Reposted by Andy RivkinInternet Archive @archive.org · 34m📻 To celebrate College Radio Day, tune in to more than a century of college radio history. In 1906, Harvard students formed what was described as the first college radio club. By the 1920s, students were building stations and broadcasting campus events. 📚 More: blog.archive.org/2026/10/02/1... 🧵 26420
Reposted by Andy RivkinGeorge Harrison Archive @harrisonarchive.bsky.social · 1hRemembering Tom Petty on the ninth anniversary of his passing. “George came along, and we just got so close; it was like we had known each other in some other life or something.” - Tom Petty, Petty: The Biography (2015) Photo by Neal Preston 0145
Reposted by Andy RivkinAgata Rożek @agastro.bsky.social · 2hPaper day! It's not easy to fit all the science presented at a meeting as big as ACM in the word limit of a short report, but hey, we gave it a go! You can find the Nature Astronomy Meeting Report on Asteroids Comets Meteors 2026 here: rdcu.be/MvrGvwmXQsXa 🔭☄️🪨 163
Reposted by Andy RivkinCineCalendar @cinecalendar.bsky.social · 7hOct 2nd 1963 - Opening game of the 1963 World Series. After failing to convince Nurse Ratched to allow the patients to watch the game, R.P. McMurphy attempted to escape by throwing a hydrotherapy console through a window. 📽️📅 One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (1975) 03212
Reposted by Andy RivkinElizabeth Tasker @elizabethtasker.bsky.social · 14hIf you missed the Martian moons kick-off of the IAU 100 Hours of Astronomy 🔭, you can watch a recording of the live feed here (including me, how could you miss it?!)! 🛰️ Stacks of content on the JAXA Martian Moons eXploration (MMX) mission, which will launch on October 20 🚀🚀🚀youtube.comMission: Mars. Unravelling the mysteries of the Solar System with MMXYouTube video by IAU Office for Astronomy Outreach 0199
Andy Rivkin @asrivkin.bsky.social · 15h"Thrins, my uncle used to call that sort of thing with three twins. MIT professor, second smartest guy I knew after me. Thrins. Like that movie with the guy from Taxi...whatever happened to him? He was in that movie with the late, great Hulk Hogan." 040
Andy Rivkin @asrivkin.bsky.social · 01/10/2026Least popular GOP president this century, not among all presidents. With that, I'd be curious to see how he stacks up against Obama or Biden's numbers. 000
Reposted by Andy RivkinCineCalendar @cinecalendar.bsky.social · 01/10/2026Oct 1st - The Times publishes a review of Paul Varjak's first book, called Nine Lives. 📽️📅 Breakfast at Tiffany's (1961) 0144
Reposted by Andy RivkinTalkin' Baseball @talkinbaseballbot.bsky.social · 01/10/2026Red Sox fail to advance in the postseason for the seventh time in the last eight seasons 282
Andy Rivkin @asrivkin.bsky.social · 01/10/2026Maybe if your favorite team didn't finish in third place in its division it could have hosted some games. 030
Reposted by Andy RivkinHeidi B. Hammel @hbhammel.bsky.social · 01/10/2026The Cycle 6 JWST 🔭 Call for Proposals deadline has been extended to October 1, at 5 pm Eastern Time (US) due to APT server issues. For updates, please check: “Late Breaking News” at the Call for Proposals jwst-docs.stsci.edu/jwst-opportu...static.klipy.comMe Using James Webb Telescope To Find Who AskedALT: Me Using James Webb Telescope To Find Who Asked 21913
Andy Rivkin @asrivkin.bsky.social · 01/10/2026Sterling would have loved this inning, for what it's worth. 000
Andy Rivkin @asrivkin.bsky.social · 01/10/2026I hated the send, but I really really hate the guys in the booth hating the send. It's interesting to me that the one announcer who actually won a World Series as a manager and famously was data-driven (if only for his time) thought it was fine. 110
Reposted by Andy RivkinBryan Hilbert @pluto-fan.bsky.social · 01/10/2026JWST proposal deadline has been extended to Oct 1, 5pm EDT due to APT server issues. Lots more time to tweak those details. 021
Reposted by Andy RivkinSarah E Moran @offallingstars.bsky.social · 01/10/2026Still server issues. Now Laura Watkins (head of science policy at STScI) is saying new deadline tomorrow, Oct. 1st at 5pm EDT for all proposers. 01916
Andy Rivkin @asrivkin.bsky.social · 30/09/2026Involved in one of the most iconic plays of the 1990s. 000
Andy Rivkin @asrivkin.bsky.social · 30/09/2026For the record, I am spending this JWST Neilah (and New Fiscal Year's Eve*) drinking beer and watching baseball. *h/t @mayorgalc.bsky.social 220
Andy Rivkin @asrivkin.bsky.social · 30/09/2026I feel like for Cycle 10, STScI should announce who holds the career record for most different submitted proposals and most total submissions (including multiple resubmissions for a single proposal in the same cycle)... 030
Andy Rivkin @asrivkin.bsky.social · 30/09/2026Take the snark and scorn I have for Altuve for granted--I'm here to say that as a Yankees fan Ramirez was the player I least wanted to see batting in an important spot. Ortiz was overrated and roided out, Ramirez was arguably roided but a 100% legit amazing hitter. The wrong one is in the Hall. 000
Andy Rivkin @asrivkin.bsky.social · 30/09/2026Estimated number of JWST Cycle 6 proposals submitted vs. Eastern Standard Time today. Posted with permission from someone who may or may not come forward to take credit. ;) 🔭 340
Andy Rivkin @asrivkin.bsky.social · 30/09/2026We think the number of JWST Cycle 6 submissions is close to, or has already passed, the Cycle 5 submissions. There are 4.25 hours to go. 🔭 240
