Eilat Glikman
@eilatg.bsky.social
Astrophysicist. Quasar enthusiast. Physics professor. Mother, etc. Misanthrope who loves humanity. Why can’t we get this thing right?
Double true 😂
20 years ago tonight, Andy Samberg and Chris Parnell enjoyed a Lazy Sunday:
Lazy Sunday - SNL Digital Short
YouTube video by Saturday Night Live
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December 18, 2025 at 2:32 AM
Double true 😂
Or, we could get free energy from the sun instead of killing people 🤷♀️
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December 17, 2025 at 9:54 PM
Or, we could get free energy from the sun instead of killing people 🤷♀️
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“I am so bored by AI. One of the things I love about the theatre is AI can’t do it.”
Ethan Hawke is a dude 👌🏻
Ethan Hawke is a dude 👌🏻
December 9, 2025 at 8:36 PM
“I am so bored by AI. One of the things I love about the theatre is AI can’t do it.”
Ethan Hawke is a dude 👌🏻
Ethan Hawke is a dude 👌🏻
This has shown up in my feed a few separate times so it got me thinking:
people may not fully grok the value of being taught *how to think*.
It is it is actually the most valuable thing one could acquire.
Turns out employers like thinking employees, especially for high paying jobs.
people may not fully grok the value of being taught *how to think*.
It is it is actually the most valuable thing one could acquire.
Turns out employers like thinking employees, especially for high paying jobs.
Yes we all agree that this is the reason colleges are in trouble
December 9, 2025 at 9:57 PM
This has shown up in my feed a few separate times so it got me thinking:
people may not fully grok the value of being taught *how to think*.
It is it is actually the most valuable thing one could acquire.
Turns out employers like thinking employees, especially for high paying jobs.
people may not fully grok the value of being taught *how to think*.
It is it is actually the most valuable thing one could acquire.
Turns out employers like thinking employees, especially for high paying jobs.
Faculty governance is so adorable. A bunch of academics pretending to be legislators…
December 9, 2025 at 8:17 PM
Faculty governance is so adorable. A bunch of academics pretending to be legislators…
This was a silly article, but it’s full of great nostalgia.
Is Gen X Actually the Greatest Generation? www.nytimes.com/2025/12/02/t...
Is Gen X Actually the Greatest Generation? www.nytimes.com/2025/12/02/t...
Is Gen X Actually the Greatest Generation?
www.nytimes.com
December 9, 2025 at 2:56 AM
This was a silly article, but it’s full of great nostalgia.
Is Gen X Actually the Greatest Generation? www.nytimes.com/2025/12/02/t...
Is Gen X Actually the Greatest Generation? www.nytimes.com/2025/12/02/t...
This is fantastic and Lindsey is awesome! What a great summary and guide.
From Lindsey Gordon @lcgordon.bsky.social : This Beyond post will go through the basics of numeric simulation jargon with diagrams and examples to help you get moving in astrophysical simulations. ⚛️🔭☄🧪
astrobites.org/2025/12/02/a...
astrobites.org/2025/12/02/a...
[Beyond] Intro to Astrophysical Simulation Jargon
This Beyond post will go through the basics of numeric simulation jargon with diagrams and examples to help you get moving in astrophysical simulations.
astrobites.org
December 4, 2025 at 1:31 AM
This is fantastic and Lindsey is awesome! What a great summary and guide.
Oh to be a woman on a bathroom line at a mall on Black Friday.
(I had no choice about the second half of that sentence)
(I had no choice about the second half of that sentence)
November 28, 2025 at 5:53 PM
Oh to be a woman on a bathroom line at a mall on Black Friday.
(I had no choice about the second half of that sentence)
(I had no choice about the second half of that sentence)
lol Happy Thanksgiving.
(I actually don’t mind turkey)
(I actually don’t mind turkey)
November 27, 2025 at 4:21 PM
lol Happy Thanksgiving.
(I actually don’t mind turkey)
(I actually don’t mind turkey)
Sitting in a NJ pizza joint while Sweet Child o Mine plays… what decade is it?
