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Ted Stryk @tedstryk.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Clearly these people need capital gains tax cuts, STAT!

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Jasmine 🌌🔭 @astrojaz.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

THE EARTH AND MOON TODAY SEEN BY JUICE ON ITS FLYBY!!

Earth seen from space, bright blue and white against the blackness, with swirling cloud systems and part of the JUICE spacecraft visible in shadow along the left side of the frame.

A thin crescent Moon illuminated along its left side, revealing craters and rugged surface detail while the rest fades into darkness against a black background.

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Ted Stryk @tedstryk.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

The bitter oranges outside Millennium Manor. I don't know why they're called bitter oranges. "Really sour" is a much better description.

Oranges outside Millennium Manor between Maryville and Knoxville, Tennessee

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Daniel Machacek @danielmachacek.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

Mars from the Hope probe (EMM/Emirates Mars Mission) ~one year ago (September 2025). The first image shows giant volcanoes with a dust storm near Noctis Labyrinthus, and the second shows foggy Hellas Planitia with seasonal CO2/water frost. Credit: Emirates Mars Mission (EMM)/EXI/D. Machacek.

Martian crescent from the EXI camera on board the EMM probe.
Color composite of three images taken through RGB filters on September 9, 2025 at ~21:17 UTC.
The image shows giant Martian volcanoes with a prominent dust storm near the valleys and canyons of Noctis Labyrinthus.

Mars from the EXI camera on board the EMM probe.
Color composite of three images taken through RGB filters on September 25, 2025 at ~14:43 UTC.
The image shows most of the Martian disk with Hellas Planitia, partially covered by seasonal frost, at the bottom, darker Terra Sabaea in the middle with prominent Huygens crater near the center of the image, brighter Arabia Terra region above, and similarly bright Isidis Planitia on the right.

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Ted Stryk @tedstryk.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

Who did this? Brice Turang's name was changed to "Expensive" for a little while in the MLB app #cubs #brewers #mlb #cubsbrewers #brewerscubs

In the MLB app play by play of the Brewers Cubs game tonight, Brice Turang's name was briefly replaced with the word "Expensive"

The full view of what it was showing when Brice Turang's name was changed to expensive

If you clicked on him, you got his actual name, as seen here.

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Ted Stryk @tedstryk.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

By the time I walked back in to turn the TV off, it was in the rain delay, and I quickly realized that the game wasn't over. It seems strange after the agony of defeat. And then of course history was made. If only I had known...

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Ted Stryk @tedstryk.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

I'll never forget that night. In the bottom of the ninth, when it was tied, Kipnis hit his almost game winning home run (foul), and I thought it was a homer off the bat. I was the only one still up, and I walked out of the room to sulk.

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Ted Stryk @tedstryk.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

As a Cubs fan, I've wondered if the rain delay after the disastrous 9th inning in game 7 is when we departed into the alternate hell timeline.

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Ted Stryk @tedstryk.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

I notice they take turns being the worthless 4th vote to create the illusion of not being a rubber stamp.

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Ted Stryk @tedstryk.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

There were a lot more clouds here than it looks like. The ones you can see are just the low ones. I was lucky to catch the moon at all, which peeked out briefly. There was something poetic about the red moon over the bridge, lit up for Dolly Parton over the Tennessee River in Knoxville.

A better version of the eclipsed moon over the Henley Steet Bridge and the Tennessee River in Knoxville, Tennessee, lit up in honor of Dolly Parton.

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Ted Stryk @tedstryk.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

This is an improved version of what I posted last night.

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Ted Stryk @tedstryk.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

The eclipsed moon with the Henley Street Bridge in Knoxville, Tennessee, which crosses the Tennessee River. It is lit up in honor of Dolly Parton and her coat of many colors.

The bridge lit up in rainbow over the Tennessee River

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Jason Perry @volcanopele.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

Ontario Lacus is a hydrocarbon lake near the south pole of Saturn’s moon Titan. Measuring 235 kilometers long by 75 kilometers across, Ontario Lacus is slightly smaller than its terrestrial counterpart, Lake Ontario. Lakes on Titan are named after lakes on Earth that are roughly the same size.

