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Megan Tannock@astronomermegan.bsky.social |
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PhD astronomer turned video game dveloper. Big Fan of Big Dogs. She/her.
Mastodon/Twitter: @AstronomerMegan
Website: megantannock.wixsite.com/home
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Megan Tannock
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Also, the GoFundMe for Dino has reached an incredible $4960, and I am hopeful we can get to $5000. Ben and I are blown away by the support and so grateful to every single person who has donated or offered kind words. GoFundMe:
gofund.me/3530f30c
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Megan Tannock
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Dino is now one-week post-surgery and he is continuing to do well! Thank you to everyone who has reached out - it really means a lot to us.
I made another short blog post:
megantannock.wixsite.com/home/post/on...
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Megan Tannock
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A good update for Dino today - he is starting to lay gently on his stump! It must be starting to feel more comfortable.
A couple of photos on the blog:
megantannock.wixsite.com/home/post/st...
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Megan Tannock
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Dino continues to do well, but we've hit a minor recovery set back. He has developed a seroma on his chest, which is a fluid build up, common post-surgery. We got advice from the vet and it should clear up in a week or so. More details on my blog:
megantannock.wixsite.com/home/post/re...
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Megan Tannock
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Dino had another good day and he is becoming more mobile and independent! He still needs lots of rest, but we are so pleased with his progress. Some photos including the original X-rays on my blog: megantannock.wixsite.com/home/post/da...
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Megan Tannock
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Dino had a rough night followed by a pretty good day. He had visitors, got a new toy, and had a pretty big recovery milestone - a poop! More details and a couple of photos on my blog: megantannock.wixsite.com/home/post/da...
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Holly
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Wishing the best for a good boy!
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Megan Tannock
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But Dino pooped this morning for the first time since coming home! Small victories!
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Megan Tannock
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Dino had another rough night. I've been "sleeping" (laying on the floor) next to him to keep him from panicking about the leg and the cone when he wakes up with all the drugs. I am tired, but doing everything I can for him.
Help us out by donating: gofund.me/8137a39f
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Megan Tannock
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I wrote about Dino's first night home after surgery, and did a breakdown of the expenses for our GoFundMe on my blog:
megantannock.wixsite.com/home/post/fi...
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Megan Tannock
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Dino's first night at home was rough, but he is safe and in good spirits. We have set up a GoFundMe to help with the veterinary expenses, and we would appreciate any help you can offer, even if it is just to share the fundraiser!
gofund.me/92149846
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Megan Tannock
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Dino is home and is doing well! More details in my blog:
megantannock.wixsite.com/home/post/co...
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Megan Tannock
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I wrote about Dino's surgery today and posted a few photos sent by the veterinary oncology team. He is doing well, and already standing on three legs!
megantannock.wixsite.com/home/post/su...
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Megan Tannock
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I wrote another blog post about how we're preparing Dino, our home, and ourselves for Dino's surgery tomorrow. And also to reflect a little more on all of the anxieties.
megantannock.wixsite.com/home/post/pr...
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Megan Tannock
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My dog was diagnosed with bone cancer. I tried to write about it to process the stress and big feelings. Cute photos at the end.
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Megan Tannock
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We're #hiring over at #SpaceEngine! We're looking for a #SeniorGraphicsProgrammer proficient in C++. Job requirements and salary info on our website (link below), and the application package is a cover letter, portfolio, and resume!
spaceengine.org/careers/open...
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Megan Tannock
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Hope everyone had a great eclipse! It was my first and I had a great day with @hollyweiird.bsky.social and @thepinkpansy.bsky.social . My prominences image was captured with a Pixel 6 and a Celestron NexStar 6SE reflecting telescope (6-inch aperture), no filters used. Location: Shrewsbury, Ontario
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Megan Tannock
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Have you ever thought you spend too much time on your phone scrolling while eating, instead of being present and mindful with your food? Might I suggest my tried and true method of shredding and inhaling half a rotisserie chicken with your bare hands at the kitchen counter?
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Megan Tannock
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We're hiring! We're looking for an Engine Programmer to work on Space Engine, a beautiful, scientifically accurate universe simulator. Fully remote, must C++ experience. spaceengine.org/careers/open...
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Johanna Vos
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🚨🚨 PhD Position in Extrasolar Atmospheres 🚨🚨
I'm looking for a PhD student to join my group at Trinity College Dublin to investigate weather on imaged worlds beyond our solar system ⚡☁️🪐
⏰ Deadline: Feb 20th
📝 Job Ad: tinyurl.com/2jfycpfx
Please share widely!
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Dr. Jessie Christiansen
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Ooooooh cool result from Emily Pass showing that Jupiter-analogs to terrestrial M-dwarf planets are rare. This may have huge implications for water delivery to these rocky, temperate planets, which are the only potentially habitable planets we can study in the near future. #aas243 🔭🪐
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David Wilson
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So Gimli came to #AAS243?
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Megan Tannock
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I never read the books, so without the childhood nostalgia the whole premise is a bit silly to me. BUT the first few episodes have been fun. The characters are likable and the effects aren't corny. My partner is a fan of the books, so we're watching it for his nostalgia.
