Ramadan Mubarak! May this Ramadan give us the strength to help those who are suffering the most.

David Hogg has written a white paper on doing astrophysics in the age of LLMs. It looks to be thought-provoking. My initial reaction is that either LLMs will destroy the field or they will force a reckoning with and re-imagining of the current system that often prioritizes output over quality. 🧪

At the #AAS247 in Phoenix! Pass by the Sidrat Research booth to say hi! 🔭🧪

Congrats Brian!

@emily.space's #ADASS2025 talk repping BlueSky for Astronomy!

Here in Gorlitz for #ADASSXXXV. So eerie having such a small contingent of US-based astronomers 🔭🧪

How can you not be romantic about baseball... www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ceqa...

Wooo, unanimous acceptance of 810! Python is getting lazy imports! So excited about this! discuss.python.org/t/pep-810-ex...

Mamdani is obviously rooting for the Jays. Cuomo is certainly pulling for the Dodgers. Sliwa can't watch baseball any more, ever since Sammy the Bull beat him with a bat.

Quebec's racism and Islamophobia seem to show no bounds...

Everyone is an “ally” until there is a teeny amount of inconvenience. Be a co-conspirator.

Democratic leaders, it's time to endorse Mamdani.

Because he was an objectively horrible premier? Pretty simple answer. #cdnpoli

AAS Nova turned 10 this year! For our 2,000th post, we’re looking back on the past decade of astronomy research. aasnova.org/2025/10/03/a... @aas.org 🔭🧪

Time to move any webapps you have running on Vercel.

Hi Internet! I'm Drew and THIS IS MY FACE. If this GIF has ever brought you joy in the past, I humbly ask you to consider making a donation to the National MS Society. It would mean a lot to me and to those I know affected by the disease! Donate at blinkingguy.com

A fairly effective #dataviz to get the point of comparative land use of Solar Power infrastructure in a variety of countries. www.linkedin.com/posts/josh-g...

And the winner is… Mustafa! The 2025 SOCAN Polaris Song Prize goes to Gaza is Calling — a track of profound honesty, resilience, and poetic power. Learn more: polarismusicprize.ca/song-prize/ #PolarisMusicPrize #Polaris2025 #PolarisSongPrize #Mustafa #GazaIsCalling

Saw @karenlmasters.bsky.social's book on the shelves of Book City in Toronto and just had to pick it up! I love the cover.

The thing about investing in public transit is that it *scales* — the more people use it, the better it gets. For everyone. Whereas the more cars there are, the *worse* everything about driving gets. Traffic. Parking. [Ever noticed that in just about every car ad it’s alone on the road? Yeah.]

@ethan-vishniac.bsky.social @augustfly.bsky.social do we have anyone here? Seems to be a lot of discussion about things we've been internally thinking about.

Even on days when I get to spend every waking hour (of his) with my son, there's just never enough time.

What's the state of Python in 2025? We partnered with @python.org for the annual Python Developers Survey, shaped by 30k+ Python devs. 🧑‍💻 Who’s using Python and why 📈 What tools are gaining ground 🌍 How the community is changing Check out the report for more: jb.gg/atwhyz

A terrorist targeted federal workers last week. There wasn’t much reporting on it. But I’m not finished thinking about it! 🧵 An anti-vaxxer fired more than 500 gunshots into CDC Atlanta, shattering 150 “blast-proof” windows on 6 buildings. Employees were pinned down in terror.

I'll admit, I was skeptical when they said Gemini was just like a bunch of PhDs. But I gotta admit they nailed it.

Upon seeing a hippo at the zoo today, my two year old starts shouting "Booboobutt! Booboobutt!" Thanks, @bjnovak.bsky.social.

NEW: @davidemastracci.bsky.social spoke with 13 former Jewish-school students about the “brainwashing,” “indoctrination” and inculcation of anti-Arab racism they endured at the schools. They said the schools play a role in Canadians joining the Israeli military. www.readthemaple.com/youre-litera...

Can't speak highly enough for the EarlyON centres! Been a fantastic place for our family.

Looks like we're affected by the widespread #bellinternet outage in Midtown #toronto

This has taken way too long. www.cbc.ca/news/world/i...

I love mango season in #Toronto

Major power outage in Midtown #toronto around Yonge and Eglinton. Goes as far down as Merton apparently.

GOOD NEWS! Moderna’s combination COVID/influenza vaccine candidate mRNA-1083 has OUTPERFORMED the current standalone vaccines for BOTH viruses in a large (8000+) Phase III trial. A combination vaccine would make it easier for people to get vaccinated against COVID and influenza at the same time. 🧪🧵⬇️

I'll take our Toronto racoons any day.

Get a library card and use it often

Leapfrogging the Global North in terms of energy technology is one of the only ways some of the renewable-laggards (like us in Canada) are ever going to get our acts together. Good on Pakistan!

Some facts about LPC performance under PM Mark Carney’s leadership: Largest vote total for any party ever Largest LPC share of popular vote since 1980 Largest seat count in QC since 1980 Largest seat count in BC ever Seats in every province

Go Bruce!!!

With all sincerity, Elections Canada is a national treasure. - Voting typically takes less than 15 minutes - We make it easy for citizens to vote, without cumbersome registration hurdles - We have every reason to trust that ballots will be counted fairly, and results reported swiftly

So, Canada won. Let's see if it's a clear victory...

Remember to thank your poll staff for their service while voting today. It's a thankless job and they do it quite well given its challenges. #cdnpoli

It’s long past time these platforms were reined in. They’re knowingly creating informative environments that facilitate the spread of conspiracy theories and false information that intentional warp people’s understanding of reality and the world around them.

PhD Timeline xkcd.com/3081

Poilievre rushed to safety after actual journalist question makes it past security

SCOOP — The US sent Iraqi refugee Omar Ameen to Rwanda via new diplomatic relationship in which they've agreed to act as a "third country" for deportees unable to be safely returned to their country of origin, per cables reviewed by me. This is first reported instance. Cable indicates more to come.

Elections Canada sent people to the cancer ward to make sure people didn’t miss their opportunity to vote. I haven’t been this impressed with democracy in Canada since we kept the People’s Party of Canada out of the House of Commons. Twice.

Poilievre’s platform counts on a doubling of Canada’s GDP 🤣. While the world heads into recession. Economists are calling it “Hocus Pocus.” #cdnpoli

And some of our Muslim leaders instead endorse Donald Trump. How are we going to take responsibility for what we've done here to Allah???