Deana Weibel
@ethnoethereal.bsky.social
Cultural anthropologist of religion studying the human relationship with sacred space, including outer space, through ethnographic research.
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EVERY SINGLE PERSON IN CONGRESS should be pressed about Trump calling for their colleagues to be killed
November 20, 2025 at 5:20 PM
EVERY SINGLE PERSON IN CONGRESS should be pressed about Trump calling for their colleagues to be killed
GVSU (my department!) is looking for a visiting biological anthropologist to start in two months for an 18 month position! Please share this around your networks. gvsu.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/careers/job/...
Visiting Faculty of Anthropology
Summary: The Department of Anthropology invites applications for an 18-month, non-tenure track Visiting Assistant Professor position in biological anthropology to begin teaching on January 12, 2026, f...
gvsu.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com
November 19, 2025 at 1:27 PM
GVSU (my department!) is looking for a visiting biological anthropologist to start in two months for an 18 month position! Please share this around your networks. gvsu.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/careers/job/...
You can read it right here: www.reaganlibrary.gov/archives/spe...
October 25, 2025 at 10:17 PM
You can read it right here: www.reaganlibrary.gov/archives/spe...
Psst! You can help me out by following my author page on Amazon (it's in the midst of being updated): www.amazon.com/author/deana...
Deana Weibel: books, biography, latest update
Follow Deana Weibel and explore their bibliography from Amazon's Deana Weibel Author Page.
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October 14, 2025 at 3:11 PM
Psst! You can help me out by following my author page on Amazon (it's in the midst of being updated): www.amazon.com/author/deana...
What can astronauts teach us about about a type of curiosity driven by awe and humility? 🌍 🚀 👩🚀 🤩 ✨
My new book The Ultraview Effect (UC Press, May 2026) is now up!
ucpress.edu/books/the-ultraview-effect/hardcover
#TheUltraviewEffect #ucpress #SpaceAnthropology #Awe #Exploration
My new book The Ultraview Effect (UC Press, May 2026) is now up!
ucpress.edu/books/the-ultraview-effect/hardcover
#TheUltraviewEffect #ucpress #SpaceAnthropology #Awe #Exploration
The Ultraview Effect by Deana Weibel - Hardcover
Scholarship is a powerful tool for changing how people think, plan, and govern. By giving voice to bright minds and bold ideas, we seek to foster understanding and drive progressive change.
www.ucpress.edu
October 10, 2025 at 1:30 PM
What can astronauts teach us about about a type of curiosity driven by awe and humility? 🌍 🚀 👩🚀 🤩 ✨
My new book The Ultraview Effect (UC Press, May 2026) is now up!
ucpress.edu/books/the-ultraview-effect/hardcover
#TheUltraviewEffect #ucpress #SpaceAnthropology #Awe #Exploration
My new book The Ultraview Effect (UC Press, May 2026) is now up!
ucpress.edu/books/the-ultraview-effect/hardcover
#TheUltraviewEffect #ucpress #SpaceAnthropology #Awe #Exploration
This is nice for my birthday! 🌟 🌟 🚀 👩🚀 🌟 🌟 🎂 🎁 My actual book on the ultraview effect is coming out in May from the University of California Press. More info soon!
The 'ultraview effect': What happens when we bring human spirituality to outer space?
Can traveling to space change a person's religious views or spiritual outlook?
www.space.com
October 7, 2025 at 12:43 PM
This is nice for my birthday! 🌟 🌟 🚀 👩🚀 🌟 🌟 🎂 🎁 My actual book on the ultraview effect is coming out in May from the University of California Press. More info soon!
If you’re not against fascism, you’re either for it or, at best, neutral. But good people aren’t neutral about an evil system of total control. Thank you for your service, sir!
Younger veteran: "How old are you, man?"
Older veteran: “87.”
Younger veteran: “Out here getting arrested, raising hell at 87.”
Older veteran: “It’s just beginning.”
🦅 🦅 🦅 #ResistanceUnited 🔥 🔥 🔥
Older veteran: “87.”
Younger veteran: “Out here getting arrested, raising hell at 87.”
Older veteran: “It’s just beginning.”
🦅 🦅 🦅 #ResistanceUnited 🔥 🔥 🔥
October 5, 2025 at 10:09 PM
If you’re not against fascism, you’re either for it or, at best, neutral. But good people aren’t neutral about an evil system of total control. Thank you for your service, sir!
