@bigstarkiller.bsky.social
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Hey #iteachphysics friends, keep an eye on these two new projects I’m working on.
Updates will be here (eventually)
An open source tool for creating accessible educational resources.
🌐 oerforge.org
🛠️ github.com/OER-Forge/OE...
A set of resources built with OER-forge.
🌐 openphysicsed.org
Updates will be here (eventually)
An open source tool for creating accessible educational resources.
🌐 oerforge.org
🛠️ github.com/OER-Forge/OE...
A set of resources built with OER-forge.
🌐 openphysicsed.org
Open Physics Education
openphysicsed.org
July 12, 2025 at 11:17 PM
Hey #iteachphysics friends, keep an eye on these two new projects I’m working on.
Updates will be here (eventually)
An open source tool for creating accessible educational resources.
🌐 oerforge.org
🛠️ github.com/OER-Forge/OE...
A set of resources built with OER-forge.
🌐 openphysicsed.org
Updates will be here (eventually)
An open source tool for creating accessible educational resources.
🌐 oerforge.org
🛠️ github.com/OER-Forge/OE...
A set of resources built with OER-forge.
🌐 openphysicsed.org
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Oof.
Breaking news: The U.S. government has canceled a proposed $900 million project to study in unprecedented detail the afterglow of the Big Bang, the cosmic microwave background radiation. scim.ag/4eIo0m4
U.S. abandons hunt for signal of cosmic inflation
Now-canceled CMB-S4 project would have searched the afterglow of the Big Bang for signs of cosmic exponential growth spurt
scim.ag
July 10, 2025 at 10:32 PM
Oof.
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I'll write this up as a post.
When I delivered @astronomyontap.bsky.social, I talked about this.
A couple immediately attacked me.
After some back and forth, another person came up and told me I needed to watch my tone.
No. I won't do that.
Their actions came from a privilege I don't have.
When I delivered @astronomyontap.bsky.social, I talked about this.
A couple immediately attacked me.
After some back and forth, another person came up and told me I needed to watch my tone.
No. I won't do that.
Their actions came from a privilege I don't have.
The US government is aiming to get rid of a quarter million people involved in science research and education by 2026.
I have no words.
I have no words.
July 2, 2025 at 1:03 PM
I'll write this up as a post.
When I delivered @astronomyontap.bsky.social, I talked about this.
A couple immediately attacked me.
After some back and forth, another person came up and told me I needed to watch my tone.
No. I won't do that.
Their actions came from a privilege I don't have.
When I delivered @astronomyontap.bsky.social, I talked about this.
A couple immediately attacked me.
After some back and forth, another person came up and told me I needed to watch my tone.
No. I won't do that.
Their actions came from a privilege I don't have.
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My governor refused to remove two board members who have consistently acted like petulant children. 👍🏽
#PureMichigan
#PureMichigan
Indiana's governor fired all the elected members of Indiana University's Board of Trustees. Given a recent policy change, he'll be able to fill those seats with appointees. Which means he'll basically have unilateral control over IU decisions, including who gets hired, tenured, and fired.
June 3, 2025 at 10:35 AM
My governor refused to remove two board members who have consistently acted like petulant children. 👍🏽
#PureMichigan
#PureMichigan
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The co-founder of JPL was educated in the US.
Detained during the red scare.
And was deported to china.
He is the father of the Chinese ballistic missile and space program.
Maybe don’t be so short-sighted.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Qian_Xu...
Detained during the red scare.
And was deported to china.
He is the father of the Chinese ballistic missile and space program.
Maybe don’t be so short-sighted.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Qian_Xu...
May 29, 2025 at 5:45 PM
The co-founder of JPL was educated in the US.
Detained during the red scare.
And was deported to china.
He is the father of the Chinese ballistic missile and space program.
Maybe don’t be so short-sighted.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Qian_Xu...
Detained during the red scare.
And was deported to china.
He is the father of the Chinese ballistic missile and space program.
Maybe don’t be so short-sighted.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Qian_Xu...
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Come by my @michiganstateu.bsky.social colleague!
We’re looking for a new faculty member (open-rank) in #AI education.
Questions welcomed! I’m the search chair.
careers.msu.edu/jobs/assista...
#academia #stem #msu #datascience
We’re looking for a new faculty member (open-rank) in #AI education.
Questions welcomed! I’m the search chair.
careers.msu.edu/jobs/assista...
