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Hilding Neilson @astrojipjawej.bsky.social · 18h

Observing the Sun in front of the @memorialu.bsky.social clock tower today in St. John’s #yyt. The Sun is sneaky quiet today. #Solar #Physics #Astronomy @memorialuscience.bsky.social

Unistellar telescope in front of the Memorial University of Newfoundland clock tower.

Image of the Sun taken from Memorial University of Newfoundland in St. John’s today. The Sun isn’t showing any significant sunspots.

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Canadian Science Policy Centre @sciencepolicy.ca · 16d

CSPC, in partnership with Canada's Chief Science Advisor, Dr. Mona Nemer, is pleased to announce the delegates for the 2025 Science Meets Parliament Federal program!

Meet the #SciParl2025 cohort: sciencepolicy.ca/programs/sci...

#CdnSci #CdnInnovation

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Hilding Neilson @astrojipjawej.bsky.social · 20d

Fun with sunspots today at @memorialu.bsky.social @memorialuscience.bsky.social
#sunspots #astronomy

Image of the solar disk with a number sunspots visible.

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Hilding Neilson @astrojipjawej.bsky.social · 28d

It was a good day in St. John’s to look at sunspots with my Physics 3150 class in St. John’s. #nlwx @memorialuscience.bsky.social @memorialu.bsky.social

Image of the solar disk with visible sunspots using an Unistellar telescope.

Image of the solar disk with wispy clouds passing in front of it.

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Hilding Neilson @astrojipjawej.bsky.social · 29d

I am looking forward to learning and sharing about #sciencepolicy and maybe some #spacepolicy with Parliamentarians and colleagues. I am grateful to the organizers for this tremendous opportunity.

Hilding Neilson @astrojipjawej.bsky.social · 29d

I will be one of the few researchers from Newfoundland & Labrador and @memorialu.bsky.social to join an exceptional group of researchers and leaders from across Canada in Ottawa this November.

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Hilding Neilson @astrojipjawej.bsky.social · 29d

I’m excited and honored to be selected to participate in this year’s Science meets parliament organized by the CSPC @sciencepolicy.ca. #SciParl2025 #ScienceMeetsParliament

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Paris Marx @parismarx.com · Sep 4

Trump is turning international students against the US, but Canada is completely missing the opportunity because we’ve decided to blame immigrants, and specifically international students, for social problems to distract from capitalist profiteering.

We need to lift this cap.

International student visas for Canada plummet | CBC News

Permits for students from abroad to study in Canada plummeted in the first half of this year, with nearly 90,000 fewer issued than a year earlier, when the federal government introduced a cap on inter...

www.cbc.ca

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Paris Marx @parismarx.com · Aug 22

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Bloomberg News @bloomberg.com · Aug 22

Canada will drop retaliatory tariffs on many US products that comply with the existing North American trade deal

Canada to Drop Many Retaliatory Tariffs in Olive Branch to Trump

Canada will remove its retaliatory tariffs on a long list of US products that comply with the existing North American trade deal, seeking to lower tensions with the White House.

bloom.bg

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Hilding Neilson @astrojipjawej.bsky.social · Aug 22

It’s weird receiving multiple emails from a random person with Astronomy notes copied from various websites with the final email telling me that I “should mellow out”. Dear sir, I’d be happy to mellow out if you’d just add some context of why you’re wasting my time.

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Lydia Jennings, PhD @1nativesoilnerd.bsky.social · Aug 8

“universities must stop treating Indigenous Knowledge as supplementary to ‘real knowledge’—this perpetuates white supremacy in science.”

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Walking Eagle News @theeagleist.bsky.social · Jul 31

Canada urges Palestine to reject terrorism, instead focus on selling weapons to other countries, or allow mining companies to wreak havoc on other nations

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Sevtap Savas, PhD🫐 🇨🇦🍁 @savaslab.bsky.social · Jul 30

Here are my thoughts about the impact of closure of Office of Public Engagement in Memorial's St. John's campus

We lose so much without this office's programs and staff

1/ #NewfoundlandAndLabrador #PublicEngagement #BudgetCuts

www.saltwire.com/newfoundland...

LETTER: Budget cuts at Memorial University hurt all of us

The Office of Public Engagement and contributed to this province in unique ways

www.saltwire.com

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ZoeSTodd (Dr Fish Philosopher Todd) @zoestodd.bsky.social · Jul 18

"They want to do billion dollar projects sidestepping all types of regulations and they can't even get a two day event done properly" - Grand Chief Cody Diabo

Canada needs to step up and enact TRUE nation-to-nation relationships, ones that acknowledge FNIM sovereignty.

www.cbc.ca/news/indigen...

