Chara
@astrochara.bsky.social
Astronomy student, planetary science and exoplanet enthusiast, amateur artist.
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The Blue Marble
#ACelestialJournal #art #gijinka #astronomy #space #SolarSystem #planet #Terra #Earth
#ACelestialJournal #art #gijinka #astronomy #space #SolarSystem #planet #Terra #Earth
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Almost any study of critical theory would set you up to more effectively understand what is happening right now because it trains you to ignore the surface and look beyond the puppet show and all these fascists have is a puppet show on steroids.
January 6, 2026 at 2:29 AM
Almost any study of critical theory would set you up to more effectively understand what is happening right now because it trains you to ignore the surface and look beyond the puppet show and all these fascists have is a puppet show on steroids.
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To explain in English, the pop'n music series on physical cards and such have apple icons to show a character's gender. Red (🍎) is female, green (🍏) is male, and striped apples indicate nonbinary, unknown gender, multiple characters, etc.
Sans has a striped apple. Sans is he/him nonbinary?!
Sans has a striped apple. Sans is he/him nonbinary?!
何となくサンズの性別を見たら...男性じゃなくて性別不明！？
(🍎が女性、🍏が男性)
骨だからかな...でもUNDERTALEって性の多様性も描かれてるから、もしかしたらサンズはジェンダークィアかもしれない。
ずっとサンズを男だと思ってた、ごめんよ...
(🍎が女性、🍏が男性)
骨だからかな...でもUNDERTALEって性の多様性も描かれてるから、もしかしたらサンズはジェンダークィアかもしれない。
ずっとサンズを男だと思ってた、ごめんよ...
January 3, 2026 at 6:30 PM
To explain in English, the pop'n music series on physical cards and such have apple icons to show a character's gender. Red (🍎) is female, green (🍏) is male, and striped apples indicate nonbinary, unknown gender, multiple characters, etc.
Sans has a striped apple. Sans is he/him nonbinary?!
Sans has a striped apple. Sans is he/him nonbinary?!
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It took 10 years to trace Weakened Magnetic Braking back to it's root cause (the collapse of the global stellar dynamo), but next week at #AAS247 you can hear me explain how we did it in less than 10 minutes! Thursday, January 8th at 10:10am in room 222C. submissions.mirasmart.com/AAS247/Itine...
January 2, 2026 at 9:09 PM
It took 10 years to trace Weakened Magnetic Braking back to it's root cause (the collapse of the global stellar dynamo), but next week at #AAS247 you can hear me explain how we did it in less than 10 minutes! Thursday, January 8th at 10:10am in room 222C. submissions.mirasmart.com/AAS247/Itine...
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Happy New Year 2026! 🌏🎉
#HeliosphereUnderTheSky #OC #OCSky #HappyNewYear #NewYear #HappyNewYear2026 #art #bskyart
#HeliosphereUnderTheSky #OC #OCSky #HappyNewYear #NewYear #HappyNewYear2026 #art #bskyart
January 4, 2026 at 11:53 AM
Happy New Year 2026! 🌏🎉
#HeliosphereUnderTheSky #OC #OCSky #HappyNewYear #NewYear #HappyNewYear2026 #art #bskyart
#HeliosphereUnderTheSky #OC #OCSky #HappyNewYear #NewYear #HappyNewYear2026 #art #bskyart
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After reviewing nearly 200 applications from prospective grad students and postdocs over the past few months for a couple different 🧪⚒️ postings, here are some tips, at least as they apply to North American positions. I hope they help future applicants. Share with your networks. 🧵
January 4, 2026 at 2:17 PM
After reviewing nearly 200 applications from prospective grad students and postdocs over the past few months for a couple different 🧪⚒️ postings, here are some tips, at least as they apply to North American positions. I hope they help future applicants. Share with your networks. 🧵
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People will be basically the same as today
January 1, 2026 at 6:15 PM
People will be basically the same as today
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And all the AI evangelists and LLM dipshits I was ranting about the other day? You did this. You enabled this. Fuck you, and fuck your stupid rape culture generator.
