Accelerationista
@accelerationista
I like to go fast. Moved to Boston in 1976 to attend MIT. Decided this was home. The Cradle of Liberty. Retired software engineer. Some of my software flew on the Space Shuttle. Motorcyclist, photographer, hacker, reader of all kinds of things.
M13, Hercules Globular Cluster, captured June 25th, 2026 in Boston from our East lawn using my Vespera Pro smart telescope. The Light Pollution filter was installed, but the dark frame was not in use. Native stacking. #boston #photography #astrophotography
M104, The Sombrero Galaxy, captured June 14th in Truro, MA using my Vespera Pro smart telescope. #truro #photography #astrophotography
T Coronae Borealis, in center, captured June 14th, 2026 on Truro, MA using my Vespera Pro smart telescope. #truro #photography #astrophotography
M51, the Spiral Galaxy, captured in Truro, MA on June 12, 2026 with my Vespera Pro smart telescope. #truro #photography #astrophography
I'm going to repeat this: "significantly outperforming actual human participants" Put that in your pipe and smoke it.
Here is a view of the full rainbow. 🌈 Pretty nice Pride sign! #photography #Boston
After last night’s rainstorm, a lovely rainbow appeared over Brighton. #photography #Boston
A second view of the rabbit. #photography. I hope the Rabbit Scram works to protect the sunflowers 🌻
Kevin Bacon and his family on stage after the screening of “Family Film” answering questions. One of their influences was Serial Mom. Shout out to John Waters! #PIFF2026 #provincetown
A short clip of Kevin Bacon and his wife Kyra Sedgwick as she introduces their new horror / comedy movie “Family Film”. #PIFF2026 #provincetown
A bakery clerk serves a patron a cookie. The Nut House, Whaler’s Wharf, Commercial Street, Provincetown, MA. You can faintly see my skeleton jacket reflected in the window. #PIFF2026 #photography #streetphotography #provincetown
The Nut House bakery at the front of Whaler’s Wharf on Commercial Street in Provincetown, MA. #PIFF2026 #photography #streetphotography #provincetown
Gifford House / Sailors Welcome! #PIFF2026 #photography #streetphotography #provencetown
Tin Pan Alley restaurant on Commercial Street in Provincetown, MA. It is starting to be dusk. #PIFF2026 #photography #streetphotography #provincetown
An Art Gallery is nestled along a path away from Commercial Street in Provincetown. #PIFF2026 #photography #streetphotography #provincetown
On the beach behind Whaler’s Wharf. #PIFF2026 #photography #streetphotography #provincetown
Close up of the broken down piano on the beach in back of Whaler’s Wharf. My husband Paul tells me it has been there since last summer. It don’t think it is in tune anymore. #PIFF2026 #provincetown #photography #streetphotography
Folks on the beach behind Whaler’s Wharf, “playing” a broken down piano left on the sand. Everyone is having fun. #PIFF2026 #photography #streetphotography #provencetown
Drop your pants / kilt, Centerfold posters surround a penny smashing machine in the rebuilt Whaler’s Wharf. #PIFF2026 #photography #streetphotography #provincetown
Dude loved my skelly jacket so much he modeled it. #PIFF2026 #photography #streetphotography
First night in Provincetown for the film festival. #photography
At the eye doctor and I noticed this Yamaha MT 09. Along with my ride, a Zero FTX. #motosky
Earth is really looming large is what is probably my final capture from the Orion capsule; we are going to a concert! Look at that atmosphere. The continents and oceans are clearly visible. #Artemis #NASA #Spaceflight
This is a direct solar panel camera view of the Moon, taken from a camera on the opposite side of the spacecraft. #Artemis #NASA #Spaceflight
Synthetic image of Orion capsule looking back on the Moon, taken shortly after the images just posted above of the Earth. The use of the synthetic view is flagged by the yellow dot on the spacecraft graphic at lower right. #Artemis #NASA #Spaceflight
Another view of Earth from a different Orion solar panel camera. Which camera is being used is indicated by the spaceship graphic at the lower right. The camera being used is indicated by a yellow dot. #Artemis #NASA #Spaceflight
Just an hour later, and Earth is visibly larger in this lucky capture from the Artemis II Orion capsule. A few seconds later, the solar panel shifted again, and Earth was once again out of view. #Artemis #NASA #Spaceflight