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UMN astro phd candidate modeling radio galaxies w/ mhd + ML
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category 9 sent the wrong times in the welcome emails to my students event. my inbox shall ne'er recover
January 21, 2026 at 10:51 PM
category 9 sent the wrong times in the welcome emails to my students event. my inbox shall ne'er recover
exhaustion level: attempted to unlock my apartment door using my car keys, and then dunked a tortilla chip into a cup of green tea. happy spring semester!
January 21, 2026 at 4:50 PM
exhaustion level: attempted to unlock my apartment door using my car keys, and then dunked a tortilla chip into a cup of green tea. happy spring semester!
trying to partition my old laptop to try and get linuxmint on there so it will READ MY EXTERNAL CD DRIVE and realizing what an absolute brick this thing is (it's <5 years old). planned obsolescence should be illegal!!
January 19, 2026 at 9:15 AM
trying to partition my old laptop to try and get linuxmint on there so it will READ MY EXTERNAL CD DRIVE and realizing what an absolute brick this thing is (it's <5 years old). planned obsolescence should be illegal!!
Björn Benneke's plenary yesterday #AAS247
NASA Discovers Distant Planet With Conditions That Could Sustain Rocks https://theonion.com/nasa-discovers-distant-planet-with-conditions-that-could-sustain-rocks/
January 7, 2026 at 2:11 AM
Björn Benneke's plenary yesterday #AAS247
maybe 2027 will be my year
January 6, 2026 at 1:14 AM
maybe 2027 will be my year
having ye olde first day of conference social meltdown, breaking of the spirit, and self-understanding collapse
January 5, 2026 at 10:38 PM
having ye olde first day of conference social meltdown, breaking of the spirit, and self-understanding collapse
ah yes...aas coffee break brought to u by war crimes inc.
January 5, 2026 at 5:30 PM
ah yes...aas coffee break brought to u by war crimes inc.
someday i will learn to check if a hotel as a pool. this AAS was not that day, but someday.
January 4, 2026 at 6:15 PM
someday i will learn to check if a hotel as a pool. this AAS was not that day, but someday.
truly have no respect for atheists who are snobs about charity work done by religious orgs. i WILL be spending my time helping whoever is getting food to hungry people regardless if i agree with their metaphysical understandings
January 2, 2026 at 6:46 PM
truly have no respect for atheists who are snobs about charity work done by religious orgs. i WILL be spending my time helping whoever is getting food to hungry people regardless if i agree with their metaphysical understandings
sent the entire contents of my tupperware cabinet flying and now the secret ingredient in my granola is glass shards
January 2, 2026 at 2:28 PM
sent the entire contents of my tupperware cabinet flying and now the secret ingredient in my granola is glass shards
my advice for this year's grad admissions cycle: if you get in somewhere and you are likely to decline, go to the visit anyways, find out how they've been fucking over their grad students, and loudly demand they explain their choices to you.
January 2, 2026 at 4:50 AM
my advice for this year's grad admissions cycle: if you get in somewhere and you are likely to decline, go to the visit anyways, find out how they've been fucking over their grad students, and loudly demand they explain their choices to you.
reading wrapped!! fewer books than last year but some bangers in there
January 1, 2026 at 2:31 AM
reading wrapped!! fewer books than last year but some bangers in there
does anyone have good scifi recs? i have dnf'd basically everything i've picked up recently.
i really love: the expanse series, gideon the ninth, memory called empire, anything becky chambers, and disliked: the archive undying, divinity 36, red mars, some desperate glory
i really love: the expanse series, gideon the ninth, memory called empire, anything becky chambers, and disliked: the archive undying, divinity 36, red mars, some desperate glory
December 31, 2025 at 2:07 PM
does anyone have good scifi recs? i have dnf'd basically everything i've picked up recently.
i really love: the expanse series, gideon the ninth, memory called empire, anything becky chambers, and disliked: the archive undying, divinity 36, red mars, some desperate glory
i really love: the expanse series, gideon the ninth, memory called empire, anything becky chambers, and disliked: the archive undying, divinity 36, red mars, some desperate glory
me (delusional): the paper draft is 1.5 pages...it's basically done i can get it wrapped up by tomorrow
December 30, 2025 at 4:51 PM
me (delusional): the paper draft is 1.5 pages...it's basically done i can get it wrapped up by tomorrow
sleep schedule status: considering staying up all night to try to ctrl alt esc myself
December 29, 2025 at 5:30 AM
sleep schedule status: considering staying up all night to try to ctrl alt esc myself
havin a good ye olde indecision evening
December 28, 2025 at 3:35 AM
havin a good ye olde indecision evening
desperately slamming through one more book before thestorygraph does their wrapped for the year
December 27, 2025 at 6:14 PM
desperately slamming through one more book before thestorygraph does their wrapped for the year
reading papers from the early 2000s...they made these plots with a potato
December 27, 2025 at 5:03 PM
reading papers from the early 2000s...they made these plots with a potato
ah, i see! my brain kept me up awake this late to receive devastating news!
December 27, 2025 at 6:35 AM
ah, i see! my brain kept me up awake this late to receive devastating news!
ultimately my astro degree is most useful for writing scifi and needing to figure out a spaceship's travel timeline
December 26, 2025 at 5:15 PM
ultimately my astro degree is most useful for writing scifi and needing to figure out a spaceship's travel timeline
if anyone has experience with...complying...maliciously....and wants to help someone i know come up with time wasting ideas.....lmk
December 23, 2025 at 10:51 PM
if anyone has experience with...complying...maliciously....and wants to help someone i know come up with time wasting ideas.....lmk
no idea how it will turn out but i gave it my best 🫡 now time to lie down for several hours
interview for my dream job tomorrow: all the can't-sleep-nerves of christmas eve but with the added terror that santa will hate you!
December 15, 2025 at 8:43 PM
no idea how it will turn out but i gave it my best 🫡 now time to lie down for several hours
v cool article about writing patterns in LLMs and writing patterns in english language education
marcusolang.substack.com/p/im-kenyan-...
marcusolang.substack.com/p/im-kenyan-...
I'm Kenyan. I Don't Write Like ChatGPT. ChatGPT Writes Like Me.
I'm calm. I'm calm. I promise.
marcusolang.substack.com
December 15, 2025 at 7:45 PM
v cool article about writing patterns in LLMs and writing patterns in english language education
marcusolang.substack.com/p/im-kenyan-...
marcusolang.substack.com/p/im-kenyan-...
interview for my dream job tomorrow: all the can't-sleep-nerves of christmas eve but with the added terror that santa will hate you!
December 15, 2025 at 1:41 AM
interview for my dream job tomorrow: all the can't-sleep-nerves of christmas eve but with the added terror that santa will hate you!
i must not astrobetter rumor mill. astrobetter rumor mill is the mind-killer. astrobetter rumor mill is the little-death that brings total obliteration.
December 11, 2025 at 8:33 PM
i must not astrobetter rumor mill. astrobetter rumor mill is the mind-killer. astrobetter rumor mill is the little-death that brings total obliteration.