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Andy Rivkin

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Planetary Astronomer on #TeamAsteroid; Gedankenband member/guitarist; “Surprisingly nonchalant” according to Wired. He/him הנני 🌻 Work Output: https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=aGVsk3IAAAAJ Play output: https://andyrivkin.bandcamp.com

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Andy Rivkin @asrivkin.bsky.social · Sep 5

All* of your favorite** planetary scientists on Bluesky, collected into one starter pack for your convenience! Sometimes, we'll even discuss planetary science!

Is your favorite planetary scientist missing? Have them DM me to be added. :) 🧪🔭

go.bsky.app/SdZsrfw

*OK, many of
**plus me

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Dr. Jimmy & Mr. Jim @barefootjim.bsky.social · 7h

Hüsker Dü's titanic cover of "Eight Miles High"

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Andy Rivkin @asrivkin.bsky.social · 8h

I bet Pujols could've outdone that.

Curt Hogg @cyrthogg.bsky.social · 8h

That insanity goes down officially as a grounded into double play, making it the only batted ball hit over 350 feet for a GIDP in the pitch tracking era (reg. + postseason).

Max Muncy grounded into a 404-foot double play.

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slangsonsports.bsky.social @slangsonsports.bsky.social · 8h

404 ft is 2nd-longest projected distance on a batted ball resulting in a double play under Statcast, reg+post

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Andy Rivkin @asrivkin.bsky.social · 10h

The one with the most iTunes plays for me is "Bad Time" by the Jayhawks, and I won't argue with that.

Andy Rivkin @asrivkin.bsky.social · 11h

oh so i guess the blue jays rotation isn't Sandy Koufax, Nolan Ryan, Bob Gibson, and Dwight Gooden after all?

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Phil Lewis @phillewis.bsky.social · 15h

Government workers 👇🏾

Lunch is on the house:

Being in the heart of downtown DC, we love that so many of our Federal employees stop by during lunch for a Donburi at China Chilcano or a Fútbol Club at Jaleo. And just because the government is shut down doesn't mean you have to miss out on your favorite lunch spot- because this time, its on us!
Join us for lunch from 11:30 AM to 3:00 PM at any of our participating restaurants and enjoy a free lunch item when you present your government ID-you heard that right! Dine in with us Monday through Friday and choose your favorite: a sandwich at Jaleo, a donburi at China Chilcano, a wrap or pita at Zaytinya, or a torta at Oyamel.
We've always believed in serving our community with open arms and good food-no shutdown can stop that.

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Andy Rivkin @asrivkin.bsky.social · 12h

Whether the Library of Alexandria was burned by design or was collateral damage, burn it did nevertheless.

Reuters @reuters.com · 14h

NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory to lay off about 550 workers reut.rs/4302N2L

NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory to lay off about 550 workers

NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory said on Monday it will cut nearly 550 jobs as part of a restructuring, not related to the current U.S. government shutdown.

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Andy Rivkin @asrivkin.bsky.social · 13h

Similarly (at least to my brain), I remember sitting in Berlin in 1996 and thumbing through a Fodor's guide, cold-calling hotels in Prague to find rooms the next week for @barbylon.bsky.social, @jagrier.bsky.social and I. It was that, get a travel agent (as if) or show up with crossed fingers.

bleary @bleary.off-the-records.com · 16h

If anyone needs me I will be in the museum, lying down next to the bog bodies.

Did people really memorize phone numbers before cell phones, or is that just a movie thing?
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I was watching some old shows from the 90s and noticed people would just dial numbers from memory - like they'd call their friends or family without looking anything up.
Made me wonder if that was actually normal back then? Did people genuinely have all their important numbers memorized, or did most folks keep a little address book or written list nearby?

Andy Rivkin @asrivkin.bsky.social · 13h

I had basically declared pre-noms that Jam On It is my Ride or Die in this tournament, but I'm throwing Sade my bonus because I don't think I could look her in the eye if I didn't.

(Sade, if you want to look me in the eye at any time at all, send me a DM)

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Feds Work For You @fedsworkforyou.bsky.social · 18h

📣📣📣 TOMORROW! We're not going to take this. Featuring Members of Congress and illegally fired feds. #IllegalRIFs #RIFs #TrumpShutdown #HoldTheLine

Fight back against illegal RIFs: Trump and Vought are hurting Americans.

Tuesday, October 14, 11 a.m.

Liberty Plaza in front of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, 17th St. NW between F & G Streets.

Goal: 200 Federal workers & allies.

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St. Mary's County, MD - Indivisible @smcmd-indivisible.bsky.social · 19h

☕️Furloughed Feds & Friends 2nd meet up!

We at St. Mary's County, Maryland Indivisible STAND with our federal workers. If you are a furloughed Fed, are a family member or friend of one, and want to build community in this time, please consider joining this meet-up.

