kheegster
@kheegster.bsky.social
Astronomer studying the intergalactic medium.
Will be practicing bushido on my veggies from now on.
November 15, 2025 at 7:44 AM
Will be practicing bushido on my veggies from now on.
The fact that my Steam Deck is docked to a big monitor and keyboard/mouse really says something about what kind of gamer I am.
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www.ign.com/articles/ste...
Steam Machine Hands-On: First Impressions of Valve’s New Console-Like Gaming PC - IGN
Valve’s newest hardware aims to further bridge the gap between gaming PCs and consoles.
www.ign.com
November 13, 2025 at 1:30 PM
The fact that my Steam Deck is docked to a big monitor and keyboard/mouse really says something about what kind of gamer I am.
www.ign.com/articles/ste...
www.ign.com/articles/ste...
Unless I'm mistaken, the UK pledging to defend Belgium has had a 2/2 record for starting World Wars.
www.bbc.com/news/article...
www.bbc.com/news/article...
UK military to help protect Belgium after suspected Russian drone incursions
Sir Richard Knighton, the UK military chief, says his Belgian counterpart requested assistance in the form of personnel and equipment this week.
www.bbc.com
November 10, 2025 at 3:22 AM
Unless I'm mistaken, the UK pledging to defend Belgium has had a 2/2 record for starting World Wars.
www.bbc.com/news/article...
www.bbc.com/news/article...
The supermarket has decided to stop carrying the 1.5 yr old’s favorite cereal.
Now have a tiny crack addict to deal with at home.
Now have a tiny crack addict to deal with at home.
November 4, 2025 at 4:08 AM
The supermarket has decided to stop carrying the 1.5 yr old’s favorite cereal.
Now have a tiny crack addict to deal with at home.
Now have a tiny crack addict to deal with at home.
Always check the primary sources… like TikTok
![Pop Base tweets: "Kim Kardashian said on ‘The Kardashians’ that she believes the moon landing was fake:
“They’re gonna say I’m crazy no matter what, but like, go to TikTok. See for yourself. […] There’s no gravity on the moon. Why is the flag blowing? The shoes that they have in the museum that they wore on the moon is a different print in the photos. Why are there no stars?”"](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:ks3gpa6ftoyaq7hmf6c4qx4c/bafkreickzwdynkak7r4lur6afktglm3gontqsq5r5c7jeewyecyd4dczla@jpeg)
November 1, 2025 at 12:18 AM
Always check the primary sources… like TikTok
Incredible paper.
These dinosaurs could literally have seen the Yucatán impactor with their very eyes.
These dinosaurs could literally have seen the Yucatán impactor with their very eyes.
These were the dinosaurs that faced the asteroid.
Some of the last survivors. They lived in New Mexico, 66 million years ago. Among them was Alamosaurus, the size of a jetplane.
We unveiled them, and their true age, today in a new paper in
@science.org !
Some of the last survivors. They lived in New Mexico, 66 million years ago. Among them was Alamosaurus, the size of a jetplane.
We unveiled them, and their true age, today in a new paper in
@science.org !
October 24, 2025 at 2:57 AM
Incredible paper.
These dinosaurs could literally have seen the Yucatán impactor with their very eyes.
These dinosaurs could literally have seen the Yucatán impactor with their very eyes.
Intergalactic gas-tronomers!
At IPMU (outside Tokyo), we are organizing a workshop (March 16-19 2026) about circum- and inter-galactic gas in honor of 40 years since Art Wolfe's discovery of damped HI systems in absorption.
Abstraction submissions are open: indico.ipmu.jp/e/dlas_at_40
At IPMU (outside Tokyo), we are organizing a workshop (March 16-19 2026) about circum- and inter-galactic gas in honor of 40 years since Art Wolfe's discovery of damped HI systems in absorption.
