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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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RENAMED NEW PODCAST: “The 9pm Remembering Valentina Tereshkova and Bonus Aliens with Dr Alice Gorman and Rami Mandow” @drspacejunk.bsky.social @cosmicrami.com (1h05m10s) the9pmedict.com/edict/00248/ Look for “The 9pm Edict” in your podcast app. Like it? Maybe throw in a tip at the9pmedict.com/tip.

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June 16 is the anniversary of Valentina Tereshkova's epic spaceflight in 1963. In this podcast we talk women in space, Fast Radio Bursts, aliens and NASA cuts. 🧪 🔭 #PlanetSci #WomenInSTEM

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Wernher von Braun's "Round the Moon" ship, all by me.

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Penny Wong has announced Australia is co operating with Jordan and is sending millions of dollars for aid. Aid for fucking who Penny? Because Gaza sure as shit is not getting it.

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A new way to be invasive! A new bodily function to mine for profit! www.nytimes.com/2025/06/12/s...

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'The Forest of Dreams' is one of my favourite places in Adelaide. The artist was inspired by a quote by French philosopher Gaston Bachelard: 'The continuous passage from the real to the imaginary'.

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The Belfast Summer School hosts a series of online guest lecture every year. Our talks and workshops are open to everyone. Zoom links and reminders are shared via my mailing list; join the list here: subscribepage.com/hmclassicsacademy and I look forward to seeing you! #Ancientbluesky 🏺📚

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US judge extends detention of pro-Palestinian protest leader Mahmoud Khalil

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Another day of telling people about my YouTube channel & them getting very excited about demonic possession in New France and also Space Archaeology! People are very nice to me about this little project and that makes me happy! @drspacejunk.bsky.social @historianmairi.bsky.social

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It's raining. I've gone back to bed.

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'"You sicken me with your chocolate chatter," snarled the Duke. "Your tongue is made of candy"' - James Thurber, The 13 Clocks, 1950

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'Time is for dragonflies and angels. The former live too little and the latter live too long. - James Thurber, The 13 Clocks, 1950

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I've just realised I get Rainer Maria Rilke and Erich Maria Remarque mixed up.

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Why did they bring the pollywaffle back and then ruin it? Why?

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'"Begone!" the cold Duke screamed again, and bathed his hands in rubies'. - James Thurber, The 13 Clocks, 1950

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"Viking pregnancy was deeply political" - an article by Marianne Hem Eriksen, author of "Womb Politics: The Pregnant Body and Archaeologies of Absence" Read the article ➡ https://cup.org/3FQ4SFQ Read the original #openaccess research ⬇

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Starch is biodegradable, so why do we assume it survives for millennia? Our new study shows rapid microbial decay, even in dry soils. Time for archaeology to rethink what “ancient” starch really means. www.linkedin.com/feed/update/... www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

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I'm a huge fan of the Nancy Grace Roman Telescope but this jingoistic expression of manifest destiny is a bit much for me! (NB the flag is a reflection. 2020 article. Image credit: L3Harris Technologies)

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it costs the Sameer Project around $11 to provide one person with a meal. this is life-saving work, as Gaza is in a forced famine condition imposed by the zionist entity. this is many ppls' only meal for days. can you match our $11 today? pls repost for visibility chuffed.org/project/1132...

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Me: Fuck ICE Flight attendant handing me a can of seltzer: I meant do you want a cup

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#Liverpool tonight emergency protest. #Madleen #EndtheSiege ##FreePalestine #StopGenocide

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Choose 20 books from your precariously teetering emotional support TBR stack (or Libby queue)! One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no expectations, just covers. #BookSky 📚💙 #bookchallenge #20TBRbookchallenge Day 4

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