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Holly 🥄

@absolutspacegrl.bsky.social

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I do space stuff but in a Lawful Good way Engineer working on lunar electrical power systems for human space exploration. 🚀🛰️🧪👩🏻‍🔬 Bluesky Elder yelling at clouds Opinions=mine she/her 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️

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Holly 🥄 @absolutspacegrl.bsky.social · May 13

Hello #NASA fans! Testing this out thanks to @malwaretech.com

Here are the women flight controllers of STS-120!

#ILookLikeAnEngineer #WomenInSTEM

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Holly 🥄 @absolutspacegrl.bsky.social · Aug 15

Just ordered this shirt to show solidarity with New Orleans, Freddie Mercury, and the DC sandwich throwing guy all in one.

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I’m Just a Po-Boy - Everybody Loves Me!

Freddie Mercury T-Shirt - I’m Just a Po-Boy - Everybody Loves Me. • 50/50 poly cotton blended tee • Available in uni-sex crew neck, uni-sex v-neck & ladies v-neck style.

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Holly 🥄 @absolutspacegrl.bsky.social · Aug 12

That’s a good point that I didn’t think of right away.

Holly 🥄 @absolutspacegrl.bsky.social · Aug 12

Sorry for this random question Robert, I do listen to BTB & if I missed it, I apologize, but what seemingly enabled the Germans to be like “holy shit we fucked up” after WW2 yet a decent portion of Americans are still not convinced that losing the Civil War was a good thing?

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Holly 🥄 @absolutspacegrl.bsky.social · Aug 12

Poboys rise up! #neworleans

Sonja Drimmer @sonjadrimmer.bsky.social · Aug 12

Every city choose your anti-fascist culinary projectile challenge.

Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · Aug 12

And they want to try this in Chicago?

Taking a sub to the chest is nothing compared to catching a 60-pound deep dish pizza.

There's going to be a lot of feds with giant circles punched clean through their stomachs, standing there all confused like Wile E. Coyote.

Holly 🥄 @absolutspacegrl.bsky.social · Jul 28

It is. Morale is low. Best of luck to mom. ❤️

Holly 🥄 @absolutspacegrl.bsky.social · Jul 28

Je comprends, et merci! ❤️

Holly 🥄 @absolutspacegrl.bsky.social · Jul 28

Oui, mais je comprends. Peut-être j’essaye et un jour c’est une réalité. Suggestions?

Holly 🥄 @absolutspacegrl.bsky.social · Jul 28

Je suis Acadienne & je parle un peu de français. Je voudrais travailler en France. Moi, je l’aime France - les personnes, la langue, la culture, etc.

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Holly 🥄 @absolutspacegrl.bsky.social · Jul 28

I guess it hurts so much because this is literally the only thing I’ve ever wanted to do with my life. Additionally, so many family members actively chose this. I have….thoughts.

Here I am at 2 years old.

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Holly 🥄 @absolutspacegrl.bsky.social · Jul 28

I honestly don’t know how we ever recover from this loss of institutional knowledge. There’s no reason to do this…we learn nothing from history.

Tomorrow I will go to work and train those who come after me as best I can, like always, because I truly love NASA #nasa 🧪🔭🚀🛰️

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Nearly 4,000 NASA employees opt to leave agency through deferred resignation program

The employees who have chosen to leave the agency amount to about 20% of NASA's workforce.

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Holly 🥄 @absolutspacegrl.bsky.social · Jul 25

@bencollins.bsky.social Just in case you hadn’t already seen it…credit to Redditor u/Zodiac72826

A scene from the animated show South Park features Eric Cartman whispering into another boy’s ear, who looks distressed and is crying into a bowl of chili. The distressed boy is edited to wear a red “MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN” hat, and a tweet from Donald J. Trump saying “STOP TALKING ABOUT EPSTEIN!!!!!” is superimposed above his head. The image is edited to evoke political commentary in a humorous and provocative way.

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CONTACT LIGHT @contactlight.de · Jul 18

July 19, 1969, 11:20am ET - View of Earth, looking from the #Apollo11 Command Module past the Lunar Module, from orbit around the Moon.

