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No despair.
In history,
tyrants
always
fall.
Think of it.
Always.
In history,
tyrants
always
fall.
Think of it.
Always.
Whatever
you are,
be a
good one
RESISTANCE
IS NOT
FUTILE!
RESISTANCE
IS
DUTY!
Don\'t be a
Good German.
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RESIST!!
TRANS
RIGHTS
ARE
HUMAN
RIGHTS
Check out
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on Grovelbot's
Big Board!
all the stickies
on Grovelbot's
Big Board!
took a break form my political rage to use a telescope on teh crab nebula
The Crab Nebula also known as M1 .
In 1054 Native American and Chinese astronomers recorded seeing a new star in the sky. It was actually a star going supernova. The star is about 6500 light years from earth. In 1928 a US astronomer named edwin hubble (same guy teh telescope is named for) connected a nebula he observed to teh supernova.
Astronomers have since discovered teh remains of teh star that blew up as a rapidly rotating neutron star called a pulsar. It rotates about 30 times second. . The neutron star itself is only about 15 miles or so in diameter but has a mass of 1.5-2.5 the sun
this is 5 hours of exposure in my backyard
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TY for sharing!
Thank you for sharing. We need a little beauty in our lives right now. 
