Andrew J. Steinmetz
@ajsteinmetz.com
Physics PhD, fmr. Global Professor at the University of Arizona. Talks about physics, astronomy and other sciences! (views my own) ⚛️🔭🧪🧮 https://ajsteinmetz.github.io/
Should #PeerReview in STEM be paid work? I'd think so. I read this blog with fair reasoning. #AcademicSky #Science #EduSky
Blog: jamesheathers.medium.com/the-450-move...
I also found a journal article which tried this exact thing and found benefits: doi.org/10.1257/jep....
Blog: jamesheathers.medium.com/the-450-move...
I also found a journal article which tried this exact thing and found benefits: doi.org/10.1257/jep....
The 450 Movement
I do peer review and I want you to pay me four hundred and fifty dollars. I’ll even say please.
jamesheathers.medium.com
November 9, 2025 at 3:49 AM
Should #PeerReview in STEM be paid work? I'd think so. I read this blog with fair reasoning. #AcademicSky #Science #EduSky
Blog: jamesheathers.medium.com/the-450-move...
I also found a journal article which tried this exact thing and found benefits: doi.org/10.1257/jep....
Blog: jamesheathers.medium.com/the-450-move...
I also found a journal article which tried this exact thing and found benefits: doi.org/10.1257/jep....
Here's the @archive.org webpage since the official website is down now: web.archive.org/web/20251105...
Absolute disgrace.
Absolute disgrace.
November 5, 2025 at 5:53 PM
Here's the @archive.org webpage since the official website is down now: web.archive.org/web/20251105...
Absolute disgrace.
Absolute disgrace.
New #Protomen! I'm so thrilled to post each and every drop until #ActIII is fully out. theprotomen.bandcamp.com/track/hold-o...
November 4, 2025 at 10:41 PM
New #Protomen! I'm so thrilled to post each and every drop until #ActIII is fully out. theprotomen.bandcamp.com/track/hold-o...
This is why I don't trust charter schools to replace public education. The greed and mismanagement without public oversight is horrifying. #AcademicSky #EduSky #Education
Faith Family Academy is one of eight Texas charter school districts on track to be shut down at the end of the year after receiving an “F” rating.
Board members paid its superintendent a peak annual compensation of $560,000 in recent years.
With @texastribune.org
Board members paid its superintendent a peak annual compensation of $560,000 in recent years.
With @texastribune.org
These Charter Superintendents Are Some of the Highest Paid in Texas. Their Districts Are Among the Lowest Performing.
Three charter school districts in Texas underreported the compensation paid to their top leaders. The same three districts have also had failing or near-failing performance ratings in recent years.
www.propublica.org
October 31, 2025 at 4:22 PM
This is why I don't trust charter schools to replace public education. The greed and mismanagement without public oversight is horrifying. #AcademicSky #EduSky #Education
It turns out you can order free hard copies of the NRL Plasma Formulary book from the US Navy. www.nrl.navy.mil/News-Media/P...
The PDF is also freely available.
Making my tax dollars work lol. Though with the shutdown, I don't know if they'll respond. #Physics #Science 🧪⚛️
The PDF is also freely available.
Making my tax dollars work lol. Though with the shutdown, I don't know if they'll respond. #Physics #Science 🧪⚛️
October 31, 2025 at 4:00 PM
It turns out you can order free hard copies of the NRL Plasma Formulary book from the US Navy. www.nrl.navy.mil/News-Media/P...
The PDF is also freely available.
Making my tax dollars work lol. Though with the shutdown, I don't know if they'll respond. #Physics #Science 🧪⚛️
The PDF is also freely available.
Making my tax dollars work lol. Though with the shutdown, I don't know if they'll respond. #Physics #Science 🧪⚛️
#TIL the mathematician #Fibonacci (b. 1170) was one of the early promoters of the Indo-Arabic numeral system in Europe in his 13th century book Liber Abaci where he also printed the now famous Fibonacci sequence 1, 2, 3, 5, 8, 13, ... as a solution to the "rabbit problem." #Science #MathSky 🧪🧮
October 29, 2025 at 4:44 PM
#TIL the mathematician #Fibonacci (b. 1170) was one of the early promoters of the Indo-Arabic numeral system in Europe in his 13th century book Liber Abaci where he also printed the now famous Fibonacci sequence 1, 2, 3, 5, 8, 13, ... as a solution to the "rabbit problem." #Science #MathSky 🧪🧮
This City Made Us! #Protomen #Music #RockOpera Act III drops continue with this rerelease of the 2015 EP song.
theprotomen.bandcamp.com/track/this-c...
theprotomen.bandcamp.com/track/this-c...
