Justin Walsh
@jstpwalsh.bsky.social
Space archaeologist, hab consultant, ancient Mediterranean, heritage | Prof at Chapman U | Fellow at USC | Explorers Club 50 | https://issarchaeology.org / http://brickmoonspace.com | He/him | Settler on unceded Tongva land (LA) | avi by Zach Weinersmith
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Justin Walsh
@jstpwalsh.bsky.social
· Sep 23
My "Neferkare is established and living" cartouche is raising a lot of questions already answered by my cartouche
PSA: if you're in the US, and you traveled for the holiday, please wear a mask on your way home. We know that Thanksgiving marks the beginning of peak COVID season each year.
November 28, 2025 at 5:52 PM
PSA: if you're in the US, and you traveled for the holiday, please wear a mask on your way home. We know that Thanksgiving marks the beginning of peak COVID season each year.
People keep telling me that I have nothing to fear, as a social scientist who is also a birthright citizen born to parents who were not permanent residents of the US at the time
Trump: “I will permanently pause migration from all Third World Countries … denaturalize migrants who undermine domestic tranquility, and deport any Foreign National who is a public charge, security risk, or non-compatible with Western Civilization.“
November 28, 2025 at 5:54 AM
People keep telling me that I have nothing to fear, as a social scientist who is also a birthright citizen born to parents who were not permanent residents of the US at the time
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“The Invention of Thanksgiving,” @smithsoniannmai exhibit “Americans,” curator Paul Chaat Smith (Comanche)
“We’re in your head, your pantry, your garage,” the land we walk and live on, and call “ours,” the gardens we garden, the foods we harvest, the seeds we plant. 🌱 Part 2 in comments!
“We’re in your head, your pantry, your garage,” the land we walk and live on, and call “ours,” the gardens we garden, the foods we harvest, the seeds we plant. 🌱 Part 2 in comments!
November 27, 2025 at 9:35 PM
“The Invention of Thanksgiving,” @smithsoniannmai exhibit “Americans,” curator Paul Chaat Smith (Comanche)
“We’re in your head, your pantry, your garage,” the land we walk and live on, and call “ours,” the gardens we garden, the foods we harvest, the seeds we plant. 🌱 Part 2 in comments!
“We’re in your head, your pantry, your garage,” the land we walk and live on, and call “ours,” the gardens we garden, the foods we harvest, the seeds we plant. 🌱 Part 2 in comments!
This is potentially a gigantic problem for ISS operations
Russia's only pad for crew launches suffers major damage:
russianspaceweb.com/baikonur_r7_...
russianspaceweb.com/baikonur_r7_...
November 27, 2025 at 9:13 PM
This is potentially a gigantic problem for ISS operations
Worse, this is for an AI-based program of support for autism 🙄
"Runctitiononal features"? "Medical fymblal"? "1 Tol Line storee"? This gets worse the longer you look at it. But it's got to be good, because it was published in Nature Scientific Reports last week: www.nature.com/articles/s41... h/t @asa.tsbalans.se
November 27, 2025 at 8:06 PM
Worse, this is for an AI-based program of support for autism 🙄
Annual tradition youtu.be/yPEuQNp0nII?...
The Invention of Thanksgiving
YouTube video by SmithsonianNMAI
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November 27, 2025 at 7:44 PM
Annual tradition youtu.be/yPEuQNp0nII?...
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Unpopular opinion:
Instead of one European on the Moon, we get one German, one French, and one Italian each only flying around the Moon.
Europe's problem in a nutshell called Orion. Instead of achieving great things by thinking European, we remain mediocre by thinking national.
🇪🇺💔
Instead of one European on the Moon, we get one German, one French, and one Italian each only flying around the Moon.
Europe's problem in a nutshell called Orion. Instead of achieving great things by thinking European, we remain mediocre by thinking national.
🇪🇺💔
November 27, 2025 at 6:02 PM
Unpopular opinion:
Instead of one European on the Moon, we get one German, one French, and one Italian each only flying around the Moon.
Europe's problem in a nutshell called Orion. Instead of achieving great things by thinking European, we remain mediocre by thinking national.
🇪🇺💔
Instead of one European on the Moon, we get one German, one French, and one Italian each only flying around the Moon.
Europe's problem in a nutshell called Orion. Instead of achieving great things by thinking European, we remain mediocre by thinking national.
🇪🇺💔
Three European astronauts (one Italian) will take part in the Artemis missions. (Assuming there are any after II.)
Un italiano volerà verso la Luna con le missioni Artemis. E' stato annunciato a Brema, dove si è tenuta la conferenza ministeriale dell' @esa.int. Tre in tutto gli astronauti europei coinvolti. Non sono ancora stati resi noti i nomi
November 27, 2025 at 2:41 PM
Three European astronauts (one Italian) will take part in the Artemis missions. (Assuming there are any after II.)
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What's the lesson from the anthropology of outer space?
Across the globe, people actively strive for intimacy with the cosmos. 1/3🔽
Across the globe, people actively strive for intimacy with the cosmos. 1/3🔽
Outer space
People’s daily lives have always relied heavily on their link with outer space. From using the constellations for navigation millennia ago to connecting with thousands of satellites that provide geopo...
www.anthroencyclopedia.com
November 27, 2025 at 1:20 PM
What's the lesson from the anthropology of outer space?
Across the globe, people actively strive for intimacy with the cosmos. 1/3🔽
Across the globe, people actively strive for intimacy with the cosmos. 1/3🔽
I just want to say, we all know that the person who could least handle being the subject of a roast is Elon himself. We saw it when he came out during that Dave Chappelle show.
when the vulgar roast is epic 😈 😈 😈
November 26, 2025 at 7:00 PM
I just want to say, we all know that the person who could least handle being the subject of a roast is Elon himself. We saw it when he came out during that Dave Chappelle show.
