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Writer who doesn't write much, singer who doesn't sing much. Photog who doesn't take many pics anymore. Feral Latchkey GenX AuDHD enthusiast. Occasional gleaming insights. Works at the VLA. 'xinpheld' has been my Internet handle since 1997. /ZINN-feld/

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Xinpheld's Soapbox 🧼 📦 @xinpheld.bsky.social · 01/04/2026
"Clay" might be his new pet boy.
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Xinpheld's Soapbox 🧼 📦 @xinpheld.bsky.social · 25/03/2026
Two @thenrao.bsky.social ngVLA prototypes (sans subreflectors) spotted at the local WalMart.
two WalMart card readers
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Xinpheld's Soapbox 🧼 📦 @xinpheld.bsky.social · 25/03/2026
One of my photos got used for a postcard for the @thenrao.bsky.social 's Very Large Array! Squee!
postcard for the Very Large Array
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Xinpheld's Soapbox 🧼 📦 @xinpheld.bsky.social · 20/03/2026
Happy vernal equinox (Spring!) from the @thenrao.bsky.social's Very Large Array!
The gnomon of the Bracewell Radio Sundial and its shadow on the marker for the vernal equinoxBracewell Radio Sundial and its shadow on the marker for the vernal equinox
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Xinpheld's Soapbox 🧼 📦 @xinpheld.bsky.social · 17/03/2026
I'm currently doing a lightning reread of @jimbutcher.bsky.social's Dresden Files. More of a skim-thru for the first 8 books or so. Prepping for what I imagine is going to be a painful read of 12 Months. Currently a few books away from Changes, and bracing for the reread of Battle Ground 💔
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Xinpheld's Soapbox 🧼 📦 @xinpheld.bsky.social · 17/03/2026
Apparently Republican Jesus is the only valid Jesus now. SMFH
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Xinpheld's Soapbox 🧼 📦 @xinpheld.bsky.social · 17/03/2026
Good luck to you today! (Not a constituent, just a fan)
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Xinpheld's Soapbox 🧼 📦 @xinpheld.bsky.social · 14/03/2026
Five hours of @thenrao.bsky.social VLA radio observations in 5 minutes!
photos.app.goo.gl
New video · Friday, Mar 13 🎬
Tap to view!
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Xinpheld's Soapbox 🧼 📦 @xinpheld.bsky.social · 13/03/2026
Creating new cryptids on the fly
info about  the Pie Man
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Xinpheld's Soapbox 🧼 📦 @xinpheld.bsky.social · 10/03/2026
Throw your sabos in the gears
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Xinpheld's Soapbox 🧼 📦 @xinpheld.bsky.social · 07/03/2026
It's people like yourself that give the rest of us a glimmer of hope for post-Epstein-Class America
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Xinpheld's Soapbox 🧼 📦 @xinpheld.bsky.social · 07/03/2026
Only in Magdalena NM would one get this mass email: "Did somebody’s pig get poached? Why is there a head cut off of a pig at the Hop Canyon/Kelly Rd intersection? It has a yellow tag in its ear. If you need a photo for identification purposes, you can email me at [email]. Peace and love, Nicole"
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Xinpheld's Soapbox 🧼 📦 @xinpheld.bsky.social · 06/03/2026
ICQ 1020219. Lol
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Xinpheld's Soapbox 🧼 📦 @xinpheld.bsky.social · 05/03/2026
The ngVLA prototype is progressing nicely and should be fully online for testing soon! Come see it at the Very Large Array Open House event on Saturday, April 18th. @thenrao.bsky.social public.nrao.edu/event/very-l...
ngVLA photo
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Xinpheld's Soapbox 🧼 📦 @xinpheld.bsky.social · 03/03/2026
Now is the time to choose between fatalism and optimistic nihilism. The latter is more fun, but harder to maintain.
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Xinpheld's Soapbox 🧼 📦 @xinpheld.bsky.social · 03/03/2026
Operation Epic FUBAR is going swimmingly, doncha think? I feel like only the dumbest of the dumb are falling for this. And yet the whole system set up to prevent this from happening has been hamstrung. Our government is truly broken.
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Xinpheld's Soapbox 🧼 📦 @xinpheld.bsky.social · 03/03/2026
A really good overview of the Green Bank Observatory, and how this massive antenna operates. We visited the site back in 2001, but we were civilians at the time and didn't get to go up close. Now that we're 'in', hopefully one day we'll be able to tour the dish itself. youtu.be/UeGVCKECZGI?...
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This Massive Telescope Searches For Life In The Universe
YouTube video by TDC
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Xinpheld's Soapbox 🧼 📦 @xinpheld.bsky.social · 03/03/2026
It's going to be lower when people start canceling their subscriptions, like I did.
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Xinpheld's Soapbox 🧼 📦 @xinpheld.bsky.social · 03/03/2026
Someone explain to me like I'm an idiot: what are the steps that are supposed to be taken after someone lies under oath to Congress?
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Memento Mori @mementomori4950.bsky.social · 02/03/2026
Politics of semantics 😏
The New York Times

