Sesh Nadathur
@seshnadathur.bsky.social
Astronomer, Associate Professor of cosmology at Portsmouth. Works on galaxy redshift surveys, from telescopes on remote mountaintops or in space. Dad, occasional climber, likes cricket. Occasionally has opinions.
Extraordinary how the orphan they trained continued to produce so much amazing music very much in the way the original did
November 9, 2025 at 11:09 AM
Extraordinary how the orphan they trained continued to produce so much amazing music very much in the way the original did
Reposted by Sesh Nadathur
despite not having vocals, 'kind of blue' is actually the first kind
November 5, 2025 at 8:33 PM
despite not having vocals, 'kind of blue' is actually the first kind
Reposted by Sesh Nadathur
There are three types of jazz: smoky voiced female vocalist sings song that sounds like it’s about sex but is actually about racism; 9 woodwork teachers on a stage shout “chase that tiger” while somebody hammers a piano; man has a heart attack whilst trumpet playing and falls downstairs.
November 5, 2025 at 8:28 PM
There are three types of jazz: smoky voiced female vocalist sings song that sounds like it’s about sex but is actually about racism; 9 woodwork teachers on a stage shout “chase that tiger” while somebody hammers a piano; man has a heart attack whilst trumpet playing and falls downstairs.
How the word "korma" can be associated with a dish containing coconut is something that I am still, 20 years after moving to the UK from India, struggling to understand and accept.
October 18, 2025 at 4:16 PM
How the word "korma" can be associated with a dish containing coconut is something that I am still, 20 years after moving to the UK from India, struggling to understand and accept.
Although we have just had a new senior lecturer start this month
October 14, 2025 at 8:46 PM
Although we have just had a new senior lecturer start this month
Oh, apologies! You were asking a serious question, whereäs I treated it as an opportunity for humour. I must reënter this conversation afresh, with a more coöperative mindset.
I suggest naive.
I suggest naive.
September 22, 2025 at 8:00 AM
Oh, apologies! You were asking a serious question, whereäs I treated it as an opportunity for humour. I must reënter this conversation afresh, with a more coöperative mindset.
I suggest naive.
I suggest naive.
You need to reëxamine your prejudices against the New Yorker
September 22, 2025 at 7:34 AM
You need to reëxamine your prejudices against the New Yorker
(Everything else in the world is awful and depressing, so it is such a joy to have an hour of pure pleasure like this.)
September 12, 2025 at 9:23 PM
(Everything else in the world is awful and depressing, so it is such a joy to have an hour of pure pleasure like this.)
I tried this experiment and I barely saw any "expressing either glee or satisfaction" 🤔 (I saw several disagreeing with things he said in life, which is hardly the same thing.)
September 12, 2025 at 12:49 PM
I tried this experiment and I barely saw any "expressing either glee or satisfaction" 🤔 (I saw several disagreeing with things he said in life, which is hardly the same thing.)
Something more specific regarding research practices and threatening letters.
September 3, 2025 at 11:16 AM
Something more specific regarding research practices and threatening letters.