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It's harder to pull out the human spaceflight numbers from NASA's 2026 budget request, but it's basically the top two major lines, which go from $11.9b to $11.5b (-3.5%). Europe is going big.
November 26, 2025 at 3:23 PM
It's harder to pull out the human spaceflight numbers from NASA's 2026 budget request, but it's basically the top two major lines, which go from $11.9b to $11.5b (-3.5%). Europe is going big.
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Personally, I'm most interested in looking at human spaceflight, which would be getting at 39% increase in this proposed budget 🤯
November 26, 2025 at 3:14 PM
Personally, I'm most interested in looking at human spaceflight, which would be getting at 39% increase in this proposed budget 🤯
It begins...
The proposed ESA budget for the next three years and its programmatic breakdown. For context, the budget for the preceding three years was €16.9 billion.
November 26, 2025 at 2:36 PM
It begins...
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Fundamentally, the relationship we are encouraged and expected to have with LLMs is that of the citizens of Oz to their Wizard. It's magic, it's all-powerful...until we look behind the green curtain.
November 26, 2025 at 4:28 AM
Fundamentally, the relationship we are encouraged and expected to have with LLMs is that of the citizens of Oz to their Wizard. It's magic, it's all-powerful...until we look behind the green curtain.
Who amongst us, though
the Doug Mills video embedded in the NYT Trump aging story is pretty amazing
November 26, 2025 at 5:28 AM
Who amongst us, though
Fundamentally, the relationship we are encouraged and expected to have with LLMs is that of the citizens of Oz to their Wizard. It's magic, it's all-powerful...until we look behind the green curtain.
November 26, 2025 at 4:28 AM
Fundamentally, the relationship we are encouraged and expected to have with LLMs is that of the citizens of Oz to their Wizard. It's magic, it's all-powerful...until we look behind the green curtain.
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NO
NO IT ISN'T
STOP IT
STOP
NO IT ISN'T
STOP IT
STOP
November 26, 2025 at 2:55 AM
NO
NO IT ISN'T
STOP IT
STOP
NO IT ISN'T
STOP IT
STOP
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Seeds to donate to Los Angeles fire victims? 🌱 We are distributing thru Seed Libraries and fire-affected schools in Altadena, as well as Pacific Palisades. Native/noninvasive seeds going to the Seed Bomb Project, who has already donated 4,000 ❣️seed bombs since June. Ship-To Address to in comments.
November 26, 2025 at 12:09 AM
Seeds to donate to Los Angeles fire victims? 🌱 We are distributing thru Seed Libraries and fire-affected schools in Altadena, as well as Pacific Palisades. Native/noninvasive seeds going to the Seed Bomb Project, who has already donated 4,000 ❣️seed bombs since June. Ship-To Address to in comments.
Here's hoping that the crew of Tiangong now has their lifeboat
Liftoff
November 25, 2025 at 5:00 AM
Here's hoping that the crew of Tiangong now has their lifeboat
For some reason the OP deleted their post, but it was about an assignment that asked students to learn what AI can and can't do by critiquing LLMs
I did this in both of my classes this semester. It was super successful. The students had to ask an LLM about a subject they already knew well, like their favorite musician, movie, sports team, or something else they had previously researched.
November 25, 2025 at 12:28 AM
For some reason the OP deleted their post, but it was about an assignment that asked students to learn what AI can and can't do by critiquing LLMs
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Stahl house is for sale in case you are in need of an architecturally significant property in the Hollywood Hills:
www.latimes.com/travel/story...
www.latimes.com/travel/story...
Iconic Stahl House, a Midcentury Modern stunner, up for sale
The Stahl House is selling for $25 million. The current owners say its tour program will continue for now.
www.latimes.com
November 24, 2025 at 6:50 PM
Stahl house is for sale in case you are in need of an architecturally significant property in the Hollywood Hills:
www.latimes.com/travel/story...
www.latimes.com/travel/story...
So Dems and Republicans agree: nobody wants to govern this country
PUNCHBOWL: “.. GOP members messaged us over the weekend saying that they, too, are considering retiring in the middle of the term. Here’s one particularly exercised senior House Republican:
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November 24, 2025 at 4:06 PM
So Dems and Republicans agree: nobody wants to govern this country
RFK Jr is so sure he's right because he has never, ever been forced to reckon with the idea that he is wrong. He's the definition of "born on third, thinks he hit a triple," combined with a psychopathic sense of entitlement. That is it.
NEW: When RFK Jr. first told Trump that Tylenol might cause autism, the president wanted to tweet out a warning. Kennedy told him not to do that. There was nuance, and the drug companies would push back. “I don’t give a shit about that,” Trump responded. www.theatlantic.com/magazine/202...
The Most Powerful Man in Science
Why is Robert F. Kennedy Jr. so convinced he’s right?
www.theatlantic.com
November 24, 2025 at 4:08 AM
RFK Jr is so sure he's right because he has never, ever been forced to reckon with the idea that he is wrong. He's the definition of "born on third, thinks he hit a triple," combined with a psychopathic sense of entitlement. That is it.
Ohhh! You cursed brat! Look what you've done! I'm melting! Melting! Oh, what a world! What a world, Charlie Brown!
You cannot kill me in a way that matters, Charlie Brown.
you’re an errand boy, sent by grocery clerks, to collect a bill, charlie brown
November 24, 2025 at 3:37 AM
Ohhh! You cursed brat! Look what you've done! I'm melting! Melting! Oh, what a world! What a world, Charlie Brown!