2026-11-10T13:51:29Z https://njump.me Stephen Sekula https://njump.me/npub1756aafg3a2sccf4rrz592lc4dppvv5ur6yvw7mxgmn9ngy8uxu4s5z0a2x https://mastodon.cooleysekula.net/system/accounts/avatars/109/656/838/388/288/720/original/239d02c46b5dc60c.jpg https://mastodon.cooleysekula.net/system/accounts/avatars/109/656/838/388/288/720/original/239d02c46b5dc60c.jpg https://njump.me/nevent1qqswq7fw4cjau9jkw8pc0dw4z359g69dty6pftc0p2q6x5uducels6qzyr6nth49z842rrpx5vv2s4tlz45y93jns0g33mmverwvkdqslsmjkw4mlzq A photo of the moon very near or at maximum #LunarEclipse tonight. It&#39;s really quite a thing to see the lunar surface bathed in the reddish wavelengths that penetrate through Earth&#39;s thin atmosphere and bend toward and onto the lunar surface. We become both shadowcaster and lens for this event.<br/><br/>#astronomy #Sudbury<br/> <img src="https://mastodon.cooleysekula.net/system/media_attachments/files/117/171/194/137/078/876/original/c3f421dfa6679791.jpeg"> <br/> 2026-08-28T04:17:39Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqs9myrxjtlws6jmrwy8zpdhs658eftypw3p0zlk638p5paml9q77dszyr6nth49z842rrpx5vv2s4tlz45y93jns0g33mmverwvkdqslsmjkr9eqvs Check out my #collection of #astro-oriented people and organizations. Follow some of them today to learn a little more about #astronomy and #astrophysics, but also to help see scientists as people with lives and concerns. <br/><br/><a href="https://mastodon.cooleysekula.net/collections/116847352039485746">https://mastodon.cooleysekula.net/collections/116847352039485746</a> 2026-08-21T14:04:33Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqsw0dnhqsvv37c53lj4pv7wl6v0658j4lcul7ff3xj4c9w46ey9jtqzyr6nth49z842rrpx5vv2s4tlz45y93jns0g33mmverwvkdqslsmjkc53z90 RE: <a href="https://masto.canadiancivil.com/@paige/115718239051943653">https://masto.canadiancivil.com/@paige/115718239051943653</a><br/><br/>Echoing this critical advice, especially to #science organizations. If you are a science organization on Bluesky and you want to expand your audience to the open, federated social web, just follow this bridge account. Then I --- an open, federated scientist --- can find and follow you, and you can find and follow me.<br/>nostr:note1vjdgjrk3cxe2lejmf5xpax936xas9m4ge5fcnjxx4lr5t5xesdvqwu2mjp<br/> 2025-12-14T14:06:00Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqswvg8lx8rjssxcxefu98z6twzgwr5uq0ratrk4v9rzlwq0f5pxzyqzyr6nth49z842rrpx5vv2s4tlz45y93jns0g33mmverwvkdqslsmjkht35q8 Bridging Science to the Fediverse<br/><br/>The &#34;fediverse&#34; is the term for the federated social web, a collection of social media concepts (Mastodon, PeerTube, Pixelfed, Friendica, Bookwyrm, etc.) that can all talk to each other by virtue of a common protocol: ActivityPub. The technical details don&#39;t matter. What matters is that, in the fediverse, everyone can have a home without paying tribute to a private company or sacrificing their content (or eyeballs) to somebody&#39;s…<br/><br/><a href="https://steve.cooleysekula.net/blog/2025/09/28/bridging-science-to-the-fediverse/">https://steve.cooleysekula.net/blog/2025/09/28/bridging-science-to-the-fediverse/</a> 2025-09-29T01:10:09Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqsvz3hnfhgsyqnfe4ch960z5hn46symu2fkavd3reprf3tv4nl2hdszyr6nth49z842rrpx5vv2s4tlz45y93jns0g33mmverwvkdqslsmjkqdtv6l The haüyne has my vote in this round. I have a weakness for blue, though the allure of #MartianBlueberries hematite is strong...<br/><br/>The pictures seemed to be missing from the original post, so I attached pics of #hauyne and #hematite to this post.