I just canceled my Hulu/Disney+ bundle and I really, really, really didn't want to. I'm in the middle of the fifth season of Only Murders in the Building! But I can't continue to support ABC/Disney for caving. Don't capitulate, litigate!
mickey mouse is standing in front of a sign that says pool
ALT: mickey mouse is standing in front of a sign that says pool
media.tenor.com
September 18, 2025 at 8:07 PM
I just canceled my Hulu/Disney+ bundle and I really, really, really didn't want to. I'm in the middle of the fifth season of Only Murders in the Building! But I can't continue to support ABC/Disney for caving. Don't capitulate, litigate!
A reader on The Space Review is criticizing me for the "behavior" I "exhibit" in my article (www.thespacereview.com/article/4975/1). Interesting. I'm also "very out of touch" because I think there's a connection between space exploration and religion. Aw, man. Sorry, guys. Here's my new earworm.
Daryl Hall & John Oates - Out Of Touch (Official HD Video)
YouTube video by hallandoatesVEVO
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April 23, 2025 at 1:57 PM
A reader on The Space Review is criticizing me for the "behavior" I "exhibit" in my article (www.thespacereview.com/article/4975/1). Interesting. I'm also "very out of touch" because I think there's a connection between space exploration and religion. Aw, man. Sorry, guys. Here's my new earworm.
I wrote about NS-31 for The Space Review.
No, I’m not calling Katy Perry an astronaut.
Yes, Shatner & Bezos got FAA wings for the same kind of flight in 2021.
Yes, science happened on board.
Mae Jemison backed it.
And yes, it felt “wrong” to folks—because it meant something we didn’t expect.
No, I’m not calling Katy Perry an astronaut.
Yes, Shatner & Bezos got FAA wings for the same kind of flight in 2021.
Yes, science happened on board.
Mae Jemison backed it.
And yes, it felt “wrong” to folks—because it meant something we didn’t expect.
The Space Review: “A bonafide frigging flight”: How NS-31 broke spaceflight norms and created an online uproar
www.thespacereview.com
April 23, 2025 at 4:13 AM
I wrote about NS-31 for The Space Review.
No, I’m not calling Katy Perry an astronaut.
Yes, Shatner & Bezos got FAA wings for the same kind of flight in 2021.
Yes, science happened on board.
Mae Jemison backed it.
And yes, it felt “wrong” to folks—because it meant something we didn’t expect.
No, I’m not calling Katy Perry an astronaut.
Yes, Shatner & Bezos got FAA wings for the same kind of flight in 2021.
Yes, science happened on board.
Mae Jemison backed it.
And yes, it felt “wrong” to folks—because it meant something we didn’t expect.
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🧵 GET UP, STAND UP 🧵
As cowardly institutions submit to Trump’s bullying and blackmail, I decided to put together this thread highlighting people and groups standing up to him. Let’s celebrate them. If we stay strong, we can defeat the fascists. 1/16
As cowardly institutions submit to Trump’s bullying and blackmail, I decided to put together this thread highlighting people and groups standing up to him. Let’s celebrate them. If we stay strong, we can defeat the fascists. 1/16
March 27, 2025 at 2:09 PM
🧵 GET UP, STAND UP 🧵
As cowardly institutions submit to Trump’s bullying and blackmail, I decided to put together this thread highlighting people and groups standing up to him. Let’s celebrate them. If we stay strong, we can defeat the fascists. 1/16
As cowardly institutions submit to Trump’s bullying and blackmail, I decided to put together this thread highlighting people and groups standing up to him. Let’s celebrate them. If we stay strong, we can defeat the fascists. 1/16
Breathtakingly incomprehensible.
"We are like butterflies who flutter for a day and think it's forever."
- Carl Sagan, in Cosmos (1980)
Visualisation of our galactic cluster 💫😲💫✨💫🌌💫
NASA
- Carl Sagan, in Cosmos (1980)
Visualisation of our galactic cluster 💫😲💫✨💫🌌💫
NASA
December 22, 2024 at 5:24 AM
Breathtakingly incomprehensible.
Learned today my poster session for the NASA Human Research Program Investigators Workshop was accepted! My presentation is called COSMIC VISTAS AND SPACEFARING CULTURE.
December 10, 2024 at 11:01 PM
Learned today my poster session for the NASA Human Research Program Investigators Workshop was accepted! My presentation is called COSMIC VISTAS AND SPACEFARING CULTURE.
