Graham Minenor-Matheson
@spaceguyliu.bsky.social
PhD Candidate @Liu.se studying the space race. Sci-fi fan. Cofounder Linköping Space Studies in Humanities and Social Science @LSSH. Dad. Cat servant.
Moving house from Orebro to Norrkoping and let me tell you, cleaning is so much easier with baking soda and vinegar. Magic
Shia LaBeouf's Magic Moment
ALT: Shia LaBeouf's Magic Moment
static.klipy.com
October 2, 2026 at 6:51 AM
Moving house from Orebro to Norrkoping and let me tell you, cleaning is so much easier with baking soda and vinegar. Magic
My man looks like how a robot would imagine Bender Rodriguez from Futurama would look like if he was a meat bag
My man looks like someone turned Jack Black inside-out.
My man looks like Poochie the Rockin' Tech Support
October 2, 2026 at 6:13 AM
My man looks like how a robot would imagine Bender Rodriguez from Futurama would look like if he was a meat bag
We moved to Europe after Brexit
September 29, 2026 at 3:36 AM
We moved to Europe after Brexit
Turbopump? Sounds like a really bad early 90s glam metal band.
No wonder they're having problems with Ariane 6 if they're trying to instal that 🤷🏻
No wonder they're having problems with Ariane 6 if they're trying to instal that 🤷🏻
ESA Acknowledges Ariane 6 Delays Following Reports of Turbopump Issue
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ESA Acknowledges Ariane 6 Delays Following Reports of Turbopump Issue
ESA has confirmed delays to the Ariane 6 launch schedule following reports that a turbopump anomaly was discovered during ground testing.
europeanspaceflight.com
September 22, 2026 at 7:26 AM
Turbopump? Sounds like a really bad early 90s glam metal band.
No wonder they're having problems with Ariane 6 if they're trying to instal that 🤷🏻
No wonder they're having problems with Ariane 6 if they're trying to instal that 🤷🏻
I have a bit of a raging fever today and I'm really upset because I am missing my wonderful colleague's PhD Defense 😭
September 18, 2026 at 9:11 AM
I have a bit of a raging fever today and I'm really upset because I am missing my wonderful colleague's PhD Defense 😭
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The world's leading AI firms say the technology is careening out of control and could cause a global catastrophe. A sundowning octogenarian president who uses AI to post images of himself looking like Rambo says this is a Chinese hoax. For busy technologists, it can be hard to know who to trust.
September 18, 2026 at 2:01 AM
The world's leading AI firms say the technology is careening out of control and could cause a global catastrophe. A sundowning octogenarian president who uses AI to post images of himself looking like Rambo says this is a Chinese hoax. For busy technologists, it can be hard to know who to trust.
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New OnlineFirst (OA) article: "Valuation and Its Problems: Economics and Markets for Environmental Concerns and Their Failure" by Kristin Asdal + Einar Lie #economics #markets #valuationstudies #environment #economists #performativity journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
Valuation and Its Problems: Economics and Markets for Environmental Concerns and Their Failure - Kristin Asdal, Einar Lie, 2026
Science and Technology Studies scholars have in recent years made a major impact on the conjoining field of Social Studies of Markets, demonstrating how economi...
journals.sagepub.com
September 18, 2026 at 3:52 AM
New OnlineFirst (OA) article: "Valuation and Its Problems: Economics and Markets for Environmental Concerns and Their Failure" by Kristin Asdal + Einar Lie #economics #markets #valuationstudies #environment #economists #performativity journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
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Trump's nominee for special counsel of the United States wrote "I do have a Nazi streak in me from time to time," intensifying the need for every elected Democrat to go on Sunday morning shows to denounce Hasan Piker.
September 18, 2026 at 2:01 AM
Trump's nominee for special counsel of the United States wrote "I do have a Nazi streak in me from time to time," intensifying the need for every elected Democrat to go on Sunday morning shows to denounce Hasan Piker.