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Andy Rivkin @asrivkin.bsky.social · 18h

Character is what we are in the darkness.

Andy Rivkin @asrivkin.bsky.social · 18h

Emilio Lazardo, at least prior to his tragic breakdown in 1938.

Katelyn Boo-urns @katelynburns.com · 21h

name an italian more worthy of an american holiday than columbus

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ESA Operations @operations.esa.int · 21h

Check out the new trailer for @esa.int's proposed Ramses mission! 🍿📽️

Ramses would escort the cruise-ship-sized asteroid Apophis through its safe but exceptionally rare flyby of Earth in 2029: www.esa.int/ESA_Multimed...

Ramses: ESA’s mission to rendezvous with asteroid Apophis

www.esa.int

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Andy Rivkin @asrivkin.bsky.social · 1d

And Madonna's version of Santa Baby was also adjacent to all of this stuff.

Andy Rivkin @asrivkin.bsky.social · 1d

Having lived through it, I think that a good fraction of it was "Madonna in a(nother) movie", plus Madonna and Warren Beatty were either actually an item or just rumored to be one at the time.

Andy Rivkin @asrivkin.bsky.social · 1d

I stand for the National Anthem, I enthusiastically stand for Take Me Out to the Ballgame, and friends I've been to games with know that for several years now, if I stand for GBA I do it for their benefit and only after grousing about it.

Neil Mackay @neilmackay.bsky.social · 1d

God Bless America is just a song by Irving Berlin. It’s not the national anthem. America is so far down the moron hole it will never get out

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Andy Rivkin @asrivkin.bsky.social · 1d

In honor of spooky month, share a 4 word horror story that only someone in your profession would understand.

Visit Planner timed out.

barbylon @barbylon.bsky.social · 1d

In honor of spooky month, share a 4 word horror story that only someone in your profession would understand.

The valve stuck open.

Sarah Tuttle @niais.bsky.social · 1d

In honor of spooky month, share a 4 word horror story that only someone in your profession would understand.

"Patchy clouds, 83% humidity"

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Andy Rivkin @asrivkin.bsky.social · 2d

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blark @blarkblarkblark.bsky.social · 2d

scoop a spooky goopy Mörk Borg adventure this Halloween season. Words by me, art by @chaoclypse.bsky.social, layout by @evilgoblin.wedding and editing by the famous Roz! Explore the depths of an alien meteorite corrupting the earth and people around it! #OSR #MORKBORG
halforc.itch.io/meteorite-of...

Meteorite of The Red Cephalopod by blark

An adventure for Mörk Borg!

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Andy Rivkin @asrivkin.bsky.social · 2d

Chicago, because Bud Selig was such a terrible commissioner and made so many baseball fans so unhappy for so long, I don’t want him to be happy either.

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Dan Pasternack @danpasternack.bsky.social · 2d

October 11, 2025 is a milestone in comedy history. Not only is it the 50th anniversary of the 1st SNL, today is also the final new Dr. Demento show. After 55 years, Barret Hansen is hanging up his top hat. Please go to drdemento.com to hear his all time demented top 40 countdown special.

Dr. Demento

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Andy Rivkin @asrivkin.bsky.social · 2d

Ok, even as a Jewish guy I have to say that goes hard.

Rich Raho @richraho.bsky.social · 2d

Chicago priest Fr. Larry Dowling describes procession to ICE facility: “No one had the courage to speak directly to us. No one from Homeland Security could stand in the presence of the Monstrance holding the Blessed Sacrament. No wonder. Evil is repelled, recoils in the presence of Christ.”

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Danielle Rose Baker 🚀 @planetaryartist.com · 2d

#SpacetoberChallenge day 11: #Asteroid - FAREWELL TO BENNU, one of my favorite recent #watercolor paintings, showing the dusty surface of #Bennu with a tiny #OSIRIS-REx heading home to earth in the corner.

#SciArt #illustration #SpaceArt #SpaceArtist #AstroArt #Spacetober2025 #Spacetober

FAREWELL TO BENNU by Danielle Rose Baker. A watercolor painting of asteroid Bennu, trailing debris from the left, with an abstract mottled background in navy, purples and blacks. The sun, spacecraft OSIRIS-REx and a distant Earth are seen on the right-hand side.

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Andy Rivkin @asrivkin.bsky.social · 3d

Well, congrats to the Tigers and their fans. They didn't let their end-of-year losing streak define their season, as tough a loss as this is.

And big, big congrats to the Mariners crew. Who do you want throwing out the Game 1 first pitch--Ichiro, Junior, or Edgar? Or King Felix, I guess?

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Andy Rivkin @asrivkin.bsky.social · 3d

True! And Gleyber on the losing end.

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