Katie MackOvjeren akaunt

@AstroKatie

(a.k.a. Dr Katherine J Mack) astrophysicist/cosmologist, occasional freelance science writer, connoisseur of cosmic catastrophes

Vrijeme pridruživanja: travanj 2009.

Medijski sadržaj

  1. 2. velj
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    A container of red curry paste with some Thai writing on it
  2. 2. velj
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  3. 2. velj

    Discovered too late that the new curry paste is WAY hotter than the old curry paste and now I’m scared of my dinner

    A wok on a stove filled with a thin reddish sauce and a lot of vegetables (mushrooms, zucchini, green beans, red peppers) and tofu
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  4. 30. sij

    This is what the whole thing looks like printed out. 📚

    A stack of paper (around 200 sheets) with the title page on top. It says, “The End of Everything (Astrophysically Speaking)”, “Katie Mack” and then at the bottom “Scribner” and a list of cities. Next to the stack of paper is a little enamel pin that says “Cosmic Bummer”
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  5. 30. sij

    I’ve been doing some final edits on my book manuscript and there is some reaaaaal cheerful stuff in there!! 🌌✨💀 (info & preorder links -> )

    A bit of text from my book on a printed sheet with a red pen in front of it. Heading is “Maximum Entropy”; text begins: “A universe in the thrall of a cosmological constant is a universe that is evolving inexorably toward darkness and emptiness. As the expansion accelerates, there’s more empty space, and thus more dark energy, causing more expansion, ad infinitum.”
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  6. 29. sij

    Here’s convection happening in a bowl of miso soup. Compare with gif above depicting THE FRICKIN’ SUN

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  7. 24. sij
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  9. 22. sij
    Aerial view of Manhattan. Central Park is looking kind of brown.
  10. 19. sij

    Climate change modeling has been pretty darn accurate for decades. Anyone claiming otherwise is trying to drown out the warning sirens so we’ll argue and doubt instead of taking action.

    A plot of global temperature change over time from 1970 to 2020. There’s a black line showing the ensemble mean of the climate models and a red line showing observations, plus a blue shaded region showing the range. The red line varies more but follows the black pretty well, both in the “hindcast” pre-2000 section and in the “forecast” post-2000 section. These are for models run in 2004. Point is they work well.
  11. 18. sij
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    A box of Maple flavored Cheerios. There’s a maple leaf making the dot on the i.
  12. 17. sij
    A dramatic backlit photo of me standing in a field at night. All it shows is a vaguely woman-shaped silhouette with a bright light radiating from behind the head and trees and grass dimly lit green around and in the distance.
  13. 16. sij
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  14. 14. sij

    This thing is starting to look pretty real, folks! <- info & pre-order links

    Blurry photo of me in the background holding up a (non-final) copy of my book, “The End of Everything (Astrophysically Speaking)”. The cover has a kind of space hole on it with curved radial lines coming out of it
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  15. 12. sij

    🚨EMERGENCY ALERT🚨 There is no emergency. Previous emergency was also not an emergency. Please do nothing. Thank you.

    EMERGENCY ALERT: There is NO active nuclear situation taking place at the Pickering Nuclear Generating Station. The previous alert was issued in error. There is no danger to the public or environment. No further action is required.
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  16. 12. sij

    🚨WAKE UP WAKE UP EMERGENCY🚨 NUCLEAR INCIDENT NEARBY it’s fine though really please just chill I mean watch the news like your life depends on it because maybe it does but y’know don’t panic or anything

    Phone notification arriving at 7:24am on a Sunday saying “EMERGENCY ALERT”. Alert says “An incident was reported at the Pickering Nuclear Generating Station. There has been NO abnormal release of radioactivity from the station and emergency staff are responding to the situation. People near the Pickering Generating Station DO NOT need to take any protective actions at this time. Remain tuned to local media...”
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  17. 11. sij
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  18. 11. sij

    On my way back to Waterloo now to hide out from the BIBLICAL RAIN that is apparently in store for us all this weekend. Stay safe out there, Southern Ontario friends ☔️🌧🌊

    A view of some downtown Toronto buildings and the CN Tower against a cloudy grey sky. The sidewalk is wet and shining and some people are walking around without umbrellas out.
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  19. 7. sij

    The has concluded and I have arrived at my destination! For the next six months or so, I’ll be happily ensconced at , theory-ing it up in the frozen north. Thanks for getting me here!

    Me leaning back and smiling at the camera in front of the Perimeter Institute, which is a futuristic-looking building with gold windows. There’s snow in the foreground and I’m holding a phone.
  20. 5. sij
    Charlotte and me looking irritable about the traffic.
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