January 4, 2026 at 3:04 AM
And all the AI evangelists and LLM dipshits I was ranting about the other day? You did this. You enabled this. Fuck you, and fuck your stupid rape culture generator.
Cool to see that I have also arrived at a similar conclusion a while ago: when making a goal, do NOT compromise for what you think is possible and what isn't. That allows you to establish clearly what the ideal you want to strive for is like.
Don't forget folks: allowing yourself a vision of the future you'd want for our country and planet - not the one you'd settle for, not the one you fear, but the future of your dreams - isn't naive, it's a vital cognitive skill. That's how we articulate what we most value. What's worth fighting for.
Instead of whatever this is, we should have a government getting lots of new homes and apartments built, lots of clean energy built, lots of high speed rail and transit and bike lanes built, human rights for everyone, economic & healthcare opportunities for all, & innovation that leads the world.
January 4, 2026 at 4:21 PM
Cool to see that I have also arrived at a similar conclusion a while ago: when making a goal, do NOT compromise for what you think is possible and what isn't. That allows you to establish clearly what the ideal you want to strive for is like.
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I would argue that the debate about spiral structure was driven more about disagreements on how to fit the real data into concentric logarithmic spiral race track models. It was essentially all about disagreements on models and not about data. And it is still today.
January 4, 2026 at 1:54 PM
I would argue that the debate about spiral structure was driven more about disagreements on how to fit the real data into concentric logarithmic spiral race track models. It was essentially all about disagreements on models and not about data. And it is still today.
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At 5.15pm GMT today, the Earth will be at perihelion, the closest point to the Sun in our annual round.
This should be the start of the year. Happy new orbit, everyone!
This should be the start of the year. Happy new orbit, everyone!
January 3, 2026 at 9:48 AM
At 5.15pm GMT today, the Earth will be at perihelion, the closest point to the Sun in our annual round.
This should be the start of the year. Happy new orbit, everyone!
This should be the start of the year. Happy new orbit, everyone!
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何となくサンズの性別を見たら...男性じゃなくて性別不明！？
(🍎が女性、🍏が男性)
骨だからかな...でもUNDERTALEって性の多様性も描かれてるから、もしかしたらサンズはジェンダークィアかもしれない。
ずっとサンズを男だと思ってた、ごめんよ...
(🍎が女性、🍏が男性)
骨だからかな...でもUNDERTALEって性の多様性も描かれてるから、もしかしたらサンズはジェンダークィアかもしれない。
ずっとサンズを男だと思ってた、ごめんよ...
January 1, 2026 at 4:36 AM
何となくサンズの性別を見たら...男性じゃなくて性別不明！？
(🍎が女性、🍏が男性)
骨だからかな...でもUNDERTALEって性の多様性も描かれてるから、もしかしたらサンズはジェンダークィアかもしれない。
ずっとサンズを男だと思ってた、ごめんよ...
(🍎が女性、🍏が男性)
骨だからかな...でもUNDERTALEって性の多様性も描かれてるから、もしかしたらサンズはジェンダークィアかもしれない。
ずっとサンズを男だと思ってた、ごめんよ...
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For astronomers arriving in Phoenix for #ExoPAG33 and #AAS247, if you’re wondering what the heck is going on in the vicinity of the Phoenix Convention Center:
Painted Desert Fur Con 2026 at the Sheraton Phoenix Jan 2-4
painteddesertfc.org
Painted Desert Fur Con 2026 at the Sheraton Phoenix Jan 2-4
painteddesertfc.org
January 3, 2026 at 1:00 AM
For astronomers arriving in Phoenix for #ExoPAG33 and #AAS247, if you’re wondering what the heck is going on in the vicinity of the Phoenix Convention Center:
Painted Desert Fur Con 2026 at the Sheraton Phoenix Jan 2-4
painteddesertfc.org
Painted Desert Fur Con 2026 at the Sheraton Phoenix Jan 2-4
painteddesertfc.org
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"Now What?" by John J Hopfield is a beautiful read for researchers at all career stages, and especially so for those who wish not to simply solve problems, but rather identify and solve a PROBLEM -- a kind of the deepest question.
pni.princeton.edu/sites/g/file...
pni.princeton.edu/sites/g/file...
pni.princeton.edu
January 2, 2026 at 1:25 PM
"Now What?" by John J Hopfield is a beautiful read for researchers at all career stages, and especially so for those who wish not to simply solve problems, but rather identify and solve a PROBLEM -- a kind of the deepest question.
pni.princeton.edu/sites/g/file...
pni.princeton.edu/sites/g/file...
