Redshift ❌👑

@redshift42.bsky.social

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If I didn't have to spend so much time trying to save the world I'd mostly be posting about space, sf, rabbits, and random other stuff. #NoKings

A medium-sized woodchuck standing in front of a wooden fence, in a flower bed empty except for some tasty weeds.
A young robin sits on a tree branch, body oriented toward the camera but with its head turned to the side to watch with one eye. It has a red-brown breast with details of feathers visible. Its beak is yellow, and the other visible feathers are mostly black. There is green grass in the background.
Fry from Futurama running though flames to get more coffee
A screenshot from the Merlin Bird ID app birdsong identification screen, showing eight identified bird calls, all of which are actually one mockingbird imitating different wind birds.
A group of protesters at a sidewalk No Kings rally, holding signs, American flags, and a banner. One is dressed in an inflatable frog costume.
Stills of a dimly lit scene from Apocalypse Now, with Col. Kurtz asking "are my methods unsound?" and Willard answering "I don't see any method at all, sir."
Tan stone wall of the US Justice Department headquarters, with an inscription carved above a window reading "Where Law Ends, Tyranny Begins."
Photo of smiling Jeffrey Epstein and Donald Trump together, with text "One Month since Deadline to Release Epstein Files, DOJ still has only Release 1%"
Protest on a bridge overpass over the Beltway. Protesters with American flags and anti-ICE signs with cars passing on the highway underneath.
A crowd of protesters on a pedestrian bridge, many with American flags and anti-ICE signs
A tin of Christmas cookies decorated with green and red sugar, shaped like wreaths, stars, trees and Santa.
Tall blue, grey and white shorebird (grey blue heron) standing on concrete near large rocks, with water in the background reflecting green trees and a cloudy sky.
Photo of Arizona representative-elect Adelita Grijalva with text demanding that she be sworn in and take her seat in Congress
A figure in a Grim Reaper costume and sandals marching down the middle of a street. In the background are a variety of other protesters bearing signs and flags.
Screenshot of Sinclair Media's sponsor page, which ran for five minutes at the top of the hour after a rerun of local news replaced the first half of Kimmel.
Promotional poster for Voter Registration Day, September 16. Join at https://win.dnc.org/voterreg
A flyer posted on a lamppost calls national guard troops "Trump's You Soldiers" and urges them to disobey illegal orders
Orange-red nearly full moon against a dark sky
"The Worst Person You Know Just Made A Great Point" meme from ClickHole
A white cloud-like wisp in the shape of a curlicue against a dark night sky
Scene from the classic Monty Python "argument clinic" sketch. Two men in black suits in an office, one seated behind a desk and the other coming through the door. Text of their conversation: "Look, I came in for an argument!" "Oh, I'm sorry, this is abuse. You want 12A, next door."
A great blue heron standing in a stream with it's reflection below, a rocky shore with green shrubs in the background
Protester in a black coat, NASA hat, and solar eclipse t-shirt holding a sign reading "No one voted against cutting cancer" with the Washington Monument and a blue sky in the background
Protesters with signs and flags on a pedestrian walkway over a highway
Protesters with signs and American flags gathered on a pedestrian walkway over a highway
Motto inscribed on the Justice Department headquarters reading "Where Law Ends, Tyranny Begins."
Members of many unions gathered in DC to protest the detention of SEIU California President David Huerta and heavy-handed ICE raids
Drowning in a sea of digital noise? Wonder why? It’s no accident. Our attention is hacked by Big Tech and exploited by the White House. Profit drives stunts that cost us our mental health…and our democracy. We DO have power to change this! Let’s uplift truth, not feed the outrage.
Elon Musk "I am stealing from you" poster by street artist Absurdly Well. Red background with black print and a drawing if Musk's face.
A crowd of protesters with signs at the base of the Washington Monument. There is a circle of American flags around the monument, and the sky is cloudy.
Washington Capitals players crowd around Alex Ovechkin after his record-tying goal
Classic scene from WKRP In Cincinnati, two disheveled radio reporters with scattered feathers in their clothes. Caption: As God is my witness, I thought turkeys could fly
A group of pig-human hybrid monsters from Doctor Who, in an elevator
A protester in a black coat and a NASA ball cap, wearing a 2024 Eclipse t-shirt and holding a sign reading "No one voted against curing cancer." In the background are trees, blue sky, and the Washington Monument. Also back there somewhere in the distance are the idiots who are destroying lifesaving research and basic science that will expand our knowledge and fuel the technologies of tomorrow.
The crowd of people at a pro-science rally, mostly seen from behind, some holding signs and flags, with the Lincoln Memorial in the background.
A group of about thirty people in winter coats, standing in an office building lobby, many holding signs opposing Elon Musk, Trump spending cuts, and oligarchy.
Reps Gerry Connelly, Don Beyer, and Sen. Chris Van Hollen at a podium in front of the Ronald Reagan Building where USAID is headquartered, with supporters with signs and American flags in the background.
A full moon, yellow-orange from being near the horizon, rising through the pale pink sky. In the foreground are trees, a blue roof, and a grey and white privacy fence.
Cartoon pilot Roger Ramjet, a large-jawed figure with red hair, dressed in a white jumpsuit and white helmet each with a winged insignia and red boots and gloves and a blue cape. He holds an "energy pill." Behind him three blue jets streak from left to right.
A line of people outside a school building in the dark
2024 "I voted" sticker featuring the presidential seal
"I Voted 2024" sticker with the presidential seal in the background
A sweetgum tree sapling in mulch with a fence around it, with grass and a stone building wall in the background. A sign in the fence explains that it is an Artemis Moon Tree, grown from a seed that was flown around the Moon.
A wooden walkway on a suspension bridge with stone towers and crisscrossing cables all around. In the foreground, several people in summer clothes are walking, and many more further away. In the background are skyscrapers and a blue sky with few clouds.
A faint image of Comet Tsuchinshan-ATLAS low in a blue-to-black sky with trees in the foreground and a few scattered stars visible.
Paul and Storm performing on a colorfully-lit stage at the Ram's Head in Annapolis
Celebratory image from Bluesky announcing that this user joined in 09/23/2023 and was user #1,154,315
VP Harris speaking at a podium at an event in Washington DC. Blue lighting and a jumbotron visible in the background.
A muted calico cat rolling on her back to show her white belly, on a Persian rug
Quote from VP nominee JD Vance from Trump's campaign saying "Mr. Trump is unfit for our nation's highest office," with a black and white photograph of Vance underneath.
A flying great blue heron, silhouetted against gray clouds.
Four all-black lionhead rabbits in a pile
Scene from the film "Liar, Liar" where Jim Carrey's defense lawyer character responds to a repeat client's request for legal advice with "stop breaking the law, asshole!"