Mark Popinchalk
@markpopinchalk
Astrophysics postdoc at AMNH | writer for @astrobites.bsky.social | planetarium presenter | Likes ultimate frisbee, volleyball, and all kinds of games. He/Him
My Science Comedy Talkshow is celebrating it's first revolution around the sun - 1 Year of Science Tonight! - stream it on Wednesday, 7pm EST It's like Eric André meets Bill Nye! 🔭🧪
I interviewed a Bat Scientist for my comedy talkshow, Science Tonight! 🧪
Go look for Venus and Jupiter tonight! 🔭🧪 Bright Night Sky June '26
realizing I need the knicks to sweep tomorrow so that The Boney Awards (The Oscars for Fossils) isn't competing with a Game 5 I think @fossilslablab.bsky.social is going to give a great interview, but would still rather not compete with B-Ball! 🧪
The nominees are being revealed! Who will win next week at The Boney Awards - the award show for fossil records! 🧪🔭
If you didn't know, Betelgeuse is my nemesis star. It's been cool seeing it near Jupiter and Venus this spring, but with alter sunsets its harder to see and sets sooner. On Monday I invited friends to "send it off" with me until it returns in the winter! 🧪🔭
THE BONEY AWARDS - The award show for fossil records, May 27 at 7pm Bizzare awards, red carpet drama, and an interview with a paleontologist! + Games, Sketches and More! Stream and IRL tickets available here! www.caveat.nyc/events/scien... 🧪🔭
My high school mentees have decided to theme their research project video on Memento, which came out when they were -10 years old
My science comedy talkshow is throwing a B-Earthday party for the Earth! 🧪🔭
Earth Day! Stream and IRL options! 🔭🧪 www.caveat.nyc/events/scien...
You are invited to the Earth's Birthday party! My omedy talkshow Science Tonight! is throwing our pearl of a planet a B-Earthday Bash on Earthday, Apr 22. Now at 7pm, save $5 with code "EARTHBDAY", stream option available too! 🧪
Favorite class of the year is when each student plots a handful of the closest stars and a handful of the brightest stars. You don't fill out the HR diagram unless you draw from both 🔭🧪
Science has never been more Tonight! See me bare my heart (and more) in defense of the night sky, as we bully the billionaires over all their Space Junk! 9:30 EDT, join us IRL or get a streaming ticket (vod good for a week!) 🧪🔭
Billionaires are literally wasting space. Get a streaming or IRL ticket to Science Tonight!: SPACE JUNK, March 12 to hear more. Tomorrow, Science has never been more Tonight! 🔭🧪 www.caveat.nyc/events/scien...
@tomlumperson.bsky.social is our guest and gamemaster on the next Science Tonight! Hear about his sci-comm process (including work for @sciam.bsky.social), and see one of his amazing games in action! 🔭🧪 This Thursday, stream and IRL tickets available here! www.caveat.nyc/events/scien...
It's the worst, so bad, you might even plan a whole episode of your science-comedy-talkshow about it
Science Tonight! LIVE: From the Heart was incredible, we defeated RFK jr's Misinformation Brain Worm! 🧪🔭
The next epsiode of my science comedy talkshow is tomorrow, and it is LIVE: From Inside the Heart! 🧪🔭
The next episode of science comedy talk show is about "De-Extinction", and some how we've settled on doing a Frankenstein parody with Furbys 🧪