Kat Lee
@astrokat.bsky.social
Soon: Ultra metal-poor stars at Uppsala University! Current: Stellar analysis pipelines for PLATO and 4MOST. Former Astrobites author. GM, cellist, fiber crafter. More people should care about CMB spectral distortions.
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My old pal Pete Coviello — one of the best writers and thinkers I've ever known — wrote the piece of the moment
lithub.com/maybe-dont-t...
lithub.com/maybe-dont-t...
Maybe Don’t Talk to the New York Times About Zohran Mamdani
It’s remarkable, the people you’ll hear from. Teach for even a little while at an expensive institution—the term they tend to prefer is “elite”—and odds are that eventually someone who was a studen…
lithub.com
November 9, 2025 at 3:17 AM
My old pal Pete Coviello — one of the best writers and thinkers I've ever known — wrote the piece of the moment
lithub.com/maybe-dont-t...
lithub.com/maybe-dont-t...
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#nasa is shuttering the Goddard #space #flight center in a move that may not be entirely legal, according to critics. For months, our #staff #writer @joshdinner.bsky.social interviewed NASA #employees, read #senate reports and more to give you the deepest dive yet.
www.space.com/space-explor...
www.space.com/space-explor...
October 31, 2025 at 12:37 PM
#nasa is shuttering the Goddard #space #flight center in a move that may not be entirely legal, according to critics. For months, our #staff #writer @joshdinner.bsky.social interviewed NASA #employees, read #senate reports and more to give you the deepest dive yet.
www.space.com/space-explor...
www.space.com/space-explor...
Are you a grad student interested in writing for Astrobites, or do you know one? We're recruiting! Apply by November 26 :)
astrobites.org/2025/10/31/a...
astrobites.org/2025/10/31/a...
Apply to Write for Astrobites 2025!
Love astronomy, astrophysics, and science communication? Come join the Astrobites team! Applications due November 26th.
astrobites.org
October 31, 2025 at 6:40 PM
Are you a grad student interested in writing for Astrobites, or do you know one? We're recruiting! Apply by November 26 :)
astrobites.org/2025/10/31/a...
astrobites.org/2025/10/31/a...
anybody else hit that stage of a paper where you no longer know whether anything you’re doing is useful or is that just me
August 15, 2025 at 2:45 PM
anybody else hit that stage of a paper where you no longer know whether anything you’re doing is useful or is that just me
Excited to announce that I’ll be starting a PhD at Uppsala University early next year!
Introduce yourself with your worst feedback from school:
I’m Kat, and if I don’t start getting As in every physics class I’ll never get into grad school
I’m Kat, and if I don’t start getting As in every physics class I’ll never get into grad school
Introduce yourself with your worst feedback from school:
I’m Catherine, and I’ll never be cut out for a graduate program
I’m Catherine, and I’ll never be cut out for a graduate program
August 15, 2025 at 12:07 PM
Excited to announce that I’ll be starting a PhD at Uppsala University early next year!
Frankfurt airport made me TAKE MY MASK OFF AND SEND IT THROUGH THE LUGGAGE SCANNER???
June 22, 2025 at 7:30 AM
Frankfurt airport made me TAKE MY MASK OFF AND SEND IT THROUGH THE LUGGAGE SCANNER???
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Elon Musk has joined the war against cancer ON THE SIDE OF CANCER.
“No money for kidney cancer,” Vieth said. “No money for pancreatic cancer. No money for lung cancer. It leaves so much completely unfunded. Yeah, wow. It’s pretty devastating.”
Wonder what percentage of America knows Elon is stealing cancer research for his tax cut?
Wonder what percentage of America knows Elon is stealing cancer research for his tax cut?
Cancer research, long protected, feels ‘devastating’ effects under Trump
Cancer research has had bipartisan support. But Trump administration budget cuts and delays threaten to reverse progress of recent years, experts say.
www.statnews.com
March 25, 2025 at 5:51 PM
Elon Musk has joined the war against cancer ON THE SIDE OF CANCER.
look just because they want to take over the government doesn’t mean we have to fucking let them
February 19, 2025 at 4:56 PM
look just because they want to take over the government doesn’t mean we have to fucking let them
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Did you know the most powerful force for climate action is LOVE—for our children, their future, and the world they’ll inherit?
That's right! Research shows this message moves hearts 12x more than jobs and 2x more than extreme weather.
Source: potentialenergycoalition.org/guides-and-r...
That's right! Research shows this message moves hearts 12x more than jobs and 2x more than extreme weather.
Source: potentialenergycoalition.org/guides-and-r...
February 15, 2025 at 1:08 AM
Did you know the most powerful force for climate action is LOVE—for our children, their future, and the world they’ll inherit?
