OT WE 17 DEC ~ Colorful Nature
Submitted by QMS on Wed, 12/17/2025 - 5:00am
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Photographers Around the World Capture Astonishing Auroras During the Solar Maximum
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Giulio Cobianchi, “Essence of the Arctic Night.”
https://www.thisiscolossal.com/2025/12/capture-the-atlas-northern-lights...
Roi Levi, “Corona Blast Aurora Geomagnetic Storm”
The Colossal link is highly recommended. Too many images to include here.
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Mother Maybelle Carter, Doc Watson, Earl Scruggs, Nitty Gritty Dirt Band, et.al
OK, open thread, so have at it.
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Hey, good morning
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one of the eye poppers in todays headlines
involves the didjit-in-chief (a self-involved narcissist)
proclaiming VZ pirated oil is stolen. No kidding. So who
stole it, I wonder? Could it be the US? Yes.
The other is the announcement that trumpets chief of staff Susie Wiles
has been fired for having the temerity to describe the crimes
of the present executive branch in realistic terms. Oops. The CEO
of the MIC's fee-fees have been bruised. Vanity Fair interviewed her
on about 12 occasions and has published the results. Oh well.
https://newrepublic.com/post/204481/susie-wiles-criticizes-trump-team
How are things in your orbit?
Zionism is a social disease
Another day, another mass shooting
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Here in little RI, a local university (Brown) played host to
another shooter. But don't worry, the FBI is on the case.
Zionism is a social disease
Some MIT nuclear prof was killed later
...after the Brown episode.
The Space X launch is due any minute now but it's overcast. Caught the Atlas V the previous morning. BBL. Thanks for the OT Q!
Space X live feed
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rcmwiYqbr7M
語必忠信 行必正直
So if people are part of nature
then certainly capitalism is also part of nature.
Perhaps we could say that capitalism is like a fire -- it creates a lot of energy and in the end it burns everything down. Maybe something will grow out of the ashes. But metaphors are inexact.
Certainly, in the geological scale of things, capitalism is a one-off phenomenon. In the same way, the big rock which collided with the Yucatan Peninsula 66 million years ago, leading to the extinction of the non-avian dinosaurs, was also a one-off phenomenon.
The Milky Way is probably full of dead alien civilizations, according to physicists
"It hasn't been okay to be smart in the United States for centuries" -- Frank Zappa
Good morning...
Thanks for the Auroras! Will check out your link.
All driven by solar activity interacting with Earth's magnetic field. Forms of aurora: Arcs, curtains, corona and more
Hope everyone has a good day! Thanks for the OT.
“Until justice rolls down like water and righteousness like a mighty stream.”