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Joseph Shoer

@jpshoer.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy

Interplanetary spacecraft engineer, amateur fantastical cartographer, board gamer, physics Eph, and Doctor of Spaceships. Querying author of a sci-fi epic. Opinions […] 🌉 bridged from ⁂ mastodon.social/@jpshoer, follow @ap.brid.gy to interact

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Joseph Shoer @jpshoer.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 02/08/2026

I remembered today that back when I was in grad school, @annaleen found my old map of the Cathedral Galaxy and said it would be a good setting for a novel. It only took about 15 years, but now I'm querying it! gizmodo.com/a-map-of-the-cathedral-…

A galaxy, criscrossed with wormholes and showing astrophysical landmarks and space stations

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Joseph Shoer @jpshoer.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 26/06/2026

@MarcAbrahams what in the HECK is this presentation

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Joseph Shoer @jpshoer.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 31/05/2026

Checking in on the progress of Mars rover Perseverance....but on my pulp-style map of Jezero Crater! josephshoer.com/blog/2026/05/jezero… #NASA #Mars #rover #Perseverance #scifi #map #art

Pulp-style fantastical map of Jezero Crater on Mars, with a trail of dots marking actual locations the Perseverance rover visited through the end of May 2026. The trail leads up from the lake occupying the bottom third of the map and climbs into the highlands in a meandering line.

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Joseph Shoer @jpshoer.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 21/05/2026

My new grand unified theory...

A classic diagram of a crisp black triangle, with the corners labeled "Good," "Fast," and "Cheap," and a label in the middle that says "pick two." In scribbly red handwriting, one side is scratched out and a fourth vertex has been added. It is labeled "Use 'AI.'"

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Joseph Shoer @jpshoer.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 28/02/2026

Okay, @npr , can we quit it with the stenography headlines? HE LIES

Screenshot from my news feed. Separated only by one other item are two headlines from NPR, posted 1 hr apart. One says that the US President told the media he won't attack Iran; the other documents the start of an attack on Iran.

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Joseph Shoer @jpshoer.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 17/02/2026

A new #scifi #map #wip ! Arcs are one day long. Positions are fixed to the date I started work. Each moon has a unique border inspired by something about its character. Guess the system! 😉

A set of concentric and off-center circles and arcs, drawn in black pen on white paper. A series of circular bands are filled with various patterns and the labels Iapetus, Hyperion, Titan, Helene, Telesto, Mimas, Tethys, Dione, Calypso, Epimetheus, Janus, Pan, Prometheus, Pandora, Enceladus, and Rhea.

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Joseph Shoer @jpshoer.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 30/09/2025

"The more you tighten your grip, Tarkin, the more star systems will slip through your fingers."

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Joseph Shoer @jpshoer.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 10/09/2025

My pulp sci-fi style map of Jezero Crater is coincidentally centered... #Jezero #Mars #Perseverance #NASA

Hand-drawn and colored line art map of Jezero Crater on Mars, with the crater filled by an ancient lake, styled as a sword-and-planet pulp rendering including Martian cities, vehicles, and statues. Place names like "Tarkas," "Jonz," "Tachi," "Hiroko," and "Rhiannon" refer to fictional characters associated with Martian pulp sci-fi.

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Joseph Shoer @jpshoer.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 10/08/2025

#SilentSunday #RockyMountains

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Joseph Shoer @jpshoer.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 05/05/2025

Meanwhile, over here in the Imperium where a once-large empire fractured into mostly independent polities, an opportunist governor has expansionary ambitions. He learns about features of the looming galactic disaster under research in the nearby Republic […] [Original post on mastodon.social]

A map of a spiral arm of a galaxy, labeled "The Imperium of the Triumvirate." The background is dark, with purple nebulas and dust, and the spiral arm consists of pinprick stars. Bright white lines branch across the map, showing wormhole routes. The Imperium is split into 3 regions with purple borders. Two large space stations appear as decorative elements; one has a garden-city under a transparent dome and the other has fanning golden wings and baroque details. There is a sidebar describing the history of the Imperium, with inset maps showing its extent over time. The Imperium had been much larger in the past than it is now.

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Joseph Shoer @jpshoer.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 04/05/2025

My #scifi #novel centers on a young scientist who discovers an encroaching disaster. The old guard scientists are skeptical until the disaster obviously hits a major trade route. A powerful senator, bankrolled by ancient, wealthy interests, tries to deflect […] [Original post on mastodon.social]

A map of an outer spiral arm of a galaxy, labeled "The Sea of Relics." The background is dark, with reddish-purplish nebulas and dust, and the spiral arm consists of pinprick stars. Bright white lines branch across the map, showing wormhole routes. The Sea is subdivided into regions labeled with the names of research institutions. Scattered all over are mysterious geometric space stations. Two large stations are shown as decorative elements: one consists of nested partial cylinders and the other is polygonal plates arrayed in a convex lens.

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Joseph Shoer @jpshoer.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 25/04/2025

Aaaaah! Just started querying for my sci-fi novel!!!!! I'm so excited to see if I can get this epic space opera about scientific discovery, academic tension, ancient conspiracies, political intrigue, and galactic battles out there! #scifi #novel #amWriting #amquerying

A map showing a spiral arm of a galaxy, titled "The Imperium of the Triumvirate." There are lines indicating wormhole passages, space stations, and nebulas all over a background of dense, bright stars. A sidebar depicts the borders of the Imperium growing and shrinking over time.

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Joseph Shoer @jpshoer.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 12/04/2025

Oh, just a page from the #Passover Haggadah that my family used since I was a kid. Every year, the Haggadah tells me to fight authoritarianism.

Page alternating in English and Hebrew guiding the ritual dinner that begins the celebration of Passover. The bottom section calls for the entire group to say, "Each drop of wine we pour is hope and prayer that people will cast out the plagues that threaten everyone everywhere they are found, beginning in our own hearts:"

The next lines spoken by the group are highlighted:

"The making of war,
The teaching of hate and violence,
Despoliation of the earth,
Perversion of justice and of government,
Fomenting of vice and crime,
Neglect of human needs,
Oppression of nations and peoples,
Corruption of culture,
Subjugation of science, learning, and human discourse,
The erosion of freedoms."

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