#academia #stem #msu #datascience
Assistant/Associate/Full Professor Tenure System - East Lansing, Michigan, United States
Working/Functional Title
Assistant/Associate/Full Professor Tenure System
Position Summary
The Department of Computational Mathematics, Science and Engineering (CMSE) in the College of Natural Science...
careers.msu.edu
May 16, 2025 at 1:46 AM
Come by my @michiganstateu.bsky.social colleague!
We’re looking for a new faculty member (open-rank) in #AI education.
Questions welcomed! I’m the search chair.
careers.msu.edu/jobs/assista...
#academia #stem #msu #datascience
We’re looking for a new faculty member (open-rank) in #AI education.
Questions welcomed! I’m the search chair.
careers.msu.edu/jobs/assista...
#academia #stem #msu #datascience
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WHAT THE ACTUAL FUCK #MSU
So, we don't provide equal opportunities anymore?
>Per the guidance from MSU Human Resources, please remove the following language from all letterhead immediately: “MSU is an affirmative-action, equal-opportunity employer”.
So, we don't provide equal opportunities anymore?
>Per the guidance from MSU Human Resources, please remove the following language from all letterhead immediately: “MSU is an affirmative-action, equal-opportunity employer”.
April 22, 2025 at 5:00 PM
WHAT THE ACTUAL FUCK #MSU
So, we don't provide equal opportunities anymore?
>Per the guidance from MSU Human Resources, please remove the following language from all letterhead immediately: “MSU is an affirmative-action, equal-opportunity employer”.
So, we don't provide equal opportunities anymore?
>Per the guidance from MSU Human Resources, please remove the following language from all letterhead immediately: “MSU is an affirmative-action, equal-opportunity employer”.
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OK, so I read the journal paper about finding "biosignatures" in the atmosphere of the nearby planet K2-18b.
Quick take: the detection of the molecules looks fine. May be real, may not be, but let's say it is. Does it mean life?
NO.
1/n
arxiv.org/pdf/2504.12267
Quick take: the detection of the molecules looks fine. May be real, may not be, but let's say it is. Does it mean life?
NO.
1/n
arxiv.org/pdf/2504.12267
arxiv.org
April 17, 2025 at 3:08 PM
OK, so I read the journal paper about finding "biosignatures" in the atmosphere of the nearby planet K2-18b.
Quick take: the detection of the molecules looks fine. May be real, may not be, but let's say it is. Does it mean life?
NO.
1/n
arxiv.org/pdf/2504.12267
Quick take: the detection of the molecules looks fine. May be real, may not be, but let's say it is. Does it mean life?
NO.
1/n
arxiv.org/pdf/2504.12267
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I need your help. I need you to vote for Better Offline for the best individual business podcast in the Webbys. go here, register and vote for Better Offline. Every vote gets a free picture of one of my cats with proof. Please win this for me. Open till April 17.
vote.webbyawards.com/PublicVoting...
vote.webbyawards.com/PublicVoting...
Vote for the best of the internet
I just voted in The Webby People's Voice Awards and checked my voter registration.
vote.webbyawards.com
April 1, 2025 at 2:36 PM
I need your help. I need you to vote for Better Offline for the best individual business podcast in the Webbys. go here, register and vote for Better Offline. Every vote gets a free picture of one of my cats with proof. Please win this for me. Open till April 17.
vote.webbyawards.com/PublicVoting...
vote.webbyawards.com/PublicVoting...
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📣 Stand Up for Higher Ed 📣
Join @utsfmsu.bsky.social , @untf-msu.bsky.social, and @geuatmsu.org as we rally to defend academic freedom, protect the right to protest, and speak out against political interference in our universities ✊
Join @utsfmsu.bsky.social , @untf-msu.bsky.social, and @geuatmsu.org as we rally to defend academic freedom, protect the right to protest, and speak out against political interference in our universities ✊
April 14, 2025 at 1:34 PM
📣 Stand Up for Higher Ed 📣
Join @utsfmsu.bsky.social , @untf-msu.bsky.social, and @geuatmsu.org as we rally to defend academic freedom, protect the right to protest, and speak out against political interference in our universities ✊
Join @utsfmsu.bsky.social , @untf-msu.bsky.social, and @geuatmsu.org as we rally to defend academic freedom, protect the right to protest, and speak out against political interference in our universities ✊
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Working with an interdisciplinary team, we have developed a website to communicate how the White House's proposed cuts to health research would cause losses of $16B and 68,500 jobs.
