gina ✨
@astrogina.bsky.social
they/them | aroace | cmu (astro)physics | monstera lover | trying to romanticize my life a little
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gina ✨
@astrogina.bsky.social
· Nov 14
hello everyone, I'm Gina (they/them), a PhD student at CMU working on binary black hole mergers (specifically from a computational perspective: trying to get our modeled populations to line up with our observed population)
generally interested in black holes and binaries and stellar evolution :)
generally interested in black holes and binaries and stellar evolution :)
cant believe im out of town for the first big snowfall of the season noooooooo
December 2, 2025 at 1:17 PM
cant believe im out of town for the first big snowfall of the season noooooooo
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Alt text for those who need it. This is amazing.
December 2, 2025 at 9:42 AM
Alt text for those who need it. This is amazing.
i feel like the worst response for physicists isnt a question its "oh i hated physics in school" 😔 thats the subject ive devoted like a decade of my life to that youre hating on in my face bestie
usually i just tell people i do astrophysics instead and theyre more cool with that
usually i just tell people i do astrophysics instead and theyre more cool with that
What’s the worst question someone can ask after you tell them your profession? For linguists, it’s definitely “how many languages do you speak?”, but I’m curious what else is happening to the rest of y’all out there?!
December 2, 2025 at 12:21 PM
i feel like the worst response for physicists isnt a question its "oh i hated physics in school" 😔 thats the subject ive devoted like a decade of my life to that youre hating on in my face bestie
usually i just tell people i do astrophysics instead and theyre more cool with that
usually i just tell people i do astrophysics instead and theyre more cool with that
got up there, forgot everything i was gonna say, just vaguely gestured toward my poster and said come talk to me about it pls kill me now
anyway pls pray for me to be coherent for the next two hours im so tired
anyway pls pray for me to be coherent for the next two hours im so tired
i cant sleep and i need to be up in less than 6 hours and i have to present my work at the end of the workday tomorrow please pray for me
December 1, 2025 at 8:55 PM
got up there, forgot everything i was gonna say, just vaguely gestured toward my poster and said come talk to me about it pls kill me now
anyway pls pray for me to be coherent for the next two hours im so tired
anyway pls pray for me to be coherent for the next two hours im so tired
wow i slept horribly and for maybe 4 hrs at most ughhh
December 1, 2025 at 12:04 PM
wow i slept horribly and for maybe 4 hrs at most ughhh
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when someone tells me not to use em dashes because AI uses em dashes
November 30, 2025 at 7:48 PM
when someone tells me not to use em dashes because AI uses em dashes
i cant sleep and i need to be up in less than 6 hours and i have to present my work at the end of the workday tomorrow please pray for me
December 1, 2025 at 5:42 AM
i cant sleep and i need to be up in less than 6 hours and i have to present my work at the end of the workday tomorrow please pray for me
need these expeditiously
November 30, 2025 at 10:14 PM
need these expeditiously
got a haircut and had a last minute friendsgiving dinner yesterday! i made a disaster of an attempt at vegan pumpkin bread (i just guessed the measurements because i was feeling lazy oopsie) and an apple butter (which turned out much better)
November 30, 2025 at 4:47 PM
got a haircut and had a last minute friendsgiving dinner yesterday! i made a disaster of an attempt at vegan pumpkin bread (i just guessed the measurements because i was feeling lazy oopsie) and an apple butter (which turned out much better)
i was not actually good at learning the tricks but i do have a large collection of pretty decks of cards at my parents house
does every child go through a card trick phase?
November 30, 2025 at 4:41 PM
i was not actually good at learning the tricks but i do have a large collection of pretty decks of cards at my parents house
these are incredible!!
#store
My astronaut midi skirts, along with all my non-November releases, are 25% off through December 10th!
My skirts:
•Have HUGE pockets
•Are made in a SEDEX & OEKO-TEX certified factory
•Have art drawn by humans
My astronaut midi skirts, along with all my non-November releases, are 25% off through December 10th!
My skirts:
•Have HUGE pockets
•Are made in a SEDEX & OEKO-TEX certified factory
•Have art drawn by humans
November 30, 2025 at 4:39 PM
these are incredible!!
shoutout to my ti-84, which is probably older than me (inherited) and is still going strong
November 29, 2025 at 2:36 PM
shoutout to my ti-84, which is probably older than me (inherited) and is still going strong
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Is there a guide to turning off all the AI garbage that’s being forced onto our phones and computers? I’ve lost lock on which things even have it. I turn stuff off as I hear about it but I would love something that walked me through all the common ones.
November 28, 2025 at 11:23 PM
Is there a guide to turning off all the AI garbage that’s being forced onto our phones and computers? I’ve lost lock on which things even have it. I turn stuff off as I hear about it but I would love something that walked me through all the common ones.