October 29, 2025 at 2:07 AM
This City Made Us! #Protomen #Music #RockOpera Act III drops continue with this rerelease of the 2015 EP song.
theprotomen.bandcamp.com/track/this-c...
theprotomen.bandcamp.com/track/this-c...
October 26, 2025 at 3:38 PM
Now here's an example of one of the more useful applications of #AI and #MachineLearning within #Medicine. AI-assisted doctors are significantly better at detecting breast cancers in women. This kind of usage directly saves people's lives. #Science #MedSky 🧪💊
Source: doi.org/10.1038/s415...
Source: doi.org/10.1038/s415...
October 25, 2025 at 5:15 PM
Now here's an example of one of the more useful applications of #AI and #MachineLearning within #Medicine. AI-assisted doctors are significantly better at detecting breast cancers in women. This kind of usage directly saves people's lives. #Science #MedSky 🧪💊
Source: doi.org/10.1038/s415...
Source: doi.org/10.1038/s415...
I recently gave a presentation on #AI which covered in-part the dangers of over-reliance in #Medicine. While lots of attention is on #Education, with good reason, even experts are at risk of "deskilling." #AcademicSky #Science #MedSky 🧪💊
Source: doi.org/10.1016/s246...
Source: doi.org/10.1016/s246...
October 25, 2025 at 1:27 AM
I recently gave a presentation on #AI which covered in-part the dangers of over-reliance in #Medicine. While lots of attention is on #Education, with good reason, even experts are at risk of "deskilling." #AcademicSky #Science #MedSky 🧪💊
Source: doi.org/10.1016/s246...
Source: doi.org/10.1016/s246...
I won't stop #Protomen posting until Act III is fully out and dropped. Calling Out is a great song. #Music #RockOpera
youtu.be/z2Wh3hq2EPQ?...
youtu.be/z2Wh3hq2EPQ?...
October 23, 2025 at 10:12 PM
I won't stop #Protomen posting until Act III is fully out and dropped. Calling Out is a great song. #Music #RockOpera
youtu.be/z2Wh3hq2EPQ?...
youtu.be/z2Wh3hq2EPQ?...
All but 2 Universities Decline a Trump Offer of Preferential Funding
www.nytimes.com
October 21, 2025 at 9:16 PM
Psst. #Physics peeps. If you irradiate lithium-6 with half MeV deuterium ions, you cause #Fusion of the nuclei into two alpha particles aka helium-4. #Science #NuclearPhysics.
October 21, 2025 at 6:30 PM
Psst. #Physics peeps. If you irradiate lithium-6 with half MeV deuterium ions, you cause #Fusion of the nuclei into two alpha particles aka helium-4. #Science #NuclearPhysics.
Reposted by Andrew J. Steinmetz
Scientists predominantly use X and LinkedIn for professional scientific networking, but with Bluesky and Mastodon in recent years hoping to break through as alternatives.
https://mikeyoungacademy.dk/communities-of-scientists-are-emerging-on-bluesky/
cc: @davidchavalarias
#helloquittex […]
https://mikeyoungacademy.dk/communities-of-scientists-are-emerging-on-bluesky/
cc: @davidchavalarias
#helloquittex […]
Original post on piaille.fr
piaille.fr
October 18, 2025 at 12:43 PM
Scientists predominantly use X and LinkedIn for professional scientific networking, but with Bluesky and Mastodon in recent years hoping to break through as alternatives.
https://mikeyoungacademy.dk/communities-of-scientists-are-emerging-on-bluesky/
cc: @davidchavalarias
#helloquittex […]
https://mikeyoungacademy.dk/communities-of-scientists-are-emerging-on-bluesky/
cc: @davidchavalarias
#helloquittex […]
More Act III posting. Today's juice is The Storm and Buried in the Red! Continue the new songs #Protomen! #Music #RockOpera #ConceptAlbum.
October 14, 2025 at 5:24 PM
More Act III posting. Today's juice is The Storm and Buried in the Red! Continue the new songs #Protomen! #Music #RockOpera #ConceptAlbum.
Reposted by Andrew J. Steinmetz
Happy world squid and cuttlefish day!!
