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Walter was more than Chekov. He was a writer, a teacher, a thoughtful man, and a loyal friend. To the fans who loved him for so many years, thank you. He loved you too. Rest well, my dear friend. Keep navigating a steady course. – George

Riding the ferry from Plattsburgh, NY to Grand Isle, VT on a moonlit night. The ferry in the picture was going in the opposite direction, from Grand Isle to Plattsburgh.

Just a fall foliage shot in morning light to brighten up your day. #Vermont

Having a little snack before bed. I'm a little disturbed by the asymmetrical shape of these Little Debbie Swiss Rolls. Still tasty, though.

My kid has started a Letterboxd list called Killer Sweaters for films where the killer wears a great sweater and they've asked me to throw it out to Bluesky for more because "that's the kind of thing those weirdos like to do"

'Ambient Earth' Perspective is lost when the world speeds by. This ambitious 7.5hr 4k compilation, crafted over months of meticulous restoration, invites you to slow down and experience Earth in real time just as astronauts do. Butch Wilmore / ISS / NASA / ESRS / Seán Doran youtu.be/alJMoaKpV_E

Spocktober 2026 - Day 11 - Visor Spock "The glory of creation is in its infinite diversity." - Miranda Jones, Is There in Truth No Beauty? Read the full post with a free membership on Patreon (leedrawsstuff) #spocktober #spocktober26 #startrek #spock #llap

Damn. What an icon. RIP

Fascinating (and heartbreaking) thread.

Six months have passed since the #ArtemisII mission and NASA has just released the reentry video from the Orion capsule! Here is a timelapse of the reentry, but be sure to check out the realtime version linked below! 🔭🧪

"JK Rowling is already a billionaire and everyone already knows about Harry Potter, what's the point of boycotting?" Nobody thinks boycotting will bankrupt her. We know she's gonna die rich. We're just asking you to show a shred of solidarity with trans folk. Absolute low bar bare minimum shit.

Our Smile mission is ready for science. Its ultraviolet camera has already captured this substorm rippling through the northern lights around Earth’s North Pole. @science.esa.int 🧪🔭

Spocktober 2026 - Day 1 - The Cage Spock "I loved Spock." President Barack Obama, 27 February 2015 Read more on Patreon (leedrawsstuff) #spocktober #spocktober26 #startrek #spock #llap

From a billing statement for my American Express card: Summary of Change Effective February 1, 2027. Removal of Pay Over Time Travel. We are removing the Pay Over Time Travel feature from your Account. I had no idea the card could be used for time travel!

Because I am an adult and totally know how to manage my time, I made a carousel quoting some of the best fat bear write-ups. Enjoy!

ATTENTION THE BEST THING ABOUT AUTUMN HAS FINALLY ARRIVED IT IS TIME FOR TINY DOGS IN TINY SWEATERS

Happy 118th birthday, spacetime. 🧪 🔭 ⚛️ Hermann Minkowski addressed the 80th Assembly of German Natural Scientists and Physicians #OTD in 1908, offering a radical four-dimensional reformulation of Einstein's theory of special relativity. Here is how he opened his address.

Happy International Observe the Moon Night! #Moon #astronomy

For as long as we’ve been looking to the sky, humans have been drawn to the Moon. By studying the Moon in many different forms of light we learn about its composition, surface conditions, and much more. Observe the Moon with us this weekend: t.co/nrybbPGcYn

NEW ESSAY on last week's deluge of Dems embracing anti-trans positions. let's stop fixating on trans ppl & instead recognize that Dems have a cisgender problem. pls share! Medium (friend link): juliaserano.medium.com/on-democrats... & Substack (no paywall): juliaserano.substack.com/p/on-democra...

For your Tuesday, here's a shot of deep, deep, deep space from JWST. Every bright, six-pointed feature is a star in the Milky Way. Everything else—even the smallest, faintest dots—are whole galaxies millions to *billions* of lightyears away.

Whatever you're doing, please, just stop for a moment to imagine you're kneeling down on the surface of Mars and trailing your gloved fingers through this beautifully coloured grit covering the ground around you... (Curiosity image) NASA/JPL-Caltech/MSSS/fredk/S Atkinson

As Pluto’s fall turns to winter, its atmosphere will thin out, and nitrogen will fall down like snow. A new analysis suggests the process may have started already. 🧪🪐 eos.org/articles/plu...

“these solutions are announced in a rush, leaving no time for a proper writeup, the isolation of new methods & ideas, & citing relevant previous work of others. … We are witnessing a general threat to intellectual work, with misalignment between the outcome of the use of AI and its initial purpose.”

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I had a beautiful clear, Moonless night last night and captured this image of the Andromeda Galaxy. This was about 180 ten-second exposures taken over a half hour. I've been waiting for Andromeda since I got my smart telescope in the spring, and it didn't disappoint.

Staying up late for astronomy. M31 the Andromeda Galaxy. I've been waiting all summer for it to be in season. Captured with Seestar S30 Pro.

i need people to start responding to questions about trans women in sports with "what the hell is wrong with you?? why do you care about this all of a sudden? why do you want to impose insane, invasive rules just to stop some 8th grader from hanging out with her friends after school" at the minimum

60 Years of Star Trek in 60 Seconds #StarTrek #StarTrekDay #StarTrek60

Lovely article about a 99-year-old retired math professor who recently published a major result. It's the story of mentorship and multi-generational collaboration. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/06/s...

Reconstruction of what insects sounded like in the Jurassic era. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/03/s...

My LEGO #StarTrek 60th Anniversary Bridge Set came yesterday!

Here's the thread I most often refer to!

Attn @busterbnyc.bsky.social

Posting this again, because all the writers here say it's okay to do it (yay) and I'm SUPER proud of how this turned out. It's my first script for Ranking with Roddenberry and they did a fantastic job with it! (Anyone who knows me knows my heart was definitely in this one.) youtu.be/RYRP7tGBv90?...

Tonite: we’ve got the final eclipse of the season and the last for 2026, with a deep partial lunar eclipse. The Americas will see the eclipse in it’s entirety, while Europe and Africa will see the eclipse at moonset, and the Pacific region will see it already underway at moonrise.

PS: Today is a very fine day to donate to the Imagination Library. imaginationlibrary.com

From NASA: It happened again! Here's Phobos passing in front of the Sun as seen by the Perseverance rover from the surface of Mars on Aug. 12. science.nasa.gov/photojournal...

Came out of the pizza place earlier this evening to this giant end-to-end rainbow.