That's right! Research shows this message moves hearts 12x more than jobs and 2x more than extreme weather.
Source: potentialenergycoalition.org/guides-and-r...
That's right! Research shows this message moves hearts 12x more than jobs and 2x more than extreme weather.
Source: potentialenergycoalition.org/guides-and-r...
changing “Astrobites author” to “Former Astrobites author” in my bio is sad but I’m so excited to read what all our new authors have to write ❤️
February 15, 2025 at 4:32 PM
changing “Astrobites author” to “Former Astrobites author” in my bio is sad but I’m so excited to read what all our new authors have to write ❤️
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A simple shift from "I told you so" to "I was scared this would happen" is an opening. Follow that up with, "how can I help" and links and numbers to immigrant rights orgs, labor orgs, and community health and you are, in fact, building solidarity.
People who voted Trump who are feeling pissed off right now about broken promises are an organizing opportunity, not a gloating opportunity
February 15, 2025 at 3:23 PM
A simple shift from "I told you so" to "I was scared this would happen" is an opening. Follow that up with, "how can I help" and links and numbers to immigrant rights orgs, labor orgs, and community health and you are, in fact, building solidarity.
I know it’s the German thing to complain when your neighbor is playing music that’s audible in the next apartment through noise-canceling headphones but consider: I’m not a snitch
February 7, 2025 at 9:25 PM
I know it’s the German thing to complain when your neighbor is playing music that’s audible in the next apartment through noise-canceling headphones but consider: I’m not a snitch
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The skies above Paranal are at risk from a proposed industrial megaproject.
This would be located in the vicinity of ESO's Observatory. If constructed, it would irreparably impact astronomical observations.
Read more: https://www.eso.org/public/news/eso2501/
🔭
📷 ESO/P. Horálek
This would be located in the vicinity of ESO's Observatory. If constructed, it would irreparably impact astronomical observations.
Read more: https://www.eso.org/public/news/eso2501/
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📷 ESO/P. Horálek
World's darkest and clearest skies at risk from industrial megaproject
On December 24th, AES Andes, a subsidiary of the US power company AES Corporation, submitted a project for a massive industrial complex for environmental impact assessment. This complex threatens the pristine skies above ESO’s Paranal Observatory in Chile’s Atacama Desert, the darkest and clearest of any astronomical observatory in the world [1]. The industrial megaproject is planned to be located just 5 to 11 kilometres from telescopes at Paranal, which would cause irreparable damage to astronomical observations, in particular due to light pollution emitted throughout the project’s operational life. Relocating the complex would save one of Earth's last truly pristine dark skies.
www.eso.org
January 10, 2025 at 8:00 AM
The skies above Paranal are at risk from a proposed industrial megaproject.
This would be located in the vicinity of ESO's Observatory. If constructed, it would irreparably impact astronomical observations.
Read more: https://www.eso.org/public/news/eso2501/
🔭
📷 ESO/P. Horálek
This would be located in the vicinity of ESO's Observatory. If constructed, it would irreparably impact astronomical observations.
Read more: https://www.eso.org/public/news/eso2501/
🔭
📷 ESO/P. Horálek
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The gender affirming care ban in Montana has been BLOCKED by the MT Supreme Court in a unanimous decision.
Montana has a constitutional right to privacy, including in our healthcare decisions. And today our constitution continues to protect individuals from government overreach.
Montana has a constitutional right to privacy, including in our healthcare decisions. And today our constitution continues to protect individuals from government overreach.
December 11, 2024 at 6:48 PM
The gender affirming care ban in Montana has been BLOCKED by the MT Supreme Court in a unanimous decision.
Montana has a constitutional right to privacy, including in our healthcare decisions. And today our constitution continues to protect individuals from government overreach.
Montana has a constitutional right to privacy, including in our healthcare decisions. And today our constitution continues to protect individuals from government overreach.
ugh I have a sore throat. still we must persevere.
December 2, 2024 at 5:48 PM
ugh I have a sore throat. still we must persevere.
Introduce yourself with your worst feedback from school:
I’m Kat, and if I don’t start getting As in every physics class I’ll never get into grad school
I’m Kat, and if I don’t start getting As in every physics class I’ll never get into grad school
Introduce yourself with your worst feedback from school:
I’m Catherine, and I’ll never be cut out for a graduate program
I’m Catherine, and I’ll never be cut out for a graduate program
Introduce yourself with your worst feedback from school:
I'm Brian. I need to stop fluttering my pitch (due to a later-diagnosed heart condition).
I'm Brian. I need to stop fluttering my pitch (due to a later-diagnosed heart condition).
