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I had also attempted to get a pic of the Crescent Nebula (NGC 6888), but I was having issues with the autofocus and discovered later that all of the images were out of focus.I tried to salvage it as...
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What I'm hearing about Hurricane Milton is making me anxious and I don't live anywhere close to Florida. Stay safe, everyone 💜(Update: I was operating on outdated info. Apparently Milton long ago left...
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Hey Euro friends! There might be some #aurora happening soon (now? next few hours?) in northern latitudes. Kp index is at 4 currently, but solar wind activity is increasing.Update: Kp now at 6.3
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Another Monday of me being not at all productive at work. Is it executive dysfunction, bad habits that keep me distracted, or am I just not interested in the work? It feels like more of the latter two...
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I know the nuanced take on this stuff is that weather and climate are complex things and it's hard to determine what to attribute to this particular monster storm, but it's kind of obvious Hurricane...
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I think the issue is that my brain has classified work as an "important, but not urgent" (IBNU) task. As in, yeah, I know I need to do my job, but my particular job is extremely unstructured and I work...
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Now that I think about it, all of the steps of my transition that I've been procrastinating on are also IBNU tasks. They would probably help me feel better, but there's no deadline to do any of them. I...
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Trying to explain to a friend that there's a very real difference between "very difficult/unlikely" and "impossible".Saying that a difficult problem is "impossible" is a choice about what you are...
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It's not worth it to you to make the investment of time/effort/resources it would take to achieve the goal? That's fine. That's your choice and there's nothing wrong with that. But don't tell me it's...
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Whenever people say "I don't have time to do X" that's almost never actually true. You could find the time if you cared enough. You could reprioritize things to open up more time, make sacrifices.It's...
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You can just be honest and say to yourself and others "I don't want to do that" or "that isn't worth it to me." No need to rationalize the task as "impossible" or list reasons why the thing can't be...
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Welp, a friend just told me they are detransitioning. They have a tendency to change their mind a lot, and have told me they are detransitioning before and quickly backed out of it, so I'm not sure if...
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I see this and I can't help but consider detransitioning myself. I feel terrible.
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The worst part about all of this is that I worry this decision won't make anything in their life better. Superficially easier, perhaps, but they won't be any more content. If anything, this might make...
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Now I'm swinging back around to feeling like I need to exist as a trans person for as long as possible simply out of spite.If living what I think is a morally righteous life, true to myself, means...
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Oh society hates me, huh? Thinks my existence is a perverse deviation that is preventing a better world from flourishing? Wants me to burn in a righteous, cleansing fire? Guess what, the feeling is...
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Heya, folks in North America! Are you awake right now? Is it clear enough to see the stars? GO THE FUCK OUTSIDE AND LOOK NORTH!!! THERE'S #AURORA HAPPENING!!!I only caught a short glimpse of a red...
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A reminder for anyone not yet acquainted with the ways of the #aurora: if you aren't sure of what you're seeing, take a pic with your phone using "night mode" (or whatever they call it) to get a long...
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I want to see aurora, but it's unlikely this far south, I have a camera set up, and I'm very eepy
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