Bob Blaskiewicz 🇺🇦 🇨🇦 🇬🇱<p>I got my PhD at Saint Louis University but wrote my dissertation at the Wash U Olin library. I remember setting out printed drafts on some low bookshelves in the reference room so I could "see the whole project at once."</p>
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Bob Blaskiewicz 
@rjblaskiewicz@mstdn.social
Associate Prof of Critical Thinking and First-Year Studies in S. Jersey. I study conspiracy theories, historical quackery, WWII, and paranormal beliefs. he/him
Turn-offs: fascism, fraud, and fakery.
Guitarist for the Monsters of Academia.
https://newsofthebob.blogspot.com #CriticalThinking #astronomy #scicomm #WWII #academia #history #skepticism #conspiracytheories #paranormal #guitar #U2 #mst3k #TimeTeam
Profile pic: a chubby bebe Bobby.
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Bob Blaskiewicz 🇺🇦 🇨🇦 🇬🇱<p>So, I'm gonna see if this is a likely book. There were a couple of names in the book I recognized, singers with his medicine show troupe. If nothing else, I'll be able to offer the archivists at the WUSTL music library a little extra information about the people connected to this particular volume.</p>
Bob Blaskiewicz 🇺🇦 🇨🇦 🇬🇱<p>Hello, my fellow internet folk. Am in St. Louis at the moment, visiting family. As we taxied into our arrival gate, I thought, I wonder if Washington University libraries have anything relevant to my current project. I also thought maybe I'd look at local newspaper collections and try to fill in some blanks, if possible. I got a BIG HIT, I think. </p><p>Turns out that one of my people published a "songster," basically sheet music. I had no idea. I know he "sold books," but I was not sure what....</p>
Bob Blaskiewicz 🇺🇦 🇨🇦 🇬🇱<p>It's long past time to reassess our alliances in the Middle East.</p>
Küpa<p><a href="https://zirk.us/tags/archeology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>archeology</span></a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/colonialism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>colonialism</span></a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/decolonize" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>decolonize</span></a>! <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/art" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>art</span></a></p>
SK<p>Don’t go to the US</p><p><a href="https://m.independent.ie/irish-news/us-authorities-arrest-56-irish-citizens-under-trumps-immigration-crackdown/a109344678.html" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">m.independent.ie/irish-news/us</span><span class="invisible">-authorities-arrest-56-irish-citizens-under-trumps-immigration-crackdown/a109344678.html</span></a></p>
Chuck Darwin<p>We know 14 republican senators are ready to break with their party to support NIH. </p><p>Tell them this is important. <br>Talk to family. <br>Talk to friends. <br>Repost this video. <br>Don’t let the Trump destroy science. <br>Join us to save it.</p><p><a href="https://bsky.app/profile/jenna-m-norton.bsky.social/post/3luvrm4fta22j" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">bsky.app/profile/jenna-m-norto</span><span class="invisible">n.bsky.social/post/3luvrm4fta22j</span></a></p>
Moriel :transgender_flag:<p>A group of researchers who are all trans women is about to do a study on how trans women communicate medical information to each other online. It will be an hour long interview, so there is a bit of a time committment to it, but they also are offering a $30 payment to anyone who participates. Even if you aren't interested in participating, maybe spread this around to others you may know.</p><p><a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/trans" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>trans</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/transgender" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>transgender</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/lgbt" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>lgbt</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/lgbtq" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>lgbtq</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/lgbtqia" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>lgbtqia</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/lgbtqia2s" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>lgbtqia2s</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://sealab.sites.northeastern.edu/research/understanding-online-trans-wellbeing-information-transmission/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">sealab.sites.northeastern.edu/</span><span class="invisible">research/understanding-online-trans-wellbeing-information-transmission/</span></a></p>
Bob Blaskiewicz 🇺🇦 🇨🇦 🇬🇱<p>Old newspapers (this one is from the Madison Times in 1885). I'm pretty sure that this the ancestor to the 1980s "women be like..." genre of stand-up comedy:</p>
Bob Blaskiewicz 🇺🇦 🇨🇦 🇬🇱<p>Oh, these people I'm researching are so frustrating. PICK A FUCKING NAME AND STICK WITH IT, ASSHOLES!</p>
Preston Austin<p>South Carolina raised a confederate flag over its state house in the 1960s to show contempt for desegregation and Black Americans pursuing civil rights.</p><p>Four decades later they moved it to a flagpole at a monument to men who died fighting to preserve chattel slavery.</p><p>On 27 July 2015 Bree Newsome scaled that 30ft flagpole, removing that hateful flag. In just days the state decided to take it down permanently.</p><p>Today is the 10th anniversary of Bree Newsome's essential, moral, courageous action.</p>
Natasha Jay<p>History repeats ...</p>
Drew Crecente (they/them)<p>Good boy:</p><p>GAME OVER<br>YOUR DOG WON</p><p>He's very proud of himself. 🐶</p><p><a href="https://games.ngo/tags/dog" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>dog</span></a> <a href="https://games.ngo/tags/gameover" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>gameover</span></a></p>
