Dr Space Junk (Alice Gorman)
@drspacejunk.bsky.social
Space archaeologist | Vice-chair, Global Expert Group for Sustainable Lunar Activity | Explorers Club 50, 2024 | Author, Dr Space Junk vs the Universe. https://mitpress.mit.edu/9780262539654/dr-space-junk-vs-the-universe/
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The map's form: ornamental pond
It shows: whisper network
Its purpose: to make a proposal
It shows: whisper network
Its purpose: to make a proposal
November 25, 2025 at 2:33 PM
The map's form: ornamental pond
It shows: whisper network
Its purpose: to make a proposal
It shows: whisper network
Its purpose: to make a proposal
Gender relations and the domestication of space technology.
'She looks at the console. "Close hatch," she orders. I shut the washing machine. She begins the countdown, "Five.....four.....three..."'
#WomenInSTEM 🔭 🧪
'She looks at the console. "Close hatch," she orders. I shut the washing machine. She begins the countdown, "Five.....four.....three..."'
#WomenInSTEM 🔭 🧪
Space Age Suds: women, washing machines and the astronautics of everyday life
'Space Age Suds' is a charming and slightly alarming little vignette which is about the seeping of the Space Age into domestic life, machin...
zoharesque.blogspot.com
November 25, 2025 at 11:43 AM
Gender relations and the domestication of space technology.
'She looks at the console. "Close hatch," she orders. I shut the washing machine. She begins the countdown, "Five.....four.....three..."'
#WomenInSTEM 🔭 🧪
'She looks at the console. "Close hatch," she orders. I shut the washing machine. She begins the countdown, "Five.....four.....three..."'
#WomenInSTEM 🔭 🧪
'Someone close to them' = man. Can't we just say it? Amazing how men have been written out of this and many other similar articles.
One woman killed by someone close to them every 10 minutes: UN report
One woman killed by someone close to them every 10 minutes: UN report
To mark the International Day for the Elminination of Violence Against Women on Monday, the United Nations released a report that also revealed that 60% of women are killed by close family members.
www.lemonde.fr
November 25, 2025 at 7:11 AM
'Someone close to them' = man. Can't we just say it? Amazing how men have been written out of this and many other similar articles.
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Ah, the Sonora Aero Club raises its pretty but ahistorical head again: “I could share more, but our friend wants evidence, and I am not yet ready to publish…”
Seeking Sonora
The art of Charles Dellschau has been receiving some attention lately, thanks to the recent publication of a book about his work. Dellschau, who produced thousands of strange and wonderful watercolour...
airminded.org
November 25, 2025 at 5:44 AM
Ah, the Sonora Aero Club raises its pretty but ahistorical head again: “I could share more, but our friend wants evidence, and I am not yet ready to publish…”
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If you would like to see me live on stage with Andy Zaltzman doing @thebugle.bsky.social, look no further!
The Bugle Live - Brisbane | The Paddo Tavern
Tuesday 2nd December 2025
Doors 6.00pm
Show 7.00pm
🎟️ https://www.standup.com.au/event/andy-zaltzman-the-bugle-live/
The Bugle Live - Brisbane | The Paddo Tavern
Tuesday 2nd December 2025
Doors 6.00pm
Show 7.00pm
🎟️ https://www.standup.com.au/event/andy-zaltzman-the-bugle-live/
November 25, 2025 at 5:30 AM
If you would like to see me live on stage with Andy Zaltzman doing @thebugle.bsky.social, look no further!
The Bugle Live - Brisbane | The Paddo Tavern
Tuesday 2nd December 2025
Doors 6.00pm
Show 7.00pm
🎟️ https://www.standup.com.au/event/andy-zaltzman-the-bugle-live/
The Bugle Live - Brisbane | The Paddo Tavern
Tuesday 2nd December 2025
Doors 6.00pm
Show 7.00pm
🎟️ https://www.standup.com.au/event/andy-zaltzman-the-bugle-live/
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Hey #planetSci friends, the end of the year is nearing. Does anyone want to help me put together an Image of the Year Bracket?