Abstraction submissions are open: indico.ipmu.jp/e/dlas_at_40
Celebrating 40 Years of Damped Lya Systems
Meeting Date March 16-19, 2026 Venue Kavli IPMU, Kashiwa, Chiba, Japan Important Dates (approximate) Abstract Submission Opens: 2025 Oct 14 Abstract Submission Closes: 2025 Dec 7 Notification of Contr...
indico.ipmu.jp
October 21, 2025 at 12:42 AM
Intergalactic gas-tronomers!
At IPMU (outside Tokyo), we are organizing a workshop (March 16-19 2026) about circum- and inter-galactic gas in honor of 40 years since Art Wolfe's discovery of damped HI systems in absorption.
Abstraction submissions are open: indico.ipmu.jp/e/dlas_at_40
At IPMU (outside Tokyo), we are organizing a workshop (March 16-19 2026) about circum- and inter-galactic gas in honor of 40 years since Art Wolfe's discovery of damped HI systems in absorption.
Abstraction submissions are open: indico.ipmu.jp/e/dlas_at_40
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"The secret sauce has been poured down the drain," says David Draper, former Deputy Chief Scientist of NASA, over the recent firing or departure of 1000s of NASA employees, which will be catastrophic for the legacy of the US🇺🇸😖🚀
www.planetary.org/articles/400...
h/t @floragraham.bsky.social 🧪
www.planetary.org/articles/400...
h/t @floragraham.bsky.social 🧪
4,000 gone: Inside NASA’s brain drain
In exclusive interviews, ex-NASA scientists speak out on the impact of the agency's mass departures.
www.planetary.org
October 16, 2025 at 7:29 PM
"The secret sauce has been poured down the drain," says David Draper, former Deputy Chief Scientist of NASA, over the recent firing or departure of 1000s of NASA employees, which will be catastrophic for the legacy of the US🇺🇸😖🚀
www.planetary.org/articles/400...
h/t @floragraham.bsky.social 🧪
www.planetary.org/articles/400...
h/t @floragraham.bsky.social 🧪
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🗿 The moai really walked
New evidence shows Easter Island’s giant statues were engineered to 'walk' upright using their curved bases & forward tilt. A 4.3-ton replica moved 100 m in 40 min with just 18 people, & no logs or sleds.
🔗 www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
#SciComm 🧪 #Archaeology
New evidence shows Easter Island’s giant statues were engineered to 'walk' upright using their curved bases & forward tilt. A 4.3-ton replica moved 100 m in 40 min with just 18 people, & no logs or sleds.
🔗 www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
#SciComm 🧪 #Archaeology
The walking moai hypothesis: Archaeological evidence, experimental validation, and response to critics
The transport of Rapa Nui's (Easter Island) monumental moai statues has been debated for over a century. Based on a systematic analysis of 962 moai, w…
www.sciencedirect.com
October 10, 2025 at 11:37 AM
🗿 The moai really walked
New evidence shows Easter Island’s giant statues were engineered to 'walk' upright using their curved bases & forward tilt. A 4.3-ton replica moved 100 m in 40 min with just 18 people, & no logs or sleds.
🔗 www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
#SciComm 🧪 #Archaeology
New evidence shows Easter Island’s giant statues were engineered to 'walk' upright using their curved bases & forward tilt. A 4.3-ton replica moved 100 m in 40 min with just 18 people, & no logs or sleds.
🔗 www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
#SciComm 🧪 #Archaeology
The number of UK-related problems that just translate to 'UK parents can't be arsed to do parenting'.
Volume of US YouTube shows ‘weakens UK children’s ties to their own culture’
Volume of US YouTube shows ‘weakens UK children’s ties to their own culture’
BBC’s head of children’s TV says YouTube’s algorithm takes children to US-based content, rather than UK shows
The amount of American content children are consuming on YouTube risks weakening their connection to British culture and language, the BBC’s head of children’s television has warned.
Patricia Hidalgo, the director of children and education at the BBC, said the algorithm of the all-conquering video-sharing site diverted British children on to US-based content, rather than “nourishing” British programming that helps cement their cultural identity. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
September 26, 2025 at 5:32 AM
The number of UK-related problems that just translate to 'UK parents can't be arsed to do parenting'.
