Rhiannon Silva
@rhiannonsilva.bsky.social
Astrophysicist. Currently working on my second PhD on gravitational waves from black holes, at the Gravity Exploration Institute, Cardiff University.
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Rhiannon Silva
@rhiannonsilva.bsky.social
· Nov 12
Resharing this gravitational waves starter pack because I've added more people now. If there's anyone still missing from it, please let me know.
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A Sharon Begley byline, almost 5 years after her death.
Upon hearing the news James Watson had died, a STAT reporter said in our Slack, "I wish I could read what Sharon would have written."
Incredible news: Sharon in fact did pre-write a Watson obit. And it is masterful and excoriating.
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Upon hearing the news James Watson had died, a STAT reporter said in our Slack, "I wish I could read what Sharon would have written."
Incredible news: Sharon in fact did pre-write a Watson obit. And it is masterful and excoriating.
🧪🧬🧫
James Watson, dead at 97, was a scientific legend and a pariah among his peers
James Watson, the co-discoverer of the structure of DNA who died Thursday at 97, was a scientific legend and a pariah among his peers.
www.statnews.com
November 8, 2025 at 1:39 PM
A Sharon Begley byline, almost 5 years after her death.
Upon hearing the news James Watson had died, a STAT reporter said in our Slack, "I wish I could read what Sharon would have written."
Incredible news: Sharon in fact did pre-write a Watson obit. And it is masterful and excoriating.
🧪🧬🧫
Upon hearing the news James Watson had died, a STAT reporter said in our Slack, "I wish I could read what Sharon would have written."
Incredible news: Sharon in fact did pre-write a Watson obit. And it is masterful and excoriating.
🧪🧬🧫
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cc Royal Society
“whatever club he’s invited to join has been devalued by the invitation”
November 11, 2025 at 7:58 AM
cc Royal Society
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Doing non-causal inference (and being explicit about it), yet using a causal word as second word in the title.
If you pay Nature € 10.690, they will publish this in Nature Ageing.
I can tell you what I think of that for free.
www.nature.com/articles/s43...
If you pay Nature € 10.690, they will publish this in Nature Ageing.
I can tell you what I think of that for free.
www.nature.com/articles/s43...
November 11, 2025 at 7:58 AM
Doing non-causal inference (and being explicit about it), yet using a causal word as second word in the title.
If you pay Nature € 10.690, they will publish this in Nature Ageing.
I can tell you what I think of that for free.
www.nature.com/articles/s43...
If you pay Nature € 10.690, they will publish this in Nature Ageing.
I can tell you what I think of that for free.
www.nature.com/articles/s43...
When you have no idea who you are replying to.
November 10, 2025 at 11:23 PM
When you have no idea who you are replying to.
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Half the Answer #47: Caitlin and Trent check in with Daniel Harper of the "I Don't Speak German" podcast. They discuss the controversial interview between Tucker Carlson and Nick Fuentes, the role it seems to be playing in the far right, and various reactions (the good and the goofy).
Half the Answer #47: The Tucker Carlson–Nick Fuentes Interview Episode
Caitlin and Trent check in with Daniel Harper of the "I Don't Speak German" podcast, taking another moment to peek under the rock and discover that the creepy crawlies are making friends with each oth...
www.liberalcurrents.com
November 9, 2025 at 4:21 PM
Half the Answer #47: Caitlin and Trent check in with Daniel Harper of the "I Don't Speak German" podcast. They discuss the controversial interview between Tucker Carlson and Nick Fuentes, the role it seems to be playing in the far right, and various reactions (the good and the goofy).
I guess that doing eugenics pays more than just thinking and publishing about eugenics for Jonathan Anomaly.
New embryo testing company says it can predict lifespan, height and IQ of potential children
YouTube video by CBS Mornings
youtu.be
November 10, 2025 at 10:09 PM
I guess that doing eugenics pays more than just thinking and publishing about eugenics for Jonathan Anomaly.
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A reminder that this anti-trans panic is 100% bullshit and exactly none of our country’s problems are related to someone expressing their gender identity and everyone who isn’t a hate-filled weirdo knows it.
