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1. Stephen Sekula (steve)'s status on Monday, 06-Nov-2023 19:05:14 EST Stephen Sekula

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   From http://status.hackerposse.com/url/24664 on Mastodon: 14 hours to go before we see the first full-color images from the ESA Euclid space telescope. Euclid, the explorer of dark matter, will make a 3D-map of the cosmos by observing billions of galaxies out to 10 billion light-years, across more than a third of the sky. 5 images will be released tomorrow in a ceremony t…
2. Stephen Sekula (steve)'s status on Monday, 06-Nov-2023 19:00:15 EST Stephen Sekula

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   From FediVideo@social.growyourown.services on Mastodon: p.s. Lots more info about publishing to PeerTube here https:// fedi.tips/how-to-publish-video s-and-audio-on-peertube/ and lots more info about PeerTube in general here https:// fedi.tips/peertube-video-hosti ng-on-the-fediverse/
3. Stephen Sekula (steve)'s status on Monday, 06-Nov-2023 18:55:13 EST Stephen Sekula

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   How to watch the Tuesday @ ec_euclid reveal of their first images! https://www. esa.int/Science_Exploration/Sp ace_Science/Euclid/How_to_watch_the_reveal_of_Euclid_s_first_images_live I plan to watch from 6800ft underground in the @ SNOLAB research laboratory.
4. Stephen Sekula (steve)'s status on Sunday, 05-Nov-2023 19:25:12 EST Stephen Sekula

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   From APoD@botsin.space on Mastodon: Creature Aurora Over Norway Image Credit
5. Stephen Sekula (steve)'s status on Sunday, 05-Nov-2023 18:25:17 EST Stephen Sekula

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   We had some absolutely lovely fog on a subzero morning yesterday. Just lovely. https://chirp.cooleysekula.net/attachment/c970a9beb25c68c68b46b43059afa7882856257f9c99f7bdfb65b48d1ac86a41/view
6. Stephen Sekula (steve)'s status on Sunday, 05-Nov-2023 17:50:14 EST Stephen Sekula

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   My # fediversary isn’t until January, but it was certainly this time last year when I realized that it was important to spin up a # Mastodon instance for close friends and family and create a new home in this part of the # fediverse . I wouldn’t get a chance to do that server work until the new year (2023), but I had a failed attempt at a Mastodon server install lying…
7. Stephen Sekula (steve)'s status on Sunday, 05-Nov-2023 14:55:18 EST Stephen Sekula

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   My last comment on my non-fiction # books is about that project that has been distracting me from the series I started in 2021. An opportunity arose: to transform some lectures given by my spouse and colleague, @ jodi , into a monograph. Her lectures on # DarkMatter , over several months, were transformed in a book we are calling "The Search for Dark Matter: A Young Scien…
8. Stephen Sekula (steve)'s status on Sunday, 05-Nov-2023 12:50:18 EST Stephen Sekula

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   I have been working on the next # book in the series, "Light and the Invisible Cosmos" (based on the lecture I shared earlier, https:// http://status.hackerposse.com/url/24777 ve/111358241005508476 but with an expansion of the history and ideas). However, work on that book has been on pause in lieu of a slightly more ambitious project, which was slowed by our move to Cana…
9. Stephen Sekula (steve)'s status on Sunday, 05-Nov-2023 12:00:17 EST Stephen Sekula

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   The University Synthesis Series is intended, so far, to be an e-book series. That could easily change in the future. Part 1 will always be "A Bite of Newton's Apple", implying a taste of the physics without too much mathematical depth. Part 2 will always be the "Core of Newton's Apple", implying we go deep. Both parts explore the subject in complementary ways. # fedibookfair https://chirp.cooleysekula.net/attachment/a04caf08b26640b8aea50fda75d3d096518ac2e2df76f2945fe2100f8fdba599/view
10. Stephen Sekula (steve)'s status on Sunday, 05-Nov-2023 11:35:14 EST Stephen Sekula

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    We eventually settled on a title for the # book series: the University Synthesis Series. The idea was to blend parts for the general public with parts specialized to help university student solve problems in the subject area. Part 1 of each book will be sold separately from Part 2, and generally accessible. Part 2 will be hard core university physics problem solving on th…
11. Stephen Sekula (steve)'s status on Sunday, 05-Nov-2023 10:10:14 EST Stephen Sekula

