@astroprater.bsky.social
Amateur light catcher | Berea College Alumni | He/Him
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This is how you incinerate a field of science. 🔭🧪
NASA is sinking its flagship science center during the government shutdown — and may be breaking the law in the process, critics say
"There is just a general acknowledgement that a lot of what is happening is illegal…"
www.space.com
November 6, 2025 at 2:39 AM
This is how you incinerate a field of science. 🔭🧪
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We need libraries far more than we need publishers.
Destroy this myth. Please share if you have visited and researched in a library this past year! RT And give a shout out to your favorite library you have ever visited.
August 31, 2025 at 8:12 PM
We need libraries far more than we need publishers.
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I really dislike how science has started calling almost any fancy computational technique AI. 🧪
The framing of this entire article makes it sound like a benevolent AI independently made these drugs.
That is *pure fantasy*.
Instead: a team of scientists made a machine learning model for a study.
The framing of this entire article makes it sound like a benevolent AI independently made these drugs.
That is *pure fantasy*.
Instead: a team of scientists made a machine learning model for a study.
August 15, 2025 at 6:14 AM
I really dislike how science has started calling almost any fancy computational technique AI. 🧪
The framing of this entire article makes it sound like a benevolent AI independently made these drugs.
That is *pure fantasy*.
Instead: a team of scientists made a machine learning model for a study.
The framing of this entire article makes it sound like a benevolent AI independently made these drugs.
That is *pure fantasy*.
Instead: a team of scientists made a machine learning model for a study.
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the gang goes kong on this week's episode
July 18, 2025 at 10:54 PM
the gang goes kong on this week's episode
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Computers used to scream every time they connected to the Internet. They knew. They tried to warn us. We did not listen.
June 22, 2025 at 10:15 PM
Computers used to scream every time they connected to the Internet. They knew. They tried to warn us. We did not listen.
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Using a LLM to write a term paper is useful in a similar way t using a forklift for weightlifting at the gym. Yes, it may be efficient in completing the task, but the value is in the hard work
About to be Jokerfied by this blandly tossed-off statement in a piece about how the lie machines will never stop lying. Why concede that AI is "useful" in writing term papers? What is the purpose of writing assignments in education? Is AI accomplishing that purpose? www.nytimes.com/2025/05/05/t...
May 5, 2025 at 4:03 PM
Using a LLM to write a term paper is useful in a similar way t using a forklift for weightlifting at the gym. Yes, it may be efficient in completing the task, but the value is in the hard work
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Life is one big improv performance
April 23, 2025 at 12:19 AM
Life is one big improv performance
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Very cool: “what can theoretical physics teach us about knitting?”
H/t @knithacker.bsky.social
phys.org/news/2025-02...
H/t @knithacker.bsky.social
phys.org/news/2025-02...
What can theoretical physics teach us about knitting?
The practice of purposely looping thread to create intricate knit garments and blankets has existed for millennia. Though its precise origins have been lost to history, artifacts like a pair of wool s...
phys.org
March 2, 2025 at 12:54 PM
Very cool: “what can theoretical physics teach us about knitting?”
H/t @knithacker.bsky.social
phys.org/news/2025-02...
H/t @knithacker.bsky.social
phys.org/news/2025-02...
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Here's a little tip I learned some years ago. If you can take a photo of Orion, try to get the image out of focus like I did just now. You can really see why Betelguise (top left) is such a well known red giant star. #astronomy #astrophotography
January 25, 2025 at 11:44 PM
Here's a little tip I learned some years ago. If you can take a photo of Orion, try to get the image out of focus like I did just now. You can really see why Betelguise (top left) is such a well known red giant star. #astronomy #astrophotography
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I am prepared to buy MORE LEGO to assist the Danish economy should it prove necessary.
January 25, 2025 at 11:27 PM
I am prepared to buy MORE LEGO to assist the Danish economy should it prove necessary.
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Somebody yelled at me for posting about Ganymede instead of /the state of things/ last night.
I know we’re (almost) all on the same page here, but a Bluesky without cute cats, science facts, and dumb jokes would be bad for everyone.
I know we’re (almost) all on the same page here, but a Bluesky without cute cats, science facts, and dumb jokes would be bad for everyone.
January 24, 2025 at 5:51 PM
Somebody yelled at me for posting about Ganymede instead of /the state of things/ last night.
I know we’re (almost) all on the same page here, but a Bluesky without cute cats, science facts, and dumb jokes would be bad for everyone.
I know we’re (almost) all on the same page here, but a Bluesky without cute cats, science facts, and dumb jokes would be bad for everyone.
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A bit late but please take note of our new @ehtelescope.bsky.social theory paper that came out yesterday 🔭🧪! By adding a new year to the analysis we are closing in on the black hole spin and the nature of the plasma "tornado" surrounding this enormous supermassive black hole!
January 23, 2025 at 2:11 PM
A bit late but please take note of our new @ehtelescope.bsky.social theory paper that came out yesterday 🔭🧪! By adding a new year to the analysis we are closing in on the black hole spin and the nature of the plasma "tornado" surrounding this enormous supermassive black hole!
