Holly 🥄
@absolutspacegrl.bsky.social
I do space stuff but in a Lawful Good way
Engineer working on lunar electrical power systems for human space exploration. 🚀🛰️🧪👩🏻🔬
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Engineer working on lunar electrical power systems for human space exploration. 🚀🛰️🧪👩🏻🔬
Bluesky Elder yelling at clouds
Opinions=mine
she/her 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️
Pinned
I guess I made it? Still haven’t been DOGE’d. Call me a DEI hire or whatever, but I worked my ass off to get where I am today
My Dad was a drafted disabled (no $ for bone spurs) Vietnam vet. He had to quit working bc of Agent Orange; we lost his income & gained tons of medical debt. #nasa
My Dad was a drafted disabled (no $ for bone spurs) Vietnam vet. He had to quit working bc of Agent Orange; we lost his income & gained tons of medical debt. #nasa
This happened today. I’m conflicted working for the government considering the government just shot a mom in the face. I get it’s two different agencies & when I started it was a different administration but the fact that this anniversary coincided with this fucking awful…just…awful…god awful thing…
![A certificate from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration titled ‘Ten Year Service Award.’ The NASA seal appears at the top center. The certificate is presented to Holly [last name obscured] in recognition of faithful service to NASA and the U.S. government. A small boxed NASA lapel pin is displayed to the left of the certificate. The date reads November 16, 2025, and it is signed by the Acting Administrator of NASA](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:6gelgeqofk3qpqkskvkmdyb6/bafkreicf6dc7w6tzsavh3mz5giowtichfnsdpsdleuifpr47hzisifcxu4@jpeg)
January 14, 2026 at 6:33 AM
This happened today. I’m conflicted working for the government considering the government just shot a mom in the face. I get it’s two different agencies & when I started it was a different administration but the fact that this anniversary coincided with this fucking awful…just…awful…god awful thing…
Someone please ask Bovino this
January 13, 2026 at 5:38 AM
Someone please ask Bovino this
Elon Musk was always one of those men - for like 15 years - who I did not want to be alone with. I didn’t like him, I didn’t like his fanboys, it all made me uncomfortable and creeped me out & I couldn’t explain it.
And everyone told me I was wrong or weird or whatever. Honestly…I wish I had been.
And everyone told me I was wrong or weird or whatever. Honestly…I wish I had been.
U.S. Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth announced the integration of Elon Musk's xAI platform, Grok, into military networks as part of a new "AI acceleration strategy" during a visit to SpaceX.
January 13, 2026 at 5:12 AM
Elon Musk was always one of those men - for like 15 years - who I did not want to be alone with. I didn’t like him, I didn’t like his fanboys, it all made me uncomfortable and creeped me out & I couldn’t explain it.
And everyone told me I was wrong or weird or whatever. Honestly…I wish I had been.
And everyone told me I was wrong or weird or whatever. Honestly…I wish I had been.
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Eric Schmidt's science-focused foundations plans to put a 3.1m visible-light observatory into space within 3-5 years from conceptual design. Schmidt Sciences have hired some great people in recent years, but that seems... fast. arstechnica.com/space/2026/0... 🔭
Former Google CEO plans to singlehandedly fund a Hubble telescope replacement
“This is a very significant contribution to the astronomical community."
arstechnica.com
January 8, 2026 at 3:37 PM
Eric Schmidt's science-focused foundations plans to put a 3.1m visible-light observatory into space within 3-5 years from conceptual design. Schmidt Sciences have hired some great people in recent years, but that seems... fast. arstechnica.com/space/2026/0... 🔭
Fine. I like to put a clothespin on mine so I can clip it to my pocket. Problem solved.
Where the clothespin migrates to on its own is something out of my control, unfortunately.
Where the clothespin migrates to on its own is something out of my control, unfortunately.
His face is pollution.
Department of Interior says if you put a sticker over Trump's face on your national park entrance pass, the pass will be invalidated.
Meanwhile Trump's decision to put his face on the passes is being challenged in court
Meanwhile Trump's decision to put his face on the passes is being challenged in court
January 6, 2026 at 8:22 PM
Fine. I like to put a clothespin on mine so I can clip it to my pocket. Problem solved.
Where the clothespin migrates to on its own is something out of my control, unfortunately.
Where the clothespin migrates to on its own is something out of my control, unfortunately.
