Syd Andersen
@smandersen.bsky.social
(They/Them) Astronomy PhD Student || Opinions Are My Own
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Just paid $1k to learn she gives herself a heart murmur when she’s stressed (and she is stressed because the vet is trying to listen for a heart murmur)
November 19, 2025 at 4:16 AM
Just paid $1k to learn she gives herself a heart murmur when she’s stressed (and she is stressed because the vet is trying to listen for a heart murmur)
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only a little ways into Pluribus but this is the kind of screen that basically guarantees I will want to watch the rest of it
![A bunch of cars parked outside the Very Large Array. subtitles say "[astronomers clamoring]"](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:sbbklyrrb5xfb43mfhypi2f7/bafkreibrtfclubrq7t2bgepd7th5dobllapyqxj57hzkddmn4a4szmavdq@jpeg)
November 7, 2025 at 6:02 PM
only a little ways into Pluribus but this is the kind of screen that basically guarantees I will want to watch the rest of it
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I think we've got a little aurora going on at APO (New Mexico) on the all sky cam:
mainapo.apo.nmsu.edu/mainpage/all...
mainapo.apo.nmsu.edu/mainpage/all...
Apache Point Observatory
Quick Peek Sky animation:
mainapo.apo.nmsu.edu
November 12, 2025 at 2:18 AM
I think we've got a little aurora going on at APO (New Mexico) on the all sky cam:
mainapo.apo.nmsu.edu/mainpage/all...
mainapo.apo.nmsu.edu/mainpage/all...
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Radicalizing the cat by explaining that dinner will be an hour late due to our government refusing to update outdated timezone protocol
November 2, 2025 at 10:48 PM
Radicalizing the cat by explaining that dinner will be an hour late due to our government refusing to update outdated timezone protocol
Beebs Please Go a Month Without a Health Problem Challenge
October 31, 2025 at 6:22 PM
Beebs Please Go a Month Without a Health Problem Challenge
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this was filmed april 4th 2025
October 29, 2025 at 6:56 PM
this was filmed april 4th 2025
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![Comic. Two-column table. Column A lists planets: Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune. Column B has checkmark boxes for whether the planets have rings: the outer planets’ boxes are checked, and Earth has a red check. [Earth with a ring with an array pf points around it. An arrow labeled “Geostationary Satellite Bel”t points to the ring.] [caption] Astronomy fact: A century ago, Earth didn’t have rings, but we have one now! It’s where all the satellite dishes are pointed.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:cz73r7iyiqn26upot4jtjdhk/bafkreifauh76r3os5nnzjvkcz5sl2pgx5iz4sgkxebqjw3aogjn6e677aa@jpeg)
October 20, 2025 at 10:44 PM
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Rest in Power, Miss Major.💔
On solidarity: “We can’t go it alone… I mean, you can try, and get knocked down and get up and try again, and get knocked down and get up and try again. But that’s how it’ll be, until somebody helps you up and says, let me stand with you.”
truthout.org/articles/a-m...
On solidarity: “We can’t go it alone… I mean, you can try, and get knocked down and get up and try again, and get knocked down and get up and try again. But that’s how it’ll be, until somebody helps you up and says, let me stand with you.”
truthout.org/articles/a-m...
A Mother’s Day Chat With Revolutionary Trans Activist Miss Major Griffin-Gracy
Janet Mock has called Miss Major, who has nurtured generations of queer and trans youth, “the mother we all deserve.”…
truthout.org
October 14, 2025 at 1:14 AM
Rest in Power, Miss Major.💔
On solidarity: “We can’t go it alone… I mean, you can try, and get knocked down and get up and try again, and get knocked down and get up and try again. But that’s how it’ll be, until somebody helps you up and says, let me stand with you.”
truthout.org/articles/a-m...
On solidarity: “We can’t go it alone… I mean, you can try, and get knocked down and get up and try again, and get knocked down and get up and try again. But that’s how it’ll be, until somebody helps you up and says, let me stand with you.”
truthout.org/articles/a-m...
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The documentary I made with Miss Major 10 years ago is on Vimeo on Demand. If you want to spend some time with her on screen tonight and learn some abolitionist trans history while you're at it, it's free to rent with the code "shinebright" vimeo.com/ondemand/major
Watch MAJOR! Online | Vimeo On Demand
The award-winning documentary "MAJOR!" follows the life and campaigns of Miss Major Griffin-Gracy, a Black transgender elder who has been fighting for…
vimeo.com
October 14, 2025 at 1:08 AM
The documentary I made with Miss Major 10 years ago is on Vimeo on Demand. If you want to spend some time with her on screen tonight and learn some abolitionist trans history while you're at it, it's free to rent with the code "shinebright" vimeo.com/ondemand/major
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Also, the moon is a real pain in the ass
October 6, 2025 at 3:32 PM
Also, the moon is a real pain in the ass
It’s been my greatest disappointment as an adult to realize it isn’t a random coincidence I share a birthday with a number of things like NASA and Disney World, but 100% just fiscal year nonsense
October 1, 2025 at 4:20 PM
It’s been my greatest disappointment as an adult to realize it isn’t a random coincidence I share a birthday with a number of things like NASA and Disney World, but 100% just fiscal year nonsense
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At long last, my website is up! Not much is on there at the moment, but I have a number of things in the works.
www.tecyclops.com
www.tecyclops.com
Custom Pet Portrait — Two Eyed Cyclops
A custom paper pet portrait of your best friend. These make great gifts! Please allow 2-6 weeks to complete your order. Each piece is crafted with care, and it takes time! You will receive photos thr...
www.tecyclops.com
July 2, 2025 at 12:26 AM
At long last, my website is up! Not much is on there at the moment, but I have a number of things in the works.
www.tecyclops.com
www.tecyclops.com
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Don't think about the science too much. A watermelon fruit bat can totally exist AND fly.
