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Ingrid Rocket

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Historian of Science and Media, views = my own. Total nerd. Loves tea. Good vibes. 🌟 she/her ingridockert.com

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Ingrid Rocket @ingrid-rocket.bsky.social · 6h
Just a quick note of appreciation to @beervana.bsky.social! As Karl's daughter, I grew up hearing a LOT about the importance of the Bridgeport IPA, but not really understanding why it stood out in the 90s. Incredible.Thank you so much for crafting a history of this craft brew for me and other fans.
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Alex Wellerstein @wellerstein.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
In 2022 and 2023 I became somewhat obsessed with the warnings about surviving “radiation emergencies” that were posted around northern New Jersey. For this week’s DOOMSDAY MACHINES, I share my obsession with you, and analyze the motivations, messages, and methods of the campaign. 🐕
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“Do you know what to do in a radiation emergency?”
New Jersey’s strangely-decontextualized nuclear terrorism PSAs
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Ingrid Rocket @ingrid-rocket.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
So agree!!
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Josh Shepperd @joshshepperd.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Website live for our new academic conference “New Terrain,” in University of Colorado partnership with the Sundance Film Festival. I’m directing. This year we’re featuring 12 invited talks and a brainstorming session to discuss how New Terrain will grow in 2028. www.colorado.edu/cmdi/new-ter...
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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
Students who nod and smile during lecture when we try to make a point? Heroes
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Danny Robb @inverting-vision.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
On August 26, 1966, readers of the NYT woke up to the first photo of the Earth from the Moon on the front page. Here's a thread about how the Lunar Orbiter team retrieved it from film on a spacecraft orbiting the Moon, showing the reconstruction process back on Earth. 🧵(1/12) 🗃️🔭 #photography
A screenshot of a headline and image from a newspaper. The image is fairly low quality, but shows a crescent earth to the left, suspended in blackness, next to the limb of the moon taking up most of the right side of the image. Across the image are horizontal stripes. The headline at the top reads "How the Earth Looks from the Moon". The caption reads "Photo taken by Lunar Orbiter when it was 27 miles from moon, right, shows the earth covered by a white cloud. horizontal orientation lines were added to the picture after it was received at a tracking station near Madrid"
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Ingrid Rocket @ingrid-rocket.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
Saw American Pachuco: The Legend of Luis Valdez over the weekend! What an incredible feature! Includes interviews from leaders of the UFW movement and really introduced me to the origins of the Chicano movement. :) @kickstarter.com www.kickstarter.com/projects/bye...
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American Pachuco: The Legend of Luis Valdez
One trailblazing storyteller brought Chicano culture to the American stage. Now, help us bring his story to the rest of the world.
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Princeton University @princeton.edu · 17/07/2026
A first-of-its-kind cooling pavilion at the Tucker Street Urban Demonstration Garden in Trenton utilizes radiant cooling technology that was first developed at Princeton University.
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Isles and Clearly-Cool demonstrate radiant cooling pavilion in Trenton garden during heat wave
New technology, developed with Princeton University, keeps people safe outdoors without enclosing them in air conditioning
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Alex Wellerstein @wellerstein.bsky.social · 16/07/2026
The Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists asked me to write about 13 films that I thought were essential to understanding the nuclear age… and so I did! And now I am ready for everyone to tell me how wrong I am to have missed their favorite film, which is understandable. thebulletin.org/premium/2026...
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Thirteen films that are essential to understanding the nuclear age
A chronological list of the best nuclear Doomsday films shows how the nuclear perspective unfolded from the earliest days to the present.
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Ingrid Rocket @ingrid-rocket.bsky.social · 10/07/2026
Today is a good day because two of my favorite Bluesky accounts talked to each other :)
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Amanda Wong @amandawtwong.bsky.social · 10/07/2026
Well, all right, since the US Consumer Product Safety Commission asked
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Charles Bergquist @cbquist.bsky.social · 26/06/2026
Hi hello yes, come work with me (if you're a good human) please and thank you www.sciencefriday.com/associate-pr...
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Associate Producer, Audio
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Ingrid Rocket @ingrid-rocket.bsky.social · 16/06/2026
Maybe the best $2 that I've even spent? Alex Wellerstein's new book is available now on Kindle for $1.99!
