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1. Stephen Sekula (steve@chirp.cooleysekula.net)'s status on Tuesday, 07-Nov-2023 00:05:14 UTC Stephen Sekula
   From AkaSci@fosstodon.org 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 that will include discussions by mission scientists at ESA’s Space Operations Centre in Darmstadt, Germany. https://www. youtube.com/watch?v=hHWbe82zM8 o https://www. esa.int/Science_Exploration/Sp ace_Science/Euclid/Media_Invitation_Euclid_mission_to_release_first_full-colour_images_of_the_cosmos_on_7_November # ESAEuclid # Euclid 1/n
2. Stephen Sekula (steve@chirp.cooleysekula.net)'s status on Tuesday, 07-Nov-2023 00:00:15 UTC Stephen Sekula
   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@chirp.cooleysekula.net)'s status on Monday, 06-Nov-2023 23:55:13 UTC Stephen Sekula
   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@chirp.cooleysekula.net)'s status on Monday, 06-Nov-2023 00:25:12 UTC Stephen Sekula
   From APoD@botsin.space on Mastodon: Creature Aurora Over Norway Image Credit
5. Stephen Sekula (steve@chirp.cooleysekula.net)'s status on Sunday, 05-Nov-2023 23:25:17 UTC Stephen Sekula
   We had some absolutely lovely fog on a subzero morning yesterday. Just lovely. https://chirp.cooleysekula.net/attachment/c970a9beb25c68c68b46b43059afa7882856257f9c99f7bdfb65b48d1ac86a41/view
6. Stephen Sekula (steve@chirp.cooleysekula.net)'s status on Sunday, 05-Nov-2023 22:50:14 UTC Stephen Sekula
   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 around that I learned from. This time, I succeeded! (I already had Pump.io, GNU Social, Diaspora running, so the pressure was low)
7. Stephen Sekula (steve@chirp.cooleysekula.net)'s status on Sunday, 05-Nov-2023 19:55:18 UTC Stephen Sekula
   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 Scientist's Guide". A manual to guide future discovery, we aim to publish it in the next year. # fedibookfair https://chirp.cooleysekula.net/attachment/87073781ff27c9cdae1ada268c882e5974f3493dd6bc50f6e505de28a6f9860d/view
8. Stephen Sekula (steve@chirp.cooleysekula.net)'s status on Sunday, 05-Nov-2023 17:50:18 UTC Stephen Sekula
   I have been working on the next # book in the series, "Light and the Invisible Cosmos" (based on the lecture I shared earlier, https:// mastodon.cooleysekula.net/@ste 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 Canada but also which has taken a lot more time to develop. # fedibookfair https://chirp.cooleysekula.net/attachment/5924715769712e10fe92a46b212450c609e6a55856cf82d335acfd17b61a6e9c/view
9. Stephen Sekula (steve@chirp.cooleysekula.net)'s status on Sunday, 05-Nov-2023 17:00:17 UTC Stephen Sekula
   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@chirp.cooleysekula.net)'s status on Sunday, 05-Nov-2023 16:35:14 UTC Stephen Sekula
    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 the theme of the book. https://www. amazon.com/dp/B0B322DG36?bindi ng=kindle_edition
11. Stephen Sekula (steve@chirp.cooleysekula.net)'s status on Sunday, 05-Nov-2023 15:10:14 UTC Stephen Sekula
    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 lecture the first in the new series. https:// media.cooleysekula.net/videos/ watch/6ed7c57e-8df3-4908-9cf1-5d280b854345 # fedibookfair
12. Stephen Sekula (steve@chirp.cooleysekula.net)'s status on Sunday, 05-Nov-2023 13:51:29 UTC Stephen Sekula
    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 to learn. The cool thing, of course, is that YouTube transcribes videos (poorly). My publisher took note. # fedibookfair
13. Stephen Sekula (steve@chirp.cooleysekula.net)'s status on Sunday, 05-Nov-2023 13:50:13 UTC Stephen Sekula
    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 instance where these live now. Example: "Light and the Dark Cosmos": https:// media.cooleysekula.net/w/hNGNo hpLB7c62JUz8w2E2H # fedibookfair
14. Stephen Sekula (steve@chirp.cooleysekula.net)'s status on Sunday, 05-Nov-2023 12:35:53 UTC Stephen Sekula
    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@chirp.cooleysekula.net)'s status on Sunday, 05-Nov-2023 12:25:17 UTC Stephen Sekula
    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. https://www. amazon.com/gp/product/B0B322DG 36?ref_=dbs_p_pwh_rwt_anx_b_lnk
16. Stephen Sekula (steve@chirp.cooleysekula.net)'s status on Sunday, 05-Nov-2023 11:35:16 UTC Stephen Sekula
    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@chirp.cooleysekula.net)'s status on Sunday, 05-Nov-2023 11:30:17 UTC Stephen Sekula
    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@chirp.cooleysekula.net)'s status on Sunday, 05-Nov-2023 11:26:32 UTC Stephen Sekula
    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@chirp.cooleysekula.net)'s status on Sunday, 05-Nov-2023 11:25:15 UTC Stephen Sekula
    From ec_euclid@astrodon.social on Mastodon: With the reveal of the first full-colour images of # ESAEuclid 👉🏻 only 2️⃣ days away (did we mention that already? 😉 ) if you want to read up on the scientific and technical background of the # Euclid mission, the spacecraft 🛰️ , the instruments 📷 and science 👩🏾🔬 , we recommend our # EuclidConsortium website: 👉🏼 https://www. euclid-ec.org We have an image gallery, technical descriptions, and a blog with background info. # astrodon # astronomy # science # space # DarkMatter # DarkEnergy # gravity # scicom
20. Stephen Sekula (steve@chirp.cooleysekula.net)'s status on Sunday, 05-Nov-2023 00:40:16 UTC Stephen Sekula
    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