Chris Mihos
@chrismihos.bsky.social
astronomer, frustrated sports fan, perpetually confused family man.
Right, I had forgotten that Bud Cort was in MASH!
It's one of those little odd moments to me that Robert Duvall and Bud Cort died so soon to each other. Duvall's savage assholery as Frank Burns to Cort's naive corpsman in MASH has always stuck with me.
These are the best remembered roles for neither of these actors, but that scene always hurts.
These are the best remembered roles for neither of these actors, but that scene always hurts.
February 17, 2026 at 12:14 AM
Right, I had forgotten that Bud Cort was in MASH!
If you see this post a Star War
February 17, 2026 at 12:09 AM
If you see this post a Star War
The other day in class I explained to our undergrad majors that just when they thought they were getting the hang of the magnitude system, it was time to talk about Vega vs AB mags.
They were not amused.
They were not amused.
February 17, 2026 at 12:07 AM
The other day in class I explained to our undergrad majors that just when they thought they were getting the hang of the magnitude system, it was time to talk about Vega vs AB mags.
They were not amused.
They were not amused.
I do adore this album.
February 15, 2026 at 11:40 PM
I do adore this album.
Before giving a colloquium talk at another university I always have to send the obligatory email asking "will this be mostly astronomers, or will there be a bunch of physicists there that I need to explain color magnitude diagrams to like I'm Dr Seuss"?
One star, two star
Red star, blue star....
One star, two star
Red star, blue star....
February 15, 2026 at 11:31 PM
Before giving a colloquium talk at another university I always have to send the obligatory email asking "will this be mostly astronomers, or will there be a bunch of physicists there that I need to explain color magnitude diagrams to like I'm Dr Seuss"?
One star, two star
Red star, blue star....
One star, two star
Red star, blue star....
My first ever live concert. Aldo Nova opening up for Blue Oyster Cult at Meriweather Post Pavilion in 1982. I went with @wtaf-ufb-ffs.bsky.social
$8.50, ahh the good old days....
$8.50, ahh the good old days....
February 14, 2026 at 11:52 PM
My first ever live concert. Aldo Nova opening up for Blue Oyster Cult at Meriweather Post Pavilion in 1982. I went with @wtaf-ufb-ffs.bsky.social
$8.50, ahh the good old days....
$8.50, ahh the good old days....
Is dinner ready yet, Dad?
February 12, 2026 at 12:38 AM
Is dinner ready yet, Dad?
A reliable source told me today that in their English class there was an engineering student mouthing off that the astronomy program was way overfunded compared to engineering. Those poor underfunded engineers, I'm thinking it might be time to launch a few more of them into the Sun.
February 12, 2026 at 12:23 AM
A reliable source told me today that in their English class there was an engineering student mouthing off that the astronomy program was way overfunded compared to engineering. Those poor underfunded engineers, I'm thinking it might be time to launch a few more of them into the Sun.
Totally unsurprised by these differences between physics and astronomy programs.
The AIP stats team has released its latest data of physics & astronomy PhD trends, with breakdown by gender. What is extraordinary to me is how clearly the overall trends exhibit an important gender dimension, and that that story is quite different between physics and astronomy.
February 12, 2026 at 12:09 AM
Totally unsurprised by these differences between physics and astronomy programs.
Reviewing ApJ proofs drives me crazy. They are always littered with stuff like this: replacing "Hubble Space Telescope" with "Hubble Space Telescope", replacing "galaxy's" with "galaxy's", etc.
It makes it hard to track down where the cases where they really are actually changing things....
It makes it hard to track down where the cases where they really are actually changing things....
February 10, 2026 at 6:38 PM
Reviewing ApJ proofs drives me crazy. They are always littered with stuff like this: replacing "Hubble Space Telescope" with "Hubble Space Telescope", replacing "galaxy's" with "galaxy's", etc.
It makes it hard to track down where the cases where they really are actually changing things....
It makes it hard to track down where the cases where they really are actually changing things....
This is like watching a Browns game.
February 9, 2026 at 1:54 AM
This is like watching a Browns game.
Oh, hey.
NASA Astronomy Hourly Picture - 2005-09-26: Streams of Stars in the Virgo Cluster of Galaxies
#Astronomy #NASA #Space
#Astronomy #NASA #Space
February 8, 2026 at 2:05 AM
Oh, hey.
"The thing about the old days-- they the *old* days." --Slim Charles, "The Wire"
February 7, 2026 at 11:15 PM
"The thing about the old days-- they the *old* days." --Slim Charles, "The Wire"
What the heck is the "Metascience Novelty Indicators Challenge"? Did anyone else get one of these emails? It seems spammy as hell but also purports to come from some research group at the University of Sussex, so.... ????
February 6, 2026 at 11:53 PM
What the heck is the "Metascience Novelty Indicators Challenge"? Did anyone else get one of these emails? It seems spammy as hell but also purports to come from some research group at the University of Sussex, so.... ????
