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Rica Sirbaugh French #IDIC ᐰ
@ricadink.bsky.social
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next appearance = @creationent's Trek to Las Vegas #STLV
astrophysicist | education researcher | teacher | s͎u͎s͎p͎e͎c͎t͎e͎d͎ human
https://linktr.ee/ricadink
🔭⚛🧪 @StarTrek🖖🏼 @Titans🏈
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My little #NASA space cadets. 👨‍🚀🚀🐶🐕😂 #puppies #dogs
Two brown dogs sitting and looking at the camera, the left one with medium length foofy hair and beard, the right one with short, smooth hair. They both sport bandanas with embroidered NASA meatball logos. On the floor in front of them are three NASA-branded toys: a bone with rubber tug handle, an astronaut, and a rocket with knotted tug rope.
August 14, 2025 at 3:44 AM
ricadink.bsky.social
🖖🏼🖖🏼🖖🏼WE'RE ON THE MAIN STAGE WEDNESDAY AT 11:45! 😱😱😱

(In the Leonard Nimoy Theatre!)
((Right after the #StarTrekTOS guest stars & just before the #StarTrekDiscovery recurring stars!!)

www.creationent.com/cal/cemissio...
Banner image for Creation Entertainment's STLV Trek to Vegas, August 6-10, 2025, at the Rio Las Vegas.
August 6, 2025 at 5:34 AM
ricadink.bsky.social
🏳️‍🌈🧪⚛🔭USA's 1st woman in space #SallyRide was an inspiration, enduring blatant misogyny & shattering a glass ceiling while hiding a secret: her #LGBTQ+ status. Join @astrosociety.org's livestream Mon, 30 JUN, 17:15 PDT #NatGeo docufilm SALLY + Q&A w/former #NASA #astronaut #CadyColeman.
tiny.cc/SALLY
June 29, 2025 at 2:05 AM
ricadink.bsky.social
Stormy & Greyson 🥰🐶😂

#Repost @encinitas_petshotel with @let.repost
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Love Unleashed 🏳️‍🌈 #PrideMonth #daycampparties #lifeatpetsmart #anythingforpets #0144
Two brown dogs wearing Pride bandanas, sitting posed for a photo against a rainbow background and "Love is Love 🩶" banner. 🏳️‍🌈
June 9, 2025 at 2:03 AM
ricadink.bsky.social
🧵1/4 Am late to the party but apparently #TaylorSwift is having a direct impact on #astronomy #astrophysics #cosmology. Hilarious & surprisingly interesting. There's a #PopCulture #SciComm talk here. Hmm, how to work it in to #STLV... 🤔😂

Thoughts #Swifties??? @amyimhoff1701.bsky.social
June 8, 2025 at 7:23 PM
ricadink.bsky.social
My friend Kevin died last week. Well, his body did. His brain succumbed two months prior. On the 15th of February, Kevin had a heart attack while at the gym. He was resuscitated but never regained consciousness. A couple weeks later he was moved to a long-term care facility while family and friends
April 26, 2025 at 5:30 AM
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The @eissandiego.bsky.social does a phenomenal job of bringing #science to young, curious minds. Was such an honor to visit them. Major props for #KeepingScienceAlive! (especially now, sigh...)

(This was SO MUCH FUN! Thank you for having me!) ⚛️🧪🔭 #WomenInSTEM #scicomm
eissandiego.bsky.social Elementary Institute of Science @eissandiego.bsky.social · Apr 9
Spring Camp Recap: Thank you Rica Sirbaugh French, Astronomy Professor at Mira Costa and Associate Director at the Center for Astronomy Education at @stewardobservatory.bsky.social
We had a blast learning about #astronomy, the JWest and Hubble telescopes, different planets, and the #universe.
April 18, 2025 at 4:15 PM
ricadink.bsky.social
Happy Birthday! 🖖🏼
April 16, 2025 at 2:05 AM
Reposted by Rica Sirbaugh French #IDIC ᐰ
rostaylor.bsky.social
Are you a US scientist thinking of quitting the States for Europe? Would you be willing to talk about it — anonymity is possible? Send me a DM.

(Please reskeet if you have US contacts!)
March 20, 2025 at 10:25 AM
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I love going home to #Murfreesboro but I DID NOT MISS THE TORNADOES. Trained spotters have the suspected touch down FOUR MILES FROM ME. Much closer and that would have been my fourth. And people wonder why I lose my shit in tornado weather. omfg the anxiety...
nashseverewx.com Nashville Severe Weather @nashseverewx.com · Mar 15
Tornado warning for this couplet over in Rutherford Co. Does NOT include Davidson or Williamson.
March 15, 2025 at 11:37 PM
ricadink.bsky.social
TOTAL LUNAR #ECLIPSE TONIGHT! USA + most of AK gets whole event, also Canada, Mex, Lat Amer, + most of S America. Rest of Americas, Greenland, & Hawai'i get most. 🔭⚛🧪

Last one visible in USA was Nov '22 & only some got whole event. Next one March '26 but not all parts of USA see whole event.
Total Lunar Eclipse on March 13–14, 2025 – Where and When to See
Total lunar eclipse on March 13–14, 2025: Where and when is the Blood Moon visible and what will it look like? Visibility map, animation, and local times.
www.timeanddate.com
March 13, 2025 at 11:21 PM
ricadink.bsky.social
Still a chance for #NASA's #SPHEREx & #PUNCH missions to launch at 8:10pm Pacific. If scrubbed next window is same time tomorrow. 🔭⚛🧪

NASA stream www.youtube.com/watch?v=BqBU...

