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Pat Allen

@layer8packet

Father | Husband | BBQ Guy at @theamateurpig | Writer/Creator at @hiddeninkpress | Manager, Network Engineering | Cisco Champion '22

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"You try to run, you try to scream, they take away your playoff dreams." We got a Halloween edition of College GameDay from Bloomington! 🎃
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@NASAOct 30
We mourn the passing of Patrick Stewart, who inspired countless individuals at NASA (and beyond) to boldly go where no one has gone before.
Image description: A packed, sparkling starfield captured by our Hubble telescope — with strange new worlds potentially awaiting. Credit: ESA/Hubble and NASA, R. Cohen

ALT Image description: A packed, sparkling starfield captured by our Hubble telescope — with strange new worlds potentially awaiting. Credit: ESA/Hubble and NASA, R. Cohen

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Sad to hear that Patrick Steward has passed. We started watching TNG this week again, and it reminds me of time sat with my pop watching Star Trek
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Missing a rib but didn’t miss a beat Congratulations to Zack Wheeler on winning the @MLBPA Players Choice Awards NL Comeback Player of the Year 👏
Graphic. National League Comeback Player of the year Zack Wheeler

ALT Graphic. National League Comeback Player of the year Zack Wheeler

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Experience warmups at the #HeritageClassic through the eyes of Cole Caufield! 🔵⚪️🔴
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MATVEI MICHKOV IS THAT DUDE!!!!!!!!! 1-0 #FLYERS ON THE 5V3 GOAL!!!!!!!!! #Flyers
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🚨 ANOTHER PPG! 🚨 Marty tacks on another at 15:02 and it's rocking in South Philly! We lead it 2-0. #ANAvsPHI | #LetsGoFlyers
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@NASAHubbleOct 22
A gorgeous galaxy marks the spot in this image, but the real treasure is the gravitational lens in the lower-right corner, where a distant background galaxy is being magnified and distorted by the gravity of a closer galaxy: go.nasa.gov/3VPDX4S
A spiral galaxy with two distinct arms forming a backwards "S" shape is in the foreground, against a background of many other much smaller, more distant galaxies. In the right lower corner, a gravitational lens can be seen, with a large, distinctive arc to the upper left.

ALT A spiral galaxy with two distinct arms forming a backwards "S" shape is in the foreground, against a background of many other much smaller, more distant galaxies. In the right lower corner, a gravitational lens can be seen, with a large, distinctive arc to the upper left.

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@xikharOct 22
Waking up to see that everything has been compromised
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Some stats on #php2shell. In the 10 hours before it was publicly announced, across the @Cloudflare network we saw thousands of attempts to exploit it. That jumped to tens of thousands in the 45 minutes post announcement, hundreds of thousands within 2 hours, and millions now.
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COLE KNUBLE DOES IT AGAIN!!! NHL GOAL #2!!! 3-1 #FLYERS!!!
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For years, researchers speculated that a plane-shaped object submerged in the lagoon on the Pacific island of Nikumaroro could be Amelia Earhart's missing aircraft. But a recent expedition has found that the “Taraia Object” is far more mundane: on.natgeo.com/2KUPqO
Image from National Geographic (@NatGeo)
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+6 @nolan_james1 #GoIrish☘️ 📺: ABC
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@espnOct 17
Auburn K Alex McPherson was diagnosed with ulcerative colitis in the spring of 2024 and had his large intestine removed along with part of his colon. Two years later, he made the game-winning kick to knock off No. 1 Georgia ❤️
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@BR_OpenIceOct 17
Jack Hughes made a BUSINESS DECISION shooting quick instead of going wide to the backhand with Tom Wilson coming across 😭😭😭
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ALEX BUMP CAN NOT BE STOPPED🔥🔥🔥 #LVvsSPR | #LVPhantoms
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@DMVSports4UOct 11
Dan Quinn when his team needs him
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@espnOct 9
Mike Ditka, whose legendary career as a player and Super Bowl-winning coach landed him in the Hall of Fame, has died at the age of 86, his family announced.
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NGC 1385 is a celestial cauldron of creation🥘 NASA’s @chandraxray, and its telescope companions, captured this barred spiral galaxies stellar nurseries and energetic X-ray sources - helping scientists map how local starbursts build up galactic mass over time.
A barred spiral galaxy packed with regions where stars are actively forming. Chandra X-ray data (magenta) highlights stellar nurseries and X-ray binaries scattered along dusty spiral structures brought to life by Hubble optical (white and grey) and Webb infrared (orange and red) observations. Comparing multiwavelength data of barred spirals containing active star formation helps scientists map how local starbursts build up galactic mass over time. Credit: X-ray: NASA/CXC/SAO; Optical: NASA/ESA/STScI; Infrared: NASA/ESA/CSA/STScI; Image Processing: NASA/CXC/SAO/L. Frattare

ALT A barred spiral galaxy packed with regions where stars are actively forming. Chandra X-ray data (magenta) highlights stellar nurseries and X-ray binaries scattered along dusty spiral structures brought to life by Hubble optical (white and grey) and Webb infrared (orange and red) observations. Comparing multiwavelength data of barred spirals containing active star formation helps scientists map how local starbursts build up galactic mass over time. Credit: X-ray: NASA/CXC/SAO; Optical: NASA/ESA/STScI; Infrared: NASA/ESA/CSA/STScI; Image Processing: NASA/CXC/SAO/L. Frattare

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Rasmus Ristolainen scores the first goal of the season for the @NHLFlyers‼️
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