Emily Olsen
@emilyolsen.bsky.social
🚀 Cataloguer, Science at Sotheby’s
💫1/2 of the Art Astra Podcast
Nerd about space, art, and pop culture.
Opinions my own.
💫1/2 of the Art Astra Podcast
Nerd about space, art, and pop culture.
Opinions my own.
Next year, NASA is sending people back to the moon for the first time in over 50 years. They’ve announced a new NASASocial opportunity for 50 social media users/content creators will be invited to watch the launch & tour NASA Kennedy. Interested? Apply!
www.nasa.gov/general/expe...
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Experience the Launch of Artemis II - NASA
Lee esta nota en español aquí
www.nasa.gov
November 20, 2025 at 3:53 AM
Next year, NASA is sending people back to the moon for the first time in over 50 years. They’ve announced a new NASASocial opportunity for 50 social media users/content creators will be invited to watch the launch & tour NASA Kennedy. Interested? Apply!
www.nasa.gov/general/expe...
www.nasa.gov/general/expe...
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40 years ago today the world was introduced to a small boy and his best friend. Happy birthday Calvin & Hobbes.
November 18, 2025 at 6:37 AM
40 years ago today the world was introduced to a small boy and his best friend. Happy birthday Calvin & Hobbes.
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Hey everybody who ever loved a video game: take a moment right now and say a little prayer for Rebecca, to whom you owe much.
I never thought I’d get this wish. Odd seeing eulogies before I expire
November 17, 2025 at 10:49 PM
Hey everybody who ever loved a video game: take a moment right now and say a little prayer for Rebecca, to whom you owe much.
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I love modern criminals, they’re always googling shit like “how to do crime”
"Cellphone records showed that two days before the purported attack, her co-conspirator searched online for 'zip ties near me'"
A staffer to a New Jersey congressman allegedly paid an scarification artist $500 to wound her as she staged a scene with zip ties and “Trump Whore” written on her stomach, federal prosecutors say
November 20, 2025 at 2:43 AM
I love modern criminals, they’re always googling shit like “how to do crime”
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RIP Rebecca Heineman (1963-2025), video game industry legend, Interplay cofounder, creator of Bard’s Tale 3 (1988) & Dragon Wars (1989), programmer on dozens of games and ports (Wolfenstein 3D, Another World), and first champion of a national US video game tournament - on SPACE INVADERS in 1980.
November 18, 2025 at 7:59 AM
RIP Rebecca Heineman (1963-2025), video game industry legend, Interplay cofounder, creator of Bard’s Tale 3 (1988) & Dragon Wars (1989), programmer on dozens of games and ports (Wolfenstein 3D, Another World), and first champion of a national US video game tournament - on SPACE INVADERS in 1980.
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Rebecca Heineman, known best for co-founding original Fallout developer Interplay alongside Brian Fargo, Jay Patel, and Troy Worrell in the early 1980s, has died aged 62. https://bit.ly/4oP8CJ7
November 18, 2025 at 11:01 PM
Rebecca Heineman, known best for co-founding original Fallout developer Interplay alongside Brian Fargo, Jay Patel, and Troy Worrell in the early 1980s, has died aged 62. https://bit.ly/4oP8CJ7
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What a killer thing to go out on. Rebecca Heineman was truly too good for this world.
leave it up to trans people for preserving game history properly www.videogamer.com/news/fallout...
Fallout 1 and Fallout 2 source code isn't actually lost, reveals former Interplay founder, despite orders to destroy all assets
The source Fallout 1 and Fallout 2 is not lost as former Interplay founder Rebecca Heineman reveals she kept all backups for the game.
www.videogamer.com
November 18, 2025 at 12:25 AM
What a killer thing to go out on. Rebecca Heineman was truly too good for this world.
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I wrote an obituary of celebrated game developer Rebecca Heineman for Ars Technica:
arstechnica.com/gadgets/2025...
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Celebrated game developer Rebecca Heineman dies at age 62
The gaming community mourns a beloved mentor and LGBTQ+ advocate with a storied career.
arstechnica.com
November 19, 2025 at 5:02 PM
I wrote an obituary of celebrated game developer Rebecca Heineman for Ars Technica:
arstechnica.com/gadgets/2025...
arstechnica.com/gadgets/2025...
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RIP to a games industry pioneer and legend, Rebecca Heineman (@burgerbecky.bsky.social) If your unfamiliar, look her up. Her career is like the story of videogames itself.
November 18, 2025 at 3:01 AM
RIP to a games industry pioneer and legend, Rebecca Heineman (@burgerbecky.bsky.social) If your unfamiliar, look her up. Her career is like the story of videogames itself.
