Graham Minenor-Matheson
@spaceguyliu.bsky.social
PhD Student @Liu.se studying the space race. Sci-fi fan. Cofounder Linköping Space Studies in Humanities and Social Science @LSSH. Dad. Cat servant.
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This is the story tonight. Every Dem who was in that room should be telling us what they saw.
Himes: "What I saw in that room was one of the most troubling things I've seen in my time in public service ... any American who sees the video that I saw will see the US military attacking shipwrecked sailors."
December 4, 2025 at 10:37 PM
This is the story tonight. Every Dem who was in that room should be telling us what they saw.
I’m a media scholar by trade but this guy makes me look like a dunce 🤣
What Karl says here a right on the nose. The media landscape we love in is a direct result of political will. But that can change if we want it to
What Karl says here a right on the nose. The media landscape we love in is a direct result of political will. But that can change if we want it to
these are all terrible options, and if we lived in a functioning democracy with working regulators we'd think nothing of putting a blanket end to pointless media consolidation
these deals are always terrible for product quality, consumers, art and labor, but this is always downplayed in coverage.
these deals are always terrible for product quality, consumers, art and labor, but this is always downplayed in coverage.
Paramount throws in more cash in bid for Warner; Comcast wants to combine assets with NBCUniversal
Jockeying for HBO-owner Warner Bros. Discovery has intensified as the auction appears to enter its home stretch.
www.latimes.com
December 4, 2025 at 11:09 PM
I’m a media scholar by trade but this guy makes me look like a dunce 🤣
What Karl says here a right on the nose. The media landscape we love in is a direct result of political will. But that can change if we want it to
What Karl says here a right on the nose. The media landscape we love in is a direct result of political will. But that can change if we want it to
“Listen to me now: I say things that are bad that I plan to do nothing about. And you can take that to the bank.”
Affordability isn't a con job. It's the American people's top priority.
Trump: "I think affordability is the greatest con job."
December 4, 2025 at 7:16 PM
“Listen to me now: I say things that are bad that I plan to do nothing about. And you can take that to the bank.”
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If you were a tech company employee who moderated content overseas — say, trying to prevent a repeat of the Myanmar genocide! or maybe policing CSAM! Or hate speech illegal in your country! — you are a “censor” under the definitions of the Republicans in power.
www.reuters.com/world/us/tru...
www.reuters.com/world/us/tru...
Exclusive: Trump administration orders enhanced vetting for applicants of H-1B visa
An internal State Department memo said that anyone involved in "censorship" of free speech should be considered for rejection.
www.reuters.com
December 4, 2025 at 5:56 PM
If you were a tech company employee who moderated content overseas — say, trying to prevent a repeat of the Myanmar genocide! or maybe policing CSAM! Or hate speech illegal in your country! — you are a “censor” under the definitions of the Republicans in power.
www.reuters.com/world/us/tru...
www.reuters.com/world/us/tru...
Minimum wage is great but it helps capital. Wealthy people and corporations need to start paying us what we are worth or they should have their wealth taken and redistributed to the workers who actually create their wealth. It’s time to stop asking for handouts from selfish pricks who don’t care.
What did minimum wage get you each decade? In 2025, it buys you nothing but exhaustion.
There’s not a single place in America where a full-time minimum-wage worker can afford even a modest 2-bedroom. Not one. That’s the economy we’re living in. #TrumpAffordabilityCrisis
There’s not a single place in America where a full-time minimum-wage worker can afford even a modest 2-bedroom. Not one. That’s the economy we’re living in. #TrumpAffordabilityCrisis
December 4, 2025 at 7:04 PM
Minimum wage is great but it helps capital. Wealthy people and corporations need to start paying us what we are worth or they should have their wealth taken and redistributed to the workers who actually create their wealth. It’s time to stop asking for handouts from selfish pricks who don’t care.
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What did minimum wage get you each decade? In 2025, it buys you nothing but exhaustion.
