Chris Lintott
@chrislintott.bsky.social
Astronomer, writer and zookeeper. Oxford, Gresham and the Zooniverse. The human half of the Dog Stars podcast. New book: 'Our Accidental Universe' (UK/rest of world) and 'Accidental Astronomy (US) now out.
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Chris Lintott
@chrislintott.bsky.social
· Jul 24
As a present for my 25th anniversary on #SkyatNight, the team made a montage for me, complete with dodgy hair, odd shirt choices and all the rest... Enjoy! 🔭 🛰️ 🧪
@samfr.bsky.social says that this was a deal cut by the Department for Education as part of the immigration changes, to avoid having post-study visas cut to 6 months. So it's part of the old 'fund yourself by getting international students oh no not by actually getting students' trick. Stupid.
November 24, 2025 at 8:58 AM
@samfr.bsky.social says that this was a deal cut by the Department for Education as part of the immigration changes, to avoid having post-study visas cut to 6 months. So it's part of the old 'fund yourself by getting international students oh no not by actually getting students' trick. Stupid.
I think there's some cartoon version of universities in their heads, where we wander around burning twenty quid notes to keep warm and occasionally hiding from the undergraduates.
November 24, 2025 at 8:14 AM
I think there's some cartoon version of universities in their heads, where we wander around burning twenty quid notes to keep warm and occasionally hiding from the undergraduates.
Anyone who can look at the current underfunded state of UK universities and think there's half a billion quid you can take out of the sector without doing catastrophic damage is just not fit for office.
November 24, 2025 at 7:56 AM
Anyone who can look at the current underfunded state of UK universities and think there's half a billion quid you can take out of the sector without doing catastrophic damage is just not fit for office.
For more than a decade now the government’s answer to how to fund universities has been to make money from overseas students.
The last lot then tried to discourage students from coming here.
This lot just want the money back.
But then how do we fund ourselves?
Crazy.
The last lot then tried to discourage students from coming here.
This lot just want the money back.
But then how do we fund ourselves?
Crazy.
i: Reeves to unveil £600m raid on foreign student
university fees #TomorrowsPapersToday
university fees #TomorrowsPapersToday
November 24, 2025 at 7:43 AM
For more than a decade now the government’s answer to how to fund universities has been to make money from overseas students.
The last lot then tried to discourage students from coming here.
This lot just want the money back.
But then how do we fund ourselves?
Crazy.
The last lot then tried to discourage students from coming here.
This lot just want the money back.
But then how do we fund ourselves?
Crazy.
Yes. This is mad.
November 23, 2025 at 10:01 PM
Yes. This is mad.
It’s all my fault
November 22, 2025 at 6:41 AM
It’s all my fault
The cricket score.
i googled that thing that people said not to google and i do not know what i was expecting but sometimes you actually really should listen to your internet friends
November 22, 2025 at 6:36 AM
The cricket score.
Sharks, of course, display notable asymmetry…
November 21, 2025 at 9:26 AM
Sharks, of course, display notable asymmetry…
Cambridge! We’re bringing a Universe of Music to you next Thursday.
This show features shells, black holes, music, planets and more - do come if you can!
www.junction.co.uk/events/linto...
This show features shells, black holes, music, planets and more - do come if you can!
www.junction.co.uk/events/linto...
Lintott & Pretty's Universe Of Music | Cambridge Junction
Book tickets for Lintott & Pretty's Universe Of Music at J3 at Cambridge Junction. What’s the connection between astronomy and jazz? From William Herschel (discoverer of Uranus and professional musici...
www.junction.co.uk
November 21, 2025 at 9:21 AM
Cambridge! We’re bringing a Universe of Music to you next Thursday.
This show features shells, black holes, music, planets and more - do come if you can!
www.junction.co.uk/events/linto...
This show features shells, black holes, music, planets and more - do come if you can!
www.junction.co.uk/events/linto...
Dressing room debris after my Universe of Music Show with Steve Pretty in Cambridge last night. The suspicious white powder is from conch sawing. Honest.
November 21, 2025 at 9:18 AM
Dressing room debris after my Universe of Music Show with Steve Pretty in Cambridge last night. The suspicious white powder is from conch sawing. Honest.
Will the first ball even make it to second slip?
November 20, 2025 at 11:19 PM
Will the first ball even make it to second slip?
Reposted by Chris Lintott
This is a real image of a real thing that exists in the universe! And because a bunch of humans decided to get together and build a space telescope, we get to see it! 🤯
Very excited to share the NASA/ESA/STScI press release of our team's work on Apep! It's a terrific writeup, complete with a brand new beautiful visualisation of the nebula geometry.
1/? ⚛️🔭🧪
science.nasa.gov/missions/web...
1/? ⚛️🔭🧪
science.nasa.gov/missions/web...
Webb First to Show 4 Dust Shells 'Spiraling' Apep, Limits Long Orbit - NASA Science
NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope has delivered a first of its kind: a crisp mid-infrared image of a system of four serpentine spirals of dust, one expanding
science.nasa.gov
November 20, 2025 at 12:19 AM
This is a real image of a real thing that exists in the universe! And because a bunch of humans decided to get together and build a space telescope, we get to see it! 🤯
I was fine until what had been a 4 page paper but had grown to more than 20 pages got a final report that said 'Perhaps this is now too long...'
November 18, 2025 at 6:29 PM
I was fine until what had been a 4 page paper but had grown to more than 20 pages got a final report that said 'Perhaps this is now too long...'
I shall tell you the story.
November 18, 2025 at 5:57 PM
I shall tell you the story.
Man, that paper nearly killed me. 17 revisions.
November 18, 2025 at 5:43 PM
Man, that paper nearly killed me. 17 revisions.
Reposted by Chris Lintott
@lsstuk.bsky.social and @vrubinobs.bsky.social need your help to train our computing systems to sort through the tens of millions of alerts we will detect every night during the Vera C. Rubin Observatory #LSST survey. www.zooniverse.org/projects/ebe... #capturethecosmos
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November 14, 2025 at 9:59 AM
@lsstuk.bsky.social and @vrubinobs.bsky.social need your help to train our computing systems to sort through the tens of millions of alerts we will detect every night during the Vera C. Rubin Observatory #LSST survey. www.zooniverse.org/projects/ebe... #capturethecosmos
I’ve polted a poltroon, but he deserved it.
November 18, 2025 at 2:10 PM
I’ve polted a poltroon, but he deserved it.
There was an attempt to add Triangulum minor a little later…
November 17, 2025 at 10:10 PM
There was an attempt to add Triangulum minor a little later…
Congratulations!
November 17, 2025 at 9:30 PM
Congratulations!
I know it’s hard. But you can’t possibly go to an academic conference that imposes restrictions on freedom of speech like this.
Abstracts submitted to LPSC 2026 are required to comply with White House (non-legally binding) executive orders forbidding mention of topics related to diversity, equity, and inclusion.
At least USRA/LPI isn't hiding it.
But is this what our community wants? Or deserves? I don't think so.
At least USRA/LPI isn't hiding it.
But is this what our community wants? Or deserves? I don't think so.
November 17, 2025 at 9:24 PM
I know it’s hard. But you can’t possibly go to an academic conference that imposes restrictions on freedom of speech like this.
Interesting. Given that the loss of the tower would presumably prevent the onset of summer, Oxford should be grateful!
November 17, 2025 at 12:09 PM
Interesting. Given that the loss of the tower would presumably prevent the onset of summer, Oxford should be grateful!
I figured it’d be something like that! My informant was most upset
November 17, 2025 at 11:42 AM
I figured it’d be something like that! My informant was most upset