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The ASP has never been a conduit for jobs; astronomy jobs in the US are principally are listed via the American Astronomical Society (and I think nearly all of those are PhD-level jobs), aas.org.
 
I thought the ASP's HQ was in San Francisco, and I can see them listing jobs in their offices only locally.  You might see if you can make a contact via "normal" job-seeker channels, provided my memory about their location is correct.

Another astronomy ed workshop from the Rubin Observatory people: link
 
(let me know if that link doesn't work right; another "upgrade" of Outlook means I have to eye-hand transcribe it from an email, because the old highlight-and-copy no longer works)

"As to the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ and our being gathered together to him, we beg you, brothers and sisters, not to be quickly shaken in mind or alarmed, either by spirit or by word or by letter, as though from us, to the effect that the day of the Lord is already here. Let no one deceive you in any way; for that day will not come unless the rebellion comes first and the lawless one is revealed, the one destined for destruction. He opposes and exalts himself above every so-called god or object of worship, so that he takes his seat in the temple of God, declaring himself to be God."  --  2 Thessalonians 2:1–4

If some supernatural force is helping Dump, it sure as hell ain't  coming from above.

If some supernatural force is helping Dump, it sure as hell ain't  coming from above.

From the late great Terry Pratchett
 
Elves are wonderful. They provoke wonder.
Elves are marvellous. They cause marvels.
Elves are fantastic. They create fantasies.
Elves are glamorous. They project glamour.
Elves are enchanting. They weave enchantment.
Elves are terrific. They beget terror.
The thing about words is that meanings can twist just like a snake, and if you want to find snakes look for them behind words that have changed their meaning.
No one ever said elves are nice.
Elves are bad. (LL)

January 20th 1567. Battle of Rio de Janeiro. Portugal beat France
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Rio_de_Janeiro_(1567)
 
January 20th 1839 Battle of Yungay. This is in South America
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Yungay
 
January 20th 1929 the first full length talking motion picture filmed outdoors is released
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/In_Old_Arizona
 
January 20th 1936 King George V dies and is succeeded by his son as Edward VIII
 
January 20th 1937 Franklin D Roosevelt begins his second term as President as the 20th Amendment to the constitution take effect
 
January 20th 1942 The Wannsee Conference takes place.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wannsee_Conference
 
January 20th 1953. Dwight D Eisenhower becomes the first President to start his Presidency on January 20th since the 20th Amendment takes place
 
January 20th 1961. John F Kennedy is inaugurated as President as the youngest man to hold the office and the first Catholic
 
January 20th 1980. Superbowl XIV The Pittsburgh Steelers defeat the Los Angeles Rams 31-19
 
January 20th 1981. Twenty minutes after Ronald Reagan is inaugurated as President, Iran releases 52 American hostages.
 
January 20th 1985 Superbowl XIX The San Francisco49ers defeat the Miami Dolphins 38-16
 
January 20th 1986 Martin Luthor King Day is celebrated for the first time as a Federal holiday
 
January 20th 2009. Barack Obama is inaugurated as President and is the first African American to do so.
 
January 20th 2021. Joe Biden is inaugurated as the oldest person to hold the office of President. Kamala Harris is inaugurated as the first female Vice President.
 
Tom Baker the fourth actor to play Dr Who on television is 90 today
Also born this day Lead Belly, Federico Fellini, DeForest Kelley, Slim Whitman, Buzz Aldrin, David Lynch, Ian Hill (of Judas Priest fame), Paul Stanley (of KISS fame), Bill Maher, R A Salvatore and Nicky Wire (of Manic Street Preachers)
Died this day John Ruskin (painter and critic), Andrew Volstead (of Prohibition Act fame), Alan Freed, Johnny Weissmuller, Barbara Stanwyck, Audrey Hepburn, Sir Matt Busby, Etta James and Meat Loaf

"It Bit Me"
"What did you expect it to do?"
"I thought Fairies were nice"
"Shows what you know"

THe oldest continuous celebration I think is Persian Nw Year, where people leap over bonfires. It was originally a Zoroastrian celebration from ancient Persia, and the muslims kept trying to suppress, to no success. Dtill celebrated today.

This game has been around since 2000:
 

Novak Djokovic is the first man to play 100 matches at all four of the tennis Grand Slams.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/tennis/68027490

If you're going to set your campaign in Medieval England, you may find one of the calendars here useful.
 
Just for grins and giggles, you can find the phases of the Moon here. Why? Because werewolves, that's why.

Lots of intense matches at the Australian Open last night. A lot were were tie breaks, but this one was record breaking.

From the astronomy education mailing list I'm on.  Haven't looked in that link, but the guy who sent this out is a significant name in the astro ed racket.

Certainly the right spirit, though for real accuracy I think the word "speculation" ought to be replaced with "making s--t up".

The Scandinavian elites of the 12th century had given up plundering and pillaging abroad for using the Christian ideology to increase their domestic influence and power. Early medieval Sweden was still an elective monarchy, and civil war between competing magnates over the crown was almost a yearly occurrence. Our national patron Saint, Saint Erik, was a king who bit it in one of these struggles. He started a crusade against the Finns and was murdered in a church, they say, so he must've been very holy, even if he ended up more holey.
 
Not that the coalescing kingdoms didn't engage in a little light conquest -- the Danes tried for Balticum, while Sweden managed to snag Finland.

12th century Europe is the way:
 
Byzantine Empire Castile, Aragon, and Moorish Spain Knights Templar Second and Third Crusades Genghis Khan Silk Road Merchant Republics of Italy English civil wars and wars with France Holy Roman Empire Teutonic Knights Decline of Kievan Rus Seljuq Empire  
About the only thing 12th century Europe doesn't have is Vikings, but you could probably squeeze them in and no one would know any better.