Natasha Latouf🍉 @nertushka Twitter profile

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Natasha Latouf🍉

@nertushka

1 year

THIS GIRL PASSED ALL 4 QUALIFYING EXAMS!!! DR LATOUF IS ON THE WAY YALL!!!

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Natasha Latouf🍉

@nertushka

11 days

Absolutely elated to announce that I won the Future Investigators in NASA Earth and Space Science and Technology ( #FINESST )!!! Time to explore new worlds with BARBIE and KEN :)

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Natasha Latouf🍉

@nertushka

3 years

OH MY GOD I JUST GOT INTO GRAD SCHOOL?????? IM GOING TO BE A FAILURE 😭😭😭😭😭🙏🙏🙏🙏

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Natasha Latouf🍉

@nertushka

1 year

Hey that’s mine! :) Shout out to my advisor for presenting my poster - Barbie is superior 🫡💗

Dr. Emily Rickman

@AstroRickman

1 year

Astrophysics but make it 💖hot pink 💖 I’m in love with this poster at the Habitable Worlds Observatory and Beyond conference ✨

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Natasha Latouf🍉

@nertushka

1 year

Proud to announce that I won the Dean’s Award for Excellence in AJEDI Service! At least someone is doing the (unpaid!!) work that the university should be doing 👀

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Natasha Latouf🍉

@nertushka

4 months

This Barbie has advanced to candidacy!!! T-minus 1 year to PhD!!

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Natasha Latouf🍉

@nertushka

3 years

*clears throat* AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH

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Natasha Latouf🍉

@nertushka

2 years

AHHHHH FIRST FIRST AUTHOR PAPER HAS BEEN ACCEPTEDDDDD 🎉🎉🎉🎉 Arxiv link to come this week but I was TOO EXCITED that I am a PUBLISHED SCIENTIST 👩🏽‍🚀👩🏽‍💻

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Natasha Latouf🍉

@nertushka

5 years

Today, a guy at a train station said I didn’t look like a physics major because I wasn’t a man. I took great pleasure in letting him know that no one seemed to care while I was working on telluric contamination for a NASA mission concept study. #steminist

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Natasha Latouf🍉

@nertushka

1 year

All these well wishes are so wonderful, and this is such a huge step forward for me💚 now in the next 2.5 years I have to write a thesis and defend to get my doctorate - can’t wait for all of you to follow the rest of my journey!

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Natasha Latouf🍉

@nertushka

2 years

Seeing as I have some new followers, I thought it was high time to introduce myself! My name is Natasha, I am an NSF GRFP fellow studying exoplanet atmospheres. I’m also trying to make a go of the science communication thing - so here’s me communicating :)

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Natasha Latouf🍉

@nertushka

2 years

Let me try my intro again. Hi, my name is Natasha, I am an NSF Fellow, and I am a PASSIONATE advocate for diversity, equity, and inclusion. I will not stand for misogyny and objectification on my page, when it has happened far too much in my career. I am a scientist, not an item.

Rowdy Rathod

@cosmoscanon

2 years

@nertushka I hv never seen such a hot astrophysicist!!

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Natasha Latouf🍉

@nertushka

2 years

I picked up my wedding dress 🥹

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Natasha Latouf🍉

@nertushka

2 years

Just resubmitted my FIRST FIRST-AUTHOR PUBLICATION!!! Here's hoping Referee 1 accepts it immediately 🤞

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Natasha Latouf🍉

@nertushka

1 year

Resubmitted BARBIE1 with referee edits. Get ready to learn about biosignature detectability all in pink! Here's a sneak peek of my acknowledgements section special mentions. This #Barbie is an astrophysicist!! @Barbie @RyanGosling @Mattel @emmamackeyoff

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Natasha Latouf🍉

@nertushka

2 years

Another conference, another poster presentation ✨

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Natasha Latouf🍉

@nertushka

1 year

Just broke through the research wall I’ve been stuck at for a while - turns out it was a tiny mistake that radiated outwards. I am so lucky to have such supportive advisors that helped me find the mistake and fix it without once saying anything negative 🥹

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Natasha Latouf🍉

@nertushka

1 year

IT'S PAPER DAY!! #BARBIE is accepted for publication and up on arXiv (). Let's dive in, shall we?

Bayesian Analysis for Remote Biosignature Identification on...

