Mike Wall
@michaelwall.bsky.social
Science, music, art.
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Current situation with our old Mr. Zach.
February 20, 2025 at 2:50 AM
Current situation with our old Mr. Zach.
Old Zach, curled and snoring.
February 8, 2025 at 6:13 PM
Old Zach, curled and snoring.
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Three months after launch, Europa Clipper hardware checkouts are going well. Lots to do before the spacecraft's Mars flyby on March 1! www.nasa.gov/missions/eur...
En Route to Jupiter, NASA’s Europa Clipper Captures Images of Stars - NASA
The spacecraft’s star trackers help engineers orient the orbiter throughout its long journey to Jupiter’s icy moon Europa.
www.nasa.gov
February 5, 2025 at 8:06 PM
Three months after launch, Europa Clipper hardware checkouts are going well. Lots to do before the spacecraft's Mars flyby on March 1! www.nasa.gov/missions/eur...
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Seattle Humane is expecting to put up for adoption more than 60 pets from the Los Angeles area next week.
Seattle Humane is taking in pets from California. Here's how you can help
Dozens of pets from California will be in need of homes here in Seattle next week.
www.kuow.org
January 9, 2025 at 10:25 PM
Seattle Humane is expecting to put up for adoption more than 60 pets from the Los Angeles area next week.
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Mindscape 301 | Tina Eliassi-Rad on Al, Networks, and Epistemic Instability. If we're all just vectors in a huge dataset, might as well turn it to our advantage. #MindscapePodcast
www.preposterousuniverse.com/podcast/2025...
www.preposterousuniverse.com/podcast/2025...
January 13, 2025 at 1:15 PM
Mindscape 301 | Tina Eliassi-Rad on Al, Networks, and Epistemic Instability. If we're all just vectors in a huge dataset, might as well turn it to our advantage. #MindscapePodcast
www.preposterousuniverse.com/podcast/2025...
www.preposterousuniverse.com/podcast/2025...
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NEWS: #NASAWebb is helping connect the dots! 🔴 A team of astronomers scoured multiple Webb surveys to assemble a large sample of “little red dots”—intriguing objects that mostly existed during the first 1.5 billion years after the big bang: bit.ly/4j9SVtm #AAS245 🔭 🧪
January 14, 2025 at 3:22 PM
NEWS: #NASAWebb is helping connect the dots! 🔴 A team of astronomers scoured multiple Webb surveys to assemble a large sample of “little red dots”—intriguing objects that mostly existed during the first 1.5 billion years after the big bang: bit.ly/4j9SVtm #AAS245 🔭 🧪
With the old man. Oh yeah, and the cat. (Our Zach is 20)
January 17, 2025 at 12:54 AM
With the old man. Oh yeah, and the cat. (Our Zach is 20)
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Woodworker Builds a Windmill That Was Originally Designed by Leonardo da Vinci laughingsquid.com/da-vinci-win...
Woodworker Builds a Windmill That Was Originally Designed by Leonardo da Vinci
Andy George of How to Make Everything built a windmill that was originally designed by Leonardo da Vinci.
laughingsquid.com
November 26, 2024 at 7:33 PM
Woodworker Builds a Windmill That Was Originally Designed by Leonardo da Vinci laughingsquid.com/da-vinci-win...
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The birth of a star as seen by the James Webb Space Telescope
November 21, 2024 at 8:03 AM
The birth of a star as seen by the James Webb Space Telescope
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It feels like people do not fully
understand how much life changed for our species between 1900 and 2000.
I still struggle to comprehend it.
These events are 66 years apart.
understand how much life changed for our species between 1900 and 2000.
I still struggle to comprehend it.
These events are 66 years apart.
November 16, 2024 at 5:06 PM
It feels like people do not fully
understand how much life changed for our species between 1900 and 2000.
I still struggle to comprehend it.
These events are 66 years apart.
understand how much life changed for our species between 1900 and 2000.
I still struggle to comprehend it.
These events are 66 years apart.
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this is probably one of my favorite pictures in astronomy
November 20, 2024 at 12:54 AM
this is probably one of my favorite pictures in astronomy
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The Ring Nebula looks like a portal
- James Webb Space Telescope
- James Webb Space Telescope
November 18, 2024 at 2:36 AM
The Ring Nebula looks like a portal
- James Webb Space Telescope
- James Webb Space Telescope
Ye old sheet of laser light.
November 19, 2024 at 10:04 AM
Ye old sheet of laser light.
Beauty in a tiny incandescent bulb.
November 19, 2024 at 10:02 AM
Beauty in a tiny incandescent bulb.
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Nebula NGC 5189 captured by Hubble
November 19, 2024 at 6:37 AM
Nebula NGC 5189 captured by Hubble
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the aurora from space 🌌
November 17, 2024 at 12:51 AM
the aurora from space 🌌
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A rose made of galaxies..
November 16, 2024 at 5:12 PM
A rose made of galaxies..
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I suspect partisan split on trust in science is a matter of positive feedback. One side doesn't like what science is saying (climate, vaccines), so they attack it. Scientists argue back. Partisans react defensively, giving their side more reason to attack science. Repeat.
www.vox.com/future-perfe...
www.vox.com/future-perfe...
America's fractured trust in science, explained in 3 charts
Science should be bipartisan. Why is our confidence split down party lines?
www.vox.com
November 15, 2024 at 1:49 PM
I suspect partisan split on trust in science is a matter of positive feedback. One side doesn't like what science is saying (climate, vaccines), so they attack it. Scientists argue back. Partisans react defensively, giving their side more reason to attack science. Repeat.
www.vox.com/future-perfe...
www.vox.com/future-perfe...
A first post. Hello world. And cats...
February 8, 2024 at 1:15 PM
A first post. Hello world. And cats...