Stacy McGaugh
@dudedarkmatter.bsky.social
Professor at Case Western Reserve University. Astronomer working on galaxies, cosmology, dark matter and modified gravity.
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Stacy McGaugh
@dudedarkmatter.bsky.social
· Dec 17
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The weather gave cold a miss and went right to genuinely cold last night so it was 5F (-15C) this morning. Still managed to get a little overheated on my walk-jog to campus despite the stiff breeze & subzero wind chill. Some days it is good to be a mammal.
January 20, 2026 at 8:28 PM
The weather gave cold a miss and went right to genuinely cold last night so it was 5F (-15C) this morning. Still managed to get a little overheated on my walk-jog to campus despite the stiff breeze & subzero wind chill. Some days it is good to be a mammal.
Great as always; the brief video at the end really sums it up.
here's today's post: "we need to talk about how fucking stupid he is" — other countries are now lecturing us to get our shit together.
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we need to talk about how fucking stupid he is
other countries are now lecturing us to get our shit together
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January 20, 2026 at 7:30 PM
Great as always; the brief video at the end really sums it up.
Oh, sure, now they call roughing the passer.
January 20, 2026 at 4:16 AM
Oh, sure, now they call roughing the passer.
The slumbering beast needs to wake up before that happens to make an unequivocal statement that such use of force would be both illegal and treasonous.
This is not a hard call, but it does need to be explicitly made.
This is not a hard call, but it does need to be explicitly made.
Folks, I hear the concern about Greenland, but that would be an unprovoked attack and without Congressional authorization, orders to do so could be illegal. Lots of ifs and maybes here, but Trump would likely wake the slumbering beast on Capitol Hill if this was his goal.
January 19, 2026 at 3:55 PM
The slumbering beast needs to wake up before that happens to make an unequivocal statement that such use of force would be both illegal and treasonous.
This is not a hard call, but it does need to be explicitly made.
This is not a hard call, but it does need to be explicitly made.
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Another wild finish coming up.
#NFLSky
#NFLSky
a man in a striped sweater is sitting on a couch
ALT: a man in a striped sweater is sitting on a couch
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January 19, 2026 at 2:29 AM
Another wild finish coming up.
#NFLSky
#NFLSky
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Yeah, it’s 19F at game time. Not genuinely cold.
Having lived in the Chicago area for a few years, I can state with high confidence that Chicagoans complain about snow and cold incessantly. It seems to be a shared value to hate all things winter. The one exception was on the days of Bears home games. Then they root for winter weather.
Temperatures will be cold for today's #Bears game in Chicago, but the game will end before the Arctic cold front passes later tonight. Even colder air arrives behind the front along with gusty winds.
January 19, 2026 at 12:43 AM
Yeah, it’s 19F at game time. Not genuinely cold.
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Check out this BEAUTIFUL full-halo CME which has now cleared the CCOR-1 field of view. It is fast with a transit time of ~1.5 days. Preliminary models indicate an impact sometime Monday night (tomorrow!!!) and my guess is G2-G3 conditions are possible pending arrival at Earth.
January 18, 2026 at 11:29 PM
Check out this BEAUTIFUL full-halo CME which has now cleared the CCOR-1 field of view. It is fast with a transit time of ~1.5 days. Preliminary models indicate an impact sometime Monday night (tomorrow!!!) and my guess is G2-G3 conditions are possible pending arrival at Earth.
Talk about all over the field - Brisker sacks Stafford on 2nd down, then breaks up a pass 40 yards down the field on third down.
January 19, 2026 at 12:33 AM
Talk about all over the field - Brisker sacks Stafford on 2nd down, then breaks up a pass 40 yards down the field on third down.
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"Trump is a treasonous traitor, he doesn't know anything about our constitution, our rights, or our country. He's an absolute moron, he's a criminal, he's a pedophile, and a pedophile protector. This is a police state!" -Ohio woman who came to Minneapolis protests. LIVE NOW ⬇️
January 18, 2026 at 10:40 PM
"Trump is a treasonous traitor, he doesn't know anything about our constitution, our rights, or our country. He's an absolute moron, he's a criminal, he's a pedophile, and a pedophile protector. This is a police state!" -Ohio woman who came to Minneapolis protests. LIVE NOW ⬇️
LOL. Genuine Christians - those who actually grasp the teachings of Jesus - would preach the same message. But they would also have parted ways from the MAGAfied rump of the formerly GOP.
