I’m replaying Mass Effect for the millionth time, and I considered letting Ashley live instead of Kaidan just to have a slightly different experience. But. She’s so racist.

Been taking an extended break from social media but I had to come back for this: NASA announced that Boeing Starliner’s next flight will be a cargo only flight to the ISS. Assuming that goes well (which at this point is not a given), they will then fly with crew. www.nasa.gov/blogs/commer...

NASA's Artemis II ushers in a new era of human exploration buff.ly/1idRiYX NASA's manned Artemis II mission could happen as early as February, and there's a huge amount of science planned. This fascinating article explains why this flight will be one to watch. By @swapnakrishna.com #Space #Moon

SF BAY AREA! You are invited to a sneak peek screening of my documentary ANTARCTICA UNEARTHED before it goes to national TV broadcast next year. Wednesday, October 15 at 7pm near Palo Alto, CA. Free to attend but registration required: arielwaldman.com/screening (cc @darthbluesky.bsky.social)

Meet Artemis II: the first mission to send humans around the moon since 1972. I’ll be covering this mission for National Geographic, so you’ll be seeing a lot from me about it, but here’s the first: www.nationalgeographic.com/science/arti...

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Jamie’s track record for designing superhero costumes speaks for itself. He’s amazing!!

Well don't I feel stupid

I was going through my pictures from the Artemis II press event with my 6 year old (we do this for every space-related business trip I go on) and we got to this picture, and he asked what it was. I explained it’s the leading edge of a Space Shuttle wing (and what that means.)

Some good news from space, as the NASA-ISRO NISAR mission publishes its first synthetic aperture radar images of Earth. This spacecraft has a heckin' big antenna (a dish 12 meters across) for bouncing L- and S-band (25- and 10-cm) radio waves off the surface www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/nasa-is...

Good overview of the mission and the challenges the team has/is working with a good summary of the heat shield issues the team worked through.

Between this and Hades II it's a great days for Greek mythology and sequels

out in paperback today! read the book called "the funniest book about racism you will ever find" 🥰🫡 www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/690564...

hey also since Payal is out in paperback today, i am bringing Freddie Prinze, Jr back!!!! www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/690564...

Meet Artemis II: the first mission to send humans around the moon since 1972. I’ll be covering this mission for National Geographic, so you’ll be seeing a lot from me about it, but here’s the first: www.nationalgeographic.com/science/arti...

I get that the news cycle is packed right now, but I just heard from a colleague at the Smithsonian that this is fully a GIANT SQUID BEING EATEN BY A SPERM WHALE and it’s possibly the first ever confirmed video according to a friend at NOAA 10 YEAR OLD ME IS LOSING HER MIND (a thread 🧵)

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I have spent two days at Johnson Space Center immersed in all things Artemis II and it has been wild. It’s always fun to get a glimpse of how much you don’t know and how many moving parts you never even thought about with a mission like this.

Reid Wiseman just told us the name of the Artemis II Orion spacecraft: Integrity.

Literally been googling this every day so much appreciated

I’m heading to Houston next week for media stuff surrounding Artemis II. I asked my son’s teacher for a question from his first grade class that I’d ask if there was time. How much do you want to bet that question will be “How do you go to bathroom in space?”

[BREAKING] The Planetary Society and 14 partner organizations released a joint letter calling for explicit NASA science protections in Congress's stopgap spending bill. Read it here: www.planetary.org/press-releas...

Can I just express the absolute RELIEF of freelancing for a place that edits in Word instead of Google Docs? Track changes actually works and no one is looking over my shoulder while I write and rewrite.

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I watched that Hank Green video on knitting and…yeah that isn’t it. I respect using your audience to highlight subject areas that don’t get a lot of attention, but if you don’t do the research to understand the science/engineering or bring someone in who does understand it, you’re not helping.

I finished my son’s Star Wars sweater over the weekend!!!

I’ve been working on a sweater for my Star Wars obsessed 6 year old for awhile now and I’m so close to being done. Currently seaming on the sleeves, then it’s just the collar.

I always feel better about the world after reading something from @ericsmithrocks.bsky.social (ignore the abrasive headline, the piece is so, so kind and good and thoughtful)

When I started my newsletter I didn’t think I’d publish breaking news. But then I found an auction that sold at least eleven items that bear a striking resemblance to things photographed in Jeffrey Epstein’s home. tovedanovich.substack.com/p/did-you-bu...

btwwwwww, if you've been waiting on PAYAL MEHTA'S ROMANCE REVENGE PLOT, the paperback is out in September!! And you can preorder it now! (buy my book runwithskizzers.neocities.org ) www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/690564...

FAA has closed the mishap investigation into SpaceX's Starship Flight 9, which clears the way for Flight 10. (screenshot is from an email from the FAA)

Rest in peace, Jim Lovell www.nasa.gov/news-release...

Look who we're talking to right now, all at the same time.

Genuinely -- this is why I quit YouTube. The algorithm rewards having a strong point of view, versus having straight facts with smart analysis (even though the people who I connected with on there WANTED smart analysis without the clickbait, the algorithm wouldn't show it to them)

If you’re wondering where in the world I’ve been, like most parents I am consumed with camp schedules and hanging out with my kid when he’s home. I’ll be back to more regular posting (and my newsletter) in September!

I posted on Instagram about someone in my life having breast cancer and a reminder to get your breasts checked. Someone who had followed me previously on YouTube felt the need to let me know he was surprised that I had the audacity to talk about breasts and was “unprepared” for the post.

This morning I was thinking randomly of how terribly I was treated when I was a full-timer at Book Riot. It was just the most toxic place to work (once when I brought up a legit issue, I was told “you should be grateful to work here, people would kill for this.”)

I have gotten a million texts and emails about the feud yesterday, so here are my thoughts: For now, this will change nothing. It takes a lot more than a temper tantrum on an irrelevant social platform to either cancel or pull out of multiple government contracts.

Aurora alert! It’s possible the aurora boralis may be visible tonight as far south as Alabama. Start looking tonight after dark around 10 pm (I’ve attached both the NOAA and University of Alaska maps, the former is always very conservative with view lines) www.swpc.noaa.gov/communities/...

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Every time I text something random to Preeti about my kiddo and Star Wars, she responds immediately and is so enthusiastic and excited, and I just appreciate that I have people in my life who genuinely care about my kid.

I’m finishing up @lindaholmes.bsky.social’ new book BACK AFTER THIS and wow. I’m doing the audio (which Linda narrated herself) and the banter in this book is incredible. I’ve been laughing out loud and now I’m an hour away from the end and I’m holding back tears.

I have a new dishwasher coming in like an hour and really, thank god it’s a morning delivery because my brain can’t do anything until it arrives. Me: There’s two hours until it’s scheduled, I can go work out. Me, an hour later: There’s one hour until it’s scheduled. I’m still sitting here.

I’ve been talking a walk every morning and listening to the audiobook version of @mckinneykelsey.bsky.social’s YOU DIDN’T HEAR THIS FROM ME, and it’s making me wish I could take multiple walks a day so I have more time to listen.

(Also hi we spent a week at the beach and it was LOVELY)

It’s POSSIBLE that 2027 could see the return of me and @runwithskizzers.bsky.social to Star Wars Celebration (with my kiddo in tow!!!)

Something very, very weird is going on over at Andromeda. badastronomy.beehiiv.com/p/more-cosmi... 🔭🧪

Some people roast their parents verbally. Others with fire.

you might say Vader was ………….. toast