saavikford.bsky.social
CUNY Astro prof, AMNH research assoc, runner, astronomer, crafter, camper, gardener, mom, all opinions completely my own (she/her)
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Thank you!
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And ZERO projectile vomiting!
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Some of my grad school buddies saying they wish we’d had a grad school yearbook so they could have voted me ‘most likely to swear during my future plenary’ 😳😂🤣😂
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Me offering advice:
Wear sunscreen
Work with kind people; be kind
Control what you can control
Work sustainably
-do science
-build community
-have hobbies
-have a plan B
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Me acknowledging absent friends…
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Me talking with my hands and maaaaybe selling a little bit of (free, open source) software?
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Aww, thank you!!
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I understand the sentiment, but it isn’t time to bury us just yet.
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Every gun that is made, every warship launched, every rocket fired signifies, in the final sense, a theft from those who hunger and are not fed, those who are cold and are not clothed. This world in arms…is spending the sweat of its laborers, the genius of its scientists, the hopes of its children.
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Solidarity to those still in the app streets, and anyone inadvertently training a LLM/catfish.
It's rougher out there than it used to be.
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Exactly! 😂
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Depriving people of sleep is one of the most effective ways to incapacitate them. Most of the time there's perfectly legal ways of doing it, too. Or at the worst, ways which take only a moment to accomplish but are still extremely effective at waking someone up with an adrenaline dump
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Deceptively known as “less-lethal,” these weapons can in fact cause severe injuries and even death when used with excessive force.
If you're headed out to a protest, read Physicians for Human Rights' (PHR) guide on what to know before you go: phr.org/our-work/res...
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Iirc there is some known noise from tumbleweeds hitting the tubes? But someone could’ve just been pulling my leg…
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EVEN SO. Please give your money to your local community college before you invest in an Ivy League graduate degree <3
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But if I start giving my ‘drunk plenary’ it has to be off-the-record!!! 😂
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Yup, 4:40pm tomorrow—right now I’m jet lagged to hell and waiting for ‘dinner’ (idk how many meals I’ve had since I got up at a time I refuse to calculate) before I finally collapse… but I’ll be up stupid early? And probably very ready to stay out a little late tomorrow…
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I wish I could actually stay—we had an awesome trip to AK like 3(?) years ago but this one is just in for the conference and home (kid has a stupid school schedule where they expect him to SHOW UP! The gall!)