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Astronomer, human, described by adjectives too dangerous to list. Views mine Reach for the stars. But not that one — it’s about to go boom
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Firings happening right now at the NSF.

submitted 9 days ago • 45 comments

Happy birthday astronaut Melvin! Like many others, I stand in Awww of the greatest official portrait ever

submitted 12 days ago • 1 comment

I was today old when I learned about the Battle of Cable Street, 1936, in which the people of London build barricades to hold back a march of British fascists

submitted 12 days ago • 3 comments

Be strong Be kind Make a little time for joy Repeat

submitted 14 days ago • 0 comments

As the kids say, mood

submitted 22 days ago • 2 comments

@tomjoad56.bsky.social hello friend

submitted 22 days ago • 1 comment

2/2 “and that I will well and faithfully discharge the duties of the office on which I am about to enter. So help me God.” This is the oath that I, like every other US federal civil servant, swore. I could make more $ outside the gov. I chose public service. I believe in our mission.

submitted 26 days ago • 2 comments

1/2 “I do solemnly swear that I will support and defend the Constitution of the United States against all enemies, foreign and domestic; that I will bear true faith and allegiance to the same; that I take this obligation freely, without any mental reservation or purpose of evasion; …

submitted 26 days ago • 0 comments

Okay peeps, what made these tracks?

submitted 37 days ago • 3 comments

This was my first AAS meeting in 3 years as a regular attendee again, rather than as an elected AAS Trustee. I thought it would be less exhausting. It was not.

submitted 40 days ago • 0 comments

Just had a sample of the Eaton Fire ash that is in my driveway run on the department XRF. Is there titanium (new house paint)? Yup. Lead (old house paint)? You betcha. Heavy metals? Check. Treat that ash like it's toxic folks (because it is)

submitted 41 days ago • 121 comments

Work sunset, with liquid nitrogen delivery

submitted 72 days ago • 1 comment

Ah, the “new big bosses” anxiety dreams have started, right on time

submitted 88 days ago • 1 comment

This was the most oddly satisfying project. The kee-kew kee-kew sound of the hand saw as it slid through the board, the huge ratio of effort to destroy : effort to create, getting to see the cross-section of the (shitty) construction. Ahh

submitted 89 days ago • 1 comment

What do you mean, you don’t have a non/palm random orbital sander in stock? What kind of hardware store are you? Also, prove to me it’s random

submitted 91 days ago • 2 comments

Current coping mechanism: Online shopping for 5/4 hooded wetsuits to stretch the windsurfing season further into “stupid cold” territory

submitted 94 days ago • 1 comment

Me, beginning this paper: Surely we understand the IR emission from our solar system! I can subtract it off to measure the glow from JWST itself. Me, after talking to the COBE experts: There’s so much we don’t know about the IR emission from our own solar system!

submitted 98 days ago • 1 comment

Deleted all my tweets with @luca.run ‘s free tweetXer on GitHub. Painless. Deleting all the Likes now. It’s strangely freeing

submitted 103 days ago • 2 comments

I decided to "reactivate" my Twitter account, just to delete all my tweets. Great points have been made over here the past few days that deactivating is not enough. Doing that right now. Once done, deactivate final time. Here is a free script: github.com/lucahammer/t...

submitted 105 days ago • 2 comments

@philplait.bsky.social , any advice on quitting twitter and/or deleting it all? The witch-hunting for feds with progressive views has already begun over at DHS federalnewsnetwork.com/federal-repo...

submitted 106 days ago • 2 comments

“I’m not giving up. And neither should you.”

submitted 112 days ago • 0 comments

I learned a history today, my friends. The point of history isn’t to make you feel good or feel bad. It’s to make you understand the actual world and how we got here

submitted 119 days ago • 0 comments

Bluesky now has over 10 million users, and I was #289,827. Are you not impressed?

submitted 153 days ago • 0 comments

Today was my first time in an embassy: the British embassy in DC, to celebrate the power of international partnership for space science! Lots of discussion about amazing JWST and next steps They had OG red phonebooths but I forgot to take a selfie, so pls use your imagination

submitted 161 days ago • 1 comment