September 30, 2025 at 3:00 AM
Don't think about the science too much. A watermelon fruit bat can totally exist AND fly.
Just had to explain bean dad to a bunch of 22-23 year olds. I might be too online
September 27, 2025 at 2:24 AM
Just had to explain bean dad to a bunch of 22-23 year olds. I might be too online
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You are a violent and irrepressible miracle. The vacuum of cosmos and the stars burning in it are afraid of you. Given enough time you would wipe us all out and replace us with nothing -- just by accident.
September 24, 2025 at 9:18 AM
You are a violent and irrepressible miracle. The vacuum of cosmos and the stars burning in it are afraid of you. Given enough time you would wipe us all out and replace us with nothing -- just by accident.
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Cecilia Payne-Gaposchkin ✨ figured out what stars are made of ✨ when she was just 25. 🔭🧪
Her PhD thesis basically established the Harvard astro department — at a time when Harvard didn't officially allow woman students.
I wrote this little profile to mark the 100th anniversary of her thesis:
Her PhD thesis basically established the Harvard astro department — at a time when Harvard didn't officially allow woman students.
I wrote this little profile to mark the 100th anniversary of her thesis:
September 24, 2025 at 9:14 AM
Cecilia Payne-Gaposchkin ✨ figured out what stars are made of ✨ when she was just 25. 🔭🧪
Her PhD thesis basically established the Harvard astro department — at a time when Harvard didn't officially allow woman students.
I wrote this little profile to mark the 100th anniversary of her thesis:
Her PhD thesis basically established the Harvard astro department — at a time when Harvard didn't officially allow woman students.
I wrote this little profile to mark the 100th anniversary of her thesis:
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FINALLY SOME GOOD NEWS
IT’S FAT BEAR WEEK
IT’S FAT BEAR WEEK
Fat Bear Week is here early, and the bears are fat and playful
The famous bears of Alaska's Katmai National Park are enjoying an abundance of salmon, and even some playtime, as they pack on pounds to prepare for the winter.
www.npr.org
September 19, 2025 at 9:58 PM
FINALLY SOME GOOD NEWS
IT’S FAT BEAR WEEK
IT’S FAT BEAR WEEK
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KIM KITSURAGI - "What is it, detective? Can you make it out?"
BULLET - "if you read this you are gay lmao"
1. "It, um, doesn't say anything."
2. "Transgender ideology. My old foe."
3. [Espirit de Corps - Medium 10] "I think you should read it for yourself, Kim."
BULLET - "if you read this you are gay lmao"
1. "It, um, doesn't say anything."
2. "Transgender ideology. My old foe."
3. [Espirit de Corps - Medium 10] "I think you should read it for yourself, Kim."
September 12, 2025 at 11:38 PM
KIM KITSURAGI - "What is it, detective? Can you make it out?"
BULLET - "if you read this you are gay lmao"
1. "It, um, doesn't say anything."
2. "Transgender ideology. My old foe."
3. [Espirit de Corps - Medium 10] "I think you should read it for yourself, Kim."
BULLET - "if you read this you are gay lmao"
1. "It, um, doesn't say anything."
2. "Transgender ideology. My old foe."
3. [Espirit de Corps - Medium 10] "I think you should read it for yourself, Kim."
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liberals insisting trans people mourn a man who spent his life agitating for our eradication displays a deep sickness of the heart
September 11, 2025 at 5:20 PM
liberals insisting trans people mourn a man who spent his life agitating for our eradication displays a deep sickness of the heart
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Don’t bother having empathy for Charlie Kirk. He literally didn’t believe in the concept of empathy.
In his own words: “I think empathy is a made up New Age term that does a lot of damage."
In his own words: “I think empathy is a made up New Age term that does a lot of damage."
September 10, 2025 at 10:11 PM
Don’t bother having empathy for Charlie Kirk. He literally didn’t believe in the concept of empathy.
In his own words: “I think empathy is a made up New Age term that does a lot of damage."
In his own words: “I think empathy is a made up New Age term that does a lot of damage."
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I have no idea what white people are talking about right now. The warnings that the fascists will "use this" to do more violence. WHAT WON'T THEY USE? You've watched them deploy the US military on US soil using bullshit pretexts. What even are you talking about?
September 10, 2025 at 9:09 PM
I have no idea what white people are talking about right now. The warnings that the fascists will "use this" to do more violence. WHAT WON'T THEY USE? You've watched them deploy the US military on US soil using bullshit pretexts. What even are you talking about?
Two weeks until orientation and four weeks until 3-0 😭
Turning 30 less than a month into my graduate program like
September 3, 2025 at 5:18 PM
Two weeks until orientation and four weeks until 3-0 😭
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Thinking about that boat scene in 1984
September 3, 2025 at 2:04 AM
Thinking about that boat scene in 1984