Post by @briankrebs__dup_6@infosec.exchange

2026-03-03 13:29 UTC

Well, we&#39;re batting 0 for like 200 on observing cool astronomical phenomena lately. Total solar eclipse: Cloudy. Northern Lights appear in Virginia! Cloudy. Rare planetary conjunction happens. Cloudy. Blood Moon from a lunar eclipse. Cloudy. I&#39;m sure when the aliens finally come park their giant death cruiser in front of our planet, it&#39;ll be cloudy then, too.

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@nemo@mas.to 2026-03-03 13:30

@briankrebs 🤣

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@noplasticshower@infosec.exchange 2026-03-03 13:37

@briankrebs you need some better connections with the gods.... I think it may be missing all those solstice fires. We still have them. You're still welcome.

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@grumpasaurus@infosec.exchange 2026-03-03 13:40

@briankrebs

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@astro_jcm@mastodon.online 2026-03-03 13:43

@briankrebs Astronomer pro tip: install fake decoy telescopes pointing away from the area of interest to lure the clouds in that direction. Works like a charm!

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@RunRichRun@mastodon.social 2026-03-03 13:44

@briankrebs X 2 🙄🙁

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@nobody@masto.hackers.town 2026-03-03 14:11

@briankrebs schools delayed by two hours too to make sure everyone had time to go look at the clouds blocking the eclipse :D

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@chieroglyph@infosec.exchange 2026-03-03 14:17

@briankrebs Apologies. It's my fault. I got new stargazing binoculars for Xmas and the weather has been bad ever since.

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@bucknam@mastodon.social 2026-03-03 14:35

@briankrebs but you’ll be lucky, then: “Which parts of this infested planet should we obliterate with our ray gun, Captain?” “Well, start with those bright lights we can see. Not sure what’s behind those clouds there.”

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@ohmu@social.seattle.wa.us 2026-03-03 14:35

@briankrebs Seattle: Oh do tell..

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@archit3ct@social.ssbx.dev 2026-03-03 14:36

@briankrebs it’s not just clouds, satellites are ruining our night sky, every single day with no exceptions.

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@Nazani@universeodon.com 2026-03-03 15:03

@briankrebs I've experienced that in Fredericksburg since 1998.

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@edarchis@mamot.fr 2026-03-03 15:56

@briankrebs There is also the T Coronae Borealis Nova that has been predicted to 💥 since 2024. Now, we're told it should be "before 2027". https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/T_Coronae_Borealis#Outburst_predictions

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@bontchev@infosec.exchange 2026-03-03 16:16

@briankrebs Do you really *want* to see an alien death cruiser parked in front of our plant, though?

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@pdkoenig@mstdn.social 2026-03-04 03:08

@briankrebs I feel for you. I worked at an astronomy museum during a few clouded out lunar eclipses. I got distressingly good at telling a story based on ephemeris data. Caught a few glimpses of partial phases breaking through. I like when it looks like it could be a crescent phase, but the lighting of both the dark and light portions is off.

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@gme@bofh.social 2026-03-03 13:30

@briankrebs@infosec.exchange Speaking like that you sound like a Brit. 🤣

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