<br/><br/>Mineral Cup: &#34;#MinCup25 Round 3 Match 1: Col…&#34; - Haute Lune<br/><br/><a href="https://mastodon.cooleysekula.net/<span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub1ssgrz9qrq9lkmdlwd7whtc3m7dy4f2v0tka0etfmjegz573q79kqtqswjk" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>npub1ssgrz9qrq9lkmdlwd7whtc3m7dy4f2v0tka0etfmjegz573q79kqtqswjk</span> (<span class="italic">npub1ssg…swjk</span>)</a></span>/115261997913666817">https://mastodon.cooleysekula.net/<span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub1ssgrz9qrq9lkmdlwd7whtc3m7dy4f2v0tka0etfmjegz573q79kqtqswjk" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>npub1ssgrz9qrq9lkmdlwd7whtc3m7dy4f2v0tka0etfmjegz573q79kqtqswjk</span> (<span class="italic">npub1ssg…swjk</span>)</a></span>/115261997913666817</a><br/> <img src="https://mastodon.cooleysekula.net/system/media_attachments/files/115/262/020/900/072/433/original/ae1b2f24e283e6bc.jpg"> <br/> <img src="https://mastodon.cooleysekula.net/system/media_attachments/files/115/262/020/904/323/381/original/77209eaf7c2c6cf9.jpg"> <br/> 2025-09-25T00:09:03Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqsz844czh0zz4v4wzn52mch39p9zr5840nky9zjffa4syvh5t20qvqzyr6nth49z842rrpx5vv2s4tlz45y93jns0g33mmverwvkdqslsmjk6mgsq2 Parts of the very top of the #Sudbury Superstack have begun coming down in the last few weeks. It will take a very long time to dismantle this structure, a mere 1ft short of the Empire State Building, but it is quite a thing to see the titan coming down piece by piece.<br/> <img src="https://mastodon.cooleysekula.net/system/media_attachments/files/115/165/053/419/799/129/original/9c62aa254e0fd4dd.jpg"> <br/> 2025-09-07T21:07:40Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqsva9n0yyhxxpjytrdmcp0une0gw726c06aqzyjwtyfwyd95yuxm3szyr6nth49z842rrpx5vv2s4tlz45y93jns0g33mmverwvkdqslsmjkmytyh0 Today is the day I begin my summertime midday runs at work. You cannot run on the mine site that hosts #SNOLAB, but there is a public area just at the edge of the main road and that is a good place to start a run. <br/><br/>Running is quality time with my brain and I have missed it. <br/><br/>#running #runner 2025-05-12T11:53:50Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqs9knjvr4m9dvh9cvpwszzga84yqg0lp6feqw5kwp5tpteqs6uwksczyr6nth49z842rrpx5vv2s4tlz45y93jns0g33mmverwvkdqslsmjkul42s2 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsf05nmg0dmkkmqpad4zc83qtyd0ctv638cq4xt297zm632cegwv0skp2vxd'>nevent1q…2vxd</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>America appears to be caught in a terrible vice, squeezed between a tariff regime designed to crush the economy of the present and an anti-science regime designed to crush the economy of the future. <br/><br/>#damage #science 2025-05-08T23:54:44Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqsf05nmg0dmkkmqpad4zc83qtyd0ctv638cq4xt297zm632cegwv0szyr6nth49z842rrpx5vv2s4tlz45y93jns0g33mmverwvkdqslsmjkvwr0rv In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsr0qcgukfsu93ur63uy85yvvdte5swpth7sjpw5tshfndt49w947s0jllcv'>nevent1q…llcv</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>&#34;The agency is also expected to issue another round of notices tomorrow terminating grants that have already been awarded, sources say. In the past 3 weeks, the agency has pulled the plug on almost 1400 grants worth more than $1 billion.&#34;<br/><br/>The burning of the intellectual foundations of America&#39;s success continues. <br/><br/>#NSF #damage #science 2025-05-08T23:52:52Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqsr0qcgukfsu93ur63uy85yvvdte5swpth7sjpw5tshfndt49w947szyr6nth49z842rrpx5vv2s4tlz45y93jns0g33mmverwvkdqslsmjk0dr0x9 &#34;According to sources who requested anonymity for fear of retribution, staff were told today that the agency’s 37 divisions—across all eight NSF directorates—are being abolished and the number of programs within those divisions will be drastically