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This is a super cool tool! It looks like I'm right where I belong, in the blue circle in between the planetary and exoplanet scientists 🔭

Dr Kareem Carr man: i wish to publish @kareem_carr Jan 21 reviewer 2: your paper is no good man: i'll do anything to improve reviewer 2: it's simple. you must read the work of the great scientist Pagliarini man: *bursts into tears* but i am Pagliarini Andre Pagliarini @apagliar Jan 21 a first: in rejecting an article I submitted to a journal, reviewer 2 noted I failed to engage the work of one Andre Pagliarini Jan 21, 2026 • 3:47 PM UTC

I just thought everyone should see this

I have severely cut back on my bean consumption because they went from (CAD) $0.99 normally to $1.29 on sale :(

NASA Discovers Distant Planet With Conditions That Could Sustain Rocks

NASA Discovers Distant Planet With Conditions That Could Sustain Rocks https://theonion.com/nasa-discovers-distant-planet-with-conditions-that-could-sustain-rocks/

Looks like it'll be a pretty good year

Merriam-Webster’s human editors have chosen ‘slop’ as the 2025 Word of the Year.

On my student's midterm, I think the #1 mistake was that they didn't know the formula for the area of a circle (a cross-section of a sphere) -- the prof fixed it for the exam by writing those formulas on the board

Just like how arXiv uses the Chi to be pronounced like a k/ch sound (archive), it makes latex end in a k/ch sound -- latek/latech

Meet Michael Poon, a PhD student at UofT 🪐 Michael studies a newly observable signature of planetary formation and dynamics: the tilt between a planet’s rotational and orbital axes, aka exoplanetary obliquity! Read all about his research here: casca.ca?page_id=22362

#astronomy #exoplanets 🧪

Movie you’ve watched more than six times with a gif. Hard mode: no Stars (Wars nor Trek), LOTR, or Marvel, Disney Animated or Pixar.

The Princess Bride is always my first choice, but here's a close second (and I've currently only watched KPop Demon Hunters exactly 6 times)

a black screen with green text that says receiving transmission oppy : my batteries are low oppy : it is getting dark ALT: a black screen with green text that says receiving transmission oppy : my batteries are low oppy : it is getting dark

Dating advice:

Tell a man Oppy's last message was "my battery is low and it's getting dark".

If he doesn’t cry, he’s not the one 🚩

Join us for the next public night!

I have eaten
the planets
that were in
the inner solar system
and which
you were probably
saving
for living on

Forgive me
they were delicious
so crunchy
and so warm

🔭 #astrosci

Yeah but 'palindromes' backwards is 'semordnilap' which is a word/phrase that makes a different word/phrase when spelled backwards and that's pretty fun

Meet Fraser Smith, a student at Saint Mary's University studying the impact of various physical processes on the ergodicity of SFMS deviations in galaxy simulations 🌌 Read all about their research here: casca.ca?page_id=22353

#astronomy #extragalactic #astrosci

You're invited to the next public night at Cronyn Observatory!

I don’t really care if AURORA BOREALIS NORTHERN LIGHTS happened to you. It should have happened to me instead.

XKCD meaning of auroras cartoon, showing "normal" at poles, "cool and exciting" in temperate zone, "someone should go check on our satellites" in subtropics, and "A bunch of open questions in Solar-Terrestrial physics are about to be answered" at the tropics

Tapping the XKCD sign again to explain that no, I won't be seeing an aurora tonight. Or at least I really hope not. That would be bad. :)

I made a mistake of opening Bluesky and now I'm cursing the clouds and so jealous of everyone seeing aurorae right now

toronto Clear Sky chart showing all white squares for tonight, meaing total cloud cover

old man yells at cloud from the Simpsons

Yes! It helped me find some papers I was looking for for my comprehensive exam (ch 1 of thesis), and showed a gap in the field. It also recently updated me that a new paper came out on the topic (it was my paper lol)

Merlin the merle coloured great dane, wearing a plastic Halloween necklace covered in chili keychain trinkets.

This is Merlin, the Red Hot Chili Pupper

Celebrate Cronyn Observatory's 85th Anniversary on Oct 25th! Join us for talks on the Observatory's history, explore artifacts, and observe through telescopes (weather permitting). 8-10pm, FREE admission!

Construction crane from the deck of the Hume Cronyn Observatory. Spotlights on, pointed directly at the observatory, and the crane itself is decorated in purple and white Christmas lights. No stars visible in the background.

The light from the spotlight, illuminating the wall through the opening in the dome.

I just got back from practicing with the 10" refractor at our university's observatory! Very fun in concept, until I get there and learn that not only did they turn on the spotlight pointed at us, they bedazzled it with Christmas lights too

Vertical comic structured like flow chart. (1) Einstein had an insight that overturned physics, thus proving his value. (2) I hope *I* have value. I’ll try to have an insight that overturns physics, to check. (3) [Time Passes] (4) Oh no! My insight didn’t overturn physics! But I don’t think I’m worthless… [arrows to two different options] (5a) Healthy Path: Maybe this was not a well-thought-out test of my value. (5b) Path of Ruin: The establishment must be *suppressing* my insight!

Physics Paths

xkcd.com/3155/

Thanks for a fun #MinCup25 this year.
All temporary rivals are forgiven, it was a good match.

And #Kyanite, here's to you.

We are thrilled to announce that our NEW Large Language Model will be released on 11.18.25.