Andy Rivkin @asrivkin.bsky.social · 30/09/2026We don't want to inadvertently induce anyone to violate DAPR, but if you're working on a JWST proposal you haven't submitted yet and are willing to say the proposal number you get at submission rounded to the nearest ~20, and the time you got it, we could track submission numbers. 🔭 130
Andy Rivkin @asrivkin.bsky.social · 30/09/2026Good luck to all as we enter those last hours of the JWST Days of Awe before the worldwide metaphorical shofar blows. .static.klipy.comElijah Wood: It's Done - Lord of the RingsAlt: Elijah Wood: It's Done - Lord of the Rings 050
Reposted by Andy RivkinPinstripe Alley @pinstripealley.bsky.social · 30/09/2026Donnie Baseball, my sweet beautiful uncle, you can just retire and hang out at Old-Timers’ Days and Yankees spring training. Ask Gator, it’s a nice life. 2293
Reposted by Andy RivkinSam Weller @samwellerauthor.bsky.social · 29/09/2026This is the most remarkable story Ray Bradbury ever shared with me. He told it to me late one night, sitting in his den of antiquities and mementos. Take five minutes to read this. It’s pure magic. #Writing #Living #Creativity #RayBradbury #BookSky 391514601
Reposted by Andy RivkinEmily Lakdawalla 🏳️⚧️ Uranus Expert @elakdawalla.bsky.social · 30/09/2026Saturn earrings now available in my shop! in 2 sizes. These are 25mm across and made with mother-of-pearl rings and honey tigereye planets. There's also a more delicate version made with pearlescent black lip shell rings and Botswana agate planets. elakdawalla.etsy.com/listing/4585... 0165
Reposted by Andy RivkinCineCalendar @cinecalendar.bsky.social · 30/09/2026Sep 30th - Charlie Bucket found the last golden ticket. The next day he went to Wonka’s factory. 📽️📅 Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory (1971) 18929
Andy Rivkin @asrivkin.bsky.social · 29/09/2026oh yeah the jwst proposals are doing fine thanks great shape just a few things to touch up apt is 100% done yeah 0110
Andy Rivkin @asrivkin.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Me working on JWST proposal: "I will draw on all my experience, exercise long-dormant memories of ideas, and weave strands of cutting-edge research and fundamental physics into a program only I can lead." Also me working on JWST proposal: "Given signal and noise, how do I figure out the SNR again?" 3220
Reposted by Andy Rivkinthe Mountain Goats @themountaingoats.bsky.social · 29/09/2026bluesky does not seem to really be talking about this but today Stevie Wonder unleased 4 songs that didn't make "Songs in the Key of Life." music.youtube.com/playlist?lis...music.youtube.comSongs In The Key Of Life - The EPEP • Stevie Wonder 542052655
Reposted by Andy RivkinAndy Rivkin @asrivkin.bsky.social · 15/06/2025“Ceaușescu spoke before an energetic crowd today, announcing several popular policy changes aimed at helping blue-collar Romanian families and successfully changing the narrative away from Timișoara.” 0183
Andy Rivkin @asrivkin.bsky.social · 27/09/2026Spend the day working on a JWST proposal to improve it from "unworkable" to "bad". Tomorrow I'll do it again to try to get a draft out to co-Is, plus incorporate comments from co-Is on a different JWST proposal to try to improve it from "bad" to at least "meh". 170
Reposted by Andy RivkinThey May Be Parted @theymaybeparted.bsky.social · 26/09/2026Happy anniversary to our dear Abbey Road LP, 57 years young today and sounding as magnificent as it did on its first needle-drop Sept. 26, 1969. Usual shameless promo: Catch up on Abbey Road’s extensive roots in the Beatles’ Get Back sessions here: theymaybeparted.com/tag/abbey-road/ 1103
Andy Rivkin @asrivkin.bsky.social · 26/09/2026I've been fortunate enough to spend time in Uruguay on and off, and I'll tell you what--it's a proud democracy with relatively low inequality and liberal values. If they're hoping for a barely-functioning developing nation to run amok in, Uruguay ain't gonna be it. 050
Reposted by Andy RivkinEd Maibach @maibached.bsky.social · 25/09/2026Happy Stanislav Petrov Day He passed in 2017. As Encyclopedia Britannica puts it, “He is survived by his two children, two grandchildren, and the entire human race.” If you don't know his story, please take 3 minutes now to learn it. @gchalliance.bsky.social @docsforclimate.bsky.socialsammatey.substack.comHappy Stanislav Petrov DayTake five minutes to not destroy civilization 252107934
Andy Rivkin @asrivkin.bsky.social · 26/09/2026So, um, he's giving back that tainted 2017 World Series ring and pretending that he didn't know those guys, I guess? 000
Andy Rivkin @asrivkin.bsky.social · 26/09/2026I joined _just_ before The Hellthread started which was, as I understood it, a bug magnified by a collective sense of defiant oppositional disorder (the hellthread, not me joining). I managed to avoid getting pulled in, which in retrospect may or may not be too bad. 130
Andy Rivkin @asrivkin.bsky.social · 26/09/2026If you had told me these were done as spoofs and credited to The Thamesmen or Dukes of Stratosphear, I would 100% have believed you. 0112
Andy Rivkin @asrivkin.bsky.social · 25/09/2026Genghis Khan, eyes narrowing after doing a search on his own name: "Introduce me to this Bill and Ted". 140
Andy Rivkin @asrivkin.bsky.social · 25/09/2026Was one of the words "fluffer", or have we collectively moved on from that? 010