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Insanely stupid and short-sighted choice. I didn't even know they were still trying to run this racket. You put more universities in danger with this shit you idiots!
BREAKING: Northwestern University has agreed to pay the U.S. Treasury $75 million, over the course of three years as part of an agreement with the federal government to restore funding and end investigations into the university
Full statement from NU below:
Full statement from NU below:
November 29, 2025 at 2:48 AM
Insanely stupid and short-sighted choice. I didn't even know they were still trying to run this racket. You put more universities in danger with this shit you idiots!
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Northwestern’s leaders will likely try to justify their choice to appease fascist extortion with some BS about needing to help researchers get federal funds that were illegally withheld, so it’s important to note that virtually all of the researchers said not to.
So apparently the administrators at Northwestern have caved to the extortionist demands of the Feds. Faculty voted 595-4 AGAINST this measure.
November 29, 2025 at 1:18 PM
Northwestern’s leaders will likely try to justify their choice to appease fascist extortion with some BS about needing to help researchers get federal funds that were illegally withheld, so it’s important to note that virtually all of the researchers said not to.
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So apparently the administrators at Northwestern have caved to the extortionist demands of the Feds. Faculty voted 595-4 AGAINST this measure.
November 29, 2025 at 3:30 AM
So apparently the administrators at Northwestern have caved to the extortionist demands of the Feds. Faculty voted 595-4 AGAINST this measure.
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"The agreement places no restrictions on our transgender community."
Except whether they can play sports, where they can use the bathroom or locker room, what kind of housing they can live in, and what healthcare they can receive.
Except whether they can play sports, where they can use the bathroom or locker room, what kind of housing they can live in, and what healthcare they can receive.
November 29, 2025 at 4:32 AM
"The agreement places no restrictions on our transgender community."
Except whether they can play sports, where they can use the bathroom or locker room, what kind of housing they can live in, and what healthcare they can receive.
Except whether they can play sports, where they can use the bathroom or locker room, what kind of housing they can live in, and what healthcare they can receive.
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I didn’t want to overreact, and took time to read this. Having done so, I’m adding Northwestern to the list of places I won’t visit or speak. The concessions re: international students and gender-affirming care are not merely symbolic.
Here’s the text of the Northwestern settlement with the DoJ, which includes a $75 million financial component / payoff (cc @profmarkovic.bsky.social):
November 29, 2025 at 5:10 AM
I didn’t want to overreact, and took time to read this. Having done so, I’m adding Northwestern to the list of places I won’t visit or speak. The concessions re: international students and gender-affirming care are not merely symbolic.
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if youre trans and youre struggling to justify why you as a person should be allowed to take up space in the universe just consider that by your sheer existence you make a lot of the worst people on earth mad enough that they will die early deaths from stress. so thats a p good reason
November 21, 2025 at 1:37 AM
if youre trans and youre struggling to justify why you as a person should be allowed to take up space in the universe just consider that by your sheer existence you make a lot of the worst people on earth mad enough that they will die early deaths from stress. so thats a p good reason
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Its my birthday today! More importantly I finally got the new pins I teased up on my shop, my birthday gift to you all!!
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November 28, 2025 at 10:57 PM
Its my birthday today! More importantly I finally got the new pins I teased up on my shop, my birthday gift to you all!!
rjpalmerstore.com/collections/...
rjpalmerstore.com/collections/...
this is the most ridiculous thing ive ever read wtf
Here’s the text of the Northwestern settlement with the DoJ, which includes a $75 million financial component / payoff (cc @profmarkovic.bsky.social):
November 29, 2025 at 1:46 PM
this is the most ridiculous thing ive ever read wtf
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I don’t know if anyone else notices or cares, but when I see a presentation in which the speaker uses obviously generated-AI images to illustrate their slides, it makes me immediately less confident in whatever other content they’re presenting.
November 28, 2025 at 3:07 PM
I don’t know if anyone else notices or cares, but when I see a presentation in which the speaker uses obviously generated-AI images to illustrate their slides, it makes me immediately less confident in whatever other content they’re presenting.
didnt have a traditional thanksgiving meal yesterday but i DID have a pumpkin dessert as my first meal today and whats more american than that really
November 28, 2025 at 5:11 PM
didnt have a traditional thanksgiving meal yesterday but i DID have a pumpkin dessert as my first meal today and whats more american than that really
could i just have normal weather one time this year
November 28, 2025 at 2:43 PM
could i just have normal weather one time this year
it has been over twelve hours and im still not hungry
November 28, 2025 at 2:31 PM
it has been over twelve hours and im still not hungry