Douglas Long

@minimillian.bsky.social

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Staff Scientist @ STScI All posts are my own. (Seriously, who else would want to take credit for this nonsense?) ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2508-9211

The original starship Enterprise flying over a planet with a moon in the background. Yellow text says “Star Wars is Better”
Title page of The Edge of Space-Time by Chanda Prescod-Weinstein with the author’s signature and a Loyalty Bookstore bookmark.
Text of original skeet with the words ‘cooking’ and ‘in a rice cooker’ crudely blacked out
A 1940’s ad for Walt Disney’s Donald Duck in “Der Fuehrer’s Face”. A small Donald Duck hits a large Adolph Hitler in his left eye with a tomato. Red text at the top reads “Here’s the PICTURE from which the SONG SENSATION was taken!”
The Empire Strikes Back for the Atari 2600
The character Jack Barker from tv show Silicon Valley confidently saying, “Pied Piper’s product is its stock.”
A small black kitten with large white paws scrambling to the top of a red couch.
A variation on the "This is Fine" meme. In panel 1 an orange dog wearing a tan hat sits on a chair next to a table with a mug. There are large flames all around the room and visible in a rear doorway. Dark smoke covers the ceiling. A NASA logo has been added to the mug. Panel 2 is a close up of panel 1, with the dog now smiling and saying via a text balloon, "Embrace the challenge!"
Cartman from South Park with a hand puppet that looks like a woman. Behind him is a yellow field with a pattern of small red stars. The text is styled like an old music video and reads, ‘ Jennifer Lopez “Taco-Flavored Kisses” ‘
From Joseph Allen: “Now economists know how scientists felt when he said “inject bleach”.”
Luke skywalker, in stormtrooper armor, his hair wet and dripping, up to his neck in wet garbage. He is shouting into a hand-held comlink.
A sign with a light tan background. Translucent background images show a painting of General George Washington astride a white horse brandishing a saber, a photograph of General Ulysses Grant standing outside a tent, and General Dwight Eisenhower standing amidst bombed buildings. Foreground text in blue reads, "NO Kings. NO Slaves. NO Nazis." Below that foreground text in red italics says, "NO EXCEPTIONS."
President Donald Trump made to look like a clown since he is speaking like a clown
A page from The Dynamic Universe, Third Edition by Theodore P. Snow describing techniques to detect other solar systems, if they exist.
A takeout box of poutine- a Canadian dish of french fries, cheese curds, and gravy.
A cartoon dwarf covering his nose saying, "All the halls within must be filled with his foul reek."
A cartoon emoji of General Leia Organa
The cratered summit of Mount Saint Helens showing noticeable water erosion under a clear blue sky.
Milo Oblong looking concerned. His t-shirt simply reads “No.”
@merriam-webster.com: “Take a screenshot of this GIF, and whichever new word you land on is YOUR word for 2025.” The word shown in the screenshot is “mythical”.
JWST ‘under’ Earth just after launch
White N7 on a black background. From the Mass Effect video game series.
A wizard smoking beside a bed
1952 Eisenhower campaign button with a black and white photo of the candidate and the slogan “I Like Ike”
A comet in the orange glow of setting sun above a dark line of trees
A large black and white cat completely blocking the open end of a large box
Cover of “Superman at Fifty!” showing the hero examining his reflection in a mirror
Purple aurora borealis over house, trees, and a river north of Baltimore, Maryland
Text reads “Am I a Muppet or am I a man? If I’m a man that makes me a Muppet of a man.”
Depeche Mode with tucked-in jumpers and baggy pants c. 1982