It is hilarious to be the only research astronomer in the province. I just got cold-called by a reporter who noticed they were picking up way more radio stations than usual, and had talked to a ham radio person who said "maybe it's space weather" so they called me, the one astronomer (I study cold rocks, not space weather).
I politely pointed them to a physics prof at the *other* university (yes there are only 2 in Sask) who does indeed study auroras, hopefully she answers her phone today!
Prof. Sam Lawler /
npub1dl…7hn0x
2024-07-25 20:18:19
Author Public Key
npub1dls3fr60k92efj3980hthkhjdgcqky8jawpg9tcqmkvd68dt70esy7hn0xPublished at
2024-07-25 20:18:19Event JSON
{
"id": "e7c4f3e3d7de82c9a8eff94283137b7b1dac18a1d216513f28e5235dbb48b61b",
"pubkey": "6fe1148f4fb15594ca253beebbdaf26a300b10f2eb8282af00dd98dd1dabf3f3",
"created_at": 1721938699,
"kind": 1,
"tags": [
[
"proxy",
"https://mastodon.social/users/sundogplanets/statuses/112848974603367733",
"activitypub"
]
],
"content": "It is hilarious to be the only research astronomer in the province. I just got cold-called by a reporter who noticed they were picking up way more radio stations than usual, and had talked to a ham radio person who said \"maybe it's space weather\" so they called me, the one astronomer (I study cold rocks, not space weather).\n\nI politely pointed them to a physics prof at the *other* university (yes there are only 2 in Sask) who does indeed study auroras, hopefully she answers her phone today!",
"sig": "5e49889c27d2d273804756a9b2911094a4fd2363b4dbc899b2cd89557f80fb24f6cdba5ed52421484ece19ede91e57b35b5df427b0f0819545cca3e4e5e39ffb"
}