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Janet Vertesi @cyberlyra.bsky.social · 05/06/2026
!!!NOW #HIRING!!! - Postdoc: design for societal impact apply.interfolio.com/187187 - Codesign specialist apply.interfolio.com/187163 - Lecturer in design apply.interfolio.com/187186 Join the Keller Center at @princeton.edu & keep #tech #design centered in societal responsibility! #academicsky
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Alex Wellerstein @wellerstein.bsky.social · 04/06/2026
For this week on DOOMSDAY MACHINES I finally got around to re-reading and writing about one of the strangest post-apocalyptic novels I know of — Philip K. Dick’s “Dr. Bloodmoney.” It's very strange, but very interesting. doomsdaymachines.net/p/a-strange-...
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A strange, unloved apocalypse
Philip K. Dick's "Dr. Bloodmoney, or How We Got Along After the Bomb" (1965)
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Jenn Chávez @jennchavez.bsky.social · 01/06/2026
Today on @opb.org's The Evergreen: In Eastern Oregon's John Day, a historic building holds one of the world’s biggest collections of traditional Chinese medicine. Kam Wah Chung was home to the medical clinic of Ing Hay, who served as a beloved doctor to generations of residents across the region:
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‘The Evergreen’: Chinese American doctor Ing Hay provided essential healthcare to Eastern Oregonians
In rural John Day, a historic building holds one of the world’s largest collections of traditional Chinese medicine. Kam Wah Chung and Company was home to the medical clinic and apothecary of beloved ...
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A. Brad Schwartz @abradschwartz.bsky.social · 30/05/2026
CBS News Radio may be gone, but you can hear the incredible story of the prisoner whose broadcast got it started (and a bit about my upcoming biography of Edward R. Murrow) on this week’s @onthemedia.bsky.social! 🗃️
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Alex Wellerstein @wellerstein.bsky.social · 17/05/2026
sorry, not sorry
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Ingrid Rocket @ingrid-rocket.bsky.social · 11/05/2026
If you have a few minutes and you're curious about local PNW space history, check this out! I was lucky enough to be featured in this documentary about the Oregon 'lunar fields' back 2019 :)
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OPB @opb.org · 11/05/2026
Before NASA astronauts landed on the moon, no one knew for sure what they’d find there — but they had some guesses. In the ‘60s, NASA trained dozens of astronauts on the lava fields of Central Oregon, thinking they might mimic the surface of the moon.
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‘The Evergreen’: Before astronauts went to the moon, they went to Oregon’s Moon Country
Now that Artemis II has sent humans back to the moon for the first time in over half a century, we’re reflecting on the role Oregon has played in lunar exploration.
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Ben Gross @bhgross144.bsky.social · 07/05/2026
Exciting news from Chicago—The Adler Planetarium has acquired Chesley Bonestell’s business archive! (HT @jasonwdean.com) #histSTM #sciart #astroart #astronomy 🗃️📜🪐🔭🎨
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Adler Planetarium Expands Collection of Work by Space Art Pioneer, Chesley Bonestell, with Major Archive Acquisition - Adler Planetarium
Adler Planetarium welcomes an expanded collection of work from Chesley Bonestell, an American painter credited with popularizing space art.
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Alex Wellerstein @wellerstein.bsky.social · 01/05/2026
For DOOMSDAY MACHINES this week, I took a look at The Beast from 20,000 Fathoms (1953), which the much better-known film Godzilla (1954) took as its inspiration. It’s not a great film! But comparing the two directly brings out some core differences in approach. doomsdaymachines.net/p/it-came-fr...
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It came from the deep
The bad movie that made Godzilla good
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Janet Vertesi @cyberlyra.bsky.social · 29/04/2026
I'm so excited to join this exciting conference in the fall! Wonderful to see this kind of conversation re-emerge at a time of need. Thanks, @markhurst.bsky.social for this opportunity.
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A. Brad Schwartz @abradschwartz.bsky.social · 22/04/2026
96 years ago tonight, CBS’s first breaking news broadcast went out from the scene of one of the deadliest fires in US history, in a voice identified only as “Convict X-46812.” For @columjournreview.bsky.social, I wrote about how this forgotten Black prisoner spurred the creation of CBS News. 🗃️
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Michael Wong @miquai.bsky.social · 19/04/2026
New podcast episode! ✨🎙🖖 Using the Star Trek: Deep Space Nine episode "Chrysalis" as our launchpad, Dr. @astrokatie.com and I go through scenarios for the end of the universe—and whether there's anything we can do about them.
