CosmicRami 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️
@rami.spaceaustralia.com
Astronomer, driving The Dish📡 to study pulsars in my PhD. Also, founded SpaceAustralia.com. Also, love a bit of astrophotography. Also, do everything with my little mate, Max. Also, Ultra-Gay. He/Him.
Pinned
Been a while since an intro & lots of new folks following. So, about me:
1. #RadioAstronomy PhD candidate studying pulsars
2. Started @spaceausdotcom.bsky.social #SciComm
3. Part of @queersinscience.bsky.social fam
4. Live in Sydney with hubby and #BalmainMax
5. Love hiking, astrophotography
1. #RadioAstronomy PhD candidate studying pulsars
2. Started @spaceausdotcom.bsky.social #SciComm
3. Part of @queersinscience.bsky.social fam
4. Live in Sydney with hubby and #BalmainMax
5. Love hiking, astrophotography
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Sources:
collections.peabody.yale.edu/search/Recor...
John Steele, “Time and Space in Ancient Mesopotamia”, in Ancient Mesopotamia Speaks
collections.peabody.yale.edu/search/Recor...
John Steele, “Time and Space in Ancient Mesopotamia”, in Ancient Mesopotamia Speaks
YPM BC 001878
Tablet. Astronomical text, mathematical astronomy: daily motion table with values of F (moon, system B). Hellenistic. Clay.
collections.peabody.yale.edu
December 2, 2025 at 10:20 AM
Sources:
collections.peabody.yale.edu/search/Recor...
John Steele, “Time and Space in Ancient Mesopotamia”, in Ancient Mesopotamia Speaks
collections.peabody.yale.edu/search/Recor...
John Steele, “Time and Space in Ancient Mesopotamia”, in Ancient Mesopotamia Speaks
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What is “measured in degrees” in this ~2300-year-old cuneiform tablet which gives records of the moon’s velocity for 248 days?
It’s the moon’s position from one night to the next, at the same time, showing distance moved across the sky. This tablet uses a zigzag function to model lunar velocity
It’s the moon’s position from one night to the next, at the same time, showing distance moved across the sky. This tablet uses a zigzag function to model lunar velocity
December 2, 2025 at 10:20 AM
What is “measured in degrees” in this ~2300-year-old cuneiform tablet which gives records of the moon’s velocity for 248 days?
It’s the moon’s position from one night to the next, at the same time, showing distance moved across the sky. This tablet uses a zigzag function to model lunar velocity
It’s the moon’s position from one night to the next, at the same time, showing distance moved across the sky. This tablet uses a zigzag function to model lunar velocity
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In ancient Mesopotamia, astronomers needed to know the moon’s position, even on a cloudy night.
So they made records and calculations of the moon’s positions and velocity measured in degrees. This record from Uruk or Babylon from the Seleucid period covers 248 days.
📸 by Dr K. Wagensonner
So they made records and calculations of the moon’s positions and velocity measured in degrees. This record from Uruk or Babylon from the Seleucid period covers 248 days.
📸 by Dr K. Wagensonner
December 2, 2025 at 10:20 AM
In ancient Mesopotamia, astronomers needed to know the moon’s position, even on a cloudy night.
So they made records and calculations of the moon’s positions and velocity measured in degrees. This record from Uruk or Babylon from the Seleucid period covers 248 days.
📸 by Dr K. Wagensonner
So they made records and calculations of the moon’s positions and velocity measured in degrees. This record from Uruk or Babylon from the Seleucid period covers 248 days.
📸 by Dr K. Wagensonner
EVERYONE.
Mother touched down in Sydney not long ago.
SHE WALKS AMONG US.
(Melbs concerts first this weekend, then Brisbane, then us next weekend)
Mother touched down in Sydney not long ago.
SHE WALKS AMONG US.
(Melbs concerts first this weekend, then Brisbane, then us next weekend)
This week, will share a few images from my photos of her 2009 concert when I was front row. I got some great photos and she waved at me. 💀
This is when she did 'Monster'
#GagaCountdown
This is when she did 'Monster'
#GagaCountdown
December 2, 2025 at 9:36 AM
EVERYONE.
Mother touched down in Sydney not long ago.
SHE WALKS AMONG US.
(Melbs concerts first this weekend, then Brisbane, then us next weekend)
Mother touched down in Sydney not long ago.
