Lisa Stoj
@lisastoj.bsky.social
Rockets, space, satellites, cats. Previously @RocketLab, @TMRO, @Questacon. 今は日本語が勉強しています。
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Lisa Stoj
@lisastoj.bsky.social
· Oct 31
Sometimes I have smart insights into the space industry. Does this count 🤷
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They're scrubbing the launch attempt of New Glenn this morning. Not sure when it will be made official.
January 13, 2025 at 8:04 AM
They're scrubbing the launch attempt of New Glenn this morning. Not sure when it will be made official.
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December 19, 2024 at 5:08 AM
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Over the years, I've heard lots of folks say that they don't really know what to write for alt-text accessibility.
So ... as promised - here are some handy #Accessibility guides!
I've written these from the perspective of #SciComm material, but they can be generalised to any field.
🔭🧪🎢
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So ... as promised - here are some handy #Accessibility guides!
I've written these from the perspective of #SciComm material, but they can be generalised to any field.
🔭🧪🎢
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October 27, 2024 at 9:06 PM
Over the years, I've heard lots of folks say that they don't really know what to write for alt-text accessibility.
So ... as promised - here are some handy #Accessibility guides!
I've written these from the perspective of #SciComm material, but they can be generalised to any field.
🔭🧪🎢
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So ... as promised - here are some handy #Accessibility guides!
I've written these from the perspective of #SciComm material, but they can be generalised to any field.
🔭🧪🎢
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Can we get Cynthia Erivo to do the Super Bowl halftime show in 2025? #wicked #superbowl
December 2, 2024 at 5:37 AM
Can we get Cynthia Erivo to do the Super Bowl halftime show in 2025? #wicked #superbowl
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2019 really does now show when launch rates began to accelerate. We quantify the world's rocket emissions for 2019 in this new paper 🚀🧪
November 22, 2024 at 9:22 AM
2019 really does now show when launch rates began to accelerate. We quantify the world's rocket emissions for 2019 in this new paper 🚀🧪
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'You know what the greatest tragedy is in the whole world?' said Ginger, not paying him the least attention. 'It's all the people who never find out what it is they really want to do or what it is they're really good at…
Thinking about how many kids I went to the now-closing Simon’s Rock with-a weird school stressing critical thinking, love of knowledge, and liberal arts - *weren’t* rich. Brilliant people with scholarships.
Feels like the end of an era where you didn’t need independent wealth to study like that.
Feels like the end of an era where you didn’t need independent wealth to study like that.
November 22, 2024 at 3:39 AM
'You know what the greatest tragedy is in the whole world?' said Ginger, not paying him the least attention. 'It's all the people who never find out what it is they really want to do or what it is they're really good at…
Recently travelled through LAX airport and it was way less shitty than I remembered. Even did my Global Entry interview after grabbing my luggage.
I hope the LAX experience continues to improve with the opening of the transit line. Having to use UberBlack just to be picked up curbside isn’t great.
I hope the LAX experience continues to improve with the opening of the transit line. Having to use UberBlack just to be picked up curbside isn’t great.
November 19, 2024 at 8:17 AM
Recently travelled through LAX airport and it was way less shitty than I remembered. Even did my Global Entry interview after grabbing my luggage.
I hope the LAX experience continues to improve with the opening of the transit line. Having to use UberBlack just to be picked up curbside isn’t great.
I hope the LAX experience continues to improve with the opening of the transit line. Having to use UberBlack just to be picked up curbside isn’t great.
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Feels like I'm just posting to the void since I'm just getting started here, but why not. I write a weekly newsletter, and this week I write about how far away from reading and critical thinking we’ve come. It's lacking in our education, COVID learning loss, social media attention spans, all of it.
We need to get back to reading and critical thinking
Because 2024 feels different from 2016.
open.substack.com
November 14, 2024 at 6:23 PM
Feels like I'm just posting to the void since I'm just getting started here, but why not. I write a weekly newsletter, and this week I write about how far away from reading and critical thinking we’ve come. It's lacking in our education, COVID learning loss, social media attention spans, all of it.
