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Jane Rigby

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Astronomer queer geek parent UU BLM she/her human. Views mine Reach for the stars. But not that one — it’s about to go boom.


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Court decisions seldom use the phrase, “To first order, the plaintiff’s emotional suffering may be approximated as…”

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Yes! I don’t need my mailer to suggest a reply. I need it to, just maybe, *sort* unread emails into different categories, so that I don’t get so much whiplash when trying to deal with it all?

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JBB is such a warm, kind, humble human and such an inspiring scientist. I want to be more like Jocelyn Bell Burrell

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Happy Pride! Be yourself, be fabulous, and know that you belong in the Universe

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Spent yesterday at the Defense Intelligence Agency, attending the Intelligence Community’s Pride Summit. Attended breakout on neurodiversity, panel on BIPOC/queer in gov service, and Col. Bree Fram’s amazing keynote. + gave a keynote. I’m tired. Also, weird to be in a bldg w no devices. No phones??

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A keynote for the intelligence community’s Pride summit

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May I use your nasa images Pride flag in a Pride keynote I’m giving next week?

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Gorgeous! Hoping somebody makes a version entirely from JWST images

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Wow, thank you so much for all the love! I'm so happy NASA space Pride has resonated with you all. I knew it would be appreciated here, but never guessed it would be top-15-posts-of-all-time appreciated! I have given myself a migraine trying to respond to you all, so I must put my phone down now 🫠

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Great plenary by Robert Hurt of IPAC, w this gem of career advice

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NASA Town Hall, which I thought would be more contentious.

NASA plans to reduce the operational budget for Hubble and Chandra. No decisions yet, there will be a virtual town hall in a few months. Want to keep both Hubble and Chandra operational — but need to find a cheaper way to run them. #AAS244

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Took a brain break at #AAS244. Yay for some contemplative time on the water!

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Session 213 at #AAS244,
Community Models of Astronomy: Applying Principles of Mutuality and Stewardship, happening now in Hall of Ideas G.

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Ian Elliott (he/they)🤘🌈🎲's avatar Ian Elliott (he/they)🤘🌈🎲 @thatianeliott.bsky.social
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If you needed more proof that consent is a foreign concept to these tech bros.

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DEI committee service bar, with bronze cluster for repeating things patiently

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For my PhD, I borrowed the robes that we had around the department. They fit none of us well but the price (free) was right. I’ve never had cause to wear academic regalia again

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Bill Keel on X reports detection from Mississippi

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Wow, is there a way to order a print of that gorgeous science art? Dr. Payne is one of my heroes

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A person introduced themselves as Judy from the White House switchboard — the President would like to speak to me. I am not making this up. Classic misdirection — I was expecting a call from someone much less senior in the administration. So they knew when and where to reach me

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It was a “look how far you’ve come” kinda thing

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Better than that! All they eat is tree sap — so they’re maple syrup flavored tree shrimp!

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Came for the weird facts, Stayed for Delaware

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Apparently I am a good note taker under pressure?

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That’s Seaford, the small town in Delaware where I’m from Named for a town in England, I think?

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My notes from when the President cold-called me two weeks ago, to offer me the Presidential Medal of Freedom. (Scribbled on the back of a paper draft).

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Is this lint, or intracluster light?

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Jane Rigby's avatar Jane Rigby @janerigby.bsky.social
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Lint rolling a galaxy cluster. Like ya do

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<sees our data on public feed> <writes faster>

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After the solar eclipse, the laundry. Back home safely, hoping to carry totality in my heart

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Nothing to see here, just astronauts and race cars

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Happy eclipse day from the Indianapolis motor speedway!

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With the regular meatball on top. Style guide, updated

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It is a perfectly normal thing to be googling high schools and grocery stores (big parking lots) in the path of totality, at 2am. Right?

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Some questions I was asked by reporters: - For you, is the eclipse a personal experience or a communal experience? - Why is this such a big deal? -Have you see a total solar eclipse? How did it make you feel?

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You listening, nasa livestream??

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Anti-lynching memorials, Indianapolis

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Even the dinosaurs are ready for the solar eclipse! (At the children’s museum, Indianapolis.)

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ALWAYS I will say yes to the opportunity to yell at the moon with Buzz or, in fact, any other astronaut

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I would just like it recorded, that I have now taken my mandatory workplace safety eclipse training (despite crappy hotel wifi), so as a PhD astronomer, I am now allowed to talk to the public about shadows, moon, sun, etc

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Sure, blame the moon. It’s always the moon’s fault

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If downtown Indianapolis can serve me up a colander for less than $10, I am totally buying it and will take photos of lots of little crescent subs. Those, and some pix of the fam, are all I want

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All our bookshelves have earthquake straps, and I live in Maryland. If I were of Grandpa Simpson age I’d probably buy some suspenders to go with my belt

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The mansplainy guy who talked the whole flight, was confident that the eclipse caused the earthquake, because of all the extra gravity. Spoiler: it’s not the extra gravity.

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I don’t even like bball, and the technical details are going over my head — but I’m crushing on the energy, expertise, and Black female excellence and joy of the commentators in the Iowa v UConn game

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