reduced. &#34;<br/><br/><a href="https://www.science.org/content/article/exclusive-nsf-faces-radical-shake-officials-abolish-its-37-divisions">https://www.science.org/content/article/exclusive-nsf-faces-radical-shake-officials-abolish-its-37-divisions</a><br/><br/>The #damage to #science continues in the US. 2025-05-08T23:45:44Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqsvnu6qhx6tkayp3uhswrk6lxpqzsyguet4mgcrzmsv65vkywdhx4gzyr6nth49z842rrpx5vv2s4tlz45y93jns0g33mmverwvkdqslsmjky80j4c Canada’s U.S. brain gain is risky without foundational support for science (The Globe and Mail (Ontario Edition)), Apr 03, 2025 <br/> <a href="https://globe2go.pressreader.com/article/281994678306437">https://globe2go.pressreader.com/article/281994678306437</a> <br/><br/>Another perspective in the #GlobeAndMail about how to bolster #Canada as a broad and potent scientific powerhouse. 2025-04-03T11:11:21Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqs093hwayw7gz9eyq70v0tv7pzzydze03hhqa6xaex9jukkdnuv69czyr6nth49z842rrpx5vv2s4tlz45y93jns0g33mmverwvkdqslsmjkqq75rq With a bunch of new folks likely coming into the fediverse in the coming days, it is time for a re- #introduction <br/><br/>I am a #Professor of #Physics at #QueensUniversity in Ontario, on secondment to #SNOLAB to serve as the Research Group Manager. SNOLAB is #Canada&#39;s deep underground science lab. <br/><br/>I am a #writer, mostly of non-fiction science books for general and specialized audiences. <br/><br/>I love federated social media. I love #teaching, #astronomy, #astrophysics, #DarkMatter, and #neutrinos. 2025-01-20T17:45:39Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqs85aezefhmuqeherhlanwzlwlk65h0dvvlwfpwh573faky2suwnqqzyr6nth49z842rrpx5vv2s4tlz45y93jns0g33mmverwvkdqslsmjkw4t9xc Huh. Quite a name to emphasize for a shipping group.<br/> <img src="https://mastodon.cooleysekula.net/system/media_attachments/files/113/657/205/664/892/103/original/b6be802dd642f01d.jpg"> <br/> 2024-12-15T14:02:35Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqstyktys8mhg3xs35wzh0zk0k6hf4zfvh2wt22ct3usd99kppcxarszyr6nth49z842rrpx5vv2s4tlz45y93jns0g33mmverwvkdqslsmjkst0zc9 I am generally a non-fiction (co) #author of scientific books. I have 2 books for a general public audience (“Reality in the Shadows (or) What the Heck’s the Higgs?” and “The Friendly Physics Guide to Nuclear and Particle Physics in Modern Medicine Volume 1”).<br/><br/>Let’s focus on these for now! “Reality” is about how physics learns about the natural world and makes predictions, and “Nuke Med” is about how physics and medicine are inseparable.<br/><br/><a href="https://steve.cooleysekula.net/books/">https://steve.cooleysekula.net/books/</a><br/><br/>#FediBookFair #Science<br/> <img src="https://mastodon.cooleysekula.net/system/media_attachments/files/113/413/952/550/298/311/original/98ee8cf5ea794664.jpeg"> <br/> <img src="https://mastodon.cooleysekula.net/system/media_attachments/files/113/413/953/960/765/456/original/2d0b0374087ebf4a.jpeg"> <br/> 2024-11-02T15:00:33Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqsdd9qqqqr45qnnafcx7t0w6430360k7qap5d52e40u95uavlww3xgzyr6nth49z842rrpx5vv2s4tlz45y93jns0g33mmverwvkdqslsmjkkapmlp Let’s help <span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub176495h5jd2deymed6taalm3mwgcg9k9qf6z03vac2wp84htwvzvs66nuj0" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>Evan Prodromou 🇨🇦🇺🇸🇬🇷🇵🇸</span> (<span class="italic">npub1764…nuj0</span>)</a></span> gather some data for his publisher! <br/><br/>Would you like to see (with the intent to buy) a paper edition of his “ActivityPub” book?<br/><br/><a href="https://evanp.me/2024/09/19/book-signing-party-30-sep-2024/">https://evanp.me/2024/09/19/book-signing-party-30-sep-2024/</a> 2024-10-14T13:26:44Z