A friend shared that the family of one of her students was unlawfully taken by ICE. Please consider supporting and sharing the below campaign if you can!
gofund.me/31ec718ec
gofund.me/31ec718ec
Donate to Help Reunite Veronica Lopez with Her Family, organized by guilmar jovin perez Lopez
Urgent Help for Veronica Lopez
Hi, my name is Guilmar Perez … guilmar jovin perez Lopez needs your support for Help Reunite Veronica Lopez with Her Family
gofund.me
November 17, 2025 at 12:20 AM
A friend shared that the family of one of her students was unlawfully taken by ICE. Please consider supporting and sharing the below campaign if you can!
gofund.me/31ec718ec
gofund.me/31ec718ec
Something fun this weekend: my friend invited me to join her in a jigsaw puzzle competition and we completed a 500 piece puzzle in 1 hr and 10 mins!
www.instagram.com/reel/DRHovJV...
www.instagram.com/reel/DRHovJV...
Emily R. Olsen on Instagram: "Putting professional assembly skills to the test. 💪🧩
My friend Nathalia invited me to join her at the @dcpuzzlecompetition this month and we completed a 500 piece jigsaw...
The DC Puzzle Competition brought together puzzle enthusiasts to test their skills and have fun. Emily and her friend Natalia participated, completing a 500 piece puzzle in 1 hour and 30 minutes. The ...
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November 16, 2025 at 6:49 PM
Something fun this weekend: my friend invited me to join her in a jigsaw puzzle competition and we completed a 500 piece puzzle in 1 hr and 10 mins!
www.instagram.com/reel/DRHovJV...
www.instagram.com/reel/DRHovJV...
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The correct number of disposable people is zero.
November 15, 2025 at 12:36 AM
The correct number of disposable people is zero.
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IRIDESCENT CLOUD ON MARS
Iridescent clouds over Gale Crater (enhanced color) - From Simeon Schmauß (stim3on.bsky.social) - https://flic.kr/p/2qJvryP
November 15, 2025 at 9:05 PM
IRIDESCENT CLOUD ON MARS
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Alice was a friend, a mentor, and a guide to so many in the disability community, and especially in the realms of disability and technology and disabled-led design.
This one hurts bad, but some of her last words were "Don't let the bastards grind you down. I love you all."
Gonna try to hold that.
This one hurts bad, but some of her last words were "Don't let the bastards grind you down. I love you all."
Gonna try to hold that.
November 15, 2025 at 7:25 AM
Alice was a friend, a mentor, and a guide to so many in the disability community, and especially in the realms of disability and technology and disabled-led design.
This one hurts bad, but some of her last words were "Don't let the bastards grind you down. I love you all."
Gonna try to hold that.
This one hurts bad, but some of her last words were "Don't let the bastards grind you down. I love you all."
Gonna try to hold that.
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‘Death remains my intimate shadow partner. It has been with me since birth, always hovering close by. I understand one day we will finally waltz together into the ether. I hope when that time comes, I die with the satisfaction of a life well-lived, unapologetic, joyful, & full of love.’
—Alice Wong
—Alice Wong
November 15, 2025 at 6:12 AM
‘Death remains my intimate shadow partner. It has been with me since birth, always hovering close by. I understand one day we will finally waltz together into the ether. I hope when that time comes, I die with the satisfaction of a life well-lived, unapologetic, joyful, & full of love.’
—Alice Wong
—Alice Wong
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i am incredibly grateful for alice wong
November 15, 2025 at 7:44 AM
i am incredibly grateful for alice wong
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Just an incalculable loss from which we won’t soon recover.
Alice was the best of us and I hope we all do (or keep doing) the kind of good work that burnishes her memory.
Fuck ableism. “Don’t let the bastards grind you down.”
Alice was the best of us and I hope we all do (or keep doing) the kind of good work that burnishes her memory.
Fuck ableism. “Don’t let the bastards grind you down.”
I don’t want to formulate words yet, but my friend Alice Wong, @sfdirewolf.bsky.social of the Disability Visibility Project, has passed.
Here are the words she left behind:
www.instagram.com/p/DREMDNBjnq...
Here are the words she left behind:
www.instagram.com/p/DREMDNBjnq...
Alice Wong on Instagram: "ID: Yellow background with black text "This is Alice's friend Sandy Ho, posting. Per Alice's wishes, this message is being shared at the time of her passing. Hi everyone, it ...
423 likes, 73 comments - alicatsamurai on November 14, 2025: "ID: Yellow background with black text "This is Alice's friend Sandy Ho, posting. Per Alice's wishes, this message is being shared at the t...
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November 15, 2025 at 6:11 AM
Just an incalculable loss from which we won’t soon recover.
Alice was the best of us and I hope we all do (or keep doing) the kind of good work that burnishes her memory.