There’s not a single place in America where a full-time minimum-wage worker can afford even a modest 2-bedroom. Not one. That’s the economy we’re living in. #TrumpAffordabilityCrisis
There’s not a single place in America where a full-time minimum-wage worker can afford even a modest 2-bedroom. Not one. That’s the economy we’re living in. #TrumpAffordabilityCrisis
December 4, 2025 at 6:32 PM
What did minimum wage get you each decade? In 2025, it buys you nothing but exhaustion.
There’s not a single place in America where a full-time minimum-wage worker can afford even a modest 2-bedroom. Not one. That’s the economy we’re living in. #TrumpAffordabilityCrisis
There’s not a single place in America where a full-time minimum-wage worker can afford even a modest 2-bedroom. Not one. That’s the economy we’re living in. #TrumpAffordabilityCrisis
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I'm still thinking about this exchange. As is often the case, we see Nuzzi acting out the most extreme version of a phenomenon that is actually pretty common in elite media: people taking umbrage at the idea that they're supposed to exercise moral judgment, and can be blamed for not doing so.
@timmiller.bsky.social: "He's being nominated to HHS Secretary…You had information that you could have shared…and you didn't share anything about him. Why? Did you still love him?"
Olivia Nuzzi: "I don't know how to responsibly handle this on camera." lnk.thebulwark.com/4ozkaz8?utm_...
Olivia Nuzzi: "I don't know how to responsibly handle this on camera." lnk.thebulwark.com/4ozkaz8?utm_...
December 4, 2025 at 6:02 PM
I'm still thinking about this exchange. As is often the case, we see Nuzzi acting out the most extreme version of a phenomenon that is actually pretty common in elite media: people taking umbrage at the idea that they're supposed to exercise moral judgment, and can be blamed for not doing so.
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Holy shit.
Reuters reporting that new admin instructions on visas are if you worked at a platform in trust & safety or content moderation or on fact checking or online safety at an platform you *and your loved ones* are ineligible for H-1B visa.
www.reuters.com/world/us/tru...
Reuters reporting that new admin instructions on visas are if you worked at a platform in trust & safety or content moderation or on fact checking or online safety at an platform you *and your loved ones* are ineligible for H-1B visa.
www.reuters.com/world/us/tru...
December 4, 2025 at 5:41 PM
Holy shit.
Reuters reporting that new admin instructions on visas are if you worked at a platform in trust & safety or content moderation or on fact checking or online safety at an platform you *and your loved ones* are ineligible for H-1B visa.
www.reuters.com/world/us/tru...
Reuters reporting that new admin instructions on visas are if you worked at a platform in trust & safety or content moderation or on fact checking or online safety at an platform you *and your loved ones* are ineligible for H-1B visa.
www.reuters.com/world/us/tru...
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We should probably be placing incarcerated people in prisons closest to their homes.
Why?
Assigning individuals to prisons closer to their home reduces recidivism.
Really?
Yep. Being placed close to one's home increases social contacts that appear to reduce reoffending.
Why?
Assigning individuals to prisons closer to their home reduces recidivism.
Really?
Yep. Being placed close to one's home increases social contacts that appear to reduce reoffending.
December 4, 2025 at 1:46 PM
We should probably be placing incarcerated people in prisons closest to their homes.
Why?
Assigning individuals to prisons closer to their home reduces recidivism.
Really?
Yep. Being placed close to one's home increases social contacts that appear to reduce reoffending.
Why?
Assigning individuals to prisons closer to their home reduces recidivism.
Really?
Yep. Being placed close to one's home increases social contacts that appear to reduce reoffending.
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"David Graeber wrote about the rise of 'bullshit jobs'---work sustained...by institutional inertia. Universities now risk creating their academic twin: bullshit degrees." Read this sobering look at how both universities and Silicon Valley are cashing in on AI:
www.currentaffairs.org/news/ai-is-d...
www.currentaffairs.org/news/ai-is-d...
