Mark Popinchalk
@markpopinchalk.bsky.social
Astrophysics postdoc at AMNH | writer for @astrobites.bsky.social | planetarium presenter | Likes ultimate frisbee, volleyball, and all kinds of games. He/Him
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Science has never been more TONIGHT! My comedy talkshow is streaming our anniversary show this evening, 7pm EST. It's like Eric André meets Bill Nye, come through if you like to laugh and/or learn! Use SCITONIBSKY for a discount code (vod good for a week!) 🔭🧪 www.caveat.nyc/events/one-y...
One Year of Science Tonight! — Wed, Jul 22 | Caveat NYC
A late-night comedy talk show with guests scientists who are prepared, and improvisers who are not, to talk about science.
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My Science Comedy Talkshow is celebrating it's first revolution around the sun - 1 Year of Science Tonight! - stream it on Wednesday, 7pm EST It's like Eric André meets Bill Nye! 🔭🧪
Probably more helpful to think of them not so much as “Canadian wildfires” but rather “climate change wildfires currently consuming Canada”
No science fiction could have prepared us for just how stupid the end of the world can be. "The environment was on the brink of collapse, and so, rather than deal with that, we burned what fuel we had left getting computers to scam each other for money."
The big reason Einstein would never have used AI The point of school is to grow your mind; the point of science is to discover truths about reality. We know that Einstein never would've used AI. Here are the dangers if you do. bigthink.com/starts-with-... #space #astro #physics #einstein #ai
The big reason Einstein would never have used AI
Many think that intelligence can be outsourced to AI. Einstein wouldn't have used it. If he had, he never would have become Einstein.
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You may have heard about the OMB rule change that will put politics over federal grants. However bad you think it is? It's probably worse. Thanks to @theverge.com for letting me report this one out. There is still time to comment. bit.ly/4v2X4nQ
The war against ‘woke’ could end US science as we know it
“Everyone will be affected, not just scientists. Every community in the country.“
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I wrote about Mona Khalil's life and death, and what it means to do conservation work amid bombs, invasion, and occupation defector.com/mona-khalil-...
Mona Khalil, Who Devoted Her Life To Protecting Turtles, Killed By Israeli Airstrike | Defector
For half a century, a house on the coast in southern Lebanon has kept vigil over Al-Mansouri beach and the blue Mediterranean waters beyond. Mona Khalil’s grandfather built the house in the 1970s, aro...
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Animal Basketball Association champs, NY TICKS! 🧪 youtube.com/shorts/ZiOwL...
NY TICKS Parade - Science Tonight!
YouTube video by Mark Popinchalk
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I interviewed a Bat Scientist for my comedy talkshow, Science Tonight! 🧪
I wrote about one specific way AI is ruining my life defector.com/ai-animal-vi...
AI Animal Videos Are Ruining One Of The Internet's Last Good Things | Defector
Recently while picking up a banh mi in my neighborhood, I found myself transfixed by a TV in the restaurant showing what I assumed was a nature documentary. At first the footage soothed: Gentle humpba...
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Go look for Venus and Jupiter tonight! 🔭🧪 Bright Night Sky June '26
deep dive on clouds got me like 🧪
Willem Dafoe's Worried Gaze
ALT: Willem Dafoe's Worried Gaze
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Disappointed to see some of the AI ads in nyc completely defaced. It should be all of them.
realizing I need the knicks to sweep tomorrow so that The Boney Awards (The Oscars for Fossils) isn't competing with a Game 5 I think @fossilslablab.bsky.social is going to give a great interview, but would still rather not compete with B-Ball! 🧪
The nominees are being revealed! Who will win next week at The Boney Awards - the award show for fossil records! 🧪🔭
My kingdom for a tech ecosystem that will stop smothering me with apps and devices that constantly try to engage me in conversation against my will
If you didn't know, Betelgeuse is my nemesis star. It's been cool seeing it near Jupiter and Venus this spring, but with alter sunsets its harder to see and sets sooner. On Monday I invited friends to "send it off" with me until it returns in the winter! 🧪🔭
THE BONEY AWARDS - The award show for fossil records, May 27 at 7pm Bizzare awards, red carpet drama, and an interview with a paleontologist! + Games, Sketches and More! Stream and IRL tickets available here! www.caveat.nyc/events/scien... 🧪🔭
I'm putting on an award show for fossil records 🔭🧪
Roses are redde Violettes are blue Narratyves of inevitable acceptance of technologye Are an ideological tool
My high school mentees have decided to theme their research project video on Memento, which came out when they were -10 years old
