Duncan K Galloway
@duncankgalloway.bsky.social
Astrophysicist, educator, cyclist, science communicator. Living through a climate emergency (as are we all) on Boon Wurrung/Wurundjeri land/Netherlands. He/him. http://outs1der.github.io
ORCID: 0000-0002-6558-5121
ORCID: 0000-0002-6558-5121
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It's Friday night.
I've done enough this week.
YOU'VE done enough this week.
Stay safe!
I've done enough this week.
YOU'VE done enough this week.
Stay safe!
January 24, 2026 at 12:13 AM
It's Friday night.
I've done enough this week.
YOU'VE done enough this week.
Stay safe!
I've done enough this week.
YOU'VE done enough this week.
Stay safe!
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If you're interested in reading Randa Abdel-Fattah's actual views, instead of reading the various (mis)interpretations of them by bad-faith actors, here they are:
Paraglides, Cultural Safety and Decolonization: Randa Abdel-Fattah on her ban from Adelaide Writers’ Week and the silencing of Palestinians
Randa Abdel-Fattah responds to the gaslighting, censorship, and repression she faced when she was canceled from the Adelaide Writers’ Week festival over her support for Palestine.
mondoweiss.net
January 23, 2026 at 5:53 AM
If you're interested in reading Randa Abdel-Fattah's actual views, instead of reading the various (mis)interpretations of them by bad-faith actors, here they are:
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David Pope in Canberra Times
January 23, 2026 at 4:56 AM
David Pope in Canberra Times
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On the eve of this year’s Triple J Hottest 100, new analysis by The Australia Institute reveals a bleak outlook for Australian music, and also how to fix it.
Read more on our website.
Read more on our website.
January 23, 2026 at 12:10 AM
On the eve of this year’s Triple J Hottest 100, new analysis by The Australia Institute reveals a bleak outlook for Australian music, and also how to fix it.
Read more on our website.
Read more on our website.
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Just checking, since apparently some are using LLMs to get BibTeX snippets easily.
For Computer Science and ML papers, you know about @dblp.org, right? You know you don't have to use LLMs for that... right?
For Computer Science and ML papers, you know about @dblp.org, right? You know you don't have to use LLMs for that... right?
January 22, 2026 at 4:35 AM
Just checking, since apparently some are using LLMs to get BibTeX snippets easily.
For Computer Science and ML papers, you know about @dblp.org, right? You know you don't have to use LLMs for that... right?
For Computer Science and ML papers, you know about @dblp.org, right? You know you don't have to use LLMs for that... right?
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Scientists have come up with an amazing way to monitor falling space junk – by tracking sonic booms it produces like a mexican wave as it tears through the atmosphere.
Really cool paper, and my first weekly post on Extraordinary Claims, my new Substack.
Enjoy!
open.substack.com/pub/xclaims/...
Really cool paper, and my first weekly post on Extraordinary Claims, my new Substack.
Enjoy!
open.substack.com/pub/xclaims/...
January 22, 2026 at 7:01 PM
Scientists have come up with an amazing way to monitor falling space junk – by tracking sonic booms it produces like a mexican wave as it tears through the atmosphere.
Really cool paper, and my first weekly post on Extraordinary Claims, my new Substack.
Enjoy!
open.substack.com/pub/xclaims/...
Really cool paper, and my first weekly post on Extraordinary Claims, my new Substack.
Enjoy!
open.substack.com/pub/xclaims/...
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If we let CSIRO and public research wither, we make it easier for the loudest and richest voices to define “truth”.
I wrote about it here.👇🏽
www.lyrebirddreaming.com/post/science...
I wrote about it here.👇🏽
www.lyrebirddreaming.com/post/science...
Science Under Siege
And why saving science is saving democracyThe other night I fired off a quick tweet about the Albanese Government allowing CSIRO to shed another 350 scientists and research staff. The comments, forwar...
www.lyrebirddreaming.com
January 22, 2026 at 10:41 PM
If we let CSIRO and public research wither, we make it easier for the loudest and richest voices to define “truth”.
I wrote about it here.👇🏽
www.lyrebirddreaming.com/post/science...
I wrote about it here.👇🏽
www.lyrebirddreaming.com/post/science...
