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Tony Hoffman

@tonyjhoffman.bsky.social
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PCMag hardware analyst; writer; amateur astronomer and astrophotographer; travel & humanitarian photographer; radio amateur (AA2TH); New York Mets fan; left-leaning moderate; union strong. All photos I post are mine unless otherwise attributed.

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Tony Hoffman @tonyjhoffman.bsky.social · 23/05/2026
I think it's more likely to have turned a few tech bros' brains into sand.
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Tony Hoffman @tonyjhoffman.bsky.social · 23/05/2026
I'm waiting for the Robots Against AI (for giving them a bad name) movement!
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Tony Hoffman @tonyjhoffman.bsky.social · 23/05/2026
They have seen his kind before, and know just what to do: de-fang him!
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Tony Hoffman @tonyjhoffman.bsky.social · 15/05/2026
On the outing of "Chinese operatives".
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Tony Hoffman @tonyjhoffman.bsky.social · 02/08/2025
I'm so sorry to hear that, Chandra.
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Tony Hoffman @tonyjhoffman.bsky.social · 27/07/2025
As long as they're outside, I'm cool with them. Fortunately, they don't make it up to the fifth floor where I live now--yet.
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Tony Hoffman @tonyjhoffman.bsky.social · 26/07/2025
It will hereafter be known as the Fomalhaut quake....
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Tony Hoffman @tonyjhoffman.bsky.social · 20/07/2025
Why, it's practically next door.
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Tony Hoffman @tonyjhoffman.bsky.social · 10/07/2025
A pleasant surprise to see this one pop up!
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Tony Hoffman @tonyjhoffman.bsky.social · 10/07/2025
But will it be for the better?
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Tony Hoffman @tonyjhoffman.bsky.social · 10/07/2025
Beautiful! And practically in our backyard as far as these galaxies go....
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Tony Hoffman @tonyjhoffman.bsky.social · 10/07/2025
Adorbs! Happy Birthday, and good to see your fave climate fiction featured in the NY Times.
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Tony Hoffman @tonyjhoffman.bsky.social · 29/06/2025
"It's name is Quetzalcoatl... just call it Q, that's all you'll have time to say before it tears you apart!"
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Tony Hoffman @tonyjhoffman.bsky.social · 14/06/2025
Nice. That's the first berry-less photo of a cedar waxwing I can recall seeing. I haven't seen one in the wild in close to 60 years.
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Tony Hoffman @tonyjhoffman.bsky.social · 14/06/2025
Ouch is right--I thought it was gone too.
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Tony Hoffman @tonyjhoffman.bsky.social · 24/05/2025
So sorry to hear that, Chandra.
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Tony Hoffman @tonyjhoffman.bsky.social · 18/05/2025
Whether the universe ends in fire or ice.
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Tony Hoffman @tonyjhoffman.bsky.social · 16/05/2025
My writing is em-dash-heavy, too, though it’s mostly reviews of technology projects. Our company (Ziff Davis) recently brought suit against OpenAI over such appropriation.
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Tony Hoffman @tonyjhoffman.bsky.social · 07/05/2025
That is amazing, though I'm not surprised at the conclusion. I just hope that the people who fund and ultimately oversee our National Parks both realize and respect their importance to the American people.
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Tony Hoffman @tonyjhoffman.bsky.social · 30/04/2025
As long as the AI doesn't insist that my hovercraft is full of eels.
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Tony Hoffman @tonyjhoffman.bsky.social · 26/04/2025
Happy Indie Bookstore Day! Shop local!
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Tony Hoffman @tonyjhoffman.bsky.social · 26/04/2025
The latest #DrWho ep is creepy as all get-out.
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Tony Hoffman @tonyjhoffman.bsky.social · 25/04/2025
The Zooniverse is a wonderful citizen-science platform and I've participated in many of their projects. I can highly recommend them.
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womensartbluesky.bsky.social @womensartbluesky.bsky.social · 23/04/2025
"Seed Corn Must Not Be Ground" final lithograph of Käthe Kollwitz, 1942. The death of her son in WW1 and death of her grandson in WW2 obviously profoundly affected the artist. This print reflects the theme of a mother protecting their children from the horrors of war #WomensArt
Print featuring a white woman holding her strong arms over the heads of three small children who look out from under with scared faces
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Tony Hoffman @tonyjhoffman.bsky.social · 21/04/2025
My image from last night of NGC 4565, aka the Needle Galaxy or Berenice's Hair Clip, taken with my Unistellar Odyssey. A large spiral galaxy seen edge-on, it lies about 40 million miles from Earth in the constellation Coma Berenices (Berenice's Hair). #astrophotography
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Tony Hoffman @tonyjhoffman.bsky.social · 20/04/2025
Why, I’s practically next door.
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Tony Hoffman @tonyjhoffman.bsky.social · 20/04/2025
Thanks for putting yourself forward once again, sir.
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Tony Hoffman @tonyjhoffman.bsky.social · 20/04/2025
"Ellie" (ELE: extinction-level event) doesn't always come from the sky. ☹️
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Tony Hoffman @tonyjhoffman.bsky.social · 20/04/2025
I was today years old when I discovered that saffron comes from a domesticated variety of crocus. Actually, it takes a huge number of crocus flowers to harvest (by hand) saffron in any quantity, which is why it is so expensive.