Detecting H2O in exoplanet atmospheres is the first step on the path to determining planet habitability. Coronagraphic design currently limits the observing strategy used to detect H2O, requiring...

arxiv.org

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Natasha Latouf🍉

@nertushka

1 year

Support your local hair and brow stylists!!

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Natasha Latouf🍉

@nertushka

1 year

I got a 21% on a physics exam once. Also had to retake two of my qualifying exams. I’m still here. I’m an NSF Fellow in a PhD program preparing my thesis. And I’m fighting the inequity of standard examination structures as I do it!

Gaurav Sabnis

@gauravsabnis

1 year

Flex your lowest academic low score. To remind us that almost everyone fails at some point in life but it isn't the end of the road. Just a memory in the end. Mine was 27/100 in Engineering Math 2, just a year after I'd scored 99 in 12th boards. Much needed kick in my butt.

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Natasha Latouf🍉

@nertushka

2 years

It appears I am no longer allowed to study for qualifying exams. Unfortunately I will be failing so as not to disturb The Bean™️

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Natasha Latouf🍉

@nertushka

2 years

Studying for quals is always better with coffee. Who wants to help me with E&M :)

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Natasha Latouf🍉

@nertushka

3 months

Hi yall! I am developing an open resource for applying to post-docs as I go through the process. Please drop any fellowships or positions that are open every year in the comments, and I'll add them to this public spreadsheet! Field specific also welcome :)

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Natasha Latouf🍉

@nertushka

2 years

I’m just a scientist, standing in front of my community, asking if anyone on this godforsaken Earth has a good radiative transfer textbook

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Natasha Latouf🍉

@nertushka

9 months

10.28.23.

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Natasha Latouf🍉

@nertushka

1 year

When ur an astrophysics PhD candidate and also a published author - everyone say way to go @starstrickenSF !!!🇸🇾🧠

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Natasha Latouf🍉

@nertushka

3 months

The speakers at yesterday’s AbSciCon. All women. All ECRs. All incredible science. 🫡 #AbSciCon24

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Natasha Latouf🍉

@nertushka

2 years

Rainy days on campus 🍂 maybe I didn’t feel like a scientist today. Maybe my code didn’t work and I couldn’t fix it. But I got Starbucks with friends today. We talked and laughed and reminisced. Today, I felt like a human who is loved, and that is enough.

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Natasha Latouf🍉

@nertushka

2 years

It’s official - as of TODAY I am done with classes forever! One year down and three more to go✨

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Natasha Latouf🍉

@nertushka

2 years

!!!! Look at what came in today!! @PrincetonUPress comin through

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Natasha Latouf🍉

@nertushka

2 years

Everyone say hello to Tony - he is misshapen but I made him

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Natasha Latouf🍉

@nertushka

1 month

Exoplanet Barbie meets Father of Exoplanets (Exoplanet…Ken? Mattel? Probably Mattel) #LINO24

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Natasha Latouf🍉

@nertushka

2 years

Time to take three qualifying exams over the next two days. If anyone has any good vibes, send them my way 🫠

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Natasha Latouf🍉

@nertushka

3 years

Oop all the well wishes are so nice but it was actually a joke 😭😭😭 I am a first year grad student and NSF fellow lol but thank you everyone!!!

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Natasha Latouf🍉

@nertushka

2 years

What if instead of giving my talk at AAS I scream for 5 minutes + 3 minutes for questions leaving 2 minutes of transition time.

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Natasha Latouf🍉

@nertushka

2 years

Spending the day in an actual physical office at NASA Goddard! It's awesome to feel like a ~real scientist~ today - I'm gonna chase that feeling

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Natasha Latouf🍉

@nertushka

2 years

Curly bangs + tired eyes are in rn. Off to shotgun some coffee and pump out some research!

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Natasha Latouf🍉

@nertushka

2 years

Let’s talk about failure. I have failed so many times in my short career - many, many times. And some days it’s easy to pop back up and try again. Other days - not so much. But I’ll be damned if I let myself stay down instead of trying again. Sometimes it just takes longer to do.