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This piece by @julie-phillips.com is so good. How the wonderful science fiction writer Ursula Le Guin worked and wrote and acted and cared through so many tough times. What we might learn from her example.
lithub.com/the-way-of-w...
lithub.com/the-way-of-w...
The Way of Water: On the Quiet Power of Ursula K. Le Guin’s Activism
In the past two months, I’ve found myself thinking back to an essay Ursula K. Le Guin posted on her blog in November 2016. It was one of her last long essays, and she wrote it at a time when she—li…
lithub.com
January 22, 2026 at 10:32 PM
This piece by @julie-phillips.com is so good. How the wonderful science fiction writer Ursula Le Guin worked and wrote and acted and cared through so many tough times. What we might learn from her example.
lithub.com/the-way-of-w...
lithub.com/the-way-of-w...
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I just thought everyone should see this
January 22, 2026 at 11:02 PM
I just thought everyone should see this
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Apparently it's #CTDAppreciationDay again. Please check out the most important tool in oceanography. 🌊
Happy #CTDAppreciationDay. Please also appreciate how windy the Labrador Sea is. 🌊
January 22, 2026 at 8:04 PM
Apparently it's #CTDAppreciationDay again. Please check out the most important tool in oceanography. 🌊
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Globally, temperatures over land are already 2°C higher than they were around 1970!
Temperatures averaged over global land areas were the 2nd hottest on record in 2025. This has major consequences for communities and ecosystems all around the world.
Data from www.ncei.noaa.gov/products/lan...
Data from www.ncei.noaa.gov/products/lan...
January 22, 2026 at 8:25 PM
Globally, temperatures over land are already 2°C higher than they were around 1970!
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We put up a big post about Hint Line ‘93, the game we made for the ACMI museum!
yarnspinner.dev/blog/hint-li...
yarnspinner.dev/blog/hint-li...
We Pitched a Museum a 1993 Game Hint Line (And They Actually Said Yes) | Yarn Spinner
Early 2025, ACMI, the Australian museum of screen culture, put out a call for comissions for Game Worlds. They wanted to commission microgames from Australian developers, and the brief was…
yarnspinner.dev
January 22, 2026 at 10:18 AM
We put up a big post about Hint Line ‘93, the game we made for the ACMI museum!
yarnspinner.dev/blog/hint-li...
yarnspinner.dev/blog/hint-li...
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NEW | Wind and solar generated more power than fossil fuels in the EU for the FIRST time ever.
🌪️ and ☀️ made up a RECORD 30% of 🇪🇺 electricity, up from 20% just five years ago.
https://ember-energy.org/latest-insights/european-electricity-review-2026/
🌪️ and ☀️ made up a RECORD 30% of 🇪🇺 electricity, up from 20% just five years ago.
https://ember-energy.org/latest-insights/european-electricity-review-2026/
January 22, 2026 at 7:01 AM
NEW | Wind and solar generated more power than fossil fuels in the EU for the FIRST time ever.
🌪️ and ☀️ made up a RECORD 30% of 🇪🇺 electricity, up from 20% just five years ago.
https://ember-energy.org/latest-insights/european-electricity-review-2026/
🌪️ and ☀️ made up a RECORD 30% of 🇪🇺 electricity, up from 20% just five years ago.
https://ember-energy.org/latest-insights/european-electricity-review-2026/
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And now something positive:
solar and wind energy production in the EU surpasses fossil energy for the first time.
☀️ 💨
#TippingPoint
Source: dr.dk
solar and wind energy production in the EU surpasses fossil energy for the first time.
☀️ 💨
#TippingPoint
Source: dr.dk
January 22, 2026 at 6:41 AM
And now something positive:
solar and wind energy production in the EU surpasses fossil energy for the first time.
☀️ 💨
#TippingPoint
Source: dr.dk
solar and wind energy production in the EU surpasses fossil energy for the first time.
