i have a meme for the opposite experience

idk if I trust your tastes, Kovi. That "mediocre" podcast seems pretty snazzy to me : )

Thanks Ryan!! ⭐

It's treated so casually that I don't even have time to react before someone says "I assessed the plausibility of what you said by feeding your hypothesis verbatim into this model" and it makes me feel like I'm losing it for being furious that my ideas are being treated like training fodder

Beyond the fact that it feels incredibly disrespectful, I feel like it vastly reduces my time to explore the topic with care before it's descended upon by keyboard-smashing dorks.

I was under the impression that there's not many optical counterparts for isolated neutron stars. Maybe we just don't have a large enough population to reliably place it?

All of this is to say that among all of the complicated emotions, I feel an exceptional amount of gratitude that I'll be joining ASTRON! I'm looking forward to the work, both scientifically and socially.

It's hard to capture the grief I experienced when years of work done by myself and others to make Caltech a more inclusive place was apparently erased in an instant in order to appease the administration. Among all of the rage I feel at the situation, I desperately wish there was more I could do.

it's hard to capture the emotional whiplash I've experienced while a) interviewing and preparing for a role that honors a woman who contributed so much scientifically and socially to astronomy and b) pleading with my current institute to reaffirm their commitment to DEI while they remove resources.