The Archive Tells the Story On October 26, the Durham artist Allan Troxler died. A trailblazer in the fight for gay rights, he leaves an indelible legacy behind.

A lovely piece on Allan Troxler, who died last month.

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International Space Station taken by a satellite also in orbit above it. The backdrop of the image is Earth's clouds as the image is looking down from above.

2nd Nov. 2025 marks the 25th anniversary of the ongoing human presence off-world.

That is, humans have continuously occupied the ISS for exactly 25 years today.

So if you're <= 24 years old, you've never lived in a world where humans were *only* terrestrial-based.

Image by HEO (from above!)

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YouTube video by Bagossy Brothers Company Bagossy Brothers Company - Visszajövök feat. Kapu Tibi

A lovely new in-space music video, on the same guitar I played, from friend and Hungarian astronaut Tibor Kapu with the Bagossy Brothers - great how many schoolchildren participated: youtu.be/JZYm7lq1NYM?...

YouTube video by EarthWindandFireVEVO Earth, Wind & Fire - September (Official HD Video)

Happy Earth, Wind & Fire Day to all who celebrate.

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i wrote this post in july two years ago when blue sky had around 200,000 total users and i thought i would ask again

tell me what u are doing
be proud of what u do and share it here

Marie Tharp pioneered mapping the bottom of the ocean 6 decades ago – scientists are still learning about Earth’s last frontier Born on July 30, 1920, geologist and cartographer Tharp changed scientific thinking about what lay at the bottom of the ocean – not a featureless flat, but rugged and varied terrain.

Happy Birthday to one of the greatest marine scientists in history, Marie Tharp!
Yesterday's quake and tsunami highlight the importance of ocean mapping, the discipline she pioneered.
In 2020, my friend Suzanne wrote a great article for Tharp's 100th birthday.
theconversation.com/marie-tharp-...

Maurene Comey's goodbye note to SDNY colleagues:

Tom Di Liberto worked for NOAA as a contractor for 13 years and was fired only 13 days before his first year as a federal employee would have completed.

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The Weather & Climate Livestream Join us starting May 28th, as meteorologists and climate scientists from across the US share their research and answer your questions.

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Join Scripps climate scientists & leading U.S. meteorologists for the Weather & Climate Livestream! The event celebrates the importance of science and explores the impact of the cuts on this research.

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Climate and weather scientists are joining the anti-Trump resistance in the most ‘scientist-iest’ way | CNN In the face of steep funding cuts for climate and weather research and forecasting, scientists have found a new way of engaging the public.

Weather and climate scientists determined to resist funding and program cuts in the geekiest way possible - with a 100-hour livestream of science presentations www.cnn.com/scientists-r...

A color photo of Nancy Grace Roman. She is standing next to a bank of analog instruments, which she is looking at while writing on a stack of papers held in her left hand. She has on a grey-blue top with an intricate design, and is wearing glasses. Her short, grey hair is wavy. The bank of instruments features several needle readouts, clustered in groups of two, three, or four.

Astronomer Nancy Grace Roman was born #OTD in 1925.

After early work in spectral classification and galactic evolution, she became NASA’s first Chief of Astronomy and did foundational work planning and overseeing the development of the Hubble Space Telescope. 🧪 🔭 👩‍🔬

Image: NASA

YouTube video by The Obama White House President Obama Sings "Sweet Home Chicago"

I'll just leave this here

DC area, or willing to travel, people, the National Gallery has an awesome exhibition of Catlett's works:

www.nga.gov/exhibitions/...

Wanna see something cool?

At the Grammy's in 1976, Ella Fitzgerald and Mel Torme explained what jazz is.

The result? The crowd losing its mind. 🔥

A photo preservationist saved a trove of 4,000 glass plate negatives headed for the trash. www.thisiscolossal.com/2023/11/terr...

Mine too. Thank you for the gracious welcome.