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benfeist.bsky.social
Announcing ISS in Real Time, a new multimedia project where you can play back every day of the past 25 years aboard the International Space Station.
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ISS in Real Time
Explore 25 years onboard the International Space Station.
issinrealtime.org
October 27, 2025 at 3:10 PM
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tallndiabolical.bsky.social
HELLO TODAY IS RELEASE DAY FOR EVERY LONGING HEART!

You can get it anywhere you want! books2read.com/everylongingheart

#booksky #romancelandia #vampires #christmas
New release alert! grab your copy wherever books are sold. On a vintage christmas background, the cover of Every Longing Heart is displayed. Victorian woman with short hair looks back at tall blond man with beard and long hair longingly. he smolders. it's Christmastime in London.
October 24, 2025 at 12:40 PM
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ericdienstfrey.bsky.social
So Jurassic Park is about a group of rich people who don't understand that biology is far more complicated than "there are only two genders" and how this ignorance toward gender fluidity in nature causes these rich people to lose their money and die.
October 14, 2025 at 12:38 PM
maniacalstar.bsky.social
Moon Tree: Douglas Fir, 2021

From my Moon Tree series #InternationalObserveTheMoonNight #ObserveTheMoon #SpacetoberChallenge alexandraconstantinou.com/artwork/apol...
Painted Moon on fabric with embroidered craters and Douglas Fir embroidery
October 4, 2025 at 10:55 PM
maniacalstar.bsky.social
government staying on theme for spooky season by giving up the ghost (temporarily)
October 1, 2025 at 1:24 PM
maniacalstar.bsky.social
Countdowns all over the place at NASA's Johnson Space Center for #ArtemisII... exciting and a bit overwhelming
21 Weeks to Launch countdown for Artemis II mission above giant NASA meatball logo 21 weeks to launch countdown in Mission Training Center
September 25, 2025 at 3:55 PM
maniacalstar.bsky.social
I think I'm just going to start using the phrase "hobbledeegobbledeecastle - what is it?" whenever something ridiculous happens or I don't know what else to say
cpdinosaurs.bsky.social Crystal Palace Dinos @cpdinosaurs.bsky.social · Sep 22
We undertake lots of serious historical research, but this may be the most important of all:

what in the *blue hell* was the “Hobbledeegobbledeecastle” in the Crystal Palace North Tower Gardens? Even this 1910 programme doesn’t know

(The one from 1908 simply calls it “The funniest thing on earth”)
“NORTH TOWER GARDENS. THE FAIRY ARCHIPELAGO. The Water Chute.-The Largest Water Chute on Earth. Each Run, 6d. The Water Rapids.-A Thrilling Trip through Foaming Torrents. Electric Canoes.-A Voyage on the Lake through the Marvellous Grottoes and Caves of the Fairy Archipelago. Each Trip, 3d. The Human Laundry. - The Newest and Latest Amusement to be introduced in England to Laundry you complete by a Novel and Amusing Process, full of Mirth and Merriment. Helter Skelter. - The most Delightful and Fascinating Aerial Slip known. Glass Blowers.—A most interesting Exhibition of Glass Blowing. Articles of all descriptions made while you wait. Always at work. Pell Mell.-The Confusing Stairway. Rifle Range.-The Archipelago Miniature Bisley. Egyptian Maze.-An Amazing Maze combined with fun and laughter. Haunted Swing.-The Latest Parisian Novelty. Hobbledeegobbledeecastie.-What is it? Palmistry and Phrenology by Mrs. ALICE LEE (a descendant of the World-famed Gipsy Lee ). Parisian Pleasure Fair, Roundabouts, Swings, and Games. HYATT'S Juvenile Roundabout and Crystal Palace Riding School, Swings, Houp-La, and other Popular and Up-to-Date Sporting Games.”
September 23, 2025 at 2:32 AM
maniacalstar.bsky.social
New class of NASA astronaut candidates announced today, including Artemis III Science Team's Lauren Edgar!!! More scientists, especially geologists, always!
www.nasa.gov/news-release...
NASA Selects All-American 2025 Class of Astronaut Candidates  - NASA
NASA’s 10 new astronaut candidates were introduced Monday following a competitive selection process of more than 8,000 applicants from across the United
www.nasa.gov
September 22, 2025 at 5:18 PM
maniacalstar.bsky.social
Labyrinth is a masterpiece and Claire writes why all should watch, especially young girls
tallndiabolical.bsky.social Claire Trella Hill | gothic romance and fantasy author! @tallndiabolical.bsky.social · Sep 16
I have a cold, so obviously I’ve put on Labyrinth
September 16, 2025 at 4:03 PM
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seamas.bsky.social
- you clean up that banksy?
- sure did, your honour, leaving a perfect, permanent outline, imbuing the work with real fuckin gravitas while making its point better than the artist did himself just like you asked
adrianandshane.bsky.social Adrian+Shane @adrianandshane.bsky.social · Sep 10
They erased the new Banksy mural in London. But the stain remains.
Side-by-side images of Banksy’s mural on the Royal Courts of Justice in London. On the left, the artwork appears faded and scrubbed, leaving only a ghostly outline of a judge raising a gavel over a protester holding a placard. On the right, the mural is fully visible in sharp black and white stencil, showing a judge in a traditional white wig and robes striking down at a protester who defends himself with a bloodied sign.
September 10, 2025 at 1:02 PM
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theplanetaryguy.bsky.social
This is a new image of comet 3I/ATLAS, showing the development of a long tail of dust and gas as the object gets closer to the Sun.

