spencerdrake.bsky.social
Oxford PhD candidate in the history of science and religion. SETI researcher, beekeeping instructor. 📡👽🐝📚
👤 Joined on 16 November 2024
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@spencerdrake.bsky.socialI once went to a wedding in Italy where the band played U2’s ‘With or without you’ as the slow dance. Cue lots of funny looks from the English guests when they got to the chorus.
Show PostIn this age of technological miracles, is it not possible to put back the page numbers missing from ebooks? Is putting AI in my toaster really a higher priority?
Show PostState Collegians! Mark your calendars for November 4 at 6:30pm at the The State Theatre for a FREE screening of Arrival followed by expert Q&A about SETI by me, science journalist @nadiadrake.bsky.social, astrobiologist @jmacalad.bsky.social, and Bowling Green linguist Sheri Wells-Jensen.
Show PostI just finished watching Below on Netflix last night and here's a deep review from a Newfoundland historian you might not want but are getting anyway. Yes there be spoliers. Firstly, the attention to detail was truly excellent--a pretty accurate depiction of outport Newfoundland...1/
Show PostThe idea that Franklin's research has been 'overblown' by feminists with an agenda was just repeated today on a BBC radio programme about 'Who controls history', so I feel the need to repost this, with extra incandescent rage. Who controls history? Apparently it's men who don't do their homework.
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