Well, that was not the aging male Republican senator who went along with Trump despite knowing better with a round chin whose obituary I was expecting to wake up to.

Thank you whoever was in charge of NYT Connections today! Time to go listen to some good music.

Time to take a somewhat indirect route home after 9.5 weeks in Europe.

There's occasionally still some worthwhile insights at the other place

Happy Canada Day from Denmark!

In Denmark about to watch the Finnish broadcast of the Canada-South Africa match.

The hydrogen in the water I drink daily. Not sure you can get *any* older tbh.

Going to show my age... 29.

Yes the following thoughts are consistent: AC is good, worthwhile, will save many lives, and should become part of buildings. AC takes time and money to implement in buildings that were not designed for it, so buildings without AC may not have it this year even if everyone thinks it is a good idea.

Happy Helsinki Pride!

Gooooal! One more!

How underappreciated mathematician Emmy Noether helped prove physics' most fundamental theories www.scientificamerican.com/article/how-...

whoa - the JWST CMDs of globular clusters in this paper are ridiculous!! arxiv.org/abs/2606.20979

Britain is just that tweet about feeding stray cats to coyotes except it's prime ministers

The Al Gebra terrorism meme, but it's Al Gae.

This is easily the most "Curtains for Zoosha" headline I've seen in the wild. www.cbc.ca/news/enterta...

Hyvää Juhannusta! Happy Solstice!

What if I could convert the light from my computer monitor into something other than existential dread

Cosplaying Lena and Niko from Sorjonen in front of NBI headquarters. #Helsinki #Vantaa #Sorjonen #NordicNoir

I appear to have officially reached I-sound-like-I-speak-Finnish-even-though-I-don’t level, which seems to happen in every language I learn.

Where are my fellow goths, darkwave, synthpop, EBM, dark electro and ethereal wave peeps?? I want to see you all and follow you, support you and beef up the gothic community here.

Finnish words don't look quite so imposing to me anymore... until I'm running through word lists and get to something like käyttäytyä.

Happy Pride!

Dear colleagues, PLEASE submit a comment against OMB's proposed rule. Elizabeth wrote great guide on drafting a comment. To submit it, go to www.regulations.gov/search and search for OMB-2026-0034. It will take time & effort to write a good comment, but a worthwhile effort to save our profession.

Finnish rabbits are the size of small dogs. I finally caught one on camera.

Wondering how long at current rates before I will have eaten my body weight in salmiakki.

Reasons to continue Hubble operations in the era of JWST, Rubin, Roman... one of the white papers from the community. arxiv.org/abs/2410.011...

Friends! So proud of @astrokirsten.bsky.social who has made the Forbes 30 under 30 list this year! Fantastic achievement and so well deserved for all her hard work.👏🏽🥹 Also, she’s an awesome person! Don’t think she spends too much time here on BSky but go say congrats over on Insta!

Our first event in Starkville, MS is happening next Thursday! Hope to see you there🪐🔭 More info: astronomyontap.org/event/astron...

That’s the most cat thing ever, with sass. 😹

Always shocked at how bad most baseball commentary is when I have to watch a different feed.

Associate emeritus? Assistant emeritus? Perhaps the Retired Engineer Chair of Science?

Happy Bela Lugosi visibility day to all who celebrate! 🦇 🦇 🦇 #WorldGothDay

Introduce yourself with 10 bands you’ve seen live: Depeche Mode Einstuerzende Neubauten Tori Amos VNV Nation Suzanne Vega Pzycho Bitch The Irish Descendants The Crüxshadows The Tragically Hip Poor Angus

Announcing v.1.2.1 of GravHopper, the easy-to-use computationally-efficient Python-interface N-body code. New in this version: calculate potentials from a particle distribution. github.com/jbailinua/gr... gravhopper.readthedocs.io

When I was young all the stores played was boring old people music. Fortunately, as I’ve gotten older it’s been replaced with bangers from my youth.

I assume most people go through a similar rollercoaster when they're preparing a proposal: This idea is great! No, it's rubbish and everyone will hate it Wait, this part is really cool! Ah, this bit won't work though OH NOW WE'RE COOKING!! Submit! Elation! ... oh man it's awful, why did I bother.

Slightly increase a band Def Snow Leppard 10.6

@rikiwilchins.bsky.social 2026 May CICnews Canada is now providing trans Americans with Canadian ancestry expedited processing of citizenship applications, some in as little as 2 weeks as thousands have applied in order to have a back-up to their U.S. citizenship.

I used to be type 2 but the really hard stuff upsets my stomach these days. I've toned back to insanity joe's devilsnuggling sauce.

Ottawa gets outshot 142-94 over the series and win because Gwyneth Philips. It's about the most Ottawa Charge thing imaginable. Also, it's driving me nuts to be in a timezone for the playoffs where I can't watch them!

Olen Helsingissä! I am in Helsinki!

Just got back from a wonderful time at MatthiasFest! You need to turn 60 more often!

🔭 A cautionary tale for undergrads (and above!) using AI for #astro plots: our BSc student wanted to make a "quick" HR diagram showcasing M-dwarfs & thought some chatbot could make one and... well... ...extra credits are now offered to students who can correctly find all errors on cursedHR.png 🫠 🧪

Slightly diminish a book: Les Inconfortables

I am going to miss these beasts for the next 2 months (and even more the one off on a different bed in another room). Söpöt kiltit eläint! (Did I even vaguely get that right??)

53 hours until arrival in Finland!

2FA sounds great until you get a new phone and need to figure out how to transfer each individual token on 4 different apps, many of which take individual phone calls.

Come join us soon!!