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Kevin Olsen
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Martian science at Oxford
Birds and food too.
February 10, 2026 at 10:55 AM
Loving the drone shots! Feels like they are getting the hang of it in the moguls, but they were flying them in the speed skating and down the luge course as well!
Not using them in the curling was a mistake. Can't wait for them to zip around the hockey ice!!
February 10, 2026 at 10:54 AM
Let's go #Canada!
Mikhail Kingsbury kicking it off in the #Olympics #moguls
February 10, 2026 at 10:51 AM
Megan Oldham took bronze, here's her teammates, Naomi Urness, going deeep and earning herself seventh
February 9, 2026 at 2:52 PM
#Olympics
#Canada takes bronze 🥉 in the women's slopestyle!
Way to go #TeamCanada !!!
February 9, 2026 at 2:48 PM
#Olympics
The legendary (formerly) illegal backflip on skates 😱😱😱
February 9, 2026 at 2:41 PM
#Olympics!
let's goooo!!🍁🍁🍁
February 7, 2026 at 5:54 PM
The chase drone going over 120 km/h in the Men's #Olympics Downhill is hot fire. Absolute cinema!
February 7, 2026 at 11:45 AM
Want to learn more about #space and #solarsystem research going on at Oxford?
Join us Feb 24 at Jesus College for our big public outreach event:
www.jesus.ox.ac.uk/digital-hub-...
We'll have short talks, opportunities to ask an expert, and service by the Market Tap!
@oxfordphysics.bsky.social
🔭🧪
February 6, 2026 at 6:35 PM
Reposted by Kevin Olsen
Happy #ArtemisII wet dress day 🚀

On deck:
Weather briefing ~0915 ET (currently 35°F/ 2°C; expected high 56°F/ 13°C)

Full L-minus/ T-minus list(s) in 🔗

🔭🧪 #PlanetaryScience
Countdown Begins for Artemis II Wet Dress Rehearsal - NASA
The countdown for the Artemis II wet dress rehearsal is underway at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida.
www.nasa.gov
February 2, 2026 at 1:22 PM
Where is the protest song??
Found an article about revisiting post 9/11 protests songs... and it's a journey of discovery through our beloved Sleater Kinney discog
interminablerambling.medium.com/dissents-not...
“Dissent’s not treason, but they talk like it’s the same”: Revisiting Post-September 11 Protest…
Sleater-Kinney in 2006
interminablerambling.medium.com
February 1, 2026 at 1:19 PM
Eye-bleach to help us deal with the news:
Another #oxfordpubreview!!
The Trout, a happy jaunt up the river Isis (Thames) all the way across Port Meadows, was doing a steak platter for two!
Steak, chips, and béarnaise sauce are among my favorite things!
January 31, 2026 at 3:19 PM
Moved my college teaching into here for the term! The second floor has some offices and teaching spaces for the college still.
It is actually from 14th century, was built as the New Inn.
The windows are wonky, but it's warm in the winter!!! 🧪🔭
January 30, 2026 at 5:47 PM
Anthropic's road to Claude destroyed million of books.
This was literally a plot point in Vernor Vinge's Rainbow's End.
www.msn.com/en-us/techno...
January 27, 2026 at 5:43 PM
The article, about too many birders making urban living uncomfortable for the very photogenic owls in Toronto
www.theglobeandmail.com/life/article...
Dear birdwatchers, it’s ‘leave the owls alone’ season
Canada’s most charismatic birds are at risk of being loved to death. Here’s why ethical owling matters
www.theglobeandmail.com
January 25, 2026 at 9:54 PM
Read an article in the globe and mail declaring it 'leave the owls alone season.'
The ravens didn't get the memo🤣🤣🤣!
Two common ravens drove this short eared owl off their turf, Hinton AB 🪶🦉
January 25, 2026 at 9:52 PM
Mark Carney's full speech at the World Economic Forum
YouTube video by National Post
youtu.be
January 21, 2026 at 8:48 PM
January 21, 2026 at 2:51 PM
Presenting our @oxfordphysics.bsky.social remote sensing capabilities and tech at the CEOI Technology Showcase at IET, London.
Great day !!
🔭🧪 #space
January 21, 2026 at 2:46 PM
Heritage for both came from Lunar Trailblazer and Comet Interceptor. #planetsci
Direct link to the pdf here:
ceoi.ac.uk/wp-content/u...
January 16, 2026 at 9:39 PM
CEOI has made a case study for the @oxfordphysics.bsky.social thermal imaging system development that lead to our Broad Horizons Earth-observing prototype and the BEBOP/LightShip Mars mission.
Check our Broad Horizons here:
ceoi.ac.uk/technologies...
🔬🔭 #planetsci
Technologies – Centre for Earth Observation Instrumentation
ceoi.ac.uk
January 16, 2026 at 9:38 PM
With Ariel facing delays, @esa.int Comet Interceptor has found a new ride with a commercial Arian 6 launch customer.
Comet Interceptor will carry MIRMIS being built by @oxfordphysics.bsky.social
🔭🧪 #planetsci

spacenews.com/esas-comet-i...
ESA’s Comet Interceptor mission moves up launch
A delay in one European Space Agency mission is creating an opportunity for an earlier, and more capable, launch for another ESA spacecraft.
spacenews.com
January 14, 2026 at 11:54 PM
At the same time, #beersky #bskybeer
The craft brew scene is strong on #Albeerta
Black beers in the whitest snow
January 10, 2026 at 10:22 PM
An incredibly rough week of news....
Distractions: another #Oxfordpubreview
This time in Edmonton, an old haunt, the Sugarbowl near @ualberta.bsky.social
Goat cheese lamb-burger for the win.
January 10, 2026 at 10:21 PM
There's a semi-silver lining in the new us budget, only a 1% cute in finding from last year. Not good news, but not as grim as things have been....
🧪🔭 #planetsci
www.science.org/content/arti...
NASA’s Mars Sample Return mission is dead
Congress backs Trump administration’s efforts to kill project that would ferry martian rocks to Earth
www.science.org
January 7, 2026 at 7:15 AM