Michael Porter @MichaelPorter@qoto.org

When I turned 70, I thought, “Well, that’s it. I’ve had a great career, but it’s winding down.”
Boy, was I wrong. I found social media, and then a second wind at my sails in my 70s! I made my Broadway debut at 78, and I’ll make my London debut at 85.
Life is truly wonderful and magical.

If you’re in London, come see me in Allegiance starting in January. Tix here: https://allegiancemusical.com

HOT OLDER MEN in YOUR AREA want to know if YOU have been TOUCHING the THERMOSTAT.

Aurora borealis on Jupiter, imaged by the Hubble telescope on Sept 29, 2022.
See the odd, comet-like streak at right? That's the magnetic imprint of Jupiter's moon Io! Its volcanoes spew out fumes that create their own aurora display.
https://www.planetarylightshow.com/jupiter/prop_16193/v54-oef454vrq.html #space #Hubble

Heroin chic cannot be allowed to come back going into winter and a recession. We need meat on bones to survive this. It is time for Beef To The Heels chic, Fine Ball Of A Woman chic, She'd Go Boggin' On Soft Ground chic

This is a tiny piece of limestone but still an absolute favourite - a wee Loxonema gastropod sat on top of a bryozoan that is lying on a crinoid ossicle, which is on top of a brachiopod fragment! Rocks are awesome. 330 million years old from Fife, Scotland 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

Dreaming of carboniferous coal swamps 🌿 Alethopteris and Calamites from the Scottish Coal Measures of Fife 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

Figured I should explain this here in case folk are wondering why my finger is often in my photos - I have scale bars tattooed on my index fingers, the lines and dots are 5mm apart and they’re super useful for quick field photos 😅 Demonstrated here with some gorgeous crinoidal limestone from Fife 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

Finally got some more data of the Orion Nebula. This is about 60 min of data. Still observing, but I was too curious and started some processing while data capture continues.

Amazing how colorful this is, even without any filters and color compositing. #astrophotography

These striations were formed by the movement of an ice sheet that covered parts of Fife around 20000 years ago (which is actually very recent 😅). As a glacier flows it drags along sediment and other debris at its base, scouring and abrading the underlying bedrock.
The presence of cross-cutting striations indicates at least two different directions of glacial flow 🧊

to catch a train, first you must learn to think like a train

Firstly, I'd just like to say thank you to all the people who have liked, boosted and commented on my images, and to all the new followers I have. It's rather humbling. 😊

Today's shot comes from a magical day in the Scottish #Highlands, a few years ago, when I was photographing red squirrels.

These charming characters are incredibly agile and can jump great distances between trees.

Here I managed to capture one as it appears to be flying down my lens.

#redsquirrel #scotland #wildlife #fun

Lovely shot of the #Artemis1 Orion spacecraft from three days ago, with both its NASA & ESA logos in view on the European service module, & the Moon in the background.

Image taken by one of the highly-modified GoPro HERO4 Black cameras placed on the end of each of the four solar wings.

Rotated by 90° as done by ESA over on the bird site relative to the original from here: https://flic.kr/p/2o2iezg

(And yes, I know 🍆🤷‍♂️🙂)

#astrodon #spaceflight #photography

PLEASE READ & BOOST

#Ontario 's healthcare system is crumbling. Birdsite has created a real communication issue for our healthcare professionals.

@MedConnectON is a BOT designed to boost toots from medical professionals as a way for automatic info exchange in this time of crisis. (cr: @andryou)

We need collective action. We can no longer be passive bystanders in this war against our healthcare.

Instructions on how to join the professional network in the bio.

#MedConnectON #Ottawa #Toronto

1⃣You can catch #COVID19 multiple times
2⃣Reinfections & breakthrough infections are common
3⃣It can kill you months after recovery
4⃣It can cause brain damage, blood clots & heart attacks
5⃣It doesn’t spare kids
6⃣Vaccines help but only some
7⃣Masks work
https://open.substack.com/pub/jessicawildfire/p/you-may-be-early-but-youre-not-wrong?utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web

I’ve locked down my account again. Those who want to intimidate and insult endlessly can find someone else to troll. No, you didn’t “win” anything, you just harassed people who are working hard to keep your children out of hospital.

Take care, friends, colleagues. #ShabbatShalom

Macrostrat will tell you what's under your feet where you are. In great detail. I learned that an earthquake fault that I didn't know existed sits a couple of miles east of my house.

If you can use a map application to locate a destination, you won't have any trouble using Macrostrat.

#geology #EarthScience #Macrostrat #FunWithMaps

https://macrostrat.org/map/#x=16&y=23&z=2

🪱 Image and funny comment about parasitic worms

There is a large evil machine eating all the neighbors trash and only my dog’s diligent and vocal protection can save us now.