leavinghope
@leavinghope.bsky.social
Science Professor and Unrepentant Fan Girl. Fandoms: MCU, Star Wars, Doctor Who, Star Trek, Sherlock. Read & write fanfic. She/Her/Hers
Yup. That whole space storyline pleased me. 100% accurate? Nah. Good enough? Absolutely, with the spirit intact. I feel like somebody in the writers room has a friend at JPL who made notes.
This week's 9-1-1 episode was glorious. Just saying, as a someone who has used my IRL positions to warn folks about Kessler Syndrome, satellite constellations, lack of safety in private space travel, certain tech bros, etc... for years, I really enjoyed it.
November 2, 2025 at 10:26 PM
Yup. That whole space storyline pleased me. 100% accurate? Nah. Good enough? Absolutely, with the spirit intact. I feel like somebody in the writers room has a friend at JPL who made notes.
This week's 9-1-1 episode was glorious. Just saying, as a someone who has used my IRL positions to warn folks about Kessler Syndrome, satellite constellations, lack of safety in private space travel, certain tech bros, etc... for years, I really enjoyed it.
October 18, 2025 at 1:40 AM
This week's 9-1-1 episode was glorious. Just saying, as a someone who has used my IRL positions to warn folks about Kessler Syndrome, satellite constellations, lack of safety in private space travel, certain tech bros, etc... for years, I really enjoyed it.
Block, block, block. Report. Report. Report. Block. Block. Block.
October 17, 2025 at 11:28 PM
Block, block, block. Report. Report. Report. Block. Block. Block.
I desperately needed last night's NIN concert. So cathartic.
September 20, 2025 at 8:21 PM
I desperately needed last night's NIN concert. So cathartic.
So, my husband accidentally brought up Endgame because he had forgotten I am not a normal person about it. The horror in his eyes, poor man, once I started in.
September 12, 2025 at 11:07 PM
So, my husband accidentally brought up Endgame because he had forgotten I am not a normal person about it. The horror in his eyes, poor man, once I started in.
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Something that I love about being faculty at a CC is that we have *zero* prestige and therefore (usually) nobody targets us with their political machinations.
We are still focused on equity.
We are still teaching anti-racism.
My colleagues at other CCs have not stopped, either.
We are still focused on equity.
We are still teaching anti-racism.
My colleagues at other CCs have not stopped, either.
September 5, 2025 at 8:07 PM
Something that I love about being faculty at a CC is that we have *zero* prestige and therefore (usually) nobody targets us with their political machinations.
We are still focused on equity.
We are still teaching anti-racism.
My colleagues at other CCs have not stopped, either.
We are still focused on equity.
We are still teaching anti-racism.
My colleagues at other CCs have not stopped, either.
Well, KPop Demon Hunters was glorious.
August 16, 2025 at 10:21 PM
Well, KPop Demon Hunters was glorious.
We enjoyed Fantastic Four: First Steps far more than Superman.. I liked Superman, don't get me wrong, but I feel like the reviews demonstrate our collective relief that they didn't screw the character up instead of analyzing the movie. FF simply succeeded better as a movie (direction, story) for us.
August 4, 2025 at 3:01 AM
We enjoyed Fantastic Four: First Steps far more than Superman.. I liked Superman, don't get me wrong, but I feel like the reviews demonstrate our collective relief that they didn't screw the character up instead of analyzing the movie. FF simply succeeded better as a movie (direction, story) for us.
I made it to Hall H for the Lucas Museum presentation and teared up when George Lucas walked on stage to a standing ovation. 😭
July 28, 2025 at 4:19 AM
I made it to Hall H for the Lucas Museum presentation and teared up when George Lucas walked on stage to a standing ovation. 😭
If I've been quiet during this #SDCC, it's because I've just been obsessively staring at the San Diego Lego-Con Diorama. Photos do NOT do it justice.
July 27, 2025 at 4:46 AM
If I've been quiet during this #SDCC, it's because I've just been obsessively staring at the San Diego Lego-Con Diorama. Photos do NOT do it justice.
For any of you who are still interested in the MCU, here are the costumes from the Marvel booth today.
July 25, 2025 at 3:45 AM
For any of you who are still interested in the MCU, here are the costumes from the Marvel booth today.
Honestly losing my mind a bit right now.
George Lucas, whose #StarWars movies helped create many of the ideas of modern fandoms, is coming to #SDCC for his first-ever panel.
Lucas will headline a panel on his Lucas Museum of Narrative Art, and will be joined by Guillermo del Toro and Queen Latifah bit.ly/4ePbyRM
Lucas will headline a panel on his Lucas Museum of Narrative Art, and will be joined by Guillermo del Toro and Queen Latifah bit.ly/4ePbyRM
July 11, 2025 at 6:08 PM
Honestly losing my mind a bit right now.
OLD GUARD 3 now, please.
July 6, 2025 at 2:36 AM
OLD GUARD 3 now, please.
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NASA is being told to cancel 19 *active* missions to save $6B, which looks to be less than the ICE *hiring/retention* budget going forward.
I need people to let that sentence sink into their bones for a minute.
I need people to let that sentence sink into their bones for a minute.
If the GOP reconciliation bill passes, ICE gets through FY2029:
- $45 billion for detention, on top of the current annual budget of $3.4 billion
- $14.4 billion for transportation and removal, on top of the current annual budget of $750 million
- $8 billion for hiring/retention
- Billions more.
