@discontinuity IT DOES. I am so happy :D

@corvus not yet - between buying the new house, adding panels & replacing the old HVAC with new heat pumps we are brooooke at the moment. Hoping in the next few years to add those on, but I don't know what battery system we'd use

For MA-locals, our installer was New England Clean Energy and I highly recommend them.

In our prior house we leased panels, which was okay until it wasn't. In this new house, we bought our own outright. Having any panels was better than none, but having your own is better than leased.

Our house's electric meter has been swapped with a new one so we can export our rooftop solar back to the grid, and that was the last step I was waiting on. Switches flipped on, rooftop solar is now fully online, I am a very happy camper.

@rdm that is stunning!

A couple of nights ago I let my #Dwarf3 stay out all night with a stellation mask, which bagged me about 8 hours worth of #Antares , #Messier4 , and other goodies, including the Antares #ReflectionNebula.

I ran it through the #DwarfLab #StellarStudio tools, and then did a bit more cleanup in #Snapseed and #GooglePhotos - about 15 minutes work.

I'm pretty darned pleased with the results.

#astronomy #astrophotography #Astrodon #SmartTelescope #Nebula #Star #GlobularStarCluster

Canada continues to be a beacon of hope. Well done on your election, Canada!

But hey 4c**n got pwned so that's nice.

Having one foot in cybersecurity and another foot in space right now is absolutely WILD, in a bad way.

On my left, the CVE database in serious holy-shit jeopardy tomorrow, with no org planned to pick up vuln advisories like this that basically all of infosec depends on.

On my right, NASA's science mission directorate potentially getting cut in half, effectively killing off most of what it's working on and shutting down Goddard.

It's just super. Just super. Juuuuust super.

Americans: If you don't get them mailed to you, head to SSA dot gov, download your social security statement. Keep it safe somewhere. Not sure if it'll help worth a damn but it can't hurt if DOGE completely bricks the entire SSA system by going "YOLO! Let's use genAI to quickly migrate off COBOL, what could possibly go wrong"

About two weeks from now a whole lot of us will be converging in Colorado Springs for #SpaceSymposium - the T-Minus team (Alice, Liz, and me!) will be there too.

I'll be recording some interviews roaming-reporter style, as well as from the AWS booth (1036). Please say hi if you'll be there!

Of my three cats, Cookie is exactly like this
https://mastodon.world/@exocomics/114185275447865950

@briankrebs it was known for the last decade or so within the Orthodox diaspora in the US that extreme right wing types were showing up at all our churches looking to convert, shopping around until they found the right home... almost always OCA.

@briankrebs the involvement with ROCOR is zero surprise also. The split in Orthodox churches predates the invasion of Ukraine with basically Russia & ROCOR/OCA on one side and literally everyone else on the other. It was like a preview of what was to come.

@bittner @gcluley I feel blessed that I was the photographer of this legendary moment 🙏🤲

I have to fly tomorrow (and fly back home late Thursday night) and am not feeling great about it right now to be completely honest.

@faassen most definitely - that's a good point. I just need some broad stroke guidance at this point as I want to put down a raised bed or two but just haven't been at this new house long enough to see the lighting in spring and summer.

Thank you @kdnyhan - shademap.app ends up being what I was looking for. For this spot in my yard, show me the how much sun it'll get over the course of the year. Very very handy! Appreciate your help, #Gardening mastodon!

@Ttown mine too at my last house, haha. I feel your pain!