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It's very easy, and often justified, to feel negatively about LLMs and their impacts on humanity. This blog post is a great example of an important criticism balanced with constructive suggestions for how to overcome the main pitfalls of using LLMs for learning.

the internet never fails to disappoint...

Thanksgiving isn't really a thing in Australia but I am certainly thankful to have this majestical floof in my life 🥹

It's very easy, and often justified, to feel negatively about LLMs and their impacts on humanity. This blog post is a great example of an important criticism balanced with constructive suggestions for how to overcome the main pitfalls of using LLMs for learning.

Awesome new work by @emilykerrison.bsky.social discovering a whole heap of new peaked spectrum radio galaxies! 📡🔭🧪⚛️ arxiv.org/abs/2509.21233

~ Frank, Destination Wedding

When people ask what the scientific method looks like, show them this video.

Thanksgiving isn't really a thing in Australia but I am certainly thankful to have this majestical floof in my life 🥹

(un)surprisingly fun

When people ask what the scientific method looks like, show them this video.

the internet never fails to disappoint...

Nothing like taking in a beautiful sunset after presenting your research, especially when you're at a conference about stars 🌟🔭 📸 @astrolaura.com #astronomy #space #sunset #stars

Nothing like taking in a beautiful sunset after presenting your research, especially when you're at a conference about stars 🌟🔭 📸 @astrolaura.com #astronomy #space #sunset #stars

🎂 It's #ScienceSocks 6th anniversary! 🥳 Celebrate with me by raising money for #STEM! 🤑 For the next 48h I will donate: * 20% of sales on sciencesocks.co#ScienceSocks👈 * $1 per repost Get a head start on #holiday shopping 😎 Please like, repost and let's party🕺💃 🔭🐡🧪🎨#bsnm

a NEW PAPER led the incomparable Dr. Elizabeth Iles (accepted by PASA) quantifies how astronomers might be biased in how they judge galactic bars Turns out that male astronomers are consistently more optimistic than their peers when it comes to measuring length arxiv.org/abs/2511.09908 #astro

a NEW PAPER led the incomparable Dr. Elizabeth Iles (accepted by PASA) quantifies how astronomers might be biased in how they judge galactic bars Turns out that male astronomers are consistently more optimistic than their peers when it comes to measuring length arxiv.org/abs/2511.09908 #astro

This is your final week to apply for the Professor Harry Messel Research Fellowship. A 3 year position open to women in any area of #Physics or #Astronomy at the University of Sydney @sydney.edu.au Deadline: 16th November ⚛️ 🔭 ☄️

you can enjoy watching the lightning with me live on this website: www.narrabri.atnf.csiro.au/weather/ligh...

spending Friday night waiting for a thunderstorm to pass so that I can start my telescope observations

~ Frank, Destination Wedding

I've been thinking a bit about how talking about aliens affects how we share new astronomy discoveries, so I wrote an article about it 👽🔭🧪 theconversation.com/is-it-aliens...

can't believe we've been complaining for nearly 3000 years

When you feel the irrepressible urge to constantly check the status of a recently submitted paper:

surely this is just a temporary bug, right? RIGHT!?

on to the next one I guess

Looks like a decent round for astronomy!

Huge fan of Dr. Katie Mack, and much love for all she does for physics & astronomy + outreach. With that said, this statement is incomplete and misleading. A thread... > Chatbots — LLMs — do not know facts True! They don't "know" anything.

new correlator who dis?

Yesterday I had the esteemed privilege of presenting my latest research in front of Dame Jocelyn Bell Burnell at a @sydney.edu.au science symposium. What an incredible honour to speak about my work on unknown radio objects in the presence of the person who discovered pulsars! 📸 @cosmicrami.com

Yesterday I had the esteemed privilege of presenting my latest research in front of Dame Jocelyn Bell Burnell at a @sydney.edu.au science symposium. What an incredible honour to speak about my work on unknown radio objects in the presence of the person who discovered pulsars! 📸 @cosmicrami.com

Aside from this excellent opportunity to talk personally with a Titan from my field, heard lots of fantastic talks at the Science Symposium for JBB organised by @astrolaura.com and @manishacaleb.bsky.social — so good! Got to share my research too! 📸 @funfactscience.com @astrokirsten.bsky.social

just wrapped another recording with another brilliant scientist! (always looking for more nerdy guests 🤓) docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

I'm sure I don't know what you mean...

just wrapped another recording with another brilliant scientist! (always looking for more nerdy guests 🤓) docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

A part of you has existed since almost the moment of creation. 🌌💥🧪 Astrophysicist @erikahamden.bsky.social ‬breaks down how the hydrogen in your body was formed within the first 20 minutes after the Big Bang.

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Radio observations with the Allen Telescope Array (ATA) have, as part of an international observing campaign, helped discover an unprecedented burst of radio activity from a tidal disruption event (TDE). 🧪 🔭 👩‍🔬 Image credit: NSF/AUI/NSF NRAO/P. Vosteen Learn more: www.seti.org/news/allen-t...

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any other #astro folks having issues with VizieR? 🔭☄️

When a surprise trip to the pet dentist derails your paper-writing plans, but at least you have the bravest dog in the southern hemisphere

fresh off the arXiv presses (and accepted to PASP): an absolutely stellar review paper by Lynn Matthews about the radio stars conference held at @haystack.mit.edu last year 📡✨ arxiv.org/abs/2509.21467

When a surprise trip to the pet dentist derails your paper-writing plans, but at least you have the bravest dog in the southern hemisphere

fresh off the arXiv presses (and accepted to PASP): an absolutely stellar review paper by Lynn Matthews about the radio stars conference held at @haystack.mit.edu last year 📡✨ arxiv.org/abs/2509.21467

*sighs in proper motion

My social media manager for this one is Helen, but I'm pretty chuffed to win the Solar System category at the Malins for the third time in the last five years (move over Brisbane Lions, I'm doing back-to-back wins too 🤣). Congrats to the other winners and finalists too, some great images again

Proud of @deep-twilight.bsky.social, following his 2024 Solar System category win in the Malin awards (Australia's premier Astrophoto comp) with another in 2025. This time for a beaut sequence of Saturn through equinox.

Awesome new work by @emilykerrison.bsky.social discovering a whole heap of new peaked spectrum radio galaxies! 📡🔭🧪⚛️ arxiv.org/abs/2509.21233

can we have (data)class outside?! thankful to have such a peaceful work environment to write/code today

Huge congrats to @cosmicrami.com on getting his first paper accepted, for publication in @pasajournal.bsky.social Let's goooo pulsar boy! 💫 📡 arxiv.org/abs/2509.18972