• jballsOP
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    5 months ago

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

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      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.

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        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: