Quick thread about my book, "The End of Everything (Astrophysically Speaking)", with FAQ. #EndOfEverythingBook astrokatie.com/book
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Cosmologist, pilot, author, connoisseur of cosmic catastrophes. , CIFAR Azrieli Global Scholar. She/her. Dr. mastodon.social/@AstroKatie
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For those suggesting that Einstein speaking to Black students (I believe at Lincoln Univ - an HBCU) is not an indication of his views, he was a staunch anti-racist, spoke out against the railroading of the Scottsboro boys, was a friend of Paul Robeson & a member of the NAACP.
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Woke professor Albert Einstein going out of his way to promote diversity, equity and inclusion during the Jim Crow Era
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A botany valentine from years past.
Sign up for my tiny, very fun newsletter: tinyletter.com/rosemarymosco People actually seem to enjoy getting it a lot!
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❄️ Cold weather protocol initiated ✅
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How big is the universe? I wrote an essay about that for aeon.co/essays/our-cos
“The distance to the Moon is 32 million school buses! If you could drive there in one of those school buses, going at 60 miles per hour, it would take you 166 days! I’m not sure that helps.”
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This is how I feel trying to explain astrophysical distances 😣
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COVID can damage your heart. Not talking about it is supercharging anti-vax conspiracies
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Somewhere, very near you, is a tiny being, just going about their day.
They don’t care about you, or me, nor any of our worries.
And I find so much comfort in that 💚🐌
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tfw all you wanted was to see the tender gay love story everyone was talking about and now you’re scared of mushrooms
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I see that the TV studios have figured out that the DIRTY TRICK to get people to watch their shows in real time is to make the episodes SO GOOD that it becomes impossible to exist on the internet at all if you ever hope to watch unspoiled in the future 🤨
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Welp, the internet successfully emotionally bullied me into watching the zombie show.
(Yes, it was a very good episode.)
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(Thread) I am more than happy to be the mask person 😷
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This thing has thrown me around the room for two weeks and the case I had was MILD. Do yourself a favor if you haven't had the pleasure of having COVID: be the mask person.
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The obvious inequity of this & its clearly detrimental impact on public health are particularly effective reminders that a for-profit, “personal responsibility”-based healthcare system is inherently harmful to society. A pandemic is a worst-case scenario for profit-driven health.
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"Once the emergency expires, people with private insurance will have some out-of-pocket costs for vaccines, tests and treatment, while the uninsured will have to pay for those expenses in their entirety." apnews.com/article/biden-
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Just a few days for the deadline!! Don't miss this wonderful opportunity. ✨
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@Perimeter is now accepting applications for the 2023/2024 Perimeter Scholars International (PSI) program, a 10-month master's program at Canada's Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics in partnership with the @UWaterloo.
Apply online at perimeterinstitue.ca/apply 
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I’ve been seeing this account all over my feed lately and I just wanted to say that they blatantly spread misinformation and don’t credit any of the people whose photos they use.
It’s really sad that so many people follow. It really does impact us science communicators.
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As a reminder, here are the latest recommendations from about covid, which today they acknowledged is still a Public Health Emergency of International Concern: who.int/news/item/13-0 Notably, masks recommended for *everyone* in crowded, enclosed, or poorly ventilated spaces
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The Emergency Committee advised the DG that the #COVID19 pandemic remains a Public Health Emergency of International Concern. @DrTedros accepted the advice of the Committee.
See their statement:
bit.ly/3JtgqhJ
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❄️ Full-on snow day out here! Bundling up, staying in. 🫖🛋📖💻
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This is fantastic for climate communication! 📈⚽️
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Climate change conversations during live commentary of tonight’s @ManUtd vs @ReadingFC football match because of the ‘warming stripes’ sleeves design on the Reading kit.
Thank you @sammatterface & @itvfootball.
