@merrdiff

Astronomer & data management for @VRubinObs. Also: mom, violist, scicommer, bike commuter, Episcopalian. Keep looking up, it's not *all* satellites. She/her.

 Seattle, WA
staff.washington.edu/mrawls
Joined February 2010
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"Twitter was a place, with people, and now that place is gone. Mu5k took a city with thriving neighborhoods and decided to run a f*cking interstate through the most interesting parts of it, and the interstate […] just runs from Bitcoin Town to Fascistburg." So say we all
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psssst. Escape this dumpster fire and come to the Blue Place 🦋 for all your #aas243 social media needs
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psssssst I'm on the other place now Bye or something? It's a slow exit 🫣
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Whole new company about to start launching satellites and nowhere to complain because the head of the other billionaire backed satellite company decided low-Earth orbit wasn't enough and he should also ruin the bird app
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⚠️ SMOKY SKIES LIKELY THIS WEEKEND ⚠️ Winds from the north and east are likely to pull in smoke from wildfires in BC and Eastern Washington as soon as tomorrow morning. This will probably lead to a notable deterioration in air quality, especially on Sunday. Stay safe!
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Did... did Tweetdeck just die?! Of course it did
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Finally watched #SubspaceRhapsody and then came specifically looking for this thread Perfection, every bit of it, my life is complete 🤩
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Meredith Rawls retweeted
Kat Volk@kat_volk10 Aug 2023
Back at #Rubin2023 today! My first session today is all about satellite constellations
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This timeline is still broken, as my baby's 3rd of 3 COVID shots at a UW clinic was canceled (out of stock) After an hour on the phone I learned Kaiser has it, but I can't get it, bc COVID is no longer an emergency and I'm not a member Thank you for saving the day @DrDadSays!!
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Not me saying this on a Zoom earlier today and being largely ignored
Seven Rasmussen@toomanyspectra1 Aug 2023
Replying to @toomanyspectra
SUGGESTION 1: Gender data collection MUST have fill-in-the-blank gender ID. there is no alternative. Gender should only be sought as a voluntary disclosure and NEVER assumed by eye or by name.
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Yes but could we do it with less light pollution plz
John F Kennedy JR
@johnfkjuniorq31 Jul 2023
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Mario Juric
@mjuric31 Jul 2023
We found our first potentially hazardous asteroid, 2022 SF289, using the HelioLinC3D code that will power @VRubinObs's LSST survey!! Written by @uwdirac's Ari Heinze, the new code can identify asteroids with half the observations as needed before. washington.edu/news/2023/07/… . 🧵 👇
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Don't worry, I'm sure this won't happen in space or anything
Christopher J. Beale@realchrisjbeale29 Jul 2023
Imagine no more. This is my life now.
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Come for the tunes, stay for the pedestrianized street tactical urbanism
SDOT Traffic
@SDOTtraffic22 Jul 2023
Pedestrians walking along 1st Ave between S Royal Brougham Way and S King St blocking NB lanes. Use alternative routes and use caution.
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I've been on twitter for, what, 10 minutes this morning, and suddenly I'm getting a pop-up saying "Sorry, you are rate limited. Please wait a few moments then try again." Plus this. What a dumpster fire.
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Today's required thread
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It is wholly unacceptable that my 5yo and baby will become adults in Ballard before having access to light rail from here Sound Transit knows where to build stations. Everyone knows construction sucks. Get on with it!!
Sound Transit - 🚆 🚈 🚍
@SoundTransit18 Jul 2023
Live, work, or spend time in South Lake Union (SLU)? We’d like your feedback! Join a webinar either on July 20 or 25 to learn about the Ballard Link Extension’s Denny and South Lake Union stations and make your voice heard: wsblink.participate.online
A Link train pulls into a downtown Seattle station

ALT A Link train pulls into a downtown Seattle station

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Oh nothing just waiting with (checks screen) 182 others to try to buy the best bagels in existence at precisely noon
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They changed their ordering interface, which I was previously really good at. An "add to cart" button never appeared for me, and I did not succeed in ordering bagels 😞 this is worse than swim lessons
Screenshot from confusing order page saying "All the available inventory is in carts, but more may soon become available" as well as "10 in carts" and "152 people here"

ALT Screenshot from confusing order page saying "All the available inventory is in carts, but more may soon become available" as well as "10 in carts" and "152 people here"

Screenshot from mobile order page, which does have an "Add to Cart" button, but also says "Someone else beat you to the last item just now" which is... possibly the worst info box?! Also shown is part of the bagel and cream cheese order I was trying to place.

ALT Screenshot from mobile order page, which does have an "Add to Cart" button, but also says "Someone else beat you to the last item just now" which is... possibly the worst info box?! Also shown is part of the bagel and cream cheese order I was trying to place.

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So what I'm hearing is, all we need to do for protected bike lanes is go rotate all of these 90 degrees And for the ones in locations that don't work well for this, we can just paint some unauthorized crosswalks, then the city will promptly appear to restore status quo
KOMO News
@komonews12 Jul 2023
Eco blocks parked illegally on the streets of Seattle will likely stay where they are, unless those who placed them, remove them. komonews.com/news/local/seat…

Illegal 'eco-blocks' causing controversy in Seattle's SODO neighborhood amid All-Star Week

Eco-blocks installed illegally on the streets of Seattle will likely stay where they are, unless those who placed the barriers remove them.

komonews.com
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