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Mike Brown does not X
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Mike Brown does not X
@plutokiller
Astronomer, planet hunter, Pluto killer, bear whisperer, finger-wrapped dad.
Not much here anymore. Try me at @plutokiller.com on bsky.app
- Hi this is my back yard RIGHT NOW and it's the only good thing this week.
00:00 - This just happened: my wife was outside doing a Zoom-with-friends Happy Hour. One of her friends said "there's... a bear behind you?" She turned around, and I started hearing the screaming from inside because there was a bear Zoom bombing right behind her.
- I was just thinking it was a nice morning for a swim but I was beat to it. Should I bring him drinks?
- I am delighted to report that "is Pluto a planet?" is no longer the most tedious question in astronomy, as that honor has now been taken by "was 'Oumuamua an alien spaceship?" Conveniently, the answer to both is the same.
- A thread for Californian voters out there: You, like me, got your recall ballot in the mail a few weeks ago. Like me, you might be "meaning to get around to mailing it in any day now." This ballot matters. Let's do it today. First, go find it. It looks something like this.
- Everyone looking at the moon right now and seeing it bathed in red I want you to realize that if you were standing on the moon right now looking this way you would see the Earth circled by a ring of sunset.
- Asked my daughter to take out the trash. She walked outside, and then came back inside, nervously laughing. Me: why do you still have the trash in your hand? Her:
- 12 yr old Lilah this morning: Daddy i LOVE this dress it has POCKETS. Why do dresses not normally have POCKETS? me: OMG, I think it is finally time for me to introduce you to every single woman I follow on twitter. These are your people.
- Replying to @plutokillerNot the best screen shot. But one of her friends caught the bear meandering away. She was sitting right there with the comfy pillows BTW. Pre-bear.
- Replying to @plutokillerShe=my wife, sat by the pillows. The bear was unclear on socially distancing protocols and never really sat.
- Weekly PSA: no, in fact the earth is NOT going to be destroyed by [fill in crazy thing seen on internet here] next week. Thanks for asking.
