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Astrobonology

@astrobonology.bsky.social
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Postdoc at NASAJPL in the OHLlab | PhD from UNSW '22 | organics in hydrothermal environments | education, equity and outreach | Precambrian geology | Aussie in California | ND | she/her

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Sarah J. Jackson @sjjphd.bsky.social · 21/10/2024
“You committed genocide against our people," she shouted. “Give us what you stole from us — our bones, our skulls, our babies, our people. You destroyed our land. Give us a treaty. We want a treaty.”
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'Give us what you stole from us,' Indigenous Australian senator yells at King Charles
Sen. Lidia Thorpe was escorted out of a parliamentary reception for the royal couple after shouting that British colonizers have taken Indigenous land and bones.
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Astrobonology @astrobonology.bsky.social · 24/05/2024
My live with @setiinstitute.bsky.social Is up! We talk about all things ocean worlds and field work and i do my best fighting crab impersonation, watch here - www.youtube.com/live/9-eSIhL...
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Exploring Hydrothermal Vents: Earth's Deep Ocean as a Model for Alien Worlds
The INVADER project researches ways to improve life detection in ocean worlds by studying alien worlds in Earth’s deep ocean. We seek to understand how we ca...
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Astrobonology @astrobonology.bsky.social · 09/04/2024
Got into work at JPL today, and laughed way more at this change to my building than i should have
A picture of a building with the word "science", someone stuck a picture of a rocket at front
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Astrobonology @astrobonology.bsky.social · 23/03/2024
I love travelling but i also love coming home and cooking my own food. Lemon chickpeas and veggies with fresh herbs and butter rice 🤤🤤
A big pan filled with pumpkin, chickpeas, cherry tomatoes, spinach, parsley and dill and creamy sauce
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Astrobonology @astrobonology.bsky.social · 22/03/2024
Just submitted my first big NASA grant 😁🎉🎊🍷 What a learning experience! I wrote a lot of grants in grad school, but this was so much more intense and so many moving parts. So glad to have the support to be able to develop this skill
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Astrobonology @astrobonology.bsky.social · 17/03/2024
I found the meme barbie and emo house IRL! Best find for a very online person
A selfie of a woman standing in front of a completely black house with a pink and purple house right next to it
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Astrobonology @astrobonology.bsky.social · 08/03/2024
Ice skating in Central Park, NYC
A clear blue sky with a lot of skyscrapers and an ice rink in a park
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Sarah Greene @carbonatefan.bsky.social · 27/02/2024
New paper: “you just look at rocks, and have beards” Perceptions of Geology From the United Kingdom: A Qualitative Analysis From an Online Survey. We explore perceptions of geology from both 'Non-geologists' and 'Geologists', who describe the subject very differently! ⚒️🧪 doi.org/10.3389/esss...
The illustration is separated into three main sections: perceptions highlighted by the work, themes drawn from the data and conclusions.
Perceptions - many perceptions highlighted that geology was just about describing and cataloguing rock, the poor diversity amongst geologists was highlighted, the discipline was described as being niche, and boring.
Themes - "what is geology" - there is a struggle to define the discipline. "Geology is boring" there was an overwhelming number of instances that the subject was described as boring (mostly byn-geologists). "Employability and destructive practices" - this theme highlights that many only see outdoors, remote and often hydrocarbon linked jobs available for geologists, geologists themselves describe a huge variety of occupations and opportunities. "Diversity and Inclusivity" - the lack of diversity amongst geologists is highlighted as a barrier to entering the field.
Conclusions - highlights storytelling, inclusivity, interdisciplinarity
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Rick CarBOOso’s Private Fire Crew @amandasmith.bsky.social · 27/02/2024
Privatizing 💃🏼 science 💃🏼 is not cheaper 💃🏼 and does not 💃🏼 make us safer 💃🏼
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Jay the Ent-Larch 💛🤍💜🖤 @entlarchjay.bsky.social · 22/02/2024
A poem by Asheville, NC poet David Gate written for Nex Benedict:
If God created the night & the day 
& the dawn, of course 
& the dusk
& the tangerine rosepink sunset 
& the infant bright of morning 
& the deep amethyst twilight

then to perceive the world in binary
is to forego knowledge of the divine.