November 10, 2025 at 1:16 PM
A reminder that this anti-trans panic is 100% bullshit and exactly none of our country’s problems are related to someone expressing their gender identity and everyone who isn’t a hate-filled weirdo knows it.
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We are pleased to announce our discovery of #GW241011 and #GW241110
Both come from binary black holes where one black hole is much larger than the other. The larger black holes have large spin. Could these black holes have formed in a previous merger?
ligo.org/science-summ...
#O4IsHere 🔭🧪⚛️☄️
Both come from binary black holes where one black hole is much larger than the other. The larger black holes have large spin. Could these black holes have formed in a previous merger?
ligo.org/science-summ...
#O4IsHere 🔭🧪⚛️☄️
October 29, 2025 at 1:58 PM
We are pleased to announce our discovery of #GW241011 and #GW241110
Both come from binary black holes where one black hole is much larger than the other. The larger black holes have large spin. Could these black holes have formed in a previous merger?
ligo.org/science-summ...
#O4IsHere 🔭🧪⚛️☄️
Both come from binary black holes where one black hole is much larger than the other. The larger black holes have large spin. Could these black holes have formed in a previous merger?
ligo.org/science-summ...
#O4IsHere 🔭🧪⚛️☄️
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‘Study after study shows that students want to develop these critical thinking skills, are not lazy, and large numbers of them would be in favor of banning ChatGPT and similar tools in universities’, says @olivia.science www.ru.nl/en/research/...
‘Opposing the inevitability of AI at universities is possible and necessary’ | Radboud University
Since the widespread release of ChatGPT in December of 2022, AI has taken over much of the world by storm – including academia. Most of this happened with very little pushback, despite a myriad of iss...
www.ru.nl
November 1, 2025 at 10:26 PM
‘Study after study shows that students want to develop these critical thinking skills, are not lazy, and large numbers of them would be in favor of banning ChatGPT and similar tools in universities’, says @olivia.science www.ru.nl/en/research/...
South Caerdydd? Is he planning a trip to Butetown?
October 30, 2025 at 5:59 PM
South Caerdydd? Is he planning a trip to Butetown?
Will someone please explain to my dog that the clocks have gone back.
October 26, 2025 at 2:43 PM
Will someone please explain to my dog that the clocks have gone back.
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okay grandpa, let's get you to bed
October 24, 2025 at 9:36 PM
okay grandpa, let's get you to bed
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After submitting a FOIA request UKRI, I obtained success rates by three grant call scheme and I can only say that I am disheartened by the results:
- AHRC Responsive Mode 2025: 2%
- ESRC New Investigator Grant 2025: 1%
- ESRC Research Grant Round 2025: 1%
- AHRC Responsive Mode 2025: 2%
- ESRC New Investigator Grant 2025: 1%
- ESRC Research Grant Round 2025: 1%
October 22, 2025 at 7:55 AM
After submitting a FOIA request UKRI, I obtained success rates by three grant call scheme and I can only say that I am disheartened by the results:
- AHRC Responsive Mode 2025: 2%
- ESRC New Investigator Grant 2025: 1%
- ESRC Research Grant Round 2025: 1%
- AHRC Responsive Mode 2025: 2%
- ESRC New Investigator Grant 2025: 1%
- ESRC Research Grant Round 2025: 1%
Reform voter quotes Mein Kampf on the streets of Caerphilly, and thinks butterflies turn back into caterpillars.
Man in Caerphilly quotes Hitler and says reform aren’t racist enough 👀 #ukpolitics #politics
YouTube video by PoliticsJOE
youtube.com
October 25, 2025 at 9:38 AM
Reform voter quotes Mein Kampf on the streets of Caerphilly, and thinks butterflies turn back into caterpillars.
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I'm feeling very relieved that Reform didn't win this. I'm also curious to know how the 16 and 17 year olds voted.
Plaid Cymru defeats Reform in Welsh Parliament Caerphilly by-election
Labour came third after suffering its first parliamentary defeat in Caerphilly for 100 years.
www.bbc.co.uk
October 24, 2025 at 7:55 AM
I'm feeling very relieved that Reform didn't win this. I'm also curious to know how the 16 and 17 year olds voted.