November 26, 2025 at 7:11 PM
Sitting in a NJ pizza joint while Sweet Child o Mine plays… what decade is it?
Duh already.
Relying on ChatGPT to teach you about a topic leaves you with shallower knowledge than Googling and reading about it, according to new research that compared what more than 10,000 people knew after using one method or the other.
Shared by @gizmodo.com: buff.ly/yAAHtHq
Shared by @gizmodo.com: buff.ly/yAAHtHq
November 21, 2025 at 1:20 PM
Duh already.
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No. The chief problem is, AI is literally A TOOL FOR UNLEARNING. The more you use it, the worse you get at whatever it is you’re using it for. It’s the opposite of educating, it’s uneducating. 2/2
November 19, 2025 at 10:50 PM
No. The chief problem is, AI is literally A TOOL FOR UNLEARNING. The more you use it, the worse you get at whatever it is you’re using it for. It’s the opposite of educating, it’s uneducating. 2/2
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I've updated my document that tackles four of the common arguments used to encourage teachers to use AI.
I hope this will be helpful to those educators wanting to push back on AI mania.
I hope this will be helpful to those educators wanting to push back on AI mania.
Resisting School AI Mania Help Sheet
Help Sheet: Resisting AI Mania in Schools K-12 educators are under increasing pressure to use—and have students use—a wide range of AI tools. (The term “AI” is used loosely here, just as it is by man...
docs.google.com
October 14, 2025 at 7:23 PM
I've updated my document that tackles four of the common arguments used to encourage teachers to use AI.
I hope this will be helpful to those educators wanting to push back on AI mania.
I hope this will be helpful to those educators wanting to push back on AI mania.
It’s sickening, of course, but more than anything for me, the Larry summers thing is so fucking pathetic. Pathetic. So pathetic. I keep trying to find a different word but that’s all I got.
November 18, 2025 at 1:04 AM
It’s sickening, of course, but more than anything for me, the Larry summers thing is so fucking pathetic. Pathetic. So pathetic. I keep trying to find a different word but that’s all I got.
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That’s before I reckon with the ethics of using a thing for ghost efficiency that is pretty societally devastating.
And on a final personal note, I don’t want to become stupid before my time. I really don’t. I will keep mucking about so that I can keep mucking about, for as long as possible.
And on a final personal note, I don’t want to become stupid before my time. I really don’t. I will keep mucking about so that I can keep mucking about, for as long as possible.
November 8, 2025 at 12:37 PM
That’s before I reckon with the ethics of using a thing for ghost efficiency that is pretty societally devastating.
And on a final personal note, I don’t want to become stupid before my time. I really don’t. I will keep mucking about so that I can keep mucking about, for as long as possible.
And on a final personal note, I don’t want to become stupid before my time. I really don’t. I will keep mucking about so that I can keep mucking about, for as long as possible.
Took the words right out of my mouth.
Anyway, AI doesn’t have any value for me in anything I do. I understand this says something about *what* I do. But also? It’s only practically existed for maybe 18 months. I loved and worked almost 45 years without it so yeah, I’m cool.
November 8, 2025 at 12:42 PM
Took the words right out of my mouth.
“We do hard things” ❤️
Man! If we could inject that back into our national ethos…
Man! If we could inject that back into our national ethos…
It doesn’t matter what I think. Also, none of this would ever happen. But if I had a zillion dollars:
1. Run a “we do hard things” campaign across southern and rust belt states. Invest heavily in local, state and regional social infrastructure. Sponser later hours at a library, build a skate park…
1. Run a “we do hard things” campaign across southern and rust belt states. Invest heavily in local, state and regional social infrastructure. Sponser later hours at a library, build a skate park…
If I were to sum up my advice to the Democratic party leadership about how to defeat Trumpism, it would be to set aside policy for now and focus instead on articulating a vision of what American society should look like and what role the US should play in a rapidly changing world today.
