Ingrid Rocket
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Historian of Science and Media, views = my own. Total nerd. Loves tea. Good vibes. 🌟 she/her https://ingridockert.com/
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...
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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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.
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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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...
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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Today is a good day because two of my favorite Bluesky accounts talked to each other :)
Amanda Wong@amandawtwong.bsky.social · 4w agoWell, all right, since the US Consumer Product Safety Commission asked
Well, all right, since the US Consumer Product Safety Commission asked
U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission@cpsc.gov · 4w agoArtists of Bluesky, show us your best front-facing horses.
Hi hello yes, come work with me (if you're a good human) please and thank you www.sciencefriday.com/associate-pr...
Associate Producer, Audio
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Maybe the best $2 that I've even spent? Alex Wellerstein's new book is available now on Kindle for $1.99!
Alex Wellerstein@wellerstein.bsky.social · 2mo agoWhile I do not think that supporting Amazon is actually a positive thing (boo Bezos), I WILL just note that if you wanted a copy of my (award-winning!) book about Truman and the Bomb, THE MOST AWFUL RESPONSIBILITY, the Kindle version is currently on sale for a mere $1.99 / €1.72. amzn.to/3L1lMDH
!!!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
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-...
A strange, unloved apocalypse
Philip K. Dick's "Dr. Bloodmoney, or How We Got Along After the Bomb" (1965)
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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:
‘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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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! 🗃️
On the Media@onthemedia.bsky.social · 2mo ago📻 Show’s up! Featuring @annabower.bsky.social and @abradschwartz.bsky.social lnk.to/onthemedia/b...
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 :)
OPB@opb.org · 3mo agoBefore 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.
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.
‘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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Exciting news from Chicago—The Adler Planetarium has acquired Chesley Bonestell’s business archive! (HT @jasonwdean.com) #histSTM #sciart #astroart #astronomy 🗃️📜🪐🔭🎨
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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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...
It came from the deep
The bad movie that made Godzilla good
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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.
Mark Hurst@markhurst.bsky.social · 3mo ago1/ I have a huge announcement. After a 10-year hiatus, I'm bringing back my Gel conference. gelconference.com
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. 🗃️
Columbia Journalism Review@columjournreview.bsky.social · 4mo agoHow a prison fire and a charismatic inmate revealed a waiting audience for compelling radio news on CBS. Read A. Brad Schwartz. www.cjr.org/feature/cbs-...
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.
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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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.
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!
Resonance | University of California Press
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Technology does not change society. Societies shape technologies and their adoption.
M. Nolan Gray 🥑@mnolangray.bsky.social · 4mo agoWhat's something that experts/practitioners in your field universally agree upon, but that remains a "hot take" among the general public?
After you look at all our recalls and product safety warnings: www.youtube.com/watch?v=25r5...
Phone Away - We're Safety Now Haven't We
YouTube video by U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission
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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...
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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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...
Janet Brewster Murrow
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Five black cats upon a ladder sat, something something always have a spotter.
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
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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The weather is getting warmer and you know what that means - ladder falls.