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Natasha Latouf🍉

@nertushka

2 years

Some days, all you can do is repeat to yourself “I belong here. I belong in science. I am a scientist.” And pretend until you believe it

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Natasha Latouf🍉

@nertushka

2 years

I just found out my application for the APS Advanced Graduate Leadership was accepted! Fully funded conference about advancing women and gender minorities into leadership. Ya girl is gonna learn to be even more powerfullll 🦾

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Natasha Latouf🍉

@nertushka

2 years

Can't wait for my favorite conference-going activity: watching career scientists make their presentations in the airport/plane. #AAS240

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Natasha Latouf🍉

@nertushka

1 year

If you liked my BARBIE poster, get a close up look AND read more about the process of designing it here! I’m so lucky to work with a group that is emphatically supportive and gives me the space to imbue my personality into my work 💗🪐

Better Posters

@Better_Posters

1 year

Thiiiiink PINK! @nertushka WENT FOR IT on this poster. Read how this poster was made - plus a bonus story from @ravenscimaven ! Be willing to have fun with your poster!

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Natasha Latouf🍉

@nertushka

2 years

I’m staffing the SEEC/EMAC booth at #AAS241 this week! Come say hi, introduce yourself, or challenge me to a battle of wits if you’re so inclined

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Natasha Latouf🍉

@nertushka

2 years

I studied for quals today!! Opening Griffiths to the table of contents and scrolling Twitter for an hour counts as studying right?

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Natasha Latouf🍉

@nertushka

1 month

We’re ready for #LINO24 but are they ready for us? Only time will tell

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Natasha Latouf🍉

@nertushka

2 years

here’s to three years with my person. I’ll see you at the altar next year 💚

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Natasha Latouf🍉

@nertushka

1 year

In this field abusers are protected, validated, and have careers while those that suffered at their hands get beaten down. And people wonder why there’s a mass exodus of academia? All this week has shown is the utter disregard for ECR health and careers. All I want to do is weep.

Daria Pidhorodetska

@AstroDaria

1 year

I really don’t see myself staying in the field after this week. Like how do I just move forward knowing that there are professors out there who are posting in slack groups about how GM’s inclusion is valid. This is so triggering for SA victims and you guys just don’t care

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Natasha Latouf🍉

@nertushka

5 years

If you happen to be at #AAS235 today, stop by my iPoster from 1-2! I’ll tell you all about radial velocities and telluric mitigation 😁

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Natasha Latouf🍉

@nertushka

1 year

Extreme sport: waiting to see if my code finishes running before my laptop dies in the middle of the Sagan workshop

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Natasha Latouf🍉

@nertushka

1 year

For reference, this is the size of the meteor (loaf-wise).

Dr Heidi B. Hammel

@hbhammel

1 year

“Corgi-sized meteor as heavy as 4 baby elephants hit Texas” (!)? either I am seriously mis-informed about the size of a corgi, or that meteor was made of something VERY odd…

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Natasha Latouf🍉

@nertushka

2 years

Talk is DONE! Thank you to everyone that came - and stayed through the 10 minutes of technological disaster in the middle 😂 also shout out to Todd Henry for being the best session chair EVER and bringing chocolate for all the speakers 🥹

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Natasha Latouf🍉

@nertushka

2 years

Alright I have finally begun Ted Lasso and all I can say is that this is the wholesomeness that my life has been missing

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Natasha Latouf🍉

@nertushka

2 years

So how do people make friends on this website because I would like a crash course in just REACHING OUT TO PEOPLE I ADMIRE

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Natasha Latouf🍉

@nertushka

1 year

May I present Olive - two different colored eyes, and no thoughts head empty

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Natasha Latouf🍉

@nertushka

2 years

I’m really tired of constantly having the urge to apologize. Almost every email starts with “I’m so sorry for -“ when really? I’m not sorry. I’m oversubscribed, busy, and try to maintain a personal life, and I’m NOT sorry for the delay in response.

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Natasha Latouf🍉

@nertushka

2 years

My paper is officially on arXiv!! Characterizing and Mitigating Telluric Absorption in Precise Radial Velocities II: A Study of an M2 Type Star - I think we found some pretty interesting results. THREAD 🧵:

Characterizing and Mitigating Telluric Absorption in Precise...

Telluric absorption lines impact measuring precise radial velocities (RVs) from ground-based, high-resolution spectrographs. In this paper, we simulate the dependence of this impact on stellar...

arxiv.org

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Natasha Latouf🍉

@nertushka

2 years

So anyway my conference prep is going well

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Natasha Latouf🍉

@nertushka

2 years

Great talk by @YoniAstro !! (I assume - it did mostly sound like the adults from Peanuts)

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Natasha Latouf🍉

@nertushka

3 months

The mental toll it takes to constantly be on guard for yourself and others is gigantic. We need to stop making it ECRs problems and simply ban abusers. Take a firm stance for ONCE

Daria Pidhorodetska

@AstroDaria

3 months

are people in my field aware of the fact that ECRs spend half of their time at conferences actively dodging abusers? leaving sessions before problematic people give their talks, asking chairs to monitor questions from certain people, it is literally constant

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@nertushka

2 years

When #AAS240 gives you that good good photo spot 👌🏽

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Natasha Latouf🍉

@nertushka

1 year

Realized that a portion of my calculations is wrong...and I have to redo the last three months of research. Thus is science - at least it isn't a complete rehaul!