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@walkerbragman.bsky.social was a delightful hang and fantastic guest!
Half the Answer #43: Trent and Caitlin talk with journalist Walker Bragman about the various crises in public health and climate change, the people who helped bring us here, and the dark money that funded it. www.liberalcurrents.com/half-the-ans...
Half the Answer #43: MAHA and the Climate Deniers: Who Are These People?!
Trent and Caitlin talk with journalist Walker Bragman about the various crises in public health and climate change, the people who helped bring us here, and the dark money that funded it. They discuss...
www.liberalcurrents.com
October 22, 2025 at 4:16 PM
@walkerbragman.bsky.social was a delightful hang and fantastic guest!
"If we portray breakthroughs as purely human triumphs, we reinforce an outdated view in which machines are just tools."
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Lol the Nobels can't even acknowledge women's contribution to discovery. But sure let's acknowledge The Machines.
October 9, 2025 at 9:54 PM
"If we portray breakthroughs as purely human triumphs, we reinforce an outdated view in which machines are just tools."
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Lol the Nobels can't even acknowledge women's contribution to discovery. But sure let's acknowledge The Machines.
October 9, 2025 at 7:00 PM
Lol the Nobels can't even acknowledge women's contribution to discovery. But sure let's acknowledge The Machines.
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Dr. Jane Goodall filmed an interview with Netflix in March 2025 that she understood would only be released after her death.
October 5, 2025 at 9:08 AM
Dr. Jane Goodall filmed an interview with Netflix in March 2025 that she understood would only be released after her death.
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This is, as they say, weak sauce.
"I am increasingly concerned over threats to the values that allow science to flourish." Read the full statement from the President of the Royal Society Sir Adrian Smith: royalsociety.org/news/2025/10...
A statement from the President of the Royal Society | Royal Society
A statement from the President of the Royal Society regarding threats to the values that allow science to flourish.
royalsociety.org
October 1, 2025 at 8:05 PM
This is, as they say, weak sauce.
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Jane Goodall, world-renowned primatologist, dies aged 91
Jane Goodall, world-renowned primatologist, dies aged 91
Jane Goodall Institute says ‘tireless advocate’ for natural world died in California during US speaking tour
The world-renowned primatologist Jane Goodall has died at the age of 91, her institute has said.
The Jane Goodall Institute announced that she had passed away of natural causes while in California as part of a US speaking tour. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
October 1, 2025 at 6:35 PM
Jane Goodall, world-renowned primatologist, dies aged 91
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"Millisecond pulsars, whilst remarkably stable, may not be the perfect timekeepers we once thought they were"
New research by @cosmicrami.com outlines how a pulsar throwing a tantrum could impact precision timing experiments.
www.spaceaustralia.com/feature/puls...
#SpaceAustralia
📸 NASA SVS
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New research by @cosmicrami.com outlines how a pulsar throwing a tantrum could impact precision timing experiments.
www.spaceaustralia.com/feature/puls...
#SpaceAustralia
📸 NASA SVS
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September 30, 2025 at 10:50 PM
"Millisecond pulsars, whilst remarkably stable, may not be the perfect timekeepers we once thought they were"
New research by @cosmicrami.com outlines how a pulsar throwing a tantrum could impact precision timing experiments.
www.spaceaustralia.com/feature/puls...
#SpaceAustralia
📸 NASA SVS
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New research by @cosmicrami.com outlines how a pulsar throwing a tantrum could impact precision timing experiments.
www.spaceaustralia.com/feature/puls...
#SpaceAustralia
📸 NASA SVS
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Helen will always be an inspiration to me.
"Helen de Cruz (1978–2025): an academic and personal tribute" *Religious Studies* Published online 2025:1-4.
doi.org/10.1017/S003...
@helendecruz.net
doi.org/10.1017/S003...
@helendecruz.net
Helen de Cruz (1978–2025): an academic and personal tribute | Religious Studies | Cambridge Core
Helen de Cruz (1978–2025): an academic and personal tribute
doi.org
October 1, 2025 at 12:03 AM
Helen will always be an inspiration to me.
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September 28, 2025 at 3:48 PM