John Stott
@jpsastro.bsky.social
Astrophysicist at Lancaster University. Mainly galaxy evolution, environment and feedback. Recent foray into machine learning and icebergs.
PanStar Acro, bound for Europe via Arctic, is testing whether a route opened by melting sea ice is commercially viable.
South Korea sending first container ship through Arctic route
PanStar Acro, bound for Europe via Arctic, is testing whether a route opened by melting sea ice is commercially viable.
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I’m seeing this sort of thing on campus at the various eateries… can’t stand it.
Robert Komaniecki@komaniecki.bsky.social · 2w agoHow do I explain to small business owners that the menu on the left is one billion times more appealing than the one on the right
News guy just said: ‘there’s been an acceleration in the speed of the rise in the cost of living’… how many derivatives is that? 🧪 #academicsky
🚨 STUDENTS: A siren warning will blast from your phone daily at 7am to test our new 'Lecture Attendance' alert system.
Admissions teams accepting students through Clearing.
Haha amazing, I don't use any of these things, and no one did 4 years ago but somehow everything is/was fine.
Ayo@darrylayo.bsky.social · 4w agoGuys like this don’t realize that they are the freak
We are hiring! Faculty positions in observational and computational group (one each). aas.org/jobregister/...
Assistant or Associate Professor in Observational Astronomy | American Astronomical Society
The Centre for Extragalactic Astronomy (CEA), part of Durham University Department of Physics, invites applications for a permanent faculty member at the level of Assistant or Associate Professor.
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We should never forget how the BBC has changed this country by giving endless airtime to Nigel Farage and other rightwing extremists, while shutting out progressive voices.
Nicolas Chinardet@zefrog.eu · 4w agoAnd why is #r4today giving (yet again) such prominence to a hair-brained scheme that has little chance to ever be implemented? A GE is unlikely soon and the threat of Reform winning it is apparently receding. What is the justification for legitimising it?
I have started running Claude alongside the book I am writing on ants, as well as just letting Google Gemini do its thing at the top when I do Google search. It is not doing any writing I am using, and I am always checking the results against primary sources.
"UKRI wants to tell a big story about science funding going up, but instead is mired in a row over a fairly minor sum that has angered scientists and sections of the public. One does not have to be an astronomer to know that optics matter." 💯
The Guardian view on the Lovell telescope: budget cuts to physics are bad science and worse politics | Editorial
Editorial: Funders have picked a damaging fight with scientists and the public. They should reconsider their plans
theguardian.com
Chuckle o'clock: over on stargazers lounge (ace place for 🔭chat) someone got v confused about the whole 🇬🇧Astronomer Royal vs 🏴Astronomer Royal thing, accusing me of closing #JodrellBank to undermine the UK for Scottish supremacy (paraphrased). The response was mighty & furious 💪 poster apologised 🙏
Short-sighted, stupid cuts to the UKRI budget include shutting down Jodrell Bank, the icon of British astronomy. (Many other cuts too, including 20% to our brand new @vrubinobs.bsky.social). Interesting politically to shut down a major facility in...um..Manchester 🔭 www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Jodrell Bank's Lovell telescope faces axe in science cuts, BBC understands
Astronomers warn it would tear the heart out of UK science, and leave a generation untrained.
bbc.co.uk
Updated: Jodrell Bank telescope loses funding as STFC confirms cuts. www.researchprofessionalnews.com/rr-news-uk-r...
Jodrell Bank telescope loses funding as STFC confirms cuts - Research Professional News
Science and Technology Facilities Council announces nine projects “not prioritised for further funding”
researchprofessionalnews.com
So the ‘this is confusing’ camp (mostly exoplanet people) seem to think (some) brown dwarfs are not stars, but they are also not planets. It’s not an attitude I think has spread (yet) to the rest of astro, so I guess we’re in another confusing nomenclature melange.
Chris Lintott @chrislintott.bsky.social · last mo.I find myself confused here. The new object is in orbit around a star. It’s a planet, not a moon. The fact that that star is in orbit around another star seems neither here nor there. 🔭
I find myself confused here. The new object is in orbit around a star. It’s a planet, not a moon. The fact that that star is in orbit around another star seems neither here nor there. 🔭
ESO@eso.org · last mo.That's no moon. It's a...hang on, what should we call it? 🤔 Our VLT has revealed evidence for a moon-like object in the CD-35 2722 system. Yet this new ‘exomoon’ detection is challenging cosmic labels! 🔭 🧪 #exoplanets 1/4
Family holiday unearths 'mind-blowing' ancient discovery
Family holiday unearths 'mind-blowing' ancient discovery
The "once in a lifetime" discovery could rewrite history, researchers say.
bbc.co.uk
Prediction for tonight: Early goal England then attempt to park the bus for the rest of the match. Bellingham sent off for last minute VAR checked challenge on Messi in the box. Pen… 1 all. Extra time England ‘defend like lions’ and hold on. We lose on penalties.
World In Motion - John Barnes
Alt: World In Motion - John Barnes
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"Fundamental research should not be allowed to decline through attrition while public statements continue to suggest it is being protected." @jim-wild.bsky.social in @resprofnews.bsky.social today. Well worth a read. www.researchprofessionalnews.com/rr-news-uk-v...
Only long-term funding will save UK's fundamental science - Research Professional News
Jim Wild explains what the STFC settlement tells us about the future of fundamental research funding policy in the UK
researchprofessionalnews.com
Ancient? But they’re observed in the early universe 😉 🧪🔭 #extragalactic #cosmology
European Space Agency@esa.int · 2mo agoOur space telescope Euclid has discovered 31 ancient quasars in the early Universe, including the two oldest ever observed. Their light has travelled for more than 13 billion years, taking us back to when the cosmos was just 5% of its current age. 🌌🧪🔭 Read more 👉 www.esa.int/Science_Expl...
I’d be curious to see what Birmingham’s leaders would say if somewhere else suggested the cut should be one above Birmingham 🧪 #academicsky
Research Professional News@resprofnews.bsky.social · 2mo agoConcentrating research in fewer UK universities splits vice-chancellors. Birmingham leader’s call to focus on 20-30 institutions amid surging applications contested by fellow VCs. www.researchprofessionalnews.com/rr-news-uk-u...
Oof! Not a good idea 🧪 #academicsky
Research Professional News@resprofnews.bsky.social · 2mo agoConcentrating research in fewer UK universities splits vice-chancellors. Birmingham leader’s call to focus on 20-30 institutions amid surging applications contested by fellow VCs. www.researchprofessionalnews.com/rr-news-uk-u...
“Following careful consideration, I have decided to step aside from my role as Vice-Chancellor for a period of approximately 24 hours, after which I will assume the role of Vice-Chancellor.” -VC