Bill Gillard
@billgillard.bsky.social
Writer, English professor
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Comet ATLAS (C/2024 G3) began disintegrating after its close approach to the Sun on January 13, 2025.
Intense heat caused the nucleus to break apart, as shown in a six-day sequence recorded by astronomer Lionel Majzik in Chile. 1/
#CometATLAS #Astronomy #Science
Intense heat caused the nucleus to break apart, as shown in a six-day sequence recorded by astronomer Lionel Majzik in Chile. 1/
#CometATLAS #Astronomy #Science
January 25, 2025 at 2:10 PM
Comet ATLAS (C/2024 G3) began disintegrating after its close approach to the Sun on January 13, 2025.
Intense heat caused the nucleus to break apart, as shown in a six-day sequence recorded by astronomer Lionel Majzik in Chile. 1/
#CometATLAS #Astronomy #Science
Intense heat caused the nucleus to break apart, as shown in a six-day sequence recorded by astronomer Lionel Majzik in Chile. 1/
#CometATLAS #Astronomy #Science
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alright you wanna know how to support trans people?
hire them. It's REALLY hard already for visibly trans people to get jobs, even before this shit.
Support places that have trans people working front of house, and make sure owners know that's part of why you're there.
hire them. It's REALLY hard already for visibly trans people to get jobs, even before this shit.
Support places that have trans people working front of house, and make sure owners know that's part of why you're there.
January 21, 2025 at 5:11 AM
alright you wanna know how to support trans people?
hire them. It's REALLY hard already for visibly trans people to get jobs, even before this shit.
Support places that have trans people working front of house, and make sure owners know that's part of why you're there.
hire them. It's REALLY hard already for visibly trans people to get jobs, even before this shit.
Support places that have trans people working front of house, and make sure owners know that's part of why you're there.
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BepiColombo’s 6th Mercury flyby movie now online at youtu.be/Drh5agiQYzE?... Watch carefully and you will spot the planet reflected in the solar array too. This is the final visit to Mercury before we get into orbit on November 2026.
Timelapse of BepiColombo's sixth Mercury flyby
YouTube video by European Space Agency, ESA
youtu.be
January 14, 2025 at 3:42 PM
BepiColombo’s 6th Mercury flyby movie now online at youtu.be/Drh5agiQYzE?... Watch carefully and you will spot the planet reflected in the solar array too. This is the final visit to Mercury before we get into orbit on November 2026.
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Dear Tech Companies,
No. We don't want "A.I." anything.
We don't want A.I. social media "friends."
We don't want A.I.-generated news reporters or anchors.
We don't want A.I. to curate our music or make our movies.
We REALLY don't want A.I. put in charge of our insurance claims or kids' education.
No. We don't want "A.I." anything.
We don't want A.I. social media "friends."
We don't want A.I.-generated news reporters or anchors.
We don't want A.I. to curate our music or make our movies.
We REALLY don't want A.I. put in charge of our insurance claims or kids' education.
January 11, 2025 at 2:13 PM
Dear Tech Companies,
No. We don't want "A.I." anything.
We don't want A.I. social media "friends."
We don't want A.I.-generated news reporters or anchors.
We don't want A.I. to curate our music or make our movies.
We REALLY don't want A.I. put in charge of our insurance claims or kids' education.
No. We don't want "A.I." anything.
We don't want A.I. social media "friends."
We don't want A.I.-generated news reporters or anchors.
We don't want A.I. to curate our music or make our movies.
We REALLY don't want A.I. put in charge of our insurance claims or kids' education.
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Just out of curiosity, how exactly do we expect to build less violent societies whilst simultaneously daily participating in eternal systematic violence on a gargantuan scale?
Credit: Graham 🏴 Use ALT @Son_of_Space
Credit: Graham 🏴 Use ALT @Son_of_Space
January 9, 2025 at 10:32 PM
Just out of curiosity, how exactly do we expect to build less violent societies whilst simultaneously daily participating in eternal systematic violence on a gargantuan scale?
