Emily McPike
@astrowithemily.bsky.social
Astrophysics MS CUNY GC ‘26 | AMNH | JMU ‘24
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Emily McPike
@astrowithemily.bsky.social
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Emily McPike
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Sexual harassment is a productivity tax on women in STEM
Imagine the things we could do with our time if we didn’t have to do this bsky.app/profile/chan...
I did my job. And then I did a job that never should have been my responsibility afterwards, sending emails and having meetings about how this was allowed to happen in the first place. Other women scholars had to spend their time explaining to Aspen leadership why this was not ok.
November 16, 2025 at 7:35 PM
Sexual harassment is a productivity tax on women in STEM
i made a leek and mushroom quiche with black truffle gruyère cheese in a twice baked potato crust. i am so pleased with myself and so full
November 2, 2025 at 12:58 AM
i made a leek and mushroom quiche with black truffle gruyère cheese in a twice baked potato crust. i am so pleased with myself and so full
i just cast my vote for Zohran! early voting has started nyc friends :) get out and vote!!
October 28, 2025 at 3:32 PM
i just cast my vote for Zohran! early voting has started nyc friends :) get out and vote!!
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Oh I forgot: I voted (Zohran) today!
If you know who you’re voting for & strongly support them, one thing you can do to help that campaign is to VOTE EARLY! The campaigns know who has voted (& who hasn’t) & will spend resources contacting their likely voters until Election Day OR until you vote!
If you know who you’re voting for & strongly support them, one thing you can do to help that campaign is to VOTE EARLY! The campaigns know who has voted (& who hasn’t) & will spend resources contacting their likely voters until Election Day OR until you vote!
October 27, 2025 at 12:14 AM
Oh I forgot: I voted (Zohran) today!
If you know who you’re voting for & strongly support them, one thing you can do to help that campaign is to VOTE EARLY! The campaigns know who has voted (& who hasn’t) & will spend resources contacting their likely voters until Election Day OR until you vote!
If you know who you’re voting for & strongly support them, one thing you can do to help that campaign is to VOTE EARLY! The campaigns know who has voted (& who hasn’t) & will spend resources contacting their likely voters until Election Day OR until you vote!
when will the scourge of AI voice bots end when will we be able to just call other human beings
October 6, 2025 at 2:38 PM
when will the scourge of AI voice bots end when will we be able to just call other human beings
i have spent every weekend since i turned 24 in bed knitting + nursing a mug of peppermint tea. i am grandma but i am free
September 29, 2025 at 3:38 AM
i have spent every weekend since i turned 24 in bed knitting + nursing a mug of peppermint tea. i am grandma but i am free
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Please share with anyone who cares about NSF support for graduate students and take 30 seconds to sign and leave a comment.
The deadline for the 2025 Graduate Research Fellowship Program is about one month away and literally no one can apply. #NSFGRFP
jasonjwilliamsny.github.io/grfp2025/
The deadline for the 2025 Graduate Research Fellowship Program is about one month away and literally no one can apply. #NSFGRFP
jasonjwilliamsny.github.io/grfp2025/
An Open Letter to U.S. STEM Leadership on the NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Program
An Open Letter to U.S. STEM Leadership on the NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Program
jasonjwilliamsny.github.io
September 25, 2025 at 10:09 PM
Please share with anyone who cares about NSF support for graduate students and take 30 seconds to sign and leave a comment.
The deadline for the 2025 Graduate Research Fellowship Program is about one month away and literally no one can apply. #NSFGRFP
jasonjwilliamsny.github.io/grfp2025/
The deadline for the 2025 Graduate Research Fellowship Program is about one month away and literally no one can apply. #NSFGRFP
jasonjwilliamsny.github.io/grfp2025/
🧵 Thread about how the NSF GRFP eligibility policy change is bad for science, but especially bad for bridge program students:
September 27, 2025 at 2:04 AM
🧵 Thread about how the NSF GRFP eligibility policy change is bad for science, but especially bad for bridge program students:
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My first 1st author paper is published!
Explainer thread from when it originally went live on arXiv quoted! 🔭🧪
Evolution of LISA Observables for Binary Black Holes Lensed by a Supermassive Black Hole
doi.org/10.3847/1538...
via @ioppublishing.bsky.social
Explainer thread from when it originally went live on arXiv quoted! 🔭🧪
Evolution of LISA Observables for Binary Black Holes Lensed by a Supermassive Black Hole
doi.org/10.3847/1538...
via @ioppublishing.bsky.social
September 25, 2025 at 4:13 PM
My first 1st author paper is published!