Fresh squeezed -- out of a cardboard can. I can still hear the "Sssshhhh-plooop!" of the frozen concentrate sliding out of that can and dropping into the plastic pitcher.
As a child of the 80s in the middle America, the idea of fresh orange juice was a foreign concept; everything juice was a frozen block of concentrated flavor extruded into a pitcher and thinned until you could actually drink it.
And now it’s gone like the rotary phone. www.today.com/food/groceri...
And now it’s gone like the rotary phone. www.today.com/food/groceri...
Minute Maid Discontinues Frozen Juice Concentrate After 80 Years and Fans Are in Mourning
“How am I supposed to make margaritas?!” asked one person on social media.
www.today.com
February 6, 2026 at 12:37 AM
Fresh squeezed -- out of a cardboard can. I can still hear the "Sssshhhh-plooop!" of the frozen concentrate sliding out of that can and dropping into the plastic pitcher.
Not everything that is valuable is profitable.
(Thank you for coming to my TedTalk.)
(Thank you for coming to my TedTalk.)
February 5, 2026 at 12:32 AM
Not everything that is valuable is profitable.
(Thank you for coming to my TedTalk.)
(Thank you for coming to my TedTalk.)
1) Irish potato famine
2) Nazi occupation of Greece
2) Nazi occupation of Greece
Genuinely curious: If your family is American, what brought them here?
Mine: religious nuttery & primogeniture
Mine: religious nuttery & primogeniture
February 3, 2026 at 12:25 AM
1) Irish potato famine
2) Nazi occupation of Greece
2) Nazi occupation of Greece
Bringing Up Baby (1938) is one of my favorite movies. Cary Grant absolutely cracks me up every time.
Cary Grant: It took three expeditions and five years to find that intercostal clavicale!
Katharine Hepburn: Well now that they know where to find one, couldn't you send them back for another?
😂
Cary Grant: It took three expeditions and five years to find that intercostal clavicale!
Katharine Hepburn: Well now that they know where to find one, couldn't you send them back for another?
😂
February 1, 2026 at 11:35 PM
Bringing Up Baby (1938) is one of my favorite movies. Cary Grant absolutely cracks me up every time.
Cary Grant: It took three expeditions and five years to find that intercostal clavicale!
Katharine Hepburn: Well now that they know where to find one, couldn't you send them back for another?
😂
Cary Grant: It took three expeditions and five years to find that intercostal clavicale!
Katharine Hepburn: Well now that they know where to find one, couldn't you send them back for another?
😂
Feeling over-committed. Verrrry over-committed. Looking for someone else to blame for this.
a man in a suit and hawaiian shirt is standing in front of a door .
ALT: a man in a suit and hawaiian shirt is standing in front of a door .
media.tenor.com
January 27, 2026 at 11:53 PM
Feeling over-committed. Verrrry over-committed. Looking for someone else to blame for this.
Only five?
The Post spoke with eight policing experts who pointed to a sequence of actions by federal immigration officers that go against training guidelines designed to de-escalate potentially volatile situations.
Five moments in the Alex Pretti shooting that raise red flags for policing experts
Policing experts were unanimous in saying that the situation probably could have been avoided by employing basic policing tactics that prioritize public safety and communication.
www.washingtonpost.com
January 27, 2026 at 11:34 PM
Only five?
This cat could play.
January 27, 2026 at 11:24 PM
This cat could play.
There will come a day in their lives when my daughters will miss my regular "be careful about the weather!" texts.
But that day is probably not today.
But that day is probably not today.
January 27, 2026 at 12:21 AM
There will come a day in their lives when my daughters will miss my regular "be careful about the weather!" texts.
But that day is probably not today.
But that day is probably not today.
They probably got paid a bounty as well....
CBP chief Bovino has confirmed that the officers who executed Alex Pretti in the street yesterday are not only *not on administrative leave,* they have all been reassigned to other jurisdictions and are all on the street today.
This is totally unheard of for any officer-involved shooting
This is totally unheard of for any officer-involved shooting
January 25, 2026 at 11:33 PM
They probably got paid a bounty as well....
Come, you masters of war, you that build the big guns
You that build the death planes, you that build all the bombs
You that hide behind walls, you that hide behind desks
I just want you to know I can see through your masks
You that build the death planes, you that build all the bombs
You that hide behind walls, you that hide behind desks
I just want you to know I can see through your masks
January 25, 2026 at 2:00 AM
Come, you masters of war, you that build the big guns
You that build the death planes, you that build all the bombs
You that hide behind walls, you that hide behind desks
I just want you to know I can see through your masks
You that build the death planes, you that build all the bombs
You that hide behind walls, you that hide behind desks
I just want you to know I can see through your masks
They circled him on the ground and shot him dead like it was a firing squad.
January 24, 2026 at 11:19 PM
They circled him on the ground and shot him dead like it was a firing squad.