RADAR SAR image of Ontario Lacus. Ontario is a dark, footprint-shaped feature in the middle of the frame. Hills surround Ontario Lacus to the north, marked by bright, rough terrain in this SAR image.

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Ted Stryk @tedstryk.bsky.social · 22/08/2026

The solar eclipse of 2017 was 9 years ago. I was involved in organizing the event at my home institution, where we watched the eclipse. In my lifetime, this will never happen again

The total solar eclipse of 2017, seen from Roane State Community College

A wide-angle view of the eclipse above Harriman.

My my family getting ready to watch totality

The almost totality eclipsed sun over Knoxville with the Sunsphere. It was close enough that the corona could briefly be seen there. This is from a camera that I left in the bushes to remotely take picture. The quality was far worse than I expected.

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Ted Stryk @tedstryk.bsky.social · 31/07/2026

Well, at least this clown looks the part.

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Ted Stryk @tedstryk.bsky.social · 20/07/2026

Today in 1976, 50 years ago, the Viking 1 lander touched down on Chryse Planitia, Mars, and became humanity's first long term outpost on another world (the Venera Venus landers lasted an hour or two, Viking 1 lasted over 6 years).

A view from Viking 1 in 1976, showing Martian dunes and the boulder "Big Joe."

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Ted Stryk @tedstryk.bsky.social · 15/07/2026

Watching England-Argentina, not sure what England's coach was thinking. Messi and Argentina are going to score late in the game. Every time. Focusing on defense instead of scoring was not bright. In football, there is something called prevent defense, which doesn't work. This is is soccer's version.

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Paul Byrne @theplanetaryguy.com · 15/07/2026

Left: Venus, 1 March 1982 Centre: Titan, 14 January 2005 Right: Boston, 15 July 2026

Left: Venus. Centre: Titan. Right: Earth.

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Ted Stryk @tedstryk.bsky.social · 14/07/2026

Today in 2020, I photographed Comet Neowise from downtown Knoxville. With the pandemic raging, it was fascinating to see people all take pictures of it from around where they live instead of traveling to exotic locations.

Comet Neowise against the Knoxville skyline with the Sunsphere on the left.

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Ted Stryk @tedstryk.bsky.social · 13/07/2026

This keeps happening. I'm actually in Alaska right now. It's also happening back home. Other than a flight layover in 2025, I haven't been to Texas in many years. I want to know what is wrong with Bluesky's location system, and why it is that the Texas legislature feels like it can bother people.

Blue sky erroneously saying I'm in Texas

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Ted Stryk @tedstryk.bsky.social · 08/07/2026

Given the work you did to kneecap nuclear power, your trash organization owns this ad much as the fossil fuel companies.

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Ted Stryk @tedstryk.bsky.social · 02/07/2026

That or he's being blackmailed. Or both.

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Ted Stryk @tedstryk.bsky.social · 30/06/2026

That's just fine unless you're some weirdo.

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Ted Stryk @tedstryk.bsky.social · 30/06/2026

None of that is true, Micky.

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Ted Stryk @tedstryk.bsky.social · 26/06/2026

First proposal submitted where I am a Co PI. This is quite a challenge. I've been involved in proposals and projects where I am in charge and not in charge. Being in charge but with others is probably my weakest area, but this is a project that isn't going to work another way. Details if selected.

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Ted Stryk @tedstryk.bsky.social · 20/06/2026

Wow, this really darkens my impression of Ben-Gvir. Which is surprising, because I didn't think it was possible to think less of him.

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William Shakespeare @shakespeare.lol · 15/06/2026

Where Spain?

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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 15/06/2026

Dylan, on life in your 80’s, is incredible. @nytimes.com www.nytimes.com/2026/06/14/o...

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Ted Stryk @tedstryk.bsky.social · 15/06/2026

Joe Rogan wants One Million Dollars.....seriously, he's turning into Dr. Evil.

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Ted Stryk @tedstryk.bsky.social · 15/06/2026

Pete is right. Don't be stupid.

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Ted Stryk @tedstryk.bsky.social · 15/06/2026

With the rules being changed for index funds, it will harm a lot of people who don't deserve it and don't have a choice.

