Aaron Yazzie (he/him)
@aaronyazzie.bsky.social
I am Áshįįhi (Salt Clan). I am Diné (Navajo). I am a Systems Engineer at NASA JPL. I loved my (ex) twitter community (formerly (at)yazziesays), and hoping to find community again here!
More info about me: www.aaronyazzie.com
More info about me: www.aaronyazzie.com
It’s been an overwhelming beginning to 2025. There are still many changes, rebuilding, and fights ahead of us. Today we saw a rainbow in the mountains, and it was helpful for morale. 😌
February 8, 2025 at 3:53 AM
It’s been an overwhelming beginning to 2025. There are still many changes, rebuilding, and fights ahead of us. Today we saw a rainbow in the mountains, and it was helpful for morale. 😌
A step away from all the goings on events… today I experimented with “shrink to fit denim” for the first time. It meant I needed to wear these soaking wet denim pants all day until they dried… 😐 why have I volunteered for more uncomfort in these times??!
February 3, 2025 at 2:30 AM
A step away from all the goings on events… today I experimented with “shrink to fit denim” for the first time. It meant I needed to wear these soaking wet denim pants all day until they dried… 😐 why have I volunteered for more uncomfort in these times??!
Sorry, I decided to delete my previous post because it was marked as an internal communication. Though the news about DEI programs being shut down in government agencies. Here is the whitehouse EO on this subject: www.whitehouse.gov/presidential...
Ending Radical And Wasteful Government DEI Programs And Preferencing – The White House
By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, it is hereby ordered: Section 1.
www.whitehouse.gov
January 23, 2025 at 8:25 PM
Sorry, I decided to delete my previous post because it was marked as an internal communication. Though the news about DEI programs being shut down in government agencies. Here is the whitehouse EO on this subject: www.whitehouse.gov/presidential...
The recent #EatonFire #Pasadena #Altadena air quality warnings suggesting masks remind me my phone face recognition was set up during pandemic. I’m able to unlock looking like this!
January 20, 2025 at 2:56 AM
The recent #EatonFire #Pasadena #Altadena air quality warnings suggesting masks remind me my phone face recognition was set up during pandemic. I’m able to unlock looking like this!
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well my jaw just dropped hearing an LAFD lead talk about needing to bring back Indigenous controlled burns at the Palisades town hall Q&A. i am literally speechless. are... are people actually listening to us?
January 17, 2025 at 3:49 AM
well my jaw just dropped hearing an LAFD lead talk about needing to bring back Indigenous controlled burns at the Palisades town hall Q&A. i am literally speechless. are... are people actually listening to us?
Love Dr. Moogega Cooper... Victim of the #EatonFire. Support her recovery here:
January 17, 2025 at 1:02 AM
Love Dr. Moogega Cooper... Victim of the #EatonFire. Support her recovery here:
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Over 200 JPLers have lost everything in the LA fires. Every single project I work on includes at least one, most multiple. Everyone at JPL is affected, everyone is utterly heartbroken for our community.
Ways you can help: giving.caltech.edu/areas-to-sup...
Ways you can help: giving.caltech.edu/areas-to-sup...
The Caltech and JPL Disaster Relief Fund
giving.caltech.edu
January 15, 2025 at 4:17 AM
Over 200 JPLers have lost everything in the LA fires. Every single project I work on includes at least one, most multiple. Everyone at JPL is affected, everyone is utterly heartbroken for our community.
Ways you can help: giving.caltech.edu/areas-to-sup...
Ways you can help: giving.caltech.edu/areas-to-sup...
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Although first responders were successful in keeping the fire from JPL, over 150 JPLers have lost their homes. Here’s link to the Caltech/JPL disaster relief fund if you’re so inclined: caltech.imodules.com/controls/ema...
Thanks for your support of our JPL family.
Thanks for your support of our JPL family.
Satellite imagery captured by MAXAR showing the extent of the Eaton Fire in North Pasadena and Altadena.
caltech.imodules.com
January 10, 2025 at 6:43 PM
Although first responders were successful in keeping the fire from JPL, over 150 JPLers have lost their homes. Here’s link to the Caltech/JPL disaster relief fund if you’re so inclined: caltech.imodules.com/controls/ema...
