I write this on the afternoon of January 26, 2025.
- The news is currently dominated by Donald Trump. I have stopped posting on Twitter for the moment. Tonight I am making a birthday dinner. For the site, I will be linking fragments together randomly, an idea I have had for some time.
- Shedar (stars.astro.illinois.edu)
SHEDAR (Alpha Cassiopiae). The southernmost star of Cassiopeia’s famed Chair, Shedar is also the brightest, though not by much and not all of the time.