Amy Ralston

galactic geologist PhD candidate @UCIPhysAstro (she/her/hers)
aspiring science policy nerd
protect trans youth and education funding thank you kindly

[AAS Public Policy @AAS_Policy]

The FY2026 President's Budget Request includes:

47% cuts to NASA Science.
56% cuts to NSF.
28% cuts to NIST.
14% cuts to the DOE Office of Science.

These requests have serious implications for the U.S. scientific enterprise.

https://t.co/5Eyaj9pTxo

[Grant Tremblay @astrogrant]

❤️ to JPL. Just a brutal year. Every Center Director is banging on Melroy’s door; each has a thousand engineers with nothing to build. We’re shedding so much incredible talent from NASA and it’s gonna get worse.

[Peter F Williams @pfwaus]

The 2024 total solar eclipse from Dallas Texas. First look at the camera photos (cropped only).
The crescent sun as the moon creeps towards totality.
Thin solar crescent shortly before totality.
Diamond Ring at 2nd contact.
Totality 🙂
@NationalEclipse @MoonHourSocial

[Seven Rasmussen @toomanyspectra]

thought being forced to wake up at 7:30 AM every day would mean i’d have the whole day in front of me to get work done but instead it just means i’m really tired all day long 😭 the tyranny of morning people MUST end

[Adriana Bankston @AdrianaBankston]

"It is no surprise, then, that fewer and fewer young Americans are opting to pursue #research in the #STEM fields." Systemic reforms are needed and being addressed by #universities. Read more: https://t.co/44kVO4rakY @neubadah @DrChrisTSmith @JLVernonPhD @MattHourihan @SciPolGuy

[Grant Tremblay @astrogrant]

We're in a new golden age of astronomy. We can be both grateful to the taxpaying public for their *immense* support, & cognizant that we're about to walk off the edge of a cliff. The looming NSF & NASA budgets might be disastrous. @AAS_Policy
needs you: https://t.co/9WzEHJybrt

[Claire Lamman @ClaireLamman]

Yay, I can share this now!!
After seeing my paper doodles, an editor reached out to me about creating something for Physics Today. Presenting: a cartoon summary of one of the most impactful papers in modern cosmology!

[Lee Constable 🔥 @Constababble]

Lecturers should have formal education training. Being good at your field as a researcher doesn't make you good at teaching it.

Why do we pay thousands for courses taught by people without edu qualifications when we expect school and pre-school teachers to have edu quals?

[#StopCopCity @ChuckModi1]

“Our Judaism brought us here. The rhetoric from Israeli gov’t is genocidal. As Jews, we recognize it. When you say ‘human animals’ while bombing an entire ppl, we know where that leads. As Jews, we have to speak up!”

Jews Rally in DC to stop #Gazagenocide #IsraelGazaWar

[Jeff Melnick @melnickjeffrey1]

I really love teaching largely because it’s like doing improv comedy without having to be funny

[Chentao Yang @chentao_yang]

wow! just wow. https://t.co/4k0mxI7tFo

[David Mimno @dmimno]

So much of math education is teaching traffic rules to people who have never seen cars

[Amy Ralston @ralstronomy]

What an illuminating opportunity, thank you for hosting us!