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Ahem
August 12, 2025 at 6:46 PM
I spent a very productive and fun week at the Cloudy school. Working with so many bright, young, and engaging scientists was really fun and refreshing!
August 8, 2025 at 9:43 PM
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Today is my birthday (turning 29), which is the only time all year that I ask for a repost 🌿
I hope you get lost in fantasy worlds as much as I do 🔮
July 31, 2025 at 12:12 PM
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Endless grift with a side of cruelty @jojofromjerz.bsky.social
July 26, 2025 at 5:13 PM
The Minnesota Institute for Astrophysics is now a new hosting Institution for the 51 Pegasi b fellowships. Come and work with us! www.hsfoundation.org/programs/sci...
51 Pegasi b Fellowship
The 51 Pegasi b Fellowship provides exceptional postdoctoral scientists with the opportunity to conduct theoretical, observational, and experimental research in planetary astronomy.
www.hsfoundation.org
July 22, 2025 at 10:26 AM
Big results for Lyman continuum studies. We received over 180 HST orbits + >~30 JWST hours to study it at z<~3!
July 18, 2025 at 8:23 PM
I don’t want to justify her, but I don’t understand why attacking her specifically makes sense. There were 50+1 yes to the Bill….
July 2, 2025 at 9:08 PM
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When self-doubt creeps in, remember that there are people in positions of power who still can't figure out how to right click.
June 20, 2025 at 2:19 PM
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The Physics of Superheroes (2005) used print comic books for examples of physics principles. The Iron Man and Dark Knight films came out in 2008, and now there is an entirely new source of superhero physics to explore. So I wrote an entirely new book - The Physics of Superheroes Goes Hollywood.
June 19, 2025 at 11:31 AM
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Apropos of nothing, a fire NEEDS oxygen to grow. Don’t give it what it needs, starve it.
June 18, 2025 at 10:51 PM
It’s very hard to concentrate.
June 18, 2025 at 5:10 AM
@dudedarkmatter.bsky.social recognize anyone here?
June 18, 2025 at 2:20 AM
So many people out today!!
June 15, 2025 at 12:33 AM
Some unexpected good news today: my NASA Roman project has been approved for funding. Hopefully I’ll see the money… 🤞 🤞
June 12, 2025 at 12:00 AM
It’s stressful times
June 11, 2025 at 3:18 AM
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Nobel Prize Laureate Kip Thorne speaking yesterday at the Albert Einstein Institute in Postdam, Germany:
"Donald Trump is destroying America's capacity for [leading science]. We are counting on Europe to take over here and elsewhere." ⚛️ 🧪
June 4, 2025 at 9:03 PM
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I think we’ve reached a boiling point when it comes to ICE.

Today in Minneapolis, a militarized task force raided the beloved Lake Street taqueria, Las Cuatro Milpas—and the community was not having it.

Agents from ICE, the DEA, FBI, ATF, IRS and HHS rolled up looking like they were ready for war.
June 4, 2025 at 2:54 AM
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Moving on from just testing my doppelgänger to actually learning some astronomy!

A quick chat about the history of X-ray astronomy, and the emission mechanism of Sco-X1.

🧪🔭

youtu.be/QANFF8AgcoM
A quick chat about the history of X-ray astronomy, and the emission mechanism of Sco-X1.
YouTube video by Michael Merrifield
youtu.be
June 2, 2025 at 9:56 AM
this is a tragedy
We have NASA's proposed budget for FY26, and it is brutal to science. Earth science would be cut by more than half. Astrophysics (like JWST, Hubble) by nearly two-thirds. Full details at www.nasa.gov/fy-2026-budg...
May 30, 2025 at 11:13 PM
If this is true -- how is it different from a huge concentration camp?
“Hamas's military wing remains operational with an estimated 40,000 fighters, roughly the same number it had before October 7…The army estimates that for every militant killed, approximately three uninvolved civilians have died.”
Haaretz’s Yaniv Kubovich reports that Israel plans to seize 75% of Gaza and relocate more than 1,3 million Palestinians in the upcoming offensive, ultimately forcing the entire population into three military zones with food supplies strictly controlled by GHF/Israel. www.haaretz.com/israel-news/...
May 26, 2025 at 4:31 PM
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#MindMelodies #MusicChallenge
5/26: Acceptance

This Is Home - Peter Gabriel

youtu.be/UH5gPE0ALEY?...
Peter Gabriel - This Is Home (Dark-Side Mix)
YouTube video by Peter Gabriel
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May 25, 2025 at 9:00 PM
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This is phenomenal.

Sea surface temperatures are >5C above average to the west of the UK and around Iceland. It's the strongest area of anomalous warmth on the planet at the moment.

It's the warmest in recorded history for northwest Europe.
May 25, 2025 at 10:13 AM
🤦‍♀️And would all this be enforced also in private companies? Say, pharmaceutical?
May 24, 2025 at 1:41 PM
Used to read that book as a kid!
May 24, 2025 at 2:21 AM
What's with "thank you for your attention to this matter"????
May 23, 2025 at 11:56 AM