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Astrobonology @astrobonology.bsky.social · 25/02/2024
Made Aussie burgers with the lot for dinner - sriracha mayo, spinach, tomato, just egg, beyond patty, cheeze, hashbrown, beetroot, pineapple 🤤🤤
Picture of a burger on a plate, inside the burger is sriracha mayo, spinach, tomato, just egg, beyond patty, cheeze, hashbrown, beetroot, pineappleBurger cut in half, with sriracha mayo, spinach, tomato, just egg, beyond patty, cheeze, hashbrown, beetroot, pineapple
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Celeste Labedz @celestelabedz.bsky.social · 15/02/2024
Me and my friends' experiences in grad school:
Screencap of Wikipedia article titled "Depression (geology)"
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Astrobonology @astrobonology.bsky.social · 08/02/2024
I cannot believe we have to work today as if yesterday wasnt truly horrific and heart wrenching :( I love my job, but this week aint it
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Astrobonology @astrobonology.bsky.social · 07/02/2024
What a day to be a planetary scientist 💔
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Astrobonology @astrobonology.bsky.social · 07/02/2024
Trynna distract myself from life rn by planning for AbSciCon - any Astrobiologists, planetary scientists or Precambrian Geologists looking to meet an aussie who is a solid collaborator & wants to talk fun science & education? I'm still a baby in the US and really want to meet some more people!
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Astrobonology @astrobonology.bsky.social · 23/01/2024
How do people's brains work after having so many meetings? I had 5 hours of back to back meetings and forgot the word "hammer" an hour ago
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Astrobonology @astrobonology.bsky.social · 17/01/2024
Absolutely obsessed with my new Kindle cover which captures my two great loves, palaeontology and planetary science
A close up of an e-book cover which is decorated with a variety of dinosaurs and planetary bodies
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Astrobonology @astrobonology.bsky.social · 07/01/2024
Watching Mad Max: Fury Road with my partner who has never seen it, and all the broad regional Aussie accents and sun burnt country making me long for a schooie at my local
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Astrobonology @astrobonology.bsky.social · 03/01/2024
New kindle arrived, but new cover has not yet arrived, so I cannot bring it with me out of the house :(
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Astrobonology @astrobonology.bsky.social · 02/01/2024
Read four books this week, and I feel complete in a way I haven't felt in a long time. I gave up on reading for fun because I was so mentally exhausted during my Master's degree and PhD, it feels good to have it back
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Astrobonology @astrobonology.bsky.social · 19/12/2023
This Nasi Goreng was one of the best meals I've ever cooked. Three different colours of capsicum, four different sources of chili, just egg, bacon tempeh. Just absolutely top tier from beginning to end
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Astrobonology @astrobonology.bsky.social · 01/12/2023
I've given in, and I'm now properly learning Bayesian Statistics and R programming. But at what cost?!
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Astrobonology @astrobonology.bsky.social · 22/11/2023
Me on Monday morning vs me by Wednesday ⛏️⚒️
Two pellets one is well made and the other looks squished
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Astrobonology @astrobonology.bsky.social · 20/11/2023
One whole year doing my dream job at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory
I stand in a room on a ship unscrewing a large metal objectI stand infront of a wall with the NASA and JPL symbols on itI am holding a small vial with black liquidI am standing on the prow of a ship with the ocean in the background
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Astrobonology @astrobonology.bsky.social · 18/11/2023
Been in the US one year exactly & today is my first day driving here. Driving on the wrong side of the road isn't so bad, but is not knowing feet & miles is getting me. Hard to know what an appropriate speed is (until i can find a sign) and hard to understand how far it is until i need to turn off
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Astrobonology @astrobonology.bsky.social · 17/11/2023
So confused by the US & reading. My government name is "Bronwyn" which is not a common name in Aus, but most people got it right. In the US I keep not knowing people are calling me because they get my name so wrong. This morning it was "Brown" which I thought was someone else's last name
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Astrobonology @astrobonology.bsky.social · 07/11/2023
Today was a good day, and one of the highlights is always when I get a close up with the JPL deer
A picture of two deer standing close to the camera
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Astrobonology @astrobonology.bsky.social · 04/11/2023
I ate so much mash potato, now i have mash potato sweats, feels so terrible and also so good at the same time
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Astrobonology @astrobonology.bsky.social · 03/11/2023
My episode of NASA Astrobiology's "Ask An Astrobiologist", is up! I feel privileged to talk about my passions - life detection, hydrothermal environments, biosignature reliability, equity in education, & the importance of arts in science youtu.be/Y-Kz9j_Uuto
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Scouring the Seafloor for Hydrothermal Vents & Biosignatures on Mars & Europa with Dr. Bonnie Teece
Our guest is Dr. Bonnie Teece, a current postdoctoral fellow at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in the Origins and Habitability Laboratory, where she resear...
