Kevin Castro, MA
@kevincastror.bsky.social
aspiring historian of science and technology, interested in aviation, aerospace, and space exploration technologies; he/him
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GOOD NEWS! A groundbreaking study in MORE THAN 1,000 people reveals that cancer patients who received a COVID-19 mRNA vaccine within 100 days of starting immunotherapy lived dramatically LONGER than those who didn’t. In some cases, their survival rate was DOUBLED.
November 14, 2025 at 5:00 PM
GOOD NEWS! A groundbreaking study in MORE THAN 1,000 people reveals that cancer patients who received a COVID-19 mRNA vaccine within 100 days of starting immunotherapy lived dramatically LONGER than those who didn’t. In some cases, their survival rate was DOUBLED.
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I am giving away a print as a thank you to everyone who has been following along & supporting me on my journey transitioning from a research scientist to full-time space artist.
I’ll draw a lucky winner from my email list at random on November 13th. You’ll get a print of Spectrum of Chaos!
I’ll draw a lucky winner from my email list at random on November 13th. You’ll get a print of Spectrum of Chaos!
November 6, 2025 at 10:29 PM
I am giving away a print as a thank you to everyone who has been following along & supporting me on my journey transitioning from a research scientist to full-time space artist.
I’ll draw a lucky winner from my email list at random on November 13th. You’ll get a print of Spectrum of Chaos!
I’ll draw a lucky winner from my email list at random on November 13th. You’ll get a print of Spectrum of Chaos!
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Arizonans, if you were one of 20,000 people at the Mortgage Matchup Center on November 5th for the Tate McRae concert, or November 5-6 or at the Home2 Suites Hilton on Jackson Street, you may have been exposed to measles.
Concertgoers at a Tate McRae show in Phoenix may have been exposed to measles
Someone with measles may have exposed others during a Tate McRae concert at the Mortgage Matchup Center in downtown Phoenix earlier this month.
www.12news.com
November 13, 2025 at 1:41 PM
Arizonans, if you were one of 20,000 people at the Mortgage Matchup Center on November 5th for the Tate McRae concert, or November 5-6 or at the Home2 Suites Hilton on Jackson Street, you may have been exposed to measles.
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Are you looking to read some new scholarship over the winter? Check out this amazing list of books that I have available to review for H-Environment! Spread the word! #envhist #envhum #ecocrit #aghist #landscape #conservation #sustainability #anthropocene #waterhist
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Books Available to review for H-Environment
Books Available for Review for H-Environment Below are the books currently available for review for H-Environment. Interested in reviewing one? Please email me at [email protected]. If we haven’t met,...
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October 30, 2025 at 2:01 AM
Are you looking to read some new scholarship over the winter? Check out this amazing list of books that I have available to review for H-Environment! Spread the word! #envhist #envhum #ecocrit #aghist #landscape #conservation #sustainability #anthropocene #waterhist
docs.google.com/document/d/1...
docs.google.com/document/d/1...
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I’m not the person to write it but you could probably write a few thousand words on the tech bro obsession with making robots that reflect modern male beauty standards (broad shoulders tapering to a narrow waist, slim but structured limbs), and how they’re trying to engineer into form.
November 11, 2025 at 10:12 PM
I’m not the person to write it but you could probably write a few thousand words on the tech bro obsession with making robots that reflect modern male beauty standards (broad shoulders tapering to a narrow waist, slim but structured limbs), and how they’re trying to engineer into form.
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In anticipation of Saturday’s meeting with the World of Cinema, Pope Leo shares his favorite movies.
November 11, 2025 at 12:58 AM
In anticipation of Saturday’s meeting with the World of Cinema, Pope Leo shares his favorite movies.
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An Archive of Handwritten Traditional Mexican Cookbooks Is Now Online
An Archive of Handwritten Traditional Mexican Cookbooks Is Now Online
“The search for authentic Mexican food—or rather, the struggle to define what that meant—has been going on for two hundred years,” writes Jeffrey Pilcher at Guernica. Arguments over national cuisine f...
www.openculture.com
November 8, 2025 at 8:04 PM
An Archive of Handwritten Traditional Mexican Cookbooks Is Now Online
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108 years ago today, the Bolsheviks sparked the October Revolution.