☀️ 💨
#TippingPoint
Source: dr.dk
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Science Across Generations at ISSI 🧑🔬✨
An inspiring story of Prof. Eberhard Möbius — who participated in ISSI’s first-ever workshop — and Dr Emma Davies (@spacedavies.bsky.social), attending her first ISSI workshop – three decades later:
www.issibern.ch/science-acro... 🔭
An inspiring story of Prof. Eberhard Möbius — who participated in ISSI’s first-ever workshop — and Dr Emma Davies (@spacedavies.bsky.social), attending her first ISSI workshop – three decades later:
www.issibern.ch/science-acro... 🔭
Science Across Generations at ISSI | International Space Science Institute
Explore Heliosphere science and its role in shaping the future of space science through collaborative workshops and research.
www.issibern.ch
January 21, 2026 at 11:24 AM
Science Across Generations at ISSI 🧑🔬✨
An inspiring story of Prof. Eberhard Möbius — who participated in ISSI’s first-ever workshop — and Dr Emma Davies (@spacedavies.bsky.social), attending her first ISSI workshop – three decades later:
www.issibern.ch/science-acro... 🔭
An inspiring story of Prof. Eberhard Möbius — who participated in ISSI’s first-ever workshop — and Dr Emma Davies (@spacedavies.bsky.social), attending her first ISSI workshop – three decades later:
www.issibern.ch/science-acro... 🔭
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January 19, 2026 at 1:24 PM
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It's weeks like this I realise how much poorer we are for not having Katharine Murphy in the gallery.
But thanks to The New Daily and Australia Institute we still have fabulous @amyremeikis.bsky.social
who this morning already predicted curtains for Ley
thepoint.com.au/opinions/260...
But thanks to The New Daily and Australia Institute we still have fabulous @amyremeikis.bsky.social
who this morning already predicted curtains for Ley
thepoint.com.au/opinions/260...
Play stupid games, win stupid prizes. Why we’re all the losers from the hate speech fracas
The biggest losers in the political brinkmanship Anthony Albanese and Labor lured Sussan Ley and the Liberals into with the hate group legislation no one wanted, is as always the public.
thepoint.com.au
January 22, 2026 at 7:48 AM
It's weeks like this I realise how much poorer we are for not having Katharine Murphy in the gallery.
But thanks to The New Daily and Australia Institute we still have fabulous @amyremeikis.bsky.social
who this morning already predicted curtains for Ley
thepoint.com.au/opinions/260...
But thanks to The New Daily and Australia Institute we still have fabulous @amyremeikis.bsky.social
who this morning already predicted curtains for Ley
thepoint.com.au/opinions/260...
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wrote about the much-deserved death knell of the world's worst architecture project for @thenation.com www.thenation.com/article/worl...
The Line, a Saudi Megaproject, Is Dead
It was always doomed to unravel, but the firms who lent their name to this folly should be held accountable.
www.thenation.com
January 21, 2026 at 9:35 PM
wrote about the much-deserved death knell of the world's worst architecture project for @thenation.com www.thenation.com/article/worl...
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“Australia has now cemented another authoritarian law which gives police and politicians unchallenged authority to outlaw any group they don’t like by designating them a hate group, based on vibes and maybes.” - @amyremeikis.bsky.social
Read Amy Remeikis’s full piece on The Point: theaus.in/4pMXiwF
Read Amy Remeikis’s full piece on The Point: theaus.in/4pMXiwF
January 21, 2026 at 11:59 PM
“Australia has now cemented another authoritarian law which gives police and politicians unchallenged authority to outlaw any group they don’t like by designating them a hate group, based on vibes and maybes.” - @amyremeikis.bsky.social
Read Amy Remeikis’s full piece on The Point: theaus.in/4pMXiwF
Read Amy Remeikis’s full piece on The Point: theaus.in/4pMXiwF
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The life of Australia's largest coal-fired power station has been extended yet again. The lobbying interests keeping coal alive are getting their way far too easily, @ketanjoshi.co writes.
Why it’s so easy to lobby to extend Australia’s deadliest coal plants
www.crikey.com.au
January 22, 2026 at 12:00 AM
The life of Australia's largest coal-fired power station has been extended yet again. The lobbying interests keeping coal alive are getting their way far too easily, @ketanjoshi.co writes.
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This board game is amazing!
It's super complicated and VERY true to the science. Every astrobiologist board game geek should get a copy! I'm SO impressed at the research behind this game.
