CatherineQ
@catherineq.bsky.social
Astronomer, science communicator, over-thinker extraordinaire. @AucklandUni space person @AucklandSpace. Autoimmune illness. 🇳🇿🇺🇸
It’s not uncommon either sadly. People should not have to crowdfund their lifesaving cancer treatments.
Aussies 'welcoming' to blood cancer patient who may need drug unfunded in NZ
Aussies 'welcoming' to blood cancer patient who may need drug unfunded in NZ
Toby Fuller who has had chemotherapy and a stem cell transplant may need a drug that isn't funded in New Zealand.
www.rnz.co.nz
December 9, 2025 at 9:05 AM
It’s not uncommon either sadly. People should not have to crowdfund their lifesaving cancer treatments.
This stuff *breaks* me. I will be lining up to donate to any GoFundMe (but also: we should be funding these drugs that are actually used frequently overseas): www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/mums-canc...
‘Second chance at life’: Young mum’s plea for urgent unfunded cancer treatment
The 25-year-old mother hopes the treatment will let her watch her girls grow up.
www.nzherald.co.nz
December 9, 2025 at 8:49 AM
This stuff *breaks* me. I will be lining up to donate to any GoFundMe (but also: we should be funding these drugs that are actually used frequently overseas): www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/mums-canc...
There’s nothing quite like being in Ōtautahi Christchurch - I love this city so very much.
December 2, 2025 at 7:41 AM
There’s nothing quite like being in Ōtautahi Christchurch - I love this city so very much.
The Destiny church guys passed me by with their fliers. Sometimes resting bitch face is a blessing.
November 29, 2025 at 11:09 PM
The Destiny church guys passed me by with their fliers. Sometimes resting bitch face is a blessing.
Could people please stop with the December admin. Please and thankyou.
November 25, 2025 at 6:25 AM
Could people please stop with the December admin. Please and thankyou.
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Listen, I'm not saying I endorse brutal mockery of Avi Loeb's claims that every interstellar comet we see is an alien spaceship, but I will link to it because the aliens made me in order to sow doubt about their cometships.
oddnews.com/article/this...
oddnews.com/article/this...
“This Comet Thing Is Aliens,” Says Resident Harvard Fraud Avi Loeb
Like he does every week, without evidence.
oddnews.com
November 11, 2025 at 7:42 PM
Listen, I'm not saying I endorse brutal mockery of Avi Loeb's claims that every interstellar comet we see is an alien spaceship, but I will link to it because the aliens made me in order to sow doubt about their cometships.
oddnews.com/article/this...
oddnews.com/article/this...
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I really need to get to bed, but I just poked my head out the back door again. This is the view from my deck. All of this is looking south. When the geomagnetic storms are like this, the oval overshoots me and stretches into the US, which is why so many are seeing it tonight. #aurora
November 12, 2025 at 5:16 AM
I really need to get to bed, but I just poked my head out the back door again. This is the view from my deck. All of this is looking south. When the geomagnetic storms are like this, the oval overshoots me and stretches into the US, which is why so many are seeing it tonight. #aurora
People who “thumbs up” outlook messages make me wish I knew how to thumbs up an outlook message.
a cartoon character is sitting in a car with a netflix logo on the bottom
ALT: a cartoon character is sitting in a car with a netflix logo on the bottom
media.tenor.com
October 31, 2025 at 7:44 AM
People who “thumbs up” outlook messages make me wish I knew how to thumbs up an outlook message.
It’s probably not the greatest sign that I’m so blown away when academics are really polite to staff.
October 28, 2025 at 3:37 AM
It’s probably not the greatest sign that I’m so blown away when academics are really polite to staff.
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I've always said this, but since last November, I've been pointing this out frequently in whatever venues to whatever audiences I can: "The planet NASA studies most is Earth."
A lot of comments on Mars rovers or Moon landings, but it's important to remember that the planet NASA studies most is Earth. This is less about cutting flashy things like moonwalks and more about keeping communities in the dark on climate, weather, agriculture, pollution, natural hazards, and more.
NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory to lay off about 550 workers reut.rs/4302N2L
October 14, 2025 at 6:39 AM
I've always said this, but since last November, I've been pointing this out frequently in whatever venues to whatever audiences I can: "The planet NASA studies most is Earth."
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the Muppets have been real quiet since the Louvre heist
October 19, 2025 at 10:19 PM
the Muppets have been real quiet since the Louvre heist
Just spent day with a very lovely American delegation and am now feeling reverse homesick. 🇳🇿🇺🇸 (but then this is my view on the commute home so…pros and cons)
October 20, 2025 at 5:33 AM
Just spent day with a very lovely American delegation and am now feeling reverse homesick. 🇳🇿🇺🇸 (but then this is my view on the commute home so…pros and cons)
October 3, 2025 at 6:07 AM
This day has been disproportionately bad.
September 19, 2025 at 6:03 AM
This day has been disproportionately bad.
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September 7, 2025 at 7:16 AM
Any Bluesky space people at IAC in Sydney this year?
September 7, 2025 at 8:05 AM
Any Bluesky space people at IAC in Sydney this year?
Off we go. Anytime Ōtautahi - anytime - you are the best.
August 12, 2025 at 4:53 AM
Off we go. Anytime Ōtautahi - anytime - you are the best.
Favourite city Ōtautahi Christchurch
August 12, 2025 at 4:52 AM
Favourite city Ōtautahi Christchurch
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“I look up at the moon, and wonder: When will we be going back? And who will that be?” - Jim Lovell
Image: “Earthrise” - Apollo 8 (taken by Bill Anders as Jim Lovell looked on)
Image: “Earthrise” - Apollo 8 (taken by Bill Anders as Jim Lovell looked on)
August 10, 2025 at 8:00 AM
“I look up at the moon, and wonder: When will we be going back? And who will that be?” - Jim Lovell
Image: “Earthrise” - Apollo 8 (taken by Bill Anders as Jim Lovell looked on)
Image: “Earthrise” - Apollo 8 (taken by Bill Anders as Jim Lovell looked on)
About 85% of people at this airport gate are hacking up a lung. Lovely.
August 11, 2025 at 6:04 PM
About 85% of people at this airport gate are hacking up a lung. Lovely.
“I look up at the moon, and wonder: When will we be going back? And who will that be?” - Jim Lovell
Image: “Earthrise” - Apollo 8 (taken by Bill Anders as Jim Lovell looked on)
Image: “Earthrise” - Apollo 8 (taken by Bill Anders as Jim Lovell looked on)
August 10, 2025 at 8:00 AM
“I look up at the moon, and wonder: When will we be going back? And who will that be?” - Jim Lovell
Image: “Earthrise” - Apollo 8 (taken by Bill Anders as Jim Lovell looked on)
Image: “Earthrise” - Apollo 8 (taken by Bill Anders as Jim Lovell looked on)
RIP to a truly great man.
Glad the Apollo 13 movie is getting reruns lately.
This scene is even more moving today: right, Tom Hanks playing Jim Lovell; left, cameo appearance by actual Jim Lovell (1928 Mar 25 - 2025 Aug 7).
This scene is even more moving today: right, Tom Hanks playing Jim Lovell; left, cameo appearance by actual Jim Lovell (1928 Mar 25 - 2025 Aug 7).
August 9, 2025 at 7:50 AM
RIP to a truly great man.
It must be such a great feeling to have the correct chromosomes to have your expertise valued.
August 3, 2025 at 6:48 AM
It must be such a great feeling to have the correct chromosomes to have your expertise valued.