AI is Destroying the University and Learning Itself
Students use AI to write papers, professors use AI to grade them, degrees become meaningless, and tech companies make fortunes. Welcome to the death of higher education.
www.currentaffairs.org
December 3, 2025 at 3:48 AM
"David Graeber wrote about the rise of 'bullshit jobs'---work sustained...by institutional inertia. Universities now risk creating their academic twin: bullshit degrees." Read this sobering look at how both universities and Silicon Valley are cashing in on AI:
www.currentaffairs.org/news/ai-is-d...
www.currentaffairs.org/news/ai-is-d...
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A tiny crack in a spacecraft window triggered China’s first-ever emergency launch to Tiangong space station. A CCTV article reveals what happened over 20 intense days, and why a piece of space debris smaller than 1 mm forced the emergency response.
Shenzhou-22 docks at Tiangong space station, resolving human spaceflight emergency
China’s uncrewed Shenzhou-22 spacecraft has arrived at the Tiangong space station, reestablishing a lifeboat for the crew and ending the orbital outpost’s first operational emergency.
China’s uncrewed Shenzhou-22 spacecraft has arrived at the Tiangong space station, reestablishing a lifeboat for the crew and ending the orbital outpost’s first operational emergency.
Shenzhou-22 docks at Tiangong space station, resolving human spaceflight emergency
China’s uncrewed Shenzhou-22 spacecraft has arrived at the Tiangong space station, reestablishing a lifeboat for the crew and ending the orbital outpost’s first operational emergency.
spacenews.com
December 1, 2025 at 9:56 AM
A tiny crack in a spacecraft window triggered China’s first-ever emergency launch to Tiangong space station. A CCTV article reveals what happened over 20 intense days, and why a piece of space debris smaller than 1 mm forced the emergency response.
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Day 1 of the AstrobiologyOU Advent Calendar... (1/2)
December 1, 2025 at 11:44 AM
Day 1 of the AstrobiologyOU Advent Calendar... (1/2)
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Now we have the final panel talking about next steps in solidifying Space Studies as a field amongst other questions with David Duner of Lund Uni, Gemma Milne of Glasgow Uni and Richard Tutton of York University.
November 28, 2025 at 12:21 PM
Now we have the final panel talking about next steps in solidifying Space Studies as a field amongst other questions with David Duner of Lund Uni, Gemma Milne of Glasgow Uni and Richard Tutton of York University.
Today our conference begins, “Democratisation of Space: The Rise of the private and decline of the public?” at @liu.se Norrköping campus. We began with a keynote from Prof Richard Turin on Oligarchic Futures and one of our parallel sessions w Michael Godhe on Political Economy of Martian Futures
November 27, 2025 at 9:39 AM
Today our conference begins, “Democratisation of Space: The Rise of the private and decline of the public?” at @liu.se Norrköping campus. We began with a keynote from Prof Richard Turin on Oligarchic Futures and one of our parallel sessions w Michael Godhe on Political Economy of Martian Futures
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“Please sit down before you read the next sentence. The BBC Written Archives Centre has no catalogue of its holdings available to the public…Earlier this year, the BBC suddenly announced that it was altering its archival access policy. Enquiries from the general public are now ignored.”
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Who controls the past
The BBC is restricting access to its archives
app.the-tls.com
November 26, 2025 at 2:19 PM
“Please sit down before you read the next sentence. The BBC Written Archives Centre has no catalogue of its holdings available to the public…Earlier this year, the BBC suddenly announced that it was altering its archival access policy. Enquiries from the general public are now ignored.”
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RIP Udo Kier, a true original
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his one and only social media post:
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his one and only social media post:
November 24, 2025 at 7:27 AM
RIP Udo Kier, a true original
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his one and only social media post:
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his one and only social media post:
Post a movie where you are from
November 23, 2025 at 7:03 PM
Post a movie where you are from
You are officially doomed 🤣
Caution: the ten-year-olds have discovered the Macarena. I repeat: the ten-year-olds have discovered the Macarena.
