Oliver Morton

Author of The Moon: A History for the Future Views not discernible from RTs

[Oliver Morton @Eaterofsun]

Updating: I lurk here, and sometimes post or reply, but most of what I post and engage with is over in the azure place.

[Oliver Morton @Eaterofsun]

I will look for news here, but unlikely to tweet or retweet over the next seven days.

[Oliver Morton @Eaterofsun]

@WaiyoNathanier @TheEconomist https://t.co/gjCAaIxG5h

[Oliver Morton @Eaterofsun]

@NASAWatch @Cmdr_Hadfield You know you really don't. I come here occasionally because covering space requires me to, and I sometimes repost something when not remembering where I am, but actual posts are v rare.

[Oliver Morton @Eaterofsun]

@Cmdr_Hadfield In absolute terms I think I can see that. But there's a cost, too.

[Oliver Morton @Eaterofsun]

@OuseValleyFoods Where can I buy your products in Lewes? A friend gave me the four berries jam and it was wonderful

[Eli Zupnick @elizupnick]

New from @TheEconomist @Eaterofsun "[Stardust] stressed the degree to which the particles were part of an 'end to end' approach to geoengineering technology which the company hoped to provide to...governments" https://t.co/OtOcWeX3sb

[Jeff Foust @jeff_foust]

Let's go to the tape:

"I've received responses from both vendors, both SpaceX and Blue Origin, to meet our needs for a late 2027 rendezvous, docking, and test the interoperability out of both landers in advance of a landing attempt in 2028."

https://t.co/Xf6KcjcKQv

[Cantona & Best @bestcanton7]

I had to laugh when @ZackPolanski was accused on @GMB of being angry, when in truth, he was answering in a calm and professional manner, while @edballs was tuning into the Incredible Hulk. https://t.co/VXF9XtWLHl and rattle the establishment

[Jonathan Amos @JCDAmos]

This is pretty cool. @SurreySat has been engaged to develop the spacecraft platform for the Lazuli space observatory, which is Eric and Wendy Schmidt's idea for a privately-built telescope with a primary mirror larger than Hubble's.

[Vast @vast]

Vast has secured $500M in funding to advance next-generation space station technologies and infrastructure for America and its allies. https://t.co/m0SqSYWT5F

[Ethan W. Anderson @Ethan_is_online]

I've plotted the most expensive McDonald's burger and the least expensive MacBook over time. This analysis projects that the most expensive burger will be more expensive than the cheapest laptop as soon as 2081

[NSF-DOE Rubin Observatory @VRubinObs]

Alerts from NSF–DOE Rubin Observatory have been flowing for about a week...how many have there been?? 🚨

So far, Rubin has generated....drumroll please🥁

~1.7 million world-public alerts!

That's ~1.7 MILLION objects that changed in brightness or position in just seven nights🤯

[Oliver Morton @Eaterofsun]

@BBCRosAtkins Could you please come over to 🟦 sky?

[Oliver Morton @Eaterofsun]

PS I reent having to come on to this site to ask this question: why is BBC presence on Blue Sky so very poor?

[Oliver Morton @Eaterofsun]

The BBC (this is from the ten o'clock news last night) is blurring out some signs/banners in Minnesota demonstrations. a) Why is it doing so, and b) why is it not explaining why it is doing so to its viewers?
cc @BBCRosAtkins, @BBCNews, @BowenBBC

[Oliver Morton @Eaterofsun]

@A__Errington @TheEconomist @jonfasman @josiedelap @currhenry As it happens, I have read various bits of Ms Rowling's writing on this subject. Not that this should do anything to make me more likable to you.

[Oliver Morton @Eaterofsun]

@NetflixUK Will you be airing seasons 2 and 3 of Dark Winds? Seems weird to just have the first (which was very good)
(Also: have you given up on your bluesky account? -- seems to be unattended)

[Casey Handmer @CJHandmer]

I realized the Doom graphics engine running on a pregnancy test CPU could handle all of North American Air Traffic Control.

I'm going to sit down for a bit.

[Oliver Morton @Eaterofsun]

Reminder to the world: Greg Bear's novella Heads is very cool, dark and spooky

[Elon Musk @elonmusk]

Quantum computing is best done in the permanently shadowed craters on the Moon

[Greg Egan @gregeganSF]

Oh, just a caterpillar that keeps all the husks it shed from its head when it was smaller as a kind of elaborate hat … because why wouldn’t you?

Congratulations to Georgina Steytler, who just won a wildlife photography award for this extraordinary image!