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Ashley Hamer Pritchard
@smashleyhamer.bsky.social
Podcaster (Taboo Science, formerly Curiosity Daily), writer, saxophonist, mom, cat person
science communication is my passion
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April 6, 2025 at 6:21 PM
I just learned that the reason we use black and white soccer balls is because of a gimmick created by Adidas in honor of the Telstar Satellite, a satellite launched in the 1960s that was shaped like a ball and dotted with little solar panels....like a soccer ball. Soccer balls used to be BROWN
April 2, 2025 at 3:13 PM
HELP I'M SORRY WHAT
February 27, 2025 at 3:16 PM
Something fun I just learned: The screenwriter for Miss Congeniality didn't like the original music they had for the pageant anthem, so he asked his 5 year old son to write a new one. The producers unknowingly chose it for the film.

You can hear it in this clip: youtu.be/Kf0tmg27pWA?...
January 17, 2025 at 2:11 PM
Question for the hivemind: If I want warm water to come out of a tap like this, will it warm up faster if I turn it all the way to hot, or will it take the same amount of time if I turn it to the medium temperature I'm looking for?

Husband thinks it's the first one, but I'm questioning
January 16, 2025 at 10:39 PM
I just hit the episode from which @eve6.bsky.social got their name. Utter 90s bliss over here
December 8, 2024 at 7:41 AM
Annual reminder to parents with kids music in their Spotify Wrapped that you can put it all in a playlist and then hit the three dots and choose "Exclude from Taste Profile." I had zero Ms. Rachel songs in my Wrapped this year.
December 4, 2024 at 10:02 PM
Let the maternity leave binge begin
December 2, 2024 at 5:04 PM
terrible time to try and start a new social media habit and populate a new feed with witty posts when my entire brain is taken up by this thing
November 17, 2024 at 11:48 AM
Had a baby! Everyone is healthy, everything went so smoothly. Already home from the hospital.
November 14, 2024 at 11:54 PM
I don't know the backstory of this photo but it has Marina Abramović vibes
November 11, 2024 at 2:27 PM
Confirmed, I live in Asheville NC and have seen this in action
October 16, 2023 at 2:01 PM
Asheville seriously has some of the best music photographers I've ever seen. Pic by Nick Burrows from the Women to the Front festival this weekend.
September 19, 2023 at 3:06 PM
ah, mouse/cat, the two genders
September 5, 2023 at 7:21 PM
this dyed in the wool chicago-looking mfer has absolutely no business being canadian
July 31, 2023 at 11:03 PM
Introductory post:
I'm Ashley! I do a podcast called Taboo Science that looks at stigma and taboos through a scientific lens. I'm also the managing editor at Descript, where I think about the ways creators can make their lives & workflows better. I'm also a new mom, a saxophonist & a cat person.
July 3, 2023 at 9:50 PM