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Mike Lund

@lowbacca

Astro Applications Developer and Acta Prima Aprilia editor

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a close up of a cartoon grasshopper with a serious look on his face ALT: a close up of a cartoon grasshopper with a serious look on his face
09.03.2026 20:10 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Dennis

09.03.2026 19:25 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Nothing summarizes just how dysfunctional my sleep cycle is quite like how this morning I woke up an hour before my alarm - the Monday after the clocks moved forward an hour.

09.03.2026 17:17 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

the circle of internet life continues

08.03.2026 23:03 ๐Ÿ‘ 2 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Who bugs people to follow back?

08.03.2026 22:24 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Sounds ideal

08.03.2026 22:16 ๐Ÿ‘ 3 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Not to unfairly criticise Tubi, because I do appreciate it greatly, but I'm going over the "For the Cinephiles" category to see if there's anything I should add to my already too long watchlist.

And "For the Cinephiles" is not the category I'd put Armageddon in.

07.03.2026 17:52 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

I legitimately wonder just how much of a benefit squinting actually gives to dealing with some of that. Because I feel like it's non-zero, but still not all that useful.

07.03.2026 04:24 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Yeah, I think both in the regard of noticing brightness more and also being more susceptible to stuff like UV damage, which is why I was being asked about it.

More info from Duke, because it seems appropriate to cite the Blue Devils here:
www.dukehealth.org/blog/myth-or...

07.03.2026 02:22 ๐Ÿ‘ 5 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 1

It doesn't not work

07.03.2026 02:00 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

When I first got glasses, I guess particularly because I have blue eyes (though haven't gotten glasses with a diff eye color), I was asked what I did for sun protection. I was confused, so they asked if I wear sunglasses or such.

I guess "I try to only be outside at night" isn't the normal answer

07.03.2026 01:59 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

When I first got glasses, I guess because I have blue eyes (though haven't gotten glasses with a diff eye color), I was asked what I did for sun protection. I was confused, so they asked if I wear sunglasses to deal with the sun.

I guess "I try to only be outside at night" isn't the normal answer

07.03.2026 01:58 ๐Ÿ‘ 8 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

60% blue eyes, too. Maybe the issue wasn't the expectations, it was the country.

07.03.2026 01:47 ๐Ÿ‘ 4 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Wow, "Man in Finance" really surged out into the tail of the height distribution, didn't it?

07.03.2026 01:44 ๐Ÿ‘ 3 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

So your imposter syndrome is just Groucho Marx.

Nice get

06.03.2026 21:13 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

In our defense, the astrophysics/astronomy community was one of the earlier ones to have lots of people get suspicious of Elon Musk

06.03.2026 17:26 ๐Ÿ‘ 9 ๐Ÿ” 1 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

It's how I cope with missing AIM still

06.03.2026 04:48 ๐Ÿ‘ 3 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Not to remind people of the passage of time, but the 40 year olds are the millennials.

06.03.2026 04:31 ๐Ÿ‘ 10 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

It's not called an echo chamber unless it comes from the leftist region of the internet, otherwise it's just a sparkling discussion space

05.03.2026 20:30 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

I didn't play Myst, but I sort of just presumed there was a solid through line from Myst to Blue Prince

05.03.2026 20:26 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Also when it deviates from basic spacial assessments into anything more complex that brains are less hardwired to do. Like, I dunno, geopolitics.

But yeah, that's not touching the deliberate bad activity, just that even in good faith I don't think it'd work in most areas.

05.03.2026 01:15 ๐Ÿ‘ 2 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

It's like a wild extrapolation from "did you know if you average a bunch of guesses about how many jelly beans are in a jar you get a surprisingly good answer" to "well, the masses must always be right"

05.03.2026 00:13 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

There should be, like, a few people appointed to put a show on YouTube. The issue is rarely "that one person", it's that there's a bunch of them

04.03.2026 23:22 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

I like that there are three people, but the screen is still equal parts Nick and Josh. Perfectly balanced.

04.03.2026 22:24 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

There's a special kind of excitement that comes with seeing one podcast you like ( @stillloadingpodcast.com ) is in the discord of another podcast you like ( @smashinggametime.bsky.social ) and actively recording.

Eager to check out the episode later today

04.03.2026 19:22 ๐Ÿ‘ 4 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

This has a real danger of turning into another bad gimmicky cartoon from decades ago that I end up watching.

My wife really loves when I find more of those.

03.03.2026 23:29 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Maybe it's the hair, but is Rocket Robin Hood just a discount Superman?

03.03.2026 23:15 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Behind a cloud is a KIND of eclipse

03.03.2026 11:41 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

We don't know who struck first, us or them. But we do know it was us that scorched the sky.

03.03.2026 10:41 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

I still have a moderate grudge against clouds from 2012. If not for them, I would've been able to see that I saw a solar eclipse, a lunar eclipse, and the transit of Venus in like a month or so.

I did go look up at the clouds to see where the moon was supposed to be, still, though.

03.03.2026 10:38 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0