Christian Fröschlin
Amateur astronomer from urban 15th floor balcony. Celestron 8" / Lunt 40 / Galileoscope. Software developer. Image processing / HALCON. Fledgling skeptic. He/him.
- Reposted by Christian FröschlinI'm glad Dr Todd and Prof Callard remind us right at the start of their article that the Sullivan Review was commissioned as part of the Conservative Party's "Kicking Woke Ideology Out of Science" programme. A strong and stable grounding for policy-based evidence-making.
- Reposted by Christian FröschlinRobert Kennedy killed another child ~ New Mexico warns against consuming raw milk after newborn dies from listeria www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...
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- Mostly cloudy with a chance of fireballs: Small probability of reentry event over Netherlands around 14:20 +/- 10 min local time with path through zenith.
- Reposted by Christian FröschlinFor the 40th anniversary, I interviewed six Black journalists who covered it in some capacity. BTW, the PPD dropped the bømb from a PA state helicopter. www.phillytrib.com/news/local_n...
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- Reposted by Christian FröschlinI didn’t realise things were this bad - 30% cuts are disastrous. This will kill all prospects of the UK being a science superpower since astro is a gateway to science for many. @teamlabouruk.bsky.social @rushanaraalibgs.bsky.social this needs fixing urgently.
- The Royal Astronomical Society is gravely concerned at the drastic cuts to support for UK astronomy outlined by the Science and Technology Facilities Council. Read our statement 👉 ras.ac.uk/news-and-pre...
- Reposted by Christian Fröschlini have just gotten off a productive call with sauron where i laid out our requests - nazgul bodycams - morgul knife must remain sheathed unless suspect is determined to be carrying the one ring - shelob will be the new point of contact
- Lol I have been playing this expontial growth clicker type game called Antimatter Dimensions which just expands into new layers every time you think you finish it but unlocking an entire new scripting language after 106 days to automate your game play really takes the cake 😭
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- Reposted by Christian FröschlinYou may’ve seen coverage of a new report on the threat to national security from environmental collapse. A common response that’s got my goat is: “Look, it’s not just tree-hugging enviros saying this, it’s hard-nosed spooks!” A short thread on why this framing is bad history & bad politics🧵😡😉
- Reposted by Christian FröschlinI have been actively involved in protest movements for 24 years. I have never seen anything approaching this scale. Minneapolis is not accepting what's happening here. ICE fucking murdered a woman for participating in this, and all that did is bring out more people, from more walks of life.
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- Reposted by Christian Fröschlin'Bathed In Light' 1,899 images by Nichole Ayers are repaired, remastered & retimed to create this beautiful 4k UHD 3x real time video with an exquisite soundtrack by Andreas Vollenweider. youtu.be/fOLwwADo1V0 You wanna give this at least 40 seconds...
- That was intense
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- Reposted by Christian FröschlinDr. Gladys West, the pioneering mathematician whose work laid the foundation for modern GPS technology, has died. She was 95.
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- Reposted by Christian FröschlinThis is literally what I've been writing and podcasting about for years. I was planning to do an essay on this, but here's a 🧵. The main reason is psychology. Due to personal, family, and cultural histories, some people are inherently scared of the world.
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- Reposted by Christian FröschlinOver halfway through with this new #embroidery.
- Reposted by Christian Fröschlinthis is the sickest shit ive ever seen
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- Reposted by Christian FröschlinPortugal is having a presidential election tomorrow (Sunday). It is a fairly unusual one, which is representative of how much the political landscape has changed in the country. Here is some quick context about it, in case that is of interest: 1/9
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- Reposted by Christian Fröschlinsince it's behind a paywall now, I wanted to share this graph from "How Trump 2.0 is slashing NIH-backed research — in charts" (Nature, April 2025). Say it with me: the anti-trans/LGBTQ+ movement is an anti-science movement: [article sans figs can be read here: web.archive.org/web/20250501... ]
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- Quoted post captures a rare Callisto transit that can only occur when Earth is near a #Jupiter ring plane crossing about every 6 years. To top it off this one occurred close to opposition so the moon and the shadow are both in the image apparently "touching". skyandtelescope.org/astronomy-ne...
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- Reposted by Christian FröschlinThis is such a cool finding--the oldest direct evidence of poisoned arrows. Poisoned hunting weapons were a game-changing innovation for our ancestors. Absolutely incredible that researchers found traces of plant toxins on these tiny arrowheads from 60,000 ago 🤯🏹 🧪
- Reposted by Christian FröschlinBREAKING: ICE killed a Minnesota woman in broad daylight & there must be accountability. But when I moved to subpoena all records & footage related to this murder, Republicans voted it down. They've never cared about law & order or keeping our communities safe.
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- Reposted by Christian FröschlinSince posting this 2025 year-long keogram, there have been quite a few questions asking how it was created and what is visible. In this thread I'll try to explain how it all works.
- Reposted by Christian FröschlinHappy new year! My all sky camera imaged the sky every 15 seconds and this picture shows what happened in the sky in 2025. It shows the length of the night and day with the hourglass shape, the monthly lunar cycle with the diagonal bands, the elevation of the Sun at local noon, and lots of clouds.
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- Reposted by Christian FröschlinAnother post from a Venezuelan friend:
- Reposted by Christian Fröschlin20% of the entire world's oil. But here's the part that matters: Venezuela was actively selling that oil in Chinese yuan. Not dollars. In 2018, Venezuela announced it would "free itself from the dollar." They started accepting yuan, euros, rubles, anything BUT dollars for oil 3/
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- Reposted by Christian FröschlinI feel like I haven’t even been properly lied to about the purposes of this war
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