whereisyvette.bsky.social
Astronomer here! I’m a Hungarian-American radio astronomer, alias /r/Andromeda321 on Reddit. Assistant professor at the University of Oregon
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Yeah this one’s unfortunately now out of date too bc they updated the manual. But it’s my nerdiest claim to fame!
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Not yet! 🙃
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You mean material from the initial TDE? We actually did the calculation in the first paper and nowhere near enough material to see these flares, it was something like 3% of the unbound debris
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Aww, thanks! Literally working on the final corrections for Jetty's new paper right now with the updated light curve! :)
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Yea one of those things where I don’t wanna diminish her work… but she’s an excellent student so knew she’d put in the time to do a good job, so wasn’t very worried. 😊
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Yes we didn’t either in NL so I joked this was my first one ever!
The reason is btw the MSc/PhD joint thing in the USA- this is basically the dividing line between the two, and if my student left now for whatever reason she’d still be granted a MSc.
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Still trying to get my childhood goal of getting an asteroid named after me. Guess I should just make some Rubin friends, huh? 😅
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I mean, I am because it's at 8am here for the reveal and let's be realistic. The students are doing a stream on campus but it's BYO coffee and I'm like guys, sorry, but I have a toddler and perfectly good coffee at home. 😅
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That’s kind of you, thanks!
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Also saw this fellow today! Lots of great nature in Oregon 🦌
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Saaaame 😢
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Anyway, as I said, happy to answer any questions! It was a somewhat stressful thing to set up, but I'm happy I did it and hope some good comes from this all. :)
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This apparently has to do with confirming that I legitimately represent the views of other Oregonians, and further cement priorities as they go into negotiations. This is especially important in Oregon, as both our senators are on the committees most important for science appropriations!
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Finally, if you're in Oregon- I'm told by lobbyist friends that the most important thing now from everyone I know is to reach out to Wyden and Merkeley's offices and call or send a message on the lines of "I am your constituent, and thank you for talking to my colleague Yvette about NSF funding!"
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So if anyone knows someone in Republican senate states in general, or these in specific, who would be open to reaching out, please encourage them to do so! I'm happy to chat with anyone who is willing to meet with staffers but isn't sure how to do it.
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I will point you to the APS action alert on this www.aps.org/about/news/2... which explicitly states "We’re off to a strong start, but we still need more voices, especially from key states: Alaska, Alabama, Indiana, Kansas, Maine, Pennsylvania, South Dakota, Tennessee, and West Virginia."
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When I asked how I and my network can help, they both agreed that right now the most important thing we can do for science funding is get any colleagues, students etc with Republican senators to get in touch with those offices!!!
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Both also explicitly asked if I had any canceled grants or was aware of any at UO, and asked for follow-up on this (ie, forwarding them the weekly email that UO sends us all on this topic).
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I also provided some supplementary information- a flier with a list of fields (and company logos) of where our students end up, a letter of support from a South Eugene high school student who worked w my lab, and a link to the documentary about our UO alum, @charitywoodrum.bsky.social.
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For both, I was asked to provide <10 specific programs that affect Oregonians interested in astronomy in a follow-up email, which will be added to the senators' lists during discussion in negotiations regarding mark-ups...
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Obviously, to both I'm preaching to the choir on the importance of supporting science, but the point of this meeting is to give them the right "ammunition" to go into negotiations- for example, showing that our research trains students for the future workforce has been making inroads with Rs lately.
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and thus likely more of the general public reaching out, and it does sound like this was the right choice- both offices had heard about NASA a lot from constituents and Bill Nye's lobby who visited DC last week, but were far less familiar with NSF.
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I should note that everyone I've talked to advises keeping these meetings in one specific "ask"- in my case, supporting NSF astrophysics funding. NASA did come up a little as well, of course, but I chose the NSF on the grounds that NASA has more PR going for it...
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... students from Oregon who have been in my lab/ graduated from UO and all the cool job training they got (thanks to everyone who provided info on this latter point on short notice!), and my specific concerns with the NSF budget for astronomy, such as the proposed reduced operations at the VLA.
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Both meetings were ~30min, and I got tips from others I know who have lobbied for their own science/ environmental issues (which I'm happy to share if anyone needs them). But in short the meetings are scheduled as ~15min discussing my research/science/outreach interests...
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... but thankfully my Oregon delegation is well used to their constituents not being next door. Emails etc have all gone through my private email account over my university one, as that's the best policy if you're just a private citizen reaching out over an official from the organization etc.
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I got the emails from relevant science staffers from the AAS, and was advised to ask to schedule meetings beginning of the week, so set scheduled emails to go out Monday at 9am in Washington DC requesting these meetings. For some states it matters more to go in person to DC to talk...
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I know it’s shocking, but sometimes people lie on the internet! 😮
No really, the left is not immune to thinking things are true that they happen to agree with, and it’s strange to me that they always think they are
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🙄
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Yes, I’m an Oregonian.
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Well it’s public land so yes, we all own it. Oregon Dunes
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Seriously my kid is gonna be so confused the day she goes to a beach that she has to SHARE. Oregon kids are so spoiled 😆
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I guess the real answer is not detectable ones!
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No. This is unrelated to Hawking radiation which is very faint and impossible to detect with our technology. Instead it relates to material from a star that gets shredded by the black hole.