Steve Walker
@nebookworm.bsky.social
Bookworm living in the Metro-Boston area. I have a deep interest in the following: Earth and Planetary Science, Patristics, Church History, World History, Science and Religion as an Academic subject, American History, Early Music.
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TON 618s mass could reshape science Click for truth - Perfect gift for Dad --> https://amzn.to/3TdhFFn Learn How to Choose a Telescope --> https://www.jameswebbdiscovery.com/how-to-choose-telescope-2025 #Astronomy #AmazonAffiliate #Space
What Makes TON 618 the Most Massive Black Hole Ever Discovered?
What Makes TON 618 the Most Massive Black Hole Ever Discovered?
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June 13, 2025 at 7:25 PM
TON 618s mass could reshape science Click for truth - Perfect gift for Dad --> https://amzn.to/3TdhFFn Learn How to Choose a Telescope --> https://www.jameswebbdiscovery.com/how-to-choose-telescope-2025 #Astronomy #AmazonAffiliate #Space
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Prolific filmmaker Ken Burns' new documentary tells the story of the American Revolution through the eyes of historically overlooked characters. www.texasmonthly.com/arts-enterta...
America Has Lost the Plot. Ken Burns Asks for (Only) 12 Hours to Help Us Find It.
Ken Burns latest documentary, The American Revolution, gets to the remarkable truth of our country's founding.
www.texasmonthly.com
June 13, 2025 at 6:54 PM
Prolific filmmaker Ken Burns' new documentary tells the story of the American Revolution through the eyes of historically overlooked characters. www.texasmonthly.com/arts-enterta...
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Double Speak About NASA Science
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Double Speak About NASA Science
Last night NASA SMD AA Nicky Fox was presented with the Collier Award for NASA's Parker Solar Probe
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June 13, 2025 at 5:48 PM
Double Speak About NASA Science
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NOAA Halts Maintenance of Key Arctic Data at National Snow and Ice Data Center
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NOAA Halts Maintenance of Key Arctic Data at National Snow and Ice Data Center - Eos
The National Snow and Ice Data Center (NSIDC) may no longer actively maintain or update some of its snow and ice data products after losing support from NOAA’s National Centers for Environmental Infor...
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June 13, 2025 at 12:45 AM
NOAA Halts Maintenance of Key Arctic Data at National Snow and Ice Data Center
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Absolutely insane, not vetted, unqualified, and 100% biased against evidence based medicine
RFK Jr. appoints 8 new members to CDC's vaccine advisory committee, including some critics of shots
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. announced on Wednesday eight new members of the CDC's independent vaccine advisory committee, some of whom have been critics of shots.
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June 12, 2025 at 7:38 PM
Absolutely insane, not vetted, unqualified, and 100% biased against evidence based medicine
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And WE'RE so excited to have you in the store tonight for your author talk! www.harvard.com/event/zaakir...
June 5, 2025 at 5:08 PM
And WE'RE so excited to have you in the store tonight for your author talk! www.harvard.com/event/zaakir...
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Stars form and die across observable universe expanse - Perfect Entry Level Telescope --> https://amzn.to/4jaS2zv Learn How to Choose a Telescope --> https://www.jameswebbdiscovery.com/how-to-choose-telescope-2025 #Astronomy #AmazonAffiliate #Space
100 Fascinating Facts about the Observable Universe
100 Fascinating Facts about the Observable Universe
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June 5, 2025 at 5:58 PM
Stars form and die across observable universe expanse - Perfect Entry Level Telescope --> https://amzn.to/4jaS2zv Learn How to Choose a Telescope --> https://www.jameswebbdiscovery.com/how-to-choose-telescope-2025 #Astronomy #AmazonAffiliate #Space
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There’s no way to be certain, but it seems likely J.R.R Tolkien would have been deeply disturbed to see the words “Anduril” or “Palantir” inscribed on a cruise missile or an AI targeting system.
www.currentaffairs.org/news/how-the...
www.currentaffairs.org/news/how-the...
How the Right Abuses Tolkien
For Peter Thiel, JD Vance, and other figures on today’s far right, the works of J.R.R. Tolkien have become a cultural touchstone. Pity they don’t understand the first thing about them.
www.currentaffairs.org
June 5, 2025 at 5:38 PM
There’s no way to be certain, but it seems likely J.R.R Tolkien would have been deeply disturbed to see the words “Anduril” or “Palantir” inscribed on a cruise missile or an AI targeting system.
www.currentaffairs.org/news/how-the...
www.currentaffairs.org/news/how-the...