Text your friend a squid fact. Watch a video of a cuttlefish doing something cute.
Doodle a squid and then show it to me.
The world is cruel but squid are good.
Text your friend a squid fact. Watch a video of a cuttlefish doing something cute.
Doodle a squid and then show it to me.
The world is cruel but squid are good.
October 10, 2025 at 2:09 PM
Happy world squid and cuttlefish day!!
Text your friend a squid fact. Watch a video of a cuttlefish doing something cute.
Doodle a squid and then show it to me.
The world is cruel but squid are good.
Text your friend a squid fact. Watch a video of a cuttlefish doing something cute.
Doodle a squid and then show it to me.
The world is cruel but squid are good.
Second week of new songs for the #Protomen final album Act III: This City Made Us. I've waited like 16 years for this! No Way Back is an absolute banger. #Music #RockOpera #Rock theprotomen.bandcamp.com/album/act-ii...
October 8, 2025 at 4:54 PM
Second week of new songs for the #Protomen final album Act III: This City Made Us. I've waited like 16 years for this! No Way Back is an absolute banger. #Music #RockOpera #Rock theprotomen.bandcamp.com/album/act-ii...
Reposted by Andrew J. Steinmetz
September 22, 2025 at 9:56 AM
Hmm. 🤔 Enrollment in bachelor's degrees in #Physics seems to have fallen off a cliff in German universities since the pandemic. Anybody know if this trend has reproduced itself in your country or in another STEM field? #EduSky #AcademicSky #Science 🧪⚛️
Source: www.dpg-physik.de/veroeffentli...
Source: www.dpg-physik.de/veroeffentli...
September 20, 2025 at 8:18 PM
Hmm. 🤔 Enrollment in bachelor's degrees in #Physics seems to have fallen off a cliff in German universities since the pandemic. Anybody know if this trend has reproduced itself in your country or in another STEM field? #EduSky #AcademicSky #Science 🧪⚛️
Source: www.dpg-physik.de/veroeffentli...
Source: www.dpg-physik.de/veroeffentli...
TIL that popcorn is an ancient snack with evidence going back to 4,700 BC in Peru via radiocarbon dating. That's potentially older than the potter's wheel! #Science #Archeology #History 🧪
Source: doi.org/10.1073/pnas...
Source: doi.org/10.1073/pnas...
September 17, 2025 at 5:45 PM
TIL that popcorn is an ancient snack with evidence going back to 4,700 BC in Peru via radiocarbon dating. That's potentially older than the potter's wheel! #Science #Archeology #History 🧪
Source: doi.org/10.1073/pnas...
Source: doi.org/10.1073/pnas...
Oppenheimer-Snyder collapse (Penrose coordinates) shows how #BlackHoles form with radius (x-axis) & time (y). The star's surface (white) becomes the "antihorizon" of the BH (upper half diamond) with a singularity (cyan). #Physics #Astronomy #Science 🧪🔭⚛️
More info: jila.colorado.edu/~ajsh/bh/col...
More info: jila.colorado.edu/~ajsh/bh/col...
September 16, 2025 at 12:24 AM
Oppenheimer-Snyder collapse (Penrose coordinates) shows how #BlackHoles form with radius (x-axis) & time (y). The star's surface (white) becomes the "antihorizon" of the BH (upper half diamond) with a singularity (cyan). #Physics #Astronomy #Science 🧪🔭⚛️
More info: jila.colorado.edu/~ajsh/bh/col...
More info: jila.colorado.edu/~ajsh/bh/col...
Excellent ambient from @quietdetails.bsky.social here:
quietdetails.bandcamp.com/album/monolo...
If I were to put it into words, it's wind chimes as you sat in a wooden rocking chair while reading a book on a chilly day.
quietdetails.bandcamp.com/album/monolo...
If I were to put it into words, it's wind chimes as you sat in a wooden rocking chair while reading a book on a chilly day.
Monologue, by Aiko Takahashi
7 track album
quietdetails.bandcamp.com
August 25, 2025 at 5:26 AM
Excellent ambient from @quietdetails.bsky.social here:
quietdetails.bandcamp.com/album/monolo...
If I were to put it into words, it's wind chimes as you sat in a wooden rocking chair while reading a book on a chilly day.
quietdetails.bandcamp.com/album/monolo...
If I were to put it into words, it's wind chimes as you sat in a wooden rocking chair while reading a book on a chilly day.
