Prof. Sam LawlerToday I have nearly continuous Zoom meetings from 9am-5pm, and my job during every single one of those meetings is to effectively yell/complain/inform about Starlink or Reflect Orbital. Achievement unlocked, I guess.
Prof. Sam LawlerBut the best part of the whole day is going to be the very last meeting (which I'll be completely exhausted for, but whatever): an astronomy light-pollution committee book club chat with Wesleyan professor Mary-Jane Rubenstein about her book Astrotopia! That will get me through the day
https://www.maryjanerubenstein.com/
Matt Blaze@sundogplanets@mastodon.social As I move back and forth between science and public policy work, an essential difference between the two comes into sharp focus. In science, you're supposed to publish each new idea exactly once. In policy work, you have to repeat yourself over and over.