Explainer thread from when it originally went live on arXiv quoted! 🔭🧪
Evolution of LISA Observables for Binary Black Holes Lensed by a Supermassive Black Hole
doi.org/10.3847/1538...
via @ioppublishing.bsky.social
Explainer thread from when it originally went live on arXiv quoted! 🔭🧪
Evolution of LISA Observables for Binary Black Holes Lensed by a Supermassive Black Hole
doi.org/10.3847/1538...
via @ioppublishing.bsky.social
today in nyc: another tropical downpour. soaking wet and a bit irritated 😒 but my day has been slightly improved by my rain-induced tastefully messy, wavy hair 😏
September 6, 2025 at 9:44 PM
today in nyc: another tropical downpour. soaking wet and a bit irritated 😒 but my day has been slightly improved by my rain-induced tastefully messy, wavy hair 😏
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Hey folks! I promised some comments on GW231123 (the most massive BBH merger detected in GW so far!) a few weeks ago.
Well, here are my comments, in whole paper form, led by the fabulously amazing multitasking @xevra.world (who put this out WHILE MOVING INTERNATIONALLY!), with usual collabs…
🔭⚛️🧪
Well, here are my comments, in whole paper form, led by the fabulously amazing multitasking @xevra.world (who put this out WHILE MOVING INTERNATIONALLY!), with usual collabs…
🔭⚛️🧪
So, @xevra.world leads a great paper out today on arXiv
arxiv.org/abs/2508.13412
on how the recent event GW231123 detected by @ligo.org @egovirgo.bsky.social could've happened in an AGN.
With @saavikford.bsky.social @spacekaila.bsky.social @astrowithemily.bsky.social @jakepost.tech & McFACTS crew!
arxiv.org/abs/2508.13412
on how the recent event GW231123 detected by @ligo.org @egovirgo.bsky.social could've happened in an AGN.
With @saavikford.bsky.social @spacekaila.bsky.social @astrowithemily.bsky.social @jakepost.tech & McFACTS crew!
August 20, 2025 at 7:33 PM
Hey folks! I promised some comments on GW231123 (the most massive BBH merger detected in GW so far!) a few weeks ago.
Well, here are my comments, in whole paper form, led by the fabulously amazing multitasking @xevra.world (who put this out WHILE MOVING INTERNATIONALLY!), with usual collabs…
🔭⚛️🧪
Well, here are my comments, in whole paper form, led by the fabulously amazing multitasking @xevra.world (who put this out WHILE MOVING INTERNATIONALLY!), with usual collabs…
🔭⚛️🧪
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So, @xevra.world leads a great paper out today on arXiv
arxiv.org/abs/2508.13412
on how the recent event GW231123 detected by @ligo.org @egovirgo.bsky.social could've happened in an AGN.
With @saavikford.bsky.social @spacekaila.bsky.social @astrowithemily.bsky.social @jakepost.tech & McFACTS crew!
arxiv.org/abs/2508.13412
on how the recent event GW231123 detected by @ligo.org @egovirgo.bsky.social could've happened in an AGN.
With @saavikford.bsky.social @spacekaila.bsky.social @astrowithemily.bsky.social @jakepost.tech & McFACTS crew!
August 20, 2025 at 3:31 PM
So, @xevra.world leads a great paper out today on arXiv
arxiv.org/abs/2508.13412
on how the recent event GW231123 detected by @ligo.org @egovirgo.bsky.social could've happened in an AGN.
With @saavikford.bsky.social @spacekaila.bsky.social @astrowithemily.bsky.social @jakepost.tech & McFACTS crew!
arxiv.org/abs/2508.13412
on how the recent event GW231123 detected by @ligo.org @egovirgo.bsky.social could've happened in an AGN.
With @saavikford.bsky.social @spacekaila.bsky.social @astrowithemily.bsky.social @jakepost.tech & McFACTS crew!
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If you wanna know why the AGN Channel folks are VERY EXCITED about today’s LIGO-Virgo-KAGRA (gravitational wave, binary black hole merger) announcement, read this thread 🧵:
This is fantastic! Likely hierarchical mergers in a very deep potential well with spins implying some additional accretion. Did someone say AGN?
Neat implications 1/
Neat implications 1/
We are excited to announce the discovery of #GW231123, a gravitational-wave signal from the merger of two high-mass black holes to form one about 190–265 times the mass of our Sun
ligo.org/ligo-virgo-k...
#O4IsHere 🔭🧪☄️
ligo.org/ligo-virgo-k...
#O4IsHere 🔭🧪☄️
July 14, 2025 at 11:32 PM
If you wanna know why the AGN Channel folks are VERY EXCITED about today’s LIGO-Virgo-KAGRA (gravitational wave, binary black hole merger) announcement, read this thread 🧵:
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We are excited to announce the discovery of #GW231123, a gravitational-wave signal from the merger of two high-mass black holes to form one about 190–265 times the mass of our Sun
ligo.org/ligo-virgo-k...
#O4IsHere 🔭🧪☄️
ligo.org/ligo-virgo-k...
