Rachel P-M @rpmastronomy.com · 6hI have written my research statement, my teaching statement, and my inclusivity statement and I need to do my cover letter and I feel like I've hit a wall. 120
Reposted by Rachel P-Mpaul khruangbin (Dan Lehner) @danlehner.bsky.social · 14h“‘Choosin’ Texas’? Ha, no pardner, I’m Choosin’ TAXES. Howdy, I’m Big Jim Medlock and I’m here to tell you how the social democratic welf 438852
Rachel P-M @rpmastronomy.com · 8hOh good news, I thought I had to cut 3 pages from my research statement because I thought it was 6 pages, but it's actually 4 so I only need to cut one page. And, like, most of the 4th page is the bibliography? So maybe I will just...reformat that in such a way that it's much smaller? 150
Rachel P-M @rpmastronomy.com · 9hEvery department website should have a list of classes they offer on it! Do not make me go digging through your course catalog! 000
Reposted by Rachel P-MBrian G. aka urbanbohemian 🪩🥂💖 @urbanbohemian.com · 10hWe're on Bluesky, put the link in your post. Put the link in your post. Put. The. Link. In. Your. Post. Links in posts aren't buried or de-prioritized here. This is one of the last platforms you don't have to make interested users do detective work to find the link. Just put it in the post. 71684540
Reposted by Rachel P-MIndivisible Westside LA ❌👑 @indivisiblewestsidela.com · 11hIt's a group effort! We have a great leadership team and great members who have really put in a lot of work over the past few years. Sometimes it feels futile, but now I'm thinking about some of the things we've done this year and yeah, we've done a lot. 161
Reposted by Rachel P-MIndivisible Westside LA ❌👑 @indivisiblewestsidela.com · 11hBreaking the 4th wall for a second: I find our meetings to be very helpful in making me feel less despair, and even with everything that's going on in my life and the world taking one small action feels good, especially when there are other people doing it with me. Our group can help you. Join us. 182
Reposted by Rachel P-MKaitlin Ruiz @kaitlinruiz.bsky.social · 11hone thing I tell myself these days, when everything feels irreparable, is that you don't have to fix everything, and you never have to go it alone. if you find one thing you can do consistently in the company of others, you will have accomplished so much more than you can rightly enumerate. 25914
Rachel P-M @rpmastronomy.com · 11hIf you were not aware that NdGT has been credibly accused of rape by MULTIPLE women, now you are. (I read this when it first came out, but even before then I knew he was skeezy. I have friends who worked with him at AMNH and the stories they told me...) 252
Rachel P-M @rpmastronomy.com · 13hYES! I do not understand why they insist on saying this! I guess ending tariffs would hopefully reduce costs somewhat, and ending the Iran war would also hopefully reduce gas prices, but it won't be immediate. 010
Reposted by Rachel P-MProfessa Murray @kalimurray.bsky.social · 29/09/2026It is kind of one of the reasons you have to impeach Vought: there is no trust that he will implement the appropriations instructions authorized by Congress. 211620
Rachel P-M @rpmastronomy.com · 29/09/2026Ok, I have dealt with all my difficult emails. Now I just need to write an entire faculty application in *checks notes* a day. I'm sure that will be fine. (I will be reusing material; I'm not starting from scratch, but I did have an unexpected wrinkle in that my nanny is out sick) 020
Rachel P-M @rpmastronomy.com · 29/09/2026Adam Schiff is disgraceful. He was sworn in a month before anyone else and didn't have a physical office for over a year. His staff refuses to meet with his constituents in LA and they give contradictory reasons as to why. I hope he gets primaried. In 4 years...womp womp. 021
Reposted by Rachel P-MImani Gandy @angryblacklady.blacksky.app · 28/09/2026But if trans girls are "cheating" by playing women's sports, what else are the sneaky trans people cheating about. They're also coming for Title IX. They don't care about women in sports. They want women out of sports. Please, I am begging you, stop falling for this shit. 11928167