Find out how your community may be impacted.
Explore more at SCIMaP: scienceimpacts.org
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Find out how your community may be impacted.
Explore more at SCIMaP: scienceimpacts.org
a 🧵
March 28, 2025 at 2:15 AM
Working with an interdisciplinary team, we have developed a website to communicate how the White House's proposed cuts to health research would cause losses of $16B and 68,500 jobs.
Find out how your community may be impacted.
Explore more at SCIMaP: scienceimpacts.org
a 🧵
Find out how your community may be impacted.
Explore more at SCIMaP: scienceimpacts.org
a 🧵
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KEEP CALLING. PEEL OFF ALL DEM SENATORS YOU CAN.
☎️: (202) 224-3121
Tell them to vote NO on Cloture and NO on CR. Vote is pushed to after 1:15ish for now. Situation is fluid.
The only public YES votes are Schumer and Fetterman. They need 7-8 total. KEEP CALLING.
Call retiring Senators too!
☎️: (202) 224-3121
Tell them to vote NO on Cloture and NO on CR. Vote is pushed to after 1:15ish for now. Situation is fluid.
The only public YES votes are Schumer and Fetterman. They need 7-8 total. KEEP CALLING.
Call retiring Senators too!
March 14, 2025 at 2:59 PM
KEEP CALLING. PEEL OFF ALL DEM SENATORS YOU CAN.
☎️: (202) 224-3121
Tell them to vote NO on Cloture and NO on CR. Vote is pushed to after 1:15ish for now. Situation is fluid.
The only public YES votes are Schumer and Fetterman. They need 7-8 total. KEEP CALLING.
Call retiring Senators too!
☎️: (202) 224-3121
Tell them to vote NO on Cloture and NO on CR. Vote is pushed to after 1:15ish for now. Situation is fluid.
The only public YES votes are Schumer and Fetterman. They need 7-8 total. KEEP CALLING.
Call retiring Senators too!
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Here’s a question for #TomBarrett of #MI-07.
Do you support the deportation of American citizens with brain cancer?
Do you support the deportation of American citizens with brain cancer?
A 10-year-old U.S. citizen girl recovering from brain cancer, was detained at an immigration checkpoint while heading to an emergency medical checkup and promptly deported. Thanks to Trump and Musk.
www.nbcnews.com/news/latino/...
www.nbcnews.com/news/latino/...
March 13, 2025 at 10:34 AM
Here’s a question for #TomBarrett of #MI-07.
Do you support the deportation of American citizens with brain cancer?
Do you support the deportation of American citizens with brain cancer?
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Should we hold an open in person townhall for MI-07 with an empty chair for Barrett?
How many of y’all Lanstronauts would help organize it with me?
Maybe at Lansing Shuffle?
#PureMichigan #LoveLansing
How many of y’all Lanstronauts would help organize it with me?
Maybe at Lansing Shuffle?
#PureMichigan #LoveLansing
March 9, 2025 at 11:42 AM
Should we hold an open in person townhall for MI-07 with an empty chair for Barrett?
How many of y’all Lanstronauts would help organize it with me?
Maybe at Lansing Shuffle?
#PureMichigan #LoveLansing
How many of y’all Lanstronauts would help organize it with me?
Maybe at Lansing Shuffle?
#PureMichigan #LoveLansing
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Tonight my colleague and I met with our undergrads at a town hall they organized. We had a #teach-in on the federal actions, their rights, and how to #organize against these attacks.
I created some slides and you can modify them.
danny.hellmo.space/posts/a-town...
#solidarity #highered #academia
I created some slides and you can modify them.
danny.hellmo.space/posts/a-town...
#solidarity #highered #academia
a townhall with our undergrads
Tonight, my colleague and I joined a town hall that was organized by undergraduate students in our department. The slides I delivered are below.
Previous Next / [pdf] View the PDF file here. Our s...
danny.hellmo.space
February 25, 2025 at 2:39 AM
Tonight my colleague and I met with our undergrads at a town hall they organized. We had a #teach-in on the federal actions, their rights, and how to #organize against these attacks.
I created some slides and you can modify them.
danny.hellmo.space/posts/a-town...
#solidarity #highered #academia
I created some slides and you can modify them.
danny.hellmo.space/posts/a-town...