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Episode 197: The End of Everything
Guest: Dr. Katie Mack Cosmologist Katie Mack beams aboard to discuss how the universe will end. Using the Star Trek: Deep Space Nine episode
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derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 09/04/2026
The Artemis II mission reminds me of these 1960s photos of NASA astronauts training in Iceland because they felt the terrain would be similar to what they'd encounter on the moon. The outfits are so great, even some 60 years later.
Photo of three men standing on top of rocky terrain. One is wearing a blue zip-up jacket with a blue chambray shirt and tan chinos. One is wearing a green-black checkered jacket with red chamois shirt, white pants, and cowboy hat. The other is wearing a blue parka with with blue jeans. Two photos. In the first, three men are wearing bomber jackets with blue or white jeans. In the second image, one man is wearing an off white (possibly chamois?) shirt with blue jeans. Another is wearing a blue denim trucker with blue jeans. A third is wearing a blue quilted parka. Two photos of groups of men. They are wearing Nordic sweaters, olive bomber jackets, flight suits, black-green checkered jackets, cowboy hats, beanies, and jeans. Two photos. In one, there's a man wearing a brown tweed with a checked shirt. In the other photo, men are wearing bomber jackets and high-waisted cotton pants.
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Josh Shepperd @joshshepperd.bsky.social · 03/04/2026
Resonance (UC Press) is looking for humanities research across the following topics: Sound in Political Crisis, Sound and Social Justice, Experiments in Sound, Sound Archives and Preservation, and we're convening a permanent series that'll examine "Film and Cinema Sound" this Fall. Please circulate!
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Resonance | University of California Press
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Janet Vertesi @cyberlyra.bsky.social · 01/04/2026
If you have never met an astronaut, let me tell you: #NASA truly selects the best of us. Kind, whip-smart, generous, brilliant leaders and teammates, exceptionally skilled, brave, and dedicated people. All four on board #Artemis today are incredible human beings. Godspeed to them on their launch.
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Janet Vertesi @cyberlyra.bsky.social · 29/03/2026
Technology does not change society. Societies shape technologies and their adoption.
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U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission @cpsc.gov · 26/03/2026
After you look at all our recalls and product safety warnings: www.youtube.com/watch?v=25r5...
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Phone Away - We're Safety Now Haven't We
YouTube video by U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission
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Janet Vertesi @cyberlyra.bsky.social · 24/03/2026
Thanks to @markhurst.bsky.social for having me on Techtonic.fm this week! If you missed the interview on WFMU you can catch it here. Don't miss listening to me wax poetic about alternatives to Big Tech, my zany #optout experiments, and the movement to #reclaimtech ! techtonic.fm/episodes/202...
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Janet Vertesi, founder of the Opt Out Project | Techtonic with Mark Hurst on WFMU
Techtonic’s signoff tells you to “get off Google,” and Janet Vertesi shows how it’s done. Janet founded the Opt Out Project to show people how to switch from Big Tech surveillance platforms to better,...
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A. Brad Schwartz @abradschwartz.bsky.social · 20/03/2026
One early conclusion I can share is that Murrow’s wife, Janet, really is the unsung hero of his story—not just in ensuring the preservation of his papers, but as a journalist in her own right, and in doing the unseen work to help get her husband on the air. exhibits.tufts.edu/spotlight/ed...
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Janet Brewster Murrow
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U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission @cpsc.gov · 13/03/2026
Five black cats upon a ladder sat, something something always have a spotter.
A ladder placed safely on the ground. Five black cats sit upon the ladder like they're in some kind of children's story about black cats. The text reads: Friday the 13th when you always land on your feet. If you are not a cat: Place your ladder on a firm, flat surface. Always have a spotter.
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Janet Vertesi @cyberlyra.bsky.social · 09/03/2026
Today and this week, Install a new #browser with Tech Reclaimers! On #Chrome? Here's how to move to #Firefox. If you're on FF already, try: Vivaldi or Opera #DuckDuckGo Ecosia (green browser) Avast Floop Orion Colibri LibreWolf (de-mozilla'd FF) www.optoutproject.net/better-brows... #reclaimtech
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Day Two: Better Browsing
According to statcounter.com, Google's Chrome browser currently enjoys over 68% marketshare, with Apple's Safari not even a close second at…
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U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission @cpsc.gov · 10/03/2026
The weather is getting warmer and you know what that means - ladder falls.
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Patrick McCray @patrickmccray.bsky.social · 02/01/2026
It's not too late to buy that special geek in your life a present.
