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less than 2 weeks to #ArtemisII
January 30, 2026 at 9:29 PM
12 days until the launch window opens for #ArtemisII. writing about art, my role, history, and traditions. sign up to get the newsletter(s) when they're ready alexandraconstantinou.eo.page #SpaceArt
January 24, 2026 at 2:43 PM
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Artemis II is at the pad! This is a huge, huge milestone for this mission, this team, and the Agency that I'm proud and privileged to be a part of. While you're enjoying looking at the rocket I’m here to make you a SCIENCE thread! 🧪🔭⚒️🛰️🌔🪐🪨🩸 #planetsci 🧵 www.youtube.com/watch?app=de...
NASA's Artemis II Live Views from Kennedy Space Center
YouTube video by NASA
www.youtube.com
January 18, 2026 at 2:33 AM
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I've just thought an extraterrestrial thought. Through the years my name has been carried on many space probes/landers that have journeyed through the Solar System. Every time I've done it has increased the possibility of an alien discovering me and coming for a visit. Hope they like tea! 🔭 🧪
January 12, 2026 at 9:02 PM
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I wrote about the cosmic grandeur of American space science and this president’s foolish attempts to sabotage it

www.theatlantic.com/magazine/202...
Inside Donald Trump’s Attack on NASA’s Science Missions
During his first year back in office, the president tried to bring America’s age of discovery to an end.
www.theatlantic.com
January 8, 2026 at 2:56 PM
9 weeks #ArtemisII
December 8, 2025 at 2:29 PM
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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.
issinrealtime.org
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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HELLO TODAY IS RELEASE DAY FOR EVERY LONGING HEART!

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

#booksky #romancelandia #vampires #christmas
October 24, 2025 at 12:40 PM
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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
October 4, 2025 at 10:55 PM
government staying on theme for spooky season by giving up the ghost (temporarily)
October 1, 2025 at 1:24 PM
Countdowns all over the place at NASA's Johnson Space Center for #ArtemisII... exciting and a bit overwhelming
September 25, 2025 at 3:55 PM
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
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”)
September 23, 2025 at 2:32 AM
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
Labyrinth is a masterpiece and Claire writes why all should watch, especially young girls
I have a cold, so obviously I’ve put on Labyrinth
September 16, 2025 at 4:03 PM
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- 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
They erased the new Banksy mural in London. But the stain remains.
September 10, 2025 at 1:02 PM
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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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August 20, 2025 at 1:23 PM
a moment of fun amongst the general mess of everything else
August 15, 2025 at 4:30 PM
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❤️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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I think a lot about what Carl Sagan said in one of his final interviews.
May 4, 2025 at 6:21 AM
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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.

every.to/the-crazy-on...
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
Wrapped my second set of science simulations for #Artemis II. This is the good stuff amongst the chaos.
June 12, 2025 at 4:27 PM
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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. 💙
June 3, 2025 at 2:08 PM
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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