Reposted by Rachel P-MImani Gandy @angryblacklady.blacksky.app · 28/09/2026The trans women in sports panic has got to be one of the GOP's most successful manufactured culture war campaigns. Somehow they got a lot of people who would otherwise say they support trans rights to somehow fear "fairness" in sports. It's a non-issue. 111300245
Reposted by Rachel P-MImani Gandy @angryblacklady.blacksky.app · 28/09/2026fucking reallythehill.comEducation Department formally rescinds Title IX protections for LGBTQ studentsThe Education Department announced Monday it has formally rescinded the Biden-era Title IX interpretation that gave sex-based discrimination protections to students on the basis of sexual orientati… 672161714
Reposted by Rachel P-Mevacide @evacide.bsky.social · 28/09/2026Meta Muse appears to read your Apple messages and upload them to the cloud even if you explicitly tell it not to: appleinsider.com/articles/26/...appleinsider.com 1001916986
Rachel P-M @rpmastronomy.com · 28/09/2026I have to write an email asking someone to write me a letter of recommendation, something they did 2 years ago so it won't be a hard lift to do it again, and I'm afraid they'll say no, anyway, and I'm afraid they'll laugh at me because it's for a TT job at the place where I was a visitor 6 yrs ago 100
Reposted by Rachel P-MThe Fig Economy @figgityfigs.bsky.social · 28/09/2026We don’t have to go to the mat for everything we have ever said just because we said it. Sometimes we’re wrong and saying so doesn’t have to be a psychic death. 2778
Reposted by Rachel P-MNed Resnikoff @resnikoff.bsky.social · 28/09/2026Marin NIMBYs explaining that they oppose an affordable housing project in Mill Valley because of their sincere commitment to desgregation 523525
Reposted by Rachel P-MChanda Prescod-Weinstein 🌌 @chanda.blacksky.app · 28/09/2026And when I say bad behavior I mean no, you should not be fucking your students and I mean that broadly. Not a student in your department, not a recent graduate, not even a student in another department. Not someone you’re mentoring. Some of the men who like to talk about me have done these things 135436
Reposted by Rachel P-MMrs. Detective Pikajew, Esq. @clapifyoulikeme.favrd.social · 28/09/2026JCO is defending furries fyi 552412374
Rachel P-M @rpmastronomy.com · 28/09/2026Who the fuck are the VMAs for at this point? I mean, I'm watching them, but I don't think they're for the youths but they also aren't really for the olds? 000
Rachel P-M @rpmastronomy.com · 28/09/2026And yet collectively millennials have spent years acting like having to make a phone call is literal hell. This feels like the inevitable endpoint of that mindset. 010
Reposted by Rachel P-MGarnet Henderson @garnethenderson.com · 28/09/2026Gavin Newsom: I have to do some transphobia to win over Republicans The Democratic governor of a “red” state: 023864
Reposted by Rachel P-MWaterBluSky 🇺🇸 🌻 🇺🇦 @waterblusky.bsky.social · 27/09/2026Bernie Sanders consults this person on AI. 55013
Rachel P-M @rpmastronomy.com · 27/09/2026Every person quoting this with “ I only listen to [insert genre here] so I’ve never heard of this song” is proving this man’s point. Congratulations you’re all very special boys and girls with precious taste in music who would never sully themselves by listening to pop (shudder). Have a cookie. 210
Rachel P-M @rpmastronomy.com · 26/09/2026Just saw a yes on Prop 39 (voter ID) commercial on TV and they made it sound super-reasonable and I'm very worried it's going to pass! 021
Rachel P-M @rpmastronomy.com · 26/09/2026Ugh, now I have to respond to said email, along with two others, and then send one asking for a favor, and I don't wanna...I hate asking people to do stuff for me, even if they are perfectly willing to do so. 010
