Mark Popinchalk

A Strange Brown Dwarf Gets Stranger A brown dwarf that made headlines for showing signs of auroral activity is back in JWST's sights — and it's now doubly interesting.

A brown dwarf that made headlines for showing signs of auroral activity is back in JWST’s sights — and it’s now doubly interesting. aasnova.org/2025/10/17/a... 🔭🧪

gonna drag my butt on everything now

And tickets for the season finale on 11/11 (IRL or Livestream) are available here!

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YouTube video by Mark Popinchalk SCIENCE, TONIGHT! - a peer-reviewed comedy talkshow | Episode 1, Season 1

This is from season 1 episode 1, which you can watch in it's entirety here!

youtu.be/TbPcN67Sar4

Oops! My science comedy talkshow got political! 🧪

To be clear, they will 'make the proof' that Tylenol causes autism by controlling who does the studies and who reports the results.

They have built a mechanism to 'make the proof' for whatever they want so say. About protestors, about elections, about immigrants.

We have to keep speaking truth.

My high school student tried to sneak in a 6-7 joke into our programming 101, and when I did the hand gestures he declared "He's locked in!"

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YouTube video by Mark Popinchalk AI Reporter - HOW MUCH WATER? (Climate Week 2025)

Full sketch here! Season finale on 11/11, tickets for livestream and IRL!

youtu.be/UL9GFepHvxE

The AI reporter finally reveals why they are drinking so much water! 🧪

None of us should feel exempt or invulnerable, because if they can do this to our neighbors, they can come for us, too. That said, those of us who are not presently among those being targeted should not focus on our own fear and vulnerability. We should support those in the immediate path of harm.

I'm adjuncting again this semester and we've finally reached the star unit AND I'M SO EXCITED!

They let me on CNN

YouTube video by Mark Popinchalk AI Reporter - HOW MUCH WATER? (Climate Week 2025)

Full sketch here!

youtu.be/UL9GFepHvxE

the AI reporter we were forced to integrate sure is thirsty 🧪

a screen shot of an autocorrected version of Mark Popinchalk that reads Merck Puppet Pack

new auto correct for my name just dropped

"single-use plastic of the mind" had me GAGGED

This was the theme of Science, TONIGHT! episode 2 - the Billionaires decided that the conversation "what to do with AI?", trying to bypass "do we want/need it?"

YouTube video by Mark Popinchalk AI Reporter - HOW MUCH WATER? (Climate Week 2025)

Full vid here!

youtu.be/UL9GFepHvxE

AI reporter goes off rails during science comedy talkshow 🧪

YouTube video by Mark Popinchalk AI Reporter - HOW MUCH WATER? (Climate Week 2025)

full sketch on youtube!

youtu.be/UL9GFepHvxE

we had an AI reporter on our science comedy talkshow 🧪

We also had "photon absorption" beer pong game! Gonna try and edit a video together for it next month!

to be clear, I did have to use google maps to measure the distance from the equator to my "obelisk" here in NYC

so not entirely ancient tools, but definitely ancient methods!

A roll of paper casting a shadow with two pencils marking the length of the paper

Using the equinox to have my students measure the size of the Earth ala Eratosthenes.

Just did it myself and got to within 3% with my paper obelisk!
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This is why I follow Dave, he is so much of what I want to be. Informative, funny, and recognizes the need in this moment to take an ethical/moral stand.

Also the googly eyes are fun too

A photo from Jamie Keller Davis for the NYT: a color photo of a Chicago skyline showing three buildings photographed from street level. The one in the center has brown brick-like walls, and a very large poster advertising ChatGPT. The poster shows a conversation between a hypothetical student and ChatGPT: "Can you quiz me on the muscles of the leg?" "Can you build me a first time marathon training plan?" The text at the bottom of the poster reads: "ChatGPT Plus is free during finals.

This technology is so clearly designed to profit off cheating and struggling students--its insidious. And yet universities keep announcing how they're allowing this company into its midst, to exploit and incapacitate our students even more

We're witnessing the most aggressive, fanatical crackdown on free speech in my lifetime. The speed and breadth of government censorship and private sector and nonprofit capitulation has been astonishing. As has the lack of urgency/silence from people who've long claimed to care about this stuff.

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Let Me See Your Sagan! 🧪🔭

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