Alan Boyle

@alanboyle
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Mastermind of @cosmiclog and Fiction Science podcast. Science journalist for GeekWire and Universe Today. Veteran of NBCNews.com. Author of "The Case for Pluto." Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/b0yle.bsky.social
Bloghttps://cosmiclog.com
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Alan BoyleAug 27
After three test flights that fell short of the mark, #SpaceX put its #Starship super-rocket through a successful test mission that featured a first-of-its-kind payload deployment. Now I have this strange desire for a Pez candy dispenser. https://cosmiclog.com/2025/08/26/spacexs-starship-goes-the-distance-in-10th-test-flight/ #Space
Alan BoyleAug 20
T-Mobile subscribers who purchase one of Google's new #Pixel10 phones will be able to explore a new frontier in mobile connectivity: satellite access to data-dependent apps including #Google Maps. https://www.geekwire.com/2025/google-pixel-10-t-mobile-satellite-data/ #Tech #Android #TMobile #TSatellite
Alan BoyleAug 19
Some may think science-fiction conventions are all about flights of fancy - but a lot of serious subjects were addressed at #Seattle #Worldcon 2025. Here's a story recapping what futurists and authors had to say about the past, present and future of #surveillance. https://cosmiclog.com/2025/08/18/how-watching-the-watchers-could-help-stop-big-brother/ #Tech #BigBrother #ScienceFiction
How watching the watchers could help stop Big Brother

If Big Brother is watching us, can we fend him off by watching him back? Thanks to the proliferation of smartphone videos and social media connections, we’re starting to find out. The past, p…

Cosmic Log
Alan BoyleAug 18
#GameOfThrones author George R.R. Martin explains how one of Edgar Allan Poe's stories helped send him on a twisty trail to literary stardom. Also: #Murderbot author reflects on her success, and an awkward moment at #Worldcon attracts notice. https://www.geekwire.com/2025/game-of-thrones-creator-science-fiction-worldcon/ #ScienceFiction #Fantasy
Alan BoyleAug 18
Dan GillmorAug 18

The Intercept is doing some excellent reporting these days on the Trump regime's lawless secret police force. Example:

https://theintercept.com/2025/08/11/ice-agent-caught-on-camera-disguised-as-a-construction-worker/

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ICE Agent Caught on Camera Disguised as a Construction Worker

The Intercept confirmed that a federal agent caught on camera wearing a hard hat and safety vest works for ICE.

The Intercept
Alan BoyleAug 17
Tonight's #Hugo Award ceremony marked the climax of Seattle #Worldcon 2025, this year's edition of the world's premier science-fiction convention. Check out this report about the new crop of Hugos, mostly because there are links to all of the award winners. https://cosmiclog.com/2025/08/16/star-trek-lower-decks-doubles-up-on-hugo-awards/ #HugoAwards #ScienceFiction #Books #Space #StarTrek #StarTrekLowerDecks
‘Star Trek: Lower Decks’ doubles up on Hugo Awards

“Star Trek: Lower Decks,” the animated Trek spinoff that focuses on Starfleet’s lower ranks, scored a double win tonight when this year’s Hugo Awards were handed out at the …

Cosmic Log
Alan BoyleAug 13
Controversies over the use of #AI stirred up a lot of buzz in advance of Seattle #Worldcon 2025, the big science-fiction convention taking place this week. They're also a big topic at the event, and not just because intelligent machines are standard plot devices in #science #fiction. https://www.geekwire.com/2025/worldcon-ai-concerns/ #sciencefiction #tech
Alan BoyleAug 12
Thousands of science-fiction and fantasy fans are converging on #Seattle for #Worldcon 2025 - which marks the first time the world's premier sci-fi convention has been held in the Jet City since the techno-optimistic times of the Seattle World's Fair in the 1960s. https://www.geekwire.com/2025/worldcon-2025-past-future-science-fiction-seattle/ #Space #Tech #ScienceFiction #Fantasy
Alan BoyleAug 12
Show threadAstro Hawk (Ian Kluft) ✅🚀🛰️Aug 12
@alanboyle I know Woody Hoburg by his #HamRadio callsign KB3HTZ. In 2011 when he was working on his PhD at UC Berkeley, he participated with the Stratofox Aerospace Tracking Team. Our team assisted the California Near Space Project with tracking their CNSP-05 balloon. That was 4 years before CNSP went on to make balloons circumnavigate the globe. And 6 years before Woody was in the 2017 NASA astronaut class. But on that day, CNSP-05 fell in the ocean. https://www.cnsp-inc.com/cnsp-05/ #space #tech
Alan BoyleAug 12
NASA's #Artemis2 mission won't send astronauts around the #moon until next year, but the space agency is already thanking suppliers like #L3Harris / Aerojet Rocketdyne for making the trip possible. https://www.geekwire.com/2025/nasa-trip-redmond-artemis-aerojet-l3harris/ #NASA #Space #Artemis