My conscious uncoupling: when a relationship no longer serves you, it’s time to move on—how I feel about my recent breakup with Twitter. I reflect on how social media has evolved—from connecting astronauts in orbit to how we connect today. open.substack.com/pub/amikokel...

This statement Nana Visitor makes about the impact Nichelle Nichols had in setting the bar for her fellow actors was enlightening and empowering.

I hope you get the chance to listen to this full interview!🖖✨

#StarTrek

Fascinating conversation with Nana Visitor, where she talks about her new book about women in Trek, including how terrified she was when they were shooting DS9 to speak up, even when she was ACTIVELY IN LABOR.

rewatching the movie The Martian. Best easter egg ever... the lanyard that character Rich Purnell (NASA Astrodynamicist) is wearing is from a #NASAsocial ! Raise your hand if you have a #NASAtweetup or #NASAsocial lanyard. So many memories of launches, JPL visits, and more

I met so many wonderful people on the #ArtemisI #NASASocial
(there were 100 of us!). Including Astronauts Christina Koch
and Doug Wheelock on the Turn Basin dock, briefing us. And Christina is now on the #ArtemisII crew! Way cool!

One of the things I'm grateful to Twitter-that-was for is its role in facilitating/creating the NASATweetUp (later NASASocial) events. Here are some shots from watching the STS-134 Shuttle launch:

www.flickr.com/photos/spinc...

Memories on Facebook today are full of feed from 12 years ago attending the #NASATweetup for the launch of Curiosity. Randomly sat at a table and met @tomtomorrow.bsky.social, had a great time at Kennedy Space Center. Tomorrow is anniversary of launch of what I still think of as “my” rover.

Working remotely can cut someone's climate change footprint in half 🧪 www.scientificamerican.com/article/work...

Finished! “UNSEEN PILLARS”, 8x8”, pearlescent watercolor on cradled art board, finished September 5, 2023. The Eagle Nebula (M16 star-forming region) as seen by JWST. This piece will be part of Central Art Gallery's Equal Sides show on September 15!

#SpaceArt #AstroArt #SciArt #watercolor

Almost finished with my wip #M16 “Pillars of Creation” as seen in infrared by JWST. Need to do final outlines in silver, put in the main stars and rays.

#SpaceArt #AstroArt #SciArt #watercolor #EagleNebula

Bluesky is powered by spite, the most potent energy source known to man

Today's NASA Astronomy Picture of the Day ("APOD"): My shot of the #SpaceX Crew-7 rocket nebula.

It still completely blows my mind that there are 4 humans (and a rocket booster returning to launch site) in that cloud.

APOD link: apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap23083...

"ISS' Moon Transit"

Oil painting on 5"x7" canvas paper.

Planning to post it after I scan it and send it to US, but since for now I'm focusing on my dad's health, I post it sooner. Thank you for my very understanding patron.

Inspired by Andrew J. McCarthy's ISS pic.

Lessons are repeated until they are learned.

All good things must come to an end. The only reason I was holding on to my Twitter/X account was for #NASASocial but with the new TOS that's being rolled out, it's a bridge too far. Screenshot for posterity - final tweets & follower count before before I wipe everything, once I obtain my archive.