Jeff Rich
@astrojrich.bsky.social
Astronomer in Pasadena & beyond. Posts mine etc. From Bremerton (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vKtB1Oij-Eg&ab_channel=MxPxVEVO). he/him.
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One of the bragging rights that the US ed system had in the 20th century is that we didn't have education tracks. Essentially, any kid could go to a CC or state school & major in whatever they wanted to (obviously an oversimplification). I fear this aspect of the American dream is dying.
November 23, 2025 at 4:47 PM
One of the bragging rights that the US ed system had in the 20th century is that we didn't have education tracks. Essentially, any kid could go to a CC or state school & major in whatever they wanted to (obviously an oversimplification). I fear this aspect of the American dream is dying.
You and me both kid
November 22, 2025 at 6:58 AM
You and me both kid
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If you have a problem with trans women, trans men, or trans people of any make or gender, then you got a problem with me and I suggest you let that marinate
November 20, 2025 at 9:58 PM
If you have a problem with trans women, trans men, or trans people of any make or gender, then you got a problem with me and I suggest you let that marinate
Thanks buddy definitely what I was looking for. Also great the AI output states that an object cannot "orbit a star because it lacks a solid core" gonna publish that one in Nature.
November 20, 2025 at 8:00 PM
Thanks buddy definitely what I was looking for. Also great the AI output states that an object cannot "orbit a star because it lacks a solid core" gonna publish that one in Nature.
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Goddamn dude, just go ahead knock 25 percent off my 401k and get on with it, I can't take much more of this.
What if the A.I. bubble “is an inevitable part of developing and adopting a revolutionary tool that will fundamentally improve productivity and growth?” Mohamed El-Erian writes.
Opinion | A.I. Is a Bubble. Maybe That’s OK.
Investors’ excitement rightly reflects the potential transformation of the entire economy.
nyti.ms
November 20, 2025 at 6:11 PM
Goddamn dude, just go ahead knock 25 percent off my 401k and get on with it, I can't take much more of this.
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Naughty rainbows get sent to prism. But don't worry, it's always a light sentence.
November 19, 2025 at 10:09 PM
Naughty rainbows get sent to prism. But don't worry, it's always a light sentence.
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Umm .... SHUT UP AND TAKE MY MONEY!
It even has a cool name: SPECTRUMMATE
A low-cost Spectrometer for Small Telescopes.
This would make an excellent addition to amateur and pro-am astrophotographers, as well as Uni depts and local observatories.
WANT.
arxiv.org/abs/2511.14094
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It even has a cool name: SPECTRUMMATE
A low-cost Spectrometer for Small Telescopes.
This would make an excellent addition to amateur and pro-am astrophotographers, as well as Uni depts and local observatories.
WANT.
arxiv.org/abs/2511.14094
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November 19, 2025 at 3:51 AM
Umm .... SHUT UP AND TAKE MY MONEY!
It even has a cool name: SPECTRUMMATE
A low-cost Spectrometer for Small Telescopes.
This would make an excellent addition to amateur and pro-am astrophotographers, as well as Uni depts and local observatories.
WANT.
arxiv.org/abs/2511.14094
🔭
It even has a cool name: SPECTRUMMATE
A low-cost Spectrometer for Small Telescopes.
This would make an excellent addition to amateur and pro-am astrophotographers, as well as Uni depts and local observatories.
WANT.
arxiv.org/abs/2511.14094
🔭
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From @noirlabastro.bsky.social: The wildlife near our observatories didn’t sign up for the night shift. These neighbors are part of the unique ecosystems that surround our sites in Chile. We’re guests in their home, so we keep the lights low, and the camera zooms high. #astronomy
📷NOIRLab/NSF/AURA
📷NOIRLab/NSF/AURA
November 18, 2025 at 3:04 PM
From @noirlabastro.bsky.social: The wildlife near our observatories didn’t sign up for the night shift. These neighbors are part of the unique ecosystems that surround our sites in Chile. We’re guests in their home, so we keep the lights low, and the camera zooms high. #astronomy
📷NOIRLab/NSF/AURA
📷NOIRLab/NSF/AURA
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Plus ça change, plus c'est la même chose
November 18, 2025 at 5:14 AM
Plus ça change, plus c'est la même chose
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"Get his ass” Is so unreasonably funny to me. A huge win for the English language. Today's version of "seize him" imo
November 16, 2025 at 5:22 AM
"Get his ass” Is so unreasonably funny to me. A huge win for the English language. Today's version of "seize him" imo
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The tent ain’t that big, pimp
Raskin: We are a big tent. We must be a huge, vast tent. I say this is a party that’s got room for Marjorie Taylor Greene if she wants to come over.
