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Rebecca Boyle π@rboyle31.bsky.social |
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Author, journalist, writer, selenophile, hiker. I speak for the Moon. Like the Lorax, but not as good at rhyming.
My book comes out Jan. 16! Preorder: www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/611468/our-moon-by
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Jen Christiansen
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If the recent eclipse and current solar storms + auroras have you wondering about the sun, hereβs a great recent story by @rboyle31.bsky.social thatβll get you up to speed. www.scientificamerican.com/article/the-...
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Lawfare
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On this week's Chatter, @davidpriess.bsky.social spoke to @rboyle31.bsky.social about the genesis of NOAA, lunar missions and the Cold War, the Moon's origins, the return of lunar geopolitical competition, prospects for a radio telescope on the far side of the Moon, and more.
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Rebecca Boyle π
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The Moon is special. And we should treat it accordingly.
The controversy over sending cremated human ashes (though they didnβt make it, this time) is just the beginning.
In @nytimes.com I wrote about whatβs coming, and why all of us should care:
www.nytimes.com/2024/01/21/o...
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Meghan Bartels
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My copy of @rboyle31.bsky.social βs Our Moon finally arrived and weβre excited to dive in!
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Cassandra Willyard
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Happy pub day to my friend, @rboyle31.bsky.social. Her new book, Our Moon, is part history, part science lesson, part love letter, and all riveting. Go buy it!
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Rebecca Boyle π
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Omg I love this!!
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Swapna Krishna
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Happy book birthday to OUR MOON: HOW EARTHβS CELESTIAL COMPANION TRANSFORMED THE PLANET, GUIDED EVOLUTION, AND MADE US WHO WE ARE by the amazing @rboyle31.bsky.social, who I am so lucky to call a friend. ππ§ͺπ°οΈ
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Mindy Weisberger
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You know how you can be so familiar with a thing that you barely think about it, but when you DO think about it you realize there's a lot you don't know & you want to know more?
If that thing is the moon, you're in luck! A new book by @rboyle31.bsky.social is the deep dive you've been waiting for π§ͺ
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Maryn McKenna
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Happy publication day to @rboyle31.bsky.social, whose "OUR MOON: How Earth's Celestial Companion Transformed the Planet, Guided Evolution, and Made Us Who We Are" debuts today with amazing blurbs and boffo reviews already! www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/611468...
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Rebecca Boyle π
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Iβm so excited for my friends to read this thing!
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Bethany Brookshire
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I see the moon
The moon sees me
There's this new book on the moon that you oughta see
@rboyle31.bsky.social loves the moon
Her new book's coming
Read it to find out how the moon helped us be! π§ͺ
www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/611468...
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Laura Helmuth
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"The moon is responsible for every giant leap that we have made as a species. It really has guided everything that's ever happened on this planet, from the evolution of life on land to our ideas as a human species" - @rboyle31.bsky.social & @clarakm.bsky.social π§ͺ π π
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Rebecca Boyle π
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Two weeks til OUR MOON hits bookshelves! Iβm excited to have my first excerpt out today, in @theatlantic.bsky.social - it gives a nice teaser trailer for what my book is trying to argue.
(Movie-trailer-guy voice) βIn a world with no Moon, who would we be?β
www.theatlantic.com/science/arch...
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Koenfucius
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As researchers dig into the detail of our Milky Way, it turns out to be rather different than our simplistic assumptionsβand it may even hint at the fundamental conditions for life to emerge, writes @rboyle31.bsky.social: buff.ly/3RgB7zY
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Laura Helmuth
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This is a delightful analysis of all the species represented in the emoji animal kingdom & its biases www.scientificamerican.com/article/what... π§ͺ πΈπ¦π¦π¦₯π¦π¦ by @laurenleffer.bsky.social
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Rebecca Boyle π
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Thank you!! Send me your info at Rebecca.b.boyle@gmail and I will make sure you get a copy!
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Rebecca Boyle π
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I appreciate this so much β€οΈ Iβll email you
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Rebecca Boyle π
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I donβt think I ever realized that about the timing, Iβm so sorry. I do remember you writing about your mom. It is what it is, pub day is Jan 16. In any event, thank you for being a grief guide, especially for fellow writers. I know it must be hard, and I deeply appreciate it β€οΈ
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Rebecca Boyle π
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Hi Bluesky, Iβm trying to return to life. My book is out four (4!) weeks from today! Here are some nice things some people have said about it.
