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Diana Hayes 🇨🇦🏳️‍⚧️

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PhD candidate @ York University studying lunar ices and clouds on Mars (among other miscellanea) 🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈 she/her

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ESA Space Science @science.esa.int · 28/09/2026
A successful Earth flyby improves Juice’s course to Jupiter Earlier today, Juice flew just 8640 km above the Indian Ocean and snapped these images with its onboard monitoring cameras. 1️⃣Africa, by Juice monitoring camera 2️⃣Madagascar, by Juice NavCam 3️⃣Moon, by Juice NavCam 🔭 🧪 #planetsci
Mostly black space, most of Earth visible at the top right of the image. Part of a spacecraft visible on the left.Part of the island of Madagascar in black and white.A crescent Moon, with about a quarter of the Moon showing. Many craters are visible.
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Diana Hayes 🇨🇦🏳️‍⚧️ @dchayes.ca · 22/09/2026
After a competitive procurement process, we have decided to change nothing and continue holding our conference in the location that wants you dead.
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Diana Hayes 🇨🇦🏳️‍⚧️ @dchayes.ca · 20/09/2026
The really miserably painful part about the "debate" about whether trans women have the "right" not to vote for candidates who are actively throwing them under the bus is seeing how many self-declared "allies" are only allies when it's convenient for them.
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Kevin M. Gill @kevinmgill.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
New postcard from Curiosity using Navcams taken on Sols 5000 & 5003 science.nasa.gov/photojournal...
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Curiosity Postcard Celebrates Rover’s 5,000th Day on Mars - NASA Science
While parked at a sand ridge nicknamed “Chocolatal,” NASA’s Curiosity Mars rover used its black-and-white navigation cameras to capture panoramas at two times
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Diana Hayes 🇨🇦🏳️‍⚧️ @dchayes.ca · 16/09/2026
A little obsessed with how many times it felt necessary to say "yes it's out of focus, yes that's expected, yes it will be fixed later."
This test image captures the very first photons of starlight to reach the Wide Field Instrument on NASA’s Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope. It was taken as an initial performance assessment with the detector array still stowed as it was for launch, far from best focus. Roman’s primary science instrument has opened its eyes to the universe for the first time, revealing a sea of out-of-focus stars, each spread out over many thousands of pixels. The image, which zooms into one detector and zooms again to a single star in the insets, offers a baseline the Roman team will work from to align the telescope’s optics and tune the focus. The team will soon activate the instrument’s fine-guidance system, which will mean Roman can lock onto targets. They’ll also focus the observatory, which will shrink each star’s light to appear as a crisp point, rather than the broad, donut-like features seen here (which appear as expected given the instrument’s present configuration). Roman’s science images, which NASA expects to release by early 2027, will be much sharper and reveal the cosmos in exquisite detail.
NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center, Tyler Desjardins (STScI)
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Imani Gandy @angryblacklady.blacksky.app · 09/09/2026
Anyone calling the refusal to compromise on trans rights a "purity test" can get into the bin as far as I'm concerned
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victoria scott @victoriascott.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
Sometimes I wake up and I just genuinely cannot believe the state of political discourse around my life and the lives of everyone I love
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Dr. Adeene Denton @spacewhalerider.com · 08/09/2026
Oh, my H-Index? Well,
A sign that's been edited to read: I don't mean to brag, but my scientific papers are enjoyed by well over 4 people worldwide
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Diana Hayes 🇨🇦🏳️‍⚧️ @dchayes.ca · 31/08/2026
I would like to challenge everyone, whenever the question of mandatory genetic sex testing in women's sports is brought up, not to be like "Don't they realize that this will hurt more cis women than trans women?"
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Diana Hayes 🇨🇦🏳️‍⚧️ @dchayes.ca · 31/08/2026
"Democrats are too focused on culture war issues" he says as he picks up a gun to shoot every trans woman in the back of the head.
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Diana Hayes 🇨🇦🏳️‍⚧️ @dchayes.ca · 29/08/2026
Ohio may be political hell right now but it's where I lived for 20 years, where I grew up and became the person I am today, and where many of my friends still live. Seeing people try to write it (and other areas) off as fundamentally unsalvagable is deeply sad and frustrating.
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Diana Hayes 🇨🇦🏳️‍⚧️ @dchayes.ca · 29/08/2026
On a whim, I wanted to see if the York Observatory all-sky camera could detect the Moon getting redder during the eclipse.
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Diana Hayes 🇨🇦🏳️‍⚧️ @dchayes.ca · 27/08/2026
Fearing that her brave and principled stance against trans women in sports didn't alienate enough of her party's base, Amy Acton has now come out as pro-ICE and pro-qualified immunity. Who needs enemies when these are our allies?
By Jeremy Pelzer, cleveland.com