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Engineer Brains @hhackenbecker.bsky.social · Jul 20

Tune in to the original #MoonDay by visiting apolloinrealtime.org/11/

Apollo 11 in Real Time

A real-time interactive journey through the first landing on the Moon. Relive every moment as it occurred in 1969.

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Holly 🥄 @absolutspacegrl.bsky.social · Jul 19

This one? Yup! @khagolnomy.space

A woman smiles while standing on a treadmill wearing a white harness system connected to chains and counterweights, simulating load-bearing exercise in microgravity. Behind her is a circular sign with a cartoon of Stephen Colbert running on a treadmill and the acronym “C.O.L.B.E.R.T.” which stands for “Combined Operational Load Bearing External Resistance Treadmill.” The setting appears to be a lab or testing facility with equipment, documents pinned to a corkboard, and a monitor attached to the treadmill.

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Holly 🥄 @absolutspacegrl.bsky.social · Jul 19

EPS

Holly 🥄 @absolutspacegrl.bsky.social · Jul 19

Stephen displays his inner NASA geek proudly and us space nerds take note of things like that!

You have a lot of fans at #nasa JSC, Stephen! Thank you for a wonderful memory. ❤️🚀

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Holly 🥄 @absolutspacegrl.bsky.social · Jul 19

I didn’t think much of it. But a few weeks later, I had a package on my desk with a signed photo of Stephen Colbert (above).

He sent everyone in the room whose name was on the list an autographed pic.

Absolute class act. So kind and thoughtful. Will always be a fan. @stephencolbert.bsky.social

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Holly 🥄 @absolutspacegrl.bsky.social · Jul 19

And he went around the room and greeted each JSC employee personally. He shook everyone’s hand and said, “Hi! I’m Stephen Colbert!”

A lot of us had brought items for him to sign, but because his flight had been delayed and he showed up late, we were told to put our names on a list.

Framed photo of Stephen Colbert in a dark suit, red and blue striped tie, and glasses, standing with hands in his pockets against a white background. The photo is signed in black marker in the top right corner with the message: “To Holly — Be strong!” followed by the signature “Stephen Colbert.”

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Holly 🥄 @absolutspacegrl.bsky.social · Jul 19

There was a Shuttle launch that I worked on console…STS-133 maybe?

Anyway, Stephen Colbert was at JSC to tape a bit for his show. And after the launch I went to the building he was in. After taking a nap in the car, he showed up in an orange ACES suit. That’s me with the sunglasses on my head.

Stephen Colbert is wearing a bright orange flight suit with NASA and American flag patches walks down a hallway, holding a piece of paper. He appears to be mid-conversation or turning to speak. Two women stand by a doorway on the left, smiling, while a child and another person are visible in the background further down the hall. The setting looks like an office or lab area with framed photos on the wall.

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Ryan Marino, MD @ryanmarino.bsky.social · Jul 14

There’s a nonzero chance you will die from a cancer that could have been curable because people who couldn’t pass 7th grade biology and are scared of things like “mRNA” and “riboflavin” and “walkable cities” decided to make their ignorance everybody else’s problem

Stand Up for Science! @standupforscience.bsky.social · Jul 14

Over 120 mRNA cancer trials are now at risk as the Trump admin cuts funding & tells researchers to scrub “mRNA” from grant proposals.

What started as COVID fearmongering is now derailing life-saving cancer research.

Hope remains - but scientists say time is running out.

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‘Tremendous uncertainty’ for cancer research as US officials target mRNA vaccines

Amid Trump cuts and state-level backlash, experts worry that progress in messenger RNA vaccines could stall

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Holly 🥄 @absolutspacegrl.bsky.social · Jul 14

This is so fucked up. Yes, it included many friends and colleagues. Yes, it makes me question how we will be able to continue safe human spaceflight as laid out in CAIB Report recommendations going forward.

Just an absolute waste of knowledge and for what? What? What has this accomplished?