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it is not "acting out" it is doing exactly what it's being programmed to do, and the failures come because it's being overseen by incompetent people with no ethics
'Be Transparent Only If Asked': OpenAI Models Acted Out in Six Newly Disclosed Ways
The stories were published as part of OpenAI's new effort to disclose more such incidents.
gizmodo.com
September 17, 2026 at 1:58 PM
it is not "acting out" it is doing exactly what it's being programmed to do, and the failures come because it's being overseen by incompetent people with no ethics
Yesterday, the larger of my cats decided it would be a good idea to basically bully me by meowing loudly and biting my arm, hand, elbow and nose until I relented and gave her some treats. After that she decided to ignore me and sleep for the rest of the day. Seriously, cats are absolute bastards 😂
September 17, 2026 at 7:27 AM
Yesterday, the larger of my cats decided it would be a good idea to basically bully me by meowing loudly and biting my arm, hand, elbow and nose until I relented and gave her some treats. After that she decided to ignore me and sleep for the rest of the day. Seriously, cats are absolute bastards 😂
I have a shitload of work to do today including some catchup work missed from this week but I have a headache and a sore throat. 😭
So it'll only be some light reading and rage scrolling on Bluesky today 😂
So it'll only be some light reading and rage scrolling on Bluesky today 😂
September 17, 2026 at 7:19 AM
I have a shitload of work to do today including some catchup work missed from this week but I have a headache and a sore throat. 😭
So it'll only be some light reading and rage scrolling on Bluesky today 😂
So it'll only be some light reading and rage scrolling on Bluesky today 😂
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I'm a professional book reviewer who gets a ton of PR emails from publicists. Do you know where I first hear about 80% of the books I end up reviewing? From authors and readers on bsky.
I am not first and will be far from the last to say this:
I have purchased so many books because I saw them recommended or publicized here on bsky. I cannot urge you all enough to KEEP TALKING ABOUT BOOKS.
I know it's easier to talk up someone else's book, but this also means you, the shy author.
I have purchased so many books because I saw them recommended or publicized here on bsky. I cannot urge you all enough to KEEP TALKING ABOUT BOOKS.
I know it's easier to talk up someone else's book, but this also means you, the shy author.
I have mentioned it before, so maybe, but I know others liked it too. Hooray for word of "mouth" (or post) for getting it seen.
September 13, 2026 at 3:23 PM
I'm a professional book reviewer who gets a ton of PR emails from publicists. Do you know where I first hear about 80% of the books I end up reviewing? From authors and readers on bsky.
There's rather a lot of people that care about fairness in sports and are not rabid right-wingers laser focused on the Trans issue. We do actually care aboutseeing equal competition in some form. There's a ton of books and articles written on the subject.
"don't you care about fairness in sports?" No actually, I don't. Nobody does
September 12, 2026 at 4:34 PM
There's rather a lot of people that care about fairness in sports and are not rabid right-wingers laser focused on the Trans issue. We do actually care aboutseeing equal competition in some form. There's a ton of books and articles written on the subject.
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We can conclude that yes, it did have to be this way, because there’s very little standing between the nastiest right wing warmongers, authoritarians and crooks except a bunch of libs who agree with about 75% of their ideas, are terrified of looking like commies and rarely do anything to impede them
September 12, 2026 at 3:31 PM
We can conclude that yes, it did have to be this way, because there’s very little standing between the nastiest right wing warmongers, authoritarians and crooks except a bunch of libs who agree with about 75% of their ideas, are terrified of looking like commies and rarely do anything to impede them
Given aocialdemokraterna voted for recent rules to impose the vague and fascist “vandel” law for “inappropriate behaviour” I wouldn’t if I were you. Vote Green or V if you don’t want to be stabbed in the back by supposedly left politicians who will use you to gain power and then fuck you over
Jag är muslim, svensk medborgare och ska rösta på socialdemokraterna. Jimmie Åkesson ser mig och min röst som ett hot mot Sverige. Denne icke-demokrat vill Ulf Kristersson ha i sin regering. Det är skrämmande.