Preorder here!
www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/611468...
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Rebecca Boyle π
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I am so thankful you wrote this. I lost my mom very suddenly 2 months ago and I am struggling. My professional life has never been busier in a way I should be ecstatic about (my book is out soon) but itβs so, so hard. Iβm glad there is a future holiday season that does not feel empty and battered.
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Nicole Chung
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wrote a little about grief at the holidays, the weight of memory, and how close I feel to my mom at this time of year β€οΈ
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Rebecca Boyle π
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One week ago, my mom, my best friend, left us in her sleep. It was shocking and sudden. She was planning to drive to my home that day to see my kids, and did not wake up.
Hug your loved ones. Tell them they are loved.
I tried to write her obituary. Here it is obits.cfcscolorado.org/obituary/nan...
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William Gibson
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I had no idea!
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Rebecca Boyle π
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Saw the eclipsed sun with Sunshine
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Samantha Mash
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Lamassu are a human faced, winged bull creature/deity found in Mesopotamian cultures. Mesopotamia being a historical region where the Sumerians, Akkadians, Assyrians and Babylonians lived over different eras. They're protectors who embody strength, intelligence, and freedomβ¨
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Rebecca Boyle π
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Hooray, thank you so much!
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Rebecca Boyle π
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Ooh Publishers Weekly has posted their Q&A with me - itβs in this weekβs issue, along with a lovely starred review of OUR MOON! π«
Will Bluesky suppress the link to this external site? Click to find out, skeeters!
www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/...
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Rebecca Boyle π
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Rebecca Boyle π
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Itβs the rhyming the penultimate stanza with first word of the last bar, for me
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Rebecca Boyle π
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Fun fact: my dog is from Marshfield, Missouri, just like Edwin Hubble. We had to drive there to get her when I lived in St. Louis. Thought about giving her a galactic name, but my then-3yo prevailed, and her name is Sunshine βοΈ
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Rebecca Boyle π
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My latest for @quantamagazine.bsky.social is about our home galaxy, our island universe, the scientific notion of which is about to turn 100. Look at this beautiful art!!
Read it here:
www.quantamagazine.org/in-the-milky...
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darthβ’οΈ
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i clicked just to see if the answer was βpeopleβ
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Rebecca Boyle π
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This checks out
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Rebecca Boyle π
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Hey the Moon is at perigee today, just thought youβd like to know! And itβs the last supermoon full Moon of 2023. It looks full tonight and tomorrow, but peak fullness is early Friday, just before moonset/sunrise. Anyway I think you should go outside and look at it. Here is a terrible photo I took!
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darthβ’οΈ
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am reminded how early on the whole βit's better to ask forgiveness than permissionβ and β move fast and break thingsβ were somehow seen as edgy and admirable by the dot com bros when in fact it has always been a totally fucked up and shitty approach
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Rebecca Boyle π
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I think bsky has leveled up on the replacement wars this week, seems like, so Iβm trying to be better about going here and not there. Is there a way to port over your follow list from the Bad Place β’οΈ? It would be so much easier!
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Rebecca Boyle π
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Tbh I donβt know if it will ever end
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Rebecca Boyle π
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Also, I am officially available for magazine assignments in order to pay for all the books I am buying π«
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Rebecca Boyle π
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The Barnes & Noble preorder sale ends today, but you still have time! Here are some of the books I am ordering. So many things to read!
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darthβ’οΈ
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when your twitter friends show up on bluesky
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Rebecca Boyle π
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Today is a good day to order my forthcoming book!
@barnesandnoble.bsky.social is offering 25% off preorders of hardcover, ebook and audiobook editions through Friday! You must be a member, but it's free to join.
Preorder to support bookstores and authors π
www.barnesandnoble.com/w/our-moon-r...
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Rebecca Boyle π
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Iβm back on my favorite subject in my weekly column - look up tonight!!
The full supermoon is also a blue Moon, but in humid, fire-season late August, it might look red or orange as it rises. But donβt worry. Later, it will be its usual opalescent self π
www.atlasobscura.com/articles/sup...
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Rebecca Boyle π
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I hope you enjoy it!
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Rebecca Boyle π
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Preorder my book and receive not one, but two dogs on the cover!! ππ
www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/611468...
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Rebecca Boyle π
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Happy International Dog Day to Sunshine, this ridiculous creature, who somehow wound up on the cover of my forthcoming book.
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Rebecca Boyle π
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