Jennifer A. Johnson

Jennifer Johnson

@jajohnson.bsky.social

770 followers 490 following 160 posts

Astronomer. Fan of the Galaxy. Member of @sdssurveys.bsky.social. Periodically interested in origin of elements. Still working on triple pirouette.

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Jennifer Ann Johnson is assistant professor of sociology at Virginia Commonwealth University, and one of the chief editors of the journal Sexualization, Media, and Society.

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Physics 34%

Psychology 25%

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Reposted by Lisa W. Fazio, Peter Thorne, Gavin A. Schmidt , and 12 more Lisa W. Fazio, Peter Thorne, Gavin A. Schmidt, Rosemary A. Joyce, Ian Campbell, Richard Waite, Alan Richardson, Trevor A. Branch, Andrew L. Whitehead, Stacy D. VanDeveer, Erol Akçay, Jennifer A. Johnson, Julie Novkov, David Stott, Anne Hilborn

Andrew D Thaler @drandrewthaler.bsky.social · 12h

In the century leading up to 1975, nearly 6000 freighters went down in the Great Lakes.

The Edmund Fitzgerald was the last.

The last. In 50 years, not a single commercial freighter has been lost in the Great Lakes.

Why?

It's NOAA. Of course it's NOAA.

Reposted by Jason Mittell, Jennifer A. Johnson

jael holzman @jael.bsky.social · 20h

this @katelynburns.com piece about the death of lia smith deserves your full attention

www.teenvogue.com/story/politi...

Politicizing Transgender Athletes Is Dangerous. Lia Smith Deserved Better.

"Let her passing be an inflection point for how you think about trans rights and trans people more generally."

www.teenvogue.com

Reposted by Dustin Mulvaney, Silvia Secchi, Jennifer A. Johnson

Alaska Raptor Center @raptororg.bsky.social · 6d

Meet our newest patient here at the Alaska Raptor Center, a Northern Pygmy Owl named King Owlbert by his rescuers. Owlbert arrived with a drooping wing, making flight difficult. We’ve given him a supportive wing wrap, plenty of tasty mice, and time to heal. #small #owls #adorable

Jennifer Johnson @jajohnson.bsky.social · 8d

A > 45 minute wait for early voting in Franklin County, OH. A sarcastic “thank you” to the Ohio Secretary of State for limiting early voting hours and polling places to suppress turnout. Because Ohio GOP is afraid of the voters

Reposted by Rosemary A. Joyce, Jennifer A. Johnson, Nathan P. Kalmoe , and 1 more Rosemary A. Joyce, Jennifer A. Johnson, Nathan P. Kalmoe, Southern Africa

Michael Hobbes @michaelhobbes.bsky.social · 12d

I found this piece sad too, but mostly because it is part of a years-long effort by progressives to understand what "really" animates Trump voters.

We already know! It is racism, misogyny and misinformation. I know that sounds condescending or whatever but it's simply what all evidence suggests.

Reposted by Jennifer A. Johnson

Cats of Yore @catsofyore.bsky.social · 12d

Leisure time. Photo from my collection, no date/info.

Black and white photo of a white man reclining comfortably in a chair, reading a magazine. In his lap is a very very cozy shorthaired tabby cat, seems to be orange, looking sleepy and happy sprawled on its back.

Reposted by McKenzie Wark, Jennifer A. Johnson, Urška Demšar , and 1 more McKenzie Wark, Jennifer A. Johnson, Urška Demšar, Kathleen Kennedy

David Dickinson @astrodave.bsky.social · 13d

You might’ve heard the news: SpaceX just passed 10,000 Starlink satellites launched. And that number is already old news, as there’s now a new Starlink batch launched every other day. Here’s what that looks like in a short animation of Comet A6 Lemmon courtesy of Michael Jaeger:

Jennifer Johnson @jajohnson.bsky.social · 23d

Fall break

Reposted by Jennifer A. Johnson

Common Cause Ohio @commoncauseohio.bsky.social · 28d

Why Ohio GOP hasn't produced a congressional redistricting map yet
by Morgan Trau
www.news5cleveland.com/news/politic...