September 12, 2026 at 9:06 AM
Given aocialdemokraterna voted for recent rules to impose the vague and fascist “vandel” law for “inappropriate behaviour” I wouldn’t if I were you. Vote Green or V if you don’t want to be stabbed in the back by supposedly left politicians who will use you to gain power and then fuck you over
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Nice
The Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope team has successfully activated the mission’s Coronagraph Instrument, which will block starlight to view planets and dusty disks around nearby stars. #NASARoman 🔭
NASA Roman's Planet Imager Has Powered On - NASA Science
NASA's Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope team has successfully activated the mission's Coronagraph Instrument, which will block starlight to view planets and
science.nasa.gov
September 2, 2026 at 9:41 AM
Nice
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Ive been thinking the same thing, and kind of hesitant to say it out loud because we're already a group considered to be luddites and technophobes, when its really our sense that students absolutely must train their own minds to read primary sources, and think/write with primary+secondary sources.
I’ve had this convo privately enough times in the last week to go public:
I don’t think there is any valuable way to use AI in a history classroom.
I don’t think there is any valuable way to use AI in a history classroom.
September 1, 2026 at 11:19 AM
Ive been thinking the same thing, and kind of hesitant to say it out loud because we're already a group considered to be luddites and technophobes, when its really our sense that students absolutely must train their own minds to read primary sources, and think/write with primary+secondary sources.
4am at the airport. Never a good idea. Why do I keep doing this to myself? 😂
August 29, 2026 at 2:15 AM
4am at the airport. Never a good idea. Why do I keep doing this to myself? 😂
Okay hive mind. I'm looking for some good history of technology articles/books on #interoperability if you know of any?
@leev.bsky.social as always I reckon you might know of one or two! 😂
@leev.bsky.social as always I reckon you might know of one or two! 😂
August 27, 2026 at 9:38 AM
Okay hive mind. I'm looking for some good history of technology articles/books on #interoperability if you know of any?
@leev.bsky.social as always I reckon you might know of one or two! 😂
@leev.bsky.social as always I reckon you might know of one or two! 😂
Roses are red
Violets are blue
I love outer space studies
And you definitely should too!
(This is why I was always destined to be an academic rather than a poet! 😂)
Violets are blue
I love outer space studies
And you definitely should too!
(This is why I was always destined to be an academic rather than a poet! 😂)
31 August is Share a Poem Day! Share a poem, record yourself reading it aloud, post a favourite line, or say why a particular poem has stayed with you. Be sure to credit the poet and publisher. #ShareAPoem #PoetrySky @redroompoetry.bsky.social
Spread the Word: Share a Poem
Australian poems by Australian poets are at the heart of Red Room Poetry, an organisation devoted to creating, publishing and promoting the reading and writing of great new work.
redroompoetry.org
August 27, 2026 at 9:32 AM
Roses are red
Violets are blue
I love outer space studies
And you definitely should too!
(This is why I was always destined to be an academic rather than a poet! 😂)
Violets are blue
I love outer space studies
And you definitely should too!
(This is why I was always destined to be an academic rather than a poet! 😂)
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And there it is, the one thing that Britain’s Israel/Palestine policy always been about. Britain does what it’s told to by Washington, Or Else.
August 27, 2026 at 9:14 AM
And there it is, the one thing that Britain’s Israel/Palestine policy always been about. Britain does what it’s told to by Washington, Or Else.
Exciting stuff!
Thrilled to share new collection of essays that I co-edited (w/ Jang & Maclay), just published by @ijoc-usc.bsky.social:
ijoc.org/index.php/ij...
Ten interdisciplinary pieces ask:
- What does 'scale' mean in sociotechnical systems?
- Where is it worked out?
- How does it matter to the polycrisis?
ijoc.org/index.php/ij...
Ten interdisciplinary pieces ask:
- What does 'scale' mean in sociotechnical systems?
- Where is it worked out?
- How does it matter to the polycrisis?
Forum on SCALE: Tracing the Sociotechnical Convenings, Sizes, Transitions, and Measurements Shaping Communication Systems
| International Journal of Communication
ijoc.org
August 8, 2026 at 2:41 PM
Exciting stuff!
“You’ve got aids.”
I actually just had a strong allergic reaction to antihistamines 😂
I actually just had a strong allergic reaction to antihistamines 😂
A question from Reddit that I'll answer here:
"What's the most unhinged thing a doctor has said to you with a straight face?"
"What's the most unhinged thing a doctor has said to you with a straight face?"
August 8, 2026 at 8:34 AM
“You’ve got aids.”
I actually just had a strong allergic reaction to antihistamines 😂
I actually just had a strong allergic reaction to antihistamines 😂