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wow i havent logged into this accursed blue website in forever

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More pics were requested. It was a bit breezy later in the day and therefore was an adventure trying not to whack anyone or go flying. #connecticon2018 #ctcon2018 #temaricosplay #temari #cosplay (at Connecticut Convention Center)

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Sometimes I try to weld things #oppositedirection #candlefinder #welding #migwelding

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My Christmas tree! Every year I do a themed tree, and this year’s was fun to create! I made the rocket out of shiny poster board, the ornaments I got from the thrift store and repainted with glittery tempura paints to look like planets. The “exhaust” was created using some battery powered LED lights I already had, with polyester pillow fluff that also came from the thrift store. Total cost was about $3. I hope you all are having a lovely holiday season! 

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Astronomer Dr. Sarah Kendrew recently alerted us to this cool JWST mirror t-shirt from @cottonbureau, which needs the support of the startorial Universe to be reprinted!

I like how the lines & shadows on the segments recall origami, which is apropos considering that JWST will literally be UNFOLDED IN SPACE.

Even cooler - the image on the shirt was designed by Sarah’s teammate JWST instrument scientist Dr. Nora Lützgendorf!

–Emily

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@team178 20 year reunion #omgrobots #aerialassist #firststeamworks #toroidterror #weareNE (at Winding Trails, Inc.)

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Do you ever have this problem where your leg just lights on fire sometimes 🔥 #cosplay #comiccon2017 #sanji #onepiece (at New York Comic Con)

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It's @adafruit #neopixel time!!!!!!

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Astronomer Dr. Fe Krauss made these hand-painted shoes a couple years ago, but she recently added LEDs to them so THEY LIGHT UP!!!! The (amazing, btdubs) images are the Centaurus A galaxy by Hubble, Spitzer, & Chandra and one of my favorites, the N 90 star-forming region & NGC 602 cluster by Hubble.

Check out this video of the shoes in action and the full details on her blog post!

–Emily

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Night Star Cat, Cat-O-Lanterns, and Ghost Cats.

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Dweeb.

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I hope everyone had a fun Halloween! I dressed as my favorite photographer in the solar system, the Cassini orbiter, in celebration of its ‘E-21’ Fly-by last week through the icy geyser plumes of Enceladus, Saturn’s sixth-largest moon. My hasty use of the Captain America shield for the Huygens probe turned this into something of a “Captain Cassini” costume. 

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(Tfw u take a pic of a drawing at an angle and it looks all weird and u try to ignore it but fail)

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Naruting like it’s 2007

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Look up!!!

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my bank account says I need a job but my mental health says i need to sleep all day and never leave my bed