Thanks for your support of our JPL family.
Thanks for your support of our JPL family.
I’ve been living and working in the area for 16 years. Up until now, I believed one of my life goals was to work and save up money to afford a house in Altadena. It was the affordable community in the communities around my work. I’ll need to reassess my future…
Altadena is one of those rare places in Los Angeles County where people of many backgrounds and ethnicities have been able to afford the American Dream of homeownership. via @laist.com
In Altadena, where many Black families became homeowners, displaced residents grapple with grief and uncertainty
The community has been a sanctuary for Black residents. Homeownership for African Americans in Altadena is about 81% — close to double the national rate.
laist.com
January 15, 2025 at 5:19 AM
I’ve been living and working in the area for 16 years. Up until now, I believed one of my life goals was to work and save up money to afford a house in Altadena. It was the affordable community in the communities around my work. I’ll need to reassess my future…
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Black families settled in the Altadena during the Great Migration starting in the 1930s. The community formed in parts of Altadena exempt from redlining policies, where they have owned homes for generations. via @kcrw.com
Altadena’s historic Black community is determined to rebuild
The Eaton Fire has devastated communities throughout Altadena, including many Black homeowners who have been there for generations.
www.kcrw.com
January 14, 2025 at 3:16 PM
Black families settled in the Altadena during the Great Migration starting in the 1930s. The community formed in parts of Altadena exempt from redlining policies, where they have owned homes for generations. via @kcrw.com
More about me: I have designed & sent multiple space flight hardware to space & to Mars on the InSight mission & Mars2020 Perseverance Rover. I have a strong passion to increase representation of Indigenous Peoples in STEM.
January 14, 2025 at 4:12 AM
More about me: I have designed & sent multiple space flight hardware to space & to Mars on the InSight mission & Mars2020 Perseverance Rover. I have a strong passion to increase representation of Indigenous Peoples in STEM.
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In one day two of my faves got on Bluesky. 🥹👏🏾 Add @lindablackelk.bsky.social and @aaronyazzie.bsky.social, and watch your Indigenous understanding multiply exponentially. 😉
January 14, 2025 at 3:17 AM
In one day two of my faves got on Bluesky. 🥹👏🏾 Add @lindablackelk.bsky.social and @aaronyazzie.bsky.social, and watch your Indigenous understanding multiply exponentially. 😉
I am safe during these devastating LA area fires: specifically the #EatonFire. In this image you can see the fire impacted area highlighted in red, my workplace NASA JPL circled in green & the proximate area where I live circled in blue. I was fortunate to not be in the evacuation zone
January 14, 2025 at 3:20 AM
I am safe during these devastating LA area fires: specifically the #EatonFire. In this image you can see the fire impacted area highlighted in red, my workplace NASA JPL circled in green & the proximate area where I live circled in blue. I was fortunate to not be in the evacuation zone
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Aaron Yazzie: Bridging Indigenous Heritage and Space Exploration
->NASA | #Indigenous | More info from EcoSearch
->NASA | #Indigenous | More info from EcoSearch
Aaron Yazzie: Bridging Indigenous Heritage and Space Exploration
Aaron Yazzie’s dream of being part of humanity’s exploration of space took him on a journey from his childhood home on the Navajo Nation to working at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) in Southern California. His journey reflects not only...
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November 28, 2024 at 6:54 AM
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Aaron Yazzie: Bridging Indigenous Heritage and Space Exploration www.nasa.gov/learning-res... a través de @NASA
Aaron Yazzie: Bridging Indigenous Heritage and Space Exploration - NASA
Aaron Yazzie's dream of being part of humanity’s exploration of space took him on a journey from his childhood home on the Navajo Nation to working at NASA's
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December 1, 2024 at 2:06 AM
Aaron Yazzie: Bridging Indigenous Heritage and Space Exploration www.nasa.gov/learning-res... a través de @NASA
Hello Blue Sky - I am late to the party!
January 14, 2025 at 1:14 AM
Hello Blue Sky - I am late to the party!