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Another of my early orbital star trails. The composition is looking to the port side of ISS which shows the star trails moving in circular arcs due to the pitch rate needed to keep the same side of space station pointed towards earth. Taken during Expedition-6 in 2003.
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It is good for the soul to occasionally have a (positive) life experience about which you tell no one, and take no pictures
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Good morning, Western Australia! Just a little heads up here
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“The capsule is 6mm in diameter and 8mm wide”
“stay at least five metres away from it”
“Any motorists who have travelled along the Great Northern Highway between Newman and Perth since January 10 should check their tyres, in case the capsule has become lodged in them” 
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Good time to remind people you can turn off autoplaying videos on this website.
Settings & Privacy → Accessibility, Display and Languages → Data Usage → Video Autoplay
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☢️ “The capsule is 6mm in diameter and 8mm wide”
“stay at least five metres away from it”
“Any motorists who have travelled along the Great Northern Highway between Newman and Perth since January 10 should check their tyres, in case the capsule has become lodged in them” 😳🫠
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If you are a student with a curiosity for Quantum Gravity as a possible academic career, the 1-year Master is a great pre-doctoral program to launch you into this field of research! Applications are still open for another week.
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Every single headljne/article I've seen has this wrong. I wrote about this last year:
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The science people should at least get veto power to stop headlines that are drastically wrong despite being perfectly crafted via SEO and A/B testing
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I know that it's always editors and not scientists/science writers who get to write the headlines but sometimes I really think they should let the scientists/science writers write the headlines. #CoreRotationSubtweet
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HiPOD: A Bear on Mars?
This feature looks a bit like a bear’s face. What is it really?
More: uahirise.org/ESP_076769_1380
NASA/JPL-Caltech/UArizona
#Mars #science #NASA uahirise.org/hipod/ESP_0767
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New life goal just dropped
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If you saw this headline, or one like it, you might reasonably have thought the world has gone mad. The inside of the Earth is spinning backwards?
*But that is not at all what the actual research says.*
[a short thread] #RealityCheck
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Over time, natural evolutionary changes have allowed classified documents to spread more effectively through their environments, with some employing burrs similar to those of burdock seed pods, specially adapted to cling to business suit fabrics
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I had a little chat with the folks at for their podcast series about veganism! I don’t talk much about that side of my life usually but check it out if it’s something you want to hear about: bonnparkpodcast.libsyn.com (my bit is the last 3rd or so of the episode)
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BP EP 175 with @AstroKatie of @Perimeter talking empathy in our food choices.
Headphones: bonnpark.com
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How's it all going to end? Astrophysicist and popular-science writer discussed four theories on how the universe will end, during her standing-room-only lecture, "Physics at the End of the Universe,” yesterday in #PennState's Foster Auditorium .
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Lovely discussion of our work in the Guardian
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Dark energy ‘chameleon trap’ wins £100,000 prize for Nottingham scientist theguardian.com/science/2023/j
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Penn State folks — come see me talk about the end of the universe tomorrow!
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Tomorrow (Jan. 23) — astrophysicist and pop-sci writer @AstroKatie presents the spring 2023 Science Achievement Graduate Fellows Lecture — “Physics at the End of the Universe” — at 1 p.m. in Foster Auditorium, Paterno Library, #PennState University Park. buff.ly/3IYSt1s
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Best advice I can give for grad students/postdocs/newPIs: Work hard to build a community of generous collaborators & colleagues who will provide feedback on things. Do the same for them. I am currently benefiting from amazing comments on a grant by 5 friends & wow.
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The deer in this photograph would very much like you to know that there is no deer in this photograph 🫥
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Check out this short interview of me on 10-Minute Tech Comm (), talking about why we get emotional about the universe and about my writing process
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Enjoyed speaking at the Conference for Undergraduate Women in Physics #CUWiP at this morning! Great audience and lots of fantastic questions!
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#cuwip Digging deep into dark matter, and other really cool topics with @AstroKatie at @penn_state CUWiP. Thank you for a fantastic plenary!
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