Reposted by Chris SchallerCorey S. Powell @coreyspowell.bsky.social · 2hToday in space: The Hera spacecraft is about to perform a hard burn so it can meet up with asteroid Dimorphos. 4 years ago, NASA deliberately crashed a probe into Dimorphos. Starting next month, Hera will map the wreckage. 🧪🔭 www.esa.int/Space_Safety... 15216
Reposted by Chris SchallerCorey S. Powell @coreyspowell.bsky.social · 1hAfter Hera reaches Dimorphos on November 25, it will map the asteroid at 1-meter resolution, study its gravity & inner structure, deploy 2 cubesats, and test rendezvous techniques that could be crucial for deflecting or mining asteroids in the future. 🧪🔭 www.heramission.space 1174
Reposted by Chris SchallerFernando Salvaterra @salvaterra.bsky.social · 11h💎 Here is the final art of all the minerals competing in the Mineral Cup 2026, at last. 🧵 #mincup26 #mincup #minerals #sciart 39624
Reposted by Chris SchallerSarah Hörst @planetdr.bsky.social · 09/10/2026Hot off the presses and many years in the making- what we know about Selk crater now… Looking forward to rendering it obsolete journals.sagepub.com/doi/epub/10.... 🧪🔭journals.sagepub.com 3428
Reposted by Chris SchallerPlanetary Science Institute @psi.edu · 09/10/2026Looking for some interactive art for kids? This week's #SciArt feature is coloring sheets designed by Annyse Buxner. Annyse’s mother is Sanlyn Buxner, a PSI Senior Education and Communication Special and Senior Scientist. Download the full series: buff.ly/BiGtaKD 0142
Chris Schaller @hicommander.bsky.social · 09/10/2026OMG the behind-the-scenes during the commercial break! (Sponsored by Caruso's!) 110
Chris Schaller @hicommander.bsky.social · 09/10/2026It's just one of the many qualities your friends enjoy about you. 110
Reposted by Chris SchallerErin Biba @erinbiba.bsky.social · 09/10/2026A lot of folks have been tagging this lately, which makes me think it’s needed, so: I made a list that can fulfill your scroll itch but will get you away from the main timeline. It’s silly or interesting bots/accounts and it has NO NEWS. You can follow it like a feed. bsky.app/profile/did:... 716946
Reposted by Chris SchallerPoorly Drawn Lines @poorlydrawnlines.bsky.social · 08/10/2026See you 21143145
Reposted by Chris SchallerBrian Wolven @brianwolven.bsky.social · 07/10/2026Another JuIcE-y xkcd 🤣 xkcd.com/3308/xkcd.comJuice 0121
Chris Schaller @hicommander.bsky.social · 06/10/202620— What? TWENTY YEARS AGO?! And that was season three?!?! I'm gonna have a little lie-down. Maybe not so little. Please don't tell me how old Babylon 5 is. 040
Reposted by Chris SchallerUnited Wizards of the Coast - CWA @uwotc-official.bsky.social · 06/10/2026This morning, the D&D team and Magic's Studio X informed our leadership of our intent to unionize. We love the games we make and the work we do, and unionizing is how we protect that work. unitedwizardsofthecoast.com/news/dnd-stu...unitedwizardsofthecoast.comDungeons & Dragons and Studio X Join United Wizards of the Coast - CWAToday, October 6, 2026, the designers, artists, writers, producers, and workers behind Dungeons & Dragons, Magic: The Gathering, Duel Masters, D&D Beyond, and countless other games are uniting in soli... 10875802767
Chris Schaller @hicommander.bsky.social · 06/10/2026My friend and HiRISE colleague Richard has a couple of poems in here. 052
Chris Schaller @hicommander.bsky.social · 06/10/2026@asrivkin.bsky.social I *know* you want to make the joke, and I will respect and cherish you either way. 140
Reposted by Chris SchallerGustavo Rinaldi @gusrinaldi.bsky.social · 05/10/2026☁️🐉 #illustration #kidlitart #kidlit #BRart #fantasyart 7506134
Chris Schaller @hicommander.bsky.social · 05/10/2026"If you get." Spin the wheel, no whammies, no whammies. 140
Chris Schaller @hicommander.bsky.social · 05/10/2026Ugh. I had to yield to a goddamned cybertruck today in the parking garage. 040
Reposted by Chris SchallerKNAU Arizona Public Radio @knauazpubradio.bsky.social · 02/10/2026Flagstaff artist Chip Thomas is one of this year's MacArthur Fellows for his work confronting issues affecting Indigenous communities. We revisit a story about his 2026 art exhibit that reveals the history of Black lumberjacks in northern Arizona. buff.ly/2Omwl4Abuff.lyAn art exhibit reveals the hidden history of northern Arizona’s Black lumberjacksAn art exhibit at Northern Arizona University explores the legacy of Black workers who helped cement the enduring western icon of the lumberjack in the region. 1128
Reposted by Chris SchallerKNAU Arizona Public Radio @knauazpubradio.bsky.social · 30/09/2026Flagstaff public artist Chip Thomas is among this year’s group of 20 MacArthur Fellows who will receive the no-strings-attached $800,000 grant to further their work. buff.ly/w5NtRbObuff.lyFlagstaff artist Chip Thomas awarded MacArthur ‘Genius Grant’Flagstaff public artist Chip Thomas is among this year’s group of 20 MacArthur Fellows who will receive the no-strings-attached $800,000 grant to further their work. 093
Reposted by Chris SchallerAngela Marusiak @planetaryquakes.bsky.social · 01/10/2026We're sending another seismometer to the Moon! www.nasa.gov/news-release...nasa.govNASA Adds New Science Investigations for Moon Base - NASAEditor's note: This release was updated on Sept. 30, 2026, to correct the name of the DISCO payload. 1236
