Chris Gottbrath
@gottbrath.bsky.social
Astronomy, Science, Photography, Human Rights, Social Justice, Tech, AI/DL/ML, Travel, SciFi, Literature, Video Games, TTRPG.
How do we hope to study exoplanets next to stars that are 10,000 times brighter than the planet we are interested in? Join us this Saturday in San Jose to hear from Dr. Phil Hinz, Director of the Laboratory for Adaptive Optics.
Meetup: www.meetup.com/sj-astronomy...
#astronomy #telescope
Meetup: www.meetup.com/sj-astronomy...
#astronomy #telescope
PUBLIC TALK: July 12, 2025, 7:30 pm
Phil Hinz will discuss the technology development being carried out at the UC Observatories to integrate adaptive optics (AO) and the development of large segmented mirror telescopes (LSMT).
Sign up: www.meetup.com/sj-astronomy...
#astronomy 🔭🧪
Phil Hinz will discuss the technology development being carried out at the UC Observatories to integrate adaptive optics (AO) and the development of large segmented mirror telescopes (LSMT).
Sign up: www.meetup.com/sj-astronomy...
#astronomy 🔭🧪
July 6, 2025 at 3:24 PM
How do we hope to study exoplanets next to stars that are 10,000 times brighter than the planet we are interested in? Join us this Saturday in San Jose to hear from Dr. Phil Hinz, Director of the Laboratory for Adaptive Optics.
Meetup: www.meetup.com/sj-astronomy...
#astronomy #telescope
Meetup: www.meetup.com/sj-astronomy...
#astronomy #telescope
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Why? Why don't they know? Whose responsibility is it to ensure they know, how are those mechanisms failing, and what can we do to repair or replace them?
Those are the questions those who believe in journalism as public service should be asking ourselves. Because 48% is a failing grade.
Those are the questions those who believe in journalism as public service should be asking ourselves. Because 48% is a failing grade.
Poll Shows Public Knows Little About Trump’s Ugly Megabill
The battle to define this incredibly significant legislation has just begun, particularly for Democrats.
nymag.com
July 5, 2025 at 2:31 PM
Why? Why don't they know? Whose responsibility is it to ensure they know, how are those mechanisms failing, and what can we do to repair or replace them?
Those are the questions those who believe in journalism as public service should be asking ourselves. Because 48% is a failing grade.
Those are the questions those who believe in journalism as public service should be asking ourselves. Because 48% is a failing grade.
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NEW: In the Declaration of Independence, Thomas Jefferson listed 27 grievances to prove that King George III was a tyrant. We looked at how many of those now apply to Donald Trump. Have a good Fourth of July and pass this on.
www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
Here are the Declaration of Independence’s grievances against King George III. Many apply to Trump.
It's uncanny.
www.motherjones.com
July 3, 2025 at 2:34 PM
NEW: In the Declaration of Independence, Thomas Jefferson listed 27 grievances to prove that King George III was a tyrant. We looked at how many of those now apply to Donald Trump. Have a good Fourth of July and pass this on.
www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
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An alien visitor is whizzing through our solar system at VERY high speed! Called 3I/ATLAS, I have everything we know about this odd object so far.
badastronomy.beehiiv.com/p/another-al...
🧪 🔭
badastronomy.beehiiv.com/p/another-al...
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Another alien visitor to our solar system!
3I/ATLAS is the third interstellar object seen zipping through our neighborhood
badastronomy.beehiiv.com
July 3, 2025 at 2:57 PM
An alien visitor is whizzing through our solar system at VERY high speed! Called 3I/ATLAS, I have everything we know about this odd object so far.
badastronomy.beehiiv.com/p/another-al...
🧪 🔭
badastronomy.beehiiv.com/p/another-al...
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Every day Democrats need to make it clear that practically everything that sucks in American life is the result of the Republicans. They aren’t your friends or colleagues or just folks on the other side of the aisle during a polite dispute. They are evil motherfuckers who are on your enemies.
