Planetary Astronomer on #TeamAsteroid; Gedankenband member/guitarist; “Surprisingly nonchalant” according to Wired. He/him הנני 🌻 Work Output: https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=aGVsk3IAAAAJ Play output: https://andyrivkin.bandcamp.comhttps://bsky.app/profile/asrivkin.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/asrivkin.bsky.social/post/3mkxhbevtj226Attn @artologica.net [contains quote post or other embedded content]03 May 2026 15:17 +0000at://did:plc:yckf47lcsg74nvdrsbcqypst/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkxhbevtj226https://bsky.app/profile/asrivkin.bsky.social/post/3mkxcvnflc226And, as I've told my mother repeatedly (and happily, she's listened), if you truly are overdue on some utility or credit card they will send you a whole pile of physical, brightly colored pieces of mail to let you know, and not cut you off 10 minutes after they send one text message. [contains quote post or other embedded content]03 May 2026 13:58 +0000at://did:plc:yckf47lcsg74nvdrsbcqypst/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkxcvnflc226https://bsky.app/profile/asrivkin.bsky.social/post/3mkvq65fth226Yeah, OK. Howard, Montgomery, Prince George and Anne Arundel. [contains quote post or other embedded content]02 May 2026 22:51 +0000at://did:plc:yckf47lcsg74nvdrsbcqypst/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkvq65fth226https://bsky.app/profile/asrivkin.bsky.social/post/3mkvggikr4c26Pronouncing "changelist" to rhyme with "evangelist".02 May 2026 19:56 +0000at://did:plc:yckf47lcsg74nvdrsbcqypst/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkvggikr4c26https://bsky.app/profile/asrivkin.bsky.social/post/3mkv2wy4vjc26You remember that "Honey, I'm Good" song? My headcanon is that it's really about a server, polite through gritted teeth, having to deal with the jerk in the corner who ordered bottomless lemonade and him totally misunderstanding what she's offering. Which is what I'm being reminded of somehow. [contains quote post or other embedded content]02 May 2026 16:31 +0000at://did:plc:yckf47lcsg74nvdrsbcqypst/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkv2wy4vjc26https://bsky.app/profile/asrivkin.bsky.social/post/3mktnzuq2v226name your top 15 tv shows ever, gut instinct only Hill Street Blues Night Court The Wire Rocky and Bullwinkle Bugs Bunny-Road Runner Show Monty Python MTV Unplugged Mork and Mindy Greatest American Hero Taxi Welcome Back Kotter The Magic Garden Carol Burnett Show Buck Rodgers Happy Days [contains quote post or other embedded content]02 May 2026 03:07 +0000at://did:plc:yckf47lcsg74nvdrsbcqypst/app.bsky.feed.post/3mktnzuq2v226https://bsky.app/profile/asrivkin.bsky.social/post/3mkst7de5ic26@barbylon.bsky.social [contains quote post or other embedded content]01 May 2026 19:07 +0000at://did:plc:yckf47lcsg74nvdrsbcqypst/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkst7de5ic26https://bsky.app/profile/asrivkin.bsky.social/post/3mkslrmfabs26Had a healthy lunch* because my body is a temple *leftover poutine, leftover chicken wings, and an orange01 May 2026 16:54 +0000at://did:plc:yckf47lcsg74nvdrsbcqypst/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkslrmfabs26https://bsky.app/profile/asrivkin.bsky.social/post/3mksiqyx2lk26🔭🧪 [contains quote post or other embedded content]01 May 2026 16:00 +0000at://did:plc:yckf47lcsg74nvdrsbcqypst/app.bsky.feed.post/3mksiqyx2lk26https://bsky.app/profile/asrivkin.bsky.social/post/3mkr72l6m5c26There is an amazing meme format snaking its way down my timeline with songs/artists being matched with obscure baseball players with names that fit the song's scansion, and I want to participate but I'm just too tired. :\01 May 2026 03:34 +0000at://did:plc:yckf47lcsg74nvdrsbcqypst/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkr72l6m5c26https://bsky.app/profile/asrivkin.bsky.social/post/3mkr4yy6l6s26Terrestrial Planets, Asteroids and Comets, Giant Planets [contains quote post or other embedded content]01 May 2026 02:57 +0000at://did:plc:yckf47lcsg74nvdrsbcqypst/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkr4yy6l6s26https://bsky.app/profile/asrivkin.bsky.social/post/3mkqj6467ic26Chris Chyba sighting on the author list, for those who are into that sort of thing. [contains quote post or other embedded content]30 Apr 2026 21:02 +0000at://did:plc:yckf47lcsg74nvdrsbcqypst/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkqj6467ic26https://bsky.app/profile/asrivkin.bsky.social/post/3mkpxwb7lys2c#MonkeesFirstDraftLyrics [contains quote post or other embedded content]30 Apr 2026 15:53 +0000at://did:plc:yckf47lcsg74nvdrsbcqypst/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkpxwb7lys2chttps://bsky.app/profile/asrivkin.bsky.social/post/3mkopmw5mpc26post a picture of yourself from the past that puts you in a light people on here wouldn't expect [contains quote post or other embedded content]30 Apr 2026 03:52 +0000at://did:plc:yckf47lcsg74nvdrsbcqypst/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkopmw5mpc26https://bsky.app/profile/asrivkin.bsky.social/post/3mkolvldb4k26Oh, Catcher in the Rye, for sure. [contains quote post or other embedded content]30 Apr 2026 02:46 +0000at://did:plc:yckf47lcsg74nvdrsbcqypst/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkolvldb4k26https://bsky.app/profile/asrivkin.bsky.social/post/3mknnm5ejss2iI guess I'm also also going to say that ultimately this is just another version of "which country can claim hummus" or "is a pisco sour really Chilean or Peruvian". It may seem more important for various reasons, but even an EO would just be a fancier version of a resolution naming a state mollusk. [contains quote post or other embedded content]29 Apr 2026 17:43 +0000at://did:plc:yckf47lcsg74nvdrsbcqypst/app.bsky.feed.post/3mknnm5ejss2ihttps://bsky.app/profile/asrivkin.bsky.social/post/3mknlnyuia22iOddly (?), what I'm reminded of is the ending to the Mass Effect trilogy (spoilers). "Synthesis", merging intelligent life with AI, was thought by the designers to be the best possible ending, but players _overwhelmingly_ reject it as dystopian and prefer the "destroy the AI and its army" ending. [contains quote post or other embedded content]29 Apr 2026 17:09 +0000at://did:plc:yckf47lcsg74nvdrsbcqypst/app.bsky.feed.post/3mknlnyuia22ihttps://bsky.app/profile/asrivkin.bsky.social/post/3mkncmxm34c2iI'll also note that while the song accurately represents my opinion, the IAU didn't follow their own process in adopting the current definition, that...outsized personalities either identify too closely and/or use this for personal branding, and right now the "debate" is 100% baggage 0% substance. [contains quote post or other embedded content]29 Apr 2026 14:27 +0000at://did:plc:yckf47lcsg74nvdrsbcqypst/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkncmxm34c2i