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Jwst Feed @jwstfeed.bsky.social · 20/11/2024

JWST images of all four gas giants in our Solar System. 🔭 🧪

The James Webb Space Telescope has captured stunning images of the gas giants in our solar system. The images show Saturn with its intricate rings, Jupiter with its swirling storms and bands, Uranus with its tilted rings and hazy atmosphere, and Neptune with its faint rings and dynamic weather patterns. These images reveal the beauty and complexity of these distant worlds and offer new insights into their formation and evolution.

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George Takei @georgetakei.bsky.social · 20/11/2024

I heard that Andrew Tate tried to come stretch his awkward wings here and got banned in just one day. Sorry, hate has no home here. Stay in the bad place, thanks.

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Anonymous @youranoncentral.bsky.social · 18/11/2024

It's not a difference of political opinions if the opposing side's opinion is that you aren't human or shouldn't exist. That's not how anything works.

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Nice Convos @niceconvos.bsky.social · 17/11/2024

Happy Sunday afternoon everyone! Thanks to everyone who has followed me on here. Day three for me and the third day fighting a migraine, so if I miss anyone give me a nudge! 👋🙂

Butterfly shape coloured with the Scottish saltire flag and the word yes in the middle

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Dr. Raphael Marschall @spacemarschall.net · 16/11/2024

On Jan. 22, 2011, NASA's Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO) took this image of the Moon from a distance of 39 km. The remarkable thing about it is that the Apollo 11 lunar module is in this frame. Can you find it? #planetaryScience #spaceExploration 🧪🔭🚀🛰️ Credit: NASA/GSFC/Arizona State University

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George Takei @georgetakei.bsky.social · 16/11/2024

Look to community. Look to friends and family who stood with us and who suffer the grief of this loss with us. In their company find comfort. And when you are ready to stand up and fight, I will be with you, too. We will prevail. For the light always defeats the darkness. /end

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George Takei @georgetakei.bsky.social · 16/11/2024

So don’t give up hope. Do not despair. That is what they want, and we shall not give them that satisfaction. In Japanese, there is a word my mother used to say to me. “Gaman, Georgie,” she’d say. It means to endure with fortitude and dignity. We all could benefit the spirit of Gaman. /5

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George Takei @georgetakei.bsky.social · 16/11/2024

… very last breath. I ask you to join me in that fight. It is a noble one. It is a worthy one. And it is one we fight on behalf not just of ourselves, but of generations to come. When you are my age, you will be able to look back upon this time and be proud of what you did, what you stood for. /4

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George Takei @georgetakei.bsky.social · 16/11/2024

But we did not give up on this country. We rebuilt our lives, and we worked to ensure that something like this never happened again in America. Now, I fear there are echoes from that dark chapter of our history. They are speaking once again of camps to hold people, this time for the crime of /2

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George Takei @georgetakei.bsky.social · 16/11/2024

…being undocumented. We must not repeat the mistakes of the past. We can learn from them. I know it feels bleak out there. I know it feels hopeless. But I am living proof that out of that darkness can rise great hope and optimism. I will fight for the principles of this country until my /3

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George Takei @georgetakei.bsky.social · 16/11/2024

I have faced fascism before, in this very country. I was one of 120,000 Japanese Americans summarily rounded up and expelled from our homes at gunpoint, all for the crime of looking like the people who bombed Pearl Harbor. I spent my childhood behind barbed wire. My parents lost everything. 1/

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Susie Dent @susiedentwords.bsky.social · 17/11/2024

Love this. ‘Queue’ is from the French word with the same spelling (but pronounced as ‘kuh’) meaning an animal’s long tail. In the 18th and 19th centuries it also referred to a pigtail and was sometimes spelled as ‘cue’, which gave us the name of the long thin rod used in snooker.

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OorPatts @oorpatts.bsky.social · 15/11/2024

Hello, bright new world. I'm Patt from OorPatts.com The Glasgow artist, with a range of cards, prints, mugs, tote bags etc... Tell yer pals and if you could... could you tell my pals😁

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Susie Dent @susiedentwords.bsky.social · 17/11/2024

Word of the Day is a true favourite, as some of you will know. Apricity (17th century) is the warmth of the sun on a winter’s day.

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George Takei @georgetakei.bsky.social · 17/11/2024

Indeed. When they rounded up the Japanese Americans, myself and my family included, for internment during WWII out of fear over Japanese spies and saboteurs, two thirds of us were U.S. citizens. Don’t think it won’t happen again when they come for the “undocumented.”

Post from Latino pollster Mike Madrid:

“Doing some research for an upcoming article on the last “mass deportation” of Mexicans during the 1930’s.

Over half of those deported were US citizens.”

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Volcaholic @volcaholic1.bsky.social · 17/11/2024

Brace yourselves...

