astronomer, telescope wrangler, grizzled pythonista, bluesky boomerhttps://bsky.app/profile/tepickering.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/tepickering.bsky.social/post/3muphojogus2ione thing it got right: i am definitely not southern….04 Sep 2026 17:15 +0000at://did:plc:b56gauuwcha6mqe5nmbcfdnb/app.bsky.feed.post/3muphojogus2ihttps://bsky.app/profile/tepickering.bsky.social/post/3mun2bjqbjs2h [contains quote post or other embedded content]03 Sep 2026 18:09 +0000at://did:plc:b56gauuwcha6mqe5nmbcfdnb/app.bsky.feed.post/3mun2bjqbjs2hhttps://bsky.app/profile/tepickering.bsky.social/post/3muizcqfwcs2wi found myself dealing with way too many spectra (@toomanyspectra.bsky.social knows the feeling) so i wrote a command-line tool to help quickly look at them and do simple analysis. as a bonus, it looks like xgterm and acts like IRAF's splot: https://github.com/tepickering/specterm1d02 Sep 2026 03:42 +0000at://did:plc:b56gauuwcha6mqe5nmbcfdnb/app.bsky.feed.post/3muizcqfwcs2whttps://bsky.app/profile/tepickering.bsky.social/post/3mtuimt2hgs2nsince this has been going around, i might as well join. i classified "passed through" as not having overnighted, "stayed a while" as having stayed 3+ consecutive nights, and "lived there" as spending a month+ and having received mail there. e.g. stayed in NM a month+, but no mailing address.24 Aug 2026 23:50 +0000at://did:plc:b56gauuwcha6mqe5nmbcfdnb/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtuimt2hgs2nhttps://bsky.app/profile/tepickering.bsky.social/post/3mtsmmkhznc27Make a band bigger: They Are Definitely Giants [contains quote post or other embedded content]24 Aug 2026 05:56 +0000at://did:plc:b56gauuwcha6mqe5nmbcfdnb/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtsmmkhznc27https://bsky.app/profile/tepickering.bsky.social/post/3mszorepmns2yIntroduce yourself as what almost killed you. Boulder, CO (multiple times) [contains quote post or other embedded content]14 Aug 2026 07:58 +0000at://did:plc:b56gauuwcha6mqe5nmbcfdnb/app.bsky.feed.post/3mszorepmns2yhttps://bsky.app/profile/tepickering.bsky.social/post/3mseywwj5lk2ggalaga (1981)06 Aug 2026 02:34 +0000at://did:plc:b56gauuwcha6mqe5nmbcfdnb/app.bsky.feed.post/3mseywwj5lk2ghttps://bsky.app/profile/tepickering.bsky.social/post/3mscjnmd7v226as a registered purple midwest state voter, i do prefer DSA-aligned candidates like AES and francesca. however, i am haunted by 2022 where a decisive number of voters either voted for both tony evers and ron johnson (🤮) or voted evers and did not cast a senate vote....05 Aug 2026 02:55 +0000at://did:plc:b56gauuwcha6mqe5nmbcfdnb/app.bsky.feed.post/3mscjnmd7v226https://bsky.app/profile/tepickering.bsky.social/post/3msciemwskk2si mean, 40 years ago green bay, wi didn't even have a taco bell. now, i walk two blocks from my brother's house to a fantastic carniceria and place my order for quesabirria en español. that is mathematically an infinite improvement... [contains quote post or other embedded content]05 Aug 2026 02:32 +0000at://did:plc:b56gauuwcha6mqe5nmbcfdnb/app.bsky.feed.post/3msciemwskk2shttps://bsky.app/profile/tepickering.bsky.social/post/3ms7ea2opbk2rif you see this, quote the energy you bring to Bluesky [contains quote post or other embedded content]03 Aug 2026 20:40 +0000at://did:plc:b56gauuwcha6mqe5nmbcfdnb/app.bsky.feed.post/3ms7ea2opbk2rhttps://bsky.app/profile/tepickering.bsky.social/post/3mrlrqomrxk2nPost a perfect album from the 90s that isn't Nirvana, Soundgarden, Pearl Jam, or Alice in Chains. [contains quote post or other embedded content]27 Jul 2026 01:49 +0000at://did:plc:b56gauuwcha6mqe5nmbcfdnb/app.bsky.feed.post/3mrlrqomrxk2nhttps://bsky.app/profile/tepickering.bsky.social/post/3mqvesnxuxk2e*alaska version [contains quote post or other embedded content]18 Jul 2026 03:58 +0000at://did:plc:b56gauuwcha6mqe5nmbcfdnb/app.bsky.feed.post/3mqvesnxuxk2ehttps://bsky.app/profile/tepickering.bsky.social/post/3mqsf3vq2lc2rno trip to green bay is complete without a stop at jake’s for some tavern style, square-cut pizza16 Jul 2026 23:26 +0000at://did:plc:b56gauuwcha6mqe5nmbcfdnb/app.bsky.feed.post/3mqsf3vq2lc2rhttps://bsky.app/profile/tepickering.bsky.social/post/3mqikrf3ois26classic minnesota nice response. [contains quote post or other embedded content]13 Jul 2026 01:40 +0000at://did:plc:b56gauuwcha6mqe5nmbcfdnb/app.bsky.feed.post/3mqikrf3ois26https://bsky.app/profile/tepickering.bsky.social/post/3mqhudhe6yc2gdefinitely click through to the article for the full context. this happened at the campground we stayed at a few weeks ago. i saw a lot of people do really dumb things around bison, but this really looks like combo of wrong place, wrong time, wrong bison. [contains quote post or other embedded content]12 Jul 2026 18:59 +0000at://did:plc:b56gauuwcha6mqe5nmbcfdnb/app.bsky.feed.post/3mqhudhe6yc2g