To celebrate, we're offering 30% off our October Revolution Reading List, which includes preorders of Donald Sassoon's upcoming book, Revolutions.
To celebrate, we're offering 30% off our October Revolution Reading List, which includes preorders of Donald Sassoon's upcoming book, Revolutions.
On the Anniversary of the Russian Revolution
108 years ago, the Bolsheviks descended upon Petrograd and sparked the Revolution that continues to reverberate today. To celebrate, we're offering 30% off our October Revolution Reading List, which i...
www.versobooks.com
November 7, 2025 at 6:01 PM
108 years ago today, the Bolsheviks sparked the October Revolution.
To celebrate, we're offering 30% off our October Revolution Reading List, which includes preorders of Donald Sassoon's upcoming book, Revolutions.
To celebrate, we're offering 30% off our October Revolution Reading List, which includes preorders of Donald Sassoon's upcoming book, Revolutions.
Is Russ Vought's last name pronounced like "vote"? I've been saying it as if it rhymed with "bought."
November 6, 2025 at 9:12 PM
Is Russ Vought's last name pronounced like "vote"? I've been saying it as if it rhymed with "bought."
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Finally got my copy of @historyasif.bsky.social book, Cosmic Fragments. Now time to ruin it with notes and highlights!
November 6, 2025 at 2:16 PM
Finally got my copy of @historyasif.bsky.social book, Cosmic Fragments. Now time to ruin it with notes and highlights!
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Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum was groped Tuesday by a man on the street who kissed her neck and touched her chest.
“If they do this to the president," she said, "what must happen to all the young women women?"
She's calling for new measures to end harassment
www.latimes.com/world-nation...
“If they do this to the president," she said, "what must happen to all the young women women?"
She's calling for new measures to end harassment
www.latimes.com/world-nation...
Mexico's president was groped on the street. Now she's waging war on rampant sexual harassment
Claudia Sheinbaum, Mexico's first female president, is pushing measures against sexual harassment after she was groped by a stranger on the street.
www.latimes.com
November 5, 2025 at 4:22 PM
Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum was groped Tuesday by a man on the street who kissed her neck and touched her chest.
“If they do this to the president," she said, "what must happen to all the young women women?"
She's calling for new measures to end harassment
www.latimes.com/world-nation...
“If they do this to the president," she said, "what must happen to all the young women women?"
She's calling for new measures to end harassment
www.latimes.com/world-nation...
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I just watched the first episode of this two-part series. It did a great job of refreshing my memory on the installation of the Destiny module in 2001 and the EVA performed by Mike Fincke and Gennady Padalka in 2004.
www.astronomy.com/space-explor...
www.astronomy.com/space-explor...
NOVA special to showcase 25 years of science and survival on the ISS
‘Operation Space Station’ is a captivating two-part documentary airing Nov. 5 and Nov. 12, detailing the most intense moments of the International Space Station’s 25 years in orbit.
www.astronomy.com
November 5, 2025 at 9:05 PM
I just watched the first episode of this two-part series. It did a great job of refreshing my memory on the installation of the Destiny module in 2001 and the EVA performed by Mike Fincke and Gennady Padalka in 2004.
www.astronomy.com/space-explor...
www.astronomy.com/space-explor...
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Its SHIGIDI paperback release day, US & Canada! Its been a long, lovely journey but my award-winning novel about African gods on a supernatural heist at the British museum finally hits stores in a new format, with a new cover + a bonus short story! Get it y'all🙏🏾
Art by @stephenembleton.bsky.social
Art by @stephenembleton.bsky.social
November 5, 2025 at 1:34 AM
Its SHIGIDI paperback release day, US & Canada! Its been a long, lovely journey but my award-winning novel about African gods on a supernatural heist at the British museum finally hits stores in a new format, with a new cover + a bonus short story! Get it y'all🙏🏾
Art by @stephenembleton.bsky.social
Art by @stephenembleton.bsky.social
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Decision Desk has called the NYC mayors race for Zohran Mamdani.
