Dr. Luna Z 🌙
@cosmolooney.bsky.social
cosmo postdoc | she/they | 🇷🇸 ➡️ 🇺🇸 ➡️ 🇨🇦 | of material substance
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1/2 through this 2-day drive for Spark Space, a community project to provide some safety with electricity & internet for remote workers & students.
£5 will help them expand internet services - we’re trying to reach £1700, and I’m matching up to 150.
chuffed.org/project/spar...
£5 will help them expand internet services - we’re trying to reach £1700, and I’m matching up to 150.
chuffed.org/project/spar...
March 18, 2025 at 2:00 PM
1/2 through this 2-day drive for Spark Space, a community project to provide some safety with electricity & internet for remote workers & students.
£5 will help them expand internet services - we’re trying to reach £1700, and I’m matching up to 150.
chuffed.org/project/spar...
£5 will help them expand internet services - we’re trying to reach £1700, and I’m matching up to 150.
chuffed.org/project/spar...
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Dear friends. I’m think of moving here to Bluesky. I appreciate if you all can share this with your friends to find my account.
March 17, 2025 at 5:57 PM
Dear friends. I’m think of moving here to Bluesky. I appreciate if you all can share this with your friends to find my account.
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🇷🇸 Serbia: March 14th saw the largest protest in Belgrade against dictator Vucic since the 2000 protests against dictator Milosevic.
Those protests eventually led to Milosevic's overthrow and extradition to the Hague for his war crimes and genocide.
He died in a prison cell.
Those protests eventually led to Milosevic's overthrow and extradition to the Hague for his war crimes and genocide.
He died in a prison cell.
March 15, 2025 at 7:56 AM
🇷🇸 Serbia: March 14th saw the largest protest in Belgrade against dictator Vucic since the 2000 protests against dictator Milosevic.
Those protests eventually led to Milosevic's overthrow and extradition to the Hague for his war crimes and genocide.
He died in a prison cell.
Those protests eventually led to Milosevic's overthrow and extradition to the Hague for his war crimes and genocide.
He died in a prison cell.
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The rally — which is probably the biggest anti-government protest ever held in Serbia — comes after more than four months of anti-corruption demonstrations.
#EuropeNews
#EuropeNews
Mass protest in Belgrade against President Vucic's government
The rally — which is probably the biggest anti-government protest ever held in Serbia — comes after more than four months of anti-corruption demonstrations.
l.euronews.com
March 15, 2025 at 5:34 PM
The rally — which is probably the biggest anti-government protest ever held in Serbia — comes after more than four months of anti-corruption demonstrations.
#EuropeNews
#EuropeNews
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The week of March 17 is going to be filled with major data cosmology releases. On March 18, the Atacama Cosmology Telescope (ACT) will present its cosmology results from DR6. On March 19, DESI and Euclid will independently have data releases with PR. What might we learn? [1/n] ☄️🔭🧪
March 5, 2025 at 4:03 PM
The week of March 17 is going to be filled with major data cosmology releases. On March 18, the Atacama Cosmology Telescope (ACT) will present its cosmology results from DR6. On March 19, DESI and Euclid will independently have data releases with PR. What might we learn? [1/n] ☄️🔭🧪
Today is my first day taking my ADHD medication and holy shit are you telling me there are people whose brains are naturally this quiet and focused??
I could have just…been living like this? Get to work and start without going through 27 load bearing coping mechanisms first??
…wild.
I could have just…been living like this? Get to work and start without going through 27 load bearing coping mechanisms first??
…wild.
March 5, 2025 at 10:59 PM
Today is my first day taking my ADHD medication and holy shit are you telling me there are people whose brains are naturally this quiet and focused??
I could have just…been living like this? Get to work and start without going through 27 load bearing coping mechanisms first??
…wild.
I could have just…been living like this? Get to work and start without going through 27 load bearing coping mechanisms first??
…wild.
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In light of this deeply illegal activity at NSF and the ongoing attack on American science, I'm posting the slides from my 2017 talk at the American Physical Society about the Nazi take over of German physics/why German is no longer science's lingua franca 🧪
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drive.google.com/file/d/1_MCm...
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drive.google.com/file/d/1_MCm...
January 31, 2025 at 2:19 PM
In light of this deeply illegal activity at NSF and the ongoing attack on American science, I'm posting the slides from my 2017 talk at the American Physical Society about the Nazi take over of German physics/why German is no longer science's lingua franca 🧪
🧵 1/26
drive.google.com/file/d/1_MCm...
🧵 1/26
drive.google.com/file/d/1_MCm...
