grndkntrl
@grndkntrl.bsky.social
born @ 336ppm 🌎🌍🌏|🔭🔬🧬⚛🌋🪐☄️💫🌌🚀|📚🐈⬛🎶🏹🚲🪡|😷💉³
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🚫Theofascists, Tories/Brexiters, Trumpists/MAGAts, Putinists, Tankies, Anti-vaxxers, Climate/Science Deniers, AI/Crypto/NFTs/Web3, Furries & VTubers🚫
...you get the gist; they get a block
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🚫Theofascists, Tories/Brexiters, Trumpists/MAGAts, Putinists, Tankies, Anti-vaxxers, Climate/Science Deniers, AI/Crypto/NFTs/Web3, Furries & VTubers🚫
...you get the gist; they get a block
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Who has the cards now? 😎
June 2, 2025 at 6:14 AM
Who has the cards now? 😎
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The proposed NASA and NSF cuts feel like when ISIS destroyed the monuments of Palmyra with sledgehammers. These things not only pay for themselves, they return several dollars for every $1 spent. Kill the science, kill the spin-offs, startups, patents, talent pool and global influence.
The NASA planetary science fleet chart if the president’s budget is enacted.
May 30, 2025 at 10:35 PM
The proposed NASA and NSF cuts feel like when ISIS destroyed the monuments of Palmyra with sledgehammers. These things not only pay for themselves, they return several dollars for every $1 spent. Kill the science, kill the spin-offs, startups, patents, talent pool and global influence.
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"Why should my tax dollars go to fund your astrophysics research?" A thread. 🔭🧪
Brushing aside how absurdly little of the federal budget goes to science (according to the Planetary Society NASA accounts for only 0.3% of federal spending), the benefits of funding astronomy fall into two camps. (1/n)
Brushing aside how absurdly little of the federal budget goes to science (according to the Planetary Society NASA accounts for only 0.3% of federal spending), the benefits of funding astronomy fall into two camps. (1/n)
May 29, 2025 at 6:31 PM
"Why should my tax dollars go to fund your astrophysics research?" A thread. 🔭🧪
Brushing aside how absurdly little of the federal budget goes to science (according to the Planetary Society NASA accounts for only 0.3% of federal spending), the benefits of funding astronomy fall into two camps. (1/n)
Brushing aside how absurdly little of the federal budget goes to science (according to the Planetary Society NASA accounts for only 0.3% of federal spending), the benefits of funding astronomy fall into two camps. (1/n)
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The NASA planetary science fleet chart if the president’s budget is enacted.
May 30, 2025 at 9:57 PM
The NASA planetary science fleet chart if the president’s budget is enacted.
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The idea of the world being "disenchanted" once science and "rationality" take hold has never sat well with me. You want to tell me that people who lived in a time when demons were considered a legit cause of disease somehow felt more mystical about life? I don't buy it.
May 6, 2025 at 1:25 PM
The idea of the world being "disenchanted" once science and "rationality" take hold has never sat well with me. You want to tell me that people who lived in a time when demons were considered a legit cause of disease somehow felt more mystical about life? I don't buy it.
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I've got an update on the exoplanet K2-18b, and it doesn't look good for the biosignatures. Also, I have opinions on how this has played out.
As an assuagement, a gorgeous galaxy for Hubble's 35th.
badastronomy.beehiiv.com/p/update-was...
🔭 🧪
As an assuagement, a gorgeous galaxy for Hubble's 35th.
badastronomy.beehiiv.com/p/update-was...
🔭 🧪
UPDATE: Was *anything* seen from K2-18b? Also, a gorgeous galaxy for Hubble’s 35th
New study shows no sign of chemicals at all from the exoplanet, let alone biosignatures
badastronomy.beehiiv.com
April 28, 2025 at 3:41 PM
I've got an update on the exoplanet K2-18b, and it doesn't look good for the biosignatures. Also, I have opinions on how this has played out.
As an assuagement, a gorgeous galaxy for Hubble's 35th.
badastronomy.beehiiv.com/p/update-was...
🔭 🧪
As an assuagement, a gorgeous galaxy for Hubble's 35th.
badastronomy.beehiiv.com/p/update-was...