I guess I made it? Still haven’t been DOGE’d. Call me a DEI hire or whatever, but I worked my ass off to get where I am today
My Dad was a drafted disabled (no $ for bone spurs) Vietnam vet. He had to quit working bc of Agent Orange; we lost his income & gained tons of medical debt. #nasa
My Dad was a drafted disabled (no $ for bone spurs) Vietnam vet. He had to quit working bc of Agent Orange; we lost his income & gained tons of medical debt. #nasa
January 6, 2026 at 11:36 AM
I guess I made it? Still haven’t been DOGE’d. Call me a DEI hire or whatever, but I worked my ass off to get where I am today
My Dad was a drafted disabled (no $ for bone spurs) Vietnam vet. He had to quit working bc of Agent Orange; we lost his income & gained tons of medical debt. #nasa
My Dad was a drafted disabled (no $ for bone spurs) Vietnam vet. He had to quit working bc of Agent Orange; we lost his income & gained tons of medical debt. #nasa
For my fellow New Orleanians:
I can't help but notice that NOLA doesn't have a Friday afternoon pop up. My theory: Happy Hour.
Nawlins gonna Nawlins.
Nawlins gonna Nawlins.
December 10, 2025 at 5:22 AM
For my fellow New Orleanians:
The governor of Louisiana, Jeff Landry, is such a piece of shit.
Last New Years Eve, there was a terror attack that killed 14 people. The terrorist was a US citizen, born in Houston.
New Orleans has real problems. Immigration is not one of them
#neworleans
www.currentaffairs.org/news/how-a-c...
Last New Years Eve, there was a terror attack that killed 14 people. The terrorist was a US citizen, born in Houston.
New Orleans has real problems. Immigration is not one of them
#neworleans
www.currentaffairs.org/news/how-a-c...
How a Cash-Strapped Louisiana is Profiting from Trump’s Deportation Frenzy
Louisiana’s long history of extracting profit from human captivity now fuels Trump’s deportation surge.
www.currentaffairs.org
November 22, 2025 at 12:25 AM
The governor of Louisiana, Jeff Landry, is such a piece of shit.
Last New Years Eve, there was a terror attack that killed 14 people. The terrorist was a US citizen, born in Houston.
New Orleans has real problems. Immigration is not one of them
#neworleans
www.currentaffairs.org/news/how-a-c...
Last New Years Eve, there was a terror attack that killed 14 people. The terrorist was a US citizen, born in Houston.
New Orleans has real problems. Immigration is not one of them
#neworleans
www.currentaffairs.org/news/how-a-c...
Conversation at work today bw me & another excepted (working wo pay during the government shutdown) woman about why we’re going to get our IUD’s replaced slightly early.
In case:
- They’re made illegal in state/nation
- Insurance won’t cover them
- FDA pulls some crazy shenanigans
- Other
In case:
- They’re made illegal in state/nation
- Insurance won’t cover them
- FDA pulls some crazy shenanigans
- Other
October 22, 2025 at 3:10 AM
Conversation at work today bw me & another excepted (working wo pay during the government shutdown) woman about why we’re going to get our IUD’s replaced slightly early.
In case:
- They’re made illegal in state/nation
- Insurance won’t cover them
- FDA pulls some crazy shenanigans
- Other
In case:
- They’re made illegal in state/nation
- Insurance won’t cover them
- FDA pulls some crazy shenanigans
- Other
Hey everyone - if I’m more quiet than usual on my socials lately, I hope the reason is obvious. But don’t worry - I’m okay, and just because I’m not announcing all the things I’m doing doesn’t mean I’m not doing things 😉
October 19, 2025 at 10:20 PM
Hey everyone - if I’m more quiet than usual on my socials lately, I hope the reason is obvious. But don’t worry - I’m okay, and just because I’m not announcing all the things I’m doing doesn’t mean I’m not doing things 😉
Just ordered this shirt to show solidarity with New Orleans, Freddie Mercury, and the DC sandwich throwing guy all in one.
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I’m Just a Po-Boy - Everybody Loves Me!
Freddie Mercury T-Shirt - I’m Just a Po-Boy - Everybody Loves Me. • 50/50 poly cotton blended tee • Available in uni-sex crew neck, uni-sex v-neck & ladies v-neck style.
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August 15, 2025 at 5:15 AM
Just ordered this shirt to show solidarity with New Orleans, Freddie Mercury, and the DC sandwich throwing guy all in one.
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Poboys rise up! #neworleans
Every city choose your anti-fascist culinary projectile challenge.