#solidarity #highered #academia
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In which I argue we need to do:
BIG. PUBLIC. SHIT.
danny.hellmo.space/posts/doing-...
#academia #edusky #organizing #highereducation #astrosky #physicssky #solidarity
BIG. PUBLIC. SHIT.
danny.hellmo.space/posts/doing-...
#academia #edusky #organizing #highereducation #astrosky #physicssky #solidarity
doing big public shit
This post is inspired by conversations with my colleagues and our students at MSU.
The American president and his enablers continue their attacks on higher education. University leaders have been most...
danny.hellmo.space
February 21, 2025 at 2:11 PM
In which I argue we need to do:
BIG. PUBLIC. SHIT.
danny.hellmo.space/posts/doing-...
#academia #edusky #organizing #highereducation #astrosky #physicssky #solidarity
BIG. PUBLIC. SHIT.
danny.hellmo.space/posts/doing-...
#academia #edusky #organizing #highereducation #astrosky #physicssky #solidarity
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I wrote up some thoughts on how DEI is a deep part of the experiment of America, how we have become divided, and what I'm going to do about it.
I'm no expert, but I have thoughts.
#dei #edusky #physicssky #astrosky
danny.hellmo.space/posts/our-di...
I'm no expert, but I have thoughts.
#dei #edusky #physicssky #astrosky
danny.hellmo.space/posts/our-di...
our division has been engineered; what do we do about it?
I am going to start this post by some massive caveats. I am not an expert in political science; I’m not a communications expert; I’m not a historian. Frankly, I’m barely a physicist. 😂
But, I have wor...
danny.hellmo.space
January 31, 2025 at 2:30 PM
I wrote up some thoughts on how DEI is a deep part of the experiment of America, how we have become divided, and what I'm going to do about it.
I'm no expert, but I have thoughts.
#dei #edusky #physicssky #astrosky
danny.hellmo.space/posts/our-di...
I'm no expert, but I have thoughts.
#dei #edusky #physicssky #astrosky
danny.hellmo.space/posts/our-di...
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Today is the first day that I'm teaching after starting to process the recent EOs. I wrote a letter that I'm reading to my #MichiganState students in class today. #dei #edusky #academicsky #physicssky #astrosky #msu danny.hellmo.space/posts/a-lett...
a letter to my students about the new executive orders
When President Trump was elected the last time, I failed to address the concerns of my students in class. That time was terrible, but also long ago in our memories. That time, much of the worst of wha...
danny.hellmo.space
January 27, 2025 at 1:49 PM
Today is the first day that I'm teaching after starting to process the recent EOs. I wrote a letter that I'm reading to my #MichiganState students in class today. #dei #edusky #academicsky #physicssky #astrosky #msu danny.hellmo.space/posts/a-lett...
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I wrote a letter to MSU about the recent executive orders. danny.hellmo.space/posts/an-ope...
#highered #dei #edusky #physicssky #astrosky #michiganstate #msu
#highered #dei #edusky #physicssky #astrosky #michiganstate #msu
an open letter to msu about dei
This post does not reflect the views of Michigan State University (my employer), the Union of Tenure System Faculty, the Michigan Education Agency, or any other organization with which I am affiliated...
danny.hellmo.space
January 24, 2025 at 3:30 AM
I wrote a letter to MSU about the recent executive orders. danny.hellmo.space/posts/an-ope...
#highered #dei #edusky #physicssky #astrosky #michiganstate #msu
#highered #dei #edusky #physicssky #astrosky #michiganstate #msu
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I’m always looking for things that explain a lot but that people have a hard time remembering.
Examples: Air is stuff. Pee comes from blood. All land vertebrates have a single common ancestor. Venus is bright enough to cast visible shadows. Clouds are heavy. Bones are alive.
Any others you know?
Examples: Air is stuff. Pee comes from blood. All land vertebrates have a single common ancestor. Venus is bright enough to cast visible shadows. Clouds are heavy. Bones are alive.
Any others you know?
December 28, 2024 at 8:06 PM
I’m always looking for things that explain a lot but that people have a hard time remembering.
Examples: Air is stuff. Pee comes from blood. All land vertebrates have a single common ancestor. Venus is bright enough to cast visible shadows. Clouds are heavy. Bones are alive.
Any others you know?
Examples: Air is stuff. Pee comes from blood. All land vertebrates have a single common ancestor. Venus is bright enough to cast visible shadows. Clouds are heavy. Bones are alive.
Any others you know?
