#Was

KUVO Playlistkuvo_playlist
2025-12-06

9:41am Was by Mose Allison from Jazz Profile: Mose Allison

An image of the cover of the record album 'Jazz Profile: Mose Allison' by Mose Allison
Victoria (K8VSY) (she/her)k8vsy@mastodon.radio
2025-12-06

I finally updated my Awards page on my blog from #ARRL #LoTW and it looks like I'm three (3) states away from #WAS on #12m (digital)!

(I had not updated this page in a *year*, lol)

k8vsy.radio/awards.html#was-lo

#HamRadio #hamr #AmateurRadio

Westport ObservatoryWestportObservatory@vmst.io
2025-12-05

🌟 Mercury’s Rocking a 24-Million-Kilometer Comet Tail 🌟

Mercury’s looking more like a comet this week! Its 24-million-km sodium tail was photographed on Dec. 3 by Steven Bellavia. Sunlight blows sodium from Mercury’s thin atmosphere, giving the tail its yellow glow.

And good timing — around Dec. 9 the tail can brighten up to 10×. Morning sky watchers, grab those sodium filters! Full story: spaceweather.com

#Mercury #Astronomy #SpaceWeather #SodiumTail #WAS

Bright planet Mercury with a glowing head and a long, faint tail streaking across a dark starry sky.
Westport ObservatoryWestportObservatory@vmst.io
2025-12-03

TONIGHT 12/3:
We’re riding high after a killer Giving Tuesday, and the universe seems to be celebrating with us!

The Cold Moon is almost full — bright enough to nuke the faint stuff — but Saturn, Jupiter, Uranus, and Neptune are all still on the menu. Bundle up… that moon lives up to its name.

Info: was-ct.org/programs/public-vie

#WestportObservatory #WAS #Astronomy #StarParty #ColdMoon #Supermoon #Jupiter #Saturn #Uranus #Neptune #Stargazing

Large telescope set up outdoors at night with observatory building illuminated in warm light under a cloudy sky.
Westport ObservatoryWestportObservatory@vmst.io
2025-12-03

We smashed our $3,500 Giving Tuesday goal and hit $4,750! On top of that, we received an incredible gift: a Paramount MYT™ Series 6 Robotic Mount worth $9,000. A phenomenal day for community science. Thank you to everyone who helped us blast past the goal! You can support the Westport Observatory anytime: was-ct.org/donate/
#GivingTuesday #WestportObservatory #WAS #SupportScience #CommunityScience #Astronomy

Thank you message from Westport Astronomical Society for Giving Tuesday with a space shuttle launching into a starry sky.
Westport ObservatoryWestportObservatory@vmst.io
2025-12-02

We’re closing in!
Thanks to you, we’ve already raised nearly $2,000 toward our $3,500 Giving Tuesday goal. That’s a big boost for community science right here in Westport.

If you haven’t jumped in yet, now’s a great time to help us hit the finish line.

Donate: was-ct.org/donate/

#GivingTuesday #SupportScience #WestportObservatory #WAS #CommunityScience

Progress bar showing $2,000 raised towards a $3,500 goal for Westport Astronomical Society on Giving Tuesday.
サファイア・ネオsapphire_neo
2025-12-02

Загарбник із брудними ногами
Громадяни Імперії Шкодників,
Будьте спалені дотла.

pixiv.net/novel/show.php?id=26

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Black Cat White HatBCWHS
2025-12-02
Echoes of Language
"The Man I Once Was"
サファイア・ネオsapphire_neo
2025-12-01

Загарбник із брудними ногами
Громадяни Імперії Шкодників,
Будьте спалені дотла.

note.com/deadly_poison_0/n/n09

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2025-11-28

Waikato tradie Jason Lambert was ‘in over his head’ when he ripped off victims

While the judge considered a sentence of either home detention or community detention, Lambert’s counsel, Kerry Hadaway, successfully…
#NewsBeep #News #Headlines #complete #deposits #failed #he #head #his #in #jason #lambert #NewZealand #NZ #off #over #paid #ripped #tradie #victims #waikato #was #when #which #work
newsbeep.com/277652/

Westport ObservatoryWestportObservatory@vmst.io
2025-11-28

Giving Tuesday is Dec 2!

When lockdowns hit, we kept our Free Science Lecture Series going on Zoom. Now it’s time to bring everyone back together. Instead of another telescope, we’re upgrading the Westport Observatory classroom to make it fully media-ready and welcome more people in person and online. If you’ve enjoyed our talks or streams, consider supporting the upgrade and help us make the next era of WAS science even brighter.

#GivingTuesday #WestportObservatory #WAS #Astronomy

2025-11-27

Auckland child found with decomposing father, who was last seen 4 days earlier

“He was last seen alive by a neighbour on July 16.” A post-mortem examination was conducted and the…
#NewsBeep #News #Headlines #auckland #child #Contains #Content #days #decomposing #disturbing #earlier #father #find #found #last #NewZealand #NZ #people #seen #some #story #this #warning #was #who #with
newsbeep.com/276000/

Westport ObservatoryWestportObservatory@vmst.io
2025-11-27

Happy Thanksgiving!

From our families to yours, we hope your day is packed with good food, good laughs, and zero unexpected cosmic surprises (unless Betelgeuse finally blows—then all bets are off).

Huge thanks to our supporters, members, and their families. You’re the gravity that keeps this whole place together. 🦃🚀✨

#Thanksgiving #WestportObservatory #WAS

Illustration of a Thanksgiving feast with a pumpkin, corn, roasted turkey, and an astronaut floating in space with a rocket and autumn leaves with the Westport Astronomical Society's logo.
Westport ObservatoryWestportObservatory@vmst.io
2025-11-27

Astronomers may have just caught the first direct hint of dark matter. A new study says gamma rays near the Milky Way’s center—seen by NASA’s Fermi spacecraft—match what you’d expect from colliding WIMPs, those long-proposed dark matter particles. Not everyone’s convinced yet, since other galaxies don’t show the same signal, but if it holds, it’s huge. Full story: theguardian.com/science/2025/n
#DarkMatter #Astronomy #MilkyWay #SpaceScience #WAS #WestportObservatory #NASA #Fermi

Vast red-hued Milky Way galaxy core filled with countless stars and cosmic dust clouds.
2025-11-26

Coroner finds diving death of Aaron Matthews near East Cape was preventable

Coroner Katherine Greig said inexperience and “unsafe diving practices”, including incorrectly assembled scuba equipment, contributed to the tragedy,…
#NewsBeep #News #Headlines #aaron #cape #Coroner #Death #Diving #east #finds #matthews #near #NewZealand #NZ #of #preventable #was
newsbeep.com/274451/

Westport ObservatoryWestportObservatory@vmst.io
2025-11-25

Some communities go to the mat for their dark skies — and it pays off. Michigan now boasts 10 certified dark-sky places, but even there, industry keeps trying to chip away at the night. From detention-center glare hitting Big Cypress to mining threats in the Boundary Waters, oil and gas in the Arctic, and even industrial glow creeping into Chile’s legendary Atacama Desert.

Gifted NYT article: nytimes.com/2025/11/24/science

#DarkSkies #LightPollution #Astronomy #Conservation #WAS #WestportObservatory

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