🔭 🧪
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Me-wow! When we think of wild cats, often lions, tigers and other popular large cats come to mind. But do you know much about the smaller felines living on our planet? 😻
Let us introduce you to some!
Let us introduce you to some!
April 23, 2025 at 4:26 PM
Me-wow! When we think of wild cats, often lions, tigers and other popular large cats come to mind. But do you know much about the smaller felines living on our planet? 😻
Let us introduce you to some!
Let us introduce you to some!
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April 22, 2025 at 4:03 PM
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I highly recommend everyone watch and share this video by YouTuber Veritas et Caritas about the recent Gobekli Tepe conspiracy theory
www.youtube.com/watch?v=WFqB...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=WFqB...
The Gobekli Tepe conspiracy theory
YouTube video by veritas et caritas
www.youtube.com
April 22, 2025 at 5:39 PM
I highly recommend everyone watch and share this video by YouTuber Veritas et Caritas about the recent Gobekli Tepe conspiracy theory
www.youtube.com/watch?v=WFqB...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=WFqB...
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At the end of this #DodecaBakeOff Easter Monday, I wanted to share this montage of all the fabulous makes, bakes & creations!
Well done everyone and thank you for giving me a smile today! You've all been wonderful!
Keep fighting the good fight - We shall make what we want to make!💪
#Archaeology ⚱️
Well done everyone and thank you for giving me a smile today! You've all been wonderful!
Keep fighting the good fight - We shall make what we want to make!💪
#Archaeology ⚱️
April 21, 2025 at 9:27 PM
At the end of this #DodecaBakeOff Easter Monday, I wanted to share this montage of all the fabulous makes, bakes & creations!
Well done everyone and thank you for giving me a smile today! You've all been wonderful!
Keep fighting the good fight - We shall make what we want to make!💪
#Archaeology ⚱️
Well done everyone and thank you for giving me a smile today! You've all been wonderful!
Keep fighting the good fight - We shall make what we want to make!💪
#Archaeology ⚱️
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Y’all don’t share that Christopher Nolan “The Odyssey” trailer, it’s a fake AI generated video. Media literacy please. 🫠
April 19, 2025 at 7:51 PM
Y’all don’t share that Christopher Nolan “The Odyssey” trailer, it’s a fake AI generated video. Media literacy please. 🫠
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"Clearly cool: A transparent paper-based material could replace single-use plastics!
The mm-thick paperboard behaves just like plastic; it's strong, transparent, shapeable & can hold boiling water. But it degrades within a year on the ocean floor!"
www.anthropocenemagazine.org/2025/04/clea...
🧪 🌊 🦑
The mm-thick paperboard behaves just like plastic; it's strong, transparent, shapeable & can hold boiling water. But it degrades within a year on the ocean floor!"
www.anthropocenemagazine.org/2025/04/clea...
🧪 🌊 🦑
Clearly cool: A transparent paper-based material could replace single-use plastics
The millimeter-thick paperboard behaves just like plastic; it's strong, transparent, shapeable—and can hold boiling water. But it degrades within a year on the ocean floor.
www.anthropocenemagazine.org
April 17, 2025 at 11:05 PM
"Clearly cool: A transparent paper-based material could replace single-use plastics!
The mm-thick paperboard behaves just like plastic; it's strong, transparent, shapeable & can hold boiling water. But it degrades within a year on the ocean floor!"
www.anthropocenemagazine.org/2025/04/clea...
🧪 🌊 🦑
The mm-thick paperboard behaves just like plastic; it's strong, transparent, shapeable & can hold boiling water. But it degrades within a year on the ocean floor!"
www.anthropocenemagazine.org/2025/04/clea...
🧪 🌊 🦑
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Less than 2 weeks until the WORLD PREMIERE of my new film, 'DUCKS' at @pictoplasma.bsky.social Berlin.
It will be a while before I can share it online, but in the meantime, here's an early duck design test. I ended up going in a different direction with them, but I am fond of this little guy #art
It will be a while before I can share it online, but in the meantime, here's an early duck design test. I ended up going in a different direction with them, but I am fond of this little guy #art
April 18, 2025 at 9:03 AM
Less than 2 weeks until the WORLD PREMIERE of my new film, 'DUCKS' at @pictoplasma.bsky.social Berlin.