November 22, 2025 at 10:06 PM
You are officially doomed 🤣
In extremely boring news, just had my first ever McDonalds cappuccino. It was surprisingly tasty. Unlike their food menu 😂
November 22, 2025 at 1:05 PM
In extremely boring news, just had my first ever McDonalds cappuccino. It was surprisingly tasty. Unlike their food menu 😂
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BREAKING: The U.S. Coast Guard just announced they won’t classify swastikas and nooses as hate symbols anymore they’re calling them ‘potentially divisive.’ Potentially divisive? Listen, a noose isn’t a conversation starter. A swastika isn’t a debate topic. They are dangerous hate symbols. Full stop
November 20, 2025 at 10:13 PM
BREAKING: The U.S. Coast Guard just announced they won’t classify swastikas and nooses as hate symbols anymore they’re calling them ‘potentially divisive.’ Potentially divisive? Listen, a noose isn’t a conversation starter. A swastika isn’t a debate topic. They are dangerous hate symbols. Full stop
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Why yes, @microsoft.com, I will HAPPILY provide you feedback on how exactly I feel about Word right now.
November 20, 2025 at 1:07 PM
Why yes, @microsoft.com, I will HAPPILY provide you feedback on how exactly I feel about Word right now.
I replaced Windows with Linux Mint and I couldn’t be happier. Fuck Microsoft.
"Microsoft warns that Windows 11's agentic AI could install malware on your PC: 'Only enable this feature if you understand the security implications.'"
bro what--
what are we doing here, exactly, how can you--anyone be okay with this?
bro what--
what are we doing here, exactly, how can you--anyone be okay with this?
November 19, 2025 at 6:47 AM
I replaced Windows with Linux Mint and I couldn’t be happier. Fuck Microsoft.
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Mission confirmed ✅
#CopernicusEU Sentinel-6B is now in orbit and ready to begin its Launch & Early Operations phase with @operations.esa.int. The satellite is ready to continue a decades-long mission to track the height of the planet’s seas – a key measure of climate change.
#CopernicusEU Sentinel-6B is now in orbit and ready to begin its Launch & Early Operations phase with @operations.esa.int. The satellite is ready to continue a decades-long mission to track the height of the planet’s seas – a key measure of climate change.
Sentinel-6B launched to extend record of sea-level rise
The latest guardian of our oceans has taken its place in orbit. The Copernicus Sentinel-6B satellite is now circling Earth, ready to continue a decades-long mission to track the height of the planet’s...
esa.int
November 17, 2025 at 7:14 AM
Mission confirmed ✅
#CopernicusEU Sentinel-6B is now in orbit and ready to begin its Launch & Early Operations phase with @operations.esa.int. The satellite is ready to continue a decades-long mission to track the height of the planet’s seas – a key measure of climate change.
#CopernicusEU Sentinel-6B is now in orbit and ready to begin its Launch & Early Operations phase with @operations.esa.int. The satellite is ready to continue a decades-long mission to track the height of the planet’s seas – a key measure of climate change.
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Of course Adam Kotsko nails *precisely* what was so devastatingly wrong about the third season of #StrangeNewWorlds.
"The low-stakes Strange New Worlds was in search of a more ambitious thesis than 'Star Trek was already great.'"
Adam Kotsko reviews season 3 of Paramount+’s “Star Trek: Strange New Worlds.” https://lareviewofbooks.org/article/strange-new-lows/
Adam Kotsko reviews season 3 of Paramount+’s “Star Trek: Strange New Worlds.” https://lareviewofbooks.org/article/strange-new-lows/
November 16, 2025 at 10:29 PM
Of course Adam Kotsko nails *precisely* what was so devastatingly wrong about the third season of #StrangeNewWorlds.
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Terrific video essay — explains with great precision why so many recent movies look and feel so profoundly synthetic.
This is a really remarkable video essay on contemporary film and the theories of Laura Marks. It's making me think about movies in a new way.
Why Movies Just Don't Feel "Real" Anymore
YouTube video by Like Stories of Old
www.youtube.com
November 16, 2025 at 10:35 PM
Terrific video essay — explains with great precision why so many recent movies look and feel so profoundly synthetic.