"Oh Salo, this is the best date movie on earth. This is a great date movie. My favorite part of this movie is..."

I'm of the firm view that if a food place has two sizes, neither of them is 'medium'. Those are 'small' and 'large'.

"it's not like that guy could hear what i said" "He 1000% could hear you, why do you think he started laughing at us?" That i easily overheard this exchange on the plane seems a bit fitting.

Apparently i can't get back to California easily, either. There is an irony, perhaps, that American send to want to get rid of interactions with employees, but it's been several of those employees that have made it much easier to get through the problems caused by American's scheduling failures

It's important to take inspiration from elsewhere; after 18 hours of dealing with how badly American Airlines has been at communicating what it thinks its doing my bag, its underscoring how important it is that my code report when it tries to do things but fails, not just reporting what worked

Too bad the world record went to TYC 2505-672-1 and not us.... I still remember receiving an email from the Guinness World Records and thinking there was no way it was real. www.guinnessworldrecords.com/world-record...

Operation "escape from LA" having some success. Some ten hours after getting to LAX, I've reached Phoenix. Granted, i think i was supposed to be in DC like 3 hours ago so that's not much progress, but it's something.

Five concerts you've seen with women lead singers Blondie Bernadette Peters Battle Beast Joan Jett The Go-Gos

This is a canary in the fascist coal mine. It is in fact one of the reasons why I obtained Global Entry, so that I would know when/if it was denied or revoked.

I've talked to people on the ground about the strike here tomorrow, and the single thing everyone brings up is just how shockingly wide the support for the strike is. Businesses that no one would have expected to support it are doing so.

The book I'm writing with Todd Hays (GameShark) about the history of cheat codes is currently up for pre-order. You can also watch a trailer about it! www.youtube.com/watch?v=uRgU...

The sheer audacity that I just saw an ad for Zoom talking about how technology should make things easier when I was 10 minutes late to a zoom meeting today because it had to be reinstalled then I had to google to find instructions to edit a config file to stop it from popping between workspaces

I'm not a squirrelologist, so i don't know what this means for squirrels but this looks how this month has made me feel as a person

This is a WILD thread—that is still ongoing bsky.app/profile/musi...

Support indie games journalism! Adding @butwhytho.net to the list.

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Well, this explains my confusion as a bad cook that looks for exactly what recipes say and not finding things labeled as Yukon gold

I think one song got robbed there (and I don't mean Cruis'n Blast), but a really solid Best Song category this year. @smashinggametime.bsky.social , you guys don't happen to have, like, a YouTube playlist of all the songs that were in the initial list, do you?

For me, glad to see this recognition for Dr. Krupp, because I do still remember how he treated a question from a 9 year old friend like 30 years ago about, I think, Galileo's telescope (in short - he didn't know the answer and took us into the private library at Griffith Observatory to look it up)

Best Words feels like a fun category, even with the mystery quote that Google is pointing towards Sonic Racing Dispatch with some strong entries for that category (it and South of Midnight are the two whose quotes make me more curious to check out the games)

Happy new year! Introducing (drum roll...) the 2026 Grave Plot Film Fest poster! This year's artwork was done by our very own @skeletonyart.bsky.social! Tickets on sale now at graveplotfilmfest.com/tickets!

I really hope this doesn't become a AAS tradition for me. Last year one of my first tasks after getting home was updating my in-laws on our risk from the fires in LA, this year looks like it'll be getting home to check with them how much risk they're at in Victoria from those fires

I think it a point of dedication that I'm on my way to the closing reception for #AAS247 when i could totally be like 15 mi away at the fiesta bowl right now

Appreciating Evgenya Shkolnik making the point during #AAS247 plenary that the telescope ecosystem (and science done with it) benefits from a range of telescopes. Feels to me like smaller and midsize telescopes sometimes get forgotten

More awesome Roman art at #AAS247, this time highlighting the coronagraph. This is great stuff.