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Nice Convos @niceconvos.bsky.social · 17/11/2024

Thread with really useful block lists 📌

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Brooke Jarvis @brookejarvis.bsky.social · 15/11/2024

Today in relatable science: Gulls making a mysterious daily trip that turned out to be to a potato chip factory

A map of flight paths emanating from breeding colony of gulls, with this caption: Early on, LifeWatch noticed something odd. Most gulls were making daily trips to Mouscron, a city on the French border 65 km away. They went to investigate and found the birds bingeing on discarded snacks at the Roger & Roger potato factory.

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Nice Convos @niceconvos.bsky.social · 16/11/2024

Also, BookSky needs a Tartan Noir section!

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Nice Convos @niceconvos.bsky.social · 16/11/2024

On BookSky that whole "show us 20 books" thing is making the rounds. I mean, how to choose only 20 though? Where to even start and then it's already over before it began. 😂

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Astronomer Royal for Scotland | Catherine Heymans @astroroyalscot.bsky.social · 16/11/2024

If you've got clear skies, go outside and wave at our neighbour who is looking particularly stunning tonight. And if you have them, root out the binoculars to get a closer look at the grey maria: ~3.5 billion years ago these were seas of molten lava 🤓 #supermoon 🔭🧪

A moonlit beach with ripples in the sand. The water is reflecting the moon light with tiny fluffy clouds in the sky. In the foreground is the wooden breaker and a red metal marker with the number 2 on the top of it.

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Robert "The Bobby Yaga" McNees @mcnees.bsky.social · 16/11/2024

The "Arecibo Message" was beamed towards globular cluster M13, in the constellation Hercules, #OTD in 1974. The broadcast took place during the dedication of an upgrade to the radio telescope. It was the first message sent with the intention of alerting extraterrestrials to life on Earth. 🧪 🔭 👽

A 23x79 pixel image that contains depictions of the numbers 1-10, the solar system, the general shape of humans, basic biochemical structures, and the Arecibo dish used to broadcast the message. It looks like graphics from an Atari 2600 game.

Image: NASA / JPL

Hubble image of the globular cluster M13. It is a dense and glittering collection of white, pale blue, and golden yellow stars.

NASA, ESA, and the Hubble Heritage Team (STScI/AURA); Acknowledgment: C. Bailyn (Yale University), W. Lewin (Massachusetts Institute of Technology), A. Sarajedini (University of Florida), and W. van Altena (Yale University)

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Leigh Fletcher @leighfletcher.bsky.social · 16/11/2024

#Uranus reaches 2024 opposition tomorrow. For more than 30 years, #Hubble has watched the shifting Uranian seasons, from southern summer solstice (seen by Voyager 2 in 1986), through equinox in 2007, and (hopefully) on to northern summer solstice in 2030. #planetaryscience 📸 NASA/ESA/STScI/Fletcher

Hubble WFPC2 and WFC3 obserations of Uranus from 1995 to 2020, showing the changing view of the planet as it went from southern summer to northern spring.

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Per Aspera Ad Astra @grzyb2063.bsky.social · 15/11/2024

If you ever get lost in the Milky Way galaxy, here is a map.

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David Blanchflower BSc @davidbflower.bsky.social · 16/11/2024

Tonight sees the peak of the Leonids meteor shower. The bright Moon will have a significant effect. 🔭 🧪

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DAPPER DON DHARSHI @dapperdondharshi.bsky.social · 15/11/2024

The decoy keyboard is working

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Jorts (and Jean) @jortsthecat.bsky.social · 15/11/2024

Scootch over, I’m joining your zoom. I have some input for the team. Unmute me

blurry picture of an orange cat who is close to your face at eye level smirking at you bc he is cramming his big orange self in front of your zoom meeting

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Nice Convos @niceconvos.bsky.social · 16/11/2024

One of the reasons why I left the dark place long ago, but never deleted my account, is that I would lose part of the history that happened via twitter, when it was still a good place. Such as this story behind the patchwork tartan map, connected to Scotland, Scottish independence, Brexit and hope.

Screenshot of tweet showing a tartan map

Screenshot of tweet showing tartan patchwork deer

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Nice Convos @niceconvos.bsky.social · 16/11/2024

Happy weekend everyone! 🙂 Please let me tell you about this very special request of mine and why it means so much to me. And please do share this, if you get the sentiment behind it. It encompasses so much, a stunning creation by @MissBabington of saltirecustomcreations.scot (sadly closed). Story:

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Oor Red Raiph 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🇮🇪🇩🇪 @raiphsays.bsky.social · 16/11/2024

Please help me find aw ma pals oan here! RT please!