The other day I asked what's been bringing me hope and joy in dark times and for me that's 100% the Serbian students and their dedicated protests against government corruption.
The foreign reporting I've seen on the topic hasn't been the best, but here's a start: balkaninsight.com/2025/01/28/s...
The foreign reporting I've seen on the topic hasn't been the best, but here's a start: balkaninsight.com/2025/01/28/s...
Serbian Students Report Attacks in Wake of Mass Highway Blockade
While a 24-hour blockade of a major traffic interchange in Belgrade was held amid ongoing student protests about official culpability for a fatal infrastructure collapse, students in the city of Novi ...
balkaninsight.com
January 28, 2025 at 2:52 PM
The other day I asked what's been bringing me hope and joy in dark times and for me that's 100% the Serbian students and their dedicated protests against government corruption.
The foreign reporting I've seen on the topic hasn't been the best, but here's a start: balkaninsight.com/2025/01/28/s...
The foreign reporting I've seen on the topic hasn't been the best, but here's a start: balkaninsight.com/2025/01/28/s...
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"What I learned about Hamilton from the musical" is such a fantastic parallel to "what I learned from chatgpt". Absolutely cooked.
January 28, 2025 at 2:26 PM
"What I learned about Hamilton from the musical" is such a fantastic parallel to "what I learned from chatgpt". Absolutely cooked.
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If you’re in the US and you’d like to know what projects and vital services federal grants currently fund in your state, you can search here: www.usaspending.gov
And you can find the contact information for your elected representatives here: www.usa.gov/elected-offi...
They need to hear from you.
And you can find the contact information for your elected representatives here: www.usa.gov/elected-offi...
They need to hear from you.
USAspending.gov
www.usaspending.gov
January 28, 2025 at 4:59 AM
If you’re in the US and you’d like to know what projects and vital services federal grants currently fund in your state, you can search here: www.usaspending.gov
And you can find the contact information for your elected representatives here: www.usa.gov/elected-offi...
They need to hear from you.
And you can find the contact information for your elected representatives here: www.usa.gov/elected-offi...
They need to hear from you.
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Considering how many will be impacted by this decision, the story isn't getting enough traction.
www.cnn.com/2025/01/27/p...
www.cnn.com/2025/01/27/p...
All federal grants and loan disbursement paused by White House | CNN Politics
The White House budget office has ordered a pause on all federal grants and loans, according to an internal memorandum sent Monday.
www.cnn.com
January 28, 2025 at 12:18 PM
Considering how many will be impacted by this decision, the story isn't getting enough traction.
www.cnn.com/2025/01/27/p...
www.cnn.com/2025/01/27/p...
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And, also. . . I think if we stop at "she predicted this!" we miss the real value in her work. . .
which is that she helped us imagine how we could thrive in it.
which is that she helped us imagine how we could thrive in it.
Octavia Butler couldn’t see the future. She saw what was happening in front of her and, in addition to studying the past, was able to imagine where it would lead. It’s important to tell the truth about her because mythologizing her is a disservice to her legacy.
January 9, 2025 at 10:02 PM
And, also. . . I think if we stop at "she predicted this!" we miss the real value in her work. . .
which is that she helped us imagine how we could thrive in it.
which is that she helped us imagine how we could thrive in it.
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Hey bluesky! Do you want to develop your own open-source software in Python? Apply to attend Code/Astro!
Website: semaphorep.github.io/codeastro/
Scroll all the way down for the application link. :) Apps are due Feb 1! (1/2)
Website: semaphorep.github.io/codeastro/
Scroll all the way down for the application link. :) Apps are due Feb 1! (1/2)
Program Description
A Software Engineering Workshop for Astronomy
semaphorep.github.io
January 4, 2025 at 2:22 AM
Hey bluesky! Do you want to develop your own open-source software in Python? Apply to attend Code/Astro!
Website: semaphorep.github.io/codeastro/
Scroll all the way down for the application link. :) Apps are due Feb 1! (1/2)
Website: semaphorep.github.io/codeastro/
Scroll all the way down for the application link. :) Apps are due Feb 1! (1/2)
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Let's start sending the bills for firefighting and home replacement to oil companies. Great way to internalize their externalities since they all love the market economy so much 🔥
January 9, 2025 at 10:42 AM
Let's start sending the bills for firefighting and home replacement to oil companies. Great way to internalize their externalities since they all love the market economy so much 🔥
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For Maths fans, 2025 is a square.
45² = 45 x 45 = 2025
Also,
9² x 5² = 2025
40² + 20² + 5² = 2025
My favourite?