If you want to propose your favourite planetary science image of 2025, place it below with a link to the source and when it was published.
If you want to propose your favourite planetary science image of 2025, place it below with a link to the source and when it was published.
November 24, 2025 at 4:04 PM
Hey #planetSci friends, the end of the year is nearing. Does anyone want to help me put together an Image of the Year Bracket?
If you want to propose your favourite planetary science image of 2025, place it below with a link to the source and when it was published.
If you want to propose your favourite planetary science image of 2025, place it below with a link to the source and when it was published.
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Imagine if China killed scores of unidentified people at sea claiming they were drug-runners, then set its navy on course to invade a country I think the global media would be reacting differently compared to reporting the US threat to Venezuela. BTW it's giving off big Gulf of Tonkin vibes.
November 25, 2025 at 4:32 AM
Imagine if China killed scores of unidentified people at sea claiming they were drug-runners, then set its navy on course to invade a country I think the global media would be reacting differently compared to reporting the US threat to Venezuela. BTW it's giving off big Gulf of Tonkin vibes.
A Venus figurine made of cigarette butts. I first saw this work by Al Hansen in an exhibition at the Natural History Museum in Vienna, where the 30, 000-year-old Venus of Willendorf is displayed. 🏺 🦣
Al Hansen, La Venus de Jacques Villon Assemblage of Cigarette Butts (1988), Galerie 1900-2000 (Paris), Folded Card, 1991
Size: 6 x 8.5 inches
gallery98.org
November 25, 2025 at 4:33 AM
A Venus figurine made of cigarette butts. I first saw this work by Al Hansen in an exhibition at the Natural History Museum in Vienna, where the 30, 000-year-old Venus of Willendorf is displayed. 🏺 🦣
'IMPERIALISTS: All honest, polite, peaceful, distinguished people.'
- Gustave Flaubert, Dictionary of Received Ideas, 1870s
- Gustave Flaubert, Dictionary of Received Ideas, 1870s
November 25, 2025 at 3:06 AM
'IMPERIALISTS: All honest, polite, peaceful, distinguished people.'
- Gustave Flaubert, Dictionary of Received Ideas, 1870s
- Gustave Flaubert, Dictionary of Received Ideas, 1870s
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"What are they playing?" asked Tock
"The sunset, of course. They play it every evening, about this time. And they also play morning, noon, and night, when, of course, it's morning, noon, or night. Why, there wouldn't be any color in the world unless they played it.”
"The sunset, of course. They play it every evening, about this time. And they also play morning, noon, and night, when, of course, it's morning, noon, or night. Why, there wouldn't be any color in the world unless they played it.”
November 24, 2025 at 8:02 PM
"What are they playing?" asked Tock
"The sunset, of course. They play it every evening, about this time. And they also play morning, noon, and night, when, of course, it's morning, noon, or night. Why, there wouldn't be any color in the world unless they played it.”
"The sunset, of course. They play it every evening, about this time. And they also play morning, noon, and night, when, of course, it's morning, noon, or night. Why, there wouldn't be any color in the world unless they played it.”
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“Declaration for the Future” by German Physical Society and the Physical Society of Japan - Nov. 2025
www.dpg-physik.de/veroeffentli...
"We pledge, as physicists, to contribute to humanity’s survival and advancement"
www.dpg-physik.de/veroeffentli...
"We pledge, as physicists, to contribute to humanity’s survival and advancement"
Declaration for the Future
Representatives of the Physical Society of Japan (JPS) and the German Physical Society (DPG) convened in Münster, Germany, during the United Nations’ International Year of Quantum Science and Technolo...
www.dpg-physik.de
November 24, 2025 at 8:02 PM
“Declaration for the Future” by German Physical Society and the Physical Society of Japan - Nov. 2025
www.dpg-physik.de/veroeffentli...
"We pledge, as physicists, to contribute to humanity’s survival and advancement"
www.dpg-physik.de/veroeffentli...
