Will M. Farr
@farrwill.bsky.social
Astrophysicist. Associate Professor at Stony Brook University, Gravitational Wave Astronomy Group Leader at Flatiron Institute's Center for Computational Astrophysics.
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WITCH KING: No man can kill me
<Tree blows over onto him>
<Tree blows over onto him>
Storm Éowyn has been named and is forecast to bring strong winds to much of the UK on Friday and into Saturday. Stay weather aware.
January 21, 2025 at 11:15 AM
WITCH KING: No man can kill me
<Tree blows over onto him>
<Tree blows over onto him>
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The exact moment I realised I shouldn’t have let the cat in the room while I was working out.
January 20, 2025 at 5:43 PM
The exact moment I realised I shouldn’t have let the cat in the room while I was working out.
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I completed my important task for the day: installing a cute little cat in my editor!
For VS Code cats, see here:
https://github.com/tonybaloney/vscode-pets
Pets from other suppliers might also be available.
#cat #vscode #editor
For VS Code cats, see here:
https://github.com/tonybaloney/vscode-pets
Pets from other suppliers might also be available.
#cat #vscode #editor
January 21, 2025 at 2:09 PM
I completed my important task for the day: installing a cute little cat in my editor!
For VS Code cats, see here:
https://github.com/tonybaloney/vscode-pets
Pets from other suppliers might also be available.
#cat #vscode #editor
For VS Code cats, see here:
https://github.com/tonybaloney/vscode-pets
Pets from other suppliers might also be available.
#cat #vscode #editor
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For a little more reading in anticipation of future maths classes, a useful term to look for may be solid angle
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solid_a...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solid_a...
Solid angle - Wikipedia
en.wikipedia.org
January 15, 2025 at 1:37 PM
For a little more reading in anticipation of future maths classes, a useful term to look for may be solid angle
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solid_a...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solid_a...
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Exciting gravitational-wave candidate from yesterday S250114ax
If real, the source is probably a binary black hole
False alarm rate 1 in 7.7×10^18 yr
GraceDB gracedb.ligo.org/superevents/...
GCN gcn.nasa.gov/circulars/38...
Rating 🖤🪿🤝
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If real, the source is probably a binary black hole
False alarm rate 1 in 7.7×10^18 yr
GraceDB gracedb.ligo.org/superevents/...
GCN gcn.nasa.gov/circulars/38...
Rating 🖤🪿🤝
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January 15, 2025 at 10:27 AM
Exciting gravitational-wave candidate from yesterday S250114ax
If real, the source is probably a binary black hole
False alarm rate 1 in 7.7×10^18 yr
GraceDB gracedb.ligo.org/superevents/...
GCN gcn.nasa.gov/circulars/38...
Rating 🖤🪿🤝
[🧪🔭⚛️]
If real, the source is probably a binary black hole
False alarm rate 1 in 7.7×10^18 yr
GraceDB gracedb.ligo.org/superevents/...
GCN gcn.nasa.gov/circulars/38...
Rating 🖤🪿🤝
[🧪🔭⚛️]
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Mom would have been 82 today. She died at 55. I recently realized that I am now older than she ever was, which seems like a fundamental wrongness in the universe.
I was particularly thinking about her penchant for taking a direct and vivid role in her schools’ disciplinary approaches. /1
I was particularly thinking about her penchant for taking a direct and vivid role in her schools’ disciplinary approaches. /1
January 14, 2025 at 7:42 PM
Mom would have been 82 today. She died at 55. I recently realized that I am now older than she ever was, which seems like a fundamental wrongness in the universe.
I was particularly thinking about her penchant for taking a direct and vivid role in her schools’ disciplinary approaches. /1
I was particularly thinking about her penchant for taking a direct and vivid role in her schools’ disciplinary approaches. /1
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tldr the medium-range weather models are hemming and hawing over sending the East Coast more uhhhhh Weather and much deeper cold early next week. I wish there were more professional weather nerds on here so I could share some analysis but dang
January 12, 2025 at 5:56 PM
tldr the medium-range weather models are hemming and hawing over sending the East Coast more uhhhhh Weather and much deeper cold early next week. I wish there were more professional weather nerds on here so I could share some analysis but dang
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COMPANY: We’ll set you up with a call with someone who can go over the many benefits of solar!
ME: Let’s try this again.
ME: I want solar for ethical reasons. I want to give someone money to make solar happen. That someone could be you.
COMPANY: …
ME: …
COMPANY: We’ll send a guy out Tuesday.
ME: Let’s try this again.
ME: I want solar for ethical reasons. I want to give someone money to make solar happen. That someone could be you.
COMPANY: …
ME: …
COMPANY: We’ll send a guy out Tuesday.
January 12, 2025 at 3:19 AM
COMPANY: We’ll set you up with a call with someone who can go over the many benefits of solar!
ME: Let’s try this again.
ME: I want solar for ethical reasons. I want to give someone money to make solar happen. That someone could be you.
COMPANY: …
ME: …
COMPANY: We’ll send a guy out Tuesday.
ME: Let’s try this again.