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Ted Stryk @tedstryk.bsky.social · 15/06/2026

Company, shmumpany. The oligarch Musk has the power.

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Ted Stryk @tedstryk.bsky.social · 12/06/2026

He has always been a complete idiot. Welcome to reality.

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Ted Stryk @tedstryk.bsky.social · 10/06/2026

Or he doesn't understand what "widens" means. That would explain a lot, actually.

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Ted Stryk @tedstryk.bsky.social · 10/06/2026

Looking forward to seeing what this could be.

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Ted Stryk @tedstryk.bsky.social · 08/06/2026

Well, for those who haven't developed a sense of object permanence, the solution is to stop measuring.

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Robert "The Bobby Yaga" McNees @mcnees.bsky.social · 02/06/2026

The Surveyor 1 spacecraft touched down on the Moon #OTD in 1966. It was the first soft landing by a US spacecraft on an extraterrestrial body, an important early step towards future crewed missions to the Moon. 🧪 🔭 🚀 Images: NASA/JPL

Black and white photo of the surface of the moon showing the shadow of the Surveyor 1 lander.

A black and white photo of the lunar surface. A few small rocks and outcroppings cast shadows on the surface.

A black and white photo of the lunar surface. A large rock in the lower left corner casts a prominent shadow and there are optical artifacts that resemble "bokeh" in modern photography.

A black and white photo of the lunar surface seen during the lander's descent. A distant outcropping casts a large shadow and the curvature of the horizon is visible. There are significant optical artifacts at the top of the frame that resemble "bokeh" in modern photography.

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Ted Stryk @tedstryk.bsky.social · 02/06/2026

On the other hand, can he even launch one and have it go right?

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Ted Stryk @tedstryk.bsky.social · 29/05/2026

They had given me a list of questions, and half of them were hypotheticals about, "well, but if it was a missile, then what was it..." I knew good and well that they would edit my remarks to make it sound like I was open to the possibility.

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Ted Stryk @tedstryk.bsky.social · 29/05/2026

I had a similar offer in which I would be defending the idea that Phobos 2 was not destroyed by a missile. I agreed on the condition that they would not edit my responses without my permission and review of the edits. Or at the very least they would release my full answers online. They refused.

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Ted Stryk @tedstryk.bsky.social · 27/05/2026

He means if we only offered services to white, straight, Christian people, James.

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Andrea Luck @andrealuck.bsky.social · 24/05/2026

Cloudy Mars: Olympus and Tharsis, ESA Mars Express HRSC Massive 220MP image on Flickr ➡️ flic.kr/p/2seL8ss 🔭🧪 Credit: ESA/DLR/FUBerlin/AndreaLuck CC BY 2025-08-02 North is down HR242_0000 ND3+GR3+BL3 Notes: Cool cloud formation over the North Pole and a dust storm-like feature over Olympus Mons!

View of Mars from orbit. Colours are rusty red and pale white from cloud cover and atmospheric haze. Bright white polar ice caps swirl near the top, while thin cloudy streaks drift across the surface. Four large circular volcanoes are arranged in a broad triangle across the planet’s face. The scene feels dry, vast and softly hazy. Notably, a very cool spiral-like cloud formation appears over the North Pole, along with a dust storm-like feature near Olympus Mons.

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Ted Stryk @tedstryk.bsky.social · 22/05/2026

I say "normal altitude" because Pluto would otherwise fit the category, but its hazes extend so high that it is visually very different.

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Ted Stryk @tedstryk.bsky.social · 22/05/2026

The Psyche Mars flyby images remind me of Triton. I think it's because Mars and Triton are the only two worlds we've visited with thin, normal altitude atmospheres that are still able to produce clearly visible features such as clouds blowing downwind (even if Triton's may all come from geysers).

Mars from Psyche (2026) and Triton from Voyager 2 (1989)

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Paul Byrne @theplanetaryguy.com · 18/05/2026

This is a composite of the Moon, Mars, and Earth I made. The Moon and Earth are from Artemis II, and Mars is from the Psyche mission. Each image was taken *in the last six weeks*

Three crescents. Top: the Moon. Midde: Mars. Bottom: Earth. Background: the infinite black of space.

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