Credit: Graham 🏴 Use ALT @Son_of_Space
Credit: Graham 🏴 Use ALT @Son_of_Space
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Cave Paintings depicting life historically
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January 11, 2025 at 6:43 PM
Cave Paintings depicting life historically
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Occasional reminder that there’s no, “it’s too late, its over” for anthropogenic climate change. Every molecule of CO2 that doesn’t go into the atmosphere makes a difference. Preventing 0.1 degree of warming makes a difference. Every bit of climate resilience we build together makes a difference.
January 9, 2025 at 1:18 AM
Occasional reminder that there’s no, “it’s too late, its over” for anthropogenic climate change. Every molecule of CO2 that doesn’t go into the atmosphere makes a difference. Preventing 0.1 degree of warming makes a difference. Every bit of climate resilience we build together makes a difference.
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$1,131,794,901
That's how much Big Oil has spent over the last 30 years paying off Congress to look the other way on climate action while the planet burns.
Well, the planet is burning.
Don't let them look away.
That's how much Big Oil has spent over the last 30 years paying off Congress to look the other way on climate action while the planet burns.
Well, the planet is burning.
Don't let them look away.
January 9, 2025 at 2:12 AM
$1,131,794,901
That's how much Big Oil has spent over the last 30 years paying off Congress to look the other way on climate action while the planet burns.
Well, the planet is burning.
Don't let them look away.
That's how much Big Oil has spent over the last 30 years paying off Congress to look the other way on climate action while the planet burns.
Well, the planet is burning.
Don't let them look away.
Check out this amazing resource from the folks at MIT's Radium Age series: www.hilobrow.com/tag/radium-a...
radium-age-timeline – HILOBROW
www.hilobrow.com
January 8, 2025 at 10:14 PM
Check out this amazing resource from the folks at MIT's Radium Age series: www.hilobrow.com/tag/radium-a...
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My new year’s resolution generator for @theguardian.com. Let me know what you get!
January 4, 2025 at 10:00 AM
My new year’s resolution generator for @theguardian.com. Let me know what you get!
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This Saturday! The Trans Nerd Meet Up welcomes everyone who self identifies as gender non-conforming and likes to geek out about anything. Zeitgeist SF from 12:30 until whenever 🏳️⚧️🚀
January 2, 2025 at 9:57 PM
This Saturday! The Trans Nerd Meet Up welcomes everyone who self identifies as gender non-conforming and likes to geek out about anything. Zeitgeist SF from 12:30 until whenever 🏳️⚧️🚀
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Y'all know my jam is "women accomplishing things and not getting the credit" (see: my book, Uncredited: www.infinite-women.com/books/). So Eunice Foote was talking about this in the 1850s, but John Tyndall got the credit for figuring out three years later than Foote - www.audubon.org/news/the-fem...
January 4, 2025 at 5:29 AM
Y'all know my jam is "women accomplishing things and not getting the credit" (see: my book, Uncredited: www.infinite-women.com/books/). So Eunice Foote was talking about this in the 1850s, but John Tyndall got the credit for figuring out three years later than Foote - www.audubon.org/news/the-fem...
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Hey, heads up! apnews.com/article/publ...
Popeye and Tintin enter the public domain in 2025 along with novels from Faulkner and Hemingway
Popeye the Sailor and the Belgian boy reporter Tintin lead the class of characters and works of art becoming public domain in 2025.
apnews.com
December 20, 2024 at 10:26 PM
Hey, heads up! apnews.com/article/publ...
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Day 19 of #ArtAdventCalendar: Finding the perfect tree topper can sometimes be a challenge, but this one looks lovely! #birds #wildlife
December 19, 2024 at 2:27 PM
Day 19 of #ArtAdventCalendar: Finding the perfect tree topper can sometimes be a challenge, but this one looks lovely! #birds #wildlife
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Preston Sturges's THE PALM BEACH STORY premiered this week in 1942 w/ some great advice from the Wienie King:
“Someday you’ll wake up and find everything behind ya. Gives ya quite a turn. Makes ya sorry for a few of the things you didn’t do while you still could." #FilmSky
“Someday you’ll wake up and find everything behind ya. Gives ya quite a turn. Makes ya sorry for a few of the things you didn’t do while you still could." #FilmSky
December 11, 2024 at 3:08 AM
Preston Sturges's THE PALM BEACH STORY premiered this week in 1942 w/ some great advice from the Wienie King:
“Someday you’ll wake up and find everything behind ya. Gives ya quite a turn. Makes ya sorry for a few of the things you didn’t do while you still could." #FilmSky
“Someday you’ll wake up and find everything behind ya. Gives ya quite a turn. Makes ya sorry for a few of the things you didn’t do while you still could." #FilmSky
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Ira Levin's Rosemary's Baby is flawless. A lean, mean, no-word-wasted, flawless horror book. Gold standard. Top tier.
