Astronomer Royal for Scotland | Catherine Heymans
@astroroyalscot.bsky.social
Astronomer Royal for Scotland, Professor of Astrophysics, Edinburgh University. Director of the German Centre for Cosmological Lensing, RUB. #LongCovid (She/her)
Hi Genevieve, sadly not something I've used, but @jennyshipway.bsky.social might have some ideas.
November 10, 2025 at 3:39 PM
Hi Genevieve, sadly not something I've used, but @jennyshipway.bsky.social might have some ideas.
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November 9, 2025 at 9:21 PM
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Maybe we should all move to the Atacama Desert :)
November 9, 2025 at 4:22 PM
Maybe we should all move to the Atacama Desert :)
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November 9, 2025 at 7:20 AM
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We always used to call this type of baking "feature": VOLCANO CAKE. Enjoy 🥰
November 6, 2025 at 1:03 PM
We always used to call this type of baking "feature": VOLCANO CAKE. Enjoy 🥰
🥳 HUGE CONGRATULATIONS - awesome
November 5, 2025 at 6:32 PM
🥳 HUGE CONGRATULATIONS - awesome
Yup - shaking fists at clouds in Edinburgh currently 😩
November 5, 2025 at 6:03 PM
Yup - shaking fists at clouds in Edinburgh currently 😩
Any excuse to tell people to look up, and I'm there! But it goes without say that every moon is a super moon as far as I'm concerned :)
November 5, 2025 at 4:42 PM
Any excuse to tell people to look up, and I'm there! But it goes without say that every moon is a super moon as far as I'm concerned :)
Scorchio! Safe travels Jamie.
November 5, 2025 at 7:54 AM
Scorchio! Safe travels Jamie.
Amazing - congratulations to all the team - quite the milestone!
November 3, 2025 at 5:03 PM
Amazing - congratulations to all the team - quite the milestone!
Thank you Amy - brilliantly done!
November 3, 2025 at 4:57 PM
Thank you Amy - brilliantly done!
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November 1, 2025 at 10:08 AM
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November 1, 2025 at 8:31 AM
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Awesome!! Keen to hear all and any constructive criticism from your clan as we're currently working on a 2nd collab for the Feb edition!
November 1, 2025 at 8:30 AM
Awesome!! Keen to hear all and any constructive criticism from your clan as we're currently working on a 2nd collab for the Feb edition!
If you have a curious 8-14yo in your life, Aquila is a super fun magazine with different topics every month 🤩
ℹ️: aquila.co.uk
ℹ️: aquila.co.uk
November 1, 2025 at 8:25 AM
If you have a curious 8-14yo in your life, Aquila is a super fun magazine with different topics every month 🤩
ℹ️: aquila.co.uk
ℹ️: aquila.co.uk
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October 31, 2025 at 5:53 PM
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Awesome - Full Marks!!
October 31, 2025 at 5:52 PM
Awesome - Full Marks!!
Interesting! I don't see anger/boredom there - I see strength, determination and "I am the Boss, don't mess with me" power 💪
October 31, 2025 at 5:46 PM
Interesting! I don't see anger/boredom there - I see strength, determination and "I am the Boss, don't mess with me" power 💪
And just incase anyone is under the impression that Hopper also invented the term "computer bug" because of a real moth found in her computer, alas no, that is a well-loved myth.👇
The plot thickens!
1878 Thomas Edison reports an insect in his 📞 apparatus - is this the 1st real "bug"?
👇"bug" was already a "common term for any sort of engineering error or anomaly" before Grace Hopper's moth (which might not even have been her moth).
ℹ️: lunduke.substack.com/p/the-story-...
1878 Thomas Edison reports an insect in his 📞 apparatus - is this the 1st real "bug"?
👇"bug" was already a "common term for any sort of engineering error or anomaly" before Grace Hopper's moth (which might not even have been her moth).
ℹ️: lunduke.substack.com/p/the-story-...
October 31, 2025 at 5:35 PM
And just incase anyone is under the impression that Hopper also invented the term "computer bug" because of a real moth found in her computer, alas no, that is a well-loved myth.👇
whereas a woman will always wrap it up in a neat package and document it. I think that’s because you don’t half-cook a dinner, you finish it and put it on the table." 💪
Grace Hopper, 1978, from Particular Passions: Talks with Women Who Have Shaped our Times by Lynn Gilbert.
Grace Hopper, 1978, from Particular Passions: Talks with Women Who Have Shaped our Times by Lynn Gilbert.
October 31, 2025 at 5:35 PM
whereas a woman will always wrap it up in a neat package and document it. I think that’s because you don’t half-cook a dinner, you finish it and put it on the table." 💪
Grace Hopper, 1978, from Particular Passions: Talks with Women Who Have Shaped our Times by Lynn Gilbert.
Grace Hopper, 1978, from Particular Passions: Talks with Women Who Have Shaped our Times by Lynn Gilbert.
One pointed excerpt from the piece is
"Women turn out to be very good programmers for one very good reason: They tend to finish up things … After men think they’ve solved a problem, they want to go off and get a new one,
"Women turn out to be very good programmers for one very good reason: They tend to finish up things … After men think they’ve solved a problem, they want to go off and get a new one,
October 31, 2025 at 5:35 PM
One pointed excerpt from the piece is
"Women turn out to be very good programmers for one very good reason: They tend to finish up things … After men think they’ve solved a problem, they want to go off and get a new one,
"Women turn out to be very good programmers for one very good reason: They tend to finish up things … After men think they’ve solved a problem, they want to go off and get a new one,