Amy Fredericks
@etacar11.bsky.social
Astronomy professor 🔭
Wannabe world traveler ✈️
Cat and dog mom 🐶🐱🐱🐱
She/her 💁🏼♀️
Living the dream in Southern California 🐻
Blog: https://professorerrant.com/
Wannabe world traveler ✈️
Cat and dog mom 🐶🐱🐱🐱
She/her 💁🏼♀️
Living the dream in Southern California 🐻
Blog: https://professorerrant.com/
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Amy Fredericks
@etacar11.bsky.social
· Nov 16
My first post here! (I’m on Threads too). Hello everyone, I’m an Astronomy professor from Southern California who loves to travel. Big nerd all around. My husband is @tardisneyland.bsky.social.
Trip Report: Gallifrey One and Universal Studios
Does this count as a staycation? Well, two nights in two hotels, so technically we were away from home… It’s Gallifrey, there’s always a TARDIS! Photo: Amy Fredericks Gally The Gallifrey One Doctor Who convention happens every February (usually, but…
Does this count as a staycation? Well, two nights in two hotels, so technically we were away from home… It’s Gallifrey, there’s always a TARDIS! Photo: Amy Fredericks Gally The Gallifrey One Doctor Who convention happens every February (usually, but…
Trip Report: Gallifrey One and Universal Studios
Does this count as a staycation? Well, two nights in two hotels, so technically we were away from home… It’s Gallifrey, there’s always a TARDIS! Photo: Amy Fredericks Gally The Gallifrey One Doctor Who convention happens every February (usually, but not always, on Presidents Day Weekend) at the LAX Marriott. It’s a three day convention; we always go for the first two days, staying the night in between at the hotel.
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August 7, 2025 at 9:17 PM
Trip Report: Gallifrey One and Universal Studios
Does this count as a staycation? Well, two nights in two hotels, so technically we were away from home… It’s Gallifrey, there’s always a TARDIS! Photo: Amy Fredericks Gally The Gallifrey One Doctor Who convention happens every February (usually, but…
Does this count as a staycation? Well, two nights in two hotels, so technically we were away from home… It’s Gallifrey, there’s always a TARDIS! Photo: Amy Fredericks Gally The Gallifrey One Doctor Who convention happens every February (usually, but…
Certified Platinum!
I finally did it. I got us the American Express Platinum card. The most premium (expensive) credit card I’ve ever gotten! I might need to breathe into a paper bag for a bit… Platinum! Hand model: Keeley Fredericks-Shade. No comments on her manicure allowed! Photo: Amy…
I finally did it. I got us the American Express Platinum card. The most premium (expensive) credit card I’ve ever gotten! I might need to breathe into a paper bag for a bit… Platinum! Hand model: Keeley Fredericks-Shade. No comments on her manicure allowed! Photo: Amy…
Certified Platinum!
I finally did it. I got us the American Express Platinum card. The most premium (expensive) credit card I’ve ever gotten! I might need to breathe into a paper bag for a bit… Platinum! Hand model: Keeley Fredericks-Shade. No comments on her manicure allowed! Photo: Amy Fredericks It gets 5x on flights, but that’s the only bonus category for spending. Our…
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July 15, 2025 at 5:01 AM
Certified Platinum!
I finally did it. I got us the American Express Platinum card. The most premium (expensive) credit card I’ve ever gotten! I might need to breathe into a paper bag for a bit… Platinum! Hand model: Keeley Fredericks-Shade. No comments on her manicure allowed! Photo: Amy…
I finally did it. I got us the American Express Platinum card. The most premium (expensive) credit card I’ve ever gotten! I might need to breathe into a paper bag for a bit… Platinum! Hand model: Keeley Fredericks-Shade. No comments on her manicure allowed! Photo: Amy…
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Trip Report: Kauai
Our first trip of the new year was to the one major Hawaiian island we hadn’t been to yet: Kauai! Oahu, Maui, the Big Island, we’ve done them all at least once (I actually lived briefly on Maui 25 years ago). Now all that’s really left for us is the smaller (and less accessible)…
Our first trip of the new year was to the one major Hawaiian island we hadn’t been to yet: Kauai! Oahu, Maui, the Big Island, we’ve done them all at least once (I actually lived briefly on Maui 25 years ago). Now all that’s really left for us is the smaller (and less accessible)…
Trip Report: Kauai
Our first trip of the new year was to the one major Hawaiian island we hadn’t been to yet: Kauai! Oahu, Maui, the Big Island, we’ve done them all at least once (I actually lived briefly on Maui 25 years ago). Now all that’s really left for us is the smaller (and less accessible) islands of Lanai and Molokai.
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June 25, 2025 at 1:04 AM
Trip Report: Kauai
Our first trip of the new year was to the one major Hawaiian island we hadn’t been to yet: Kauai! Oahu, Maui, the Big Island, we’ve done them all at least once (I actually lived briefly on Maui 25 years ago). Now all that’s really left for us is the smaller (and less accessible)…
Our first trip of the new year was to the one major Hawaiian island we hadn’t been to yet: Kauai! Oahu, Maui, the Big Island, we’ve done them all at least once (I actually lived briefly on Maui 25 years ago). Now all that’s really left for us is the smaller (and less accessible)…
Gotta bring back Tim Russ!