Fuck ableism. “Don’t let the bastards grind you down.”
Alice was the best of us and I hope we all do (or keep doing) the kind of good work that burnishes her memory.
Fuck ableism. “Don’t let the bastards grind you down.”
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TIL that blood platelets have serotonin receptors, which is why anemia can mimic depression symptoms and that is absolutely fucking fascinating.
November 10, 2025 at 9:55 PM
TIL that blood platelets have serotonin receptors, which is why anemia can mimic depression symptoms and that is absolutely fucking fascinating.
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Huh well it turns out I heard from a few federal workers about this and well
"We civil servants organized to help our colleagues face the hardship of the shutdown, we put up with the pain and our only request was to not be betrayed like this. Trade our pain, make it count."
"We civil servants organized to help our colleagues face the hardship of the shutdown, we put up with the pain and our only request was to not be betrayed like this. Trade our pain, make it count."
November 10, 2025 at 9:30 PM
Huh well it turns out I heard from a few federal workers about this and well
"We civil servants organized to help our colleagues face the hardship of the shutdown, we put up with the pain and our only request was to not be betrayed like this. Trade our pain, make it count."
"We civil servants organized to help our colleagues face the hardship of the shutdown, we put up with the pain and our only request was to not be betrayed like this. Trade our pain, make it count."
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an old Kate Bush drawing from 2021
November 10, 2025 at 9:44 PM
an old Kate Bush drawing from 2021
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3,900 Pages of Paul Klee’s Personal Notebooks Are Now Online, Highlighting His Bauhaus Teachings (1921–1931)
3,900 Pages of Paul Klee’s Personal Notebooks Are Now Online, Highlighting His Bauhaus Teachings (1921–1931)
Paul Klee led an artistic life that spanned the 19th and 20th centuries, but he kept his aesthetic sensibility tuned to the future.
www.openculture.com
November 8, 2025 at 5:51 PM
3,900 Pages of Paul Klee’s Personal Notebooks Are Now Online, Highlighting His Bauhaus Teachings (1921–1931)
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Cyborg-Technology Relations is now an *ongoing* topical collection with the Journal of Human-Technology Relations. Plan your academic writing accordingly. :D
journals.open.tudelft.nl/jhtr/catalog...
journals.open.tudelft.nl/jhtr/catalog...
Cyborg-Technology Relations
| Journal of Human-Technology Relations
journals.open.tudelft.nl
November 8, 2025 at 1:51 AM
Cyborg-Technology Relations is now an *ongoing* topical collection with the Journal of Human-Technology Relations. Plan your academic writing accordingly. :D
journals.open.tudelft.nl/jhtr/catalog...
journals.open.tudelft.nl/jhtr/catalog...
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The pope has signed on to the STS agenda.
November 7, 2025 at 4:32 PM
The pope has signed on to the STS agenda.
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"The dawn came late and the breakfast had to wait
When the gales of November came slashin'
When afternoon came it was freezin' rain
In the face of a hurricane west wind."
50 years ago today...
#OnThisDay #MaritimeHistory
#EdmundFitzgerald #GordonLightfoot 🗃️⚓
(cc: @thelongestjohns.bsky.social)
When the gales of November came slashin'
When afternoon came it was freezin' rain
In the face of a hurricane west wind."
50 years ago today...
#OnThisDay #MaritimeHistory
#EdmundFitzgerald #GordonLightfoot 🗃️⚓
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The Wreck Of The Edmund Fitzgerald | The Longest Johns
YouTube video by The Longest Johns
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November 10, 2025 at 2:00 PM
"The dawn came late and the breakfast had to wait
When the gales of November came slashin'
When afternoon came it was freezin' rain
In the face of a hurricane west wind."
50 years ago today...
#OnThisDay #MaritimeHistory
#EdmundFitzgerald #GordonLightfoot 🗃️⚓
(cc: @thelongestjohns.bsky.social)
When the gales of November came slashin'
When afternoon came it was freezin' rain
In the face of a hurricane west wind."
50 years ago today...
#OnThisDay #MaritimeHistory
#EdmundFitzgerald #GordonLightfoot 🗃️⚓
(cc: @thelongestjohns.bsky.social)
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With SNAP/EBT cuts looming I highly recommend downloading this app! Basically restaurants and other food businesses will have available bags of random food they don’t wanna waste for ppl to buy for hella cheap! This has saved me sooooo many times when I only have $5 and need some food.
October 28, 2025 at 9:31 PM
With SNAP/EBT cuts looming I highly recommend downloading this app! Basically restaurants and other food businesses will have available bags of random food they don’t wanna waste for ppl to buy for hella cheap! This has saved me sooooo many times when I only have $5 and need some food.