"Any resemblance to real scholarship is purely coincidental."

ok, I have finally completed the migration of my Artemis II comms archive from a locally running site to cloudflare pages

should be up at the same ol' URL, artemis.airplaneian.com

I can't help myself; this is where my mind went youtu.be/sVQWbV6CwLA?...

The cover of a book titled "Everest: The Mountaineering History" with a photo of the mountain on it.

Preparing for something new

Raytheon number go up

Dr Nick Riviera waving through a newly-transparent sheet of paper: "if the paper turns clear, it's your window to weight gain"

This is makes me happy

A new template for letters of recommendation

Seeing with Hubble-vision 36 years of science with the Hubble Space Telescope

The NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope celebrates 36 years in space this week! 🧪🔭

@esa.int @science.esa.int @eui-euarchives.bsky.social @stsci.edu

The war is always almost over

Space/underwater archaeology

Astronauts’ brains don’t fully adapt to life in microgravity, new study finds New research shows astronauts tend to grip objects in microgravity as if they felt as heavy as or heavier than they would on Earth, a finding that could help future space exploration

New research shows astronauts tend to grip objects in microgravity as if they felt as heavy as or heavier than they would on Earth, a finding that could help future space exploration

I truly believe the only thing stopping Donald Trump from announcing that his head will be added to Mt. Rushmore is his obsession with getting big ratings ("who even goes to South Dakota")

How the Strokes ended their second Coachella set!
#TheStrokes #Coachella

LEO is a horrible fucking place for data infrastructure. there’s nothing fucking “infra” about it. should be called “extrastructure.” literally above and in the way of a very valuable portion of the earth.

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I had a personal reminiscence about Hampshire (sort of) but your point is well taken bsky.app/profile/jstp...

I agree with the sentiment. But while the Earthrise image emphasises Earth's fragile environment, it does so by contrasting it with a supposedly dead and barren Moon. A dead Moon justifies mining with no environmental constraints. The Moon has a right to its ecological integrity.
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I think Kim Stanley Robinson’s Mars trilogy is a really eloquent exploration of why planet and satellites that don’t support life as we understand it deserve to have their ecology protected.

Jon Bois overtime playoff hockey tweet

I truly believe the only thing stopping Donald Trump from announcing that his head will be added to Mt. Rushmore is his obsession with getting big ratings ("who even goes to South Dakota")

Nasa astro’s Bihu in space goes viral. Assam CM credits PM Modi, gets fact-checked A Nasa astronaut wore the traditional Assamese gamusa and performed a Bihu dance aboard the International Space Station, in a quiet and beautiful tribute to his wife, who hails from Assam.

As the article notes, the video that has just gone viral was made in 2004, but still a new cultural practice we can attribute to ISS - the Assamese traditional bihu dance.
www.indiatoday.in/science/stor...

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The Controversy of “Satanic Baby Art” in US Embassy in Bucharest: Ambassador Kathleen Kavalec is considered a key player in orchestrating the cancellation of the Romanian presidential election alongsi... The Controversy of “Satanic Baby Art” in US Embassy in Bucharest: Ambassador Kathleen Kavalec is considered a key player in orchestrating the cancellation of the Romanian presidential election alongsi...

I would love to know more about the work in question in this story, which is only vaguely described - no title or artist is given. www.thediplomaticaffairs.com/2026/01/29/t...

With Trump Novices, Can the U.S. Win the ‘Art Olympics’?

Fascinating story about cultural capture through the US State Department's power over the "Art in Embassies" program and the US Pavilion at the Venice Biennale. There's "satanic baby art," a pet-shop owner turned pavilion commissioner, and a disgraced curator.
www.nytimes.com/2026/04/19/a...

Also, Michael has the horses

It's more about Crosby, but yeah 🤣 (how many games are you watching right now?)

That call not helping the "different rules for Crosby" narrative

Two beekeeper standing in white outfits. One has the Casper the ghost kind of bail. The other has the cowboy hat avail to keep the bees from stinging them. One has purple nitro gloves the other has orange in the distance we see palm trees, and a golden honey colored beehive that’s a square boxes for in total on the base there are Michelin stars painted

I met Oliver, a high school freshman last year after he lost his house (& beehive), in the LA fires. He’s been a beekeeping mentee with me since, & will soon be a published Scientist (with me!! & @jstpwalsh.bsky.social), on our 5-year Duke University LA Fire Soils Study (Altadena and Palisades). 🌱🐝

Waiting for Gritty in games 3 and 4