Vera Eris Delfavero
@xevra.world
Doctor Queen, World Traveler, Astrophysicist, Pisces
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How it feels citing your old papers:
(Me et al. 2024b) = "per my last email"
(Me et al. 2019) = "told you so!"
(Me et al. 2009) = "as the prophesy foretold"
(Me et al. 2024b) = "per my last email"
(Me et al. 2019) = "told you so!"
(Me et al. 2009) = "as the prophesy foretold"
October 20, 2025 at 2:31 PM
How it feels citing your old papers:
(Me et al. 2024b) = "per my last email"
(Me et al. 2019) = "told you so!"
(Me et al. 2009) = "as the prophesy foretold"
(Me et al. 2024b) = "per my last email"
(Me et al. 2019) = "told you so!"
(Me et al. 2009) = "as the prophesy foretold"
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Glucose capping of 5'-mRNAs in E. coli 😱, presumably is installed during transcriptional initiation #MicroSky #RNASky www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
PNAS
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October 14, 2025 at 6:19 PM
Glucose capping of 5'-mRNAs in E. coli 😱, presumably is installed during transcriptional initiation #MicroSky #RNASky www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
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The cost is that I have huge crushes on boys who are geographically cost prohibitive for me to take on coffee dates
"This website is free" No. This website comes at a terrible cost
October 8, 2025 at 9:51 PM
The cost is that I have huge crushes on boys who are geographically cost prohibitive for me to take on coffee dates
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As the weather keeps acting up and isn’t giving me any window to even try photographing Comet Lemmon, I’m killing time by reprocessing old data—here the Orion Nebula I last captured two years ago with my DSLR and a standard zoom lens (time now to go back with a proper setup). 🔭
#Astrophotography
#Astrophotography
October 5, 2025 at 12:53 PM
As the weather keeps acting up and isn’t giving me any window to even try photographing Comet Lemmon, I’m killing time by reprocessing old data—here the Orion Nebula I last captured two years ago with my DSLR and a standard zoom lens (time now to go back with a proper setup). 🔭
#Astrophotography
#Astrophotography
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Seen on linkedin
September 30, 2025 at 8:10 PM
Seen on linkedin
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Article reviewer #1: There aren't enough citations in the article, but the conclusion is great.
Reviewer #2: There are the exact right number of citations in the article, but the conclusion is iffy.
Reviewer #3: I loathe spelling errors and there were three of them in 25 pages. Unacceptable.
Me:
Reviewer #2: There are the exact right number of citations in the article, but the conclusion is iffy.
Reviewer #3: I loathe spelling errors and there were three of them in 25 pages. Unacceptable.
Me:
a woman in a turtleneck sweater is standing in front of a mirror .
Alt: Lucille Ball shrugging
media.tenor.com
September 26, 2025 at 2:16 PM
Article reviewer #1: There aren't enough citations in the article, but the conclusion is great.
Reviewer #2: There are the exact right number of citations in the article, but the conclusion is iffy.
Reviewer #3: I loathe spelling errors and there were three of them in 25 pages. Unacceptable.
Me:
Reviewer #2: There are the exact right number of citations in the article, but the conclusion is iffy.
Reviewer #3: I loathe spelling errors and there were three of them in 25 pages. Unacceptable.
Me:
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A Polish adventure skier has become the first person to climb Mount Everest and then ski down it without using supplemental oxygen, he and his sponsors announced.
Polish Skier Climbs Everest and Skis Down Without Extra Oxygen
Andrzej Bargiel, 37, became the first person to complete the feat.
nyti.ms
September 27, 2025 at 3:00 AM
A Polish adventure skier has become the first person to climb Mount Everest and then ski down it without using supplemental oxygen, he and his sponsors announced.
Let me ask my fellow academics: is it normal to get to a point in your project where you are almost done, and you're almost ready to circulate a paper, and your main points are there, but enough of the little points are baffling that you want to throw the whole manuscript into the sea?
September 25, 2025 at 3:12 AM
Let me ask my fellow academics: is it normal to get to a point in your project where you are almost done, and you're almost ready to circulate a paper, and your main points are there, but enough of the little points are baffling that you want to throw the whole manuscript into the sea?
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1. My newest Anti-Trans Legal Risk Map is here.
Risk has increased sharply for youth in many states as clinics shutter under Trump and state AGs refuse to enforce civil rights laws.
For adults, some increases in risk.
Nationwide risk remains extreme.
Subscribe to support my journalism.
Risk has increased sharply for youth in many states as clinics shutter under Trump and state AGs refuse to enforce civil rights laws.
For adults, some increases in risk.
Nationwide risk remains extreme.
Subscribe to support my journalism.
August 29, 2025 at 4:11 PM
1. My newest Anti-Trans Legal Risk Map is here.
Risk has increased sharply for youth in many states as clinics shutter under Trump and state AGs refuse to enforce civil rights laws.
For adults, some increases in risk.
Nationwide risk remains extreme.
Subscribe to support my journalism.
Risk has increased sharply for youth in many states as clinics shutter under Trump and state AGs refuse to enforce civil rights laws.
For adults, some increases in risk.
Nationwide risk remains extreme.
Subscribe to support my journalism.
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So, @xevra.world leads a great paper out today on arXiv
arxiv.org/abs/2508.13412
on how the recent event GW231123 detected by @ligo.org @egovirgo.bsky.social could've happened in an AGN.
With @saavikford.bsky.social @spacekaila.bsky.social @astrowithemily.bsky.social @jakepost.tech & McFACTS crew!
arxiv.org/abs/2508.13412
on how the recent event GW231123 detected by @ligo.org @egovirgo.bsky.social could've happened in an AGN.