ME: I want solar for ethical reasons. I want to give someone money to make solar happen. That someone could be you.
COMPANY: …
ME: …
COMPANY: We’ll send a guy out Tuesday.
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BOROMIR: I told you we should have put salt down last night
ARAGORN: Leave it, Boromir.
BOROMIR: But nooo. SOMEONE has a new weather app on his phone.
ARAGORN: It said 'light snow'
BOROMIR: Light snow is it?
ARAGORN: Fucking hell dude. Just leave it. Are you going to be this all day?
BOROMIR: Yes.
ARAGORN: Leave it, Boromir.
BOROMIR: But nooo. SOMEONE has a new weather app on his phone.
ARAGORN: It said 'light snow'
BOROMIR: Light snow is it?
ARAGORN: Fucking hell dude. Just leave it. Are you going to be this all day?
BOROMIR: Yes.
Dawn reveals that the snow has stopped but that the trail is buried both ahead and behind. Aragorn and Boromir spend the first hour of daylight clearing a path back downhill. They reach the deepest drift last, flung across the trail almost as though to prevent their escape.
January 12, 2025 at 9:47 AM
BOROMIR: I told you we should have put salt down last night
ARAGORN: Leave it, Boromir.
BOROMIR: But nooo. SOMEONE has a new weather app on his phone.
ARAGORN: It said 'light snow'
BOROMIR: Light snow is it?
ARAGORN: Fucking hell dude. Just leave it. Are you going to be this all day?
BOROMIR: Yes.
ARAGORN: Leave it, Boromir.
BOROMIR: But nooo. SOMEONE has a new weather app on his phone.
ARAGORN: It said 'light snow'
BOROMIR: Light snow is it?
ARAGORN: Fucking hell dude. Just leave it. Are you going to be this all day?
BOROMIR: Yes.
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Dawn reveals that the snow has stopped but that the trail is buried both ahead and behind. Aragorn and Boromir spend the first hour of daylight clearing a path back downhill. They reach the deepest drift last, flung across the trail almost as though to prevent their escape.
January 12, 2025 at 8:05 AM
Dawn reveals that the snow has stopped but that the trail is buried both ahead and behind. Aragorn and Boromir spend the first hour of daylight clearing a path back downhill. They reach the deepest drift last, flung across the trail almost as though to prevent their escape.
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😂 he comes to CCA all the time! David Neufeld.
January 12, 2025 at 12:35 AM
😂 he comes to CCA all the time! David Neufeld.
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Our house is safe. We are very grateful.
I’m glad you’re safe and hoping your home is ok.
January 12, 2025 at 4:54 PM
Our house is safe. We are very grateful.
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Fully concur with @emily.space. @esa.int ‘s Gaia mission has been transformative & a triumph for #openscience. Kudos & gratitude to my colleagues at the agency and to the whole Gaia data consortium for stellar work 💫✨🔭
January 12, 2025 at 7:02 PM
Fully concur with @emily.space. @esa.int ‘s Gaia mission has been transformative & a triumph for #openscience. Kudos & gratitude to my colleagues at the agency and to the whole Gaia data consortium for stellar work 💫✨🔭
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Yes, I am old & have been guilty of cutesy titles & even a few of the archaic ‘On…’ style titles.
I have been fully won over by the young people. No one reads anything anymore. Your best chance of anyone knowing what you did is making it the WHOLE TITLE.
I have been fully won over by the young people. No one reads anything anymore. Your best chance of anyone knowing what you did is making it the WHOLE TITLE.
To early career researchers: you see how effective putting the conclusion of your paper as a declarative title can be? Don’t follow the ways of senior folks who are weirdly conditioned to bad paper titles like: “vroom vroom or buzz buzz: does electric car weight matter for safety & climate?” Stop it
January 12, 2025 at 3:05 PM
Yes, I am old & have been guilty of cutesy titles & even a few of the archaic ‘On…’ style titles.
I have been fully won over by the young people. No one reads anything anymore. Your best chance of anyone knowing what you did is making it the WHOLE TITLE.
I have been fully won over by the young people. No one reads anything anymore. Your best chance of anyone knowing what you did is making it the WHOLE TITLE.
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On Monday night, essentially the entire US will be able to see the Moon occult Mars, passing directly in front of the Red Planet and eclipsing it! This happens around 9:00 Eastern time, but can vary wildly depending on your location.
This site has timings:
lunar-occultations.com/iota/planets...
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This site has timings:
lunar-occultations.com/iota/planets...
🔭
Occultation of a Planet
International Occultation Timing Association
lunar-occultations.com
January 12, 2025 at 6:58 PM
On Monday night, essentially the entire US will be able to see the Moon occult Mars, passing directly in front of the Red Planet and eclipsing it! This happens around 9:00 Eastern time, but can vary wildly depending on your location.
This site has timings:
lunar-occultations.com/iota/planets...
🔭
This site has timings:
lunar-occultations.com/iota/planets...