November 3, 2025 at 1:18 AM
“We do hard things” ❤️
Man! If we could inject that back into our national ethos…
Man! If we could inject that back into our national ethos…
Piece of shit. This is a small state and I hope this stain shames him everywhere he goes.
A Vermont lawmaker stepped down following revelations regarding his involvement in a racist, pro-Hitler chat associated with the Young Republicans. www.politico.com/news/2025/10...
Lawmaker resigns after involvement in racist chat
Vermont state Sen. Sam Douglass will resign after intense pressure from top Republicans in the state.
www.politico.com
October 18, 2025 at 11:55 AM
Piece of shit. This is a small state and I hope this stain shames him everywhere he goes.
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In about three years the entire university pivot to AI curricula and schools and programs is going to be so deeply embarrassing. We will all pretend it never happened and I will be standing there, looking at people with a mirror in my eyes. This is all so embarrassing.
October 17, 2025 at 12:16 PM
In about three years the entire university pivot to AI curricula and schools and programs is going to be so deeply embarrassing. We will all pretend it never happened and I will be standing there, looking at people with a mirror in my eyes. This is all so embarrassing.
The random delights you find online!
I just watched Waiting for Godot (on youtube with my high schooler). I read the play as an angsty teen and freaking LOVED it. It was ok the second time.
But, this review is *chefs kiss*
I just watched Waiting for Godot (on youtube with my high schooler). I read the play as an angsty teen and freaking LOVED it. It was ok the second time.
But, this review is *chefs kiss*
TFW you paid $1400 to see Beckett’s most famous work without knowing anything about it
October 9, 2025 at 2:32 AM
The random delights you find online!
I just watched Waiting for Godot (on youtube with my high schooler). I read the play as an angsty teen and freaking LOVED it. It was ok the second time.
But, this review is *chefs kiss*
I just watched Waiting for Godot (on youtube with my high schooler). I read the play as an angsty teen and freaking LOVED it. It was ok the second time.
But, this review is *chefs kiss*
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Vaccination during pregnancy was associated with lowered maternal risks of COVID infection, stillbirth, preterm birth (including a 34% lower risk of severe preterm birth before 28 weeks), neonatal intensive care admission, & congenital anomalies
1/2
1/2
COVID-19 vaccination during pregnancy conferred benefits for mother and baby without increased risk, according to an umbrella review of meta-analyses comprising more than 1.2 million women.
www.medpagetoday.com/meetingcover...
www.medpagetoday.com/meetingcover...
Mom's COVID Shot Aided Baby, Too, Large Review Confirmed
Vaccination during pregnancy was safe for both mom and baby
www.medpagetoday.com
October 2, 2025 at 1:07 AM
Vaccination during pregnancy was associated with lowered maternal risks of COVID infection, stillbirth, preterm birth (including a 34% lower risk of severe preterm birth before 28 weeks), neonatal intensive care admission, & congenital anomalies
1/2
1/2
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I can’t believe I’m watching interviews of city mayors talking about how they are coordinating with other mayors to discuss how to protect their residents FROM THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES
I know we are “used to it” but it is absolutely insane
I know we are “used to it” but it is absolutely insane
October 1, 2025 at 12:13 AM
I can’t believe I’m watching interviews of city mayors talking about how they are coordinating with other mayors to discuss how to protect their residents FROM THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES
I know we are “used to it” but it is absolutely insane
I know we are “used to it” but it is absolutely insane
Physics/math hive mind, I get this question from students and never feel like I am giving a satisfying answer: how do I think about radians, dimensionally?
🧪🔭⚛️
🧪🔭⚛️
September 23, 2025 at 4:28 PM
Physics/math hive mind, I get this question from students and never feel like I am giving a satisfying answer: how do I think about radians, dimensionally?
🧪🔭⚛️
🧪🔭⚛️
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I interrupt all the misery in this world for 90 seconds on whether chili is soup.
September 23, 2025 at 1:41 AM
I interrupt all the misery in this world for 90 seconds on whether chili is soup.