Gov. Larry Hogan's post about drones above his home did not work out so well.

[deminks]

https://bsky.app/profile/patriottakes.bsky.social/post/3lddt6zphds2q

Republican Governor Larry Hogan posted video of the constellation Orion and claimed the stars were “large drones” above his home.

Just a reminder that Republicans want to shut down the Department of Education.

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Mother of gawd. Take your children and loved ones out and show them constellations, the North Star, how a compass works. It will be more helpful to them.

[Red Mountain]

1. I wonder how many of these 'sightings'

could be debunked by a stargazing app on a smart phone?

[Iggo]

4. One of the greatest apps I ever put on my phone.

Gives me a 5-minute warning when the space station is about to pass overhead.

Awesome.

[kimbutgar]

5. What is the name of the app?

Sounds pretty cool.

[Iggo]

10. It's called Sky Guide.

You point it at any part of the sky and the names of the things you’re looking at show up next to them on the screen. Stars, planets, constellations…whatever.

It has this background music that’s a loud whooshing sound with like a loud repeating sonar ping, but you can turn that off.

There’s a feature that’ll outline and name all the constellations that appear on the screen. I turn that off, too, unless I need it. The screen gets way too busy for an iPhone.

But it’s awesome. I’ve been using it for years and I really like it. Comes in super handy when I look up and wonder, “Hey! What’s that?”

[NBachers]

16. I visited the Royal Observatory in Greenwich, London. They have a display of the history of astronomy and navigation

and timekeeping.

Think what a miracle this app is compared to the dedicated souls who mapped our heavens out for hundreds of years.

Further getting my nerd on, I was also able to stand on the Greenwich Meridian.

[orangecrush]

18. Awesome

[erronis]

19. Also suggest "Sky Map"

[CloudWatcher]

13. Visible ISS passes

you can sign up to get email notifications of visible ISS passes a day in advance:

https://spotthestation.nasa.gov/signup.cfm

It's more than cool

[Biophilic]

2. How did we get so stupid?

Even if one doesn't know which constellation they are looking at they should at least be able to tell a star from a drone. Come on people. It's not like he just glanced up into the sky for a moment. Yes, I know light pollution has made us ignorant of our night sky, but that is simply too stupid. No wonder we elected a thug as president.

[usaf-vet]

3. This is the country the GOP/(R)/MAGA has been working on since at least Reagan. TO KEEP US STUPID! So they can.....

.... count on stupid voters to blindly follow them. Guess what? It works.

Without critical thinking skills, the liar-in-chief can say, "They are eating the cats and dogs." And for the cult followers, that is now the fact!

[chowder66]

12. There should be an emergency alert on phones that tell you that if you look into the sky you might discover stars,....

planets, planes, etc.

[angrychair]

6. As I suggested in my OP from yesterday

That a lot of the so-called reports of "drones" is actually planes or helicopters or even stars.
This is a perfect example of mass hysteria meets ignorance and they have a baby.

[BidenRocks]

7. Cold, wintery skies

Are very clear.
In So. Cal. I haven't seen the stars since the Northridge quake blacked us out.
My God. It's full of stars.

[Xavier Breath]

20. 2001 reference always worth a rec.

[yardwork]

8. Mass hysteria.

[moniss]

9. Those MAGA types don't

want any of those "demon compasses" around them doing their whole moving by themselves stuff.

[Harker]

11. There's a huge drone heading for the White House.

That's truly a cause for alarm.

[wolfie001]

17. Huge drumpft

[erronis]

21. More like an orange dirigible - full of flammable gas.

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One can hope for another Hindenburg-style disaster, can't one?

[wolfie001]

15. And this is the "reasonable" republicon

[ThoughtCriminal]

22. When will Trump shoot down Betelgeuse?

And other stars that threaten the good people who support him?

If goes supernova during his administration, he will probably claim credit.

[ThoughtCriminal]

23. This whole thing reminds me of the "Phoenix Lights" incident in the late 1990s

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phoenix_Lights

Much hype and misinformation, wildly inaccurate "Artist renditions", conspiracy theories galore.