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Natasha Latouf🍉

@nertushka

2 years

Heading to #AAS241 in Seattle? Come see my talk on Empowering Equitable Excellence during the DEIA & Resources session on 1/9 at 2pm!

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Natasha Latouf🍉

@nertushka

6 years

And then the two parties switched platforms between 1860 and 1936, largely because of the influence of William Jennings Bryan. If you’re going to talk about politics, make sure that you’re speaking with accuracy, and not misdirection.

Charlie Kirk

@charliekirk11

6 years

Facts: 100% of Republicans voted to free slaves. 23% of Democrats did 94% of Republicans voted to give former slaves citizenship. 0% of Democrats did 100% of Republicans voted to give freed slaves voting rights. 0% of Democrats did

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Natasha Latouf🍉

@nertushka

2 years

Items I found while cleaning my NASA Goddard office: A moldy coffee cup A cassette only boombox WITH cassette Three (3) coffee makers - none working & an Amazon receipt for 3 astronaut baby onesies. From 2015. BUT!! I have a real NASA office!! With my stuff!! #smartgirlsummer !!

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Natasha Latouf🍉

@nertushka

4 months

From the river to the sea 🇵🇸 So proud of my grad colleagues @astrobites for speaking up when so many are turning away. I encourage everyone to take some time to read this article and reflect

astrobites

@astrobites

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From @astrobites : The genocide in Gaza demands our attention and our action. As astronomers and members of the global scientific community, we cannot ignore the immense suffering and devastation inflicted upon our colleagues.

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Natasha Latouf🍉

@nertushka

2 years

Good afternoon from Edinburgh

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Natasha Latouf🍉

@nertushka

7 years

#NewProfilePic

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Natasha Latouf🍉

@nertushka

1 year

I wish I was more surprised that ECR data was used to prop up a known abuser. I wish I was more surprised that it’s ECRs speaking up and putting their careers on the line. Every senior person that isn’t speaking out and taking action right now is a coward and an accomplice.

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Natasha Latouf🍉

@nertushka

2 years

Just finished my talk slides for #AAS240 ! Here's a little title slide sneak peek 👀 be on the lookout for the paper on ArXiv - should be available soon (pending acceptance) (🫠)

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Natasha Latouf🍉

@nertushka

2 years

When u and ur fiancé are both astronomers and you cave to the music

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Natasha Latouf🍉

@nertushka

2 years

HyperWall Talk ✅ if you missed my talk, DM me or @spectrum_gmu for slides, info, or anything else!

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Natasha Latouf🍉

@nertushka

2 years

I feel untethered. Small. There are not enough words to describe the blow of losing basic human rights. All the air has been knocked out of me. We do not live in a free country

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Natasha Latouf🍉

@nertushka

2 years

Want some useful tips and resources about the #NSF #GRFP ? Here’s a thread of my most useful information as a 2021 NSF GRFP winner! #STEM #Applications

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Natasha Latouf🍉

@nertushka

2 years

Years later, my first first-author paper has been submitted 🥳

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Natasha Latouf🍉

@nertushka

2 years

@starstrickenSF Considering how many email services also have the feature where you can hit tab and it will AUTOFILL the correct name in, there’s a very conscious choice being made to disrespect the receiver

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Natasha Latouf🍉

@nertushka

2 years

I’m starting a new project soon, and the amount of stuff I don’t know is DAUNTING and exciting at the same time! Just have to avoid the tendrils of mega imposter syndrome while I work through a mountain of literature…

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Natasha Latouf🍉

@nertushka

3 years

Twitter, meet Olive the Astro-corgi :)

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Natasha Latouf🍉

@nertushka

2 years

Had a phenomenal time @AstroOnTapDC @dc9club last night! Catch me talking about empowering equitable excellence again at @AAS_Office 👀

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Natasha Latouf🍉

@nertushka

2 years

There’s nothing quite like incredible research news to MASSIVELY improve your day. There’s some awesome news coming your way soon!!!!