January 19, 2026 at 12:02 AM
LOL. Genuine Christians - those who actually grasp the teachings of Jesus - would preach the same message. But they would also have parted ways from the MAGAfied rump of the formerly GOP.
Midnight cowboy, maybe.
just asked the ASU Gemini app that I am "encouraged to incorporate into my curriculum" for an illustration to explain why a third-quarter moon rises at midnight. It gave me this. How many things do you see wrong with this image?
January 18, 2026 at 11:54 PM
Midnight cowboy, maybe.
I love it when California teams have to travel to the Midwest for a playoff game. Listening to the list of things the Rams have done that makes them think they are prepared for the cold is hilarious.
cayenne pepper in their socks?????
January 18, 2026 at 11:48 PM
I love it when California teams have to travel to the Midwest for a playoff game. Listening to the list of things the Rams have done that makes them think they are prepared for the cold is hilarious.
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If two years ago I had been an editor who received a manuscript for a fictional near-future dystopia that read as the literal history of now, I would have rejected it because the villains were unrealistically simplistic caricatures.
The alien enemies act of 1798 is so dark. I’m interviewing someone from the Brennan center for fast politics pod. The next for years are going to be so dark.
November 14, 2024 at 9:25 PM
If two years ago I had been an editor who received a manuscript for a fictional near-future dystopia that read as the literal history of now, I would have rejected it because the villains were unrealistically simplistic caricatures.
Recursive recumbence.
January 17, 2026 at 11:17 PM
Recursive recumbence.
Where are the congressmen loudly proclaiming that it would be treason to attack an ally without a declaration of war by a 2/3 vote of Congress as required by the constitution?
BREAKING: A full-scale airlift is running around the clock, transporting troops and military equipment to Greenland.
The operation is extensive, “beyond anything we’ve tried before,” a source tells DR. Danish F-35 fighter planes and warships from European allies involved.
www.dr.dk/nyheder/indl...
The operation is extensive, “beyond anything we’ve tried before,” a source tells DR. Danish F-35 fighter planes and warships from European allies involved.
www.dr.dk/nyheder/indl...
Stor operation i gang: Fly strømmer til Grønland med europæiske soldater
I flere døgn har militære transportfly fløjet i pendulfart mellem Danmark og Grønland. Fredag aften landede et stort antal soldater i Nuuk.
www.dr.dk
January 17, 2026 at 5:10 PM
Where are the congressmen loudly proclaiming that it would be treason to attack an ally without a declaration of war by a 2/3 vote of Congress as required by the constitution?
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And the misogyny. Don’t forget the misogyny.
January 17, 2026 at 2:27 AM
And the misogyny. Don’t forget the misogyny.
Sleep invariance under rotational transformation.
January 16, 2026 at 8:02 PM
Sleep invariance under rotational transformation.
All these reports about ICE recruits flunking basic fitness kinda makes them sound like zombies.
January 16, 2026 at 7:51 PM
All these reports about ICE recruits flunking basic fitness kinda makes them sound like zombies.
Growing up as a resident of a snowy clime not here, when I read Calvin & Hobbes, I always assumed Watterson was taking artistic liberty in his depiction of snow. Now that I live in the same neighborhood, no, that’s just how it looks around here.
January 15, 2026 at 7:48 PM
Growing up as a resident of a snowy clime not here, when I read Calvin & Hobbes, I always assumed Watterson was taking artistic liberty in his depiction of snow. Now that I live in the same neighborhood, no, that’s just how it looks around here.
Lovely day to walk into work: deep snow, 15F (-10C), uphill both ways.
January 15, 2026 at 4:28 PM
Lovely day to walk into work: deep snow, 15F (-10C), uphill both ways.
Record best in minimizing interceptions; top 5 total TD passes. Kinda fitting his last pass should be a pick 6.
January 13, 2026 at 8:49 PM
Record best in minimizing interceptions; top 5 total TD passes. Kinda fitting his last pass should be a pick 6.
Now where have I seen this movie before?
January 13, 2026 at 6:20 PM
Now where have I seen this movie before?
Organized gangs of wine moms is the new TdA.
January 11, 2026 at 11:56 PM
Organized gangs of wine moms is the new TdA.