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Emily Rice @emilylrice.me · 28/09/2026

Yesterday I deep cleaned half our tiny NYC kitchen, then invited three second-graders to frost a cake I made (from scratch)… probably the wrong order? SABBATICAL!!!!!!!* *read with jazz hands, à la The Aristocrats! punchline

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STARtorialist @startorialist.com · 26/09/2026

Commence thread highlighting new designs & recent restocks 🌟 First up, a commemorative t-shirt for @emilylrice.me’s eclipse experience in the Iceland Sea, co-designed by fellow cruisers (blog post in the works) 😭😭😭 shop.startorialist.com/products/ice...

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Iceland Total Solar Eclipse 2026 Unisex T-Shirt - White

When the path of totality across Iceland gives you clouds (like it did for Emily), you have to design a t-shirt to help you laugh through the disappointment! Also available in black with less-subtle c...

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Emily Rice @emilylrice.me · 15/09/2026

The details in these tiny neon donuts are just a hint at what we are going to see when the camera is fully focused!

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STARtorialist @startorialist.com · 22/08/2026

Co-founder & CEO @emilylrice.me will be part of the “Who Gets to Discover the Universe?” plenary on Friday, August 28!

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Seven Machina Rasmussen @toomanyspectra.bsky.social · 18/08/2026

🚨 it’s time for a GIVEAWAY!! ✨ want a copy of CLOUDY WITH A CHANCE OF STARSHIPS that’s full of my unhinged commentary, terrible doodles, and sentences that got axed by legal? here’s your chance! enter by friday to win a one-of-a-kind edition! @princetonupress.bsky.social

CLOUDY WITH A CHANCE OF STARSHIPS:
THE Annotated EDITION

deadline: friday august 21 at midnight

1 entry: like this post
2 entries: repost
5 entries: receipt (old)
10 entries: receipt (new)

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mimi smartypants @mimismartypants.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

Every time you check out a library book instead of ordering from Amazon, ask a friend instead of an LLM, cook a meal instead of ordering from an app, or go for a walk instead of scrolling social media, you interrupt the cash flows of insane CEOs. Do it! Ruin their day!

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Emily Rice @emilylrice.me · 17/08/2026

I ended up walking over 10 miles around Amsterdam, but a lot of that was wandering around Schiphol airport trying to find the lockers I had used to stash my luggage. I was so lost I ended up going through passport control three times! 😂

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Shecky @shecky.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

He's back in the ICU with "low blood pressure" now, and frankly, this is looking like it might be it. Please, friends, if you or someone you know has a safe, comfortable, loving landing zone for his two cats, please please *please* speak up ASAP.

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Emily Rice @emilylrice.me · 15/08/2026

Hi Bluesky friends! What should I do for a few hours in Amsterdam on Sunday? 🇳🇱

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Emily Rice @emilylrice.me · 12/08/2026

Welp, this was the best total solar eclipse I saw from the Iceland Sea, but it was still very fun to talk to several hundred people about space while on a cruise ship!

A light skinned hand holding a dark chocolate sea salt bar with a graphic showing a total solar eclipse, with the railing of a ship, water, and Iceland in the background

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Emily Rice @emilylrice.me · 06/08/2026

I’m not sure which is more unbelievable, that I was somehow okay with travel uncertainty for almost six weeks of preparation or that I’M GOING TO CRUISE AROUND ICELAND TO SEE THE TOTAL SOLAR ECLIPSE!!!! 🇮🇸 🚢 ☀️

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Seven Machina Rasmussen @toomanyspectra.bsky.social · 29/05/2026

✨ hello friends!! ✨ i’m SO excited to announce that CLOUDY WITH A CHANCE OF STARSHIPS will be available as an audiobook via @blackstonepub.bsky.social! pre-order HERE: www.audible.com/pd/Cloudy-wi...

book cover which features a variety of colorful objects on a black background with the book title in white

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STARtorialist @startorialist.com · 14/06/2026

Happy Flag Day! @emilylrice.me is at #AAS248 in Pasadena, just for the day! She has a few Space Pride flags to share - find her and say “Space for Everyone” to take one home! #ExploreAstronomy #SpacePride

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STARtorialist @startorialist.com · 11/06/2026

It’s been 10 years since @sumrtime.bsky.social made the One Sun design, our first solo design that was popular enough to sell (with proceeds going to the Ali Forney Center in NYC). We’ve finally updated it and made it available in our online shop! ☀️ 🌈 shop.startorialist.com/products/one...

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One Sun Heart Spectrum Unisex T-Shirt

A uniquely STARtorialist design! A portion of sales from this design will be donated to LGBTQIA+ support organizations. Designed by STARtorialist co-founder Summer Ash, One Sun reminds us to “find pea...