Rachel P-M @rpmastronomy.com · 26/09/2026If you lived on the west coast there were barely any new posts after like 10 PM pacific time 030
Rachel P-M @rpmastronomy.com · 26/09/2026I read an email that I've been avoiding for 2 days and it was a very reasonable email and I was just being a weenie 030
Reposted by Rachel P-MStarbucks Workers United @sbworkersunited.org · 25/09/2026Our union of over 12,000 Starbucks workers are calling for a BOYCOTT. We're fighting for extremely reasonable improvements, like better pay, better staffing, and better protections. Thank you to @bradlander.bsky.social for standing with Starbucks workers and joining our boycott! 211039
Reposted by Rachel P-MNoah Shachtman @noahshachtman.bsky.social · 25/09/2026You'd think running America's space program would be a position above politics. Jared Isaacman, however, has given $3 million to MAGA, Inc. since being confirmed as NASA administrator. This isn't illegal, experts tell me. But is it right? 411250
Rachel P-M @rpmastronomy.com · 25/09/2026Brett Goldstein picking Smallville as one of his 10 best shows of the 21st century is sending me. Even I, a WB aficionado, would not pick that show as one of the best shows of the 21st century. 130
Reposted by Rachel P-Mbrian nam-sonenstein @bson.bsky.social · 25/09/2026ICE cannot do what it’s doing without local law enforcement. They need their manpower and infrastructure. That means if you want to stop ICE you are going to have to confront police collaboration and police power. I’m sorry but progressive hopes of avoiding this conflict are a recipe for failure. 51657486
Reposted by Rachel P-MCathy Gellis @cathygellis.bsky.social · 24/09/2026IF YOU IMPEACH HIM ALL THE POLICIES YOU HATE GO AWAY Vance isn't going to sustain them. He doesn't want to, and he doesn't have the clout. 43711
Rachel P-M @rpmastronomy.com · 24/09/2026Kind of want to hate read the love hypothesis. Someone please stop me. 110
Reposted by Rachel P-MJenna Norton @jenna-m-norton.bsky.social · 24/09/2026Update on Vought’s #ScienceDeathPanels: The administration is reportedly backing away from the promised EO that would have furthered political oversight at NIH. Looks like our advocacy has worked (for now). www.nytimes.com/2026/09/23/u... When we fight, we win!nytimes.comTrump Backtracks on Plan for New Controls on N.I.H. Grants (Gift Article)Democrats and Republicans in Congress opposed the creation of a commission with the power to veto federal research awards. 17325
Reposted by Rachel P-MColette Delawalla, PhD @cdelawalla.bsky.social · 24/09/2026Hey so, I don’t want to see this man’s name on a primary ballot. You hear me? 36119
Reposted by Rachel P-MDorit Reiss @doritreiss.bsky.social · 24/09/2026CDC opened Vaccine for Children ordering for COVID-19 vaccines, and sent an official list to partners. Thank you to the colleague who alerted me. 0236
Rachel P-M @rpmastronomy.com · 23/09/2026No. Perhaps I was a little too low tech but I didn’t even have a baby monitor 000
Reposted by Rachel P-MMicah @rincewind.run · 23/09/2026are you fucking serious newsom and bonta should be raked over the fucking coals for settling 271835437
Reposted by Rachel P-MSusan Rinkunas @susanrinkunas.com · 23/09/2026Coward shit Newsom vetoed “a bill that would have extended California’s abortion shield laws and expanded legal protections for gender-affirming care”sfchronicle.comA California bill sought to shore up Newsom’s abortion access plan. He vetoed itOne of Gov. Gavin Newsom’s most reliable allies, abortion rights advocacy groups, are issuing a rebuke after he vetoed a bill that would have extended California’s abortion shield laws. 2732158
Rachel P-M @rpmastronomy.com · 23/09/2026I hate these people so much. Getting a Covid vaccine for a kid is so hard already and I hate the way these fuckers co-opt the language of the pro-choice movement while simultaneously removing everyone’s choice (not that my body my choice really works in a public health situation but also come on) 030
