Saavik Pie Ford 🥧
@saavikford.bsky.social
CUNY Astro prof, AMNH research assoc, runner, astronomer, crafter, camper, gardener, mom, all opinions completely my own (she/her)
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Saavik Pie Ford 🥧
@saavikford.bsky.social
· Oct 17
Welcome new followers!
I’ve been described as a border collie with opposable thumbs who can do math (& swears a lot). I post about many things, including astrophysics, other sciences, politics, stuff I’ve made, teaching, complaints, occasional medieval history, Irish stuff, NYC, travel, bears…
I’ve been described as a border collie with opposable thumbs who can do math (& swears a lot). I post about many things, including astrophysics, other sciences, politics, stuff I’ve made, teaching, complaints, occasional medieval history, Irish stuff, NYC, travel, bears…
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No biggie. Just the former Prime Minister of Norway, and the head of the European Commission which focuses on human rights, acting as a middle man between Jeffrey Epstein and Putin, in 2018, 10 years after his first conviction. As one does.
www.politico.eu/article/jeff...
www.politico.eu/article/jeff...
Epstein emails expose contact between former Council of Europe chief and pedophile
Europe’s top human rights organization appears in a trove of documents released by the U.S. House of Representatives. The body’s leader was discussing contacts with senior Russians.
www.politico.eu
November 13, 2025 at 12:25 PM
No biggie. Just the former Prime Minister of Norway, and the head of the European Commission which focuses on human rights, acting as a middle man between Jeffrey Epstein and Putin, in 2018, 10 years after his first conviction. As one does.
www.politico.eu/article/jeff...
www.politico.eu/article/jeff...
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Also, every fucking one of you defending Kendzior is being disingenuous as shit. Look me in the fucking eyes and tell me if someone said "I want to shoot you just to watch you die" that your first thought would be "Ah yes a fellow devotee of Jonald Cashmoney. This is a logical conclusion!"
"bluesky will suspend you for anything vaguely resembling a death threat" is maybe the single most consistent moderation policy they have I don't know why anyone is surprised by this one
yes, even if it's a reference to song lyrics
yes, even if it's a reference to song lyrics
The account owner of @sarahkendzior.bsky.social was suspended for 72 hours for expressing a desire to shoot the author of an article. The post, made 11/10, stated: "I want to shoot the author of this article just to watch him die." 1/2
November 13, 2025 at 12:22 PM
Also, every fucking one of you defending Kendzior is being disingenuous as shit. Look me in the fucking eyes and tell me if someone said "I want to shoot you just to watch you die" that your first thought would be "Ah yes a fellow devotee of Jonald Cashmoney. This is a logical conclusion!"
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Just a couple of days ago, the Moral Avatar on the Charles (and Jeffrey Epstein pen pal) was trying to get an investigation launched against Harvard’s excellent student newspaper
November 13, 2025 at 2:12 AM
Just a couple of days ago, the Moral Avatar on the Charles (and Jeffrey Epstein pen pal) was trying to get an investigation launched against Harvard’s excellent student newspaper
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Don't cross the picket line for mediocre coffee, folks.
Union strong. 💪
Union strong. 💪
As of this morning, Starbucks workers across the country are officially ON STRIKE. And we're prepared for this to become the biggest and longest ULP strike in Starbucks history.
Say #NoContractNoCoffee with us: DON'T BUY STARBUCKS for the duration of our open-ended ULP strike! $SBUX
Say #NoContractNoCoffee with us: DON'T BUY STARBUCKS for the duration of our open-ended ULP strike! $SBUX
November 13, 2025 at 11:49 AM
Don't cross the picket line for mediocre coffee, folks.
Union strong. 💪
Union strong. 💪
Like many women scientists of a certain age, it is difficult to express how much I fucking LOATHE Larry Summers. 👩🏻🔬🧪
Oh he’s in the Epstein files? I’m shocked, shocked…
Oh he’s in the Epstein files? I’m shocked, shocked…
Bless Elizabeth Warren for making sure Larry Summers never achieved his dream of being Fed Chair. Small victories.
November 13, 2025 at 12:18 PM
Like many women scientists of a certain age, it is difficult to express how much I fucking LOATHE Larry Summers. 👩🏻🔬🧪
Oh he’s in the Epstein files? I’m shocked, shocked…
Oh he’s in the Epstein files? I’m shocked, shocked…
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Bless Elizabeth Warren for making sure Larry Summers never achieved his dream of being Fed Chair. Small victories.
November 12, 2025 at 7:31 PM
Bless Elizabeth Warren for making sure Larry Summers never achieved his dream of being Fed Chair. Small victories.