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    As you can probably guess, at this point the # publisher of "Reality in the Shadows" (also the editor), Otto, saw my special topics lectures on the web. He basically said, "Nice lectures you have there. Be a shame if you turned them into a book series". So after we talked, he grabbed the automatic transcriptions and started editing. We decided to make my Nuclear Medicine …
12. Stephen Sekula (steve)'s status on Sunday, 05-Nov-2023 08:51:29 EST Stephen Sekula

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    The beauty of this "special topics" approach was that there is ALWAYS a kernel of introductory or low-level university physics in ANY topic, even topics like # DarkMatter and # quantumphysics This was a way to get the STUDENTS to choose something of wider interest to them and yet STILL deliver essential introductory # physics ideas ... wrapped up in something THEY wanted …
13. Stephen Sekula (steve)'s status on Sunday, 05-Nov-2023 08:50:13 EST Stephen Sekula

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    When I regularly taught university # physics , I would save time at the end of each semester for "special topics". Students would suggest ideas about 1 month before end of term. A few weeks later they would rank-vote the ideas. The top 1-2 would then be turned into special topics lectures. I made these available for public viewing; for the # fediverse I have a # peertube …
14. Stephen Sekula (steve)'s status on Sunday, 05-Nov-2023 07:35:53 EST Stephen Sekula

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    From AkaSci@fosstodon.org on Mastodon: Current conditions and forecast for space/solar weather today. Kp index is currently at 6, but will drop and rise again to 6 after midnight UTC. Aurora watchers in Europe and N. America will get some nice views. https://www. swpc.noaa.gov/communities/spac e-weather-enthusiasts-dashboard # SolarWeather # Aurora 6/n
15. Stephen Sekula (steve)'s status on Sunday, 05-Nov-2023 07:25:17 EST Stephen Sekula

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    The story of my second # book "The Friendly # Physics Guide to Nuclear and Particle Physics in Modern Medicine", starts with student suggestions and a very encouraging publisher. It ends with the first step in a series of books intended to help the public and especially university-level students who just suffered through introductory physics (re)discover love for physics.…
16. Stephen Sekula (steve)'s status on Sunday, 05-Nov-2023 06:35:16 EST Stephen Sekula

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    From Aphelion@mastodon.sdf.org on Mastodon: Hello, # FediBookFair ! I am an indigenous poet with 2 independently published volumes of poetry out, covering topics of love, loss, and healing available at http://www. nihtgengapress.com # Poetry # IndigenousCreatives # IndieAuthor
17. Stephen Sekula (steve)'s status on Sunday, 05-Nov-2023 06:30:17 EST Stephen Sekula

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    From gutenberg_org@mastodon.social on Mastodon: Scottish physicist James Clerk Maxwell died # OTD in 1879. He was responsible for the classical theory of electromagnetic radiation, which was the first theory to describe electricity, magnetism
18. Stephen Sekula (steve)'s status on Sunday, 05-Nov-2023 06:26:32 EST Stephen Sekula

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    From jimfrost@mastodon.scot on Mastodon: When the Red Alert goes off. A fine display of the Aurora last night over Kinlochbervie # Aurora # Sutherland # Scotland
19. Stephen Sekula (steve)'s status on Saturday, 04-Nov-2023 20:40:16 EDT Stephen Sekula

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    From AkaSci@fosstodon.org on Mastodon: Here is the aurora forecast for North America for tonight and tomorrow night. Tomorrow night looks promising for Canada and perhaps for the northern U.S. states. https://www. swpc.noaa.gov/products/aurora- viewline-tonight-and-tomorrow-night-experimental # SolarWeather # Aurora 3/n
20. Stephen Sekula (steve)'s status on Saturday, 04-Nov-2023 19:10:17 EDT Stephen Sekula

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    From mcnees@mastodon.social on Mastodon: The High Flux Isotope Reactor (HFIR), completed in 1965, is just down the road from the X-10 site. If you like well-designed control panels from the 1960s, please enjoy this beauty. A true 👨🍳🤌💋 of a control panel.

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