump administration and the relative quiet from the Canada side, it's easy to figure out who's panicking about a lack of deal...

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Luke Fevin @according2luke.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

Would be a shame if someone turned off that tap...

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Prof. Sam Lawler @sundogplanets.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 24/08/2026

Popping in from a social media break to say: Reflect Orbital still totally sucks! www.technologyreview.com/2026/08/21…

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Jason Nishiyama @evilscientistca.bsky.social · 22/08/2026

Smith and the UCP are doing their best to defend Trump without explicitly defending Trump.

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The Breakdown AB @thebreakdownab.bsky.social · 22/08/2026

What was the US demanding? Control over our trade deals with other countries. But while demanding increased “sovereignty” for Alberta in Canada, Danielle Smith and the UCP would have had us stay at the table for that? #abpoli #ableg #cdnpoli

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Jason Nishiyama @evilscientistca.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

Abell 2666 is a galaxy cluster located about 350 Mly away in the constellation of Pegasus. Galaxies tend to be found in clusters as minor fluctuations in the energy of the Big Bang caused mater to coalesce in regions around voids. #astronomy

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Simon Oldridge @sioldridge.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

Fed up with people shirking responsibility by arguing that the UK causes just 1% of emissions? Here are two fantastic analogies from a primary school teacher, Mark in Coventry, who called Sheila Fogerty on @lbc.co.uk - one involving dog poo 😆 Other arguments here: www.nebriefing.org/mp-dialogue

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Astronomy Picture of the Day 🪐 @apod.shinyakato.dev · 17/08/2026

🔭 A Golden Corona Eclipse Image Credit & Copyright: Rui Santos (Living Impressions) ap260817

A total eclipse Sun is featured in the image center.
Around the Sun is a filamentary gold-hued corona flowing
out in all directions.
Please see the explanation for more detailed information.

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Jason Nishiyama @evilscientistca.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

Yep, way to risk everyone's life just so you can be a couple of cars closer to the red light...

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Jason Nishiyama @evilscientistca.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

The double cluster is a pair of open clusters located about 7500 ly away in the constellation Perseus. Unlike most objects in space that appear close to each other but aren't, these two clusters are actually only a few hundred ly apart. #astronomy

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Jason Nishiyama @evilscientistca.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

Comet C/2023 A3 (Tsuchinshan-ATLAS) is a long period comet that passed through the inner solar system in 2023. The long period comets are thought to originate in the Oort cloud, a cloud of cometary bodies surrounding the solar system upwards of 1 ly from the Sun. #astronomy

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Jason Nishiyama @evilscientistca.bsky.social · 18/08/2026

M11 is an open cluster located about 6100 ly away in the constellation Scutum. An incredibly rich cluster, it is reasonably easy to find and looks good even in binoculars. #astronomy

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Jason Nishiyama @evilscientistca.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

I would suspect he is like most conservatives and believes the way his life went is typical and if someone else’s life was worse it was somehow their fault.

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