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Megan Tannock
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There are not enough people wearing masks in this airport. The correct number would be all of them. 😬😷
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Peter Gao
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I present to you the best paper of the year
arxiv.org/abs/2312.04635
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Ava Polzin
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So excited that our SIRIUS B book is now up on arXiv!
arxiv.org/abs/2312.04041
It is intended to serve as a primer for students looking to pursue astro professionally. Participants in our 2024 program will get printed copies thanks to the IAU NA-ROAD Women & Girls in Astro mini-grant. 1/
🧪🔭👩🔬
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Physgal👩🏻🔬
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34 years ago today, 14 women, most of whom were studying engineering, were killed by an anti-feminist gun man at École Polytechnique in Montreal. I was a young graduate student studying physics at the time and I will never forget. #MontrealMassacre #NeverForget #WomenInSTEM 🧪🌹
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Megan Tannock
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Refactoring be like "oh, be careful with that one, that's a load-bearing bug"
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Megan Tannock
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The "whole process" being researching, developing, testing, releasing in beta to users, following through on bug reports, and finally, today, the official release. :D
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Megan Tannock
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*Not technically a game, SpaceEngine is an interactive universe simulator.
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Megan Tannock
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I guess I'm officially a game* developer! I've been through the whole process leading up to today's official release of my update to #SpaceEngine!! And I wrote an article about all of the science behind the update! Click here for nerd stuff: spaceengine.org/articles/the...
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Kelly Lepo
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Happy Halloween 🎃 Here are the pumpkins I carved this year: An active red dwarf star and its gas giant planet. I call it an exo-pumkin. 🧪🔭
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Megan Tannock
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Public beta testing of my first feature for our software has been a journey. Bugs come in two categories: hard to find, easy to fix and easy to find, hard to fix. The former is most common and nothing is ever easy/easy or hard/hard.
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Megan Tannock
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Last night I saw an amazing fireball meteor. Super bright, long red tail right before it burned up, and at the very end I could see it break up in to 3 or 4 clear separate pieces. So cool!
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Coach Finstock
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About to get thrown out of here for obvious reasons
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Bsky Kreuger
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1993: mom and I have a plan for if a stranger talks to me on the street 2023: mom and I have a plan for if a stranger talks to her on the phone
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Dr. Liz W Faber
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Academics be like, yeah I’ve published thousands of pages of original writing, but it’s not like I’m a real writer or anything.
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Link is coconut-pilled. 🥥 🌴
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“We don’t need to do this [insert accessibility practice] because there aren’t [insert specific disability] people here.” Hi, accessibility is a general practice that is different from individualized accommodations. Which you should also have. But also, why are you telling on yourselves like that.
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Megan Tannock
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Me: Buys a robot vacuum to save time. Also me: Stares at the vacuum the entire time it does its job.
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Megan Tannock
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100% opposite energies.
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Jamie Livingston
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For over a year, I've been identifying new mobile crisis programs that respond without the police to mental health crises. Over 220 civilian programs are now plotted on the interactive map. It's my attempt to normalize non-police-involved crisis response services.
justmentalhealth.ca/programs/
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Megan Tannock
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TURTS
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Megan Tannock
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I need a git command that is just "git pretend-i-was-never-here" and it just removes every trace of everything I did today, no commits, no merges, no nothing, you never saw me
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Megan Tannock
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Holy shit guys. Guys. GUYS it happened. The word I use as my first guess every single day for the Wordle WAS THE WORD Wordle 824 1/6 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩
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Megan Tannock
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Our update today provides the foundation for a comprehensive climate model, focusing on temperatures of planets in SE! I worked very hard on this, with great mentorship from SE's owner, Vladimir, and lots of help from the rest of the team. It is so exciting to see it out in the world!
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Megan Tannock
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I am so excited and very proud to see my first major project with #SpaceEngine released to public beta! The update is all about planetary temperatures and climate. You can see some of the details in a blog post on our website: spaceengine.org/news/blog230...
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Megan Tannock
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I am seeking something like this: ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2016MNRA... where someone has taken detailed numerical ephemerides and turned them in to analytical ephemerides, specifically for all of Pluto, Charon, Hydra, Kerberos, Nix, and Styx.
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Megan Tannock
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This isn't quite what I am looking for, but I really appreciate you looking at your resources for me! From what others have said it looks like what I am seeking doesn't really exist. Others have suggested I just do my own N-body simulation. ;)
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Megan Tannock
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ephemerides - that's okay. I need something more compact and with a longer time span than the JPL numerical ephemerides. I'm new to this field, but I'm starting to think I either overlooked something, or this doesn't exist for Pluto +its moons...Anyone have any leads? :) (2/2)
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Megan Tannock
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I'm on the hunt for analytical ephemerides for Pluto and its moons. I need something with a format along the lines of VSOP/TOP: tables of Fourier or polynomial coefficients valid for thousands of years (+code to compute positions, hopefully). I know this sacrifices precision over numerical (1/2)
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