Chris Mihos
@chrismihos.bsky.social
astronomer, frustrated sports fan, perpetually confused family man.
I can't be the only one making turkey noodle casserole tonight, can I?
November 29, 2025 at 11:59 PM
I can't be the only one making turkey noodle casserole tonight, can I?
Introduce yourself with three people who have never been in your kitchen:
Archibald Leach
Bernard Schwartz
Lucille LeSueur
(IYKYK)
Archibald Leach
Bernard Schwartz
Lucille LeSueur
(IYKYK)
November 28, 2025 at 11:55 PM
Introduce yourself with three people who have never been in your kitchen:
Archibald Leach
Bernard Schwartz
Lucille LeSueur
(IYKYK)
Archibald Leach
Bernard Schwartz
Lucille LeSueur
(IYKYK)
Time for the twenty seven eight-by-ten color glossy photographs with circles and arrows and a paragraph on the back of each one!
November 27, 2025 at 3:27 PM
Time for the twenty seven eight-by-ten color glossy photographs with circles and arrows and a paragraph on the back of each one!
just wait until the Post gets word of what my cat is speculating -- breaking news indeed!
very odd that the Post would write up someone’s speciation as if it’s news. What are we doing here
November 27, 2025 at 1:22 AM
just wait until the Post gets word of what my cat is speculating -- breaking news indeed!
We have glow-in-the-dark stars on the ceiling of our bedroom. They make me smile every night when I turn the lights out.
Every. Night.
Every. Night.
November 26, 2025 at 12:24 AM
We have glow-in-the-dark stars on the ceiling of our bedroom. They make me smile every night when I turn the lights out.
Every. Night.
Every. Night.
As a totally square, unhip, white suburban kid in the 1980s, my introduction to reggae was through Bob Marley, Peter Tosh, and Jimmy Cliff. Today, those gentlemen are now all gone, and I'm still square, unhip, suburban, and white, but I do really appreciate reggae.
November 25, 2025 at 1:08 AM
As a totally square, unhip, white suburban kid in the 1980s, my introduction to reggae was through Bob Marley, Peter Tosh, and Jimmy Cliff. Today, those gentlemen are now all gone, and I'm still square, unhip, suburban, and white, but I do really appreciate reggae.
The instructor in Juniorkid's Wed afternoon art history class is giving a quiz the day before Thanksgiving, and I'm thinking that might qualify as a war crime.
November 23, 2025 at 12:39 PM
The instructor in Juniorkid's Wed afternoon art history class is giving a quiz the day before Thanksgiving, and I'm thinking that might qualify as a war crime.
Reposted by Chris Mihos
No. The chief problem is, AI is literally A TOOL FOR UNLEARNING. The more you use it, the worse you get at whatever it is you’re using it for. It’s the opposite of educating, it’s uneducating. 2/2
November 19, 2025 at 10:50 PM
No. The chief problem is, AI is literally A TOOL FOR UNLEARNING. The more you use it, the worse you get at whatever it is you’re using it for. It’s the opposite of educating, it’s uneducating. 2/2
Good god, the amount of spam coming in from bogus journals soliciting manuscripts has suddenly gone up by an order of magnitude in the last 24 hrs. SO MANY BOGUS JOURNALS TO CHOOSE FROM!
November 11, 2025 at 7:52 PM
Good god, the amount of spam coming in from bogus journals soliciting manuscripts has suddenly gone up by an order of magnitude in the last 24 hrs. SO MANY BOGUS JOURNALS TO CHOOSE FROM!
One of the great things about astronomy is international collaborations. So many people, so many timezones, the science never stops!
One of the difficult things about astronomy is international collaborations. So many people, so many timezones, the emails never stop!
One of the difficult things about astronomy is international collaborations. So many people, so many timezones, the emails never stop!
a cartoon of the grinch screaming with the words all the noise , noise , noise , noise
ALT: a cartoon of the grinch screaming with the words all the noise , noise , noise , noise
media.tenor.com
November 11, 2025 at 12:48 AM
One of the great things about astronomy is international collaborations. So many people, so many timezones, the science never stops!
One of the difficult things about astronomy is international collaborations. So many people, so many timezones, the emails never stop!
One of the difficult things about astronomy is international collaborations. So many people, so many timezones, the emails never stop!
I'm so old that I can remember when the NFL wanted to get politics out of their broadcasts....
November 10, 2025 at 1:20 AM
I'm so old that I can remember when the NFL wanted to get politics out of their broadcasts....
