Dr. Erica H

Astronomer, physics lecturer, Episcopalian, wife, geek, mom of two. Wearer of hats. Not necessarily in that order. She/Her

[Dr. Erica H @hatgrlstargazer]

@wontwriteitself @colettearrand @headfallsoff Same. I didn't literally throw the book, but I hated it so much that I stopped reading Star Wars books entirely for *years*.

[Auke-Florian @AukeFlorian]

Bird nests made from anti-bird spikes! 🤯 Even for me as a nest researcher, these are the craziest bird nests I've ever seen. Today my paper came out on this rebellious behaviour. And it's like telling a joke...

A thread. 🧵

[Erin Reed @erininthemorning.com on Bsky @ErinInTheMorn]

Incredible news out of Florida.

Florida's gender affirming care ban has been blocked in part. The decision is complex, but this should be enough to allow care to proceed soon.

This is the first (of many) wins against gender bans this year.

"Gender identity is real."

[Dr. Erica H @hatgrlstargazer]

@ChefStentor The Adventures of Teddy Ruxpin. My favorite, but by the 90s nobody seemed to remember it.

[Dr. Erica H @hatgrlstargazer]

@PokemonGoApp I have appropriate socks for Noibat #PokemonGOCommunityDay today! Purple bats make me happy. 😃🦇💜

[Dr. Erica H @hatgrlstargazer]

@ryanqnorth I was about to disagree (cantaloupe is no pineapple), but then I saw the prosciutto, and remembered how magical prosciutto and melon is, and now I want this pizza.

[Dr. Erica H @hatgrlstargazer]

@PokemonGoApp Ok, but the moon was full yesterday? By Saturday it'll be only 86% illuminated, waning gibbous. Not full.

[Dr. Erica H @hatgrlstargazer]

@AsterRoc Hmm, I've got a bunch of pictures of sunflowers, then a photo of my daughter's preschool class. One of these four year olds may have a lofty destiny?

[JohnnyCanuck @DarkMaple]

Hey @TwitterSupport @TwitterSafety, your algorithm banned my buddy @OurManKoto for making an editor's joke, and then denied his appeal. Please, can we get a human review on this???

[𓅪 Dr Alex Evans 𓅪 @alexevans91]

👑 #BestOfCrest ROUND3 (pt1/16) 👑

🐦 Red-tailed black cockatoo
(Left 📷 Duncan McCaskill)
VS
🐦 Whiskered auklet
(Right 📷 Vladimir Medvedev)

Who has the #BestOfCrest? Cast your vote in the poll below! #GuessTheCrest #Ornithology #Birds #TeamBird"

[Dr. Erica H @hatgrlstargazer]

@Morph86Kad @konstructivizm Astronomers don't use photoshop. All our image processing software is custom.

In all seriousness, though, this is a (2016) NASA-released image superimposing an ultraviolet Hubble image onto a visible-light one for context.

[Dr. Erica H @hatgrlstargazer]

@ChefStentor My doc's chart has a few numbers scattered among the letters, and if I forget this between visits I get so confused when I encounter the 2 I can barely make out. "Is that a z? No, wait, what?"

[Dr. Erica H @hatgrlstargazer]

So many amazing replies to this!

[Dr. Erica H @hatgrlstargazer]

Retweeting for the golden razz berry hunt.

[Pokémon GO @PokemonGoApp]

Here’s what people had to say about past Pokémon GO Fests! 📣

Excited? You can grab your #PokemonGOFest2022 tickets here: https://t.co/oeYENguHw7

Hey, wait—is that a Golden Razz Berry? 👀

#GetOutAndGO

[Pokémon GO @PokemonGoApp]

Trainers, we’re celebrating the Season of Alola and Stufful Community Day by awarding one lucky winner with a trip for two to Hawaii! 🏝️🥳

To enter, retweet this tweet and follow our Twitter account!

[Dr. Erica H @hatgrlstargazer]

@PokemonBigSad @PokemonGoApp You can catch a shiny turtwig and evolve it, why would it matter if you can't get a shiny grotle directly?

[Dr. Erica H @hatgrlstargazer]

@CNNPolitics Why haven't you used Judge Jackson's title? Isn't that the standard?

[Dr. Erica H @hatgrlstargazer]

@dvdpeters @MacWhirterJ It means it's fireproof.