November 5, 2025 at 2:06 AM
Decision Desk has called the NYC mayors race for Zohran Mamdani.
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For children and teens, heart and blood vessel complications of Covid overshadow the very rare and short-term risk of vaccinations, a new report from nearly 14 million kids
www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
November 5, 2025 at 12:48 AM
For children and teens, heart and blood vessel complications of Covid overshadow the very rare and short-term risk of vaccinations, a new report from nearly 14 million kids
www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
Can't wait for the explanation on how this is the most appropriate type of toilet for the Lincoln era
November 3, 2025 at 10:54 PM
Can't wait for the explanation on how this is the most appropriate type of toilet for the Lincoln era
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I was laid off from Teen Vogue today along with multiple other staffers, and today is my last day.
certainly more to come from me when the dust has settled more, but to my knowledge, after today, there will be no politics staffers at Teen Vogue.
certainly more to come from me when the dust has settled more, but to my knowledge, after today, there will be no politics staffers at Teen Vogue.
November 3, 2025 at 7:52 PM
I was laid off from Teen Vogue today along with multiple other staffers, and today is my last day.
certainly more to come from me when the dust has settled more, but to my knowledge, after today, there will be no politics staffers at Teen Vogue.
certainly more to come from me when the dust has settled more, but to my knowledge, after today, there will be no politics staffers at Teen Vogue.
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THIS THURSDAY ON TGS: it’s the live show recording you’ve all been clamoring for! I invented a sadistic game to make Prof. Nicole Hemmer @pastpunditry.bsky.social and Prof. Kevin Schultz discuss rubbing Vaseline on presidents. There is a winner but really we all lose in the end. 😌
November 3, 2025 at 3:45 PM
THIS THURSDAY ON TGS: it’s the live show recording you’ve all been clamoring for! I invented a sadistic game to make Prof. Nicole Hemmer @pastpunditry.bsky.social and Prof. Kevin Schultz discuss rubbing Vaseline on presidents. There is a winner but really we all lose in the end. 😌
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I must also call attention to this book that was published just a few days ago. Valerie Neal is one of my favorite National Air and Space Museum scholars and I look forward to reading her latest work on the history of women astronauts.
www.smithsonianbooks.com/store/aviati...
www.smithsonianbooks.com/store/aviati...
On a Mission: The Smithsonian History of US Women Astronauts -
| Smithsonian Books Store
The definitive history of all 61 American women astronauts that's perfect for fans of The Six eager for more
Sally Ride became a hou…
www.smithsonianbooks.com
November 2, 2025 at 5:29 PM
I must also call attention to this book that was published just a few days ago. Valerie Neal is one of my favorite National Air and Space Museum scholars and I look forward to reading her latest work on the history of women astronauts.
www.smithsonianbooks.com/store/aviati...
www.smithsonianbooks.com/store/aviati...
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Obsessing over deservingness instead of caring about need is a quick way to empty the soul.
October 30, 2025 at 7:40 PM
Obsessing over deservingness instead of caring about need is a quick way to empty the soul.
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A personal reflection on the destructive erosion of ethics, norms and respect for law at NASA:
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October 31, 2025 at 2:16 PM
A personal reflection on the destructive erosion of ethics, norms and respect for law at NASA:
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Okay, I already wasn't a fan of the marble bathroom, but seeing the before picture really drove the horror home.
That man is allergic to good taste!
That man is allergic to good taste!
October 31, 2025 at 6:48 PM
Okay, I already wasn't a fan of the marble bathroom, but seeing the before picture really drove the horror home.
That man is allergic to good taste!
That man is allergic to good taste!
I love that Guillermo del Toro's Wikipedia page has a whole section on his favorite movies.
October 30, 2025 at 7:27 PM
I love that Guillermo del Toro's Wikipedia page has a whole section on his favorite movies.
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I still have a soft spot for this one though
October 30, 2025 at 1:37 AM
I still have a soft spot for this one though
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I love the contrast to Canada's approach
October 30, 2025 at 1:41 AM
I love the contrast to Canada's approach