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WEBSITE RULES:

1. No swearing of any sort

1.1 Including words like cr*p, fr*ck, *ss).

2. Respect everyone

2.1 Do not insult or make fun of users in a mean way (EG posting "jeffalo is bad").

2.2 This includes "trolling" people.

3. Don't impersonate

3.1 Do not pretend to be anyone you are not.

3.2 "Parody" accounts count as impersonations.

4. No using emojis or emoticons

4.1 For legal reasons, all emojis and emoticons are banned from being used on the site.

5. No "hacking" other users

5.1 Do not attempt to gain access to anybody's account.

5.2 This includes signing into somebody else's account with their permission.

5.3 No encouraging "hacking".

6. No copyright infringement

6.1 Referencing anything that you don't own the rights to is not allowed.

7. No links to unmoderatted chat.

7.1 Do not link to any website where users are able to chat.

8. Do not attempt to break the website in any way

8.1 Self explanatory.

9. Do not create "Bots"

9.1 Accounts controlled by "robots" will be removed immediately.

10. Moderator's decisions are final.

10.1 There is no appealing if you are banned.

Breaking one of these rules will result in an instant ban. If you have any more questions, reply to this post and a moderator will help you.

Blue Supermoon Beyond Syracuse

The last full moon was doubly unusual. First of all, it was a blue moon. A modern definition of a blue moon is a second full moon to occur during one calendar month. Since there are 13 full moons in 2023, one month has to have two -- and that month was August. The first full moon was on August 1 and named a Sturgeon Moon. The second reason that the last full moon was unusual was because it was a supermoon. A modern definition of supermoon is a moon that reaches its full phase when it is relatively close to Earth -- and so appears a bit larger and brighter than average. Pictured, the blue supermoon of 2023 was imaged hovering far behind a historic castle and lighthouse in Syracuse, Sicily, Italy.