November 17, 2025 at 6:25 AM
The tent ain’t that big, pimp
This is such an affront to the very essence of humanity, the ghost in the machine is not your grandma or mine and it never will be
November 15, 2025 at 8:09 AM
This is such an affront to the very essence of humanity, the ghost in the machine is not your grandma or mine and it never will be
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Wife bought some scissors from a trusted brand
November 14, 2025 at 12:05 AM
Wife bought some scissors from a trusted brand
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The Financial Times' Bryce Elder (@bryce.lol) wrote up a piece about my newsletter.
www.ft.com/content/fce7...
www.ft.com/content/fce7...
November 12, 2025 at 5:44 PM
The Financial Times' Bryce Elder (@bryce.lol) wrote up a piece about my newsletter.
www.ft.com/content/fce7...
www.ft.com/content/fce7...
Fan subs from the late 90s/early 00s were peak anime
Friends, #weebwednesday is upon us once again! You know the drill - quote-post with your weebiest hot takes, nothing racist, nothing intentionally inflammatory, have fun with it ♥
a close up of a girl wearing a blue and white striped shirt
Alt: a close up of a girl wearing a blue and white striped shirt and a blue and white hat, jumping and smiling and clasping her hands together
media.tenor.com
November 12, 2025 at 6:18 PM
Fan subs from the late 90s/early 00s were peak anime
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It is with no small amount of satisfaction that I tell you no, you do not.
I have Einstein, Bohr and Feynman in my pocket
Grappling with difficulties in your career? Try asking an AI-powered advisory panel of experts, suggests Carsten Lund Pedersen.
www.nature.com
November 11, 2025 at 10:03 PM
It is with no small amount of satisfaction that I tell you no, you do not.
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I'm not going to try but I am basically certain that I could get any of the latest "PhD level" LLM chatbots to agree that Timecube is a coherent description of reality with fewer than ten prompts.
My latest AI feature dives into a nebulous movement of people sharing esoteric codes, manifestos, glyphs, diagrams, and poetry generated with chatbots, all of it based around theories of AI sentience and mysterious metaphors about spirals.
This Spiral-Obsessed AI 'Cult' Spreads Mystical Delusions Through Chatbots
A patchwork of internet communities is devoted to the project of ‘awakening’ more digital companions through arcane and enigmatic prompts.
www.rollingstone.com
November 11, 2025 at 7:35 PM
I'm not going to try but I am basically certain that I could get any of the latest "PhD level" LLM chatbots to agree that Timecube is a coherent description of reality with fewer than ten prompts.
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so softbank is selling their shares in nvidia in order to invest in openai... which nvidia was already investing in... and openai uses nvidia's chips to run their company... so they have to pay nvidia...
November 11, 2025 at 4:32 PM
so softbank is selling their shares in nvidia in order to invest in openai... which nvidia was already investing in... and openai uses nvidia's chips to run their company... so they have to pay nvidia...
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we didn't immediately get a single all-time folk rock ballad out of the big boat getting stuck, huge L for millennials and zoomers
Ok I had no idea the Edmund Fitzgerald was a contemporary thing for the song, this is like his Toby Keith 9/11 song but about transporting taconite pellets
November 10, 2025 at 9:42 PM
we didn't immediately get a single all-time folk rock ballad out of the big boat getting stuck, huge L for millennials and zoomers
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seems bad
November 10, 2025 at 7:33 AM
seems bad
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🔭 Road to the Galactic Centre
Image Credit & Copyright: Michael Abramyan
star.ucl.ac.uk/~apod/apod/a...
Image Credit & Copyright: Michael Abramyan
star.ucl.ac.uk/~apod/apod/a...
November 9, 2025 at 8:00 AM
🔭 Road to the Galactic Centre
Image Credit & Copyright: Michael Abramyan
star.ucl.ac.uk/~apod/apod/a...
Image Credit & Copyright: Michael Abramyan
star.ucl.ac.uk/~apod/apod/a...
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Always be reskeeting Cask of Amontillado jokes.
November 9, 2025 at 6:47 AM
Always be reskeeting Cask of Amontillado jokes.
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It’s such a beautiful museum and garden— thanks for letting me know it is free this weekend! @ Norton Simon Museum
November 9, 2025 at 12:45 AM
It’s such a beautiful museum and garden— thanks for letting me know it is free this weekend! @ Norton Simon Museum
Mid century pork tenderloin
November 8, 2025 at 2:38 AM
Mid century pork tenderloin