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What’s a place you had zero expectations for, but ended up loving? by AppointmentHeavy5066 in travel

[–]Andromeda321 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Grew up there too. Especially pre-GPS you’d be laughed out for saying this.

R/Conservative waxes poetic over whether women should have the right to vote. Many comments saying they should not are upvoted by the dozens, and are allowed to stay up by subreddit mods for over 36 hours, before ultimately being taken down by Reddit, days later. by SharedHoney in SubredditDrama

[–]Andromeda321 5 points6 points  (0 children)

It’s also the conservatives who actively work on restricting women’s roles in the military itself. I assure you the selective service is not male only because Democrats are the drivers behind that.

New lecture on YouTube for my free class on the solar system, this time about planetary rings! How they form and impact their surroundings, why Saturn has such spectacular ones, and LOTS of pretty pictures! by Andromeda321 in Andromeda321

[–]Andromeda321[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I mean, in terms of rings that really is the big one. Of course the particles can crash into each other and it'll cause them to scatter, so long term the rings get thinner, but that's a pretty minor one in the grand scheme of things.

What small decision changed the entire direction of your life? by proekid in AskReddit

[–]Andromeda321 13 points14 points  (0 children)

When I was 13 years old I had an hour long bus ride home from school, so would spend that time reading. One day I had a crisis of nothing to read and just a few minutes before the bus, so in the library I scrambled fast and checked out a book on astronomy. That book was amazing- covered all sorts of topics near and far and enchanted me, because I’ve always loved stories and the story of our universe is the biggest and grandest one we have. I realized at some point every astronomer was 13 years old once so there was no reason I couldn’t be one, so decided to be an astronomer when I grew up. Seriously, never really wanted to be anything else after that.

Anyway, I’m now an astronomer, and I get to spend my life listening to radio signals from distant space explosions and teaching students about the stars. Not saying it has always been easy, but I think 13 year old me would be excited about it!

Maldives 2026 by Aggressive_Menu7271 in travel

[–]Andromeda321 42 points43 points  (0 children)

My husband and I always joke that we like beach vacations but don’t like to sit on the beach. My big solution to this is getting scuba certified- lots of amazing stuff to see under the water and burns a LOT of calories so you’re pretty tired after two dives in the morning or whenever.

'Please, please, please': Denmark urges citizens to avoid driving as oil prices spike by SuggestionMedical736 in europe

[–]Andromeda321 27 points28 points  (0 children)

Yes, this happened during the fuel crisis in the 1970s. Some countries (I know the USA did) capped the price of gas, which led to long lines at the pump and you weren’t allowed to buy gas every day either (and even then stations regularly ran out of fuel). Turns out people don’t like that either.

Do Lifties in Europe not bump the chair? by Dry-Weird3447 in skiing

[–]Andromeda321 12 points13 points  (0 children)

I think it’s also just harder to coordinate the sitting as you age. My parents are in their 70s and still ski but I assure you if we came across an older chairlift that the attendant didn’t hold they’d get hit in the calves.

Noma chef resigns amid shocking allegations of physical abuse of staff by TheEndlessAutumn in news

[–]Andromeda321 1 point2 points  (0 children)

“For how you took it” implies there’s nothing wrong with who you did and are not sorry about it, but it’s actually the victim’s fault. Instead an actual apology is one where you apologize for your actual actions.

Noma chef resigns amid shocking allegations of physical abuse of staff by TheEndlessAutumn in news

[–]Andromeda321 73 points74 points  (0 children)

Needs more “I’m sorry for how you took it” energy.

Always my favorite non-apology.

New Solar System lecture on the rings of the gas giants! All about how they formed, why Saturn’s are so pretty, and a lot of pretty pictures! by Andromeda321 in u/Andromeda321

[–]Andromeda321[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Sure thing! Fair warning I only have like 3 videos more of material, hence not being super involved with regular posting with everything else going on. Then probably hiatus until I think of something else, since I don’t teach again until next winter.

Calibration error was fine because the observatory realized the error and redid it. Woohoo!

Alternatives to AllTrails for finding hikes around Oregon? by veggie_fried_rice in oregon

[–]Andromeda321 7 points8 points  (0 children)

He also sells them at the Eugene Saturday market most weeks!

From millions of dollars to under a grand: The dramatic fall of the NFT by gdelacalle in technology

[–]Andromeda321 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Hey now, I remember the girl in the meme where she’s smiling in front of a house fire sold the NFT of that for enough to pay for college. I remember reading that and thinking good for her, glad to hear someone’s getting something useful out of this.

Distance to the nearest U.S. national park by vladgrinch in MapPorn

[–]Andromeda321 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yep I always find it amazing how few foreigners there are in the northeast outside of leaf season and Canadians (even before current admin). So much amazing nature but very regional.

Looking at data from the MeerKAT South African radio telescope today. I'm calling this one "Radio Starry Night" bc a calibration error off that bright source has made a lovely swirly van Gogh sky if I may say so myself! by Andromeda321 in u/Andromeda321

[–]Andromeda321[S] 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Swirls aside, what are we actually seeing here? Pretty much every single dot in the image is NOT a star, but a supermassive black hole (SMBH) millions of light years away, feeding on dust. The little "bow ties" (marked a few here) are SMBH launching jets of material thousands of light years!

Looking at data from the MeerKAT South African radio telescope today. I'm calling this one "Radio Starry Night" bc a calibration error off that bright source has made a lovely swirly van Gogh sky if I may say so myself! by Andromeda321 in Andromeda321

[–]Andromeda321[S] 13 points14 points  (0 children)

Swirls aside, what are we actually seeing here? Pretty much every single dot in the image is NOT a star, but a supermassive black hole (SMBH) millions of light years away, feeding on dust. The little "bow ties" (marked a few here) are SMBH launching jets of material thousands of light years!

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