𝐿𝒶𝓃𝒶 "not yet begun to fight"<p>Trump: you can beat the rap but you can't beat the ride. </p><p>Grand Jury: the ride ends right the fuck now.</p><p><a href="https://talkingpointsmemo.com/morning-memo/la-grand-juries-are-refusing-to-indict-ice-protestors" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">talkingpointsmemo.com/morning-</span><span class="invisible">memo/la-grand-juries-are-refusing-to-indict-ice-protestors</span></a></p>
Bob Blaskiewicz 🇺🇦 🇨🇦 🇬🇱<p>I feel attacked.</p>
George Takei :verified: 🏳️🌈🖖🏽<p>As a child, I was taken from my home and imprisoned without cause. Today, in Florida, it’s happening again. People are being held in cruel conditions, denied dignity and due process. We can’t look away. We can’t wait for things to get better on their own.</p><p>Please join me in calling for the immediate closure of Alligator Alcatraz by signing the petition below. Your voice could help bring this injustice to an end. </p><p><a href="https://www.thepetitionsite.com/983/564/587/?TAP=2430&source_id=AlligatorAlcatraz" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">thepetitionsite.com/983/564/58</span><span class="invisible">7/?TAP=2430&source_id=AlligatorAlcatraz</span></a></p>
Jack C.M<p>We Just Started Listening to the Universe—Now Impending Budget Cuts Could Mute It. Via @scientific_american <a class="hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23Space" target="_blank">#Space</a> <a class="hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23Astrophysics" target="_blank">#Astrophysics</a> <a class="hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23OrbitalMechanics" target="_blank">#OrbitalMechanics</a> <a class="hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23Astronomy" target="_blank">#Astronomy</a> 🚀 🌌 ☄️ 🛰️<br><br><a href="https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/gravitational-wave-science-faces-budget-cuts-just-years-after-breakthrough/" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">We Just Started Listening to t...</a></p>
DrWeb<p><strong>Vera C. Rubin Observatory releases stunning new images : NPR</strong></p>This image combines 678 separate images taken by NSF-DOE Vera C. Rubin Observatory in just over seven hours of observing time. Combining many images in this way clearly reveals otherwise faint or invisible details, such as the clouds of gas and dust that comprise the Trifid nebula (top right) and the Lagoon nebula, which are several thousand light-years away from Earth. NSF-DOE Vera C. Rubin Observatory<blockquote><p>Short Wave </p><p>Science</p><p>The Vera C. Rubin Observatory’s first images are stunning — and just the start June 23, 202512:01 AM ET </p><p>By Nell Greenfieldboyce</p><p>This image combines 678 separate images taken by NSF-DOE Vera C. Rubin Observatory in just over seven hours of observing time. Combining many images in this way clearly reveals A powerful new observatory has unveiled its first images to the public, showing off what it can do as it gets ready to start its main mission: making a vivid time-lapse video of the night sky that will let astronomers study all the cosmic events that occur over ten years. “As the saying goes, a picture is worth a thousand words. But a snapshot doesn’t tell the whole story. And what astronomy has given us mostly so far are just snapshots,” says Yusra AlSayyad, a Princeton University researcher who oversees image processing for the Vera C. Rubin Observatory.</p><p><a class="" href="https://drwebdomain.blog/2025/06/22/vera-c-rubin-observatory-releases-stunning-new-images-npr/" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">Read more<span class="">: Vera C. Rubin Observatory releases stunning new images : NPR</span></a></p></blockquote><p>Source Links: <em><a href="https://www.npr.org/2025/06/23/nx-s1-5355034/vera-c-rubin-observatory-first-images" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">Vera C. Rubin Observatory releases stunning new images : NPR</a></em></p> <p><a rel="nofollow noopener" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://drwebdomain.blog/tag/2025/" target="_blank">#2025</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://drwebdomain.blog/tag/america/" target="_blank">#America</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://drwebdomain.blog/tag/history/" target="_blank">#History</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://drwebdomain.blog/tag/images/" target="_blank">#Images</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://drwebdomain.blog/tag/libraries/" target="_blank">#Libraries</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://drwebdomain.blog/tag/nasa/" target="_blank">#NASA</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://drwebdomain.blog/tag/npr/" target="_blank">#NPR</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://drwebdomain.blog/tag/science/" target="_blank">#Science</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://drwebdomain.blog/tag/space/" target="_blank">#Space</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://drwebdomain.blog/tag/technology/" target="_blank">#Technology</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://drwebdomain.blog/tag/united-states/" target="_blank">#UnitedStates</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://drwebdomain.blog/tag/vera-c-rubin-observatory/" target="_blank">#VeraCRubinObservatory</a></p>
Fesshole 🧻<p>As a last act of defiance before leaving my job, I handed in my notice and told nobody I was leaving, then I acquired the most project work possible from people I disliked, then left without telling them I'd done none of it.</p>
David Roberts<p>This applies to the entire GOP these days. They really think their racism & sexism & deranged paranoid fantasies are "common sense," shared by the masses, suppressed by elites.<br><br><a href="https://arstechnica.com/science/2025/07/conspiracy-theorists-think-their-views-are-mainstream/" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">Conspiracy theorists don’t rea...</a></p>
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