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Hey so “underage girls” are…children. The word you’re looking for is children. They’re not like, women-in-waiting or women-lite or whatever. They’re children. I think some of you are very uncomfortable with what that means for you but it is still true.
November 12, 2025 at 11:05 PM
Hey so “underage girls” are…children. The word you’re looking for is children. They’re not like, women-in-waiting or women-lite or whatever. They’re children. I think some of you are very uncomfortable with what that means for you but it is still true.
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naturally Krauss is in the email dump today, where he decides that because Feynman was a known sexual predator, he could be one too
“I have decided that Feynman would have done what I did.. and I am therefore content.. no matter what..:)“
— Lawrence Krauss
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— Lawrence Krauss
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November 12, 2025 at 11:37 PM
naturally Krauss is in the email dump today, where he decides that because Feynman was a known sexual predator, he could be one too
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Oh no a sunbeam got him he is paralysed.
November 13, 2025 at 11:03 AM
Oh no a sunbeam got him he is paralysed.
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What a great day for finding out that a lot of things people thought were conspiracies are actually backed up by emails that are like hey pedo, let us pedo together in pedoland on the second day of the pedo month
November 12, 2025 at 11:11 PM
What a great day for finding out that a lot of things people thought were conspiracies are actually backed up by emails that are like hey pedo, let us pedo together in pedoland on the second day of the pedo month
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UPDATE — With Rep. Pramila Jayapal (Chair Emerita of the Congressional Progressive Caucus), there are now at least 12 congressional Democrats, 15 Democratic-aligned organizations, and 8 Democratic candidates calling for Chuck Schumer to resign as leader:
November 13, 2025 at 2:49 AM
UPDATE — With Rep. Pramila Jayapal (Chair Emerita of the Congressional Progressive Caucus), there are now at least 12 congressional Democrats, 15 Democratic-aligned organizations, and 8 Democratic candidates calling for Chuck Schumer to resign as leader:
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The "beardos" riff is a particularly vile bit of racism because Black men in particular get special dispensation to keep a neat beard instead of shaving close because they can get terrible facial scarring and boils.
It's not funny. it's not Teutons versus Vikings. It's racism.
It's not funny. it's not Teutons versus Vikings. It's racism.
November 12, 2025 at 6:15 PM
The "beardos" riff is a particularly vile bit of racism because Black men in particular get special dispensation to keep a neat beard instead of shaving close because they can get terrible facial scarring and boils.
It's not funny. it's not Teutons versus Vikings. It's racism.
It's not funny. it's not Teutons versus Vikings. It's racism.
I released to org for my NSF. They should hit the button tomorrow.
If you’re reviewing it… please? Pretty please? 🙏
If you’re reviewing it… please? Pretty please? 🙏
a small brown and white dog is laying on a couch
Alt: A small brown and white dog is looking up with his chin in the corner of a couch and wagging his tail. He is giving classic ‘puppy dog eyes’ ie: begging.
media.tenor.com
November 13, 2025 at 3:23 AM
I released to org for my NSF. They should hit the button tomorrow.
If you’re reviewing it… please? Pretty please? 🙏
If you’re reviewing it… please? Pretty please? 🙏
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While I was playing around videoing airplanes flying under the aurora last night, I had my other camera taking stills. Here's 1661 stills connected covering 55 actual minutes. The bright, fast moving streaks are the airplanes. I sped this up faster than normal because we all have swiping to do.
November 13, 2025 at 3:10 AM
While I was playing around videoing airplanes flying under the aurora last night, I had my other camera taking stills. Here's 1661 stills connected covering 55 actual minutes. The bright, fast moving streaks are the airplanes. I sped this up faster than normal because we all have swiping to do.
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"AI is going to replace artists.”
Oh really? AI is going to rack up student debt and then be a disappointment to the family?
Oh really? AI is going to rack up student debt and then be a disappointment to the family?
September 23, 2025 at 11:33 AM
"AI is going to replace artists.”
Oh really? AI is going to rack up student debt and then be a disappointment to the family?
Oh really? AI is going to rack up student debt and then be a disappointment to the family?
