Jeremy Bailin
@astrobailin.bsky.social
Astronomy, coffee, politics, music, cats, sports, computing. Not always in that order. Canada/Alabama/Arizona. He/him.
Today's colloquium speaker "Astroseismology gives us stellar ages that are good to 10%. For astronomy, that's amazing! Most people can't even guess my age to a factor of 2."
February 12, 2026 at 3:19 AM
Today's colloquium speaker "Astroseismology gives us stellar ages that are good to 10%. For astronomy, that's amazing! Most people can't even guess my age to a factor of 2."
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February 8, 2026 at 6:01 PM
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I'd watch a muppet show movie where the muppets infiltrate an academic conference.
February 7, 2026 at 2:45 PM
I'd watch a muppet show movie where the muppets infiltrate an academic conference.
The thing that truly confuses me, as a professional physicist, is that there were enough people to even make this ethical choice. I cannot imagine when in my life I would have even had the opportunity to say “No Jeffrey, I do not want to go to pedophile island.”
European Scientists who said NO to Epstein-funding are the heroines of this hour🦸♀️
They show: It was your choice to SAY NO to Epstein's $ as scientist- you just had to have ethics & a spine
Kudos to Physicist IVETTE FUENTES who said NO
She was working at @quantumunivie.bsky.social @univie.ac.at
They show: It was your choice to SAY NO to Epstein's $ as scientist- you just had to have ethics & a spine
Kudos to Physicist IVETTE FUENTES who said NO
She was working at @quantumunivie.bsky.social @univie.ac.at
February 3, 2026 at 3:43 AM
The thing that truly confuses me, as a professional physicist, is that there were enough people to even make this ethical choice. I cannot imagine when in my life I would have even had the opportunity to say “No Jeffrey, I do not want to go to pedophile island.”
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I really enjoyed participating in CCUW+IP (Canadian Conference for Undergraduate Women+ in Physics) this weekend @science.ubc.ca by sitting on a panel and judging posters. It was great to meet so many inspiring young #WomenInPhysics . 🧪⚛️🎢👩🔬🔭
February 2, 2026 at 11:04 PM
I really enjoyed participating in CCUW+IP (Canadian Conference for Undergraduate Women+ in Physics) this weekend @science.ubc.ca by sitting on a panel and judging posters. It was great to meet so many inspiring young #WomenInPhysics . 🧪⚛️🎢👩🔬🔭
I AM ON FIRE; KEEP CLEAR OF ME
January 30, 2026 at 5:47 PM
I AM ON FIRE; KEEP CLEAR OF ME
Did I convince spouse to watch Heated Rivalry with me? Yes, I did.
Did I convince her to like it? Yes, I did.
Did we just both ugly cry when Scott Hunter came out in episode 5? Yes, we did.
Did I ugly cry so hard I scared the cat and got a giant scratch on my arm? ...
Maybe?
Did I convince her to like it? Yes, I did.
Did we just both ugly cry when Scott Hunter came out in episode 5? Yes, we did.
Did I ugly cry so hard I scared the cat and got a giant scratch on my arm? ...
Maybe?
January 25, 2026 at 1:42 AM
Did I convince spouse to watch Heated Rivalry with me? Yes, I did.
Did I convince her to like it? Yes, I did.
Did we just both ugly cry when Scott Hunter came out in episode 5? Yes, we did.
Did I ugly cry so hard I scared the cat and got a giant scratch on my arm? ...
Maybe?
Did I convince her to like it? Yes, I did.
Did we just both ugly cry when Scott Hunter came out in episode 5? Yes, we did.
Did I ugly cry so hard I scared the cat and got a giant scratch on my arm? ...
Maybe?
Is Tahoe supposed to actually work? The UI has bugs all over the place, selecting wrong menu items (different from where the mouse is hovering), can't drag and drop correctly... I've never seen an OSX release in the wild like this before.
