Dr. Moiya McTier

Firefly Review with Corey Rindler Podcast Episode · Pale Blue Pod · 07/28/2025 · 1h 2m

Hey everyone, I was a guest on a super amazing show Pale Blue Pod, hosted by the wonderful @goastromo.bsky.social! If you haven’t listened to that show before, you definitely should, but you should also listen in to me talk about the single-season show Firefly

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Yay, I love seeing people reading it for the first time 🤩 I’m so glad you’re enjoying it! And I hope you feel better soon!

A picture of two pages from the book The Milky Way by Moiya McTier, one with text and one with an illustration of a stork carrying a small galaxy in it’s beak like it’s a baby.

In other news, after having bought it years ago, I’m finally reading ”The Milky Way — An Autobiography Of Our Galaxy” by @goastromo.bsky.social and it’s really interesting, surprisingly funny, and well-written enough that even someone with a cold and a light fever can follow along 🌌

Selfie of Moiya smiling in a security guard costume. Behind her there’s a small camera crew filming another person in a security guard costume, all standing on a paved road in front of a long brick building with many windows

New video series THAT’S A LOT drops August 18th! I’m making it with two of my favorite people, Carol Hartsell & Sean Crespo, plus an amazingly talented crew. We’re filming this week in New York and Day 1 was a blast!

Look out 👀 for this hilarious, touching attempt to deal with the shitty world

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@goastromo.bsky.social At a bookstore in Montreal

Exclusive | Overwhelming majority of Trump voters back AI guardrails — with nearly 90% concerned about deepfakes: poll “The data is clear that Trump voters have big concerns about AI misuse, and they want to see leaders in Washington take action,” Global Strategy Group Vice President of Research Katie Drapcho said …

“Conservatives clearly aren’t buying what Big AI is selling,” Human Artistry Campaign Senior Advisor Moiya McTier argued. “This poll makes clear that the President’s strongest supporters want meaningful protection from AI abuses”

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Wouldn’t that be nice!

Moiya smiling behind a microphone in her recording closet with sound dampening boards on the walls and a moth-themed cloth hanging behind her

Getting ready to be on NBC news! Did you know the days are getting shorter?

Cosmic Microwave Background with Ann Bartow Podcast Episode · Pale Blue Pod · 07/07/2025 · 1h 2m

Finally covered the Cosmic Microwave Background on pale blue pod with @annbartow.bsky.social!

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Spoiler alert: it’s illegal but international law is a joke.

Thanks for answering my questions!

This episode taught me so much! Check it out!

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Space Law with AJ Link Moiya asks AJ to explain how law works in space. Like, who owns it? Who can send things there? Can you get away with draining your wife's bank account if you're above the atmosphere? Listen here for h...

@spacelawshitpost.me taught me the basics of space law on the latest Pale Blue Pod! Listen to find out if a billionaire could buy the moon 🌙

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A wonderful thread of books to read if you’d like to be a better friend to the universe

The Milky Way In this approachable and fascinating biography of the galaxy, an astrophysicist and folklorist details everything humans have discovered—from the Milky Way...

Last but not least: read a first person autobiography of a (cranky) galaxy -- our Milky Way.

@goastromo.bsky.social is an unparalleled science communicator!! 🔭

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Weird Universe: Everything We Don’t Know about Space (and Why It’s Imp Discover the Mysteries of Our Universe Weird Universe is your gateway to the wonders of spaces. Have you ever looked up at the night sky and marveled at the mysteries hidden beyond the stars? This boo...

You can buy Weird Universe here 👇🏽

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Selfie of Moiya smiling and holding up a copy of Weird Universe by Dr. Erika Hamden

Have you read @erikahamden.bsky.social’s new book Weird Universe? It’s so fun! Erika came on Pale Blue Pod to talk about it

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Happy Solstice!! ☀️ Enjoy these scenes from my lecture earlier this week on the Sun and solar gods from around the world

So I just want to be clear that the gentile President's anti-immigrant goons illegally assaulted and kidnapped the leading Jewish candidate for Mayor in New York City for walking into a federal building

for the crowd that is keeping track of The Antisemitism Problem

Thank you for suggesting this movie! And for providing all the historical contexts. I’m still laughing at that laser fight

Literally one of the funniest things I have ever gotten to do for my job

Moonraker movie poster with Moiya and Claire’s heads cropped in

I had historian @ceaubin.bsky.social on Pale Blue Pod this week to review the movie Moonraker. We took full advantage of our license to gripe!

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Y’all go listen to this podcast, it’s seriously so cool. Been binging it all week

Had a (tiny, comet-sized) blast! Thanks for coming on the show 😊

Had a blast on Pale Blue Pod chatting about tiny things in space with @goastromo.bsky.social ! 🔭

NYC, please don't fuck this up... Over the past week I have received so many Cuomo fliers disparaging Zohran so it's clear the momentum is in his favor. Please make the correct choice. DO NOT RANK CUOMO.

WATCH: “Holy f*ck — They literally just shot her point blank… I live here…”

@lapdhq shoot a woman trying to get to her apartment at point blank range with a rubber bullet.

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Screenshot of Moiya’s June calendar, full of color-coded events every day

Screenshot of Moiya’s July calendar, empty except for a few events, mostly in the last week

Life as a freelancer is so weird because the work really does come in waves!

Part of this is because I reserved the next two months to finish writing my book (I’m so close, y’all!), but as freelancers we also have to be prepared for lulls in our client work