Why Ohio GOP hasn't produced a congressional redistricting map yet

Ohio Republicans have yet to share a proposed congressional map with the public as the second deadline to pass a bipartisan map approaches. Why? They say they want to hear from citizens first.

www.news5cleveland.com

Reposted by Jennifer A. Johnson, Kathleen Kennedy

Emily J. Edwards @msemilyedwards.bsky.social · 28d

i feel like i need to share this oldie but a goodie today

A tumblr post that reads "WHo would have believed that the perfect wikipedia photo caption could have been improved upon?" Two identical images are then side by side. The first caption is "Piper Kerr, a member of the Scottis National Antarctix Expedition, plays the bagpipes for an indifferent penguin, March 1904". The Caption for the image on the left reads, "Piper Kerr (right), a member of the Scottis National Antarctix Expedition, plays the bagpipes for an indifferent penguin, March 1904"

Reposted by Norbert Schwarz, Robert W. Wallace, Anders Nilsson , and 11 more Norbert Schwarz, Robert W. Wallace, Anders Nilsson, Stephen D. Murphy, Lesley Bartlett, Victor Galaz, Scott A. Imberman, Michael D. McDonald, Jennifer A. Johnson, Andrew Novak, Stephen A. Meserve, Olúfẹ́mi Táíwò, Nathan P. Kalmoe, Southern Africa

Amanda Katz @katzish.bsky.social · Oct 8

Horrific reporting from the AP on the Myanmar families watching their kids starve to death from Trump and Musk’s aid cuts apnews.com/article/myan...

Starving children screaming for food as US aid cuts unleash devastation and death across Myanmar

U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio has repeatedly said “no one has died" because of his government’s decision to gut its foreign aid program.

apnews.com

Jennifer Johnson @jajohnson.bsky.social · Sep 28

woot woot!

Reposted by Anna O. Law, Kim L. Scheppele, Stephan Lewandowsky , and 23 more Anna O. Law, Kim L. Scheppele, Stephan Lewandowsky, Ashish Arora, Peter Thorne, Gavin A. Schmidt, Pamela Samuelson, Samuel L. Perry, Steven French, Valerie P. Hans, Jonathan M. Gilligan, Joseph Schafer, Robert Black, Robert C. Richards, Rebecca Tushnet, Justin Lewis, Scott A. Imberman, David Rosnick, Jennifer A. Johnson, Karen L. Cox, Toni Haastrup, Juanjo Medina, Louis Clerc, Aviel Roshwald, Dunlap, Speranţa Dumitru

JazzReads📚 @jazzreads.bsky.social · Sep 28

So exhausting..

Dan Garisto @dangaristo.bsky.social · Sep 26

New: After a long wait, the GRFP solicitation is live! Deadlines have been extended to early November, so applicants have a bit over a month to submit. www.nsf.gov/funding/oppo...

NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Program (GRFP)

www.nsf.gov

Reposted by Lisa W. Fazio, Rebecca Solnit, Graeme S. Cumming , and 25 more Lisa W. Fazio, Rebecca Solnit, Graeme S. Cumming, John K. Pinnegar, Ken Caldeira, Grant D. Stentiford, John R. Hutchinson, Mark D. White, Alex Callinicos, Dawn J. Wright, Parliamentary Library, Cathy N. Davidson, Margaret Johnston, Jussi T. Eronen, Trevor A. Branch, Andrew L. Whitehead, Jonathan Birch, Jennifer A. Johnson, Allan D. McDevitt, Anthony Burke, Halley E. Froehlich, Andrew M. Riggsby, Kathleen Kennedy, David H. Price, Charles T. Mathewes, Richard Moorhead, Vincent Raoult, Mário Ferreira

Rebecca R Helm @rebeccarhelm.bsky.social · Sep 24

I get that the news cycle is packed right now, but I just heard from a colleague at the Smithsonian that this is fully a GIANT SQUID BEING EATEN BY A SPERM WHALE and it’s possibly the first ever confirmed video according to a friend at NOAA

10 YEAR OLD ME IS LOSING HER MIND (a thread 🧵)

Jennifer Johnson @jajohnson.bsky.social · Sep 18

Being stylish at the Veleros de Columbus game

Three people with three different ballcaps on

Reposted by Jennifer A. Johnson

Amy Rae Hill @amyraehill.bsky.social · Sep 12

Process of the commission prize for K'Andra, winner of the @blackinastro.bsky.social Art Contest!
#sciart

Reposted by Jennifer A. Johnson

Maui Now @mauinow.com · Sep 10

Bishop Museum, the State of Hawai‘i Museum of Natural and Cultural History, has announced the rediscovery of two native Hawaiian land snails not seen in nearly a century.

#BishopMuseum #Kahuli #Snails

Rare native Hawaiian land snails rediscovered after nearly a century

Bishop Museum, the State of Hawai‘i Museum of Natural and Cultural History, has announced the rediscovery of two native Hawaiian land snails not seen in nearly a century.

mauinow.com

Reposted by Jennifer A. Johnson

Laura Lopez @ohdearz.bsky.social · Sep 10

Okay, astro sky! 🔭 Has anyone successfully started a NSF AAPF application on grants.gov or research.gov? My advisee says it is grayed out/not available, but the program officer confirms that the AAPF should be open!