January 24, 2026 at 10:18 PM
Is Tahoe supposed to actually work? The UI has bugs all over the place, selecting wrong menu items (different from where the mouse is hovering), can't drag and drop correctly... I've never seen an OSX release in the wild like this before.
The PWHL official standings is... weird. Each team is listed with W-OTW-OTL-L, but for some reason OTW is a subset of W while OTL is NOT a subset of L. Either would be a defensible choice, but the combination is bizarre!
Why not explicitly say regulation wins/losses: RW-OTW-OTL-RL?
Why not explicitly say regulation wins/losses: RW-OTW-OTL-RL?
January 23, 2026 at 11:28 PM
The PWHL official standings is... weird. Each team is listed with W-OTW-OTL-L, but for some reason OTW is a subset of W while OTL is NOT a subset of L. Either would be a defensible choice, but the combination is bizarre!
Why not explicitly say regulation wins/losses: RW-OTW-OTL-RL?
Why not explicitly say regulation wins/losses: RW-OTW-OTL-RL?
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A self-described "little farm girl" in the Jim Crow Era, Gladys West's complex and pioneering work for the U.S. Navy helped to improve billions of lives — and keep us from getting lost. n.pr/3YVSGJK
Gladys West, mathematician whose work paved the way for GPS, dies at 95
A self-described "little farm girl" in the Jim Crow Era, Gladys West's complex and pioneering work for the U.S. Navy helped to improve billions of lives — and keep us from getting lost.
n.pr
January 23, 2026 at 6:54 PM
A self-described "little farm girl" in the Jim Crow Era, Gladys West's complex and pioneering work for the U.S. Navy helped to improve billions of lives — and keep us from getting lost. n.pr/3YVSGJK
Best point at SGMA meet and greet at AAS: someone at the table said the phrase "Greek flag meme" and it had universal recognition (much to the relief of the person who brought it up, who was worried they would need to describe it).
January 23, 2026 at 2:53 AM
Best point at SGMA meet and greet at AAS: someone at the table said the phrase "Greek flag meme" and it had universal recognition (much to the relief of the person who brought it up, who was worried they would need to describe it).
My laptop just upgraded to Tahoe.
Please, dear lord, please tell me there is a way to make everything smaller. The gigantic 18-wheeler-making-a-wide-turn corners on the windows is taking up half my screen.
Please, dear lord, please tell me there is a way to make everything smaller. The gigantic 18-wheeler-making-a-wide-turn corners on the windows is taking up half my screen.
January 23, 2026 at 2:19 AM
My laptop just upgraded to Tahoe.
Please, dear lord, please tell me there is a way to make everything smaller. The gigantic 18-wheeler-making-a-wide-turn corners on the windows is taking up half my screen.
Please, dear lord, please tell me there is a way to make everything smaller. The gigantic 18-wheeler-making-a-wide-turn corners on the windows is taking up half my screen.
Well that one was one of those read-over-15-times-before-hitting send emails.
January 22, 2026 at 3:32 AM
Well that one was one of those read-over-15-times-before-hitting send emails.
Somehow Cignetti looks slightly disappointed.
January 20, 2026 at 3:11 AM
Somehow Cignetti looks slightly disappointed.
Introduce yourself with 5 concerts you've been to!
- Kraftwerk
- Suzanne Vega
- And One
- Green Day
- Simon & Garfunkel
(bonus: top 3 were all in Berlin)
- Kraftwerk
- Suzanne Vega
- And One
- Green Day
- Simon & Garfunkel
(bonus: top 3 were all in Berlin)
Introduce yourself with 5 concerts you've been to!
- The Grateful Dead
- Townes Van Zandt opening for the Cowboy Junkies
- Drive-By Truckers when Jason Isbell was in the band
- Anna Tivel opening for The Mountain Goats
- Tom Waits
- The Grateful Dead
- Townes Van Zandt opening for the Cowboy Junkies
- Drive-By Truckers when Jason Isbell was in the band
- Anna Tivel opening for The Mountain Goats
- Tom Waits
Introduce yourself with 5 concerts you’ve been to!
