Bouke Mekel

WHIRL Productions: films, theatre, games & apps for artists/educators; helping people make better & more choices taking into account future generations 🌍| XZhi

[Bouke Mekel @whirlnl]

Sidereal whirlpools 😵‍💫/ Nature article: "Ubiquitous Kelvin–Helmholtz instabilities driving plasma mixing on the Sun" (2026) https://t.co/yQXa3PuKyy

[U.S. National Science Foundation @NSF]

The most powerful solar telescope just opened a new window to discovery about the sun.️☀️

Using the NSF Daniel K. Inouye Solar Telescope, scientists found Kelvin-Helmholtz instability, tiny, whirlpool-like patterns on the sun's surface.
https://t.co/rK8AzIJpJF

📸: NSF/@NatSolarObs /AURA/MPS

[Bouke Mekel @whirlnl]

Komende zaterdag 16:00 opening expositie 'Ancient Songs' van Richard Bolhuis (22 maart – 17 mei 2026) @CAMPISassen in #Assen met interdisciplinaire installaties
https://t.co/6s2QIafYs8

[Bouke Mekel @whirlnl]

Micha Klein (1964-2026) RIP, fondly remember his wonderful exhibition/dance party 'The Virtual World Of Micha Klein', Retrospective 1988 -1998 @groningermuseum, springing from the Second summer of love (1988/1989) 😍

[Y2K Aesthetic Institute 💽 @y2k_aesthetic]

Selections from Micha Klein’s monograph book (1998)

[Bouke Mekel @whirlnl]

Cosmic whirls confirmed! 🌪️💫 "We also find strong evidence that the galaxies are orbiting around the spine of the filament, making this one of the largest rotating structures discovered thus far" (excerpt from: 'A 15 Mpc rotating galaxy filament at redshift z = 0.032' (2025))

[MPLSOxford @mplsoxford]

Physicists have found a ‘razor-thin’ string of galaxies rotating together inside a giant cosmic filament 140 million light-years away – one of the largest spinning structures ever seen.

The findings could offer insights into how #galaxies formed.

➡️ https://t.co/uh09FHJzOZ

[Bouke Mekel @whirlnl]

For David Lynch (*1946-†2025) / video poem by #XZhi https://t.co/0Rg0SP9Mmm #DavidLynch #rip

[Bouke Mekel @whirlnl]

Crossstreams, short #videopoem by #xzhi
https://t.co/4a650mwxyM

[80K1 @80K1_]

New ✨ #80K1 song 'The Stars Are Alight For Me And You'
https://t.co/vPYBGUWQE4 #happycore #musical #stars #newyear #wintersolstice

[Bouke Mekel @whirlnl]

Our choices can make or break the future, using
data & foresight tools we can understand our world more clearly & envision a brighter future & together make better choices we can build a thriving sustainable planet for future generations https://t.co/MfGhX3KbQX #SummitOfTheFuture

[Bouke Mekel @whirlnl]

#adolfschaller #rip #spaceart

[Astronomy Magazine @AstronomyMag]

The astronomy community has lost one of history’s great visual artists, who was devoted to astronomical illustrations.

https://t.co/sWVE7rAZGQ

[Bouke Mekel @whirlnl]

The entire planet is for sale @AndreuEscriva @elperiodico_cat https://t.co/tlScZCL7nd via @eurotopics_en "Tourism is travel as a consumer good, supported by structural policies that sell evasion and souvenirs rather than culture or scenery" #hypertourism

[Bouke Mekel @whirlnl]

#Tomcraft / Thomas Brückner (1975-2024) #rip, anthem 'Loneliness' (2002) (feat. Andrea Martin) and massive breaks/multilingual rap on 'Sure Shot' (2006) (feat. Sido/Tai Jason) https://t.co/f6TMiJXy8g #electronica

[Bouke Mekel @whirlnl]

@antonioguterres: "I urge every country to ban advertising from fossil fuel companies.
And I urge news media and tech companies to stop taking fossil fuel advertising." https://t.co/EHi15ABxhO #WorldEnvironmentDay‌

[CIT_RUG @CIT_RUG]

Nieuwe foto's ruimtetelescoop Euclid 'overtreffen alle verwachtingen' Prachtig🤩! Trots hier met onze faciliteiten een steentje aan bij te kunnen dragen!
https://t.co/JDcCwkvxM8 via @NOS

[Bouke Mekel @whirlnl]

Mijn multimediawerkplek is open komende zondag 26 mei (11-17u) tijdens de jaarlijkse #biotopendag van broedplaats @debiotoop in Haren (Gr.). Wees welkom! WHIRL is te vinden in gebouw B, lift ingang noord, 2e etage, BL203. Hopelijk tot dan! https://t.co/cYepmduhnH #opendag

[Bouke Mekel @whirlnl]

Paul Auster (1947-2024). Excerpt from the visual novel adaptation by Paul Karasik and David Mazzucchelli, of Auster's detective novel 'City of Glass' (1994), part of 'The New York Trilogy' (1986), like Miguel de Cervantes diving deeply into life's layers of identities #paulauster

[NASA @NASA]

Ever wonder what happens when you fall into a black hole?

Thanks to a new, immersive visualization produced on a NASA supercomputer, we're kicking off #BlackHoleWeek with a virtual plunge into the event horizon—a black hole's point of no return: https://t.co/aIk9MC1ayK

[Prof. Katharine Hayhoe @KHayhoe]

Half the oxygen we breathe comes from tiny phytoplankton in the ocean.

Every day is #EarthDay

[Bouke Mekel @whirlnl]

Weaving the world together! WHIRL created and co-curated the VR exhibition of Artlink's GLOBAL INCUBATOR "Hyperlocal Tapestries: blueprints for equitable and sustainable futures"/premiere: April 19/ teaser by @StarHopper_X
https://t.co/xpjQCYaqGj #onlineworkshops #globalvillage

[Event Horizon 'Scope @ehtelescope]

Breaking news: the Event Horizon Telescope team unveils strong magnetic fields spiraling at the edge of Milky Way’s central black hole, Sagittarius A*. This new image suggests that strong magnetic fields may be common to all black holes.

#OurBlackHole #SgrABlackHole

[80K1 @80K1_]

#Candlelight #JanVanVeen #RIP