@scottlevine13.bsky.social Scott Levine (he/him)

Dad, writer, speaker, soup fan. Let's talk everyday #astronomy! #LightPollution Published in @skyandtelescope, @skyatnightmag @earthskyscience @examinermedia

[@scottlevine13.bsky.social Scott Levine (he/him) @scottlevine13]

Hey #LightPollution crowd, does anyone have any good resources for responsible parking lot lighting, especially photos? A place in my town isn't doing the right thing and they need a talkin'-to. I didn't see anything on @IDADarkSky's website that did the trick. Thanks.

[@scottlevine13.bsky.social Scott Levine (he/him) @scottlevine13]

@JohnBarentine Been a while, but happy Thanksgiving to you and yours John! I hope you've been well.

[Andrew McCarthy @AJamesMcCarthy]

I used a modified telescope to capture high-speed video of the eclipse at a long focal length. Seeing the lumpy mountains of the moon against a backdrop of churning plasma is incredibly surreal.

(I hope you weren't sick of eclipse posts 😜)

[@scottlevine13.bsky.social Scott Levine (he/him) @scottlevine13]

@duolingo Why do you make it so hard to find out how much Super #Duolingo costs? I guess you don't want my money. Is that right?

[@scottlevine13.bsky.social Scott Levine (he/him) @scottlevine13]

@VitalantNJ Hi... thank you for getting back to me but the post you responded to was from ** almost a year ago**. I don't have my donor ID number anymore. Like I tell the people when they call, I moved out of the area years ago, and didn't keep that bit of info. Vitaliant should do better.

[@scottlevine13.bsky.social Scott Levine (he/him) @scottlevine13]

Hey @VitalantNJ why do I keep getting calls from your reps even though I asked to be removed from your call list, and when I do, I'm told in order to get off the list I need to give more personal info? Just take me off your list... now.

[@scottlevine13.bsky.social Scott Levine (he/him) @scottlevine13]

@astronomydave Clickbait has made its way into casual observational astronomy. I guess that's nothing new here (*ahem* blood moon...) Sigh.

[@scottlevine13.bsky.social Scott Levine (he/him) @scottlevine13]

12 New Moons at Jupiter! https://t.co/Czfsg6bjFp

[@scottlevine13.bsky.social Scott Levine (he/him) @scottlevine13]

Let's talk about the comet that's been all over the news lately. https://t.co/nkv0qmTbuq

[@scottlevine13.bsky.social Scott Levine (he/him) @scottlevine13]

Thread: Hey, with the start of the north’s winter, I thought maybe we could talk about one of the best parts of the nighttime sky:

*drum roll*

The Winter Circle!

This’ll be good for people who are new to the skies, but come along and have fun, even if you’re not new.

#space

[@scottlevine13.bsky.social Scott Levine (he/him) @scottlevine13]

@versomedia I hope you'll follow me on mastodon. I'd love to keep in touch there.

[@scottlevine13.bsky.social Scott Levine (he/him) @scottlevine13]

@versomedia Hi, Martin. Thank you, and all my best to you and yours this year. Happy new year, Merry Christmas and anything else you're celebrating. It's been a real great being in touch this year. The pleasure and honor's been mine. Here's to a great 2023.

[@scottlevine13.bsky.social Scott Levine (he/him) @scottlevine13]

This is a great post from my friend @jenndono12. If you're struggling after everything's that been going on for as long as we can remember, you're not alone.

[@scottlevine13.bsky.social Scott Levine (he/him) @scottlevine13]

@danfalk @VirveAljas Hey...@VirveAljas @danfalk I'm glad we connected, but I'm moving over to masto (@[email protected]). If you're there, too, I hope we can connect there as well.

[@scottlevine13.bsky.social Scott Levine (he/him) @scottlevine13]

@danfalk @VirveAljas That's interesting... growing up, I always heard it as the Winter Circle. It wasn't until a few years ago that I heard it called Winter Hexagon. I think the diff is including Castor, which isn't a first mag star. *shrug* Then there's the "Winter G," which brings in Betelgeuse.

[@scottlevine13.bsky.social Scott Levine (he/him) @scottlevine13]

@VirveAljas Orion's just amazing, though, isn't it? I think we can all be forgiven for missing the Winter Circle. I hope you can go out and see it soon, though, it's really amazing and it makes me smile even on the toughest days.

[@scottlevine13.bsky.social Scott Levine (he/him) @scottlevine13]

US folks: After the program ended a couple months ago, you can now get free Covid-19 tests from the US government again, by way of the post office.

https://t.co/wRffFdNVlF

[@scottlevine13.bsky.social Scott Levine (he/him) @scottlevine13]

to be confronted with "missed opportunities."

Please. Just enjoy beer (or whatever it is you like). No need to make a contest out of it... unless it's like... backgammon or cribbage or water polo or whatever. (2/2)

[@scottlevine13.bsky.social Scott Levine (he/him) @scottlevine13]

This here really illustrates how much about the world (or maybe just the Internet) sucks these days. I'm a big beer fan. I've logged nearly 1000 distinct beers on Untappd. In 2022, I tried 56 different styles of beer this year, which is six more than last year. Yet, I need (1/2)

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1994 -- when you found a place to make new friends and create meaningful connections. I know that early lift doesn't always last long with magnitude of distribution, but it's still good to know these moments still exist somewhere. #Mastodon #Internet
https://t.co/ezuOHEL9p8 (2/2)

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RT @[email protected]
The greatest thing about Mastodon, so far, in my short time here, is a great, calm energy of the ideas. I don't sense a lot of hatred or heat. The exchange of ideas is the point. It feels like the early days of the internet -- I've been here since (1/2)