First Nations leaders say Carney's C-5 summit sparks more concerns, questions | CBC News

First Nations leaders from across the country are meeting with Prime Minister Mark Carney and officials in Gatineau, Que., this week on Bill C-5.

www.cbc.ca

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Nathan Kalman-Lamb @nkalamb.bsky.social · Jul 14

Honestly, this is one of the most important things we’ve ever written.

Please take a moment to read and share.

Dr Katherine Blouin @isisnaucratis.bsky.social · Jul 14

🎤 ✍🏼 Our new oped for AJE focuses on what Albanese's new report means for 🇨🇦 universities & their admins who refuse to divest and cut ties w 🇮🇱. In a nutshell: It's not good www.aljazeera.com/opinions/202...

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Hilding Neilson @astrojipjawej.bsky.social · Jul 13

I gave a talk on Indigenizing the Drake equation that was kindly received. I am grateful to the organizers, Elders and knowledge keepers for such a good conference.

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Hilding Neilson @astrojipjawej.bsky.social · Jul 13

On my way home after a productive and interesting conference IAUS399 “Indigenous Astronomy in the Space Age” www.archaeoastronomy.org/iaus399. Lots of good discussion about Archaeoastronomy, ethnoastronomy, decolonizing astronomy and more.

Indigenous Astronomy in the Space Age

An international symposium to be held at the University of Melbourne (Australia) from 7-11 July 2025, sponsored by the International Astronnmical Union (IAU) and the Interntional Society for Archaeoas...

www.archaeoastronomy.org

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Hilding Neilson @astrojipjawej.bsky.social · Jul 10

Thank you Sam for your kind words.

Prof. Sam Lawler @sundogplanets.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · Jul 10

Hilding Neilson just gave a mind-blowing talk on "Indigenizing the Drake Equation". I will spend a lot of time thinking about this, he made a lot of incredibly good points about how incredibly biased our thinking about searching for aliens is.

Main point: we're not looking for "civilizations" […]

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Chanda Prescod-Weinstein 🌌 @chanda.blacksky.app · Jul 9

ALL CAPS

THIS IS CATASTROPHIC FOR SPACE SCIENCE AND ASTROPHYSICS ...

GLOBALLY CATASTROPHIC, NOT JUST FOR AMERICANS 🔭🧪

www.politico.com/news/2025/07...

Over 2,000 senior staff set to leave NASA under agency push

The losses could endanger the administration’s plans for landing astronauts on the moon and Mars.

www.politico.com

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Hilding Neilson @astrojipjawej.bsky.social · Jul 2

Very excited to be travelling to Australia to participate in the IAU Symposium “Indigenous Astronomy in the Space Age” www.archaeoastronomy.org/iaus399. This should be an amazing learning experience

Indigenous Astronomy in the Space Age

An international symposium to be held at the University of Melbourne (Australia) from 7-11 July 2025, sponsored by the International Astronnmical Union (IAU) and the Interntional Society for Archaeoas...

www.archaeoastronomy.org

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Angie Rasmussen @angierasmussen.bsky.social · Jun 12

One bright spot in a week of shit. May the Schwartz be with you.

Mel Brooks @officialmelbrooks.bsky.social · Jun 12

I told you we’d be back

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Hilding Neilson @astrojipjawej.bsky.social · Jun 10

It’s scary to think we might return to a time where we have to worry about growing holes in the ozone layer.

Michele Bannister @astrokiwi.bsky.social · Jun 10

New paper day! In 'Near-future rocket launches could slow ozone recovery', we show that scaling up use of launch vehicles 🚀 has a point where the healing of the ozone layer is affected 🧪🛰️
Open access, free to read & share

Near-future rocket launches could slow ozone recovery

npj Climate and Atmospheric Science - Near-future rocket launches could slow ozone recovery

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Hilding Neilson @astrojipjawej.bsky.social · May 22

I’m so proud to be a part of this new publication in Nature www.nature.com/articles/d41... where we discuss the need to be more inclusive of Indigenous communities and support underrepresented nations in the human future in space

Why space exploration must not be left to a few powerful nations

Indigenous people and others need a say in space-industry decisions. Here’s how that can happen.

www.nature.com

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Hilding Neilson @astrojipjawej.bsky.social · Apr 11

A beautiful day in St. John’s to observe the Sun at Memorial University of Newfoundland and Labrador to celebrate the end of term.

Image of the solar disk with sunspots visible. One sunspot near the center and a patch of sunspots near the limb at the right.

The telescope observing the Sun in front of the tower and the Core Science Facility in the background.