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Tony Hoffman @tonyjhoffman.bsky.social · 19/04/2025
I’m with Boston.
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Silence Dogood @silencedogoodbos.bsky.social · 19/04/2025
In the hour of darkness and peril and fear, let’s all channel a little Paul Revere. @hcrichardson.bsky.social #paulrevere #boston250
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Tony Hoffman @tonyjhoffman.bsky.social · 19/04/2025
From last night, NGC 3344, a 10th-magnitude barred spiral galaxy in Leo Minor, ~22 million light-years away. Half an hour with my Unistellar Odyssey from Bortle 8.5 NYC. #astrophotography #Unistellar #astronomy
My image of NGC 3344, a barred spiral galaxy in the constellation Leo Minor, a 30-minute stacked image taken with my Unistellar Odyssey telescope from New York City.
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Tony Hoffman @tonyjhoffman.bsky.social · 15/04/2025
Image I took Sunday night with #Unistellar Odyssey, 18 min. of 4-second exposures of NGC 3521, a mag. ~10 spiral galaxy in southern Leo. It's called a flocculent spiral because its arms are less well defined than a grand design spiral such as M81 or our own Milky Way. #astrophotography
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Tony Hoffman @tonyjhoffman.bsky.social · 15/04/2025
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Tony Hoffman @tonyjhoffman.bsky.social · 15/04/2025
My image of the so-called pink Moon from this morning (Oct. 14), taken with my Seestar S30 from my window. #moon #pinkmoon #astronomy
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Tony Hoffman @tonyjhoffman.bsky.social · 15/04/2025
Image I took last night with #Unistellar Odyssey, 18 min. of 4-second exposures of NGC 3521, a mag. ~10 spiral galaxy in southern Leo. It's called a flocculent spiral because its arms are less well defined than a grand design spiral such as M81 or our own Milky Way. #astrophotography
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Tony Hoffman @tonyjhoffman.bsky.social · 12/04/2025
Dystopian technology vision of the day: The world lies in darkness, the power grid failed, drained because everyone instructed a chatbot to create their own AI action figure/avatar....which they can no longer even access. Might make a good Black Mirror ep....
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Tony Hoffman @tonyjhoffman.bsky.social · 11/04/2025
Heh!
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Tony Hoffman @tonyjhoffman.bsky.social · 11/04/2025
When in Mexico last year for the eclipse, I used my Seestar S50 to image Omega Centauri, the most splendid globular star cluster visible from Earth. In NYC it clears our southern horizon by a few degrees, but I have never seen it from here. #astrophotography #seestar #zwo
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Tony Hoffman @tonyjhoffman.bsky.social · 11/04/2025
Oy.
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Tony Hoffman @tonyjhoffman.bsky.social · 11/04/2025
Why, it's practically next door! 😀
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Tony Hoffman @tonyjhoffman.bsky.social · 11/04/2025
Sure thing, Mitch--I always appreciate your posts.
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Tony Hoffman @tonyjhoffman.bsky.social · 11/04/2025
When in Mexico last year for the eclipse, I used my Seestar S50 to image Omega Centauri, the most splendid globular star cluster visible from Earth. In NYC it clears our southern horizon by a few degrees, but I have never seen it from here. #astrophotography #seestar #zwo
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Tony Hoffman @tonyjhoffman.bsky.social · 09/04/2025
Good to know. I never did receive a QSL from the one Holy Island station I worked.
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Tony Hoffman @tonyjhoffman.bsky.social · 09/04/2025
Dear Sen. Fetterman, I appreciate your advocacy and candor. I'm taking Zepbound for obesity and it's effective, but my insurance is ceasing coverage--I'll pay for it for now with my pension check. Whether Medicare covers it is a big factor in my decision on when to retire.
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Tony Hoffman @tonyjhoffman.bsky.social · 07/04/2025
That's an appealing bird. Seen any quetzals there? I was lucky enough to see one in the Monteverde Cloud Forest.
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Tony Hoffman @tonyjhoffman.bsky.social · 06/04/2025
NGC 4216, a large,edge-on spiral galaxy, lies ~55 million light-years away in Virgo. It's flanked by smaller galaxies NGC 4206 and NGC 4222. 15 minutes of stacked 4-second exposures taken with my Unistellar Odyssey from Queens, NY; tweaked in Photoshop. #astrophotography #unistellar
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Tony Hoffman @tonyjhoffman.bsky.social · 06/04/2025
NGC 4216, a large,edge-on spiral galaxy, lies ~55 million light-years away in Virgo. It's flanked by smaller galaxies NGC 4206 and NGC 4222. 15 minutes of stacked 4-second exposures taken with my Unistellar Odyssey from Queens, NY; tweaked in Photoshop. #astrophotography #unistellar
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Tony Hoffman @tonyjhoffman.bsky.social · 06/04/2025
🤣
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Tony Hoffman @tonyjhoffman.bsky.social · 05/04/2025
"They're eating the nest eggs! They're eating the 401(k)'s!"
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