SpaceX stream www.spacex.com/launches/mis...
SPHEREx and PUNCH Launch (Official NASA Broadcast)
YouTube video by NASA
www.youtube.com
March 12, 2025 at 1:47 AM
ricadink.bsky.social
Join me 14 FEB @ 4pm PST for "Astro 101: Everyone's Universe." We'll see how well we know our #universe & get jazzed up for more in the Q&A. Bring your #astronomy questions! Children especially welcome! 🖖🏼🔭⚛🧪
www.youtube.com/live/0cbiV1M...

#VirtualTrekCon starts tomorrow at 2pm Pacific!
Rica French - Astro 101 | Live Science Panel | VTC6
YouTube video by Virtual Trek Con
www.youtube.com
February 14, 2025 at 6:03 AM
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Catch me #VirtualTrekCon on Valentine's Day, 4pm Pacific, youtube.com/@VirtualTrek...! Catch other #science talks by super cool folks all throughout the con. Big shout out to @neuroverse-tni.bsky.social for their amazing work supporting us, VTC, & all the special space scientists out there! 🖖🏼🔭⚛🧪
February 13, 2025 at 8:38 AM
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diane.dianeduane.com
People might want to pass this around if it's not widely known... "Animal shelters, rescues, and veterinarian clinics around the U.S. are ...telling pet owners to check their pets' microchips after learning a major microchip company is no longer providing services." www.cbsnews.com/pittsburgh/n...
Microchip company ceases operations, pet owners urged to re-register
The Texas-based company, Save This Life, has ceased operations and that could become an issue for pet owners.
www.cbsnews.com
February 10, 2025 at 7:23 PM
ricadink.bsky.social
Starting the weekend off right @kitp-ucsb.bsky.social with a little particle #physics...
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Branded folder from the Kavli Institute of Theoretical Physics. Particle physics "trading cards" used to explore sorting and categorizing elements of the Standard Model.
February 7, 2025 at 6:34 PM
ricadink.bsky.social
Last Thursday was NASA’s Day of Remembrance honoring #NASA family lost in pursuit of exploration & discovery.

27 January 2025: 58th anniversary of the #Apollo 1

28 January 2025: 39th anniversary of the Space Shuttle #Challenger

01 February 2025: 22nd anniversary of the Space Shuttle #Columbia
Cartoon of Red and Rover in a box labeled "NASA" and "USA" gazing up at the night sky where three distinct groups of stars shine brighter than the rest. "Some stars are just meant to shine brighter than others...to help light our way." https://www.gocomics.com/redandrover/2003/03/16
January 30, 2025 at 10:39 PM
ricadink.bsky.social
#NightcatProductions really knows their audience. They know we scientists appreciate the shout out. I just don't think I'll be using that particular demo in class. 😂👍🏻
#whattheforecast #wtforecast
January 27, 2025 at 4:26 AM
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#Science AND fun (!) discussing Europa and prospects for life with @jesstella.bsky.social and #OliviaGreene this morning at @creationent.bsky.social's ST:SF and promoting @neuroverse-tni.bsky.social. They're just wonderful!
January 27, 2025 at 2:07 AM
ricadink.bsky.social
I mean, adjacent to #JeffreyCombs, #BrentSpiner, #ConnorTrinneer, #TawnyNewsome, #SonequaMartinGreen, #MichelleHurd, and #RyanTHusk?!?!?! 🤯🤯🤯 Join us at @creationent.bsky.social's ST:SF today, Saturday, & Sunday! 🖖🏼 #StarTrek
January 24, 2025 at 10:04 PM
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I'll be there, too! Come see me in San Fran this Saturday! I endeavour to leave you wow-ed and energized about your amazing universe! (Oh - and I have free astro swag!) #StarTrek
January 24, 2025 at 4:20 AM
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Lunch w/Dad today...🤍🕊
Cemetery with headstones visible and snow on the ground overlooking a valley.
January 17, 2025 at 5:22 PM
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YESSSSSSS!!!! #StarTrek peeps!!!! Come see us!!! @jesstella.bsky.social, me, & Liv @creationent.bsky.social's ST:SF happening 24th-26th January @ Hyatt Regency SFO
www.creationent.com/cal/st_sf/st...
January 17, 2025 at 1:17 AM
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Wow, going to need that extra bag coming home from #AAS245 @aasoffice.bsky.social meeting. I won a prize package from #EurekaScientific! (Suggestions welcomed for ways to utilize them all at once... 😂)
Bottle of red wine, package of Rocket Copters children's toys, Saturn-shaped LED lamp & speaker combo, galaxy star projector, and 10,000 mAh power bank.
January 17, 2025 at 12:46 AM
ricadink.bsky.social
It's not too late! Join us tomorrow 9a-5p: "Increasing Student Learning & Inclusion in Your Classroom: Strategies from the Faculty Teaching Institute" for cultivating more active, effective, equitable, & inclusive learning environments. #AAS245 #ExploreAstronomy 🔭⚛🧪
tiny.cc/FTIAAS
January 11, 2025 at 6:54 PM