Survived another week and got a good teaching eval from a colleague who sat in my class

I was also talking about Solar System gas giant spectra and how unique they look between filters. I then proceeded to say hot while starting at the very bottom of the stellar CMD.

Screaming. Said 2000 K was hot in class today.

Camera | SDSS

Its just this one www.sdss4.org/instruments/... but we were looking at detector packages in class today.

There’s a whole thread of these — letters from detained children who are scared and suffering.

It is a matter of moral urgency to abolish ICE.

Referred to the SDSS CCD + Filter image from Gunn+1998 as artistic because it is!!!!!!

A whiteboard that asks "What is your dream valentines day date?" In pink with vines surrounding the board

An answer saying "Divorce!"

"Psychward"

Drawing a toilet roll in class made me super happy though!

We are at the part of art class where we are learning value. But I color like a toddler.

UA student detained by ICE, speaks out on treatment A University of Arizona international student named Yassine Halhoul was detained in an ICE detention facility for a month during the fall 2025 semester, despite his student visa being valid. Halhoul s...

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Survived my 8 meeting day. Amen.

2025 Scialog: Early Science with the LSST Awards RCSA, the Heising-Simons Foundation, the Leinweber Foundation, and Kevin Wells are awarding $1,254,000 total to support the research of seven collaborative teams of scientists from colleges, universit...

RCSA, @heisingsimonsfdn.bsky.social, the Leinweber Foundation, and Kevin Wells are funding the research of 7 collaborative teams in the 2nd year of #Scialog: Early Science with the #LSST, a 3-year initiative to ignite discovery with the @vrubinobs.bsky.social's Legacy Survey of Space and Time.

The University of Arizona Basketball team is doing an astronomy night ("Galaxy Slam") and they put out a trailer with astronomers from Steward and the Lunar and Planetary Laboratory, including NIRCam PI Marcia Rieke, and I love it, it's *so* endearingly dorky.

This week Im giving an invited talk at Arizona Photonics in the astronomy session. Im sharing an instrument concept I submitted to the LBT SAC/Board.

A photo of Marcia Rieke giving planery at AAS

The GOAT #AAS247

The Lazuli Space Observatory: Architecture & Capabilities The Lazuli Space Observatory is a 3-meter aperture astronomical facility designed for rapid-response observations and precision astrophysics across visible to near-infrared wavelengths (400-1700 nm ba...

New paper day! arxiv.org/abs/2601.02556 🔭🧪

I love how my drawing class is ages 12 to 70.

It’s not about drugs. If it was, Trump wouldn’t have pardoned one of the largest narco traffickers in the world last month.

It’s about oil and regime change.

And they need a trial now to pretend that it isn’t. Especially to distract from his sinking under Epstein and skyrocketing healthcare costs.

this year was very challenging, but I also feel gratitude.

Please consider signing up. Myself and several @stewardobservatory.bsky.social faculty will be in attendance.

An infrared image of the planet Jupiter, showing its atmospheric heat patterns in glowing shades of orange and gold against a black background. The image highlights the planet’s distinct horizontal bands: the darker, cooler cloud decks appear as deep brown or black stripes, while the warmer, deeper layers of the atmosphere glow brightly. A prominent dark oval in the southern hemisphere represents the Great Red Spot, which appears cool in this thermal view. Smaller swirling vortices are visible across the entire surface

This week’s image is of Jupiter! Since this image comes from Gemini North NIRI, which has a field of view of 22x22”, a mosaic of multiple images was used to obtain this stunning portrait peering into Jupiter’s cloud-forming region. Check out a few paper highlights in the thread! #Astronomy

Sitting in a 1980s living room and watching archival news footage of residents describing how pollution from Hughes Aircraft negatively impacted them was moving.

The Living with Injury exhibition at Tucson's MOCA was really good.

Super proud of one my undergrads who has done an initial M-band imaging reduction from scratch over the semester.

A promotional flyer for the “Black In Astro & CSMA Networking Dinner” at the 247th American Astronomical Society (AAS) Meeting. The design features a navy blue, yellow, and white color scheme with abstract shapes and photos of a table setting with plates, glasses, and warm lights. Text on the flyer reads: “Join us for Black In Astro & CSMA Networking Dinner. 247th American Astronomical Society (AAS) Meeting, Phoenix, AZ. January 6, 2026, 6:30 PM–9:30 PM. Phoenix, AZ; location to be announced. A space for Black In Astro and CSMA members and interested allies to meet and network. Open to all attendees of the 247th AAS conference.” Logos for Black In Astro and CSMA appear at the top. A note at the bottom thanks several sponsors, and a circular badge says “Express your interest by December 22nd.”

Black In Astro and CSMA are hosting a free networking dinner at the 247th AAS Meeting in Phoenix, AZ! Come connect with fellow community members, explore research collaborations, grad/postdoc opportunities, and more. Let’s grow and support each other!
#AAS247

Even though Garen is a severely boosted character, I love the Miami Vice skin.

I love driving into the sun along the 210 west during rush hour !

BIG BREAKING: Democrat Zohran Mamdani is elected Mayor of New York City, in the largest turnout vote since 1969. He becomes the first Muslim and immigrant mayor of New York City, and the first Muslim to be elected of a major U.S. city.