1³+2³+3³+4³+5³+6³+7³+8³+9³ = 2025
#Mathematics #teaching #education
45² = 45 x 45 = 2025
Also,
9² x 5² = 2025
40² + 20² + 5² = 2025
My favourite?
1³+2³+3³+4³+5³+6³+7³+8³+9³ = 2025
#Mathematics #teaching #education
January 1, 2025 at 1:56 PM
For Maths fans, 2025 is a square.
45² = 45 x 45 = 2025
Also,
9² x 5² = 2025
40² + 20² + 5² = 2025
My favourite?
1³+2³+3³+4³+5³+6³+7³+8³+9³ = 2025
#Mathematics #teaching #education
45² = 45 x 45 = 2025
Also,
9² x 5² = 2025
40² + 20² + 5² = 2025
My favourite?
1³+2³+3³+4³+5³+6³+7³+8³+9³ = 2025
#Mathematics #teaching #education
Does this imply that “feeling 22” is equivalent to the feeling of being surrounded by 7 pies?
Today is my 14π birthday! So this is a reminder that whenever you turn a multiple of 22 you also turn a very-close-to-multiple of π.
December 23, 2024 at 5:57 PM
Does this imply that “feeling 22” is equivalent to the feeling of being surrounded by 7 pies?
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Interviewer: can you explain this gap in your resume?
Astronomer: ah you mean when I was Dark Working
Astronomer: ah you mean when I was Dark Working
December 23, 2024 at 1:46 AM
Interviewer: can you explain this gap in your resume?
Astronomer: ah you mean when I was Dark Working
Astronomer: ah you mean when I was Dark Working
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Reminder ⏰. Deadline to register for the networking is December 30, 1 week from today.
Black In Astro and
@aascsma.bsky.social
are hosting a free networking dinner on January 15, 2025, from 6-9pm at the 245th
@aasoffice.bsky.social
meeting in National Harbor, MD! Please express interest in attending by Dec 30 by using the QR code! 🔭🪐☄️. Link 🔗: forms.gle/ged5tKkYYTVS...
@aascsma.bsky.social
are hosting a free networking dinner on January 15, 2025, from 6-9pm at the 245th
@aasoffice.bsky.social
meeting in National Harbor, MD! Please express interest in attending by Dec 30 by using the QR code! 🔭🪐☄️. Link 🔗: forms.gle/ged5tKkYYTVS...
December 23, 2024 at 4:18 PM
Reminder ⏰. Deadline to register for the networking is December 30, 1 week from today.
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December 12, 2024 at 9:27 PM
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Ugh this is so sad. Maybe not her most powerful, but to me, her most moving poem is this one
December 10, 2024 at 3:17 AM
Ugh this is so sad. Maybe not her most powerful, but to me, her most moving poem is this one
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@blackinphysics.bsky.social is now up and running !
We've finally made our way over here! Be on the look out for new stuff from us! #BlackInPhysics
December 10, 2024 at 1:51 AM
@blackinphysics.bsky.social is now up and running !
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while i appreciate the work astrobites does, i feel like theres a currently overlooked niche for satirical astronomy publishing
December 7, 2024 at 11:07 PM
while i appreciate the work astrobites does, i feel like theres a currently overlooked niche for satirical astronomy publishing
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Caprice is an outstanding scientist, a great speaker, and on the postdoc job market this year! 🔭🧪⚛️
Here at U Michigan Astro we were privileged to host the 2022 Beth Brown Award winner, @capricephillips.bsky.social, who gave TWO great talks: one about her awesome research and one about community and @blackinastro.bsky.social 🤩🥳👏
December 7, 2024 at 3:53 AM
Caprice is an outstanding scientist, a great speaker, and on the postdoc job market this year! 🔭🧪⚛️
If any non-physics post secondary students in Canada are interested in doing a cross-disciplinary internship with me, reach out through my website! Check out the previous project on the role of metaphor for inspiration ✨
mcdonaldinstitute.ca/events/cdi-p...
mcdonaldinstitute.ca/events/cdi-p...
Cross-Disciplinary Internship (CDI) Program Deadline January 24, 2025 - McDonald Institute
An internship for full- or part-time students registered in non-physics majors to participate in astroparticle physics research.
mcdonaldinstitute.ca
December 6, 2024 at 2:14 PM
If any non-physics post secondary students in Canada are interested in doing a cross-disciplinary internship with me, reach out through my website! Check out the previous project on the role of metaphor for inspiration ✨
mcdonaldinstitute.ca/events/cdi-p...
mcdonaldinstitute.ca/events/cdi-p...