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This Time Its Existential
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This time its existential. Deal with it. Stand up and say something. If you do not then no one else will. Embrace THAT challenge.
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This time its existential. Deal with it. Stand up and say something. If you do not then no one else will. Embrace THAT challenge.
This Time Its Existential
With every budget crisis NASA fans say that everyone needs to know how little is spent on NASA
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June 5, 2025 at 5:42 PM
This Time Its Existential
nasawatch.com/activism/thi...
This time its existential. Deal with it. Stand up and say something. If you do not then no one else will. Embrace THAT challenge.
nasawatch.com/activism/thi...
This time its existential. Deal with it. Stand up and say something. If you do not then no one else will. Embrace THAT challenge.
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Lady Liberty is all of us who still care about democracy, the rule of law and an inclusive society.
June 4, 2025 at 4:03 PM
Lady Liberty is all of us who still care about democracy, the rule of law and an inclusive society.
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Webb NIRCam resolves WLM halo - Perfect Entry Level Telescope --> https://amzn.to/4jaS2zv Learn How to Choose a Telescope --> https://www.jameswebbdiscovery.com/how-to-choose-telescope-2025 #Astronomy #AmazonAffiliate #Space
Webb image shows Wolf–Lundmark–Melotte a dwarf galaxy full of stars
Webb image shows Wolf–Lundmark–Melotte a dwarf galaxy full of stars
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June 5, 2025 at 6:10 PM
Webb NIRCam resolves WLM halo - Perfect Entry Level Telescope --> https://amzn.to/4jaS2zv Learn How to Choose a Telescope --> https://www.jameswebbdiscovery.com/how-to-choose-telescope-2025 #Astronomy #AmazonAffiliate #Space
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NGC 1333 stars form in Webb detail - Perfect Entry Level Telescope --> https://amzn.to/4jaS2zv Learn How to Choose a Telescope --> https://www.jameswebbdiscovery.com/how-to-choose-telescope-2025 #Astronomy #AmazonAffiliate #Space
James Webb Telescope Illuminates Mysteries of the Perseus Molecular Cloud
James Webb Telescope Illuminates Mysteries of the Perseus Molecular Cloud
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June 5, 2025 at 6:12 PM
NGC 1333 stars form in Webb detail - Perfect Entry Level Telescope --> https://amzn.to/4jaS2zv Learn How to Choose a Telescope --> https://www.jameswebbdiscovery.com/how-to-choose-telescope-2025 #Astronomy #AmazonAffiliate #Space
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#ScienceUnderSiege
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Due out Sep 9, via #PublicAffairs/ #HachetteUS
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w/ @peterhotezmdphd.bsky.social
Due out Sep 9, via #PublicAffairs/ #HachetteUS
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June 5, 2025 at 5:48 PM
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This one statistic helps us understand climate change—and why we are lurching from droughts to floods, writes @timsmedley.bsky.social.
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Why isn’t it raining?
One statistic helps us understand climate change—and why we are lurching from droughts to floods to droughts again
www.prospectmagazine.co.uk
June 5, 2025 at 6:29 PM
This one statistic helps us understand climate change—and why we are lurching from droughts to floods, writes @timsmedley.bsky.social.
www.prospectmagazine...
www.prospectmagazine...
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Carl Sagan in 1986 on the problems with media and science literacy.
June 5, 2025 at 1:33 PM
Carl Sagan in 1986 on the problems with media and science literacy.
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Some whales 🐋 are over 100 years old, smashing estimated life expectancies.
A recent report concluded that most great whale species have an “unrecognised potential for great longevity that has been masked by the demographic disruptions of industrial whaling.”
www.independent.co.uk/news/science...
A recent report concluded that most great whale species have an “unrecognised potential for great longevity that has been masked by the demographic disruptions of industrial whaling.”
www.independent.co.uk/news/science...
Some whales live past 100 years, smashing previous life expectancy estimates: Report
A recent report published in Science Advances concluded that most great whale species have an’ unrecognized potential for great longevity’
www.independent.co.uk
December 27, 2024 at 11:35 AM
Some whales 🐋 are over 100 years old, smashing estimated life expectancies.
A recent report concluded that most great whale species have an “unrecognised potential for great longevity that has been masked by the demographic disruptions of industrial whaling.”
www.independent.co.uk/news/science...
A recent report concluded that most great whale species have an “unrecognised potential for great longevity that has been masked by the demographic disruptions of industrial whaling.”
www.independent.co.uk/news/science...