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STARtorialist @startorialist.com · 09/06/2026

We are thrilled this design is becoming popular here again! We are proud to have made it available (with permissions) as flags and more! 🏳️‍🌈 ⭐️ 🏳️‍⚧️ shop.startorialist.com/collections/...

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Space Pride

STARtorialist is a women-owned small business founded by professional astronomers to curate space- and science-themed products, support independent designers, and contribute to STEM education and outr...

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Emily Rice @emilylrice.me · 09/06/2026

I just saw Disclosure Day and… I recommend spending your time & money watching Project Hail Mary again. Or The Crown, Bad Sisters, Pride & Prejudice, the Mary Poppins sequel, and anything else with Colman Domingo

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Emily Rice @emilylrice.me · 03/06/2026

More accurately, my project team within the @aas.org Education Committee!

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Seven Machina Rasmussen @toomanyspectra.bsky.social · 12/05/2026

CLOUDY WITH A CHANCE OF STARSHIPS is the first book on the Drake Equation in 20 years—since the discovery of exoplanets! a LOT has happened since then! you can pre-order it through B&N here: www.barnesandnoble.com/w/cloudy-wit...

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Flowers Georg @pantalonesfuego.bsky.social · 10/05/2026

I got you some flowers for Sunday!

Large cluster of different colors of snapdragon flowers all growing in the same container, including magenta, yellow, and peach with yellow.

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Dr. Caprice Phillips @capricephillips.bsky.social · 19/04/2026

teamuptogether.smapply.io/prog/2026_te... 2026 TEAM-UP Together Scholarship open. Deadline Jun 8 2026 12:00 AM (EDT) #BlackInAstro

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2026 TEAM-UP Together Scholarship Application - TEAM-UP Together

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Dr. Moiya McTier @goastromo.bsky.social · 07/04/2026

Happy pub day, @chanda.blacksky.app!! 🥳 I’m so excited everyone gets to read THE EDGE OF SPACE-TIME! And now they can hear our conversation about it, too podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/p...

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The Edge of Space-Time with Dr. Chanda Prescod-Weinstein

Podcast Episode · Pale Blue Pod · April 7 · 1h 5m

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Chanda Prescod-Weinstein 🌌 @chanda.blacksky.app · 24/03/2026

I HAVE HELD THE EDGE OF SPACE-TIME IN MY HANDS! ok, not literally, but I did hold my book *The Edge of Space-Time* in my hands for the first time! Preorder from your favorite local brick and mortar! B&N members get 25% off with code PREORDER25. 📚💙 www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/746817...

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Mariko Bennett @nachoriko.bsky.social · 24/03/2026

I defended my PhD 10 years ago today. That was the least remarkable thing that happened that day. Sharing something I wrote about it last year. Since then "the horrors persist but so do we." And with dignity.

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STARtorialist @startorialist.com · 20/03/2026

The Sun has crossed the celestial equator so our sale of the season is on! Buy one, get one 50% (almost) any two items in the shop, not through Sunday! shop.startorialist.com

Equinox-themed sale graphic with black & yellow day/night designs on a sky blue background reading
BUT ONE GET ONE
50% OFF
ANY TWO PRODUCTS
NO CODE REQUIRED
SALE ENDS 3/22

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Sarah McAnulty, Ph.D. @sarahmackattack.bsky.social · 16/03/2026

Attention Science Communicators! We are conducting a survey on the landscape of science communication & need your help gathering experiences. Please send this to #SciComm ppl you know. We want to get as thorough a sense of the state of the field as we can. umiami.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_...

A block of text that says "Scientists at the University of Miami are carrying out a research study on trends in the field of science communication.

For this survey we are defining science communication as work that is done:

• by a technical subject area expert in some field related to science, technology, engineering, or mathematics,
• outside of classroom settings
• aimed at the public

If you are 18 years of age or older and work or recently worked in this field (full-time, part-time, or as a side project), please click the link below to complete a short survey. If you are interested in learning more about this research study, please e-mail us at Julia.wester@miami.edu. In the body of your email please provide your full name, and if you would prefer to be contacted by phone, your phone number and the best time to reach you. Contacting us for more information does not commit you to participating, and should you decide to participate you may terminate your participation at any time."

