@joelwelch.bsky.social
PhD law candidate at Western University (space law/scifi); Western University Board of Governors (2024-26); Bar: Ontario; Ret-RCMP. Not legal advice. Dual 🇨🇦🇺🇸. Qapla’!
Status.
01.11.2025 00:11 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Trader Sam's at the Polynesian Village Resort at Walt Disney World knows how to serve a Bud Light to an older fellow in style...
Great tiki joint.
Status tonight in Nashville.
Bill Murray and his Blood Brothers.
Just a red-tailed hawk hanging out above the main doors of University College at Western University in London, Ontario - nothing to see here...
#WesternU
17.09.2025 00:38 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Yes! The Grad Club is having a mascot design contest!
www.uwogradclub.ca/mascot
I'm of course hard at work with potential designs. And you could be too!
(Note: I have no idea if AI generated images are allowed. I'm just going with my muse. See the website for the submission guidelines.)
Happy #startrekday2025!
In honor of the franchise, here's a pic of me at the future birthplace of James T. Kirk, from my 2022 cross-country road trip.
#LLAP #StarTrek
Welcome back Western Space!
We are looking forward to another great year of activities, opportunities and more to bring to our membership.
Follow along on our website at www.space.uwo.ca
The University of Chicago recently announced pauses on admissions to some of its humanities doctoral programs. Tyler Austin Harper argues that it's “a particular gut-punch to the humanities, not just at the university itself, but nationally and even globally.”
27.08.2025 01:45 — 👍 106 🔁 28 💬 4 📌 5
And the episode is also out on YouTube!
Please note, due to a tech problem, our talking heads only appear starting at the 15:29 minute mark. It's all Joel's fault.
youtu.be/GesU_74XG2k?...
We got out a podcast episode! Enjoy
SciFi Pubcast - Episode 114: Superheroes Movies: Superman & The Fantastic Four: First Steps!
New episode is out now!
It's a bit of a stretch for us, we know.
www.scifipubcast.space/superheroes-...
It's always nice to see wildlife on campus, looking north from the University Drive Bridge, along the Thames River, in London, Ontario.
#WesternU
Whoa. Star Trek: Strange New Worlds.
Great episode.
Captain Kirk!
Alright @stratfest.bsky.social. Let's do this.
www.stratfordfestival.ca/WhatsOn/Play...
I'm sorry I'm missing Star Trek Las Vegas this year. Have fun and enjoy the Klingon bloodwine.
#STLV @creationent.bsky.social
Huzzah! The Grad Club is back open (summer hours)!
05.08.2025 15:15 — 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Interesting reading list by The Atlantic on the problems of (and facing) modern universities (gifted article).
www.theatlantic.com/books/archiv...
So on average, I consumed about 4 hours a day of science fiction content for the past four years with my PhD research.
I just finished the brilliant 1967-68 British series, The Prisoner.
I have thoughts....good ones. Patrick McGoohan was way before his time.
www.imdb.com/title/tt0061...
So true. The Grad Club is getting a lot of traffic in because of the International Trombone Festival since we're literally accross the street in Middlesex College.
It's great for campus.
Sunfest! I've made it!
The free international music festival runs until Sunday night at Victoria Park in London, Ontario. Good times.
Also #andersoncraftales has a branded Sunfest cerveza. How cool is that?
Wait. There's a Hallmark Christmas cruise out of Miami?
www.hallmarkchristmascruise.com
Yeah... I love my colleagues at the Grad Club. Funny.
It was a good event by #WesternU SOGS.
Thank you Society of Graduate Students!
This was from last Tuesday's Western University convocation. I was so happy I participated as the Graduate Student Representative to Western University's Board of Governors (I did two convocations and a formal dinner on the Tuesday.)
I'm in the left (stage left) of the framed shot. Congrats!
Ok #WesAnderson, let's do this.
09.06.2025 22:31 — 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Our global petition to save NASA science closes this Thursday, and we’re just shy of 15,000 signatures! Every name counts, this petition will be hand-delivered to members of Congress. Add yours today, Save NASA Science.
planet.ly/petition
The episode is also found on YouTube with our talking heads!
youtu.be/GaUEJnkZ7LE?...
We got out another episode of our scifi comedic podcast. Enjoy!
SciFi Pubcast - Episode 113: Doctor Who (Disney+/BBC)!
We took the time to speak about the latest season of Doctor Who!
We had thoughts. Enjoy!
scifipubcast.space/doctor-who-d...
#DoctorWho #Podcast
Working on my bartender's game.
07.06.2025 05:20 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