- $45 billion for detention, on top of the current annual budget of $3.4 billion
- $14.4 billion for transportation and removal, on top of the current annual budget of $750 million
- $8 billion for hiring/retention
- Billions more.
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June 29, 2025 at 4:17 PM
NASA is being told to cancel 19 *active* missions to save $6B, which looks to be less than the ICE *hiring/retention* budget going forward.
I need people to let that sentence sink into their bones for a minute.
I need people to let that sentence sink into their bones for a minute.
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I've seen some vocally anti-AI people recently make an anti-AI post and be surprised there are still pro-AI people following them, and I can explain this;
most pro-AI people think they are somehow the exception. the way THEY are using it, SURELY you would take no issue!
well, we do. so fuck off.
most pro-AI people think they are somehow the exception. the way THEY are using it, SURELY you would take no issue!
well, we do. so fuck off.
May 15, 2025 at 5:31 PM
I've seen some vocally anti-AI people recently make an anti-AI post and be surprised there are still pro-AI people following them, and I can explain this;
most pro-AI people think they are somehow the exception. the way THEY are using it, SURELY you would take no issue!
well, we do. so fuck off.
most pro-AI people think they are somehow the exception. the way THEY are using it, SURELY you would take no issue!
well, we do. so fuck off.
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multiple reports now that LA cops attacked a peaceful demonstration
To be clear, I saw no signs of violence or anything that would warrant teargas. They brought in horses and then we heard a bunch of loud pops before the crowds started running.
June 14, 2025 at 11:31 PM
multiple reports now that LA cops attacked a peaceful demonstration
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"Liberate this city from socialists and burdensome leadership." If that's not regime change, I don't know what to tell you.
The inflection point is now.
The inflection point is now.
Kristi Noem: "We are not going away. We are staying here to liberate the city from the socialists and the burdensome leadership that this governor and that this mayor have placed on this country and what they have tried to insert into the city."
Sen. Alex Padilla is then forcibly removed!
Sen. Alex Padilla is then forcibly removed!
June 12, 2025 at 6:57 PM
"Liberate this city from socialists and burdensome leadership." If that's not regime change, I don't know what to tell you.
The inflection point is now.
The inflection point is now.
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Hello. I live in Los Angeles. The president is lying.
June 8, 2025 at 9:54 PM
Hello. I live in Los Angeles. The president is lying.
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Can't believe it's been a whole year since I made this. Thank you to everyone who's shared what it means to them seeing Pride represented with images from near and far, all across the universe. The original page was taken down, but can still be found on archive.org: web.archive.org/web/20250129...
June 2, 2025 at 3:25 AM
Can't believe it's been a whole year since I made this. Thank you to everyone who's shared what it means to them seeing Pride represented with images from near and far, all across the universe. The original page was taken down, but can still be found on archive.org: web.archive.org/web/20250129...
Finally watched the latest Captain America movie, and I have so many questions about how that script came together. Loved any scene with Sam, Joaquin, Isaiah, and the extremely brief, much beloved cameo. Was pleasantly surprised by how much screen time Harrison Ford had. But that story? Why.
June 1, 2025 at 3:02 AM
Finally watched the latest Captain America movie, and I have so many questions about how that script came together. Loved any scene with Sam, Joaquin, Isaiah, and the extremely brief, much beloved cameo. Was pleasantly surprised by how much screen time Harrison Ford had. But that story? Why.
Have I ever mentioned how much I despise the character Rose Tyler?
May 31, 2025 at 8:43 PM
Have I ever mentioned how much I despise the character Rose Tyler?
For your evening reading, unicornpoe posted a #buddie fic, where Eddie develops stigmata in the aftermath of Bobby's death. Some beautiful prose in this. archiveofourown.org/works/65587426
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May 25, 2025 at 3:39 AM
For your evening reading, unicornpoe posted a #buddie fic, where Eddie develops stigmata in the aftermath of Bobby's death. Some beautiful prose in this. archiveofourown.org/works/65587426
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Explore the #DoctorWho "Whoniverse" at the @comicconmuseum.bsky.social this summer with a panel series celebrating the science and tech of Who — the perfect way to make #SDCC season last all summer: sdccblog.com/2025/05/expl...
Explore the Doctor Who "Whoniverse" All Summer Long at the Comic-Con Museum
Are you local to San Diego and looking to make that Comic-Con feeling last all summer long? The Comic-Con Museum in Balboa Park is keeping fandom alive with its Into the Whoniverse panel series, inspi...
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May 22, 2025 at 2:49 AM
Explore the #DoctorWho "Whoniverse" at the @comicconmuseum.bsky.social this summer with a panel series celebrating the science and tech of Who — the perfect way to make #SDCC season last all summer: sdccblog.com/2025/05/expl...
So, my husband has truly become obsessed with the firefighter show. He obtained a free trial (and then canceled it) so we could watch the finale live. He watched the thirst tweets video. He is so angry about Bobby. I'm really enjoying this. :)
May 16, 2025 at 5:19 PM
So, my husband has truly become obsessed with the firefighter show. He obtained a free trial (and then canceled it) so we could watch the finale live. He watched the thirst tweets video. He is so angry about Bobby. I'm really enjoying this. :)
Bless the fic writers, for keeping me going.
May 16, 2025 at 6:17 AM
Bless the fic writers, for keeping me going.