It will be a while before I can share it online, but in the meantime, here's an early duck design test. I ended up going in a different direction with them, but I am fond of this little guy #art
It will be a while before I can share it online, but in the meantime, here's an early duck design test. I ended up going in a different direction with them, but I am fond of this little guy #art
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Watch as this visualization reveals the stars of the Orion constellation in three dimensions. The familiar pattern on the sky distorts into a whole new perspective.
The sequence begins with a view of Orion in our sky. Featured in this scene are some of the brightest stars, like Betelgeuse. 🔭 🧪
The sequence begins with a view of Orion in our sky. Featured in this scene are some of the brightest stars, like Betelgeuse. 🔭 🧪
The Shape of Orion in Three Dimensions
YouTube video by Space Telescope Science Institute
youtu.be
April 16, 2025 at 9:11 PM
Watch as this visualization reveals the stars of the Orion constellation in three dimensions. The familiar pattern on the sky distorts into a whole new perspective.
The sequence begins with a view of Orion in our sky. Featured in this scene are some of the brightest stars, like Betelgeuse. 🔭 🧪
The sequence begins with a view of Orion in our sky. Featured in this scene are some of the brightest stars, like Betelgeuse. 🔭 🧪
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Right - we *need* someone to craft us a googly-eyed data logger. Knitting, crochet, whittling... we're not fussy.
Any takers?
(We acknowledge that "need" working pretty hard in this post).
Any takers?
(We acknowledge that "need" working pretty hard in this post).
Well, we stuck googly eyes on a data logger and we think you'll agree, the results were... underwhelming.
April 16, 2025 at 11:53 AM
Right - we *need* someone to craft us a googly-eyed data logger. Knitting, crochet, whittling... we're not fussy.
Any takers?
(We acknowledge that "need" working pretty hard in this post).
Any takers?
(We acknowledge that "need" working pretty hard in this post).
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Of the institutions and organisations noted below that she's been associated with and trained by, Stanford, the Peace Corps and the CDC are now all under attack from the government.
Since we’re all talking about it I want to blow up a real female space pioneer, Mae Jemison, an actual astronaut. She’s a graduate of Stanford and Cornel Medical School, served in the peace corps, started an educational nonprofit, and worked for the CDC researching vaccines. That’s a woman in space
April 16, 2025 at 8:10 AM
Of the institutions and organisations noted below that she's been associated with and trained by, Stanford, the Peace Corps and the CDC are now all under attack from the government.
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Today, 5pm UK/noon EDT, Livestream on archaeology 🏺 sci-comm 🧪 & pseudoscience 🛸
Guests: @gutsickgibbon.bsky.social @soilmandan.bsky.social @megalithhunter.bsky.social @jwhoopes2.bsky.social @duancientaliens.bsky.social @josephapwilson.bsky.social Inside Archaeology
www.youtube.com/live/XWki7wo...
Guests: @gutsickgibbon.bsky.social @soilmandan.bsky.social @megalithhunter.bsky.social @jwhoopes2.bsky.social @duancientaliens.bsky.social @josephapwilson.bsky.social Inside Archaeology
www.youtube.com/live/XWki7wo...
Hancock vs. Dibble Debate Anniversary Livestream. AMA, Reflection, Impact, Guests & Big Archaeology
YouTube video by Archaeology with Flint Dibble
www.youtube.com
April 16, 2025 at 8:32 AM
Today, 5pm UK/noon EDT, Livestream on archaeology 🏺 sci-comm 🧪 & pseudoscience 🛸
Guests: @gutsickgibbon.bsky.social @soilmandan.bsky.social @megalithhunter.bsky.social @jwhoopes2.bsky.social @duancientaliens.bsky.social @josephapwilson.bsky.social Inside Archaeology
www.youtube.com/live/XWki7wo...
Guests: @gutsickgibbon.bsky.social @soilmandan.bsky.social @megalithhunter.bsky.social @jwhoopes2.bsky.social @duancientaliens.bsky.social @josephapwilson.bsky.social Inside Archaeology
www.youtube.com/live/XWki7wo...
