It’s totally NOT corruption though. 🙃
https://c.im/@cdarwin/114360613356182387

My forehead will have a permanent handprint on it at this rate.

When I was a kid, I wondered if the kids that bullied me in school watched the same movies and TV shows I did, but rooted for the bullies in those stories.

As an adult, I watch The Handmaid’s Tale and wonder how many Americans watch it and root for Gilead.

Why is the government targeting these people for visa cancellation? What possible purpose does it serve?

Trump is sending migrants to concentration camps outside of the U.S.
Next he wants to send U.S. citizens.
The guy running them says once you’re there, he won’t send you back.

Behold the Pink Moon.

You’ll note, of course, that it’s not pink. “Pink” is just the name for the moon in April. This one I captured with the ASI678MC. The full disk fits pretty nicely with the Askar FRA400 + 678, though I do need to worry more about it drifting out of frame sooner.

Best 35% of 500 images, 2x drizzle, stacked & sharpened in PlanetarySystemStacker, edited in Affinity Photo (levels, curves, etc.).

#astrophotography #space #pinkmoon #seattleAstronomicalSociety #astro #Astrodon

Hey, anybody bike in Snohomish county? I've extended the Greater Northshore Bike Connector Map further north, up up Lynnwood City Centre. I'm sure I'm missing stuff so... help me out? Tell me what I've missed?

https://solarbird.net/blog/2025/04/13/alpha-test-release-do-you-bike-in-snohomish-county/

cc: @BikeNIte

#SnohomishCounty #seattle #biking #BikeTooter #cycling #bicycling #GreaterNorthshore

Our annual @atpfm WWDC sale is back!

https://atp.fm/store

These are strange times, in big ways and small. Here we are in 2025, and Apple’s most powerful Mac chip has a number that‘s one lower than the chip in the iPad Pro.

And are those two M3 Max chips stuck together to make an M3 Ultra? Well, sort of. I mean, it’s got Thunderbolt 5, for one thing. And are the media engines different too? Strange shirts for strange times…

@Iconfactory @chockenberry I apologize, I wasn't very clear. For the link I originally posted, a curated feed, it does work as expected. However, for feeds created from Lists, such as this one, it doesn't work:

https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:nkgd7jfgcm2g3ubqbncn5w3m/lists/3lmiueijlin2a

The Waxing Gibbous (97%) moon from last night.

#astrophotography #space #seattleAstronomicalSociety #astro #Astrodon

@Iconfactory I tried this but it only gives me the option of using the connector for my whole account or just to “Follow Account”, but not to follow the feed. Maybe it doesn’t work for feeds created from lists?

@Iconfactory I'm really liking the new update. Mastodon lists & hashtags are awesome!

However, I can't figure out how to add a Bluesky feed? What is the “Feed Identifier”?

I have my own feed created from a list of users, but I don't know how to add it. Also, not sure how to add curated feeds from other people. For example: https://bsky.app/profile/emily.space/feed/astro

:tapestry_app: Tapestry 1.1 brings a host of great new features: Follow individual accounts & lists on Bluesky & Mastodon, automatically remove duplicates from the timeline with Crosstalk, and quickly switch your timelines with Tapestry’s redesigned navigation.

Learn more about these features plus dozens of other improvements in today's FREE update of Tapestry - Your personal timeline app.

https://blog.iconfactory.com/2025/04/tapestry-whats-new-no-deja-vu/

#TapestryApp #Fediverse #OpenWeb

A big update of #TapestryApp is out today. We spent about a month on it and there are a ton of new features and improvements.

So many, in fact, that we kept hitting the 4,000 character limit on the build release notes in App Store Connect. Got it down to 26 free characters and then added another feature - and had to edit again! We eventually landed on 14 free characters (0.35% free space).

https://usetapestry.com/history

You could say this release is CHOCK FULL.

Moon Visits Sister Stars https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap250408.html #APOD

If you have a Republican Senator and/or House Rep, congratulations: today is your day!!

They can stop these mush-brained tariffs any time they want. They have that power. CALL THEM, relentlessly, and ask why they’re not doing that.

Pit Republicans against their president. Pit them against each other. Shake the jar and make them fight. This is a •huge• fracture point in the MAGA coalition. Stick dynamite in it and blow it up.

First Quarter Moon from the other night. I tried to bring out _some_ color, but it might be a bit too blue-ish.

Best 150 images of 500. Stacked & sharpened in PlanetarySystemStacker.

#astrophotography #luckyimaging #space #seattleAstronomicalSociety #Astrodon