Hahaha someone needs to make this plot!! 
Yeah, any other axis of diversity would fare equally poorly I think in this analysis ๐
@astrodel.bsky.social
Astrophysicist at Curtin Uni. Trying to understand black holes by watching them destroy stars ๐ซ
Hahaha someone needs to make this plot!! 
Yeah, any other axis of diversity would fare equally poorly I think in this analysis ๐
Well the ASA is approximately 30% women so I would imagine that a significantly smaller percentage of male astronomers in Australia are called Michael lol
18.08.2025 12:54 โ ๐ 1 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 1 ๐ 0For those unfamiliar with ARC funding - a discovery project is a relatively small Aus government grant that usually allows a researcher to hire a postdoc or a couple of PhD students.
18.08.2025 04:01 โ ๐ 1 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0Was shocked (but unsurprised) to learn that of the 30 top ARC Discovery Project winning astronomers in Australia only 1 is a woman. But there are 6 Michaels..
ht-timchen.github.io/arc-discover...
Photo by Ethan Wong. Me at Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Library
Columbia canceled my class on Race and Media, but I'm teaching it anyway.
All thanks to people power and community support-- especially from you all on Bluesky! 
Happy to announce I'll be teaching Race Media and International Affairs 101 online-- hosted by D.C.'s MLK Jr. Memorial Library!
#Radioastronomy #job alert. Weโre looking to hire a Lead Scientist for Parkes Observatory. Murriyang, our 64m radio telescope, aka The Dish is currently getting an exciting upgrade with commissioning of the CryoPAF instrument. Check out this job at CSIRO: jobs.csiro.au/job/Parkes%2...
17.04.2025 10:10 โ ๐ 6 ๐ 5 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 1I am currently taking leave for my honeymoon and trying to switch off from all work related things. Tried to delete my work email app from my phone and this is the error message I got ๐
06.12.2024 17:03 โ ๐ 4 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0I am visiting the US for a program themed on empowering women in STEM. We have met with incredible people around the country championing equity & inclusion. 
It is heartbreaking to see how deeply sad & scared they are in the wake of last week's election. How is it such division and hatred wins?
The school will be on tidal disruption events and will have wonderful facilitators such as @danastro.bsky.social , @astrodel.bsky.social , @kaamau.bsky.social, and I hope to be tolerable too.๐
Register before November 30. Hope to see you there.
interested in computational science for grad school?  Apply for one of the Stony Brook Institute for Advanced Science graduate fellowships:
iacs.stonybrook.edu/opportunitie...
I'm happy to chat with anyone interested in computational astrophysics
#astro
If you run out and still have people interested I have 5 codes and can pass them on to you ๐
09.10.2023 00:01 โ ๐ 1 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 1 ๐ 0I had to sign up for roadside assistance recently and today when I got my membership card in the mail I was initially mad they assumed my title was Miss (companies ALWAYS do this). 
But then I remembered the person on the phone asked me if an adult was there because they thought I was a child ๐
A 6 image slide showing yellow/white flowers, bobble flowers, purple flowers,green flowers, orange and red flowers, yellow and white flowers among the western Australia Bush
A 6 slide image showing a black cockatoo sitting in a tree with a blue sky background, a red grevilia flower, yellow wattle with blue sky and some white clouds, a grass tree and some orange red flowers, a yellow solid flower with green foliage, and an interesting white flower with bugs on it.
Adelle, wearing a grey sweater, pink top underneath and black leggings with runners and her twin sister wearing shorts, a pink top, and a black jacket with a camera around her neck standing on a gravel path in the bush
Today for the first time in a long time I took annual leave for my Birthday and spent the day with my favourite people (including my twin) hiking amongst the wildflowers. The wildflowers here in WA are incredible! ๐ธ๐ผ๐ฟ
01.09.2023 13:37 โ ๐ 4 ๐ 1 ๐ฌ 1 ๐ 0NEW PAPER: I have discovered that up to half of all black holes that shred a star "burp" material years after the initial event and turn on in radio!!! No one was expecting this, and we don't really understand why this might be!  ๐คฉ๐ญ๐งช
arxiv.org/abs/2308.13595
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Out of 150 mentions of scientists in Australian STEM school curricula, only 1 is a woman. What century are we living in?? 
Check out the research article published today by the incredible group @includeher.bsky.social 
journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
Image with 145 names of scientists. One female scientist's name among the list is in bold text.
Out of the 145 scientists mentioned in the high school curricula we studied, only 1 female scientist was named.
Rosalind Franklin. 
This is a problem, and we are working with education depts. To fix this 
Learn about our mission at includeher.au
A graphic that is made for Wear It Purple Day. It features a purple background with the words "Wear it Purple Day" on it, and the name of the artist Lawson 'Wukawe' Dodd (Kaurna / Narungga / Ngarrindjeri). The main part of the graphic is a heart that has several animated human characters overlaid. The theme of the day is listed in the heart and is 'write your story'.
Friends, tomorrow is Wear It Purple day - an annual day we wear purple to acknowledge, support & celebrate young LGBTIQA+ people. 
It won't change the world, but it does send a signal to young LGBTIQA+ folks that we see them!
Wear something purple + share pics, I'll signal boost!
Pass it on!
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Maggie the black and white cat lying on th couch showing off her enormous belly
My sisters automated cat feeder malfunctioned while she was away for a week and her cat Maggie, who has zero self control, was given unlimited access to food
16.08.2023 05:49 โ ๐ 5 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0I was visiting my sister the other weekend who rents a small house with a friend deep in Melbourne suburbia. Over the course of 4 hours on a Saturday I watched not one but BOTH of her neighbours mow her front lawn at different times ๐
 Friendly neighbours are the best โค๏ธ
When I first started my PhD I was blown away by my supervisors ability to pick a radio source from coordinates alone
Today I'm glad to report, I was able to be that person for a PhD student and correctly guess their source from coordinates alone.
I'm both proud and a little concerned๐
An adorable white lamb wearing a crochet blue and pink jumper standing next to a person wearing a gumboot with green grass in the background
Last week I worked remotely from my mums farm with this little guy to keep me company. Bluesky meet Hagrid:
17.07.2023 14:17 โ ๐ 564 ๐ 47 ๐ฌ 17 ๐ 9Thanks @funfactscience.bsky.social! Itโs so nice to finally be here โบ๏ธ
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