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Emily Rice @emilylrice.me · 12/03/2026

As the kids these days say, let’s gooooooooo! @aot-baltimore.bsky.social at Guilford Hall Brewery

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American Astronomical Society (AAS) @aas.org · 26/01/2026

AAS 2026 Congressional Visits Day In partnership with the American Association of Physics Teachers, we're bringing scientists to DC from 13–15 April to advocate for the importance of science and education. No prior policy experience is required. Apply by 1 February: aas.org/applications... 🔭

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Alexandra Witze @alexwitze.bsky.social · 17/01/2026

If you wanna watch a really big rocket roll very slowly out to the launch pad in Florida, live, go here now m.youtube.com/watch?v=nrVn... It’s the Artemis II mission, aiming to launch in the coming weeks to send humans to the Moon for the first time in over half a century 🧪

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NASA's Artemis II Live Views from Kennedy Space Center

YouTube video by NASA

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Sarah Tuttle @niais.cryptoanarchy.network · 16/01/2026

Happy Friday! Find something to celebrate today, ideally with other people. Maybe it's Shabbat. Maybe it's making it to the end of this damn week. Maybe it's someone's birthday. But winning looks like surviving on a day like today, and we are here to stay, dammit. Fill your heart, however you need.

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Emily Rice @emilylrice.me · 15/01/2026

If I could make an image the lock screen on my phone just for the first time I picked it up each day, it would be this

Screenshot from on instagram story of NYC mayor Zohran Mamdani wearing a suit and tie leaning toward the camera smiling with caption reading “Good morning, New York”

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Sarah Kendrew @sarahkendrew.bsky.social · 21/11/2025

Munazza Alam, Asst Astronomer at @stsci.edu is among this year's "50 under 50" alumni award winners from @cuny.edu - great work! 🔭https://www.cuny.edu/about/administration/offices/communications-marketing/alumni-network/50under50/munazza-alam/

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Munazza Alam – The City University of New York

26 Colleges. One University.

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Emily Rice @emilylrice.me · 21/11/2025

67° all the way down… Sorry not sorry @amnh.org

Old school Museum display showing trees in different types of forests, with temperatures labeled at various heights above the ground, focus on on a tree that is 67 degrees from top to bottom

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STARtorialist @startorialist.com · 15/11/2025

Good morning Bluesky friends! We have started our holiday sale early so you can take your time to shop small this season! 💖 20% off (nearly) everything in the shop will automagically appear in your cart 🛒 shop.startorialist.com

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STARtorialist Online Shop

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Kat Troche @kuiperkat.org · 26/10/2025

Join us on November 1, 2025, 6:00 PM - 9:00 PM at Pat's Lawn at Inwood Hill Park for #AutumnStarfest! Celebrate 30 years of star parties in NYC with free views of #Saturn, presentations from @astroontapnyc.bsky.social, raffle prizes, and more! Full details: aaa.org/event/autumn...

Event flyer for the Amateur Astronomers Association’s 30th Annual Autumn Starfest, taking place Saturday, November 1, 2025, from 6–9 PM at Pat’s Lawn in Inwood Hill Park. Event includes free telescope views, raffle prizes, and guest speakers from Astronomy on Tap NYC.

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Emily Rice @emilylrice.me · 08/10/2025

My kids are getting verrrrrrry into… let’s call the main character… Furry Planter… and want to be magic students for Halloween. (I want to make them ourselves, but I’m not sure we’ll have be able to.) Anyone know of an inclusive designer selling magic wands?

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Abbie 🌟 @abbiestev.bsky.social · 29/09/2025

If any of you fine folks are planetarians in (or want to be in) mid-Michigan, the Abrams Planetarium is hiring a full-time-staff position for the first time in 11 years!! Come work with the astro, scicomm, and informal ed folks at MSU!! 🔭 🧪 (reskeets welcome) careers.msu.edu/jobs/educati...

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Educational Program Coordinator II - East Lansing, Michigan, United States

Position Summary The program coordinator will maintain the planetarium, present live shows, and create new planetarium visualizations. In addition, this position will assist customers, assist in educa...

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Emily Rice @emilylrice.me · 22/09/2025

Hi Friends! I contributed a bunch of things to the RMSC silent auction this year, please check them out and bid through Saturday! e.givesmart.com/events/DpF/i...

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RMSC 2025 Gala

Help Rochester Museum & Science Center spread the word about 2025 Innovation Celebration!

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STARtorialist @startorialist.com · 20/09/2025

Our biggest sale of the season is on now! Buy one, get one half off all made to order products, now through Sunday! shop.startorialist.com/collections/...

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Emily Rice @emilylrice.me · 20/09/2025

Things are awful but this little shop is a nice glimmer of hope for a few of us, and I am hoping we can expand that to more people 💖

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STARtorialist @startorialist.com · 15/09/2025

Eight years ago #Cassini said good-bye through the cloud tops of Saturn 🪐 We restocked adorkable earrings from Pretty Little Earth to celebrate this iconic mission! shop.startorialist.com/products/mis...

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Saturn + Cassini Mismatched Wood Earrings

Dainty yet durable laser-cut wood earrings are a striking combination of cutting-edge technology depicted in simple organic materials. These stud earrings are a simplified but recognizable rendition o...

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