Dr. Moiya McTier

The book was definitely written with cats in mind 😊

Hardback version of the Milky Way by Dr. Moira McTier

Had to go a bit out of my way cause someone didn’t put it back in the right place at one lib, but excited for my next read from @goastromo.bsky.social ✨🙌🏾

Hey I don’t make the rules here 👐🏽 I follow his lead

I mean, it’s literally illegal to move when they’re on you, so your bosses is asking you to be a criminal

I knowwwww 😍

No reasonable person could blame you!

He really is

Cosmo the cat laying on top of Moiya’s feet on a green carpet with a fan and bookcase in the background. He’s looking up at the camera with his green eyes

If I’m ever late to meet you, know it’s because I couldn’t bear the thought of leaving my baby

Help, please!

This is a long shot but… a couple weeks ago someone posted a link to their AI educational resources with info on its history and development. I lost track of it and can’t remember the name of the institution 😤

Could yall drop your favorite AI primers below?

"How Are the Very Rich Feeling About New York’s Next Mayor?"

A Dramatic Reading of The Recent New York Times Dispatch from the Hamptons.

Presented by The Gilded Age's Morgan Spector.

Beautiful! Spooky! I love it 😍

A photo of me with the text “guest curator, Dr. Claire Aubin, Host of This Guy Sucked” over a background of podcast cover art

I curated a fun back-to-school list for Pocket Casts for people looking to learn new things from actual experts!

Go check it out if that sounds like something you’d enjoy ☺️

blog.pocketcasts.com/2025/09/03/d...

You’ll be getting a signed copy in the mail in a year!

Screenshot of notes app where Moiya checked off her book chapters as she wrote them. They are: - Terpsichore, spandex - Cleo, Humanity has a problem - Calliope, internet - Erato, birth control - Thalia, media networks - Euterpe, jazz - Melpomene, flight - Polymnia, electricity - Ourania, telescope Publishing date: August 18, 2026

Cover of Moiya’s upcoming book, Mothers of Invention! Orange background with shards from a broken ceramic vase depicting different inventions like the lightbulb and spinning wheel. Subtitle: a history of creativity from the Greek muses. By Dr. Moiya McTier

I finished writing my book, yall!! 🥳 out next summer, so I can take a moment to rest 😮‍💨

Yeah, he’s writing the whole thing!

And my editor is a bee who has promised to donate her knees for the project!

Aerial view of Cosmo the cat’s paws on moiya’s laptop keyboard with a word document open and a notebook to the side.

🤫🤫 don’t tell my editor, but I hired a ghost writer for my book and I’m paying him in scratches and kibble

Yes Smokey!! ❤️

Via Variety: 'Guillermo del Toro refused to make #Frankenstein with too much visual effects and green screens: "I want real sets."'

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lol you weren’t kidding! He looks like an adorable meanie 😆

Smokey 😍😍

But I bet that cat doesn’t play about you! I love a grumpy looking cat tbh 😆

Moiya laying on her stomach on her couch with Cosmo the cat nestled against her side

Cosmo is making sure I keep up my writing progress. Only 364 days until this book comes out! #MothersOfInvention

How many stars form in compact clusters in the local Milky Way? Two main models coexist for the environment in which stars form. The clustered model stipulates that the bulk of star formation occurs within dense embedded clusters, but only a minority of them survi...

Most stars form in clusters! 🔭🧪☄️ #galactic

In a new paper led by @alexis-space.bsky.social, we show that >80% of stars in the local Milky Way formed in clusters.

This is *much* higher than other recent estimates (~15%), and supports more traditional 'clustered' models of star formation!

have I mentioned yet this week that Starlink harms astronomical research, is degrading the ozone layer, and is too expensive and congested to help rural americans most in need of affordable broadband access at scale?

oh and the company is also run by an overt white supremacist

YouTube video by That's A Lot Thats A Lot: Episode 1 (In glorious horizontal format!)

Happy THAT’S A LOT day to everyone who celebrates, which should be all of you! 🥳🥳

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That’s A Lot premieres in just 3 days! 🎬⏰

For everyone asking where I got the dress, it’s a skirt gifted to me by a friend. I *think* this might be where she got it??

www.etsy.com/listing/5376...

You know how I like to dress on theme 😊

I love a good pun! Thank you 😊