July 3, 2025 at 11:46 AM
Every day Democrats need to make it clear that practically everything that sucks in American life is the result of the Republicans. They aren’t your friends or colleagues or just folks on the other side of the aisle during a polite dispute. They are evil motherfuckers who are on your enemies.
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It shouldn't get lost that just today, Senate Republicans have voted to close nursing homes, close rural hospitals, and cut food stamp benefits for children and veterans.
July 1, 2025 at 1:14 AM
It shouldn't get lost that just today, Senate Republicans have voted to close nursing homes, close rural hospitals, and cut food stamp benefits for children and veterans.
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4/ A new tax break for coal companies! So the tax incentives for wind and solar are GONE, and the coal industry is getting NEW tax incentives.
It's official policy now to to not just deny global warming exists - but to actively make it WORSE.
It's official policy now to to not just deny global warming exists - but to actively make it WORSE.
June 30, 2025 at 6:19 PM
4/ A new tax break for coal companies! So the tax incentives for wind and solar are GONE, and the coal industry is getting NEW tax incentives.
It's official policy now to to not just deny global warming exists - but to actively make it WORSE.
It's official policy now to to not just deny global warming exists - but to actively make it WORSE.
Come join us (in person or online) July 12th to learn about how Dr. Phil Hinz and his team in Santa Cruz use hyper-fast reactive optics on the world's largest telescopes to pick the faint traces of planets out from the overwhelming glare of the bright stars we find them right up next to.
PUBLIC TALK: July 12, 2025, 7:30 pm
Phil Hinz will discuss the technology development being carried out at the UC Observatories to integrate adaptive optics (AO) and the development of large segmented mirror telescopes (LSMT).
Sign up: www.meetup.com/sj-astronomy...
#astronomy 🔭🧪
Phil Hinz will discuss the technology development being carried out at the UC Observatories to integrate adaptive optics (AO) and the development of large segmented mirror telescopes (LSMT).
Sign up: www.meetup.com/sj-astronomy...
#astronomy 🔭🧪
June 28, 2025 at 1:15 PM
Come join us (in person or online) July 12th to learn about how Dr. Phil Hinz and his team in Santa Cruz use hyper-fast reactive optics on the world's largest telescopes to pick the faint traces of planets out from the overwhelming glare of the bright stars we find them right up next to.
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Trump poses as the Pope in full holy garments and gets a pass.
Obama puts on a tan suit and they lose their frigging minds.
See how that works?
Obama puts on a tan suit and they lose their frigging minds.
See how that works?
May 3, 2025 at 9:42 PM
Trump poses as the Pope in full holy garments and gets a pass.
Obama puts on a tan suit and they lose their frigging minds.
See how that works?
Obama puts on a tan suit and they lose their frigging minds.
See how that works?
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It's a cult, and like most cults is designed to make you deny the reality that is the rest of the world.
I have a lot to say about the resurgent young men / masculinity discourse but for now will confine myself to:
I wish I knew how to convince teenage boys/young men is how little of the world actually requires or even invites the hypermisogynist "tough guy" aesthetic
I wish I knew how to convince teenage boys/young men is how little of the world actually requires or even invites the hypermisogynist "tough guy" aesthetic
May 4, 2025 at 1:14 AM
It's a cult, and like most cults is designed to make you deny the reality that is the rest of the world.
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This is an important thread. As someone who has been kept alive since I was a teenager by the advances of medical sciences, not crystals and positive thinking, I couldn't agree with Maria more.
Wrath keeps overtaking me everytime I think about RFK. Why? I'm a type 1 diabetic. I got it when I was 14. Guess what you need if you're a type 1 diabetic? Insulin. Or you die. But my family believed that it could be cured with herbs & faith healing. I had a near death experience when I was 14. 🧵
May 4, 2025 at 7:09 AM
This is an important thread. As someone who has been kept alive since I was a teenager by the advances of medical sciences, not crystals and positive thinking, I couldn't agree with Maria more.