And they want to try this in Chicago?
Taking a sub to the chest is nothing compared to catching a 60-pound deep dish pizza.
There's going to be a lot of feds with giant circles punched clean through their stomachs, standing there all confused like Wile E. Coyote.
Taking a sub to the chest is nothing compared to catching a 60-pound deep dish pizza.
There's going to be a lot of feds with giant circles punched clean through their stomachs, standing there all confused like Wile E. Coyote.
August 12, 2025 at 2:27 AM
Poboys rise up! #neworleans
I honestly don’t know how we ever recover from this loss of institutional knowledge. There’s no reason to do this…we learn nothing from history.
Tomorrow I will go to work and train those who come after me as best I can, like always, because I truly love NASA #nasa 🧪🔭🚀🛰️
www.npr.org/2025/07/26/n...
Tomorrow I will go to work and train those who come after me as best I can, like always, because I truly love NASA #nasa 🧪🔭🚀🛰️
www.npr.org/2025/07/26/n...
Nearly 4,000 NASA employees opt to leave agency through deferred resignation program
The employees who have chosen to leave the agency amount to about 20% of NASA's workforce.
www.npr.org
July 28, 2025 at 4:17 AM
I honestly don’t know how we ever recover from this loss of institutional knowledge. There’s no reason to do this…we learn nothing from history.
Tomorrow I will go to work and train those who come after me as best I can, like always, because I truly love NASA #nasa 🧪🔭🚀🛰️
www.npr.org/2025/07/26/n...
Tomorrow I will go to work and train those who come after me as best I can, like always, because I truly love NASA #nasa 🧪🔭🚀🛰️
www.npr.org/2025/07/26/n...
@bencollins.bsky.social Just in case you hadn’t already seen it…credit to Redditor u/Zodiac72826
July 25, 2025 at 9:12 AM
@bencollins.bsky.social Just in case you hadn’t already seen it…credit to Redditor u/Zodiac72826
Reposted by Holly 🥄
July 19, 1969, 11:20am ET - View of Earth, looking from the #Apollo11 Command Module past the Lunar Module, from orbit around the Moon.
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July 18, 2025 at 6:30 PM
July 19, 1969, 11:20am ET - View of Earth, looking from the #Apollo11 Command Module past the Lunar Module, from orbit around the Moon.
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Tune in to the original #MoonDay by visiting apolloinrealtime.org/11/
Apollo 11 in Real Time
A real-time interactive journey through the first landing on the Moon. Relive every moment as it occurred in 1969.
apolloinrealtime.org
July 20, 2025 at 1:30 AM
Tune in to the original #MoonDay by visiting apolloinrealtime.org/11/
There was a Shuttle launch that I worked on console…STS-133 maybe?
Anyway, Stephen Colbert was at JSC to tape a bit for his show. And after the launch I went to the building he was in. After taking a nap in the car, he showed up in an orange ACES suit. That’s me with the sunglasses on my head.
Anyway, Stephen Colbert was at JSC to tape a bit for his show. And after the launch I went to the building he was in. After taking a nap in the car, he showed up in an orange ACES suit. That’s me with the sunglasses on my head.
July 19, 2025 at 4:54 AM
There was a Shuttle launch that I worked on console…STS-133 maybe?
Anyway, Stephen Colbert was at JSC to tape a bit for his show. And after the launch I went to the building he was in. After taking a nap in the car, he showed up in an orange ACES suit. That’s me with the sunglasses on my head.
Anyway, Stephen Colbert was at JSC to tape a bit for his show. And after the launch I went to the building he was in. After taking a nap in the car, he showed up in an orange ACES suit. That’s me with the sunglasses on my head.
Reposted by Holly 🥄
There’s a nonzero chance you will die from a cancer that could have been curable because people who couldn’t pass 7th grade biology and are scared of things like “mRNA” and “riboflavin” and “walkable cities” decided to make their ignorance everybody else’s problem
Over 120 mRNA cancer trials are now at risk as the Trump admin cuts funding & tells researchers to scrub “mRNA” from grant proposals.
What started as COVID fearmongering is now derailing life-saving cancer research.
Hope remains - but scientists say time is running out.
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What started as COVID fearmongering is now derailing life-saving cancer research.