U.S. and Israel Attack Iran

LIVE Updates

What to Know

Photos

Ma

Casts Doubt

Iran Says Dozens Are Killed in Strike on School

No Responsibility

The New York Times

U.S. and Israel Attack Iran

LIVE Updates 4m ago

What to Know

Photo

Stated as Fact

9 Killed in Israeli City Near Jerusalem After Iranian Missile Strike

Actor Named
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Xinpheld's Soapbox 🧼 📦 @xinpheld.bsky.social · 03/03/2026
And we'll be lucky if we ever again have anyone in place that will actually do anything to stop this.
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Xinpheld's Soapbox 🧼 📦 @xinpheld.bsky.social · 03/03/2026
Natasha Hurley-Walker talks about mapping the southern sky using radio antennas youtu.be/nFEgRt2EH1g?...
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How radio telescopes show us unseen galaxies | Natasha Hurley-Walker
YouTube video by TED
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Xinpheld's Soapbox 🧼 📦 @xinpheld.bsky.social · 03/03/2026
I was particularly disturbed by agreeing with Matt Walsh on something. None of them will admit they were wrong about anything, of course
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Xinpheld's Soapbox 🧼 📦 @xinpheld.bsky.social · 03/03/2026
Granted, I didn't wake up for the totality. But on the bus this morning, everyone else is on their phones or napping, while THIS is still happening. How do you not just stare out at this‽
Moon during eclipse
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Xinpheld's Soapbox 🧼 📦 @xinpheld.bsky.social · 06/08/2025
Vote early and use a paper ballot
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Xinpheld's Soapbox 🧼 📦 @xinpheld.bsky.social · 06/08/2025
Just out here sipping my tea before work
Sunrise at the VLA in New Mexico
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Xinpheld's Soapbox 🧼 📦 @xinpheld.bsky.social · 01/08/2025
If you read nothing else today, read this: Ex-CIA Whistleblower: "The NSA Audited The 2024 Election, Kamala Harris Won" share.google/OMjeyHqlPDnh...
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Ex-CIA Whistleblower: "The NSA Audited The 2024 Election, Kamala Harris Won"
Math doesn’t lie—people do. A buried NSA‑authorized audit paved the way for this unelected illegitimate regime.
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Xinpheld's Soapbox 🧼 📦 @xinpheld.bsky.social · 26/07/2025
Dems finally pull a GOP-style fast one to try and make something happen Democrats mount surprise 11th hour push to subpoena Epstein files share.google/DhOVqX3eEe1m...
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House Democrats ambush GOP with 11th hour push to subpoena Epstein files
Democrats noted that the panel is made up of many right-wing Republicans who have made the Epstein issue a cause célèbre.
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Xinpheld's Soapbox 🧼 📦 @xinpheld.bsky.social · 15/07/2025
I liked this movie more than I should have
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Xinpheld's Soapbox 🧼 📦 @xinpheld.bsky.social · 12/07/2025
The Magdalena mountains just before the full moon crested
The Magdalena mountains just before the full moon crested
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Xinpheld's Soapbox 🧼 📦 @xinpheld.bsky.social · 09/07/2025
shouldn't matter if engagement is better. Meta is evil, full stop
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Xinpheld's Soapbox 🧼 📦 @xinpheld.bsky.social · 09/07/2025
someone in ICE must have left their cake out in the rain
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Xinpheld's Soapbox 🧼 📦 @xinpheld.bsky.social · 09/07/2025
Golden Hour at the highest point in Mesa Verde