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This is about all of us. Never forget that.
May 4, 2025 at 10:02 AM
This is about all of us. Never forget that.
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PUBLIC TALK: May 10, 2025, 7:30 pm
Professor Bryan Gaensler will explain how fast radio bursts were discovered, why they’re so enigmatic, and how they could be key to understanding some of the fundamental properties of the Universe. 🔭🧪
Sign up: www.meetup.com/sj-astronomy...
Professor Bryan Gaensler will explain how fast radio bursts were discovered, why they’re so enigmatic, and how they could be key to understanding some of the fundamental properties of the Universe. 🔭🧪
Sign up: www.meetup.com/sj-astronomy...
April 23, 2025 at 7:04 PM
PUBLIC TALK: May 10, 2025, 7:30 pm
Professor Bryan Gaensler will explain how fast radio bursts were discovered, why they’re so enigmatic, and how they could be key to understanding some of the fundamental properties of the Universe. 🔭🧪
Sign up: www.meetup.com/sj-astronomy...
Professor Bryan Gaensler will explain how fast radio bursts were discovered, why they’re so enigmatic, and how they could be key to understanding some of the fundamental properties of the Universe. 🔭🧪
Sign up: www.meetup.com/sj-astronomy...
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SO MANY STAND UP FOR SCIENCE EVENTS TO CHOOSE FROM—153 and COUNTING!
To get more information on our local events and to register your own, head to www.standupforscience2025.org/local-event-information/ ☀️⬇️🌎
To get more information on our local events and to register your own, head to www.standupforscience2025.org/local-event-information/ ☀️⬇️🌎
March 6, 2025 at 7:14 PM
SO MANY STAND UP FOR SCIENCE EVENTS TO CHOOSE FROM—153 and COUNTING!
To get more information on our local events and to register your own, head to www.standupforscience2025.org/local-event-information/ ☀️⬇️🌎
To get more information on our local events and to register your own, head to www.standupforscience2025.org/local-event-information/ ☀️⬇️🌎
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This is such a major problem that I realized during the Obama Care vs Affordable Care Act (ACA) conversations
I’m discovering a lot of people in my town don’t realize they are on Medicaid because most states have their own name for it. They think they are on a state program. It’s about to get nuts.
March 6, 2025 at 7:23 PM
This is such a major problem that I realized during the Obama Care vs Affordable Care Act (ACA) conversations
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Whomever is advising the Democrats right now is criminally bad at their job. The notion that they can meme their way out of fascism is truly incredible.
March 6, 2025 at 5:31 PM
Whomever is advising the Democrats right now is criminally bad at their job. The notion that they can meme their way out of fascism is truly incredible.
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Big deal—after correcting, it turns out that moderate candidates do not perform better than extreme candidates in general elections.
Kudos to Andy, Dan, and Adam for updating a key question in political science
Kudos to Andy, Dan, and Adam for updating a key question in political science
March 6, 2025 at 4:24 PM
Big deal—after correcting, it turns out that moderate candidates do not perform better than extreme candidates in general elections.
Kudos to Andy, Dan, and Adam for updating a key question in political science
Kudos to Andy, Dan, and Adam for updating a key question in political science
spineless dems
In 2009 GOP Member of Congress Joe Wilson screamed “you lie” during Obama’s SOTU. No censure by the GOP, only “reprimanded” by Dems
At Biden’s SOTU 2022 Lauren Boebert and MTG heckled him, nothing..
But Dems will happily throw their Black colleague under a bus for white moderate voter pandering
At Biden’s SOTU 2022 Lauren Boebert and MTG heckled him, nothing..
