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Jeff R. @jdrem.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

That’s a very old one. My dad told me one that one about his company. I guess it was a tech company since their product was individual transistors.

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Jeff R. @jdrem.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

My daughter and I almost talked ourselves out of going to the zone of totality in 2024. My son then referred us to this cartoon and said he’d go without us. What would we do without cartoons?

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Jeff R. @jdrem.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

As XKCD has said. imgs.xkcd.com/comics/eclip...

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Jeff R. @jdrem.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

I think I’m a bit younger than you, but yeah April 2024 may have been it for me. The drive south on I91 from northern Vermont was insane. Six hours to go 100 miles. Worth it once but plan better next time.

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Jeff R. @jdrem.bsky.social · 20/07/2026

Is the third photo the inspiration for Stevie Nicks’ song “Silver Springs?” Maybe! From en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Silver_...

From the Wikipedia page https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Silver_Springs_(song):

I wrote "Silver Springs" about Lindsey. And we were in Maryland somewhere driving under a freeway sign that said Silver Springs [sic]. And I loved the name… Silver Springs sounded like a pretty fabulous place to me. And 'You could be my silver springs' – that's just a whole symbolic thing of what you could have been to me.

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Jeff R. @jdrem.bsky.social · 08/07/2026

I read all 5 Caro books on the train. Library hardcover copies, too. Only one person ever noticed and asked me how I liked it.

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Jeff R. @jdrem.bsky.social · 21/06/2026

It’s really good! It has this and the other three freedoms, the problem we all live with, new kids in the neighborhood and all the Saturday evening post covers he did.

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Jeff R. @jdrem.bsky.social · 21/06/2026

At the Norman Rockwell Museum, Stockbridge, MA, USA.

Norman Rockwell’s painting Freedom of Speech. A man in a brown work jacket is standing and speaking at a town meeting. He surrounded by other townspeople who are seated and looking at him.

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Jeff R. @jdrem.bsky.social · 30/05/2026

I used to walk through downtown Boston every day. Would not recommend jaywalking. Otoh, when they added count down timers I would say to myself: 10 seconds? Sure I can cross four lanes of traffic.

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Jeff R. @jdrem.bsky.social · 27/05/2026

Update: the tree has leaves now.

A large, almost triangular tree full of leaves. It’s planted on a lawn and a few other trees are near it. The lawn and trees are bright green. A blue sky with a few clouds in it.

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Jeff R. @jdrem.bsky.social · 14/05/2026

Apparently there is: Under the 1967 Uniform Congressional District Act (P.L. 90-196, 2 U.S.C. §2c), at- large districts can only be used by states with a small enough population to have been apportioned a single House seat. Source: www.congress.gov/crs_external...

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Jeff R. @jdrem.bsky.social · 07/05/2026

I used to vote in someone’s garage. Just a ranch style house with a double garage and the door up. This was California so it was never that cold even in November.

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Jeff R. @jdrem.bsky.social · 03/05/2026

Adults of this species can get very large: the bell up to 6 feet (2m) around and tentacles to 100 feet (30 m).

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Jeff R. @jdrem.bsky.social · 03/05/2026

Spotted several small lion's mane jellyfish (Cyanea capillata) in the Bass River on Cape Cod. This is about 3 miles (5km) from the mouth of the river on the south side of the cape. It must be fairly salty for these to be here.

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Jeff R. @jdrem.bsky.social · 03/05/2026

Here’s his obit in the AAS bulletin. Did not mention the golden record. I only knew about it because of an article in the campus newspaper. baas.aas.org/pub/valentin...

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Jeff R. @jdrem.bsky.social · 03/05/2026

The man eating the sandwich in the second photo was my senior thesis advisor (about 35 years ago). He got his PhD at Cornell so must have known Sagan. He was also a EE professor which is how I knew him.

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Jeff R. @jdrem.bsky.social · 20/04/2026

I don’t know about warblers, but the chickadees get pretty spherical in the winter.

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Rosemary Mosco @rosemarymosco.com · 13/04/2026

Sometimes you make a new comic, and sometimes you redraw an old one because you lost the original high res file 😅

A four-panel comic. In panel 1, two people are standing in the forest, wearing backpacks. The red-haired person says "I've never hiked with a naturalist before! I'm excited. I hope I brought enough water." The brown-haired person says "I'm sure you did. Let's go!"

