Tim Binsley

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Dad, grandad, grumpy bugger. Bookworm and cinemaphile, interested in current affairs, politics and history. Owned by two dogs.
I'm now on mindly.social, but for some reason (probably my technical abilities!) I can't migrate my account. If you follow me here, please consider following me there instead, @BaronGreenbacks
Thanks!
Grrr. Trying to move my account to a new #server and it's not happening! Created an #alias on the new account but the old one can't find it. Anyone know if there's a waiting period after setting up a new account before I can migrate to it?
Does anyone know if there's a #directory of #mastodon #instances?
Night wir Francusco Ruivo💫💫💫
The local section of Mastodon is delightful. Find a server that is not too big and you have a small town to be a part of.
Mastodon is conceptually much better than Twitter. This is a fact

More than four centuries after the brilliant star explosion, this supernova remnant still shines! ✨

This composite image combines infrared and X-ray observations.

Credit: MPIA/NASA/Calar Alto Observatory

Orchids are still going strong, and are happily back outside in my New Orleans garden. #orchids #neworleans #flowers
📷 This NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope image shows DEM L 190, also known as LMC N49, the brightest supernova remnant in the Large Magellanic Cloud (a small satellite galaxy of our Milky Way) 👉 https://esahubble.org/images/potw2248a/
Revisiting a Celestial Fireworks Display

Revisiting a Celestial Fireworks Display

www.spacetelescope.org

#OnThisDay, 28 Nov 1967, PhD student Jocelyn Bell Burnell discovers the existence of pulsars.

Not included in the 1974 Nobel prize for the discovery, Bell received a £3m prize for her work in 2018. She's using it to set up a foundation to improve diversity in STEM.

#WomenInSTEM #Histodons #ScienceHistory

2020 and 2021 were very dark years for me as a nurse. But with my camera in hand, I found joy in the world around me again - the beauty of nature. There is a close competition in my heart of hearts for what is best soul food- the liquid gold of the sun breaking between clouds and the sound of rain.
#photography #sun #clouds #pnw