Andy Lawrence
@e-astronomer.bsky.social
Active Galaxy Nut and Space Environmentalist. Read Losing The Sky at Amazon, Apple Books, or Google Play. More grooviness at https://andyxlastro.me
A miscellany of sonnets, including my all time favourite sonnet line, “it is the star to every wandering bark”, referring to the North Star, that “ever fixed mark” in the sky. #shakespearesunday #theatresky #shakespeare #astronomy rss.com/podcasts/sli...
It is the star to every wandering bark | Slices of Shakespeare
Today's episode discusses Shakespeare's sonnets. We look at five of my favourites - sonnets 18, 29, 30, 116, and 130.
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Wasn’t the point of 1960s arpanet design that it was decentralised so not vulnerable to single point of attack? How did we lose that?
"I would my horse had the speed of your tongue". Benedick's frustrated response to Beatrice's needling, from Much Ado About Nothing. Featuring the wonderful Ali Bruce @spacedoot.bsky.social #shakespeare #Theatresky #shakespearesunday rss.com/podcasts/sli...
I would my horse had the speed of your tongue | Slices of Shakespeare
Our quote today comes from the first scene featuring the famous lovers Beatrice and Benedick, in the well loved play Much Ado About Nothing.
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I am quite proud of this. How to work towards an actual standard for satellite optical brightness #astronomy www.nature.com/articles/s41...
The prospects for standardization of optical brightness of satellites - Nature Astronomy
Protecting the night sky from optical interference by satellites needs a standard that goes beyond a simple brightness limit to consider the aggregate impact of constellations. We discuss the infrastr...
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As well as featuring a famous quote, this episode of Slices of Shakespeare features @pippagoldschmidt.bsky.social talking about how she switched from #astronomy to novel writing, and how she wasn't allowed to do A-levels in both Physics and English Literature #SciArt rss.com/podcasts/sli...
Sleep, that knits up the ravell'd sleeve of care | Slices of Shakespeare
This tense scene is the pivot point of the famous story of Macbeth.
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Rubin alerts are back on and we are processing them with Lasair #astronomy lasair.lsst.ac.uk/objects/3136...
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I’ll tell you one thing, the next FIFA Peace Prize is pretty much up for grabs at this point.
For Halloween, a bloody episode. Macbeth has murdered King Duncan. He stares at his bloody hands and becomes paranoid, fearing he will never sleep again. After the scene, a fascinating chat with @pippagoldschmidt.bsky.social #shakespeare #Theatresky #shakespearesunday rss.com/podcasts/sli...
Sleep, that knits up the ravell'd sleeve of care | Slices of Shakespeare
This tense scene is the pivot point of the famous story of Macbeth.
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Rubin starting to deliver it's promise!
NSF–DOE Rubin Observatory@rubinobservatory.org · 3w agoMeet our Solar System's newest dwarf planet candidate: 2026 ED138! Orbiting past Pluto, scientists found it in NSF–DOE Rubin Observatory data from earlier this year. Early analysis suggests it's ~600–1500 km across, one of the largest found past Neptune!🔭🧪 🔗: rubinobservatory.org/news/rubin-f...
At the RAS meeting on Dark Skies last week, some prominent amateur astros seemed to be saying that amateur astronomers were not aware of the satellite problem… this surprised me… #astronomy
"Nothing can come of Nothing" - the famous line from the opening scene of Shakespeare's most emotionally wrenching play. This is where Lear's descent into chaos and madness begins. #shakespeare #Theatresky #shakespearesunday rss.com/podcasts/sli...
Nothing can come of Nothing | Slices of Shakespeare
In this famous opening scene from King Lear, the ageing King is trying to get his three daughters to flatter him in order to gain favour as he divides up…
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Noticing that my Python skills keep decaying unless I constantly refresh them. Sigh. Why isn't it like riding a bicycle? Made a nice cup of Da Hong Pao. Maybe that will help.