BEXLEY, Ohio-Democratic gubernatorial nominee Amy Acton said Tuesday that local law enforcement agencies should work with federal authorities to enforce immigration laws, a position that puts her at odds with several local leaders in her party.
Acton also supports preserving qualified immunity for police officers and increasing local government contributions to police pension systems, according to officials with the Ohio Patrolmen's Benevolent
Association, a police union that endorsed her campaign Tuesday.
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Diana Hayes 🇨🇦🏳️‍⚧️ @dchayes.ca · 23/08/2026
Came across another one of those "night sky as seen by the Curiosity rover" images where (1) the sky was painfully obviously edited in, and (2) the rover in the image was Perseverance.
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Sydney Bauer @sydney-bauer.com · 21/08/2026
I wrote about how angry I feel watching people write columns about trans women in sports.
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Just call me a man already and get it over with
I'm angry. I hate writing when I'm angry. I think it makes me too emotional, too attached to copy and most importantly makes my brain move too fast having ideas pop up and die before I can even get t...
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Diana Hayes 🇨🇦🏳️‍⚧️ @dchayes.ca · 14/08/2026
The willingness of the median Democrat on this site to engage in wild and enthusiastic transmisogyny is truly a sight to behold.
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Jon Bois @jonbois.bsky.social · 09/08/2026
you wouldn't know it from the sophie cunningham discourse but there actually are some cis people who understand sports. i mean i don't, but i know some who do
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Erin Reed @erininthemorning.com · 30/07/2026
1. In the aftermath of forcing the Ohio Progressive Caucus to delete criticism of Amy Acton for calling trans girls "boys," progressives were promised a meeting with Acton. Now, we have learned she didn't show up, and kicked trans people out of the meeting. Subscribe to support our journalism.
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Dem. Ohio Gov Candidate Amy Acton Scheduled a Meeting With LGBTQ+ Advocates, Didn't Show Up, And Kicked Out Trans People Who Did
The meeting was supposed to be Acton's way of making up for calling trans girls "boys."
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Diana Hayes 🇨🇦🏳️‍⚧️ @dchayes.ca · 30/07/2026
What I'm hearing is that we need to relocate the Leafs to Vaughan
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Diana Hayes 🇨🇦🏳️‍⚧️ @dchayes.ca · 20/07/2026
My moderate position is that anyone telling me that I need to suck it up and learn to live with Amy Acton voluntarily choosing to concede ground on my right to exist in public because Ramaswamy would be worse should be fired directly into the Sun.
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Diana Hayes 🇨🇦🏳️‍⚧️ @dchayes.ca · 17/07/2026
Me when I'm in a scoring pointless own-goals competition and my opponent is the Ohio Democratic Party 🙃
Dr. Acton said she agrees with the law prohibiting transgender women and girls from participating in women's and girls' sports.

