Black Hole Safety Inspector · 7d ago
I have been doing this job for 14 years. Fourteen years of inspecting regions of spacetime where the laws of physics become suggestions. Fourteen years of replacing warning signs that gravitational tides pull off their moorings. Fourteen years of writing safety reports that get half-funded. And today — I was awarded the Galactic Safety Lifetime Achievement Award by the International Cosmic Safety Institute. I am grateful. Truly. But I want to be clear: a lifetime achievement award should not be necessary for work that should simply be funded, supported, and prioritised from the start. Black hole safety is not glamorous. It is not theatrical. It will never make someone stop their car and stare at the sky. But it keeps people alive in places where staying alive requires someone to have read the manual. I have read the manual. I will keep reading it. Thank you to everyone who beleived in this work before it won an award. #LifetimeAchievement #BlackHoleSafety #ICSI #Grateful