SHE WALKS AMONG US.
(Melbs concerts first this weekend, then Brisbane, then us next weekend)
Today's #GymTunes happens to be my fav Gaga song ... ever!
'Monster'
"I wanna just dance, but he took me home instead
Uh-oh, there was a monster in my bed
We french kissed on a subway train
He tore my clothes right off
.... He ate my heart and then he ate my brain"
10 days to go! #GagaCountdown
'Monster'
"I wanna just dance, but he took me home instead
Uh-oh, there was a monster in my bed
We french kissed on a subway train
He tore my clothes right off
.... He ate my heart and then he ate my brain"
10 days to go! #GagaCountdown
Monster
YouTube video by Lady Gaga - Topic
www.youtube.com
December 1, 2025 at 10:38 PM
Today's #GymTunes happens to be my fav Gaga song ... ever!
'Monster'
"I wanna just dance, but he took me home instead
Uh-oh, there was a monster in my bed
We french kissed on a subway train
He tore my clothes right off
.... He ate my heart and then he ate my brain"
10 days to go! #GagaCountdown
'Monster'
"I wanna just dance, but he took me home instead
Uh-oh, there was a monster in my bed
We french kissed on a subway train
He tore my clothes right off
.... He ate my heart and then he ate my brain"
10 days to go! #GagaCountdown
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there’s a scene in the new documentary where Elizabeth Taylor is talking about the stigma of AIDS and how she got involved in the movement and it’s fucking everything
August 10, 2024 at 3:21 PM
there’s a scene in the new documentary where Elizabeth Taylor is talking about the stigma of AIDS and how she got involved in the movement and it’s fucking everything
You all see that someone like Zac Efron is gonna be the one that plays him when the movie or mini-series comes out, right?!
December 1, 2025 at 8:24 PM
You all see that someone like Zac Efron is gonna be the one that plays him when the movie or mini-series comes out, right?!
I’m here to remind folks that we live next to a star — a huge nuclear fusion factory of plasma and radiation — and proximity gives us an opportunity to study a star!
We often take it for granted as “the Sun in the sky” and consider stars just points of light — but we have one right next door too!
We often take it for granted as “the Sun in the sky” and consider stars just points of light — but we have one right next door too!
Physics in action: a truly mesmerising #SolarFlare on the Sun last night, from the same region that produced strong flares and triggered widespread aurora back in mid-November. The flare gives a hypnotic example of how plasma and magnetic fields interact in the Sun’s atmosphere.
December 1, 2025 at 7:00 PM
I’m here to remind folks that we live next to a star — a huge nuclear fusion factory of plasma and radiation — and proximity gives us an opportunity to study a star!
We often take it for granted as “the Sun in the sky” and consider stars just points of light — but we have one right next door too!
We often take it for granted as “the Sun in the sky” and consider stars just points of light — but we have one right next door too!
This was entirely preventable and in fact trends were starting to stabilise and minimise across different regions before these cuts were implemented.
And this unnecessary and cruel decision will echo through time for many generations to come, globally.
And this unnecessary and cruel decision will echo through time for many generations to come, globally.
After years of decline, Trump’s cuts to HIV/AIDS funding, mirrored by the UK and others, mean that AIDS death and HIV infections are rising again.
#WorldAIDSDay
#WorldAIDSDay
Aid cuts have shaken HIV/Aids care to its core – and will mean millions more infections ahead
Reports highlight devastating impact of slashed funding, especially in parts of Africa, that could lead to 3.3m new HIV infections by 2030
www.theguardian.com
December 1, 2025 at 6:49 PM
This was entirely preventable and in fact trends were starting to stabilise and minimise across different regions before these cuts were implemented.
And this unnecessary and cruel decision will echo through time for many generations to come, globally.
And this unnecessary and cruel decision will echo through time for many generations to come, globally.
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This time last year, I was on the South Lawn of the White House helping to lay out the AIDS Memorial Quilt.
This year the White House did nothing and the State Department instructed empoyees and grant recipients to “refrain from publicly promoting World Aids Day through any communication channels”
This year the White House did nothing and the State Department instructed empoyees and grant recipients to “refrain from publicly promoting World Aids Day through any communication channels”
This morning I had the honor of helping lay out some panels of the #AIDS Memorial Quilt on the South Lawn of the White House. Seeing all these individual lives that were lost and knowing they are just a miniscule part of that great tapestry of loss is haunting.
