Misty Bentz
@astronomisty.bsky.social
Astronomer and Professor at Georgia State University. She/Her. Big fan of black holes, cats, and cross-stitch. Seestar smart telescope enthusiast. Novice gardener with a penchant for native plants.
Oct. 1, 1847, Nantucket (MA). That evening, 29-year-old #MariaMitchell went to the roof of their home above the Pacific Bank. With a small 2-inch telescope she spotted a fuzzy object 5° above Polaris, the North Star. It wasn't on the charts. It was moving. A telescopic #comet. 🔭🧪⚛️ #HistSci
Nereide@drnereide.bsky.social · last yr.#OTD in 1818, Maria Mitchell was born. She was the first professional female astronomer in the U.S. On 1 Oct 1847 she discovered a comet, later known as "Miss Mitchell's Comet" in her honor (today named C/1847 T1). Image: H. B. Dassel portrait of Maria Mitchell, ca. 1851 Public D. 🔭 🧪 #HistSci
Omigod, this is the most heartwarming story possible! Backpack (bear 89) is the son of the 2019 winner of Fat Bear Week, Holly (bear 435). In 2007, he injured his foot & a practice of riding on momma's Holly's back had a new meaning: he was mobility-restricted while it healed. So Holly moved him.
Alaska Public Media@alaskapublic.org · 6d agoMeet Backpack, your 2026 Fat Bear Week champion. Backpack is 20 years old, weighs about 1,000 pounds and got his nickname because, as a cub, he loved riding on his mom's back across the Brooks River.
Meet Trent! This poor boy was left behind by his owners and desperately needs someone to foster him. Trent is spending his days locked in a cage, with someone simply stopping by to give him food and water. If you can help, please contact Stray Cat Central in PA. www.facebook.com/share/1J1gjT...
I keep encountering people describing text generators being used to "review" research proposals and papers submitted to journals. There is no way to do that and simultaneously fulfill the obligation to keep the contents of proposals and papers confidential.
After a long day at the aquarium, the otters help tidy their toys away. Payment is made promptly and entirely in ice cubes.
On this day 12 and a half years ago I saw the coolest ever iceberg. Never seen one like it since. Fellsfjara, Jökulsárlón, #Iceland
Hey, I know her! Not quite sure how I feel about being included in The Space Junk Issue, though! 😂 🔭
The best way to console ourselves about the international shit sandwich buffet that we will have to consume in the coming years is to build out a massive train network, provide health care to all, and take out our aggressions on the billionaires.
In conclusion: ballot fraud only works when we sit there with a dumb look on our face & let it happen. Here's the best tool for stopping it:
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Does anyone else remember this movie? We recorded it off the TV and my sister and I watched it all the time until our older brother taped over it one day. I just found it on Amazon Prime. Somehow I still remember every scene… www.imdb.com/title/tt0119...
Based upon their documented behavior over the past few years, the tech industry is less afraid of the potential ramifications of Artificial Superintelligence than they are of Lina Khan.
We asked our animal care staff to recreate photos of the animals they take care of. How do you think they did? 👀
Husband cleaning out the glove compartment of his car and just found a Bed Bath and Beyond coupon that “expired” in 2018. Those coupons never expired and we always kept a stash in both cars, but I guess they really have truly expired now. :( Thanks private equity! 🤮
Farewell to costume designer Bob Mackie, a designer of spectacular gowns for great divas, but also the creator of perhaps the greatest costume sight gag in history.
I spotted a bumblebee sleeping among a cluster of blue mistflower blossoms and a nice large turkey tail mushroom while I was weeding this morning 🌱 🐝 🌺 🍄 #nativeplants
Just look at this adult female Harpy Eagle ... Absolutely beautiful‼️🤯
Shhhh, Pierce Brosnan. Less singing, more smiling. #MammaMia
If you made software not intended to kill everyone and now you think it might kill everyone that sounds like a product liability issue. You should go fix it and stop bothering me
Ridding my yard of invasive plants and rewilding with #nativeplants for my neighbor creatures
Karen Attiah@karenattiah.bsky.social · 4w agoWhat are you doing with your midlife existential crisis? No wrong answers. Just trying to see something, as the kids say.
A beautiful little friend that I met today 🦋 Possibly a red-spotted purple (?)
All finished! About 33”x33” with two rounds of single crochet around the edge. 🧶 In the wash now and then delivery tomorrow.
Misty Bentz@astronomisty.bsky.social · 4w agoHalfway done. Just started skein 4/6. My yarn bowl (by @amyraehill.bsky.social) is the perfect size for these skeins and just the right amount of resistance when pulling from the center
Over the past three years, I have been removing invasive plants and mostly adding #nativeplants for the wildlife. But every so often I find something I want for me. And since I’m doing all the work… Meet my Cretaceous Garden! 🌱 (1/6)