Hope remains - but scientists say time is running out.
zurl.co/YBGNy
‘Tremendous uncertainty’ for cancer research as US officials target mRNA vaccines
Amid Trump cuts and state-level backlash, experts worry that progress in messenger RNA vaccines could stall
zurl.co
July 14, 2025 at 11:08 PM
There’s a nonzero chance you will die from a cancer that could have been curable because people who couldn’t pass 7th grade biology and are scared of things like “mRNA” and “riboflavin” and “walkable cities” decided to make their ignorance everybody else’s problem
This is so fucked up. Yes, it included many friends and colleagues. Yes, it makes me question how we will be able to continue safe human spaceflight as laid out in CAIB Report recommendations going forward.
Just an absolute waste of knowledge and for what? What? What has this accomplished?
Just an absolute waste of knowledge and for what? What? What has this accomplished?
More than 2,000 senior employees expected to depart from NASA, Politico reports reut.rs/3GC7rM4
More than 2,000 senior employees expected to depart from NASA, Politico reports
Around 2,145 senior-ranking employees at the U.S. National Aeronautics and Space Adminstration are set to leave under a push to shed staff, Politico reported on Wednesday citing documents obtained by the news outlet.
reut.rs
July 14, 2025 at 5:35 AM
This is so fucked up. Yes, it included many friends and colleagues. Yes, it makes me question how we will be able to continue safe human spaceflight as laid out in CAIB Report recommendations going forward.
Just an absolute waste of knowledge and for what? What? What has this accomplished?
Just an absolute waste of knowledge and for what? What? What has this accomplished?
@texasobserver.org just in case you hadn’t already seen: www.reddit.com/r/TexasPolit...
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Explore this post and more from the TexasPolitics community
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July 7, 2025 at 10:11 PM
@texasobserver.org just in case you hadn’t already seen: www.reddit.com/r/TexasPolit...
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Here's a look at the next 48 hours from the HRRR weather model.
Created at: 2025-07-05 05:05 UTC
Created at: 2025-07-05 05:05 UTC
July 5, 2025 at 5:05 AM
Here's a look at the next 48 hours from the HRRR weather model.
Created at: 2025-07-05 05:05 UTC
Created at: 2025-07-05 05:05 UTC
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texas is hit with deadly floods while trump is actively dismantling FEMA and it’s currently run by a guy with zero disaster relief experience.
July 5, 2025 at 4:43 AM
texas is hit with deadly floods while trump is actively dismantling FEMA and it’s currently run by a guy with zero disaster relief experience.
I was at the Guadalupe River when flash floods hit in 2007. We were on an island in the river when it started to rise. We’re both experienced swimmers/Scuba divers. The water came up so fast…it was terrifying. Here’s some video; we were stranded for a couple days but thankfully everyone was ok.
July 5, 2025 at 5:02 AM
I was at the Guadalupe River when flash floods hit in 2007. We were on an island in the river when it started to rise. We’re both experienced swimmers/Scuba divers. The water came up so fast…it was terrifying. Here’s some video; we were stranded for a couple days but thankfully everyone was ok.
@lastweektonight.com I just watched the episode about Elon Musk’s latest rocket explosion. John said it was an “unmanned” mission- & that’s true! This may seem trivial, but the Trump admin hasn’t fired all of the women at NASA yet. May I suggest “uncrewed” instead? It’s what we say at work. ❤️ y’all!
June 27, 2025 at 8:36 AM
@lastweektonight.com I just watched the episode about Elon Musk’s latest rocket explosion. John said it was an “unmanned” mission- & that’s true! This may seem trivial, but the Trump admin hasn’t fired all of the women at NASA yet. May I suggest “uncrewed” instead? It’s what we say at work. ❤️ y’all!
A mother raccoon and her 4 babies showed up in our neighborhood and everyone started feeding them.
Now if we’re sitting outside, they will sneak up on us and tap us on the shoulder like “Hey! I’m here! Time for dinner!”
It’s absolutely adorable. 🦝
Now if we’re sitting outside, they will sneak up on us and tap us on the shoulder like “Hey! I’m here! Time for dinner!”
It’s absolutely adorable. 🦝
June 25, 2025 at 1:04 AM
A mother raccoon and her 4 babies showed up in our neighborhood and everyone started feeding them.
Now if we’re sitting outside, they will sneak up on us and tap us on the shoulder like “Hey! I’m here! Time for dinner!”
It’s absolutely adorable. 🦝
Now if we’re sitting outside, they will sneak up on us and tap us on the shoulder like “Hey! I’m here! Time for dinner!”
It’s absolutely adorable. 🦝