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Astrobonology @astrobonology.bsky.social · 23/10/2023
So excited to be this week's guest on NASA Astrobiology's "Ask an Astrobiologist" tune in for my episode, "Scouring the seafloofor hydrothermal systems and biosignatures" on Wednesday Follow this link for more details www.youtube.com/live/JnWHOdn...
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Astrobonology @astrobonology.bsky.social · 23/10/2023
Im in the photosensitivity caused migraine camp - www.bethwinegarner.com/bite-sized-b...
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Astrobonology @astrobonology.bsky.social · 23/10/2023
Trying to enjoy Blink 182 at When We Were Young, but for some reason they've just decided to light every song with strobes 😔 - not sure why that extra effect is necessary, and its meant that I just have to sit with my back to the stage - wish I didn't spend the past year excited for this set 😔
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Astrobonology @astrobonology.bsky.social · 20/10/2023
Truly a perfect episode of television #ItCrowd
A man stands holding a fire extinguisher which is on fire, text at the bottom reads "ill just put this over here with the rest of the fire."
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Astrobonology @astrobonology.bsky.social · 19/10/2023
Some days there is nothing to do but ask yourself 'how many meetings did I have today where the other person didn't ask me a single question and talked only about themselves?', and if the answer is >1 you deserve a little treat.
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Astrobonology @astrobonology.bsky.social · 18/10/2023
I keep a "you're not as crap as you think you are" folder where I put nice things people say about me/awards. When my brain tries to take me down, I read the folder to interrupt the thought patterns. This week I have three new entries for the folder (a record), and each has touched me so deeply 😭😭
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Astrobonology @astrobonology.bsky.social · 10/10/2023
Still thinking about the Uber driver who picked me and a friend up from work at JPL yesterday. He spent the ride thinking I was British and then when I corrected him, he criticised Australia's COVID response and then mansplained JPL's origin story to us - all in fifteen minutes
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Astrobonology @astrobonology.bsky.social · 08/10/2023
Final Destination 2 is objectively the best one, followed very closely by 3 and 5, and then 1, and trailing far behind is 4 (the NASCAR abomination)
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Astrobonology @astrobonology.bsky.social · 01/10/2023
Went to a baseball game and literally one of the trees is on fire from the firework display?!?!?!
A photo of some architecture with palm trees on front. One of the palm trees is on fire.
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Astrobonology @astrobonology.bsky.social · 29/09/2023
Sunrise from my walk to work on Tuesday
Pink clouds above Pasadena humane
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Astrobonology @astrobonology.bsky.social · 27/09/2023
Watching the new season of Love Is Blind and one of the couples is bonding over geology?? Talking about metamorphic facies being cool and how sedimentary rocks are lame (rude)
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Astrobonology @astrobonology.bsky.social · 23/09/2023
Went to the plant based butcher for a Philly cheese steak, now I'm at the brewery sinking pints and destroying my mum and partner at Rummy. The suns out, and the pints are cold. Top tier day
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Astrobonology @astrobonology.bsky.social · 22/09/2023
Found the Aussie garden at the local botanical gardens 🥹🥹
A close up of gum nutsA big gum tree
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Astrobonology @astrobonology.bsky.social · 22/09/2023
Mum's visiting from Australia and we are watching Ahh! Real Monsters together. Almost 30 years later and it's still so good
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Astrobonology @astrobonology.bsky.social · 21/09/2023
One of my Advisors told me early on in my career to be clear about authorship and talk about it early and often to avoid any problems. I am consistently reminded how important that advice is.
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Astrobonology @astrobonology.bsky.social · 21/09/2023
I never feel more like an organic geochemist than when I'm wrapping samples in foil before hammering them
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Astrobonology @astrobonology.bsky.social · 20/09/2023
Saw a hawk eating a bird for lunch at work today. Wild day!
A photo of a hawk on the ground eating
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Astrobonology @astrobonology.bsky.social · 19/09/2023
Me, a postdoc, everytime someone calls me a student
A picture from the Disney Cartoon Hercules, Hades stands with his head on fire
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Astrobonology @astrobonology.bsky.social · 17/09/2023
Our whole oven needs to be replaced now 🫠
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Astrobonology @astrobonology.bsky.social · 16/09/2023
Cool classic me, first time I ever have friends over for dinner and the oven starts smoking and turns off and now wont work. Hahahaha classic comedy.
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Astrobonology @astrobonology.bsky.social · 15/09/2023
Cooking dinner for a few friends. Decided to make it Australian themed, so, of course, I knew immediately what dessert I was making - obviously there's now chocolate and coconut everywhere
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