🔭
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I am a single issue voter and that issue is that I do not want to get leukemia from a retaliatory Ottowan dirty bomb strike on DC
January 11, 2025 at 5:24 PM
I am a single issue voter and that issue is that I do not want to get leukemia from a retaliatory Ottowan dirty bomb strike on DC
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You guys I just don't see how any of the wildlife survived with everything burnt down. Maybe Patch found a safe spot I dunno. Maybe the bobcats found a house shelter. I did see some deer yesterday. But I am sad and scared. So much destruction.
January 11, 2025 at 6:24 PM
You guys I just don't see how any of the wildlife survived with everything burnt down. Maybe Patch found a safe spot I dunno. Maybe the bobcats found a house shelter. I did see some deer yesterday. But I am sad and scared. So much destruction.
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I had the weirdest dream: I was at a big dinner filled with my mentees… and my (beloved) thesis advisor…
Oh wait, I’m actually organizing that dinner FOR THIS UPCOMING WEDNESDAY 😳😂
Oh wait, I’m actually organizing that dinner FOR THIS UPCOMING WEDNESDAY 😳😂
January 11, 2025 at 1:44 PM
I had the weirdest dream: I was at a big dinner filled with my mentees… and my (beloved) thesis advisor…
Oh wait, I’m actually organizing that dinner FOR THIS UPCOMING WEDNESDAY 😳😂
Oh wait, I’m actually organizing that dinner FOR THIS UPCOMING WEDNESDAY 😳😂
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Applying to grad school this year in physics/astronomy? Think living in a funky Pacific Northwest college town surrounded by nature, working with lovely colleagues, is your jam? The University of Oregon Physics dept deadline is January 15! 🎢🧪🔭🦆
naturalsciences.uoregon.edu/physics/appl...
naturalsciences.uoregon.edu/physics/appl...
January 10, 2025 at 6:11 PM
Applying to grad school this year in physics/astronomy? Think living in a funky Pacific Northwest college town surrounded by nature, working with lovely colleagues, is your jam? The University of Oregon Physics dept deadline is January 15! 🎢🧪🔭🦆
naturalsciences.uoregon.edu/physics/appl...
naturalsciences.uoregon.edu/physics/appl...
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The Judge actually understanding what Bitcoin IS, is a problem for James' lawyers because their whole case pretty much depends on arguing that this isn't just covered by a very basic principle of English and Welsh law best summarised as:
"You binned it. Stop being silly." /12
"You binned it. Stop being silly." /12
January 10, 2025 at 12:19 PM
The Judge actually understanding what Bitcoin IS, is a problem for James' lawyers because their whole case pretty much depends on arguing that this isn't just covered by a very basic principle of English and Welsh law best summarised as:
"You binned it. Stop being silly." /12
"You binned it. Stop being silly." /12
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It is with a heavy heart that I must report that 'galactic archaeology' isn't actually at all what it sounds like.
Assistant Research Scientist Position in Galactic/Stellar Archaeology | American Astronomical Society
An assistant research scientist position (i.e., postdoc will full employee benefits) in Galactic and stellar archaeology under the mentorship of Prof. Kevin Schlaufman is available in the Johns Hopkin...
aas.org
January 9, 2025 at 8:13 PM
It is with a heavy heart that I must report that 'galactic archaeology' isn't actually at all what it sounds like.
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German colleague asked why so many people live in California with disasters like fire, mudslides, earthquakes. I used to live in Los Angeles. The disasters are evidence *for* how nice a place it is to live. If everyone lines up at a kebab stand in a war zone, you should believe it is damn good kebab
I know we all have disaster fatigue, but the reason why historic LA fires get so much coverage is because there are more people in greater LA county than in *most US states*
January 10, 2025 at 9:22 AM
German colleague asked why so many people live in California with disasters like fire, mudslides, earthquakes. I used to live in Los Angeles. The disasters are evidence *for* how nice a place it is to live. If everyone lines up at a kebab stand in a war zone, you should believe it is damn good kebab
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TWO gravitational-wave candidates today S250109f and S250109bi
If real, S250109f's source is probably a binary black hole
False alarm rate 1 in 11,000 yr
GraceDB gracedb.ligo.org/superevents/...
GCN gcn.nasa.gov/circulars/38...
Rating 🦢🍦🍊
[🧪🔭⚛️] 1/🧵
If real, S250109f's source is probably a binary black hole
False alarm rate 1 in 11,000 yr
GraceDB gracedb.ligo.org/superevents/...
GCN gcn.nasa.gov/circulars/38...
Rating 🦢🍦🍊
[🧪🔭⚛️] 1/🧵
January 9, 2025 at 2:14 PM
TWO gravitational-wave candidates today S250109f and S250109bi
If real, S250109f's source is probably a binary black hole
False alarm rate 1 in 11,000 yr
GraceDB gracedb.ligo.org/superevents/...
GCN gcn.nasa.gov/circulars/38...
Rating 🦢🍦🍊
[🧪🔭⚛️] 1/🧵
If real, S250109f's source is probably a binary black hole
False alarm rate 1 in 11,000 yr
GraceDB gracedb.ligo.org/superevents/...
GCN gcn.nasa.gov/circulars/38...
Rating 🦢🍦🍊
[🧪🔭⚛️] 1/🧵