"I do not support boys playing in girls sports. This is already settled law in Ohio, and as governor I will enforce and uphold the law," Dr. Acton said.
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Martian Clouds Daily @martianclouds.bsky.social · 13/07/2026
This Zenith Movie was taken on Sol 3046 (2021-03-02) at approximately 17:39 LTST and a solar longitude of 11.11°.
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Diana Hayes 🇨🇦🏳️‍⚧️ @dchayes.ca · 10/07/2026
Over a combined decade of MSL experience in this office today and we could not come up with what the "S" in REMS stands for.
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Diana Hayes 🇨🇦🏳️‍⚧️ @dchayes.ca · 03/07/2026
Unlocked a new experience (going to the library to pick up a hold and discovering that they've somehow managed to lose it in the 63 hours since they told me it was ready).
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Kevin M. Gill @kevinmgill.bsky.social · 17/06/2026
Fun fact: This is how we produce the overhead navcam ortho images. No nerd shit with math and algorithms. Only rad jumps for this rover!
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Diana Hayes 🇨🇦🏳️‍⚧️ @dchayes.ca · 26/05/2026
I love living in a normal province.
A photo of Doug Ford howling. Text below the photo reads "Doug Ford howls to show how he scares off coyotes"A screenshot of a CP24 broadcast of Doug Ford surrounded by reporters. The headline reads "Premier says he's not considering coyote cull, howls at Queen's Park"
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The Onion @theonion.com · 19/05/2026
NASA Announces Rover Has Found Beauty In The Mundane On Mars
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Prof Peter Hotez MD PhD DSc(hon) @peterhotezmdphd.bsky.social · 16/05/2026
MAHA
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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 14/05/2026
this truly is the thing that makes the united states exceptional, and right wingers hate it so much they want to destroy it
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Diana Hayes 🇨🇦🏳️‍⚧️ @dchayes.ca · 13/05/2026
Battle of the Phase One Alto High Speed Rail Corridor (coming to you circa 2040, maybe).
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PWHL @thepwhl.com · 10/05/2026
RUNNING IT BACK
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PWHL @thepwhl.com · 09/05/2026
THE OTTAWA CHARGE WITH THEIR FIRST-EVER WIN AT CTC!
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Diana Hayes 🇨🇦🏳️‍⚧️ @dchayes.ca · 08/05/2026
Outing myself on main as a @pwhlcharge.bsky.social fan before Game 3.
A photo of myself wearing an Ottawa Charge hat and PWHL Pride shirt.
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Diana Hayes 🇨🇦🏳️‍⚧️ @dchayes.ca · 07/05/2026
Provincial emergency alert test managed to steal my microphone away from my ongoing WhatsApp call, somehow crashing WhatsApp, Firefox, and then my entire computer.
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Diana Hayes 🇨🇦🏳️‍⚧️ @dchayes.ca · 04/05/2026
Beautiful women named Statistics Canada are sending me mail.
A photo of a light-yellow envelope on a faux wood surface. The envelope is from Statistics Canada for the 2026 census. Several identifying elements are redacted.
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Diana Hayes 🇨🇦🏳️‍⚧️ @dchayes.ca · 30/04/2026
I often say that my heart and soul yearn for the American midwest, and it kills me that, as a trans woman, I don't feel safe returning to the country that raised me (putting aside the fact that the whole world feels like it's becoming more dangerous for trans people...)
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Diana Hayes 🇨🇦🏳️‍⚧️ @dchayes.ca · 29/04/2026
Important to note that Alex and I made this exact same joke within half a second of each other as soon as they pulled it out of the box.
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Diana Hayes 🇨🇦🏳️‍⚧️ @dchayes.ca · 27/04/2026
Me when I take a photo with a finger partially over my phone's camera.
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Simon Hammann @simonhammann.bsky.social · 20/04/2026
Don't be shy to take on a little two-week side project. These five months will be the most precious three years of your academic journey.
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Diana Hayes 🇨🇦🏳️‍⚧️ @dchayes.ca · 21/04/2026
Now that the CSA's lunar rover is cancelled and Line 5 is open, we need to guess whether there will be a crewed NASA lunar landing before or after the Ontario Line opens.
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Diana Hayes 🇨🇦🏳️‍⚧️ @dchayes.ca · 20/04/2026
Absolutely nothing that the NHL loves more than fumbling an easy PR win.
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Diana Hayes 🇨🇦🏳️‍⚧️ @dchayes.ca · 18/04/2026
Every time I complain about the TTC, I remember COTA
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Diana Hayes 🇨🇦🏳️‍⚧️ @dchayes.ca · 12/04/2026
Every time I'm on MSL planning I still almost can't believe that we're able to say "I would like to take a picture of that rock (or whatever)" and within a handful of days get a photo of that rock (or whatever) FROM THE SURFACE OF MARS.
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Paul Byrne @theplanetaryguy.com · 07/04/2026
HOLY SHIT
The Moon! The Sun's corona! A crewed spacecraft! Oh my!
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Daniel Pomarède @pomarede.bsky.social · 07/04/2026
Postcards from the far side www.flickr.com/photos/nasa2... #Artemis 🔭🧪
Shadows Across Vavilov Crater

