I agreed to do a film shoot tomorrow for a university promotion thing, where they wanted me to set up a telescope and look "professorial".
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Sun not impressed - why take picture when breaking out
@DavidM_yeg @robpike @sundogplanets
"Just for that, I'm going to throw some plasma at you" -
Yay the physics department head called me this morning to confirm that he will be there and he will also round up some physics grad students to help me. Hooray for excellent department heads!
...and now I also have to meet with the university provost at the telescope too! And get headshots taken in addition to filming! (Special thank you to my queer fedi-friend who let me send her photos so she could vet my outfit for filming/headshots, because I am bad at choosing clothes).
How did today get to be so... MUCH...
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...and now I also have to meet with the university provost at the telescope too! And get headshots taken in addition to filming! (Special thank you to my queer fedi-friend who let me send her photos so she could vet my outfit for filming/headshots, because I am bad at choosing clothes).
How did today get to be so... MUCH...
@sundogplanets You've got this!
Coffee may help
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...and now I also have to meet with the university provost at the telescope too! And get headshots taken in addition to filming! (Special thank you to my queer fedi-friend who let me send her photos so she could vet my outfit for filming/headshots, because I am bad at choosing clothes).
How did today get to be so... MUCH...
@sundogplanets This is great! No big lead time to worry over it, just doing the thing you are good at (with an audience). Awesome to get it all over in one go while getting a chance to show your value to the admin and give them a heads up on the issue.
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...and now I also have to meet with the university provost at the telescope too! And get headshots taken in addition to filming! (Special thank you to my queer fedi-friend who let me send her photos so she could vet my outfit for filming/headshots, because I am bad at choosing clothes).
How did today get to be so... MUCH...
Ok that was a bit much, but was all quite fun. But the highlight was definitely when I stopped at the feed store on the way home (yes I had a fancy telescope and chicken feed in the back of my car at the same time. I'm cool like that.)
The guy at the feed store said "So this is a stupid question, but since you're an astronomer I'm going to ask it anyway. Does Elon Musk really have so much money that he launched an astronaut dummy in a Tesla on a rocket?"
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Ok that was a bit much, but was all quite fun. But the highlight was definitely when I stopped at the feed store on the way home (yes I had a fancy telescope and chicken feed in the back of my car at the same time. I'm cool like that.)
The guy at the feed store said "So this is a stupid question, but since you're an astronomer I'm going to ask it anyway. Does Elon Musk really have so much money that he launched an astronaut dummy in a Tesla on a rocket?"
RE: https://mastodon.ie/@psneeze/117117444546244052
Also while I was frantically running between telescopes and students and photographers, the physics department head showed me on his phone that the cover article for Scientific American this month is "The Battle for the Night Sky" without knowing that the very first sentence in the article is about me!
Another great article about the situation in orbit by @astrojonny.bsky.social!
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Ok that was a bit much, but was all quite fun. But the highlight was definitely when I stopped at the feed store on the way home (yes I had a fancy telescope and chicken feed in the back of my car at the same time. I'm cool like that.)
The guy at the feed store said "So this is a stupid question, but since you're an astronomer I'm going to ask it anyway. Does Elon Musk really have so much money that he launched an astronaut dummy in a Tesla on a rocket?"
@sundogplanets I think he could literally buy every new car normally sold in the US for a year and still have plenty leftover
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RE: https://mastodon.ie/@psneeze/117117444546244052
Also while I was frantically running between telescopes and students and photographers, the physics department head showed me on his phone that the cover article for Scientific American this month is "The Battle for the Night Sky" without knowing that the very first sentence in the article is about me!
Another great article about the situation in orbit by @astrojonny.bsky.social!
"Seven years ago, when Samantha Lawler moved to rural Saskatchewan to run a farm with her partner, the glorious darkness overhead was one of the biggest perks. Undiminished by light pollution, countless stars filled the night sky. It was a pristine celestial view that city dwellers can only dream of seeing. That matters a lot to Lawler, who studies the universe as an astronomer at the nearby University of Regina when she’s not tending goats and chickens."
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RE: https://mastodon.ie/@psneeze/117117444546244052
Also while I was frantically running between telescopes and students and photographers, the physics department head showed me on his phone that the cover article for Scientific American this month is "The Battle for the Night Sky" without knowing that the very first sentence in the article is about me!
Another great article about the situation in orbit by @astrojonny.bsky.social!
@sundogplanets @astrojonny.bsky.social Wow, way to go!
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"Seven years ago, when Samantha Lawler moved to rural Saskatchewan to run a farm with her partner, the glorious darkness overhead was one of the biggest perks. Undiminished by light pollution, countless stars filled the night sky. It was a pristine celestial view that city dwellers can only dream of seeing. That matters a lot to Lawler, who studies the universe as an astronomer at the nearby University of Regina when she’s not tending goats and chickens."
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RE: https://mastodon.ie/@psneeze/117117444546244052
Also while I was frantically running between telescopes and students and photographers, the physics department head showed me on his phone that the cover article for Scientific American this month is "The Battle for the Night Sky" without knowing that the very first sentence in the article is about me!
Another great article about the situation in orbit by @astrojonny.bsky.social!
@sundogplanets @astrojonny.bsky.social Kessler will have the last laugh
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