@merrdiff.bsky.social !!! So great to connect with you after all these years & see that you are doing cool astronomy work too!!

I remember her PhD work & maybe NASA. Had no idea about marriage (CONGRATULATIONS!) and law school--awesome! Recently went thru exercise of LHO operators...think I worked with Dani from around 2006-2010-ish. Please say "hi" to her for me & wish her luck on the bar!! :)

Ohhhh, Dani!! Yes, that's right--I remember she was our Laser Safety Officer way back when! Now you got me trippin' then. Maybe there was a time we did have a recorded voice! (and maybe only the Laser Safety Officer would do this). My memory could definitely be off! :)

Oh interesting. Now I'm curious about this announcement!

And I wonder if I met your wife. I've been an operator at LIGO Hanford Observatory since '98. :)

"...terminal that uses text-to-speech software to create a "verbal alarm"" that announces different states/alarms for the detector. (thought this was computer voice)

Would it be that voice perhaps? If so, I could try to record it during my eve shifts this/next week. Hope this helps! :)

Hey @asleepywanderer.bsky.social & @sevenrasmussen.com:
Ooo, what voice we are talking about? Whenever operators announce we are Laser SAFE/HAZARD, we speak over the intercom (hate hearing my voice! LOL).

However, since about 2015 (when aLIGO went online), we have used a script "run from a...

I miss shelter cove!!

Take me with you! 🥰

Awww, I miss Perseus & you!!

Those Ghibli Clouds!! ☁️

Oh, another friend on here mentioned me and then I think you added me. :) And thanks for explaining how Starter Packs work! :)

I'm not totally sure how a Starter Pack works, but it looks like I'm added, I clicked the Follow All button, and I introduced myself! Look forward to connectin' with ya'll! :)

#GravitationalWaves from colliding black holes (helping confirm Einstein's work!) AAND:
I had Sharon Yellowfly (my mom!) translate the press release into Blackfoot! Oh & here's an article from Caltech from a couple days ago about my Headdress transfer in Jun2024:
magazine.caltech.edu/post/ligo-bl...

Oki All! Looks like I'm added but I didn't share about myself! (I'm a total bsky newbie!)
I’m Corey Gray; member of the #SiksikaNation (Blackfoot); working at Caltech/LIGO since '98 after finishing undergrad in Physics & Applied Math.
We made news in 2016 for the historic discovery of....

Oh and I forgot—I work at the LIGO Hanford Observatory in Washington state. 🤓

Oki @asleepywanderer.bsky.social, @astroholbrook.bsky.social, @ordinarystarman.bsky.social !
I’m Blackfoot (Siksika Nation). There is also a newly formed Society Of Indigenous Physicists too!