RJ Stessman

@turn2thecosmos.bsky.social

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Posts of astrophotography, ISU Cyclone sports, catitude, cycling or beautiful landscapes may occasionally pop up here. Birder, bluebirder, cat Dad, and unapologetic tree hugger. DIY audio nut and would-be craftsman. Retired.

A humpback whale dives between boatbound onlookers and seagulls in beautiful blue waters near Juneau, AK
The album cover of Trace, by Son Volt.
A lone purple coneflower stands amid a sea of black-eyed susan.
A particularly fierce looking red-tailed hawk perches an a residential deck railing, in the mood for food.
Map of Iowa's concentration of CAFOs overlaid with major watersheds.
Eastern Black Swallowtail butterfly on an ironweed bloom.
A tiny fly seems tangled up in the blue of a spiderwort blossom.
A vista of assorted prairie grasses and blooms provide a foreground for the Midwestern summer sky.
Kids pulling corn tassels.
A large black cat rest his chin on the arm of the chair where he is perched.
Flag violation in the WH?
A sign of the failure of Mike Naig, Kim Reynolds and the Iowa Republican legislature.
An outdoor squirrel performs for 3 indoor cats.
Bright clouds in the night sky reflecting back city lights. Des Moines is failing the light pollution test.
Venus, Jupiter and Pollux in the western sky.
Tyrese Halliburton is a god.
Zach Lahn says he would pull all COVID shots off the market in Iowa — and end all childhood vaccine requirements connected to enrollment in Iowa schools. “We cannot trust the medical establishment in Iowa anymore. They have lost our trust,” Lahn said, getting applause and whistles from the crowd, “and they have done nothing to earn it back.”
Jupiter and Venus on 6/5.
Jupiter and Venus are getting closer together every night in the west after sunset.
A backlit distant thunderstorm.
Backlit thunderheads.
Ex-US Rep. Steve King sporting a Confederate flag on his desk.
A map of completed, under construction and proposed data parasites centered on Iowa.
Average yearly Bad Ozone Days.
Orange-haired tub o' goo on an industrial scale.
Anti-science crusader displays his lunch.
Four cats within three feet of an open door.
Low Energy DJT and accomplices.
odi Steyer announces retirement from Cyclone WBB.
Six hours of star trails captured from my suburban backyard with one fireball meteor partially captured on the bottom left edge.
The Integrity capsule from the Artemis II mission splasheds down on target in the Pacific Ocean off the California coast.
Per sources: The Women's team met with Pollard and he basically said that they're cutting their NIL because they're not a revenue sport and they need more money for football and men's basketball because they drive the wagon.