Wonderful visit to Sydney Zoo today. Highly recommended. I even got to pet a kangaroo (or wallaby?) that wandered onto the footpath.
November 11, 2024 at 3:59 AM
Wonderful visit to Sydney Zoo today. Highly recommended. I even got to pet a kangaroo (or wallaby?) that wandered onto the footpath.
Excited to be heading to Australia for a week. And no, we didn’t book this after recent news 😂
I haven’t been home since my Grandma’s funeral last year, and this time it’s under much nicer circumstances.
I haven’t been home since my Grandma’s funeral last year, and this time it’s under much nicer circumstances.
November 9, 2024 at 5:31 AM
Excited to be heading to Australia for a week. And no, we didn’t book this after recent news 😂
I haven’t been home since my Grandma’s funeral last year, and this time it’s under much nicer circumstances.
I haven’t been home since my Grandma’s funeral last year, and this time it’s under much nicer circumstances.
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Building a platform for the Australian and New Zealand space communities to share their astronomy, space exploration, science and related-projects across our region to show that there is fantastic people, research and industries that young folks can be inspired into as future career prospects.
November 1, 2024 at 11:26 PM
Building a platform for the Australian and New Zealand space communities to share their astronomy, space exploration, science and related-projects across our region to show that there is fantastic people, research and industries that young folks can be inspired into as future career prospects.
Sometimes I have smart insights into the space industry. Does this count 🤷
October 31, 2024 at 7:44 PM
Sometimes I have smart insights into the space industry. Does this count 🤷
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🧵I have just seen the most polite outright rejection of big business and hustle culture that I've ever encountered at a tiny ma and pa Japanese restaurant in rural Aotearoa New Zealand and it was so satisfying and heartwarming to see. (1)
October 31, 2024 at 5:05 AM
🧵I have just seen the most polite outright rejection of big business and hustle culture that I've ever encountered at a tiny ma and pa Japanese restaurant in rural Aotearoa New Zealand and it was so satisfying and heartwarming to see. (1)
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LOVING this piece about how prevalent alcohol drinking is in animals and insects includes this gem “Male fruit flies turn to alcohol when they are rejected as a mate, while females of a closely related species become less picky about their mates and have sex with more males after imbibing” 🧪
Alcohol consumption abundant in the natural world, study finds
Range of species have ethanol in diet, normally arising through fermented fruits, sap and nectar
www.theguardian.com
October 30, 2024 at 8:02 AM
LOVING this piece about how prevalent alcohol drinking is in animals and insects includes this gem “Male fruit flies turn to alcohol when they are rejected as a mate, while females of a closely related species become less picky about their mates and have sex with more males after imbibing” 🧪
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Another Gamma-ray burst I was thinking about was #GRB790305b
Remarkably, scientists were able to track this one as it crossed the Solar System thanks to many spacecraft at different locations.
Using this data they could triangulate a source in the LMC for an event that occurred around 3000 BCE.
Remarkably, scientists were able to track this one as it crossed the Solar System thanks to many spacecraft at different locations.
Using this data they could triangulate a source in the LMC for an event that occurred around 3000 BCE.
October 29, 2024 at 8:25 PM
Another Gamma-ray burst I was thinking about was #GRB790305b
Remarkably, scientists were able to track this one as it crossed the Solar System thanks to many spacecraft at different locations.
Using this data they could triangulate a source in the LMC for an event that occurred around 3000 BCE.
Remarkably, scientists were able to track this one as it crossed the Solar System thanks to many spacecraft at different locations.
Using this data they could triangulate a source in the LMC for an event that occurred around 3000 BCE.
If you see this, quote post something green from a photo you took!
October 28, 2024 at 2:38 AM
If you see this, quote post something green from a photo you took!