November 30, 2024 at 7:41 AM
Introduce yourself with your worst feedback from school:
I’m Kat, and if I don’t start getting As in every physics class I’ll never get into grad school
I’m Kat, and if I don’t start getting As in every physics class I’ll never get into grad school
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Introduce yourself with your worst feedback from school:
I’m Catherine, and I’ll never be cut out for a graduate program
I’m Catherine, and I’ll never be cut out for a graduate program
Introduce yourself with your worst feedback from school:
I'm Brian. I need to stop fluttering my pitch (due to a later-diagnosed heart condition).
I'm Brian. I need to stop fluttering my pitch (due to a later-diagnosed heart condition).
Introduce yourself with your worst feedback from school:
I'm Andrew. I am totally unsuitable for any sort of musical training.
I'm Andrew. I am totally unsuitable for any sort of musical training.
November 22, 2024 at 3:36 AM
Introduce yourself with your worst feedback from school:
I’m Catherine, and I’ll never be cut out for a graduate program
I’m Catherine, and I’ll never be cut out for a graduate program
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oh huh it turns out when you get put on a list people start following you. Hello! I’m Kat, I do cosmology and galactic archeology, I’m applying for PhDs, and I’m slowly slipping under the surface of a sea of yarn
November 15, 2024 at 7:25 PM
oh huh it turns out when you get put on a list people start following you. Hello! I’m Kat, I do cosmology and galactic archeology, I’m applying for PhDs, and I’m slowly slipping under the surface of a sea of yarn
ok now nobody else follow me
November 30, 2024 at 7:30 AM
ok now nobody else follow me
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TWENTY COUNTRY STRIKE! 20 COUNTRIES!!! PASS IT ON!!!
Amazon workers are on strike WORLDWIDE!!!! DO NOT CROSS A STRIKE LINE BY BUYING FROM AMAZON. FUCK THEIR BLACK FRIDAY DEALS.
#solidarity #strike #union #UnionStrong #sagaftra #wga #blackfridaydeals #blackfriday2024 #Thanksgiving #thanksgiving2024
Amazon workers are on strike WORLDWIDE!!!! DO NOT CROSS A STRIKE LINE BY BUYING FROM AMAZON. FUCK THEIR BLACK FRIDAY DEALS.
#solidarity #strike #union #UnionStrong #sagaftra #wga #blackfridaydeals #blackfriday2024 #Thanksgiving #thanksgiving2024
Amazons workers across 20 countries, including the United States, are striking against what the organizing labor union calls anti-worker and anti-democratic practices.
Amazon workers on strike from Black Friday to Cyber Monday
(WFXR) – Amazons workers across 20 countries, including the United States, are striking against what the organizing labor union calls anti-worker and anti-democratic practices.
www.cbs42.com
November 29, 2024 at 4:23 AM
TWENTY COUNTRY STRIKE! 20 COUNTRIES!!! PASS IT ON!!!
Amazon workers are on strike WORLDWIDE!!!! DO NOT CROSS A STRIKE LINE BY BUYING FROM AMAZON. FUCK THEIR BLACK FRIDAY DEALS.
#solidarity #strike #union #UnionStrong #sagaftra #wga #blackfridaydeals #blackfriday2024 #Thanksgiving #thanksgiving2024
Amazon workers are on strike WORLDWIDE!!!! DO NOT CROSS A STRIKE LINE BY BUYING FROM AMAZON. FUCK THEIR BLACK FRIDAY DEALS.
#solidarity #strike #union #UnionStrong #sagaftra #wga #blackfridaydeals #blackfriday2024 #Thanksgiving #thanksgiving2024
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people say no obsession or hobby will fill the emptiness inside or do the work of repairing the hurt we carry. you know what kind of people say this. quitters
November 23, 2024 at 1:58 PM
people say no obsession or hobby will fill the emptiness inside or do the work of repairing the hurt we carry. you know what kind of people say this. quitters
every time I use ADQL it comes up with a new error just to spite me
November 21, 2024 at 9:59 AM
every time I use ADQL it comes up with a new error just to spite me
as an American I do feel like my country has exported its culture worldwide in a way that is ultimately harmful. however. we do have one piece of advice that I feel is valuable to German residential building designers specifically.
add ventilation. please. I am so cold.
add ventilation. please. I am so cold.
November 20, 2024 at 9:08 PM
as an American I do feel like my country has exported its culture worldwide in a way that is ultimately harmful. however. we do have one piece of advice that I feel is valuable to German residential building designers specifically.
add ventilation. please. I am so cold.
add ventilation. please. I am so cold.
all right I’m in @bot.astronomy.blue signup
November 18, 2024 at 3:58 PM
all right I’m in @bot.astronomy.blue signup
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Updated periodic table with origin of elements in the Solar System (for boron and lithium at least)
November 18, 2024 at 2:53 PM
Updated periodic table with origin of elements in the Solar System (for boron and lithium at least)