As a reminder, the "I" in 3I/ATLAS stands for "interstellar".

Because this comet formed around a different star and is OLDER THAN THE SOLAR SYSTEM
September 6, 2025 at 12:54 AM
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tallndiabolical.bsky.social
LAST DAY TO GET BLACK AND DEEP DESIRES ON SALE!!

#vampires #gothicromance #yaromance #nospiceromance #spookyseason #spookyreads

books2read.com/blackanddeepdesires
August 20, 2025 at 1:23 PM
maniacalstar.bsky.social
a moment of fun amongst the general mess of everything else
Alexandra holding giant Moon cutout above head with yellow text overlay: "Minions! TONIGHT WE STEAL THE MOON!"
August 15, 2025 at 4:30 PM
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tallndiabolical.bsky.social
❤️ITS TIME FOR THE BELOVED SFF BOOKS SALE!!!❤️

-BLACK AND DEEP DESIRES is on sale for 99 cents!!
- The sale runs from Aug 7-11 2025
- We have 100+ recommended books on sale, each with a recommendation by someone who loved it!
August 7, 2025 at 12:06 PM
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davidho.bsky.social
I think a lot about what Carl Sagan said in one of his final interviews.
"WE'VE ARRANGED A society based on science and technology, in which nobody understands anything about science technology. And this combustible mixture of ignorance and power, sooner or later, is going to blow up in our faces. Who is running the science and technology in a democracy if the people don't know anything about it?" "Science is more than a body of knowledge, it's a way of thinking. A way of skeptically interrogating the universe with a fine understanding of human fallibility. If we are not able to ask skeptical questions, to interrogate those who tell us that something is true, to be skeptical of those in authority, then we're up for grabs for the next charlatan, political or religious, who comes ambling along."
May 4, 2025 at 6:21 AM
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garius.bsky.social
In 1988, IBM tried to seize the whole PC market back and make it proprietary again.

Everyone KNEW you couldn't win against IBM. Compaq, and founding CEO Rod Canion, decided to try.

Read my latest #history longform on the fight for the soul of the PC. And how Compaq won.

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The Man Who Beat IBM
Compaq’s Rod Canion broke Big Blue’s hold on the PC market—and changed computing forever
every.to
June 16, 2025 at 5:06 PM
maniacalstar.bsky.social
Wrapped my second set of science simulations for #Artemis II. This is the good stuff amongst the chaos.
Artemis Mission Control signage Team photo in front of Dare Unite Explore mural Silver doors to Mission Control Center Nasa worm logo
June 12, 2025 at 4:27 PM
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ohmwu.bsky.social
Happy Pride month, all! Way back in 2018 I made these galaxy pride flags. They were shared many thousands of times, featured on Vice, and even made their way onto book covers and into video games.

Here are the original ones I created (in no particular order!) so Bluesky can have them too. 💙
Asexual flag made from photos of galaxies Non-binary flag made from photos of galaxies New Pride flag made from photos of galaxies Transgender flag made from photos of galaxies
June 3, 2025 at 2:08 PM
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planetarysociety.bsky.social
Wondering how NASA science benefits your state? We’ve built an interactive dashboard where you can explore detailed economic impact reports for every U.S. state and the congressional districts they touch.
Explore the data here: dashboards.planetary.org/nasa-science...
June 2, 2025 at 4:15 PM
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philplait.bsky.social
I am furiously, flamingly, incandescently, *supernova-levels* of angry right now.

Trump is trying to kill NASA science. And hoo boy, do I have something to say about it.

badastronomy.beehiiv.com/p/trump-thre...

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Trump threatens to eviscerate NASA
The Presidential budget proposal is a death sentence for the space agency
badastronomy.beehiiv.com
June 2, 2025 at 3:31 PM
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wclivestream.bsky.social
Our 💯 hours to #SaveAmericasForecasts starts tomorrow!

Tune in to hear over 200+ US meteorologists and climate scientists share the importance of federally funded weather and climate research!

wclivestream.com
May 27, 2025 at 3:58 PM
maniacalstar.bsky.social
Happy #WorldBeeDay! Bees and honey are magic ✨️🐝✨️
May 20, 2025 at 5:35 PM
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theplanetaryguy.bsky.social
Read this:

www.planetary.org/articles/bil...

And then decide what action you'll take to save NASA science by visiting here:

www.planetary.org/save-nasa-sc...
Billions wasted, mysteries unsolved: The missions NASA may be forced…
Proposed NASA cuts would cancel dozens of space missions — including spacecraft already paid for, launched, and making discoveries.
www.planetary.org
May 9, 2025 at 5:56 PM
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plasmanerd.bsky.social
Because we need some fun to help us though the dark... Here's some campfire stories of how climate change is affecting the cryptids.

From the #USGS #Cryptids #ClimateChange
May 9, 2025 at 2:36 PM
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physicstoday.bsky.social
A science communicator launched an effort to pair artists with scientists whose jobs were eliminated or whose research funding was halted by the Trump administration. The result? Powerful portraits of researchers and their work. ⚛️🧪
doi.org/10.1063/pt.f...
Portraits of dismissed scientists personalize US government cuts to science
A hurricane researcher. An invasive-insect entomologist. An e-cigarette toxicologist. A biomedical librarian. Those are some of the people included in Silenced Science Stories, a visual storytelling p...
doi.org
April 25, 2025 at 1:46 PM