Golden Hour at the highest point in Mesa Verde
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Xinpheld's Soapbox 🧼 📦 @xinpheld.bsky.social · 02/07/2025
Can't wait to see all three of them in a cage.
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Xinpheld's Soapbox 🧼 📦 @xinpheld.bsky.social · 02/07/2025
All three of them will be in cages eventually. Looking forward to the day.
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Xinpheld's Soapbox 🧼 📦 @xinpheld.bsky.social · 28/06/2025
GenXers: Thriving on trauma and Saltines since 1976
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Xinpheld's Soapbox 🧼 📦 @xinpheld.bsky.social · 27/06/2025
Welcome to the (Formerly) United States of America
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Xinpheld's Soapbox 🧼 📦 @xinpheld.bsky.social · 27/06/2025
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Xinpheld's Soapbox 🧼 📦 @xinpheld.bsky.social · 27/06/2025
Without birthright, they can justify denaturalizing and deporting anyone.
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Xinpheld's Soapbox 🧼 📦 @xinpheld.bsky.social · 26/06/2025
I think they've been told there will be no midterm elections. Trump will invoke a manufactured national emergency/Martial law before then and suspend elections.
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Xinpheld's Soapbox 🧼 📦 @xinpheld.bsky.social · 26/06/2025
Someone started a new account, @chaseychilds007.bsky.social and they've pre-emptively blocked me, so it's probably the same person
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Xinpheld's Soapbox 🧼 📦 @xinpheld.bsky.social · 24/06/2025
icelist.info
icelist.info
Home - ICE List
The ICE List: Tracking Deportation Agents Across America Crowdsourced database of individuals involved in deportations, ICE operations, and associated abuses.  The ICE List is an open journalistic pro...
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Senator Bernie Sanders @sanders.senate.gov · 24/06/2025
This is oligarchy. This is obscene. While 60% live paycheck to paycheck & kids go hungry, Jeff Bezos, worth $230 billion, goes to Venice on his $500 million yacht for a $20 million wedding & spends $5 million on a ring while his real tax rate is just 1.1%. End this oligarchy.
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Xinpheld's Soapbox 🧼 📦 @xinpheld.bsky.social · 24/06/2025
Sunset and rainbow, Magdalena NM 6/23/25
Sunset rainbow and mountains
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Xinpheld's Soapbox 🧼 📦 @xinpheld.bsky.social · 24/06/2025
Tonight's sunset. A nice cap on our anniversary.
Sunset in Magdalena NM
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Xinpheld's Soapbox 🧼 📦 @xinpheld.bsky.social · 19/06/2025
I for one am shocked that Trump would lie about that.
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Xinpheld's Soapbox 🧼 📦 @xinpheld.bsky.social · 19/06/2025
What Congress?
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Xinpheld's Soapbox 🧼 📦 @xinpheld.bsky.social · 19/06/2025
What, you don't like when people cheer for death in your name?
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Xinpheld's Soapbox 🧼 📦 @xinpheld.bsky.social · 19/06/2025
Nothing says 'great president' like instability and coyness 😔
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Anonymous @youranoncentral.bsky.social · 18/06/2025
US ally Israel's tanks fired at hundreds of unarmed civilians lined up for food from aid trucks in Gaza, they massacred least 59 people and injuring at least 200 more. Hundreds have been killed trying to get aid in past three weeks. US politicians say they stand by Israel.
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