• jballsOPEnglish
    30·
    5 months ago

    Bonus super nerd meme. Wasn’t sure if most people would understand the context.

    • magnetosphere@fedia.io
      7·
      5 months ago

      Wait a sec… I recognize that pic, but I don’t remember the context.

      I remember that it was a scientific (astronomical?) discovery that she had every reason to be happy about, but I can’t recall the specifics.

      • jballsOPEnglish
        12·
        5 months ago

        It’s a picture of Katie Bouman, who led one of the teams in the project to create the first image of a black hole. On April 10th, 2019, Bouman uploaded a photograph of herself sitting in front of a laptop with the image of the black hole on her computer screen.

        https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/excited-katie-bouman

        The original picture was:

  • tiberius@lemmy.caMEnglish
    11·
    5 months ago

    I’m hearing undemocratic sounds from that black hole. It has been reported to the nearest democracy officer.