It's great that FRBs are now becoming common enough that it's possible to have more than one in a single calendar day, but working on two interesting FRBs with the same date stamp is a pain in the ass!
September 25, 2025 at 8:13 AM
It's great that FRBs are now becoming common enough that it's possible to have more than one in a single calendar day, but working on two interesting FRBs with the same date stamp is a pain in the ass!
TW: raw meat
Forgive me, father, for I have sinned.
Saw this 1000g A5 Wagyu steak in the supermarket and could not resist.
Forgive me, father, for I have sinned.
Saw this 1000g A5 Wagyu steak in the supermarket and could not resist.
September 20, 2025 at 10:53 AM
TW: raw meat
Forgive me, father, for I have sinned.
Saw this 1000g A5 Wagyu steak in the supermarket and could not resist.
Forgive me, father, for I have sinned.
Saw this 1000g A5 Wagyu steak in the supermarket and could not resist.
Isn’t this Zach Galifianakis?
Sad to lose Robert Redford (mom would be crushed), but love the number of people who are just realizing that this gif/meme is him.
a man with a beard is standing next to a river holding a camera .
ALT: a man with a beard is standing next to a river holding a camera .
media.tenor.com
September 17, 2025 at 4:57 AM
Isn’t this Zach Galifianakis?
Paper day, but a bitter sweet one.
The last paper out of CLAMATO, a project we started 12 years ago with a crazy idea: how about we try to do Lyman-alpha forest with galaxies not quasars?
So many ups & downs! Am grateful to Ben Zhang for shepherding it over the finish.
arxiv.org/abs/2509.07453
The last paper out of CLAMATO, a project we started 12 years ago with a crazy idea: how about we try to do Lyman-alpha forest with galaxies not quasars?
So many ups & downs! Am grateful to Ben Zhang for shepherding it over the finish.
arxiv.org/abs/2509.07453
Cross-correlations between the CLAMATO Lyman-alpha forest and galaxies within the COSMOS field
We compute the 3D cross-correlation between the absorption of the $z\sim 2.3$ Lyman-alpha forest measured by the COSMOS Lyman-Alpha Mapping And Tomography Observations (CLAMATO) survey, and 1642 foreg...
arxiv.org
September 11, 2025 at 3:54 AM
Paper day, but a bitter sweet one.
The last paper out of CLAMATO, a project we started 12 years ago with a crazy idea: how about we try to do Lyman-alpha forest with galaxies not quasars?
So many ups & downs! Am grateful to Ben Zhang for shepherding it over the finish.
arxiv.org/abs/2509.07453
The last paper out of CLAMATO, a project we started 12 years ago with a crazy idea: how about we try to do Lyman-alpha forest with galaxies not quasars?
So many ups & downs! Am grateful to Ben Zhang for shepherding it over the finish.
arxiv.org/abs/2509.07453
Just lie back and enjoy the tranquil of absolute zero entropy.
Not wanting to make a fuss or anything but can someone help us over here in Bradford on Avon? We're in immediate danger.
September 8, 2025 at 12:34 PM
Just lie back and enjoy the tranquil of absolute zero entropy.
In case you haven’t been following the saga of the NZ father who disappeared into the bush for a few years with his four children, DO SO!
This is an insane ending.
This is an insane ending.
New Zealand fugitive father Tom Phillips shot dead after attempted burglary, police confirm
New Zealand fugitive father Tom Phillips shot dead after attempted burglary, police confirm
Phillips, who has been on the run with his children for four years, was shot by police after the attempted burglary of a building in Piopio, authorities said
A fugitive father who had been hiding in New Zealand’s rugged wilderness with his three children for nearly four years has been shot dead by police during an armed burglary, police confirmed on Monday.
Tom Phillips fled into the Waikato wilderness with his children just before Christmas 2021, following a dispute with their mother. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
September 8, 2025 at 12:19 AM
In case you haven’t been following the saga of the NZ father who disappeared into the bush for a few years with his four children, DO SO!
This is an insane ending.