- They Might Be Giants
- MONO (front row, my eardrums were toast lol)
- Godspeed, You! Black Emperor
- Peter Gabriel
- Heilung
- They Might Be Giants
- MONO (front row, my eardrums were toast lol)
- Godspeed, You! Black Emperor
- Peter Gabriel
- Heilung
January 20, 2026 at 1:48 AM
Introduce yourself with 5 concerts you've been to!
- Kraftwerk
- Suzanne Vega
- And One
- Green Day
- Simon & Garfunkel
(bonus: top 3 were all in Berlin)
- Kraftwerk
- Suzanne Vega
- And One
- Green Day
- Simon & Garfunkel
(bonus: top 3 were all in Berlin)
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Spouse arrived home after the weekend away, and the dog has been informing me about it non-stop for 35 minutes in case I hadn't noticed.
January 20, 2026 at 12:39 AM
Spouse arrived home after the weekend away, and the dog has been informing me about it non-stop for 35 minutes in case I hadn't noticed.
Strands claims that yeet isn’t a valid word.
January 19, 2026 at 2:19 PM
Strands claims that yeet isn’t a valid word.
Yes, I am a dual citizen, but when it comes to any Canada-USA hockey game, I will always be cheering for the country of my birth. Go Canada! #IIHFU18Women
January 19, 2026 at 12:03 AM
Yes, I am a dual citizen, but when it comes to any Canada-USA hockey game, I will always be cheering for the country of my birth. Go Canada! #IIHFU18Women
One of my favourite things about having all of my CDs on iBroadcast is that I can literally put all the music I own on random play, and it careens around between genres like mad and almost every track is good.
January 17, 2026 at 2:39 AM
One of my favourite things about having all of my CDs on iBroadcast is that I can literally put all the music I own on random play, and it careens around between genres like mad and almost every track is good.
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Launching a @nature.com #careers #podcast series on often "off-limits" workplace topics, Shannon Bros and Kihana Wilson share coming out as LGBTQ+ experiences decades apart with @climateadam.bsky.social www.nature.com/articles/d41...
January 12, 2026 at 3:58 PM
Launching a @nature.com #careers #podcast series on often "off-limits" workplace topics, Shannon Bros and Kihana Wilson share coming out as LGBTQ+ experiences decades apart with @climateadam.bsky.social www.nature.com/articles/d41...
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Biochemist & astronaut Dr. Shannon Lucid was born #OTD in 1943.
In NASA's first astronaut class to include women, she held the record (1996-2007) for the longest duration spent in space by a woman. In 1996, she became the first woman awarded the Congressional Space Medal of Honor. #WomenInSTEM
In NASA's first astronaut class to include women, she held the record (1996-2007) for the longest duration spent in space by a woman. In 1996, she became the first woman awarded the Congressional Space Medal of Honor. #WomenInSTEM
January 14, 2026 at 4:16 PM
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AAS announced the recipients of its 2026 prizes for outstanding achievements in research & education. aas.org/press/aas-na... 🔭
2026 Henry Norris Russell Lectureship, celebrating a career of eminence in astronomical research, goes to Lars Hernquist (Center for Astrophysics | Harvard & Smithsonian).
2026 Henry Norris Russell Lectureship, celebrating a career of eminence in astronomical research, goes to Lars Hernquist (Center for Astrophysics | Harvard & Smithsonian).
January 14, 2026 at 1:17 PM
AAS announced the recipients of its 2026 prizes for outstanding achievements in research & education. aas.org/press/aas-na... 🔭
2026 Henry Norris Russell Lectureship, celebrating a career of eminence in astronomical research, goes to Lars Hernquist (Center for Astrophysics | Harvard & Smithsonian).
2026 Henry Norris Russell Lectureship, celebrating a career of eminence in astronomical research, goes to Lars Hernquist (Center for Astrophysics | Harvard & Smithsonian).