December 8, 2024 at 4:48 PM
Ira Levin's Rosemary's Baby is flawless. A lean, mean, no-word-wasted, flawless horror book. Gold standard. Top tier.
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Today's lesson discusses the American health care system for those in countries where their system provides care for free or reasonable fees. 👇
December 7, 2024 at 10:36 AM
Today's lesson discusses the American health care system for those in countries where their system provides care for free or reasonable fees. 👇
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This is a Rugosa horned coral, Heliophyllum, from the Devonian Hungry Hollow Mb. near Arkona, Ontario. This is another fossil that tells a story of its life. The coral was damaged, maybe buried in a storm, and two new coral buds started to grow.
#FossilFriday
#FossilFriday
December 6, 2024 at 8:13 PM
This is a Rugosa horned coral, Heliophyllum, from the Devonian Hungry Hollow Mb. near Arkona, Ontario. This is another fossil that tells a story of its life. The coral was damaged, maybe buried in a storm, and two new coral buds started to grow.
#FossilFriday
#FossilFriday
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We had heard about the challenges posed by motherhood within academia, but what about the previous stage? @ecfreewoman.bsky.social & I wrote our story for @science.org on how the academic system makes it almost impossible for women to even plan for a family ❤️🩹: www.science.org/content/arti...
As women in academia, having children can feel impossible. Talking about it makes us feel less alone
The struggle is “balancing their careers not just with motherhood, but with what comes before: relationships and planning for a family,” these postdocs write
www.science.org
November 29, 2024 at 6:34 AM
We had heard about the challenges posed by motherhood within academia, but what about the previous stage? @ecfreewoman.bsky.social & I wrote our story for @science.org on how the academic system makes it almost impossible for women to even plan for a family ❤️🩹: www.science.org/content/arti...
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Preorder now! Robert Bloch's first novel, THE SCARF (1947), a noir psychological thriller about a man with an irresistible urge to kill, strangling victims with a red scarf. It's the clear precursor to his more famous PSYCHO, and a good, disturbing read: www.valancourtbooks.com/the-scarf-19...
November 23, 2024 at 9:29 PM
Preorder now! Robert Bloch's first novel, THE SCARF (1947), a noir psychological thriller about a man with an irresistible urge to kill, strangling victims with a red scarf. It's the clear precursor to his more famous PSYCHO, and a good, disturbing read: www.valancourtbooks.com/the-scarf-19...
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When Avon reprinted Robert Bloch's THE SCARF, a 1940s noir novel about a serial killer who strangles women with a scarf, they weirdly added "... OF PASSION" to the title, which I guess is sort of like when you add "... in bed" to the end of fortune cookie messages?
November 20, 2024 at 3:46 PM
When Avon reprinted Robert Bloch's THE SCARF, a 1940s noir novel about a serial killer who strangles women with a scarf, they weirdly added "... OF PASSION" to the title, which I guess is sort of like when you add "... in bed" to the end of fortune cookie messages?
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This hit my weak point for massive damage
November 22, 2024 at 12:47 AM
This hit my weak point for massive damage
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If you're a graduate student (a) interested in video games and (b) looking for a PhD program in media studies ... I'd love to talk! My lab (Newhouse Interaction Lab, #nhixlab) has been working w/Atari on a series of playtesting studies. Come work with us? newhouse.syracuse.edu/academics/ma...
Doctoral
The Newhouse School's doctoral program is interdisciplinary in spirit, with students taking a considerable amount of coursework in academic areas outside the Newhouse School.
newhouse.syracuse.edu
November 22, 2024 at 12:36 AM
If you're a graduate student (a) interested in video games and (b) looking for a PhD program in media studies ... I'd love to talk! My lab (Newhouse Interaction Lab, #nhixlab) has been working w/Atari on a series of playtesting studies. Come work with us? newhouse.syracuse.edu/academics/ma...