Joanna Fabbri

astronomer turned research facilitator. I facilitate. mum of two. she/her #blacklivesmatter

[Zero Hour @zero-hour.bsky.social @zerohour_uk]

🚨 24 JAN 2025 🚨

The Climate and Nature Bill’s crucial second reading is on 24 January—and we need to ensure 102+ supporting MPs attend and vote.

Join us and @ChrisGPackham in calling on your MP today—email them—ask them to vote for the #CANBill.

👉 https://t.co/izjGjGeQk9

[Joanna Fabbri @jofabbri]

@catherineregan0 Oh my goodness, amazing! You’re on a roll 🤩 🏅🏆 Huge congratulations! 👏👏 I’m so so happy for you xx

[Chris Packham @ChrisGPackham]

Things have just got a lot more difficult . Here’s what I think . I had no control over what just happened . None . But I do have control over how I will react to it . And I am not going to give up on the beautiful and the good , the grip on my dreams just got tighter .

[jon batiste @JonBatiste]

There will never be another. A truly singular example of modern artistic excellence and profound humanity. When I'd call him, he would dive right into telling stories and I was all ears. I wish those conversations had been recorded because they were drenched in unlimited insight, wisdom and soul. Whether it was his equal parts awe-inspiring and ridiculously humorous recounting of how he helped shaped cultural history, or our shared love of family, world travels, exploring faith and rising from dark times. Almost everything was discussed and I was always grateful for our relationship.

To fully unlock and reflect upon it all right now is just too much to process.

His anecdotes about work ethic and his constructive feedback of my work were significant factors in sharpening my craft—for instance as a collaborator and unofficial producer on the We Are and World Music Radio albums that changed my artistic trajectory.

But some of the most powerful advice he shared with me was rooted in how to develop your humanity.

The power of prayers and mantras, which he said every morning . His insight about how "Your music can never be more or less than you are as a human being, so work on the human part" or how he and Ray Charles developed inner strength during the civil rights era by instilling within that "Not one ounce of my self worth depends on anyone else's acceptance of me" , a few examples of MANY.
When I won the Academy Award in my speech I evoked his words about the power of 12 Notes, how we all get the same ones and it's up to us what we do with them.

When he wasn't able to travel anymore I would always make a point to visit him in LA to show love, talk life and play for him. The last time we saw each other in person I played for him but this time asked if I could record him listening to me for posterity sake . In the clip I'm playing his "Ai No Corrida" then going into a Chopin waltz, then some blues and then Thelonious Monk's "Round Midnight" . Always the best for Q.

You will be forever missed but my goodness did you make your mark sir !! It's on us now to carry it forward 🤲🏾✨

[UCL/BBK Planetary Science News @UCL_CPS]

Exoplanets & the Ariel Mission - Searching for signatures of life on strange worlds, this Thursday 31st Oct, 5:30pm, online 🪐🛰️🎃

Our next 'Adventures in Planetary Science' public outreach event features the following line-up of fantastic experts... 👇👇

[UCL/BBK Planetary Science News @UCL_CPS]

We are excited to announce the next in our 'Adventures in Planetary Science' series of public engagement events:

'Exoplanets & the Ariel Mission - Searching for signatures of life on strange worlds' 🪐🛰️🧬

Online, Thu 31st Oct, 5:30pm🎃

Free tickets at: https://t.co/jJOZjUT916

[Karen Anne Devoil @KarenAnneDevoil]

Excited for our Stargazing event on Thursday with @Colne_Valley @ChilternSociety @FarmWoodoaks @WestLondonAstro @SWHAS_org. Looking forward to the opportunity of observing Saturn, Dumbbell and Ring Nebula, Andromeda galaxy and more 🔭🔭🌖🪐🌌

[Joanna Fabbri @jofabbri]

The youngest had 3 great chaffy ideas! He struggles with pen control and doesn’t always choose to draw as a fun activity so I was thrilled to see he’d been inspired and was getting creative too. Albie, age 8 ™️ ☺️

[Joanna Fabbri @jofabbri]

Okay, sorry it’s me again @jamiesmart 👋 😬 My son now thinks we’re best mates so has asked me to send you this photo of his idea for a new chaffy, together with sound effects 😃 He hopes you like it! Art by Jake, age 10

[Joanna Fabbri @jofabbri]

@jamiesmart We have no doubt it will be awesome! Very excited to let him know you replied too 🤩 Much appreciated 🥰

[Joanna Fabbri @jofabbri]

@jamiesmart So excited to tell my son! He asks about Flember Book 5 frequently. Great to be able to manage his expectations now about likely timescales and that it's the final book (😥) Congratulations! 💥

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[Joanna Fabbri @jofabbri]

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[Robert Massey @RobertMMassey]

Very poor from @guardianscience and I feel for @DrStuClark having his article tagged in this way. Astrology = nonsense pseudoscience. Astronomy = scientific study of the cosmos. Confusing them is like confusing alchemy and chemistry. Can you fix this and let the subeditors know?

[Joanna Fabbri @jofabbri]

As part of deciding how to vote, will our MP candidates—if they don't already—let us know if they back the #CANBill to reverse nature's destruction by 2030? @donswisscottage @lornajane2 @TulipSiddiq @ScottEmery92 https://t.co/dMLDbTwXft

[Zero Hour @zero-hour.bsky.social @zerohour_uk]

✊ It's an urgent, straightforward demand—we must #RestoreNatureNow.

🐝 We have a plan for a new law that will halt and reverse nature's destruction by 2030—the Climate and Nature Bill.

✍️ Take action now—ask your MP candidates to back the #CANBill—at https://t.co/6fXzeDDp8L.

[Dr Rachel Clarke @doctor_oxford]

This is why, when I want a new hospital, I always buy it myself.

[Dr William Dunn @astro__will]

Our Orbyts team worked super hard in our free time to write our first Impact report based on the last 6 years of programme evaluation, so we're mega excited to share it with you: https://t.co/rJ3dkpHADH

[Joanna Fabbri @jofabbri]

@FleetPrimary Yay! Looks amazing! Thanks so much Dr @catherineregan0 for bringing @eyesonmars_uk and your amazing knowledge to Jake’s class today 🤩 👏

[CarlSaganDotCom @carlsagandotcom]

A lesson on the greenhouse effect with Carl Sagan.

🎥: Carl Sagan testifying before Congress in 1985 on climate change

[Joanna Fabbri @jofabbri]

@FleetPrimary Love this 😍 🧘‍♀️