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Christine Pulliam

@christinepulliam.bsky.social

Astronomer. Aviator. Always looking up. Cat mom. Science communicator/media relations at STScI. Views are my own.

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Mar Hicks@histoftech.bsky.social · 3w ago

This lettuce is literally everywhere and usually it’s in contexts where no one knows/discloses it. Taco Bell is one of the only places doing the right, proactive thing here and misleading headlines are flipping things around making seem like they’re a site of danger instead.

val@trickycrayon.com · 3w ago

This framing is so disgusting and irresponsible. Yes, Taylor Farms supplies Taco Bell. THEY ALSO SUPPLY TONS OF OTHER RESTAURANTS AND GROCERY STORES. People will take "avoid Taco Bell" as the lesson which is NOT HELPFUL. www.wcvb.com/article/cycl...

John Scalzi@scalzi.com · 4w ago

If I could have a magic box that would let my cats understand me for only one sentence, that sentence would be, "For fuck's sake, throw up on the bare floor and not on the goddamn carpet"

Sugar the cat, who just went out of her way to move off the bare bathroom floor to throw up on the hallway carpet AND ALSO ON THE STAIRS, JEEZ
Dr Pamela L Gay@starstryder.space · last mo.

The car has locked the trunk. There is no keyhole like with the doors. I can't climb through the back seat to release it from inside because my bike is in there. The car ate my bike. I have now spent $113 to not bike ride 24 miles with a friend. When the universe says no, listen. I work now.

Mika McKinnon@mikamckinnon.bsky.social · last mo.

Venezuela quake: The most useful thing to give after a major catastrophe is cash. But it can be tricky figuring out where to send the cash where it’ll have the biggest impact. Local charities with known track records & connections work best, but… they’re the ones also struggling in the aftermath.

Mika McKinnon@mikamckinnon.bsky.social · last mo.

If you’re a manager, teacher, or other leader, consider if you have Venezuelan employees, students, or volunteers. A USGS red pager event means we’re anticipating thousands of deaths. Silence is going to be echoing terrifying for people far away from their loved ones. Just… Be gentle.

Christine Pulliam@christinepulliam.bsky.social · last mo.

Webb finds clues to the origin of an interstellar comet! One of three press releases we've put out this week. Will share the others later...

Space Telescope Science Institute@stsci.edu · last mo.

3I/ATLAS is only the third comet ever discovered from beyond our solar system. Where did it come from? The sensitive instruments on #NASAWebb provide clues, showing its specific composition is very different than comets in our cosmic neighborhood: https://news.stsci.edu/3Qw7fDb

Comparison of three telescope images side by side. The center features in each image are roughly spherical but pixelated, with more intense color saturation in the center. From left to right: smallest sphere is blue and labeled H2O, orange is slightly larger and labeled CO2, and red is largest and labeled CO. A scale bar at the lower left is labeled 1,300 km/1 arcsecond and is about one fourth of each of the three images. A compass at the lower right shows north pointing up to 12 o’clock, east pointing left to 9 o’clock, and a fainter arrow labeled to Sun pointing down to 8 o’clock.
Christine Pulliam@christinepulliam.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Wishing all of my followers the kind of night that I am having. Sitting outside in a gentle warm breeze as dusk falls. Listening to birds chirp as they return to their roosts. Watching fireflies emerge. A night to remind us how precious our planet is and how lucky we are to live here.