Michael Wilkinson
@mwmathsci
STEM educator and curriculum developer. What do you notice? What do you wonder? Jazz, Science, Math, Tennis, Coffee, Cocktails
Now spinning #vinyl Jeffrey Osborne’s solo debut A&M 1992 with George Duke on keys.
Looking at the sky at 18:00. The smoke from the Canadian wildfires has turned our atmosphere to an eerie orange and darkened to more like 20:00.
#Svengoolie One of the dubbed voices sounds like Lyle Waggoner’s handsome announcer.
How’s ’bout a little Sassy this morning #JazzSky? Sarah Vaughan “In The Land Of Hi-Fi” EmArcy/Mercury 1956 Cannonball Adderley, alto; Roy Haynes, drums; Joe Benjamin, bass; Ernie Wilkins, orch. Thrift find, has some noise, and the jacket not in best shape, but it’s a first pressing.
David Clayton-Thomas (1941-2026) Blood, Sweat & Tears “3” CBS 1970 I can’t tell you how many times I played this album as a kid. #VinylSky
Time to gather your #Wimbledon watching essentials: Pimm’s, lemonade, strawberries, citrus, cucumbers, mint, gin… it’s (finally) #PimmsCup season!
Another find from the weekend… this vinyl looks new. Sounds great. “Watermelon Man!” Mongo Santamaria and his Orchestra Battle Records 1963 (Mono) #JazzSky
New find at #DCHomeRule Music Festival last weekend. A little surface noise, but still a fun listen. “Tune in Turn On: The Hippest Commercials of the Sixties” Benny Golson Verve 1967 #JazzSky
A great way to celebrate #Juneteenth at Washington National Cathedral with Senator Reverend @warnock.senate.gov in conversation with Canons Kelly Brown Douglas and Leonard Hamlin. In this time of democratic contraction, don’t give into the despair.
My children and their classmates’ act of civil disobedience (3-day-long lock in) demanding changes to the curriculum when they were HS Juniors… (ps, it made a difference and prompted institutional changes… still A LOT of work to be done, but they caused change. #BlackStudentsMatter
So hard… we lost our Miss Olive to an aggressive tumor in her pharynx this winter, still missing her cuddles.
Mission Week in 4th Grade. Students built and coded lunar rovers to search autonomously for water ice in lunar regolith. Images: Mission Control, Clavius Crater (Moon), Mission Bulletin Board, and one of the rovers.
“My future starts when I wake up every morning. Every day I find something creative to do with my life.” -Miles Davis #Miles100
#JazzSky #Coltrane100 My Favorite Things Rhino Reserve reissue. Perfect listening for a Sunday afternoon.
Now playing cuz #EarthDay #JazzSky Steveland Morris (aka Stevie Wonder) Secret Life of Plants 1979 Tamia This copy is from @laurenalloyce.bsky.social high school days vinyl. Still in great shape.
PAO legend Rob Navias interviews Vanessa Wyche JSC Director during #ArtemisII livestream today. The new crew of PAOs do an outstanding job, but there’s just something about hearing Rob’s voice that says to me human spaceflight.
A view from inside the well deck with the Orion capsule recovered, and the aft portion of the hull raised, crew would be in the medical bay for post flight eval.
Back in 2013 I got to participate in a NASASocial for the Orion Recovery Test. Here an Orion test article capsule was being recovered by the well deck USS Arlington. #ArtemisII recovery will occur off the coast of San Diego tomorrow.
#ArtemisII Lunar Flyby Observations – NASA astronaut Victor Glover NASA ID: art002e016204 art002e016204 (April 6, 2026) Date Created:2026-04-06 One of many amazing images from the mission at images.nasa.gov
Screen capture from #ArtemisII livestream of Mission Specialist Christening Koch getting in some reps on the flywheel exercise device.