#O4IsHere 🔭🧪☄️
July 14, 2025 at 3:22 PM
We are excited to announce the discovery of #GW231123, a gravitational-wave signal from the merger of two high-mass black holes to form one about 190–265 times the mass of our Sun
ligo.org/ligo-virgo-k...
#O4IsHere 🔭🧪☄️
ligo.org/ligo-virgo-k...
#O4IsHere 🔭🧪☄️
this is so exciting!!
This is fantastic! Likely hierarchical mergers in a very deep potential well with spins implying some additional accretion. Did someone say AGN?
Neat implications 1/
Neat implications 1/
We are excited to announce the discovery of #GW231123, a gravitational-wave signal from the merger of two high-mass black holes to form one about 190–265 times the mass of our Sun
ligo.org/ligo-virgo-k...
#O4IsHere 🔭🧪☄️
ligo.org/ligo-virgo-k...
#O4IsHere 🔭🧪☄️
July 15, 2025 at 12:46 PM
this is so exciting!!
i miss climbing so much but i cannot fork over a oodles of money/month for a climbing gym membership here in nyc </3
July 13, 2025 at 3:00 PM
i miss climbing so much but i cannot fork over a oodles of money/month for a climbing gym membership here in nyc </3
in regular nyc apartment hunting fashion, the broker pushing us to sign this lease argued that the toilet seat that is completely detached on one side (and also, not the right size for the toilet), which swivels in a full 180 degree range of motion, was a “design feature” of the toilet seat🙄
July 10, 2025 at 1:49 PM
in regular nyc apartment hunting fashion, the broker pushing us to sign this lease argued that the toilet seat that is completely detached on one side (and also, not the right size for the toilet), which swivels in a full 180 degree range of motion, was a “design feature” of the toilet seat🙄
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#FlatironCCA researcher Carrie Filion makes galaxies sing. As part of our Symbiosis program, Filion worked with filmmaker Em Oliver to create the short film "Did You Know That Space Can Sing?". Watch full video here: www.simonsfoundation.org/2025/07/02/w... #science #astrophysics
July 2, 2025 at 6:41 PM
#FlatironCCA researcher Carrie Filion makes galaxies sing. As part of our Symbiosis program, Filion worked with filmmaker Em Oliver to create the short film "Did You Know That Space Can Sing?". Watch full video here: www.simonsfoundation.org/2025/07/02/w... #science #astrophysics
carrie filion mention!! that’s my career mentor!!
#FlatironCCA researcher Carrie Filion makes galaxies sing. As part of our Symbiosis program, Filion worked with filmmaker Em Oliver to create the short film "Did You Know That Space Can Sing?". Watch full video here: www.simonsfoundation.org/2025/07/02/w... #science #astrophysics
July 3, 2025 at 3:19 AM
carrie filion mention!! that’s my career mentor!!
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It’s a good thing Congress isn’t alive to see this
June 22, 2025 at 12:47 AM
It’s a good thing Congress isn’t alive to see this
erykah badu the woman you are.. youtu.be/94JTlZDt5Xw?...
Erykah Badu - 'Green Eyes' [HD] | North Sea Jazz (2001)
YouTube video by North Sea Jazz Archive
youtu.be
June 20, 2025 at 1:24 PM
erykah badu the woman you are.. youtu.be/94JTlZDt5Xw?...
my GOAT👏👏
June 12, 2025 at 7:12 PM
my GOAT👏👏
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It’s blindingly clear at this point that the protestors in Los Angeles are in fact helping to prevent a fascist takeover, and the pundits who suggested that protest is counterproductive were being either stupid or actively malicious.
June 12, 2025 at 1:20 PM
It’s blindingly clear at this point that the protestors in Los Angeles are in fact helping to prevent a fascist takeover, and the pundits who suggested that protest is counterproductive were being either stupid or actively malicious.
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got my ms degree in astrophysics. this is a dream come true — for Shirin in 2015, who started in physics, for Shirin in 2017, who switched to planetary science due to harassment, for Shirin in 2019, who realized she wanted to do nothing but research forever.
June 12, 2025 at 2:14 PM
got my ms degree in astrophysics. this is a dream come true — for Shirin in 2015, who started in physics, for Shirin in 2017, who switched to planetary science due to harassment, for Shirin in 2019, who realized she wanted to do nothing but research forever.
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I did it! I gave a plenary and everyone* had to listen to me!
I’m going to post some of my fav pics!
*ok not everyone but kinda a good fraction of the meeting?
I’m going to post some of my fav pics!
*ok not everyone but kinda a good fraction of the meeting?
June 12, 2025 at 7:15 AM
I did it! I gave a plenary and everyone* had to listen to me!
I’m going to post some of my fav pics!
*ok not everyone but kinda a good fraction of the meeting?
I’m going to post some of my fav pics!
*ok not everyone but kinda a good fraction of the meeting?