Thanks to Mike and Jaymo from @theoldswitcharoo.bsky.social joining us for this one!

Very interesting thing at #AAS247 TESS splinter session highlighting NEO Surveyor mission because discovered objects will benefit from follow up observations that TESS will be able to contribute to that (that's my very bad summary as not a solar system person. Well, i am, but not that way)

At the TESS splinter session of #AAS247, @aussiastronomer.bsky.social discussing exoplanets inc. how planet counts didn't reach her predictions by now, but making new prediction to do that by 2030.

Digging the artwork that NASA has for Roman that leans heavily into the Atari 2600 nostalgia. Unfortunately they don't have those other games available here at #AAS247

Wasn't expecting the #AAS247 session about cultural astronomy to include the importance of preserving the night sky (my bad), but images like this from Danielle Adams' talk about better light usage is a stark contrast showing how light can be used better

Another item in the things you like to see/hear at #AAS247, now had two graduating students pick up info for programs for ongoing students (so, not personally eligible) so that they can share it with other people in their programs. Speaks to a sense of community, which is important

When you think about it, it's a bit backwards that when i walked through the lobby of the #AAS247 conference hotel I'm in, it was weird that there was a wizard, but it got a lot less weird walking into the convention center and passing Mario kart racers and a Sim (curious what else is going on now)

#NITARP at #aas247 🔭🧪 www.ipac.caltech.edu/news/teachin...

Check out the @caltechipac.bsky.social booth at #AAS247! Also, be sure to ask about our student opportunities! (www.ipac.caltech.edu/page/students) 🔭

I really want to figure out why traveling to conferences in the last couple years (basically post-COVID) feel like I've wrapped my sleep cycle around a tree. Especially as both regular travel and non-travel conferences seem fine.

How observatories respond to wildfire session at #AAS247 🔭 highlighting how much around Mount Wilson has burned at some point in the last 16 or so years. Shaded areas burnt. Highlights the threat posed and the importance of planning in a way that impacts me more than pictures of flames do

Words i like to hear at the end of a talk about new exoplanet candidates at #AAS247: "our next step is to submit them to ExoFOP at community candidates"

We are at #AAS247! Come by the IPAC booth and say hi!

The thing that I didn't realize with workshops, and am greatly noticing with #AAS247, is that running a workshop has meant I've gone from being tired of AAS by like, Wednesday... to feeling done before the opening reception even happens. But a successful workshop, at least.

As someone that deals with stars and exoplanets, that the meeting rooms at #AAS247 are labeled on the wall with upper and lower case simultaneously (e.g. 121 b and 121 B) is irrationally distressing.

I enjoy the mild airport comedy as one flight crew trying to get somewhere shows up while the gate agents are waiting for the actual flight crew to show up to start boarding. (Clearly a pain for people working, but it all got resolved and no one got heated)

Watching this Sugar Bowl ceremony and seeing that trophy, I can accept that we're calling that a bowl even though it is closer to a goblet or something, but I don't think there's any sugar in it at all.

For anyone that is going to #AAS247 🔭, there's a pre-conference workshop on neuroinclusion on Jan 3rd, 10am-4pm that still has space for those interested (any career stages) The workshop will include: - Practical neuroinclusive teaching and mentoring strategies (they work for everyone!) (cont.)

Dicey Dungeons is $1.99 on US eShop buff.ly/WQJ9HH0 $3.74 Steam buff.ly/dHllXlV $5.09 GOG buff.ly/oDj9U2W

It's the seasonal time for me to reshare this Marley & Marley & Me poster from when I need to get this idea out of my brain a couple years ago. In sum, Muppet Christmas Carol rules

New CBS logo just dropped

New CBS logo just dropped

Listening to the Jeff Bezos episode of Behind the Bastards and before it started I got an Amazon ad. I finally got an ironic ad during it. Now that's a nice way to wrap up 2025