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If you want to join our starter pack please do comment below - we are going to start a third one soon
And if you asked to be in in the past but now feel you are at risk for being in them, do DM us and we will remove you. #StaySafeStayStrong
go.bsky.app/Cw9bRYZ
go.bsky.app/Cw9bRYZ
And if you asked to be in in the past but now feel you are at risk for being in them, do DM us and we will remove you. #StaySafeStayStrong
go.bsky.app/Cw9bRYZ
go.bsky.app/Cw9bRYZ
January 23, 2025 at 9:18 AM
If you want to join our starter pack please do comment below - we are going to start a third one soon
And if you asked to be in in the past but now feel you are at risk for being in them, do DM us and we will remove you. #StaySafeStayStrong
go.bsky.app/Cw9bRYZ
go.bsky.app/Cw9bRYZ
And if you asked to be in in the past but now feel you are at risk for being in them, do DM us and we will remove you. #StaySafeStayStrong
go.bsky.app/Cw9bRYZ
go.bsky.app/Cw9bRYZ
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JWST N628 Stamp issued🔭
#extragalactic🧪https://shorturl.at/Xqrtk
Easy to forget that this is an actual place, a place w/ billions of ✨ and planets where we cannot travel.
Astronomy has guided humanity through the cosmos Humbling to reflect on the role we will play as our presence grows beyond Earth
#extragalactic🧪https://shorturl.at/Xqrtk
Easy to forget that this is an actual place, a place w/ billions of ✨ and planets where we cannot travel.
Astronomy has guided humanity through the cosmos Humbling to reflect on the role we will play as our presence grows beyond Earth
January 22, 2025 at 7:51 PM
JWST N628 Stamp issued🔭
#extragalactic🧪https://shorturl.at/Xqrtk
Easy to forget that this is an actual place, a place w/ billions of ✨ and planets where we cannot travel.
Astronomy has guided humanity through the cosmos Humbling to reflect on the role we will play as our presence grows beyond Earth
#extragalactic🧪https://shorturl.at/Xqrtk
Easy to forget that this is an actual place, a place w/ billions of ✨ and planets where we cannot travel.
Astronomy has guided humanity through the cosmos Humbling to reflect on the role we will play as our presence grows beyond Earth
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The mirrors for our Large Aperture Telescope are on their way to our site! 🔭
January 22, 2025 at 8:13 PM
The mirrors for our Large Aperture Telescope are on their way to our site! 🔭
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Well nobody here needs this post, but if you colleagues are looking to make the jump...From Lindsey Gordon @lcgordon.bsky.social : The community of astronomers on the Bluesky platform is rapidly growing, and invite you to join them. 🔭✨
astrobites.org/2025/01/21/b...
astrobites.org/2025/01/21/b...
Beyond: The Astronomy Community on Bluesky - astrobites
Social media is a powerful opportunity to democratize access to academia. The community of astronomers on the Bluesky platform is rapidly growing, and invite you to join them.
astrobites.org
January 21, 2025 at 3:50 PM
Well nobody here needs this post, but if you colleagues are looking to make the jump...From Lindsey Gordon @lcgordon.bsky.social : The community of astronomers on the Bluesky platform is rapidly growing, and invite you to join them. 🔭✨
astrobites.org/2025/01/21/b...
astrobites.org/2025/01/21/b...
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This science podcast by @johngreensbluesky.bsky.social and @astrokatie.com is excellent and highly recommended. Thank you Dr. Katie Mack and John Green for this fascinating journey through the universe. #astronomy #cosmology #education
crash-course-pods-the-universe.simplecast.com
crash-course-pods-the-universe.simplecast.com
Crash Course Pods: The Universe
Dr. Katie Mack, a theoretical astrophysicist, walks #1 New York Times bestselling author John Green through the history of the entire universe - including the parts that haven’t been written yet.
crash-course-pods-the-universe.simplecast.com
January 20, 2025 at 1:51 PM
This science podcast by @johngreensbluesky.bsky.social and @astrokatie.com is excellent and highly recommended. Thank you Dr. Katie Mack and John Green for this fascinating journey through the universe. #astronomy #cosmology #education
crash-course-pods-the-universe.simplecast.com
crash-course-pods-the-universe.simplecast.com
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We’re getting lots of new Bluesky friends!
Please share your favorite science and conservation starter packs as a reply here and I’ll share them. Let’s get our science and conservation friends lots of followers! 🧪🌎🦑
Please share your favorite science and conservation starter packs as a reply here and I’ll share them. Let’s get our science and conservation friends lots of followers! 🧪🌎🦑
January 20, 2025 at 4:14 PM
We’re getting lots of new Bluesky friends!
Please share your favorite science and conservation starter packs as a reply here and I’ll share them. Let’s get our science and conservation friends lots of followers! 🧪🌎🦑
Please share your favorite science and conservation starter packs as a reply here and I’ll share them. Let’s get our science and conservation friends lots of followers! 🧪🌎🦑
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From the same program, I just remembered that there was another set of data: the outer parts of this open cluster! 🔭
As I just finished processing it, might as well share it too today!
HD: flic.kr/p/2qGfxTs
As I just finished processing it, might as well share it too today!
HD: flic.kr/p/2qGfxTs
January 20, 2025 at 6:42 PM
From the same program, I just remembered that there was another set of data: the outer parts of this open cluster! 🔭
As I just finished processing it, might as well share it too today!
HD: flic.kr/p/2qGfxTs
As I just finished processing it, might as well share it too today!
HD: flic.kr/p/2qGfxTs