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Yesterday, we astronomers at the ROG were glued to our screens as we got our first glimpse of the full colour images produced by the NASA Webb Telescope! 30 years in the making, but oh was it worth the wait!

Today marks an *extremely* exciting anniversary! 😎 #OTD 10 years ago, the Hubble Extreme Deep Field image was released. Over 2,000 photos of this spot were combined to create this image, which contains over 5,500 galaxies: go.nasa.gov/3DW81jY

Forget #chessdrama: Magic: The Gathering just announced the $1,000 #MTG30thEdition 4-pack (60 non-legal cards including commons + basic lands) and the raging pitchforks, tar and feathers seen on Twitter and elsewhere are a sure sign that #MTGisDead if this product "strategy" continues.

The #chess mafia sent an unambiguous message to Hans Niemann today via enforcer Sam Sevian that his anal beads could soon see the company of various stray chess piece parts were his winning ways to continue. Expect a flaccid draw or loss from d'Moke in tomorrow's final round.

Has there ever been a concurrent U.S. Girls' Junior and U.S. Women's Champion before, US Chess? What a year, @jenniferyuuu! #chess #chesspunks

#ChessDrama Hot Take: Hans Niemann is now a bigger #chess draw than Magnus Carlsen, though both are left coveting the obscene viral, international demand for Anish Giri’s clothing-optional #hatha blindfold simuls. #chesspunks #SlowSaturday

Adithya Karavadi (pictured on the left in the image) is the first-ever Menlo Park Chess Club Champion. This was a fun tournament with 42 people participating (Douglas Adams would approve) and we'll no doubt hold the same event same time next year! US Chess #chess #chesspunks

I registered for RAGBRAI today with team Monte Wolfe, the 50th anniversary #RAGBRAI ride, my first and I couldn't be more excited! May very well be how you, too, should spend the last week in July, 2023: ragbrai.com. #cycling #cyclinglife #touring

Worth the quick read and, sadly, pretty much as we surmised:

The #QElon bot posting as Elon Musk is growing more wearisome by the hour, but like so many others I can’t bring myself to look away, certain the sad attention-seeker will self-immolate with the very next #tweet. #ElonMuskIsATroll #elonmuskbooed #ElonIsDestroyingTwitter

So, Elon Musk, we're to understand you took down ElonJet today because "it is a security risk" but you have no problem vilifying #DrFauci, making him the target of innumerable #QAnonCult simps who are skulking in the shadows on your platform? How does this advance #FreeSpeech?!

Second only to Elon Musk's #FreeSpeech campaign in the annals of colossal unwitting self-parody in the digital age, we have #realdonaldtrump's $99 "Limited Edition #TrumpTradingCards." The Trump ordurosphere needs know that the #MAGA base cannot afford these, Holidays be damned!

We have a curated set of positions to practice checkmates, common tactical patterns, and endgames! All for free, of course. Check out Lichess Practice ➡️ lichess.org/practice

This wonderful puzzle was shared with @MenloParkChess members Thursday and, after much pondering over promotion, under-promotion and all manner or tempi-saving devices, we finally cracked it—definitely worth a few minutes of your time: lichess.org/study/rKMjKVWb #Chess #chesspunks

FFS, Amazon, your "customer service" is now so bad it begins to rival that of AT&T, and that speaks volumes. A simple item return request turned into 3 separate calls being placed on hold, only to be disconnected after ~5 minutes of silence each time, and still no resolution ...

It does seem nicer "over there": bsky.app/profile/markdr…. Smaller, but nicer, and the #chesspunks are showing up in good numbers. #Bluesky #BlueskySocial

Based upon suggestions from stronger #chess players, I plan to commence "The Woodpecker Method" tomorrow and will share my progress here over the coming weeks. The book by that name is not only interesting but also well-edited, a rarity in recent chess literature. #chesspunks