June 14, 2025 at 7:14 PM
Gotta bring back Tim Russ!
Sorry for the Lack of Updates!
It’s the little things that keep me going… (Hidden House Coffee) Photo: Amy Fredericks Life happens and this year we moved my mom into assisted living. It’s been tough. Between dealing with her care and work, it’s hard to find the time to work on blog posts. (Which…
It’s the little things that keep me going… (Hidden House Coffee) Photo: Amy Fredericks Life happens and this year we moved my mom into assisted living. It’s been tough. Between dealing with her care and work, it’s hard to find the time to work on blog posts. (Which…
Sorry for the Lack of Updates!
It’s the little things that keep me going… (Hidden House Coffee) Photo: Amy Fredericks Life happens and this year we moved my mom into assisted living. It’s been tough. Between dealing with her care and work, it’s hard to find the time to work on blog posts. (Which is something I’d much rather be doing!) We’ve still been traveling, of course.
professorerrant.com
June 14, 2025 at 5:56 PM
Sorry for the Lack of Updates!
It’s the little things that keep me going… (Hidden House Coffee) Photo: Amy Fredericks Life happens and this year we moved my mom into assisted living. It’s been tough. Between dealing with her care and work, it’s hard to find the time to work on blog posts. (Which…
It’s the little things that keep me going… (Hidden House Coffee) Photo: Amy Fredericks Life happens and this year we moved my mom into assisted living. It’s been tough. Between dealing with her care and work, it’s hard to find the time to work on blog posts. (Which…
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SoCal earthquake quick everyone post about it so we know the site has the juice!
April 14, 2025 at 5:10 PM
SoCal earthquake quick everyone post about it so we know the site has the juice!
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Saw a (double, actually) rainbow Wednesday, btw 🌈🌈😜
March 14, 2025 at 7:49 AM
Saw a (double, actually) rainbow Wednesday, btw 🌈🌈😜
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The Mercury 13 were thirteen American women who in 1959-60 took part in a privately funded research program run by physician William Randolph Lovelace II, a private contractor to #NASA, which aimed to test and screen the women for spaceflight #InternationalWomensDay
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mercury...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mercury...
Mercury 13 - Wikipedia
en.wikipedia.org
March 9, 2025 at 12:46 AM
The Mercury 13 were thirteen American women who in 1959-60 took part in a privately funded research program run by physician William Randolph Lovelace II, a private contractor to #NASA, which aimed to test and screen the women for spaceflight #InternationalWomensDay
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mercury...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mercury...
This is a scary one…
New story out today @reactorsff.bsky.social!
LANDLINE. A high school teacher is about to board a plane for school trip when her six year-old son phones from home to say the power is out and his dad has disappeared.
reactormag.com/landline-kel...
LANDLINE. A high school teacher is about to board a plane for school trip when her six year-old son phones from home to say the power is out and his dad has disappeared.
reactormag.com/landline-kel...
Landline - Reactor
A woman about to leave on an overseas business trip, calls home from the airport and discovers that “daddy” isn’t there and her six-year-old son is all alone in the dark…
reactormag.com
March 6, 2025 at 3:21 AM
This is a scary one…
What’s in my wallet?
Yeah, that’s actually my wallet! Can you guess what they all are? Photo: Amy Fredericks I thought I would do a post on my credit card earning strategy…so here it is! It’s nothing fancy or elaborate...I won't even claim I'm doing things the best way... I think my first credit…
Yeah, that’s actually my wallet! Can you guess what they all are? Photo: Amy Fredericks I thought I would do a post on my credit card earning strategy…so here it is! It’s nothing fancy or elaborate...I won't even claim I'm doing things the best way... I think my first credit…
What’s in my wallet?
Yeah, that’s actually my wallet! Can you guess what they all are? Photo: Amy Fredericks I thought I would do a post on my credit card earning strategy…so here it is! It’s nothing fancy or elaborate...I won't even claim I'm doing things the best way... I think my first credit cards (when I was in college) were a Sears store card and a…
professorerrant.com
March 5, 2025 at 8:50 PM
What’s in my wallet?
Yeah, that’s actually my wallet! Can you guess what they all are? Photo: Amy Fredericks I thought I would do a post on my credit card earning strategy…so here it is! It’s nothing fancy or elaborate...I won't even claim I'm doing things the best way... I think my first credit…
Yeah, that’s actually my wallet! Can you guess what they all are? Photo: Amy Fredericks I thought I would do a post on my credit card earning strategy…so here it is! It’s nothing fancy or elaborate...I won't even claim I'm doing things the best way... I think my first credit…
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I got laid off today, with the rest of 18F.
18F was an elite federal software shop. We made gov't websites work better, more efficiently for the American people. We saved taxpayers from getting screwed over by contractors. And were fired for it.