In panel 2, the brown-haired person points at various nature features. "Look, a red eft! It's the teenaged form of the Eastern Newt. Ooh, wintergreen! Wanna smell it? I hear a Chestnut-sided Warbler. Glacial till. Rubble of the last ice age!"

In panel 3, the naturalist points to more nature items. "This forest seems early successional. Aw, a leafcutter bee with a piece of leaf! Wow, deer poor! Wow, fungi growing out of the deer poop!!" The red-haired person says "Okay, but..."

In panel 4, the red-haired person continues, "It's been an hour and we've walked three feet." The brown-haired person exclaims, looking excited, "Three amazing feet!"

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Rosemary Mosco @rosemarymosco.com · 03/04/2026

Few are brave enough to acknowledge the truth.

A drawing titled "Wild Rabbit vs. Easter Bunny". On the left, there's a wild cottontail bunny sitting down looking alert. On the right, there's a cartoonish Easter Bunny wearing a little polkadot vest and standing next to some colorful eggs. The wild bunny is labeled "Eyes on the sides of the head to watch for predators." and the Easter Bunny "Forward-facing eyes to hunt for meat." Wild bunny: "Active all year." Easter Bunny: "Only active in Spring - otherwise in diapause as a cyst?" Wild bunny: "Walks on four legs." Easter Bunny: "Unusual bipedal stance." Wild bunny: "Plain brown and white fur." Easter Bunny: "Distinctive vest-like markings." Wild bunny: "Gives birth to live young." Easter Bunny: "Steals and redistributes eggs; parasitic reproductive strategy?"

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Jeff R. @jdrem.bsky.social · 03/03/2026

Went to the beach that is. The sand was frozen.

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Jeff R. @jdrem.bsky.social · 03/03/2026

Photos of the #eclipse from my DSLR. These were take behind a beach on the northeast coast of the US. It's nearly dawn and when the moon was fully eclipsed I couldn't see it all. No blood moon. Went to the before the moon set but it was not possible to see it at all. Also it was 15F/-10C at 6:00am.

The nearly eclipsed moon. It's near dawn so the eclipsed part is mostly not visible with only the bit near the illuminated part slightly reddish.

The nearly eclipsed moon over a scrubland behind a beach. It's nearly dawn and the moon is almost completely invisible.

The nearly eclipsed moon over a coastal scrubland in winter. You can see a small in the foreground and bits of snow. It's near dawn and the sky is a light blue.

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Jeff R. @jdrem.bsky.social · 03/03/2026

Phone photo of the #eclipse. Taken from a beach parking lot. This is at 5:40am EST about 24 minutes before totality and 33 minutes before moonset.

Partially eclipsed moon seen over a scrubland behind a beach. It is almost dawn so the eclipsed part of the moon is dark instead of reddish.

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Jeff R. @jdrem.bsky.social · 02/03/2026

I’m seeing a prediction of 9% cloud cover in my location. But totality starts at 6:04 am and moonset is at 6:13. I’m going to try to get to a beach and see it set over the water.

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Jeff R. @jdrem.bsky.social · 01/03/2026

Just to follow up on this: I reread the application and it does allow for you to submit info for a great grandparent on a additional sheet. And I did a little research and found I have exactly one great grandparent born in Canada.

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Jeff R. @jdrem.bsky.social · 23/02/2026

There was an open seat in Scotland so he was in neither house for 20 days (I only know this because I just read his Wikipedia page).

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Jeff R. @jdrem.bsky.social · 23/02/2026

In 1963 Alec Douglas-Home was PM from the lords for 4 days until he disclaimed his peerage. Which only had become an option earlier that year.

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Jeff R. @jdrem.bsky.social · 12/02/2026

Hmm, is that so? I’m just going by the form, no idea how it’s working in practice. I do have one gt grand parent’s us naturalization doc where he renounced allegiance to the king. Would that have disqualified him? I think that was after my grandfather was born so I may have an in there.

