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Carl Rodriguez
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Professor of astrophysics at UNC, studying colliding black holes, swarming stars, and other things that go bump in the night. Big fan of transit, biking, climbing, Durham NC, he/him dynamics.unc.edu
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Gotta get myself on one of those starter packs…

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Detailed Western NC update from Rep Jeff Jackson of NC outlining ongoing efforts 1/2

This is the text of his messaage: Western North Carolina was just smashed by a 1-in-500 year flood. It ravaged a part of our state that is 300 miles from the coastline and 2,000 feet above sea level. This is an extreme outlier event for our mountain towns, and the shock is equal to the devastation. A lot of people are stuck, and some are running low on supplies. If that’s you, I want you to know what is happening right now to get you what you need. There is a massive mobilization underway led by the Governor. The National Guard is on the ground with hundreds of guardsmen, aircraft, and highwater vehicles. They’ve done over 100 rescues and have brought in over 30,000 pounds of food, water, medicine. We’ve got heavy-lift aircraft from seven states running those missions. The Asheville airport has re-opened, but not for commercial traffic, only for relief supplies. There are dozens of search and rescue teams from across the country on the ground. We’ve got about 700 people focused
Thousands of linemen from across the country (and Canada) have arrived to get the electricity back on. Two days ago, there were a million people without electricity. Now it’s about 400,000 - but a lot of substations flooded and the water has to recede before repairs can be done. Some of those substations will need to be substantially rebuilt. All hospitals all open, but some are on backup power. Getting all hospitals back on grid power is a major priority. More than 1,600 people from NCDOT are working to re-open critical roads. They are focused on gaining access to communities that have been cut off so we can people out and food and water in. Emergency mobile cell towers are on the way to ten western counties. Their locations will be announced once they are in place. Cell phone carriers have also activated “disaster roaming” so that any phone on any carrier can access any network to place calls. Governor Cooper’s request for a major disaster declaration has been approved. That mean
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Exciting news everyone! I am hiring a postdoc scholar to work with me at Oregon State Physics. If you love computational astrophysics, supernovae, and/or compact object mergers, this may be a great fit for you. More information here: aas.org/jobregister/...

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The CCA is hiring Flatiron Research Fellows: apply.interfolio.com/154133apply.interfolio.com/154134 Come join us! 🔭

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Amazing how we just can’t even be bothered by someone trying to shoot him anymore. Like “eh, wake me if they actually hit him”.

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I wonder if part of it is that "undecided" or "centrist" voters are often not actually the mythical middle-of-the-road types the NYT wants, but instead contain a bunch of extreme and deeply insane views that happen to cancel each other out on a left/right scale.

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Holy shit she’s so good at this.

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"Donald Trump was fired by 81 million people ... clearly he is having a very difficult time processing that." - Kamala Harris

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I’m just gonna repost this every 10 minutes

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“She weaponize! She weaponize!”

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Carl Rodriguez
@carlrodriguez.bsky.social
Professor of astrophysics at UNC, studying colliding black holes, swarming stars, and other things that go bump in the night. Big fan of transit, biking, climbing, Durham NC, he/him dynamics.unc.edu
380 followers401 following253 posts
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