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NEW: 100 years after it was first identified (from bits in a whale's stomach), scientists have finally caught sight – and recorded footage – of the ultra-elusive colossal squid alive in its deep-sea habitat. It looks like a ghostly alien! 👻
Me for NatGeo: www.nationalgeographic.com/animals/arti...
Me for NatGeo: www.nationalgeographic.com/animals/arti...
In a surprising deep sea first, a colossal squid is caught on camera
A one-foot-long young squid was spotted swimming in the waters around the South Sandwich Islands. The footage is unprecedented because the mysterious creatures are so difficult to capture on camera.
www.nationalgeographic.com
April 15, 2025 at 10:44 PM
NEW: 100 years after it was first identified (from bits in a whale's stomach), scientists have finally caught sight – and recorded footage – of the ultra-elusive colossal squid alive in its deep-sea habitat. It looks like a ghostly alien! 👻
Me for NatGeo: www.nationalgeographic.com/animals/arti...
Me for NatGeo: www.nationalgeographic.com/animals/arti...
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Two unrelated postcards in my collection that tell a story together. 🤕
April 15, 2025 at 1:19 AM
Two unrelated postcards in my collection that tell a story together. 🤕
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Amazing video by Professor Dave about Graham Hancock, Joe Rogan, Jimmy Corsetti, Dan Richards, and me
Please share far and wide!
youtu.be/JK4Fo6m9C9M?...
Please share far and wide!
youtu.be/JK4Fo6m9C9M?...
The Great Big Pseudoarcheology Debunk (Graham Hancock, Dan Richards, Jimmy Corsetti)
YouTube video by Professor Dave Explains
youtu.be
April 15, 2025 at 3:05 PM
Amazing video by Professor Dave about Graham Hancock, Joe Rogan, Jimmy Corsetti, Dan Richards, and me
Please share far and wide!
youtu.be/JK4Fo6m9C9M?...
Please share far and wide!
youtu.be/JK4Fo6m9C9M?...
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'despite surviving the Blitz and London’s relentlessly competitive restaurant sector, a dispute with the current monarch’s property developer threatens the survival of London’s oldest Indian restaurant just short of its 100th anniversary.'
UK’s oldest Indian restaurant faces closure in dispute with crown estate
Owner of Michelin-starred Veeraswamy, London, heads to high court to object to ‘heartless’ plans to upgrade building
www.theguardian.com
April 15, 2025 at 6:35 AM
'despite surviving the Blitz and London’s relentlessly competitive restaurant sector, a dispute with the current monarch’s property developer threatens the survival of London’s oldest Indian restaurant just short of its 100th anniversary.'
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One of the best photos illustrating Ice Age London. These are ice wedge polygons seen as crop marks during the dry summer of 1976. They formed during the Devensian glacial maximum at 50 ka. Located at Whalebone Lane, Romford #londongeology #iceagelondon londongeopartnership.org.uk/wp/wp-conten...
April 15, 2025 at 8:58 AM
One of the best photos illustrating Ice Age London. These are ice wedge polygons seen as crop marks during the dry summer of 1976. They formed during the Devensian glacial maximum at 50 ka. Located at Whalebone Lane, Romford #londongeology #iceagelondon londongeopartnership.org.uk/wp/wp-conten...
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The four aerial embroidery landscapes I still have left available, and the first two are reduced as they've been around quite a while! Which one of the four stands out to you most? :) All here: victoriaroserichards.co.uk/collection/a... and any shares would be very welcome!
April 14, 2025 at 7:22 PM
The four aerial embroidery landscapes I still have left available, and the first two are reduced as they've been around quite a while! Which one of the four stands out to you most? :) All here: victoriaroserichards.co.uk/collection/a... and any shares would be very welcome!
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Gravy is pretty great, unless it's between your ears. Find this one on all kinds of merch at effinbirds.threadless.com
April 13, 2025 at 9:04 PM
Gravy is pretty great, unless it's between your ears. Find this one on all kinds of merch at effinbirds.threadless.com