December 1, 2025 at 5:48 PM
This time last year, I was on the South Lawn of the White House helping to lay out the AIDS Memorial Quilt.
This year the White House did nothing and the State Department instructed empoyees and grant recipients to “refrain from publicly promoting World Aids Day through any communication channels”
This year the White House did nothing and the State Department instructed empoyees and grant recipients to “refrain from publicly promoting World Aids Day through any communication channels”
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I was diagnosed with #HIV in 1998, when I was 30.
Many of my friends had died of AIDS. I did not expect to live to 50.
I’m 58 now.
HIV treatment works.
Treatment also makes it impossible for me to pass HIV on during sex.
Ensure HIV treatment for all.
End HIV stigma.
#WorldAIDSDay
Many of my friends had died of AIDS. I did not expect to live to 50.
I’m 58 now.
HIV treatment works.
Treatment also makes it impossible for me to pass HIV on during sex.
Ensure HIV treatment for all.
End HIV stigma.
#WorldAIDSDay
December 1, 2025 at 8:46 AM
I was diagnosed with #HIV in 1998, when I was 30.
Many of my friends had died of AIDS. I did not expect to live to 50.
I’m 58 now.
HIV treatment works.
Treatment also makes it impossible for me to pass HIV on during sex.
Ensure HIV treatment for all.
End HIV stigma.
#WorldAIDSDay
Many of my friends had died of AIDS. I did not expect to live to 50.
I’m 58 now.
HIV treatment works.
Treatment also makes it impossible for me to pass HIV on during sex.
Ensure HIV treatment for all.
End HIV stigma.
#WorldAIDSDay
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Look at this image (and thread - use the translate service).
This one reads along the lines of:
"..Comet C/2025 A6 (Lemmon) without cleaning.
In just 15 minutes of acquisition, we counted 1,659 satellite trails (about 400 individual ones).
Words cannot describe the pollution of near space."
🔭
This one reads along the lines of:
"..Comet C/2025 A6 (Lemmon) without cleaning.
In just 15 minutes of acquisition, we counted 1,659 satellite trails (about 400 individual ones).
Words cannot describe the pollution of near space."
🔭
3/4. En esta imagen se muestra el mismo campo estelar del Cometa C/2025 A6 (Lemmon) sin limpiar.
En solo 15 minutos de adquisición, contamos 1659 trazas de satélites (unos 400 individuales).
Sobran las palabras para describir la contaminación del espacio cercano.
En solo 15 minutos de adquisición, contamos 1659 trazas de satélites (unos 400 individuales).
Sobran las palabras para describir la contaminación del espacio cercano.
December 1, 2025 at 1:03 AM
Look at this image (and thread - use the translate service).
This one reads along the lines of:
"..Comet C/2025 A6 (Lemmon) without cleaning.
In just 15 minutes of acquisition, we counted 1,659 satellite trails (about 400 individual ones).
Words cannot describe the pollution of near space."
🔭
This one reads along the lines of:
"..Comet C/2025 A6 (Lemmon) without cleaning.
In just 15 minutes of acquisition, we counted 1,659 satellite trails (about 400 individual ones).
Words cannot describe the pollution of near space."
🔭
Have been re-watching #Sense8 and honestly it is one of the best shows — so much great diversity, colour, location shots, cast, and the concept is real good.
Netflix made a huge mistake dropping this.
Made by Wachowski siblings — so it’s an absolute cracker!
Netflix made a huge mistake dropping this.
Made by Wachowski siblings — so it’s an absolute cracker!
a group of people are sitting on a dock near a body of water
Alt: a group of people are sitting on a dock near a body of water and the sun is setting behind them
media.tenor.com
December 1, 2025 at 8:42 AM
Have been re-watching #Sense8 and honestly it is one of the best shows — so much great diversity, colour, location shots, cast, and the concept is real good.
Netflix made a huge mistake dropping this.
Made by Wachowski siblings — so it’s an absolute cracker!
Netflix made a huge mistake dropping this.
Made by Wachowski siblings — so it’s an absolute cracker!
Look at this image (and thread - use the translate service).
This one reads along the lines of:
"..Comet C/2025 A6 (Lemmon) without cleaning.
In just 15 minutes of acquisition, we counted 1,659 satellite trails (about 400 individual ones).