This is an insane ending.
A few years ago, UK SciTwitter got mad when the Royal Society published a report showing that scientists who have had a chance to work abroad get a career boost 🤷🏻♂️
There was a time a few years ago that if you even mentioned you were working late or on the weekend, SciTwitter would pounce on you, saying you're perpetuating toxic work habits etc etc... I'm glad we seemingly moved away from that and respect that everyone has their own clock that works for them.
September 1, 2025 at 9:05 AM
A few years ago, UK SciTwitter got mad when the Royal Society published a report showing that scientists who have had a chance to work abroad get a career boost 🤷🏻♂️
This is a stunning visualization of the black hole mass data!
Results from the first part of our fourth LIGO @egovirgo.bsky.social KAGRA observing run are out today!
We're pleased to share the largest catalog of gravitational-wave observations with more discoveries of black holes and neutron stars
📰 arxiv.org/abs/2508.18082
🔭🧪⚛️☄️ #GWTC4
We're pleased to share the largest catalog of gravitational-wave observations with more discoveries of black holes and neutron stars
📰 arxiv.org/abs/2508.18082
🔭🧪⚛️☄️ #GWTC4
August 26, 2025 at 11:37 PM
This is a stunning visualization of the black hole mass data!
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Tips and resources for those who would be interested in pursuing an astro PhD outside this US and applying for programs this Fall, put together by Floor Broekgaarden, Ana Lam, Enrico Ramirez-Ruiz, Deana Tanguay! 🔭 docs.google.com/document/u/0...
August 15, 2025 at 10:57 PM
Tips and resources for those who would be interested in pursuing an astro PhD outside this US and applying for programs this Fall, put together by Floor Broekgaarden, Ana Lam, Enrico Ramirez-Ruiz, Deana Tanguay! 🔭 docs.google.com/document/u/0...
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This is a great summary of what we've learned about the earliest epochs of the Universe from JWST. You can read the preprint — which has the same material — at arxiv.org/abs/2405.21054 if you can't access the article on the Nature website. 🧪☄️
The first billion years according to JWST - Nature Astronomy
The infrared view of JWST has opened up the early Universe to study. This Perspective summarizes the key developments in our understanding of the high-redshift Universe from the first 18 months of JWS...
www.nature.com
August 8, 2025 at 3:09 PM
This is a great summary of what we've learned about the earliest epochs of the Universe from JWST. You can read the preprint — which has the same material — at arxiv.org/abs/2405.21054 if you can't access the article on the Nature website. 🧪☄️
11. Don't forget to tear open a person's chest once a month at the top of the Great Pyramid of Tenochtitlan and offer their heart as an offering to the deity Huitzilopochtli.
Ten lessons the Aztecs can teach us today | Sebastian Purcell
Ten lessons the Aztecs can teach us today | Sebastian Purcell
You don’t need to solve your soul before setting your house in order. In fact, the outer path might just be the way to reach your inner peace
www.theguardian.com
August 4, 2025 at 12:25 PM
11. Don't forget to tear open a person's chest once a month at the top of the Great Pyramid of Tenochtitlan and offer their heart as an offering to the deity Huitzilopochtli.
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In my professional capacity, I cannot emphasize enough how much an alien spacecraft nearly 7 miles wide headed towards Earth is not happening.
A NEW STUDY CLAIMS AN ALIEN SPACECRAFT NEARLY 7 MILES WIDE — AND POSSIBLY HOSTILE — COULD BE HEADED TOWARD EARTH
July 30, 2025 at 5:08 PM
In my professional capacity, I cannot emphasize enough how much an alien spacecraft nearly 7 miles wide headed towards Earth is not happening.
Do not give AI root permissions, ever.
Both incidents reveal fundamental issues with current AI coding assistants while highlighting the ways they can fail catastrophically.
Two major AI coding tools wiped out user data after making cascading mistakes
“I have failed you completely and catastrophically,” wrote Gemini.
arstechnica.com
July 29, 2025 at 4:22 AM
Do not give AI root permissions, ever.