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Jwst Feed @jwstfeed.bsky.social · 16/11/2024

Webb's first deep field. This is so deep space that if you'll look at this portion in the sky, you'll see complete darkness. 🔭 🧪

The James Webb Space Telescope's first deep field image reveals a stunning tapestry of galaxies, both near and far. The image showcases a vast expanse of space, filled with countless stars and galaxies of various shapes and sizes. Some galaxies appear as bright, swirling spirals, while others are more distant and faint, mere smudges of light. This image offers a glimpse into the early universe, allowing us to explore the origins of our cosmos.

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That Photo Guy @thatphotoguy.bsky.social · 15/11/2024

The night sky never ceases to amaze and excite me. What is out there? Life? Who knows? Anyway, goodnight Bluesky people, you’re all incredible. #photography

The milky way, a frozen loch, and the stars. I love the Scottish highlands.

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Heather Thomas @heatherthomasaf.bsky.social · 16/11/2024

It’s amazing being able to share without bracing. Even my chickens have haters on the other place.

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Nice Convos @niceconvos.bsky.social · 16/11/2024

It's Saturday. Time to go offline and spend some quality time with a cup of tea and a book! 📖☕

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Rhodri Marsden @rhodri.biz · 16/11/2024

Amused by people on FB (etc) who feel compelled to state their dislike of of Bluesky because “they had a look and it was boring” or, more puzzlingly, “all I could see was embroidery and lefty artists”. Mate, if you’ve followed a load of embroidery accounts to make yourself cross, I can’t help you

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Caitlin Moran @mscaitlinmoran.bsky.social · 15/11/2024

As I chat away on here with people about their middle-aged Friday nights I'm increasingly furious over how obviously Twitter was strangling my feed. This ACTUALLY works as a social media platform. X was just bots, ads and fury. There are PEOPLE here.

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Mike Galsworthy @mikegalsworthy.bsky.social · 16/11/2024

This is beautifully put. For all the cries on X of us escaping to an “echo chamber” away from real-world engagement… …it really is not normal, in day-to-day life, to receive swivel-eyed vitriolic abuse at every utterance.

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Janet Emson @janetemson.bsky.social · 15/11/2024

I love a floppy book. The pages stay where they are, no spines get cracked and it sits comfortably in your hand. There, that’s my great insight shared for this week. As you were.

A book open, held on one hand in front of a blurred bookcase full of books

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Nice Convos @niceconvos.bsky.social · 16/11/2024

There really needs to be a better search function for those of us with broken brains. How am I supposed to remember names? My brain is searching for the likes of "lives in Glasgow, organises pro EU & Scot indy talks & is from Germany" or "the one who does early morning trips to their allotment" 🤷‍♀️

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DrToastieTootsies @toastietootsies.bsky.social · 16/11/2024

Almost don’t want to say it for fear of jinx…but I’ve noticed a distinct lack of usual divisive SNP vs Alba type posts here, which makes me wonder just how much of that was fabricated ‘divide and conquer’ on X. We seem a pretty cohesive and determined bunch now ❤️ which gives me hope!

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Jonathan Edward Durham @thisone0verhere.bsky.social · 15/11/2024

Throwback to the time we sat our cats down and told them we were adopting a dog. I cannot stress enough that this is the ACTUAL picture from that conversation 🤣

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George Takei @georgetakei.bsky.social · 16/11/2024

Well, at least it got that one right.

Fortune headline: Elon Musk’s AI turns on him, labels him ‘one of the most significant spreaders of misinformation on X.’

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Susie Dent @susiedentwords.bsky.social · 16/11/2024

My word of the day (and personal recommendation) is ‘snerdling’ (18th century): nestling cosily beneath the covers and holding off the day a little longer. Morning.

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Nice Convos @niceconvos.bsky.social · 16/11/2024

We used to do #4amAwakeHour over there. Anyone remember those hours where sleep wasn't happening, but like-minded company welcome?

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Brexit Bin 🇪🇺 🇬🇧 🇩🇪 @brexitbin.bsky.social · 15/11/2024

This appears to be a very good blocklist. (Press subscribe and "block list")

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Jaz @jaz.sh · 15/11/2024

Bluesky by the Numbers today: 1.3M people Posted 6.5M posts 2.3M people Liked 37.5M posts 2.9M people Followed 41.5M people (!!!!!) Over 1,000,000 people joined the network!!!!!! We broke all-time traffic records by over 30% today across the board. Follows are up 20x from 2 weeks ago! Holy Moly

Graph of posts and likes per day over the past 11 days showing growth from 2.2M posts per day to 6.5M posts per day and 11.7M likes per day to 37.5M likes per day.

Graph of follows per day and unique users following someone per day over the past 11 days showing growth from 2.1M follows per day and 417k people following someone to 41.5M follows per day and 2.9M people following someone. The growth is clearly exponential.

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