Similarly, I couldn't decide what to wear the night before my talk, so I opted to let tomorrow's Natalie figure it out since she was the one who had to actually wear it all day.

But also that dress DOES look great on you and you should get many versions. 🥰

They must be chasing you. You should figure how to use this as some kind of super power. But, of course, only for good. 😉

I won the "Outstanding Undergraduate Faculty Teaching Award" in my department, as nominated by my students. That's after being at LSU for only 2 years and not even teaching this semester.

It's honestly carried me through the whole week. 😊

Ah ok. Good to know, thanks! 😁

I completely agree. I'm having déjà vu from the '08 recession that also saw a huge loss of opportunities and the brain drain is still felt today. But when the larger opportunities go away, I think it's vital that people do what they can to support students locally in whatever way they can.

While the discussion is centered around astronomy, the overall plan and technology is fairly generalized. So I think it's useful to a broad range of scientists and people. 😉

Also, thank you! What's better than conveying an intent than a meme.

Oh that sounds interesting! I'll add it to my to-read list of books. Thanks.

Exactly. And the truth of the matter is that it took Caleb Wheeler (the lead author of the paper) about 4-5 years to really hash out the project, work with the students, and build up the website. And all of that work is SO important to make the connection to NASA observations. 😃

Totally fair. But make sure that you give yourself the credit for the climb, since that tends to be a huge amount of effort and persistence. 😉

Meet me at SEATAC! We gunna catch us some otters. I shall call him Squishy and he shall be mine. And he shall be my Squishy. Come here, Squishy!!

Nice! I've only met a handful of people who do this sort of thing...and I feel like we all own pretty good headphones/earbuds 😉