Laura Lopez @ohdearz.bsky.social · Aug 23

Hi astro 🔭 sky, I heard that the NSF Astronomy & Astrophysics Postdoc Fellowship (AAPF) is not being offered this year. Is that correct? I know it was cut in the PBR, but I wasn't sure what that meant in practice. Typically app would have opened Aug 15. www.nsf.gov/funding/oppo...

NSF Astronomy and Astrophysics Postdoctoral Fellowships (AAPF)

www.nsf.gov

Reposted by Jennifer A. Johnson

Laura Lopez @ohdearz.bsky.social · Sep 10

Great story about @capricephillips.bsky.social by @tatyanazaria.bsky.social in the OSU alumni magazine! 🔭 alumnimagazine.osu.edu/story/capric...

Caprice Phillips is busy solving cosmic mysteries

Ohio State prepared this two-time graduate to ask and answer big questions in a prestigious NASA fellowship.

alumnimagazine.osu.edu

Jennifer Johnson @jajohnson.bsky.social · Aug 31

Jeremejevite is not a character in The Broken Earth Trilogy 🙁 nor one of the first minerals to condense out of protoplanetary nebulae, so I may just have to go for silver and its neutron-capture origins....

Jennifer Johnson @jajohnson.bsky.social · Aug 31

My heart is broken 💔 that corundum doesn't get a chance this year #MinCup25

Mineral Cup & Ore Cup @mineralcup.bsky.social · Aug 29

Behold, the #MinCup35 bracket!

Use it to follow along, plan campaigns to support your favs, or make predictions on how voting will shake out. We start at the top left on September 1st, then alternate left and right as we work our way down.

A sports-style elimination bracket of 32 minerals labeled "Mineral Cup 2025". Text below reads, "Daily voting takes place on www.MineralCup.org in September. Campaign on your favorite social media using #MinCup25."

The starting matches are, in chronological order: chrysotile versus pectolite, stibnite versus okenite, jeremejevite versus haüyne, calcite versus perovskite, silver versus baryte, carpathite versus leucite, sanidine versus hematite, pollucite versus tugtupite, kosmochlor versus azurite, dioptase versus wavellite, titanite versus thortveitite, zunyite versus molybdenite, topaz versus kyanite, cuprosklodowskite versus ikaite, taenite versus nontronite, and paddlewheelite versus mannardite.

Michael Stipe @michaelstipe.bsky.social · Aug 30

I can

Reposted by Colleen M. Iversen, Rebecca Williams, Jennifer A. Johnson

Mineral Cup & Ore Cup @mineralcup.bsky.social · Aug 29

Reposted by Lisa W. Fazio, Peter Thorne, Elena Litchman , and 11 more Lisa W. Fazio, Peter Thorne, Elena Litchman, John R. Hutchinson, Daniel Woolf, Stephen D. Murphy, Amy W. Ando, Jennifer A. Johnson, Urška Demšar, Duncan McDonnell, Kathleen Kennedy, Michael Larkin, Seth Frey, Evan Roberts

Patrick Vallely @pjvphotography.bsky.social · Aug 28

"Pat, why do you carry that ridiculous 600mm lens on long hikes?"

Buddy, I can see mountains reflected in the eyes of a trailside pika.

Tighter crop of the same pika, focusing on its head.

An even tighter crop, focusing more on the pika's eye.

An extremely tight crop of the pika's eye, emphasizing their reflection of an early morning mountain scene.

Reposted by Parliamentary Library, Jennifer A. Johnson

Jay @duniagamemaster.bsky.social · Aug 25

It's Minnesota State Fair time! It's time for Minnesotan folk art! Here, for example, is Saturn Devouring His Corn, in the seed art category!

Reposted by Will Jennings, Jon Pierre, Sanford F. Schram , and 5 more Will Jennings, Jon Pierre, Sanford F. Schram, Daniel W. Drezner, Trevon D. Logan, Stacy D. VanDeveer, Jennifer A. Johnson, David Darmofal

Adam Schwarz @adamjschwarz.bsky.social · Aug 24

Kamala Harris at her closing campaign rally:

"Donald Trump intends to use the United States Military against American citizens who simply disagree with him."

Jennifer Johnson @jajohnson.bsky.social · Aug 20

Feel like you should all get a better shot of the hot dog heads in the front

Looking down on four people wearing foam hot dogs on their heads. Two of them are garnished with mustard, one with ketchup and one with relish

Jennifer Johnson @jajohnson.bsky.social · Aug 20

At the ballgame with Jen Pawol behind the plate

Image of home plate area with 2 male ball players and one female umpire

Reposted by Anna O. Law, Alan Richardson, Mark Robinson , and 2 more Anna O. Law, Alan Richardson, Mark Robinson, Jennifer A. Johnson, Albin Wagener

Karen James @kejames.bsky.social · Aug 17

She doesn’t need a hero, she is the hero we need. 🤩

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