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CatherineQ @catherineq.bsky.social · 8d

Sydney really turned it on for #IAC2025. Such an amazing week.

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CatherineQ @catherineq.bsky.social · 8d

And you know I do #IAC2025
#IHeartSpace

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CatherineQ @catherineq.bsky.social · 17d

Vibe

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CatherineQ @catherineq.bsky.social · 22d

Thankyou!

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CatherineQ @catherineq.bsky.social · 22d

Thankyou. Phoof

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CatherineQ @catherineq.bsky.social · 22d

This day has been disproportionately bad.

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Coronal Shadow @coronalshadow.bsky.social · Sep 7

Front passenger gets the farm gate 👍🏻

#NewZealandValues

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CatherineQ @catherineq.bsky.social · Sep 7

Lovely!

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CatherineQ @catherineq.bsky.social · Sep 7

Any Bluesky space people at IAC in Sydney this year?

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CatherineQ @catherineq.bsky.social · Aug 12

Off we go. Anytime Ōtautahi - anytime - you are the best.

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CatherineQ @catherineq.bsky.social · Aug 12

Favourite city Ōtautahi Christchurch

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CatherineQ @catherineq.bsky.social · Aug 10

“I look up at the moon, and wonder: When will we be going back? And who will that be?” - Jim Lovell

Image: “Earthrise” - Apollo 8 (taken by Bill Anders as Jim Lovell looked on)

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CatherineQ @catherineq.bsky.social · Aug 11

About 85% of people at this airport gate are hacking up a lung. Lovely.

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CatherineQ @catherineq.bsky.social · Aug 10

Oh woooowwwww

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CatherineQ @catherineq.bsky.social · Aug 10

“I look up at the moon, and wonder: When will we be going back? And who will that be?” - Jim Lovell

Image: “Earthrise” - Apollo 8 (taken by Bill Anders as Jim Lovell looked on)

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CatherineQ @catherineq.bsky.social · Aug 9

RIP to a truly great man.

Jonathan McDowell @planet4589.bsky.social · Aug 8

Glad the Apollo 13 movie is getting reruns lately.
This scene is even more moving today: right, Tom Hanks playing Jim Lovell; left, cameo appearance by actual Jim Lovell (1928 Mar 25 - 2025 Aug 7).

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CatherineQ @catherineq.bsky.social · Aug 3

It must be such a great feeling to have the correct chromosomes to have your expertise valued.

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CatherineQ @catherineq.bsky.social · Jul 25

a woman says i can 't say i didn 't see this coming

ALT: a woman says i can 't say i didn 't see this coming

media.tenor.com

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CatherineQ @catherineq.bsky.social · Jul 25

Always helps me to sleep better at night, safe in the knowledge that our government is focussed on the really important things… 🤦‍♀️ #ThisIsRacist

www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/confirmat...

'English-first': Changes confirmed for NZ passport will place English before te reo Māori

The current passport, with te reo Māori text first, came into effect in 2021.

www.nzherald.co.nz

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Julie Blommaert @drjulieb.bsky.social · Jul 25

“The NZ passport should have English at the top cause in an international context that’s what people understand”

Ok racist uncle what’s this then

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The Sewphist @thesewphist.bsky.social · Jul 16

Those of you who've been following me for a while may have seen me share this before, usually when I hear that someone has just learnt that they may or do have cancer.
While it's framed as how not to say the wrong thing to that person, I was so glad I knew about it before I ended up in the centre.

How not to say the wrong thing

Have you ever said something crass you regret and wish you could take back? Millions of readers have learned this simple trick to avoid embarrassment and hurt feelings since it was first published in ...

www.latimes.com

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Sustainable Space Initiative @ssinz.bsky.social · Jul 10

Our members @drpriaero.bsky.social and @catherineq.bsky.social quoted in @thespinoff.bsky.social on NZ's MethaneSat involvement:

thespinoff.co.nz/the-bulletin...

What went wrong with MethaneSat – and who should answer for it?

New Zealand’s first publicly funded space mission has ended with a lost satellite and a debate about how we spend our money in space.<br />

thespinoff.co.nz

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Sarah Pallett @sarah4ilam.bsky.social · Jul 8

Next time, may I politely suggest careful consideration occurs BEFORE plans are made which fly in the face of both expert advice and good sense.

RNZ News Feeds @rnzrss.bsky.social · Jul 8

Wellington Hospital will not proceed with cutting maternity and gynaecology beds

The proposed trial at Wellington Regional Hospital will no longer go ahead.

www.rnz.co.nz

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Brian O'Halloran @playingwithdust.bsky.social · Jul 4

So my piece of good news: my shot of Comet Tsuchinshan-ATLAS was shortlisted for the @dias.ie Reach For The Stars #astrophotography competition again.

It's up for the public vote alongside absolutely fantastic competition: I'd obviously love your vote!

reachforthestars.ie/exhibition/

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Phil Plait @philplait.bsky.social · Jul 3

To be clear, this is not a solar system object: it is coming FROM INTERSTELLAR SPACE. Like, FROM ANOTHER STAR.

And it is hauling ass(teroid).

Phil Plait @philplait.bsky.social · Jul 3

An alien visitor is whizzing through our solar system at VERY high speed! Called 3I/ATLAS, I have everything we know about this odd object so far.

badastronomy.beehiiv.com/p/another-al...

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Another alien visitor to our solar system!

3I/ATLAS is the third interstellar object seen zipping through our neighborhood

badastronomy.beehiiv.com

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