Friends, I was visiting a city on Earth a few local days back, and suddenly the entire place was alight with what I can only presume to be artificial volcanic eruptions. Does anyone know what's going on?
January 2, 2026 at 1:50 PM
Friends, I was visiting a city on Earth a few local days back, and suddenly the entire place was alight with what I can only presume to be artificial volcanic eruptions. Does anyone know what's going on?
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Just started watching Pluribus.
Kepler-22b?? REALLY.
it's not rocky!!!
Kepler-22b?? REALLY.
it's not rocky!!!
January 2, 2026 at 2:33 AM
Just started watching Pluribus.
Kepler-22b?? REALLY.
it's not rocky!!!
Kepler-22b?? REALLY.
it's not rocky!!!
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im musing about a couple of other personal resolutions, but ill tell you
2026 WILL BE the year i get a maid outfit that fits me. come hell or high water
2026 WILL BE the year i get a maid outfit that fits me. come hell or high water
January 1, 2026 at 3:43 PM
im musing about a couple of other personal resolutions, but ill tell you
2026 WILL BE the year i get a maid outfit that fits me. come hell or high water
2026 WILL BE the year i get a maid outfit that fits me. come hell or high water
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haumea (made this in november, so i do have something separate planned for christmas)
December 24, 2025 at 6:59 PM
haumea (made this in november, so i do have something separate planned for christmas)
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Timezones are so weird. Australia is in 2026, Canada is in 2025, and the United States is in 1939.
December 31, 2025 at 6:12 PM
Timezones are so weird. Australia is in 2026, Canada is in 2025, and the United States is in 1939.
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New Red & Yellow post, includes a patch with a few additions and bug fixes, as well as a few other things. Happy New Year everyone!!!
gamejolt.com/p/undertale-...
gamejolt.com/p/undertale-...
Undertale Red & Yellow - 2.1.4 Changelog and a few other things.
Another year has come and gone... It felt so short! But also there are certain things where I'm like "That was this year??" Anyways, 2.1.4! A few patches...
gamejolt.com
December 31, 2025 at 8:46 PM
New Red & Yellow post, includes a patch with a few additions and bug fixes, as well as a few other things. Happy New Year everyone!!!
gamejolt.com/p/undertale-...
gamejolt.com/p/undertale-...
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Happy Pride everyone!!!🏳️🌈
June 22, 2025 at 6:13 PM
Happy Pride everyone!!!🏳️🌈
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I recently moved over from X, but I have only found a small fraction of the astronomers I followed over there (and almost nobody has found me here yet). #stellarastro #exoplanet
a close up of a feather on a rock with the words `` hello '' written in white letters .
Alt: a close up of a feather on a rock with the words `` hello '' written in white letters .
media.tenor.com
October 24, 2025 at 3:32 PM
I recently moved over from X, but I have only found a small fraction of the astronomers I followed over there (and almost nobody has found me here yet). #stellarastro #exoplanet
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今年はblueskyで結構喋った気がするし沢山話しかけてもらえた気がする〜！とても嬉しい🤍ありがとうございます！
ちなみに今更ながら自己紹介すると私の名前のイントネーションは「トゲピー」と同じです！
それでは良いお年を！
ちなみに今更ながら自己紹介すると私の名前のイントネーションは「トゲピー」と同じです！
それでは良いお年を！
December 31, 2025 at 12:56 PM
今年はblueskyで結構喋った気がするし沢山話しかけてもらえた気がする〜！とても嬉しい🤍ありがとうございます！
ちなみに今更ながら自己紹介すると私の名前のイントネーションは「トゲピー」と同じです！
それでは良いお年を！
ちなみに今更ながら自己紹介すると私の名前のイントネーションは「トゲピー」と同じです！
それでは良いお年を！