Words cannot describe the pollution of near space."
🔭
This one reads along the lines of:
"..Comet C/2025 A6 (Lemmon) without cleaning.
In just 15 minutes of acquisition, we counted 1,659 satellite trails (about 400 individual ones).
Words cannot describe the pollution of near space."
🔭
3/4. En esta imagen se muestra el mismo campo estelar del Cometa C/2025 A6 (Lemmon) sin limpiar.
En solo 15 minutos de adquisición, contamos 1659 trazas de satélites (unos 400 individuales).
Sobran las palabras para describir la contaminación del espacio cercano.
En solo 15 minutos de adquisición, contamos 1659 trazas de satélites (unos 400 individuales).
Sobran las palabras para describir la contaminación del espacio cercano.
December 1, 2025 at 1:03 AM
Look at this image (and thread - use the translate service).
This one reads along the lines of:
"..Comet C/2025 A6 (Lemmon) without cleaning.
In just 15 minutes of acquisition, we counted 1,659 satellite trails (about 400 individual ones).
Words cannot describe the pollution of near space."
🔭
This one reads along the lines of:
"..Comet C/2025 A6 (Lemmon) without cleaning.
In just 15 minutes of acquisition, we counted 1,659 satellite trails (about 400 individual ones).
Words cannot describe the pollution of near space."
🔭
Universe: "just shove everything in that corner"
Hubble image of Arp 321, also known as Hickson 40.
This group of galaxies include three spiral galaxies, an elliptical galaxy, and a lenticular (lens-like) galaxy.
Credit: NASA, ESA, STScI, Judy Schmidt
Source
This group of galaxies include three spiral galaxies, an elliptical galaxy, and a lenticular (lens-like) galaxy.
Credit: NASA, ESA, STScI, Judy Schmidt
Source
December 1, 2025 at 12:33 AM
Universe: "just shove everything in that corner"
Neat new student project - build a CubeSat to monitor in-situ radio frequency interference in orbit!
Requests calls for formation of team that will design, develop, test and submit CubeSat that will conduct in-orbit RFI monitoring.
A tool like this will be very useful in the age of constellations.
Requests calls for formation of team that will design, develop, test and submit CubeSat that will conduct in-orbit RFI monitoring.
A tool like this will be very useful in the age of constellations.
Call for Proposals - 6th IEEE GRSS Student Grand Challenge (SGC) - GRSS-IEEE
IEEE GRSS invites student teams worldwide to propose, design, and build a payload for a 1P PocketQube (PQ), a 5×5×5 cm3 size pico-satellite dedicated to in-orbit RFI monitoring across priority passive...
www.grss-ieee.org
December 1, 2025 at 12:27 AM
Neat new student project - build a CubeSat to monitor in-situ radio frequency interference in orbit!
Requests calls for formation of team that will design, develop, test and submit CubeSat that will conduct in-orbit RFI monitoring.
A tool like this will be very useful in the age of constellations.
Requests calls for formation of team that will design, develop, test and submit CubeSat that will conduct in-orbit RFI monitoring.
A tool like this will be very useful in the age of constellations.
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The most precious commodity you have is your attention. You don’t have to waste it on poor-faith debates or arguments with strangers if you don’t think they’ll be productive. You can prioritize the things that matter to you and make your life richer.
November 30, 2025 at 8:00 PM
The most precious commodity you have is your attention. You don’t have to waste it on poor-faith debates or arguments with strangers if you don’t think they’ll be productive. You can prioritize the things that matter to you and make your life richer.
Had a good gym month in November — 19 out of 30 days + my running sessions.
Need to try work out everyday in first two weeks of December because after this it’s all good, drinks, social activities and lack of motivation!
Need to try work out everyday in first two weeks of December because after this it’s all good, drinks, social activities and lack of motivation!
November 30, 2025 at 10:17 PM
Had a good gym month in November — 19 out of 30 days + my running sessions.
Need to try work out everyday in first two weeks of December because after this it’s all good, drinks, social activities and lack of motivation!
Need to try work out everyday in first two weeks of December because after this it’s all good, drinks, social activities and lack of motivation!