We made this website to tell our story:
18f.org
18F was an elite federal software shop. We made gov't websites work better, more efficiently for the American people. We saved taxpayers from getting screwed over by contractors. And were fired for it.
We made this website to tell our story:
18f.org
We're not done yet | 18F
18f.org
March 1, 2025 at 10:38 PM
I got laid off today, with the rest of 18F.
18F was an elite federal software shop. We made gov't websites work better, more efficiently for the American people. We saved taxpayers from getting screwed over by contractors. And were fired for it.
We made this website to tell our story:
18f.org
18F was an elite federal software shop. We made gov't websites work better, more efficiently for the American people. We saved taxpayers from getting screwed over by contractors. And were fired for it.
We made this website to tell our story:
18f.org
Just got my 2nd shingles shot. Going to take a walk, see if I keel over. 😂
February 19, 2025 at 6:34 PM
Just got my 2nd shingles shot. Going to take a walk, see if I keel over. 😂
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Portuguese editorial cartoonist Zez Vaz reaches back to Tiananmen Square to call on American defiance.
February 15, 2025 at 1:43 PM
Portuguese editorial cartoonist Zez Vaz reaches back to Tiananmen Square to call on American defiance.
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Stand with science. Always.
DISEASES ERADICATED OR DECIMATED BY SCIENCE:
1. Chickenpox
2. Diphtheria
3. Measles
4. Pertussis
5. Pneumococcal Infection
6. Polio
7. Tetanus
8. Typhoid
9. Yellow Fever
10. Smallpox
DISEASES ERADICATED OR DECIMATED BY RFK JR. OR PRAYER:
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1. Chickenpox
2. Diphtheria
3. Measles
4. Pertussis
5. Pneumococcal Infection
6. Polio
7. Tetanus
8. Typhoid
9. Yellow Fever
10. Smallpox
DISEASES ERADICATED OR DECIMATED BY RFK JR. OR PRAYER:
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February 14, 2025 at 9:30 PM
Stand with science. Always.
Spotted a dalek at @gallifreyone.bsky.social
February 15, 2025 at 2:27 AM
Spotted a dalek at @gallifreyone.bsky.social
We are just leaving the house!
February 14, 2025 at 5:30 PM
We are just leaving the house!
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the first ever image of the entire earth and moon together, taken by voyager 1 in 1977
February 8, 2025 at 8:07 PM
the first ever image of the entire earth and moon together, taken by voyager 1 in 1977
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Aliette is an amazing, powerful, ingenious writer, but more importantly she's an amazing, kind-hearted person who deserves all that is good in the world, and instead she's in a tough situation. If you can afford to help her out at all, please do so. gofund.me/0835f91c
Donate to Helping Aliette, organized by Paul Cornell
Our friend Aliette de Bodard is going through some awful times right now, and we seek to provide her some… Paul Cornell needs your support for Helping Aliette
gofund.me
February 8, 2025 at 8:11 PM
Aliette is an amazing, powerful, ingenious writer, but more importantly she's an amazing, kind-hearted person who deserves all that is good in the world, and instead she's in a tough situation. If you can afford to help her out at all, please do so. gofund.me/0835f91c
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Normalize pronouncing DOGE as DOUCHE.
February 8, 2025 at 9:03 PM
Normalize pronouncing DOGE as DOUCHE.
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Happy Black History Month, and yeah, we're still doing that.
a drawing of a fist with a purple bracelet around it
ALT: a drawing of a fist with a purple bracelet around it
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February 1, 2025 at 12:43 PM
Happy Black History Month, and yeah, we're still doing that.
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As a Gen X kid, I was promised two possible futures:
1) Post-apocalyptic wasteland where people fought for the remining scraps of civilization
2) Techno-Hell where our lives were ruled by megacorporations that took over the government
Looks like Option 2 was the winner. Still time for 1, though
1) Post-apocalyptic wasteland where people fought for the remining scraps of civilization
2) Techno-Hell where our lives were ruled by megacorporations that took over the government
Looks like Option 2 was the winner. Still time for 1, though
January 27, 2025 at 8:51 PM
As a Gen X kid, I was promised two possible futures:
1) Post-apocalyptic wasteland where people fought for the remining scraps of civilization
2) Techno-Hell where our lives were ruled by megacorporations that took over the government
Looks like Option 2 was the winner. Still time for 1, though
1) Post-apocalyptic wasteland where people fought for the remining scraps of civilization
2) Techno-Hell where our lives were ruled by megacorporations that took over the government
Looks like Option 2 was the winner. Still time for 1, though
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I’m telling everyone: Do not open the door or say a word unless you’re expecting someone and know exactly who it is.
Know your rights. Pass these around…
Know your rights. Pass these around…
January 25, 2025 at 2:52 PM
I’m telling everyone: Do not open the door or say a word unless you’re expecting someone and know exactly who it is.
Know your rights. Pass these around…
Know your rights. Pass these around…
Coming home from Kauai. Pooh got his own seat!
January 24, 2025 at 12:49 AM
Coming home from Kauai. Pooh got his own seat!