I would LOVE to review this game! Anyone know how/where I could do that?
boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/41...
🔭🧪
It's super complicated and VERY true to the science. Every astrobiologist board game geek should get a copy! I'm SO impressed at the research behind this game.
I would LOVE to review this game! Anyone know how/where I could do that?
boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/41...
🔭🧪
SETI: Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence
Search for signs of alien life by launching probes and analyzing distant signals.
boardgamegeek.com
January 21, 2026 at 2:51 AM
This board game is amazing!
It's super complicated and VERY true to the science. Every astrobiologist board game geek should get a copy! I'm SO impressed at the research behind this game.
I would LOVE to review this game! Anyone know how/where I could do that?
boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/41...
🔭🧪
It's super complicated and VERY true to the science. Every astrobiologist board game geek should get a copy! I'm SO impressed at the research behind this game.
I would LOVE to review this game! Anyone know how/where I could do that?
boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/41...
🔭🧪
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What is wild to me is the defense, BY THE NEURIPS BOARD, that fabricated citations do not mean "the content of the papers themselves [is] necessarily invalidated"
It does. It very much does. What do you think citing other work is for? What do you think writing a paper is for? What do you *think*?
It does. It very much does. What do you think citing other work is for? What do you think writing a paper is for? What do you *think*?
NEW: NeurIPS,one of the world’s top academic AI conferences, accepted research papers with 100+ AI-hallucinated citations, new report claims
fortune.com/2026/01/21/n...
fortune.com/2026/01/21/n...
NeurIPS papers contained 100+ AI-hallucinated citations, new report claims | Fortune
An analysis of NeurIPS 2025 papers by startup GPTZero reveals how AI-generated citations are slipping into elite academic research.
fortune.com
January 21, 2026 at 9:34 PM
What is wild to me is the defense, BY THE NEURIPS BOARD, that fabricated citations do not mean "the content of the papers themselves [is] necessarily invalidated"
It does. It very much does. What do you think citing other work is for? What do you think writing a paper is for? What do you *think*?
It does. It very much does. What do you think citing other work is for? What do you think writing a paper is for? What do you *think*?
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📣 We're hiring: Governance Administrator
Support our Council and committees to deliver governance excellence at Australia's premier science academy.
📍 Canberra ACT (Acton)
💼 Competitive salary + super
⏰ Full-time, ongoing
Support our Council and committees to deliver governance excellence at Australia's premier science academy.
📍 Canberra ACT (Acton)
💼 Competitive salary + super
⏰ Full-time, ongoing
January 21, 2026 at 10:34 PM
📣 We're hiring: Governance Administrator
Support our Council and committees to deliver governance excellence at Australia's premier science academy.
📍 Canberra ACT (Acton)
💼 Competitive salary + super
⏰ Full-time, ongoing
Support our Council and committees to deliver governance excellence at Australia's premier science academy.
📍 Canberra ACT (Acton)
💼 Competitive salary + super
⏰ Full-time, ongoing
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For the first time renewable energy is supplying most of Australia's power 👏
The naysayers will keep shifting the goalposts, but they're always proven wrong.
www.theage.com.au/politics/fed...
The naysayers will keep shifting the goalposts, but they're always proven wrong.
www.theage.com.au/politics/fed...
For the first time, renewable energy is supplying most of our power
Renewables became the dominant energy supply for an entire quarter in the final three months of last year, helping the grid skate through the early days of a scorching summer.
www.theage.com.au
January 21, 2026 at 10:42 PM
For the first time renewable energy is supplying most of Australia's power 👏
The naysayers will keep shifting the goalposts, but they're always proven wrong.
www.theage.com.au/politics/fed...
The naysayers will keep shifting the goalposts, but they're always proven wrong.
www.theage.com.au/politics/fed...
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Understanding what is happening deep beneath the ocean surface is key to understanding the weather patterns we are experiencing on land.
👉 theconversation.com/nz-is-a...
👉 theconversation.com/nz-is-a...
January 21, 2026 at 10:48 PM
Understanding what is happening deep beneath the ocean surface is key to understanding the weather patterns we are experiencing on land.
👉 theconversation.com/nz-is-a...
👉 theconversation.com/nz-is-a...