And these children that you spit on
As they try to change their worlds
Are immune to your consultations
They're quite aware of what they're going through
As they try to change their worlds
Are immune to your consultations
They're quite aware of what they're going through
November 10, 2025 at 1:07 AM
And these children that you spit on
As they try to change their worlds
Are immune to your consultations
They're quite aware of what they're going through
As they try to change their worlds
Are immune to your consultations
They're quite aware of what they're going through
It's like ten (fifteen?) years ago when universities were tripping all over themselves to invest in MOOCs. Who remembers MOOCs?
<george costanza voice>oh no, i'm so sorry, it's MOOPS.</george costanza voice>
<george costanza voice>oh no, i'm so sorry, it's MOOPS.</george costanza voice>
November 8, 2025 at 1:27 AM
It's like ten (fifteen?) years ago when universities were tripping all over themselves to invest in MOOCs. Who remembers MOOCs?
<george costanza voice>oh no, i'm so sorry, it's MOOPS.</george costanza voice>
<george costanza voice>oh no, i'm so sorry, it's MOOPS.</george costanza voice>
He's standing there like somebody unplugged his controller on the Xbox...
incredible photo that's definitely worth at least 1,000 words from Andrew Harnik of Getty
November 7, 2025 at 12:02 AM
He's standing there like somebody unplugged his controller on the Xbox...
Somewhere in the afterlife, my Dad is watching over what happened last night, and he's clapping. And urging us to keep fighting.....
November 5, 2025 at 11:50 PM
Somewhere in the afterlife, my Dad is watching over what happened last night, and he's clapping. And urging us to keep fighting.....
Lemme guess: SEA, LAX, SFO, IAD, EWR, JFK, ORD, but not DFW, MIA, STL, SLC.....
BREAKING: The FAA will cut air traffic by 10% at 40 airports across the country starting Friday if shutdown continues. https://cnn.it/3Xfbhzs
November 5, 2025 at 11:37 PM
Lemme guess: SEA, LAX, SFO, IAD, EWR, JFK, ORD, but not DFW, MIA, STL, SLC.....
OMG, university admin just sent out a note requesting that faculty fill out an application form to be selected to serve on a new university service committee.
Um, I think that is one application form I will not be filling out.
Um, I think that is one application form I will not be filling out.
November 5, 2025 at 2:02 PM
OMG, university admin just sent out a note requesting that faculty fill out an application form to be selected to serve on a new university service committee.
Um, I think that is one application form I will not be filling out.
Um, I think that is one application form I will not be filling out.
realized halfway through making dinner tonight that I made this same thing three nights ago, too.
oh well, who doesn't like tacos?
oh well, who doesn't like tacos?
November 5, 2025 at 12:13 AM
realized halfway through making dinner tonight that I made this same thing three nights ago, too.
oh well, who doesn't like tacos?
oh well, who doesn't like tacos?
Had some difficulty explaining orbits, rotating reference frames, and the epicyclic approximation to my Galactic astro students. The math wasn’t clicking for them, and simulations tracing trajectories were only partially successful. So… I resorted to dance!
1/5
1/5
November 4, 2025 at 7:29 PM
Had some difficulty explaining orbits, rotating reference frames, and the epicyclic approximation to my Galactic astro students. The math wasn’t clicking for them, and simulations tracing trajectories were only partially successful. So… I resorted to dance!
1/5
1/5
28 years on faculty at CWRU as of today.
November 4, 2025 at 12:06 AM
28 years on faculty at CWRU as of today.
It always worries me just a bit when Juniorkid does the Pittsburgh to Cleveland run in just under 12 parsecs....
November 3, 2025 at 1:12 AM
It always worries me just a bit when Juniorkid does the Pittsburgh to Cleveland run in just under 12 parsecs....
It really doesn't get any better than the Velvet Underground doing "Sister Ray".....
November 3, 2025 at 1:09 AM
It really doesn't get any better than the Velvet Underground doing "Sister Ray".....
Always really happy the first day after the time change back to standard time. Nice to get light back in the morning, and have it get dark when it should.
November 2, 2025 at 11:23 PM
Always really happy the first day after the time change back to standard time. Nice to get light back in the morning, and have it get dark when it should.
I dunno, actually for me the Trump administration has absolutely lived up to my expectations on their handling of the cost of living....
Two-thirds of registered voters say Trump and his administration have fallen short of their expectations on the cost of living
www.nbcnews.com/news/rcna240...
www.nbcnews.com/news/rcna240...
November 2, 2025 at 4:16 PM
I dunno, actually for me the Trump administration has absolutely lived up to my expectations on their handling of the cost of living....