Reposted by Chris SchallerDragons of Wales @dragonsofwales.bsky.social · 03/10/2026Three books. Hundreds of drawings of dinosaurs. This collection of three books, full of my palaeoart work, is back in stock and can be found here: dragonsofwales.etsy.com/listing/1689...dragonsofwales.etsy.comEX|TERRA - Complete Collection Dinosaur Books - EtsyThis Art & Photography Books item by DragonsofWales has 482 favorites from Etsy shoppers. Ships from United Kingdom. Listed on Aug 27, 2026 06932
Reposted by Chris SchallerNatalia (娜塔莉) @wrycritic.bsky.social · 03/10/2026For context, that's a typical size of a jurassic pterosaur (juvenile) found in the fossil record 5478107
Reposted by Chris SchallerChase Million @millionconcepts.com · 02/10/2026For example. "[...] unless you are a user with lots of direct domain knowledge about a language packaging ecosystem who is reading the entire raw message log as it happens, muse will aggressively download random shit from the internet and execute it." (from @jo.nny.rip)neuromatch.socialjonny (nonvenomous) (@jonny@neuromatch.social)Attached: 4 images So again, how could one end up with a compromised package on a muse instance? Wouldn't that have to be some sophisticated supply chain attack? Nope! Muse attempted to install packa... 062
Reposted by Chris SchallerElizabeth Bear @matociquala.bsky.social · 02/10/2026I have a new novella out in the 20th Anniversary edition of Clarkesworld this month! "The Job" is about a woman with serious self-image issues who takes a contract to survey an alien ocean for corporate exploitation, wearing the body of a bioengineered whale. clarkesworldmagazine.com/bear_10_26/clarkesworldmagazine.comThe Job by Elizabeth BearClarkesworld Science Fiction and Fantasy Magazine and Podcast. 1535586
Chris Schaller @hicommander.bsky.social · 02/10/2026There's always something good to read in Clarkesworld! 020
Reposted by Chris SchallerClarkesworld @clarkesworldmagazine.com · 01/10/2026It all started on this day. Thank you for a wonderful twenty years. 26525127
Reposted by Chris SchallerSimkaye 🌈 @simkaye.bsky.social · 01/10/2026anyone else feel like this 5868922129
Chris Schaller @hicommander.bsky.social · 02/10/2026I believe the current NASA administrator has a private collection of jet fighters… 010
Chris Schaller @hicommander.bsky.social · 01/10/2026This looks like something from one of the UA's many bioscience labs, to be honest. (Complimentary) 030
Reposted by Chris SchallerHiRISE Beautiful Mars (NASA) @uahirise.bsky.social · 01/10/2026HiPOD: Offworld Cool This stunning dune field, almost 5 km (3 mi) across in the grayscale cutout, is located at the bottom of an unnamed impact crater. The dark spots are the result of sublimation of subsurface ice. uahirise.org/hipod/ESP_077332_2420 NASA/JPL-Caltech/University of Arizona 02911
Reposted by Chris SchallerEmily Lakdawalla 🏳️⚧️ Uranus Expert @elakdawalla.bsky.social · 01/10/2026With alt text 121853
Reposted by Chris SchallerSarah 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
Reposted by Chris SchallerEmily Rauscher @astronemly.bsky.social · 01/10/2026Good news / bad news: you still have time to write up that last-minute idea! (Or not. Sometimes enough is enough) 391
Reposted by Chris SchallerBrian G. aka urbanbohemian 🪩🥂💖 @urbanbohemian.com · 30/09/2026We're on Bluesky, put the link in your post. Put the link in your post. Put. The. Link. In. Your. Post. Links in posts aren't buried or de-prioritized here. This is one of the last platforms you don't have to make interested users do detective work to find the link. Just put it in the post. 82068657
Reposted by Chris SchallerThe Author, Séamas O'Reilly @seamas.bsky.social · 30/09/2026Every time a discourse kicks off over whether AI music, literature or art will be "as good as" the real thing, I'm always amazed more people don't cite that **there already are** creative pursuits where human-free spectacles have been available for decades, and nobody has ever wanted to watch them. 441723335
Reposted by Chris SchallerThe Author, Séamas O'Reilly @seamas.bsky.social · 30/09/2026We've had the ability to watch, say, Counterstrike marathons, Street Fighter tournaments, or chess matches between computers since the 90s. Spectacles which, by their very definition, would be at a "higher standard" than human play. And nobody wants it. It's entirely meaningless. It has no appeal. 211493230
Reposted by Chris SchallerJeff VanderMeer @jeffvandermeer.bsky.social · 30/09/2026They quoted me in this New Yorker piece about AI today. www.newyorker.com/culture/the-... 119115972877
Reposted by Chris SchallerReactor Magazine @reactorsff.bsky.social · 29/09/2026NEW!! NGHI!!! VO!!! We are THRILLED to present an excerpt from @nghivo.bsky.social's next novel, a bloody Gilded Age gothic coming October 6th. Come check out The Scarlet Ball!reactormag.comRead an Excerpt From The Scarlet Ball by Nghi Vo - ReactorAn all-consuming tale of ballrooms and bloodshed weds The Gilded Age with the Gothic vision of Guillermo del Toro. 07221
Reposted by Chris SchallerStereogum @stereogum.com · 29/09/2026Watch prog legend Rick Wakeman perform for an audience of 150 rescued moon bears in Vietnamstereogum.comRick Wakeman Performs For 150 Rescued Moon Bears: WatchThings are generally quite difficult for the Asiatic black bear, sometimes known as the moon bear. The moon bear’s bile is used in some traditional Chinese medicines, and many of the animals are being... 0409