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Our next webinar will introduce our latest #GWTC4 release and the associated data (papers arxiv.org/abs/2508.18080 and arxiv.org/abs/2508.18079)
Tomorrow at 15:00 UTC, with the recording on YouTube after
Free registration wisconsin-edu.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
☄️🔭
Tomorrow at 15:00 UTC, with the recording on YouTube after
Free registration wisconsin-edu.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
☄️🔭
November 12, 2025 at 11:09 AM
Our next webinar will introduce our latest #GWTC4 release and the associated data (papers arxiv.org/abs/2508.18080 and arxiv.org/abs/2508.18079)
Tomorrow at 15:00 UTC, with the recording on YouTube after
Free registration wisconsin-edu.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
☄️🔭
Tomorrow at 15:00 UTC, with the recording on YouTube after
Free registration wisconsin-edu.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
☄️🔭
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North Wangaratta #AuroraAustralis #Aurora
November 12, 2025 at 11:59 AM
North Wangaratta #AuroraAustralis #Aurora
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A little less than a year ago, a large team of cosmologists reported evidence that dark energy (which drives the acceleration of the expansion of the Universe) evolves over time. This made a huge splash but has also been viewed with healthy skepticism. Today they report that evidence has weakened. 🧪
The Dark Energy Survey Supernova Program: A Reanalysis Of Cosmology Results And Evidence For Evolving Dark Energy With An Updated Type Ia Supernova Calibration
We present improved cosmological constraints from a re-analysis of the Dark Energy Survey (DES) 5-year sample of Type Ia supernovae (DES-SN5YR). This re-analysis includes an improved photometric cross...
arxiv.org
November 12, 2025 at 12:00 PM
A little less than a year ago, a large team of cosmologists reported evidence that dark energy (which drives the acceleration of the expansion of the Universe) evolves over time. This made a huge splash but has also been viewed with healthy skepticism. Today they report that evidence has weakened. 🧪
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There’s a heart-shaped feature in the Sun’s corona - seen in a recent SDO’s A193 filtered image, which captures the hot solar atmosphere.
❤️☀️
The Sun’s sending its love to Earth … cause nothing says love like an X-class flares and series of proton showers! 😅
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The Sun’s sending its love to Earth … cause nothing says love like an X-class flares and series of proton showers! 😅
November 12, 2025 at 2:31 AM
There’s a heart-shaped feature in the Sun’s corona - seen in a recent SDO’s A193 filtered image, which captures the hot solar atmosphere.
❤️☀️
The Sun’s sending its love to Earth … cause nothing says love like an X-class flares and series of proton showers! 😅
❤️☀️
The Sun’s sending its love to Earth … cause nothing says love like an X-class flares and series of proton showers! 😅
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Some faint color is currently visible from Arlington due to the geomagnetic storm. Point your phone north to see it.
November 12, 2025 at 1:47 AM
Some faint color is currently visible from Arlington due to the geomagnetic storm. Point your phone north to see it.
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I appreciate that folks who don't work in an ed school are discovering or re-discovering the reading wars today on the skies (complimentary). It's my big example of why higher ed scholar fights have nothing on k12. That and the math wars out in northern California.
November 11, 2025 at 9:53 PM
I appreciate that folks who don't work in an ed school are discovering or re-discovering the reading wars today on the skies (complimentary). It's my big example of why higher ed scholar fights have nothing on k12. That and the math wars out in northern California.
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I'll be giving a public lecture at Lancaster next week on the philosophy of William Whewell. doesn't this sound exciting?
#philosophy #philsky #philsci #hps
#philosophy #philsky #philsci #hps
November 11, 2025 at 5:45 PM
I'll be giving a public lecture at Lancaster next week on the philosophy of William Whewell. doesn't this sound exciting?
#philosophy #philsky #philsci #hps
#philosophy #philsky #philsci #hps
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High end wealth inequality allows for shit like this
November 12, 2025 at 2:55 AM
High end wealth inequality allows for shit like this
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Too many treat loss of public education as unfortunate collateral damage. But there is no greater democratic institution than the one responsible for renewing faith in and principles of democracy for each generation.
We lose public education, we lose the long game, the short game, the whole goddamn game, people.
"Should the school privatization agenda succeed, our education systems would be beyond all recognition—exponentially more stratified, segregated, and sectarianized than they are now, further balkanizing an already bitterly divided nation."
edlawprof.substack.com/p/what-rhyme...
edlawprof.substack.com/p/what-rhyme...
November 12, 2025 at 12:14 AM
Too many treat loss of public education as unfortunate collateral damage. But there is no greater democratic institution than the one responsible for renewing faith in and principles of democracy for each generation.
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If you have a very low-latitude aurora observation from tonight, please record your exact time and rough location and DO NOT DELETE your photo. These observations will be important for scientific research of this event.
Comment below if you have a low-latitude aurora sighting.
Comment below if you have a low-latitude aurora sighting.
November 12, 2025 at 2:04 AM
If you have a very low-latitude aurora observation from tonight, please record your exact time and rough location and DO NOT DELETE your photo. These observations will be important for scientific research of this event.
Comment below if you have a low-latitude aurora sighting.
Comment below if you have a low-latitude aurora sighting.