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This online marketing push is an odd little hat tip to the 90s, when the Patagonian toothfish was rebranded "Chilean sea bass" to make it sound more appetizing.
The rebrand was so successful that illegal overfishing devastated the species and led to the longest ocean chase in history.
The rebrand was so successful that illegal overfishing devastated the species and led to the longest ocean chase in history.
Goldfish is changing its name to ‘Chilean Sea Bass.’ Here’s why | CNN Business
Goldfish crackers are synonymous with hungry kids, but the company is betting that a sophisticated name change could expand that audience.
www.cnn.com
October 24, 2024 at 4:15 PM
This online marketing push is an odd little hat tip to the 90s, when the Patagonian toothfish was rebranded "Chilean sea bass" to make it sound more appetizing.
The rebrand was so successful that illegal overfishing devastated the species and led to the longest ocean chase in history.
The rebrand was so successful that illegal overfishing devastated the species and led to the longest ocean chase in history.
Taking a class on Adobe Illustrator this semester. Thought I'd put it into practice and made a ... logo thing? 🤷 Was trying to capture the themes of space, Earth and connection.
I've learnt a lot so far, but I have a long way to go!
I've learnt a lot so far, but I have a long way to go!
October 23, 2024 at 7:25 AM
Taking a class on Adobe Illustrator this semester. Thought I'd put it into practice and made a ... logo thing? 🤷 Was trying to capture the themes of space, Earth and connection.
I've learnt a lot so far, but I have a long way to go!
I've learnt a lot so far, but I have a long way to go!
One positive to come out of COVID: it validated that most of the general public were competent enough to perform at-home lateral flow tests. Hopefully reducing burdens on primary care now that diagnostics can be done by individuals.
Thanks to newly approved at-home rapid tests, you can simultaneously determine whether your symptoms are #COVID-19 or the #flu.
They're called multiplex tests because they can analyze for multiple viruses with just one swab up your nose.
A quick explainer from researchers who test the tests 🩺
They're called multiplex tests because they can analyze for multiple viruses with just one swab up your nose.
A quick explainer from researchers who test the tests 🩺
Is it COVID-19? Flu? At-home rapid tests could help you and your doctor decide on a treatment plan
A fever and a nasty cough can be symptoms of a range of respiratory illnesses. An antigen test that narrows down the culprits can speed up diagnosis and recovery.
buff.ly
October 22, 2024 at 7:23 PM
One positive to come out of COVID: it validated that most of the general public were competent enough to perform at-home lateral flow tests. Hopefully reducing burdens on primary care now that diagnostics can be done by individuals.
It took me 4 years of living here to realize I can see the Disneyland fireworks from my house 🤦♀️
October 21, 2024 at 4:37 AM
It took me 4 years of living here to realize I can see the Disneyland fireworks from my house 🤦♀️
Alright algorithm, here are my likes:
-spaceflight
-space exploration
-emerging technology
-anthropology and archaeology
-linguistics
-life sciences
-science communication
-Valheim
-The Curse of Oak Island
-Sailor Moon
-Disney parks
-Brandon Sanderson
-The Great British Baking Show
-spaceflight
-space exploration
-emerging technology
-anthropology and archaeology
-linguistics
-life sciences
-science communication
-Valheim
-The Curse of Oak Island
-Sailor Moon
-Disney parks
-Brandon Sanderson
-The Great British Baking Show
October 20, 2024 at 6:53 AM
Alright algorithm, here are my likes:
-spaceflight
-space exploration
-emerging technology
-anthropology and archaeology
-linguistics
-life sciences
-science communication
-Valheim
-The Curse of Oak Island
-Sailor Moon
-Disney parks
-Brandon Sanderson
-The Great British Baking Show
-spaceflight
-space exploration
-emerging technology
-anthropology and archaeology
-linguistics
-life sciences
-science communication
-Valheim
-The Curse of Oak Island
-Sailor Moon
-Disney parks
-Brandon Sanderson
-The Great British Baking Show