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Alex Wellerstein @wellerstein.bsky.social · 12/12/2025
For this week’s DOOMSDAY MACHINES, I interviewed my good friend @cherylrofer.bsky.social about her +30 year career at Los Alamos — topics discussed include gender, lasers, and much more — doomsdaymachines.net/p/working-at...
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Working at Cold War Los Alamos
A conversation with the chemist Cheryl Rofer about her over thirty year career at Los Alamos
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Patrick McCray @patrickmccray.bsky.social · 12/12/2025
In the 1960s, a group of New Jersey teenagers helped make computing personal... (An excerpt from my new book in IEEE Spectrum) spectrum.ieee.org/teenage-hack... #HistSci #computing #History 🗃️
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The RESISTORS: Teen Hackers Who Saw and Lived the Future of Computing
In the 1960s, before PCs and the Internet were a thing, the RESISTORS were O.G. computer hackers, learning to code on old mainframes in a New Jersey barn.
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Alex Wellerstein @wellerstein.bsky.social · 09/12/2025
My new book, THE MOST AWFUL RESPONSIBILITY goes on sale TODAY! It is a NEW argument about TRUMAN AND THE ATOMIC BOMB, from Hiroshima through the Korean War, from HarperCollins. alexwellerstein.com/writing/book...
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The Most Awful Responsibility – Alex Wellerstein
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Alex Wellerstein @wellerstein.bsky.social · 05/11/2025
I'll be doing this tomorrow!
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Ryan Dahn @ryandahn.com · 31/10/2025
This is one of the coolest things the history and library team at @aip.bsky.social is doing. If you have photos, please consider contributing! Future historians will thank you :)
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Michael Wong @miquai.bsky.social · 19/09/2025
Are you writing something? Need a developmental editor, book coach, or beta reader? My sister has you covered! Check out her new website 😊
lisawongeditorial.com
About Lisa
Welcome! I’m a Chinese American editor, book coach, and ghostwriter based in California’s Central Valley. In a past life, I was a magazine journalist; I wrote for The Davis Enterprise, …
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Ingrid Rocket @ingrid-rocket.bsky.social · 15/09/2025
I recently found out that Agatha Christie enjoyed surfing in Hawaii in the 1920s and now that image will remain rent free in my head.
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Alexandra Witze @alexwitze.bsky.social · 27/08/2025
Science writers reminder! If you need $$ to attend #SciWri25 (virtually in October and/or in-person in Chicago in November), the deadline to apply for grant support is TOMORROW 8/28: sciencewriters2025.org/grants/
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Grants - ScienceWriters2025
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Movies Silently @moviessilently.bsky.social · 21/08/2025
Insomnia again and fascinated by "nostalgic" 1990s cake decorating videos in which they think 1990s cakes looked like the MTV logo. Nope. The 1990s were all about star tips and twee cottage aesthetic.
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Patrick McCray @patrickmccray.bsky.social · 12/08/2025
Me via NPR on AOL getting rid of dial-up (the soundtrack of the 1990s) www.npr.org/2025/08/12/n...
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Say bye-bye to the beeps and boops of AOL's dial-up internet service
AOL debuted the service in 1991. Dial-up has largely been replaced by broadband internet.
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Patrick McCray @patrickmccray.bsky.social · 14/07/2025
Hopeful article with historical insights via historian @historyasif.bsky.social = www.nytimes.com/2025/07/14/s...
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A Handshake in Orbit 50 Years Ago Transformed the Space Race
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Science Friday @scifri.bsky.social · 12/05/2025
Dr. Katalin Karikó spent decades experimenting with mRNA. She was scoffed at, demoted, and eventually forced to retire. Then, she won the Nobel Prize. Listen to her story in the first episode of “The Leap,” produced with the @hypothesisfund.bsky.social. pod.link/73329284/epi...
Portrait of Dr. Katalin KarikóI Was Considered a Nobody
Dr. Kati Karikó spent decades experimenting with mRNA. Her tireless, methodical work was dismissed and she was ridiculed. 
Then she won a Nobel Prize.
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Science Magazine @science.org · 01/05/2025
🎉 The overall winner of this year’s #DanceYourPhD contest is Sulo Roukka, who meshed lab experiments with dance moves under flashing lights as sequined lab mates analyzed hot chilies and mint with fancy footwork. Watch the winning work and learn more about the category winners: scim.ag/4lSpjCl
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Ingrid Rocket @ingrid-rocket.bsky.social · 29/04/2025
SO excited to hear that Brad has been passed! He's an incredible historian and I'm so excited to read whatever he's working on next!
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