Carl Joseph

@carljoseph

Luddite, Astronomer, & PhD candidate researching history of astronomy and technology at UniMelb Cis male, on Wurundjeri & Boonerwrung land

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Carl Joseph@carljoseph· 27d

A war veteran returns home, but when his dad gets sick he has to keep the family business alive with with his siblings 🐴

Describe your favorite movie as boring as possible

Carl Joseph@carljoseph· 29d

See how the 1st close up image of Mars was made; how film cameras were used to make the first astronomical digital image; and how a digital image could possibly exist in 1926! Thursday @ 11am, EICC, Floor: Level -2, Lammermuir 1 #eshs-hss #hss2026 #hss26 #eshs2026 #eshs26 #histsci #needmorehastags

Engineers constructing the Mariner IV image of the Martian surface

Carl Joseph@carljoseph· Jul 14

Wonderful presentation on “Visualising the Unknown” where the presenters shared their experiences using original early microscopes, and explored the relationship between seeing & representing. By @sietskefransen.bsky.social, @jessiewhchen.bsky.social, & Tiemen Cocquyt

Tiemen sharing his experiences using Leeuwenhoek’s and others microscopes

Sietske showing their photograph of the original Leeuwenhoek specimen and his original drawing

Jessie sharing her experience observing fern “globules” using original 17C microscopes

Carl Joseph@carljoseph· Jul 14

Fascinating presentation by @libbyoneil.bsky.social on her book project “The Science of Not Knowing” where she plays with the idea and paradox of the “black box” as a form of knowing #eshs-hss #hss26 #eshs26

Ross Ashby’s black box (which is actually silver)

Latour’s black box “the more science and technology succeed, the more opaque and obscure they become”.

A reversal would state that “the more opaque and obscure the system, the more successful systems theory becomes”.

Two book covers:

Man Not a Machine - Eugenio Rignano (1926)
Man A Machine - Joseph Needham (1927)

Highlighting the debate between mechanism and vitalism

Carl Joseph@carljoseph· Jul 14

Updated Hume

Statue of Hume with traffic cone on his head

Carl Joseph@carljoseph· Jul 13

Here in Edinburgh for the #eshs-hss conference. #hss2026, #eshs2026

David Hume statue with his golden toes and a traffic cone strategically placed between his legs

Carl Joseph@carljoseph· Jun 13

An AI restaurant? What’s next, disinfecting wipes by Google that instantly read your palm to target ads based on your current stress levels. Yeah, nah. finance.yahoo.com/sectors/tech...

“Anyone in the world will be able to plug into this automation and create their own restaurant for $10/month”

Carl Joseph@carljoseph· May 27

Super interesting presentation on colonial scientist’s approach to Australian Indigenous astronomy by Kevin Orman-Rossiter #histsci #hps #astronomy

Carl Joseph@carljoseph· Apr 11

#artemis

Carl Joseph@carljoseph· Dec 5

Another AAHPSSS conference wraps up. Some amazing and interesting presentations given this year. #histsci #sts #astronomy #hps

Carl standing in front of the title screen of his talk “Blurred Visions”

Carl standing in front of a screen showing the first astronomical “digital” image taken (of lunar craters)

Carl Joseph@carljoseph· Dec 12

Reminds me of this: Nonfiction = learning through information Fiction = learning through imagination

Tweet from @ace_librarian7. Text reads:

I have made it my mission to unteach children that “fiction is fake.”

- Nonfiction = learning through information

- Fiction = learning through imagination

Carl Joseph@carljoseph· Oct 27

Memes are always required in your PhD Confirmation seminar. #histsci #STS

Carl presenting at a seminar. Screen behind him shows his research plans. There is a picture of SpongeBob's hands writing a to-do list. The list reads "Wake-up" which is crossed out, and "Finish my PhD".

Carl presenting at a seminar. Screen behind him has a picture of Frank Constanza that reads "We will now commence with the airing of grievances"

Carl presenting at a seminar. Screen behind him has a quote from James Janesick describing how JPL recognised that scientists should become familiar with the CCD.

Carl Joseph@carljoseph· Jul 19

Nobody got fired for buying #Microsoft and # Crowdstrike …

That’s because the HR systems are down.

Carl Joseph@carljoseph· May 16

Why unimelb admin have cancelled classes is beyond me. This is the most peaceful protest I've seen in a long time. It's certainly possible for classes and work to continue #unimelb

Encampment at Arts West building. Picture of tents in the building and protest signs hanging on the walls/stairs.

Carl Joseph@carljoseph· Apr 19

Don't mind me, I'll be busy geeking out over these photographic plates I just got my hands on. That's NGC 1097 and its companion (NGC 1097A) harassing it. Taken as part of the Southern Sky survey on the 1m ESO Schmidt in the late 1970s #astronomy #histsci