With @saavikford.bsky.social @spacekaila.bsky.social @astrowithemily.bsky.social @jakepost.tech & McFACTS crew!
August 20, 2025 at 3:31 PM
So, @xevra.world leads a great paper out today on arXiv
arxiv.org/abs/2508.13412
on how the recent event GW231123 detected by @ligo.org @egovirgo.bsky.social could've happened in an AGN.
With @saavikford.bsky.social @spacekaila.bsky.social @astrowithemily.bsky.social @jakepost.tech & McFACTS crew!
arxiv.org/abs/2508.13412
on how the recent event GW231123 detected by @ligo.org @egovirgo.bsky.social could've happened in an AGN.
With @saavikford.bsky.social @spacekaila.bsky.social @astrowithemily.bsky.social @jakepost.tech & McFACTS crew!
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In this paper, @xevra.world shows that strong mass segregation around SMBHs (lots of heavy stuff, less light stuff) is pretty likely. That's great & expected, but only recently have models shown just how segregated masses might get e.g. arxiv.org/pdf/2502.13209
August 20, 2025 at 3:31 PM
In this paper, @xevra.world shows that strong mass segregation around SMBHs (lots of heavy stuff, less light stuff) is pretty likely. That's great & expected, but only recently have models shown just how segregated masses might get e.g. arxiv.org/pdf/2502.13209
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Hey folks! I promised some comments on GW231123 (the most massive BBH merger detected in GW so far!) a few weeks ago.
Well, here are my comments, in whole paper form, led by the fabulously amazing multitasking @xevra.world (who put this out WHILE MOVING INTERNATIONALLY!), with usual collabs…
🔭⚛️🧪
Well, here are my comments, in whole paper form, led by the fabulously amazing multitasking @xevra.world (who put this out WHILE MOVING INTERNATIONALLY!), with usual collabs…
🔭⚛️🧪
So, @xevra.world leads a great paper out today on arXiv
arxiv.org/abs/2508.13412
on how the recent event GW231123 detected by @ligo.org @egovirgo.bsky.social could've happened in an AGN.
With @saavikford.bsky.social @spacekaila.bsky.social @astrowithemily.bsky.social @jakepost.tech & McFACTS crew!
arxiv.org/abs/2508.13412
on how the recent event GW231123 detected by @ligo.org @egovirgo.bsky.social could've happened in an AGN.
With @saavikford.bsky.social @spacekaila.bsky.social @astrowithemily.bsky.social @jakepost.tech & McFACTS crew!
August 20, 2025 at 7:33 PM
Hey folks! I promised some comments on GW231123 (the most massive BBH merger detected in GW so far!) a few weeks ago.
Well, here are my comments, in whole paper form, led by the fabulously amazing multitasking @xevra.world (who put this out WHILE MOVING INTERNATIONALLY!), with usual collabs…
🔭⚛️🧪
Well, here are my comments, in whole paper form, led by the fabulously amazing multitasking @xevra.world (who put this out WHILE MOVING INTERNATIONALLY!), with usual collabs…
🔭⚛️🧪
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Waiter waiter, this soup tastes like rubber!
May I remind you that this is a Michelin starred restaurant sir?
May I remind you that this is a Michelin starred restaurant sir?
August 18, 2025 at 10:42 AM
Waiter waiter, this soup tastes like rubber!
May I remind you that this is a Michelin starred restaurant sir?
May I remind you that this is a Michelin starred restaurant sir?
Waking up to an excellent cover this morning! youtu.be/XbQ08Ixczvo
Norah Jones – Black Hole Sun (Detroit Fox Theatre 5.23.17)
YouTube video by Norah Jones
youtu.be
August 7, 2025 at 12:18 PM
Waking up to an excellent cover this morning! youtu.be/XbQ08Ixczvo
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Every reputable expert I know considers mRNA vaccine technology to be one of the most revolutionary advances in medicine in our lifetimes. Its inventors won the Nobel Prize in 2023. Shutting it down now is pointless self-harm to humanity.
Release from HHS: HHS will wind down its development of the mRNA vaccine development activities under the Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority (BARDA).
August 5, 2025 at 10:54 PM
Every reputable expert I know considers mRNA vaccine technology to be one of the most revolutionary advances in medicine in our lifetimes. Its inventors won the Nobel Prize in 2023. Shutting it down now is pointless self-harm to humanity.
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August 2, 2025 at 3:44 PM
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Trans kids are not
•disposable
•the reason Dems lose
•a threat
Trans kids are
•deserving of basic human rights
Trans kids should be
•protected, always
•disposable
•the reason Dems lose
•a threat
Trans kids are
•deserving of basic human rights
Trans kids should be
•protected, always
July 29, 2025 at 9:37 PM
Trans kids are not
•disposable
•the reason Dems lose
•a threat
Trans kids are
•deserving of basic human rights
Trans kids should be
•protected, always
•disposable
•the reason Dems lose
•a threat
Trans kids are
•deserving of basic human rights
Trans kids should be
•protected, always
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Things are so bad, the planet is calling for Batman.
July 27, 2025 at 5:48 AM
Things are so bad, the planet is calling for Batman.
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I could use some complements. My brain is a fuck lately
July 26, 2025 at 1:52 PM
I could use some complements. My brain is a fuck lately
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Who wants to come over and watch squirrels
July 25, 2025 at 2:01 PM
Who wants to come over and watch squirrels
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All hail the beans
July 19, 2025 at 11:26 PM
All hail the beans
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