But Dems will happily throw their Black colleague under a bus for white moderate voter pandering
Ten Democrats voted to censure their colleague Al Green. Here are their names:
Ami Bera, Calif.; Ed Case, Hawaii; Jim Costa, Calif.; Laura Gillen, N.Y.; Jim Himes, Conn.; Chrissy Houlahan, Pa.; Marcy Kaptur, Ohio; Jared Moskowitz, Fla.; Marie Gluesenkamp Perez, Wash.; and Tom Suozzi, N.Y.
Ami Bera, Calif.; Ed Case, Hawaii; Jim Costa, Calif.; Laura Gillen, N.Y.; Jim Himes, Conn.; Chrissy Houlahan, Pa.; Marcy Kaptur, Ohio; Jared Moskowitz, Fla.; Marie Gluesenkamp Perez, Wash.; and Tom Suozzi, N.Y.
March 7, 2025 at 4:53 AM
spineless dems
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Counteroffer: we nationalize SpaceX and you go to prison
"We should try to privatize everything we possibly can, and that would be my recommendation," Musk said later.
www.nbcnews.com/politics/dog...
www.nbcnews.com/politics/dog...
Elon Musk suggests the U.S. should privatize the Postal Service and Amtrak
During a remote appearance at a technology conference in San Francisco, Musk told attendees the U.S. should privatize "as much as possible."
www.nbcnews.com
March 5, 2025 at 9:37 PM
Counteroffer: we nationalize SpaceX and you go to prison
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This is Winston Churchill visiting Washington DC to request assistance in the war against Germany. Notice he is wearing a "zip suit" and not a traditional suit. This was to honor the British troops--the same reason Zelensky dresses the way he does.
March 1, 2025 at 3:34 PM
This is Winston Churchill visiting Washington DC to request assistance in the war against Germany. Notice he is wearing a "zip suit" and not a traditional suit. This was to honor the British troops--the same reason Zelensky dresses the way he does.
A highlight from grad school was the paper on Slacking and Moores Law that Jeremy, Casey, Todd, and I put together with the singular JJ Charfman while procrastinating on other work.
I just realized that I missed the 25 year anniversary of The Slacking Paper last month!!
arxiv.org/abs/astro-ph...
(Is it still one of the things I'm most proud of in my career? Maaaaaaybe)
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arxiv.org/abs/astro-ph...
(Is it still one of the things I'm most proud of in my career? Maaaaaaybe)
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The Effects of Moore's Law and Slacking on Large Computations
We show that, in the context of Moore's Law, overall productivity can be increased for large enough computations by `slacking' or waiting for some period of time before purchasing a computer and begin...
arxiv.org
January 2, 2025 at 7:51 PM
A highlight from grad school was the paper on Slacking and Moores Law that Jeremy, Casey, Todd, and I put together with the singular JJ Charfman while procrastinating on other work.
At NVIDIA’s GTC event this week. looking forward to learning a lot of misc stuff about AI and HPC. Excited to see folks i haven’t seen in ages. Less excited about the crowds.
March 18, 2024 at 3:59 PM
At NVIDIA’s GTC event this week. looking forward to learning a lot of misc stuff about AI and HPC. Excited to see folks i haven’t seen in ages. Less excited about the crowds.
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Since the entire national media is doing "Reverse Emails" all over again, here's a brief sample of the things that should be front page, above-the-fold, five-alarm fire news:
February 10, 2024 at 9:08 PM
Since the entire national media is doing "Reverse Emails" all over again, here's a brief sample of the things that should be front page, above-the-fold, five-alarm fire news:
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Absolutely wild that the overwhelming media takeaway from this report has been Biden's age rather than Trump's criminality
www.nytimes.com/2024/02/10/u...
www.nytimes.com/2024/02/10/u...
February 11, 2024 at 1:25 PM
Absolutely wild that the overwhelming media takeaway from this report has been Biden's age rather than Trump's criminality
www.nytimes.com/2024/02/10/u...
www.nytimes.com/2024/02/10/u...