still frame from the beginning of Twin Peaks it is February 24th and Special Agent Dale Cooper arrived in the town of Twin Peaks
Good morning
@giantmolecular.cloud
Astrophysics PhD student; Studies galaxy evolution; Astrobites author; Artist; Weirdo and also fun dude; Webmaster at https://giantmolecular.cloud; Uses they/them pronouns; Transgender;
still frame from the beginning of Twin Peaks it is February 24th and Special Agent Dale Cooper arrived in the town of Twin Peaks
Good morning
Astrobites is partnering with @blackinastro.bsky.social this year for Black Space Week! If youโd like to register to participate as a writer or interviewee you can fill out the Google Form below or in the QR code in the flyer! The deadline is Friday March 6th.
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Heathcliff sits atop a stack of garbage cans, piled high. He holds his hand to his ear, struggling to hear a sanitation worker standing by a garbage truck down on the ground. The sanitation worker says "I said, 'I don't like you very much.'"
18 Feb 2026
especially disappointing because a) i had amazing reviews and feedback from 2/3 reviewers and b) got absolutely screwed by last years changes so i couldn't apply as a grad student ๐ซ
seeing talk about un reviewed GRFP applications. super disappointing. when i applied during undergrad (2023) i had one reviewer who clearly didn't read my material. put a single period in each review box and scored me straight middle-of-the-road. don't know how common this was at the time. ๐งช
โYouโre the Jans-key to my happinessโ w a photo of Karl Jansky
The NRAO released some radio astronomy valentines and NGL this one is making me giggle ๐
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u chicago not on the list lmao
Heathcliff leaps into the air, holding two buns out in front of him. He's chasing a group of birds, who fly away from him. Two men watch from a park bench, and one of them says "He's trying to make a sandwich."
13 Feb 2026
Bonar Insurance
Churubusco, IN
CONFIRMED BY SCIENCE: anyone more online than me is a loser phone addict and everyone less online than me are basic underdeveloped normies
my flight from NL to Boston was cancelled so i now have a 2 hour layover in Detroit on my new flight
this is just enough time to smash one (1) coney dog at the airport Coney Island before returning to massachusetts
#Geese #The #Band
I KNEW A MAN
HE SAT BEHIND A DESK THAT WAS A MILLION FEET WIDEEEEE
BUT HE LAID DOWN HIS HAMMER AND HE DIEDDDDD
โThe Object of that incomprehensible Being, which alone and in himself comprehends and constitutes supreme Perfection.โ
One of the 32 stunning illustrative plates to feature in Thomas Wright's An Original Theory or New Hypothesis of the Universe (1750): publicdomainreview.org/collection/a...
a small replica of JWST
a large replica of JWST
if i had a nickel for every replica of JWST i saw in Leiden i would have two nickels
sorry for being cringe I'm trying to enjoy being alive
giving up hope is the mind killer. i've already deposited every cent i own into fanduel to bet on your success
andy my goat
i still believe in you!!!!!!
i have been trying to slowly push people towards exactly this (especially in astronomy)๐๏ธhosting your own slightly weird website and joining web rings is a great way to not hate your time spent socializing online
you won it in my heart
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Barry Windsor-Smith
i have just gotten off a productive call with sauron where i laid out our requests
- nazgul bodycams
- morgul knife must remain sheathed unless suspect is determined to be carrying the one ring
- shelob will be the new point of contact
very related is the deep seated feeling of home sickness. god i miss the midwest
no gloves no jacket just fueled by corn and a fear of god
asserting my dominance over the new englanders by shoveling my car out of 2 feet of snow wearing nothing but a fur cap and sweatshirt
From Drew Lapeer @giantmolecular.cloud: Todayโs paper presents an intriguing new object, which may be a early-Universe supermassive black hole shedding its gas cocoon! โ๏ธ ๐ญ โ๏ธ ๐งช
astrobites.org/2026/01/26/x...
this is likely a product of my inability to decouple my personal and work lives. i will be taking no action to do so #academia
waiting for important (dare i say "life changing") emails is a unique form of torture which is all too prevalent in the modern world