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Jeff R. @jdrem.bsky.social · 11/02/2026

Before 1947 there were no Canadian citizens, only British subjects domiciled in Canada. I have 3 great grandparents born in Canada but they all died before 1947, so I’m out of luck. Also I notice the time to process a citizenship certificate has gone from 9 months to 13 since November.

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Jeff R. @jdrem.bsky.social · 11/02/2026

I don’t think so. I’ve got the forms (the spouse has always qualified but now are kids are) and the way I read is: you have to be descended from someone born in Canada after 1947 or who became a Canadian citizen by the citizenship act in 1947.

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Jeff R. @jdrem.bsky.social · 06/02/2026

I spotted this one in Dublin. Cipher of Edward VII but with a newer paint job.

A classic Royal mail cylindrical mailbox on a city sidewalk. You can see the next dispatch is at 5:30 pm. It had a Royal cipher of Edward VII. It’s painted green since it’s in Dublin.

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Jeff R. @jdrem.bsky.social · 17/01/2026

My kids loved it (I Ioved it, too). Whenever we’re at a motel we check for the sacred point.

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the Mountain Goats @themountaingoats.bsky.social · 16/01/2026

it should not surprise anybody who follows my work that I wrote a bunch more songs last year. (Peter Balkan was written in 2024.) Here's one we're releasing early in honor of Bob Weir. Enjoy -- we're donating proceeds to the American Cancer Society. themountaingoats.bandcamp.com/track/going-...

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Going to Fennario, by the Mountain Goats

track by the Mountain Goats

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Jeff R. @jdrem.bsky.social · 01/01/2026

A wild snow squall passing through early on this New Year’s Day.

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Jeff R. @jdrem.bsky.social · 28/11/2025

My version vs. Norman Rockwell’s.

A thanksgiving table with four place settings. In front is cranberry/orange relish, masked potatoes, turkey, and bread stuffing. Behind a napkin holder you can see butternut squash. You can see someone’s hands as they butter a slice of bread.

A photo of Norman Rockwell’s painting Freedom from Want as it hangs in the Rockwell museum in Stockbridge, Mass., USA.

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Jeff R. @jdrem.bsky.social · 23/11/2025

That’s a great question. I just did a quick flip through my Sibley book. Ducks are a definite no. I had to get to hawks to find hook billed kite.

Image of part of the hook billed kite page of Sibley’s Birds East. The adult female had an orange breast while the male is gray.

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Jeff R. @jdrem.bsky.social · 14/11/2025

A multi level feeding frenzy on Cape Cod Bay. On the surface there are mergansers. Above are many gulls. And high above are gannets. Occasionally the mergansers have to fly a bit to keep up.

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Jeff R. @jdrem.bsky.social · 14/11/2025

This is what happens when you leave your pumpkin out after Halloween.

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Jeff R. @jdrem.bsky.social · 14/11/2025

Marshall won the Nobel peace prize for that.

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Jeff R. @jdrem.bsky.social · 25/10/2025

View of the Quabbin reservoir from the Pelham lookout on US 202.

View of a mixed forest with autumn colors. In the foreground is a mowed field and then a stand of trees with half in shade and the other sunlit. Above them, you can see a sliver of blue water, a branch of the Quabbin reservoir. Behind that are more hills and trees. Above there are white puffy clouds in a blue sky.

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Jeff R. @jdrem.bsky.social · 16/10/2025

This was a fun contest. Thanks for running it.

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Jeff R. @jdrem.bsky.social · 15/10/2025

Try upside down next time. Fooled Mass RMV.

A Massachusetts vanity license plate displayed behind a bar with several bottles partially blocking it. It’s lettered NVWSSV, but it’s flipped upside down so it looks like ASSMAN.

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Jeff R. @jdrem.bsky.social · 09/10/2025

The Bruin’s color commenter then was Derek Sanderson. When the other team’s enforcer was on the ice he’d say “he’s no brain surgeon” or “he’s no rocket scientist.” With Juneau he’d say “now he’s a rocket scientist.”

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Jeff R. @jdrem.bsky.social · 19/09/2025

Always something going on in the fridge.

The inside of a standard refrigerator. In the center are four plastic storage bins stacked on each other. On the bottom is cut up pineapple, then a largish one with spring mix salad stuff, then a smaller one with baby arugula. On top is an even smaller one with Luna moth cocoons.

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