A close-up view taken by the Artemis II crew of Vavilov Crater on the rim of the older and larger Hertzsprung basin. The right portion of the image shows the transition from smooth material within an inner ring of mountains to more rugged terrain around the rim. Vavilov and other craters and their ejecta are accentuated by long shadows at the terminator, the boundary between lunar day and night. The image was captured with a handheld camera at a focal length of 400 mm, as the crew flew around the far side of the Moon. Credit: NASA

Shadows at the Edge of Lunar Day

The Artemis II crew captures a portion of the Moon coming into view along the terminator – the boundary between lunar day and night – where low-angle sunlight casts long, dramatic shadows across the surface. This grazing light accentuates the Moon’s rugged topography, revealing craters, ridges, and basin structures in striking detail. Features along the terminator such as Jule Crater, Birkhoff Crater, Stebbins Crater, and surrounding highlands stand out. From this perspective, the interplay of light and shadow highlights the complexity of the lunar surface in ways not visible under full illumination. The image was captured about three hours into the crew’s lunar observation period, as they flew around the far side of the Moon on the sixth day of the mission.
 Credit: NASA

Ready for a Close Up

Captured by the Artemis II crew, the heavily cratered terrain of the eastern edge of the South Pole-Aitken basin is seen with the shadowed terminator – the boundary between lunar day and night – at the top of the image. The South Pole-Aitken basin is the largest and oldest basin on the Moon, providing a glimpse into an ancient geologic history built up over billions of years. Credit: NASA
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Dakota Smith @weatherdak.bsky.social · 07/04/2026
oh man... images.nasa.gov/details/art0...
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Daniel Pomarède @pomarede.bsky.social · 07/04/2026
A New View of the Moon Earth sets over the Moon’s curved limb in this photo captured by the Artemis II crew during their journey around the far side of the Moon. flic.kr/p/2s6971B #Artemis 🧪🔭
Earth sets at 6:41 p.m. EDT, April 6, 2026, over the Moon’s curved limb in this photo captured by the Artemis II crew during their journey around the far side of the Moon. Orientale basin is perched on the edge of the visible lunar surface. Hertzsprung Basin appears as two subtle concentric rings, which are interrupted by Vavilov, a younger crater superimposed over the older structure. The lines of indentations are secondary crater chains formed by ejecta from the massive impact that created Orientale.

The dark portion of Earth is experiencing nighttime. On Earth’s day side, swirling clouds are visible over the Australia and Oceania region. 

Credit: NASA.
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European Space Agency @esa.int · 07/04/2026
✅ #Artemis II update: 'Earthset', 6 April 2026, and 'totality', 7 April, seen from lunar orbit, the Moon eclipses the Sun, a view few humans have ever witnessed (pics: NASA) 🔗 www.nasa.gov/gallery/jour... @exploration.esa.int l
On a black background of space, a blue and white Earth just before 'setting' behind the Moon, in foreground, seen from Artemis II, 6 April 2026Totality seen from lunar orbit, the Moon eclipses the Sun, revealing a view few humans have ever witnessed, a dark disc surrounded by a pale solar corona.
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Diana Hayes 🇨🇦🏳️‍⚧️ @dchayes.ca · 07/04/2026
Answering this a bit, I guess:
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do they make all astronauts take fuckin. poetry classes before they take off, or does being in space just make this type of profound shit suddenly come out of your mouth just from the sheer (lack of) gravity of the situation of where you are and what you're doing doing and how fragile you are. because like holy fuck. whose job is it to sit all astronauts down and say "fucking listen up. neil set the bar really fucking high. you have to keep up"
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