"I don't wanna fade into the darkness tonight
... Show me the light
I don't wanna be the one to fall on the knife
... To come alive
I'm about to be there, I'm about to be there
... Watch me, I swear
I'll dance in the shadow of a man"
Today's #GymTunes from The Gaga
12 days to go! #GagaCountdown
... Show me the light
I don't wanna be the one to fall on the knife
... To come alive
I'm about to be there, I'm about to be there
... Watch me, I swear
I'll dance in the shadow of a man"
Today's #GymTunes from The Gaga
12 days to go! #GagaCountdown
Lady Gaga - Shadow Of A Man (Official Audio)
YouTube video by LadyGagaVEVO
www.youtube.com
November 30, 2025 at 10:00 PM
"I don't wanna fade into the darkness tonight
... Show me the light
I don't wanna be the one to fall on the knife
... To come alive
I'm about to be there, I'm about to be there
... Watch me, I swear
I'll dance in the shadow of a man"
Today's #GymTunes from The Gaga
12 days to go! #GagaCountdown
... Show me the light
I don't wanna be the one to fall on the knife
... To come alive
I'm about to be there, I'm about to be there
... Watch me, I swear
I'll dance in the shadow of a man"
Today's #GymTunes from The Gaga
12 days to go! #GagaCountdown
November 30, 2025 at 8:22 PM
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November 30, 2025 at 6:16 AM
The #Balmain festival is on and it’s packed!
They’ve closed off the main street and there are food and market stalls.
So great to see all the shops thriving, cafes and pubs full, live musicians performing and sooooooo many dogs.
Little mate loved all the attention but then got overwhelmed lol
They’ve closed off the main street and there are food and market stalls.
So great to see all the shops thriving, cafes and pubs full, live musicians performing and sooooooo many dogs.
Little mate loved all the attention but then got overwhelmed lol
November 30, 2025 at 3:09 AM
The #Balmain festival is on and it’s packed!
They’ve closed off the main street and there are food and market stalls.
So great to see all the shops thriving, cafes and pubs full, live musicians performing and sooooooo many dogs.
Little mate loved all the attention but then got overwhelmed lol
They’ve closed off the main street and there are food and market stalls.
So great to see all the shops thriving, cafes and pubs full, live musicians performing and sooooooo many dogs.
Little mate loved all the attention but then got overwhelmed lol
This 👇🏽👇🏽👇🏽
Unless it comes from a trusted source (like a mutual who gets this: it has credit + alt-text) I generally have started being more sceptical about most videos and images.
My internal barometer: does the media make me feel a heightened sense of *any* kind of emotion?
If so, be sceptical!
Unless it comes from a trusted source (like a mutual who gets this: it has credit + alt-text) I generally have started being more sceptical about most videos and images.
My internal barometer: does the media make me feel a heightened sense of *any* kind of emotion?
If so, be sceptical!
It’s infuriating to me that I need to evaluate media to determine whether it’s AI generated now. The great “time saver” technology wastes incalculable time and energy for people who want to retain their grasp on reality
November 29, 2025 at 11:56 PM
This 👇🏽👇🏽👇🏽
Unless it comes from a trusted source (like a mutual who gets this: it has credit + alt-text) I generally have started being more sceptical about most videos and images.
My internal barometer: does the media make me feel a heightened sense of *any* kind of emotion?
If so, be sceptical!
Unless it comes from a trusted source (like a mutual who gets this: it has credit + alt-text) I generally have started being more sceptical about most videos and images.
My internal barometer: does the media make me feel a heightened sense of *any* kind of emotion?
If so, be sceptical!
Still thinking about #StrangerThings and how:
a) every single show on TV needs queer protagonists (it’s just better, ok!)
b) 80s music and nostalgia is a central theme of this show that makes it a big success
c) how they twunked the twink (the producers knew exactly what they were doing)
a) every single show on TV needs queer protagonists (it’s just better, ok!)
b) 80s music and nostalgia is a central theme of this show that makes it a big success
c) how they twunked the twink (the producers knew exactly what they were doing)
November 29, 2025 at 8:15 PM
Still thinking about #StrangerThings and how:
a) every single show on TV needs queer protagonists (it’s just better, ok!)
b) 80s music and nostalgia is a central theme of this show that makes it a big success
c) how they twunked the twink (the producers knew exactly what they were doing)
a) every single show on TV needs queer protagonists (it’s just better, ok!)
b) 80s music and nostalgia is a central theme of this show that makes it a big success
c) how they twunked the twink (the producers knew exactly what they were doing)