"We pledge, as physicists, to contribute to humanity’s survival and advancement"
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Udo Kier, German actor with wide-ranging career, dies aged 81
Udo Kier, German actor with wide-ranging career, dies aged 81
He rose to fame in the 70s with cult portrayals of Frankenstein and Dracula, before working in hundreds of films, including several with Lars von Trier.
www.lemonde.fr
November 24, 2025 at 1:26 PM
Udo Kier, German actor with wide-ranging career, dies aged 81
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The submission deadline for the Bronislaw #Malinowski Award is Dec 15.
The award honors a career dedicated to solving human challenges by applying social science concepts & methods.
More: www.appliedanthro.org/about/awards...
#SfAA #socialscience #anthropology #appliedanthropology #SfAA2026
The award honors a career dedicated to solving human challenges by applying social science concepts & methods.
More: www.appliedanthro.org/about/awards...
#SfAA #socialscience #anthropology #appliedanthropology #SfAA2026
November 24, 2025 at 1:42 PM
The submission deadline for the Bronislaw #Malinowski Award is Dec 15.
The award honors a career dedicated to solving human challenges by applying social science concepts & methods.
More: www.appliedanthro.org/about/awards...
#SfAA #socialscience #anthropology #appliedanthropology #SfAA2026
The award honors a career dedicated to solving human challenges by applying social science concepts & methods.
More: www.appliedanthro.org/about/awards...
#SfAA #socialscience #anthropology #appliedanthropology #SfAA2026
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"Perhaps someday you can have one city as easy to see as Illusions and as hard to forget as Reality," Milo remarked.
"That will happen only when you bring back Rhyme and Reason," said Alec, smiling, for he had seen right through Milo's plans.
"That will happen only when you bring back Rhyme and Reason," said Alec, smiling, for he had seen right through Milo's plans.
November 24, 2025 at 2:02 PM
"Perhaps someday you can have one city as easy to see as Illusions and as hard to forget as Reality," Milo remarked.
"That will happen only when you bring back Rhyme and Reason," said Alec, smiling, for he had seen right through Milo's plans.
"That will happen only when you bring back Rhyme and Reason," said Alec, smiling, for he had seen right through Milo's plans.
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Wonderful article, this book and the interview with Ray Bradbury may be of interest
archive.org/details/ifsu...
archive.org/details/ifsu...
If the sun dies : Fallaci, Oriana : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet Archive
Translation of Se il sole muore
archive.org
November 24, 2025 at 12:51 AM
Wonderful article, this book and the interview with Ray Bradbury may be of interest
archive.org/details/ifsu...
archive.org/details/ifsu...
'Amidst a high-profile ecoclimate crisis, archaeology is rightly revisiting its relationship with ecology and seeking to orient its work towards pressing environmental concerns'.
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www.cambridge.org
November 24, 2025 at 11:19 AM
'Amidst a high-profile ecoclimate crisis, archaeology is rightly revisiting its relationship with ecology and seeking to orient its work towards pressing environmental concerns'.
🧪 🏺
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Adelaideans: Run, Ride or Walk for Palestine
Sunday 30 November 2025. Full details below.
Sunday 30 November 2025. Full details below.
The Event
Run and Ride for Palestine (Adelaide) : Make a donation today to support Run and Ride for Palestine (Adelaide)
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November 24, 2025 at 11:12 AM
Adelaideans: Run, Ride or Walk for Palestine
Sunday 30 November 2025. Full details below.
Sunday 30 November 2025. Full details below.
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The end of the international space station feels like a crime and a heartbreak at the same time
'...as [the ISS] nears the end of its life, the space race is changing again and likely with it the end of the internationalist space era'.
#ISS
#ISS
How Cold War foes became close colleagues — until toilets got in the way
It was November 20, 1998, and a rocket wasn't an unusual sight in this remote part of Kazakhstan. But today's cargo was a piece of history that would have seemed impossible just years before.
www.abc.net.au
November 23, 2025 at 11:53 PM
The end of the international space station feels like a crime and a heartbreak at the same time
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#Militarism
"The ISS really symbolised a period where the peaceful uses of outer space were being emphasised," Dr Gorman says. "Without it the symbolic terrain becomes very different."
bsky.app/profile/drsp...