This episode discusses the line "The Fault Dear Brutus is not in our Stars". It's not really about Stars, but fate and destiny. It continues "..but in ourselves because we are underlings". Rise up and seize the day! #astronomy #Theatresky #shakespeare #shakespearesunday rss.com/podcasts/sli...
The Fault, dear Brutus, is not in our Stars | Slices of Shakespeare
In this episode we explore one of Andy's favourite quotes. It sounds like it's about Astronomy - but its not.
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The phrase "The World's Mine Oyster" originates in The Merry Wives of Windsor. Here, Emma Smith argues it's meaning switched in C20, from "I'll get what I want by force" to "Everything awaits me". Why? Anybody know more about this? #shakespeare #Theatresky #shakespearesunday rss.com/podcasts/sli...
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In this opening episode we look at a familiar everyday phrase. We think we know what it means today - but it's not what Shakespeare meant when he wrote it!
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Fun night at Kailzie Estate with the Tweedale Astro, intriguing ye public with my trusty Seestar. Nice dark sky. Here is M33 in six minutes #astronomy
This is very sane and very interesting ... www.youtube.com/watch?v=LKrw...
There's never been a better time to go into math
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First full episode of Slices of Shakespeare. We kick off with "The World's Mine Oyster", from the Merry Wives of Windsor. Featuring Shakespeare pundit Emma Smith from Oxford, as well as actors Rachel Bhandari and Michael Flett. #shakespeare #Theatresky #shakespearesunday rss.com/podcasts/sli...
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In this opening episode we look at a familiar everyday phrase. We think we know what it means today - but it's not what Shakespeare meant when he wrote it!
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Hmm. If LLMs really are solving maths problems, this must mean the answers were already out there, and so could be statistically assembled from the Internet? Or have I missed something?
Five minute "Welcome" episode up now. First full episode due on Friday, which will be about "The World's Mine Oyster" #Theatresky #shakespeare #shakespearesunday rss.com/podcasts/sli...
Welcome to Slices of Shakespeare | Slices of Shakespeare
In this short introduction Andy explains his love of Shakespeare, and his plan for this podcast - half hour episodes introducing a famous quote,…
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Check out my podcast: Slices of Shakespeare. Each episode takes a famous quote, performs the scene, and chats about the play. Many groovy guests. Astro-prof does the Bard. Trailer live now, full launch Oct 16th. rss.com/podcasts/sli... #Theatresky #shakespeare #shakespearesunday
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Join Professor Andy Lawrence to explore famous lines and phrases from Shakespeare.
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Hypotheses I have heard. (1) AI extinction worry is real (2) Everything is fine. (3) The industry wants to slow down so they have time to achieve the things they promised (4) They want to encourage regulation so only the big boys get to play and pesky startups won't get in. Do we have any evidence?
More office archaeology. Twenty six years ago, these were the consortium votes for the name of what then became the UKIRT Infrared Deep Sky Survey (UKIDSS). I think the acronym won because it was unique in a Google search. Anybody want to own up to voting for the others?
Every so often I rediscover Gregorian Voices. Love it. mynoise.net/NoiseMachine...
Gregorian Voices — Relaxing Music Generator
Music knows neither area, time nor language. These Gregorian chants will touch your soul and bring a marvellous sense of inner peace. Close your eyes, and let the ancient sounds of Monks carry you awa...
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Astronomers spent decades designing the Square Kilometre Array Low (SKA-Low) to hear the faintest whisper in the observable universe — neutral hydrogen signals from the cosmic dawn, when the first stars flickered on roughly 13 billion years ago. What they’re picking up instead is electronic […]
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oh I like this so much. I especially like “weighted networks”. I hadn’t understood why the term “neural networks” has always made me uncomfortable
Emily M. Bender@emilymbender.bsky.social · 2mo ago3. Any press releases & news articles examined for anthropomorphizing language, especially language that locates agency with software rather than people & companies. See: buttondown.com/maiht3k/arch... >>
