In Science News: My postdoc, Luca Ighina, just published an analysis of a VERY FASCINATING high-redshift quasar. In short, not only is it radio-loud and ___the X-ray-brightest non-blazar at these redshifts___ it seems like it just might be super-Eddington! Press release here […]

Well look at that, #cambridgema -- four cyclists, a dismounted fifth, and a sixth just behind on Garden St, but only one car. Maybe we should pull up that car lane since it isn't getting used.

I had honestly kind of forgotten what a rainy day was like after the dry summer we've been having ... #bostonwx #mawx

There needs to be an internet law: every time you post something in a Slack channel that hasn't had any traffic for a month, someone will post five minutes later and push your message out of sight...

Discovery Awaits! Highlights of the upcoming #chandraxray Cycle 27 Science Program. From what makes Jupiter's aurorae glow to counting black holes at the dawn of time, there's lots of science to be excited about for #NASA's Flagship X-ray astrophysics mission! 20 MB PDF […]

Humanity has triumphed over the scourge of the 5x5 #nonogram! https://pixelogic.app/every-5x5-nonogram

Absolute banger of a night in Boston, sitting outside watching the storm slip down to Rhode Island, lightning dancing in the distance as the heat breaks away. #boston #bostonwx #Massachusetts #clouds

Every now and then someone who hadn't been posting much suddenly reappears in a retoot ... and then I see they've switched to BlueSky. I don't toot often because 1) I'm usually busy doing non-tooting things and 2) I don't usually have anything interesting to say, but I do enjoy all of you […]

I heard a podcast guest(Movement Memos) describe the temperature as “it’s ‘climate change degrees’ out” and, yeah, that’s been adopted into the lexicon.

Jim Lovell, commander of Apollo 13 mission popularized in Oscar-winning film starring Tom Hanks, dies at 97. @npr has more: https://flip.it/AH6Sek #science #space #nasa #jimlovell #apollo13

"Why is it so hot" he cries to the heavens, before taking a swig of coffee

[Boston politics, photo of Trump] Ole Bobby Newport's mailer has big Schrodinger's fascist energy. Words? I'm opposed to him! Just the pictures? He's with me! #boston

Massive flooding across Cambridge, if you believe the Blue Bikes map at least...

Ozzy, Hulk Hogan, and Malcolm-Jamal Warner all in the same week seems like a targeted attack on Gen X.

It looks like the new update to mstdn.social means that Quote Toots now show the quoted toot, which will make following Blue Sky folks a lot easier!

Maybe there will be a day when I'll trust a space in a filename, but that day is not today.

It's not just your kids who found it hard Red Line train can't get into Harvard Thirty minute delays. Yay! #boston #mbta @universalhub

#bostonweekend 26/x Y'all in #massachusetts are on top of our #boston area #starterpack right? Groups and orgs have trouble getting traction here - let's be good fedizens and help them to get their broadcasts out here. https://fedidevs.com/s/Mzgz/ #newengland #nonprofits

The heat wave sure must make Keolis afraid As South Station departures are all delayed Cc: @universalhub #mbta #boston

This weather has me walking around quoting Season 3 of Avatar.... Flamey-o, Hotman!

Not as hot as I've ever existed in, but might take the crown limiting myself to north of the Mason-Dixon Line... #boston

It is currently 100 degrees out and I'm finding myself thinking that Fahrenheit has it right on this one. Any more degrees are too many degrees. #bostonwx #HeatAdvisory

There is exactly one room in the domicile that is air conditioned, and leaving the safety of that room for others is terribly exhausting. #heatwave2025 #heatwave

Confirmed sighting of the new #amtrak #acela trainsets in #boston. There's still plastic wrap on the seats, and the old Acela in the background is the one running service today, but by God we might have the #avelialiberty running service soon enough! #Railfan #passengerrail #trains #Rail

The best observing nights are the ones that aren't yours so you can bail at midnight to get some sleep... #Astrodon #Astronomy

It’s so exciting that the whole world now gets to experience instance admins repeatedly subtweeting each other on their respective shitty social media sites

Unfortunately, I can't find a good "Burning the Library of Alexandria" emoji for Slack...

Just saw my first #acela #avelialiberty in the wild! #amtrak

This nor'easter really seems like it would have been great if it had come in, say, January. #bostonwx

Wikipedia, in its strict adherence to citable facts, is meticulous enough to not assume the 400 year-old Virginia Dare has since passed. #Wikipedia

#biketoworkday festival this morning in #boston. Lots of folks out enjoying the nice weather and the company (even if they, like me, added a few miles to their commute by coming downtown).

The Boston Ride for Silence, a.k.a. "Gracie's Ride", meets at the Hood bottle (Fort Point) next Wednesday, 21 May. https://secure.everyaction.com/hgg_KVrCtU2AKe6L9juB4w2 6:30pm: memorial 7:30pm: ride start Ride length is 6 mi / 10 km, and ends at the BU boathouse on Memorial Drive where John […]

The #bostonpubliclibrary's free Globe access has been really over-subscribed of late, it seems. Karen Read interest, maybe?

[#CanadaPol #CanadaVotes] Well done, Canada! #canadaelection #Canada#CanadaVotes#CanadaVotes

[#CanadaPol, name frivolity] I'm sorry, but Jessica Fancy-Landry is the greatest politician name ever.

It's a day early (Hubble's birthday is April 25, 1990), but it's still a good day to celebrate Ole Aluminumsides. This mug is already 10 years old! Hubble had three servicing missions at that age. #hubble35 #hubble25 #hubblespacetelescope #sciencemugs

Harvard alert about shots fired at Harvard Square #mbta station #boston

Hello #Boston - with lovely weather on the forecast, if you're able, I hope that you can recharge and leave home to enjoy your #NewEngland as many gather for (checks list) the marathon, the end of Passover, Easter, 4/20, and Patriots' Day. Oh, and I've got a […] [Original post on toot.boston]

Nothing like a good, loud noise to get the fifteen of us #boston folk on the fediverse to start tooting. #sportsflyovers

Pretending it's warm enough to have my windows open today; might have to put on a cope hoodie... #bostonweather

They're overlooked and could use a good cleaning / replacement to LEDs, but it's worth noting that the lights over the Red Line in South Station are #swag. #mbta #boston #publictransitappreciation

Corey Booker! #CoreyBooker

How I feel browsing the internet with uBlock #lionelhutz

👀 https://www.thecrimson.com/article/2025/3/22/paul-toner-brothel-hearing/ #MApoli #CambridgeMA#mapoli@universalhub

Were that this change permanent, and #boston were freed of the tyranny of Eastern Standard Time forever! #permanentdst #timechange

Gavin Newsom is and always has been three raccoon-sized disappointments in a human suit.

Binnington just was not going home a loser tonight. #hockey #nhl #4nations

I finally got my first phishing toll text. Does this mean I'm finally officially a Masshole?