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guys. there was a whole movie about this.
December 4, 2024 at 6:00 PM
guys. there was a whole movie about this.
Reposted by Deana Weibel
Several Montana Republicans joined Democrats on Tuesday to block a measure that would have barred transgender lawmakers from using the state Capitol bathrooms that aligned with their gender identities.
With GOP help, Montana lawmakers vote down transgender bathroom rule
Republicans in Montana helped block a measure that would bar trans lawmakers from using bathrooms aligned with their gender identities in the state Capitol.
www.washingtonpost.com
December 5, 2024 at 12:07 PM
Several Montana Republicans joined Democrats on Tuesday to block a measure that would have barred transgender lawmakers from using the state Capitol bathrooms that aligned with their gender identities.
Chat I had last month with @specolations.bsky.social . Our conversation starts about 20 minutes in. @vaticanobservatory.bsky.social
Full Moon Meetup with Dr Deana L Weibel - 2024-11-15
YouTube video by Vatican Observatory
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December 4, 2024 at 11:00 PM
Chat I had last month with @specolations.bsky.social . Our conversation starts about 20 minutes in. @vaticanobservatory.bsky.social
Fun Thanksgiving with my brother teaching him about snow!
November 29, 2024 at 11:20 PM
Fun Thanksgiving with my brother teaching him about snow!
At the American Anthropological Association meetings in Tampa. Finishing breakfast and about to take the Ybor trolley to the convention center…
November 20, 2024 at 2:41 PM
At the American Anthropological Association meetings in Tampa. Finishing breakfast and about to take the Ybor trolley to the convention center…
Oof
A SpaceX Starship rocket splashed down in the Gulf of Mexico after the company aborted a second attempt to “catch” the returning booster at the launch pad — a disappointing outcome to a test mission observed by Donald Trump, who traveled to Texas to watch.
As Trump, Elon Musk watch, SpaceX aborts Starship booster grab
The Starship program promises to help SpaceX, which has launched an unprecedented number of rockets, remain ahead of its rivals for government business.
www.washingtonpost.com
November 19, 2024 at 11:16 PM
Oof
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Good morning, Bluesky. Today’s #GoodMorningNews: a trial at Washington University’s school of medicine has shown great results for a vaccine that would prevent recurrence for a particularly aggressive form of breast cancer. It’s a small trial, but 3 years later 16/18 participants remain cancer free
Vaccine shows promise against aggressive breast cancer | WashU Medicine
Clinical trial targeted recurrence of hard-to-treat triple-negative breast cancer
medicine.washu.edu
November 16, 2024 at 3:09 PM
Good morning, Bluesky. Today’s #GoodMorningNews: a trial at Washington University’s school of medicine has shown great results for a vaccine that would prevent recurrence for a particularly aggressive form of breast cancer. It’s a small trial, but 3 years later 16/18 participants remain cancer free
Fun couple of days bumming around with my friends from the #vaticanobservatory, including @specolations.bsky.social. Lots of talking, long drives (including one that was half academic senate meeting via Zoom!). Now I'm tired but at least it's Friday!
November 15, 2024 at 10:39 PM
Fun couple of days bumming around with my friends from the #vaticanobservatory, including @specolations.bsky.social. Lots of talking, long drives (including one that was half academic senate meeting via Zoom!). Now I'm tired but at least it's Friday!
Yes, this is AI. But I still kind of like it.
November 14, 2024 at 3:09 PM
Yes, this is AI. But I still kind of like it.
I haven’t posted here in a while because it was pretty dead, but I will say hello and see what happens.
November 14, 2024 at 3:40 AM
I haven’t posted here in a while because it was pretty dead, but I will say hello and see what happens.
This article I wrote has just been published on The Space Review. Who get to decide whether the Moon is sacred? And if it is, what does that mean?
The Space Review: The sacred Moon: Navigating diverse cultural beliefs in lunar missions
www.thespacereview.com
January 30, 2024 at 4:03 AM
This article I wrote has just been published on The Space Review. Who get to decide whether the Moon is sacred? And if it is, what does that mean?
This is rekindling my urge to study tourism…
www.nytimes.com/2023/12/15/b...
www.nytimes.com/2023/12/15/b...
December 31, 2023 at 3:32 PM
This is rekindling my urge to study tourism…
www.nytimes.com/2023/12/15/b...
www.nytimes.com/2023/12/15/b...