Megan Donahue
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I'm an astronomy professor at Michigan State University. I maintain chemical balances of sorts by running. Playing bass in two Lansing bands, GSB & Dr. Decade.
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Joined September 2008
A Practical Guide to Hosting a Virtual Conference https://t.co/9k2oyUkGJ5 A best-suggestions guide for on-line science conferences from a successful and productive on-line astronomy conference! Congratulations, Cameron, Ben, Jessica, Mark for a great experience
galacticatmospheres.pubpub.org
Detailed recommendations for hosting remote scientific workshops
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Just because it’s free doesn’t mean it doesn’t suck I’m just saying Time is money too
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I console myself that at least one of the selected probe concepts is for X-ray astronomy, ok And I yeet , a neat backflip in to the Sun, to Jimi Hendrix channeled by Stevie Ray Vaughn SRVs 70th bday would have been today I need some time to be 😔 and 🎸
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https://t.co/Q9U6M2yej0 via @NYTimes The Palomar staff used to put chile rellenos on the menu because they saw me on the observer list and they knew I loved the way they made them. 🥺 I felt seen and fussed about in a way this homesick postdoc never admitted
nytimes.com
Palomar Observatory bids farewell to a tradition of napkin rings, cowbells and astronomical table conversation.
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I’m just gonna put it out there: I can’t bring myself to donate to random political texts. It seems like a huge Wonderland Area for cash scams. Even hitting unsubscribe/stop seems like it might lead to encouragement but stop I know how to donate.
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This. What Ethan said, that is right
@ricadink @astrophysics @chandraxray Rica (and Megan) you saw this one today, right? https://t.co/sk21J80oze
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Excellent article by @StartsWithABang The future of US astronomy just dimmed by half - Big Think And do not shut down an exquisite Great Observatory to save 0.x% of a NASA budget, no senior review in sight #SaveChandra @chandraxray
bigthink.com
Ground-based facilities enable the greatest scientific production in all of astronomy. The NSF needs to be ambitious, and it's now or never.
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Do you ever wish like we had reboot features or maybe “restore last save” so maybe the next time through the day I might not pooch it quite so much also maybe not, all things considered It could have been worse I mean damn that’s not much of a philosophy is it
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I am quite possibly drinking the worst 5 dollar coffee <keeps sipping> life choices
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Definitely the coolest Astro detective story this week!! (I can leave so wiggle room in my grading scale, just like skating judges…) but how awesome is this? 🫨 Zoozve!!!!!
Last January, I noticed something peculiar in my 2yo’s bedroom that - after a year of obsessive reporting - led me to a profound cosmic revelation about what’s even possible in our universe. A 🧵.
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Ah, rest for a bit. If all goes well on Earth we’ll come get. 🥰🥲
That'll do, Ingenuity. That'll do. Today @NASA's Ingenuity helicopter ended its mission. The tiny 'copter rode to Mars in the belly of Perseverance and was only meant to perform up to 5 experimental test flights over 30 days but ended up performing 72 flights over almost 3 years.
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Just looking at this Great Wall section makes my feet tingle. The eroded part looks terrifying
@historyinmemes This section of the Great Wall of China 🇨🇳 is a tad steep called the Heavenly Ladder.
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I feel Seen (Go Lions) #Lions Detroit Lions fans: The truest in America, long unnoticed by ... America
washingtonpost.com
Lions fans, some of America’s longest-suffering, often go unacknowledged. And as their team appears poised for a run, how will they cope with contending?
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Interesting summary of the 2022AAUP report-UNC board is pretty awful. Too bad this stuff is now a major part of the campus leadership job. President Weighs Jumping From One Controversy-Ridden University to Another
chronicle.com
Kevin Guskiewicz, chancellor of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, might take the top job at Michigan State. Sources said he had informally agreed to leave UNC soon.
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Gorgeous radio data from Meerkat
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Football. Entropy. Thermodynamics. Is probability ever exactly zero ? No, it is not. Best game: Washington-Utah. Probability of a player voluntarily spinning football on the ground a yard prior to entering the end zone. About 1 in 1000? 92-year old PopPop-inLaw says zero
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My kid self would say ew Kissing moons 😆
wait - WHAT?!? That newly discovered dinky little moon of the asteroid Dinkinesh now turns out to be TWO little moonlets!!! Surprise! Nature is just so delightfully weird. https://t.co/HZFHoU3hsu
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“Adverse Inference” Astronomers might have the best space pictures but these law terms are delish
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