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Natasha Latouf🍉

@nertushka

6 years

I have a professor that takes attendance for a grade, but the only thing we do is watch hour-long videos. My man. My dude. Just email me the video so I can ignore it in my room rather than in a classroom.

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Natasha Latouf🍉

@nertushka

6 years

Girl just walked into my class, looked around for a second, went “nope. Not doing this today.” Turned around, and left. I’ve never related to someone more tbh

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Natasha Latouf🍉

@nertushka

2 years

I’m leaving #AAS241 today and now that I finally got to meet many Twitter friends in person I must say: why the hell are y’all so FAR AWAY FROM ME

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Natasha Latouf🍉

@nertushka

2 years

Shoutout to the very drunk group of Scots singing Piano Man loudly outside my hotel - 10/10 would recommend Edinburgh for your next vacation 🍻

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Natasha Latouf🍉

@nertushka

6 years

The first paper of many. Ya girl is official. 👩🏽‍🔬👩🏽‍🚀

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Natasha Latouf🍉

@nertushka

7 years

Why is 15 the highest age available in Poptropica sign-up?? What if I'm 18 and want to ignore the fact that I'm grown and going to college??

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Natasha Latouf🍉

@nertushka

2 years

Quals have been TAKEN it is time to relax and get hyped about actual research work!

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Natasha Latouf🍉

@nertushka

7 years

“It is a mistake to set high expectations for people who have already let you down.”

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Natasha Latouf🍉

@nertushka

5 years

Keep quiet about accomplishments until they’re published....or until you’re a month away from giving a talk on them😉👩🏽‍🔬👩🏽‍🚀

Extreme Precision in Radial Velocity IV

Following the tradition of previous workshops organised in Penn State and Yale, this fourth opus will dig into the instrumental and data analysis challenges required to enable the detection of an...

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Natasha Latouf🍉

@nertushka

7 years

Bags: Packed. Car: Loaded. Adventure Hat™: On. Time for something new. Let's do this GMU! 💚💛

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Natasha Latouf🍉

@nertushka

5 years

So do I learn that the Moon is a part of Mars in graduate school or is that something that should’ve been covered in Introduction to Astrophysics? 🤦🏽‍♀️

Donald J. Trump

@realDonaldTrump

5 years

For all of the money we are spending, NASA should NOT be talking about going to the Moon - We did that 50 years ago. They should be focused on the much bigger things we are doing, including Mars (of which the Moon is a part), Defense and Science!

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@nertushka

2 years

Arab women being SUCCESSFUL 💪🧠

Sarafina El-Badry Nance, PhD

@starstrickenSF

2 years

official author photo for STARSTRUCK, a memoir. out next summer, 2023 from @penguinrandom @DuttonBooks photo by @serry_park edits by @serry_park @Philip_Palermo book & heart by me 🖤

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Natasha Latouf🍉

@nertushka

2 years

Toy Story 1-4 >>>>>>> studying for classical mechanics

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Natasha Latouf🍉

@nertushka

6 years

“If you do not want to come to class, that’s fine by me- I would like for there to be less of you.” Physics 251, Syllabus Day

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Natasha Latouf🍉

@nertushka

2 years

@starstrickenSF @Lanson17 @SciFleur I read that the line traces your location and supports engagement in “nonconsensual active rescue” i.e. the cops can be sent to your location and potentially involuntarily hospitalize you (). I’m being wary until I do further research!

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Natasha Latouf🍉

@nertushka

5 years

The one bit of marker still left on the board after the professor erased the writing: Me:

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Natasha Latouf🍉

@nertushka

2 years

How better to destress than build a Lego flower bouquet?

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Natasha Latouf🍉

@nertushka

6 years

It took 2 hours to code a 4 line graph of tellurics, synthetic flux, convolved spectra, etc. It took 2 days to color-code the legend.

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Natasha Latouf🍉

@nertushka

6 years

Not to be dramatic but I’d literally die for Baby Groot

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Natasha Latouf🍉

@nertushka

2 years

Did you miss my talk at #AAS241 today? GOOD THING I’M GIVING IT AGAIN Spectrum: Empowering Equitable Excellence will be presented tomorrow, 1/10 at 5:30pm at the NASA HyperWall!

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Natasha Latouf🍉

@nertushka

2 years

@EmDwarf YOURE RIGHT HOW COULD I FORGET I also have a lil corgi baby named Olive, puppy tax included 🥹

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