"The ISS really symbolised a period where the peaceful uses of outer space were being emphasised," Dr Gorman says. "Without it the symbolic terrain becomes very different."
bsky.app/profile/drsp...
'...as [the ISS] nears the end of its life, the space race is changing again and likely with it the end of the internationalist space era'.
#ISS
#ISS
How Cold War foes became close colleagues — until toilets got in the way
It was November 20, 1998, and a rocket wasn't an unusual sight in this remote part of Kazakhstan. But today's cargo was a piece of history that would have seemed impossible just years before.
www.abc.net.au
November 23, 2025 at 10:38 PM
#Militarism
"The ISS really symbolised a period where the peaceful uses of outer space were being emphasised," Dr Gorman says. "Without it the symbolic terrain becomes very different."
bsky.app/profile/drsp...
"The ISS really symbolised a period where the peaceful uses of outer space were being emphasised," Dr Gorman says. "Without it the symbolic terrain becomes very different."
bsky.app/profile/drsp...
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Good luck losing less than an hour to this: a huge archive of logos for government, non-profit, private, military, and even fictional space agencies and companies. [kottke.org]
The Space Exploration Logo Archive
Good luck losing less than an hour to this: a huge archive of logos for government, non-profit, private, military, and even fictional space agencies and companies. There is also a book, but it looks like it was only
kottke.org
November 23, 2025 at 9:18 PM
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"The ISS really symbolised a period where the peaceful uses of outer space were being emphasised," Gorman says. "Without it the symbolic terrain becomes very different."
'...as [the ISS] nears the end of its life, the space race is changing again and likely with it the end of the internationalist space era'.
#ISS
#ISS
How Cold War foes became close colleagues — until toilets got in the way
It was November 20, 1998, and a rocket wasn't an unusual sight in this remote part of Kazakhstan. But today's cargo was a piece of history that would have seemed impossible just years before.
www.abc.net.au
November 23, 2025 at 3:10 PM
"The ISS really symbolised a period where the peaceful uses of outer space were being emphasised," Gorman says. "Without it the symbolic terrain becomes very different."
Have you ever wanted to post a summary of a paper you published, but didn’t know where to do it? Or perhaps you thought about writing a blog? 🧪 🔭 #PlanetSci
Introducing: The Planetary Research Blog - The Planetary Research Blog
blog.planetary-research.org
November 23, 2025 at 10:58 PM
Have you ever wanted to post a summary of a paper you published, but didn’t know where to do it? Or perhaps you thought about writing a blog? 🧪 🔭 #PlanetSci
'IMBECILES: Those who don't think like you.'
- Gustave Flaubert, Dictionary of Received Ideas, 1870s
- Gustave Flaubert, Dictionary of Received Ideas, 1870s
November 23, 2025 at 10:31 PM
'IMBECILES: Those who don't think like you.'
- Gustave Flaubert, Dictionary of Received Ideas, 1870s
- Gustave Flaubert, Dictionary of Received Ideas, 1870s
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Just for fun, I featured Philae instead of Rosetta on a tee.
November 23, 2025 at 5:35 PM
Just for fun, I featured Philae instead of Rosetta on a tee.
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I sure hope not. We might not be cooperating with Russia anymore, but we should continue with the rest of the ISS partnership.
'...as [the ISS] nears the end of its life, the space race is changing again and likely with it the end of the internationalist space era'.
#ISS
#ISS
How Cold War foes became close colleagues — until toilets got in the way
It was November 20, 1998, and a rocket wasn't an unusual sight in this remote part of Kazakhstan. But today's cargo was a piece of history that would have seemed impossible just years before.
www.abc.net.au
November 23, 2025 at 3:05 PM
I sure hope not. We might not be cooperating with Russia anymore, but we should continue with the rest of the ISS partnership.