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Paulo Simões, PhD

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PhD, MSc, BEng. Solar Physicist, flare observations and modeling. Dabbles in Space Weather & related stuff. Professor at Mackenzie University (Brazil). Average guitar player. https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4819-1884

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Paulo Simões, PhD @pjasimoes.bsky.social · Sep 3

Gente do céu! Deixa eu me apresentar: meu nome é Paulo, atualmente professor na Engenharia do Mackenzie e pesquisador no Centro de Rádio Astronomia e Astrofísica (CRAAM), especialista em Explosões Solares, dentro das áreas de Astrofísica Solar e Clima Espacial. Quem quiser saber mais, só falar! 🔭🧪

Composição mostrando seis imagens lado-a-lado do limbo do Sol durante uma explosão solar. As imagens foram registradas em ultravioleta, em seis comprimentos de onda diferentes: 1600, 304, 171, 335, 94 e 131 angstroms.

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Paulo Simões, PhD @pjasimoes.bsky.social · 3d

by one!

Paulo Simões, PhD @pjasimoes.bsky.social · 3d

with an achievement!

Paulo Simões, PhD @pjasimoes.bsky.social · 4d

aaahhhhhhhhh

Paulo Simões, PhD @pjasimoes.bsky.social · 4d

slightly better

Paulo Simões, PhD @pjasimoes.bsky.social · 4d

yet to reach the max score
danielben.itch.io/dragonsweeper

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Paulo Simões, PhD @pjasimoes.bsky.social · 10d

yep, it's one of "just one more attempt... oh it's 4am" kind of game

Paulo Simões, PhD @pjasimoes.bsky.social · 10d

danielben.itch.io/dragonsweeper
this game is fun, recommended

Dragonsweeper by Daniel Benmergui

A roguelike minesweeper adventure

danielben.itch.io

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Paulo Simões, PhD @pjasimoes.bsky.social · 13d

that'd be great thanks

Yair Wallach @yairwallach.bsky.social · 14d

Hey Microsoft, before you transform humanity with artificial general intelligence, can you just get the search to work on Outlook?

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Alec MacKinnon @alecmackinnon.bsky.social · 14d

here's an exciting job for a solar radio astronomer, developing cutting-edge solar activity monitoring infrastructure in the Azores Archipelago raege-az.pt/en/researche... #heliophysics #solarphysics #solarradio (nothing to do with me! - questions to RAEGE_Az)

Researcher Position – SOLAR-Az Project - RAEGE-Az

Researcher Position – SOLAR-Az Project Project Overview The SOLAR-Az project aims to establish a cutting-edge solar activity monitoring infrastructure in the Azores Archipelago, integrating it into th...

raege-az.pt

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Living Reviews | Solar Physics @livingrev-solphys.bsky.social · 17d

The European Solar Physics Online Seminars (#ESPOS) is a series of regular seminars held by video-conference, mainly, between European institutions. The aim is to build an effective and open platform for the exchange of scientific ideas among the European solar physics groups. espos.stream

ESPOS: European Solar Physics Online Seminars (website screenshot)

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Science Explorer (SciX) @scixcommunity.bsky.social · 24d

A natural evolution of ADS, SciX brings its powerful capabilities into new domains. Expanded coverage, intuitive search, smart recommendations, and tools for collaboration. SciX makes research more discoverable, connected, and accessible than ever before. https://scixplorer.org/scixblog/scix-launch

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Paulo Simões, PhD @pjasimoes.bsky.social · 24d

acho que tenho essa edição ainda 😅

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Vincent Ledvina @vincentledvina.bsky.social · Sep 22

Cool! The moon photobombed the Sun as seen by GOES’ SUVI instrument. This means nothing other than it being a neat-looking image.

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Goblin Gower, PhD 🔮🧙🏻‍♀️ @medievaliste.bsky.social · Sep 19

If you use AI to summarize a research article for you, that is a tacit admission that 1) you do not understand what that article argues; 2) you do not know what evidence is presented to support that argument; and 3) you do not have enough information to evaluate either the argument or evidence.

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Paulo Simões, PhD @pjasimoes.bsky.social · Sep 8

#heliophysics

Sky YB @drsrbayer.bsky.social · Sep 8

Hi everyone! I am looking for any #scientists (including grad students, post docs) that’d be willing to be interviewed about their research by my #SciComm students in October. Here is the form to fill out if interested! Our time zone is Alaska, FYI. docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

BIOL 311 Sci Comm Fall 2025 - Interview Sign up!

Please fill out this form to be interviewed as part of BIOL 311's students project for the second half of the semester. One form per one participant is preferred, so if you have post-docs or graduate ...

docs.google.com

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Paulo Simões, PhD @pjasimoes.bsky.social · Aug 25

👍😂👍

Paulo Simões, PhD @pjasimoes.bsky.social · Aug 20

awesome! thanks! Great initiative btw, congrats!

Paulo Simões, PhD @pjasimoes.bsky.social · Aug 20

I'd love to catch this one but (ironically) I'll be teaching the whole day... do you record the talks?

Paulo Simões, PhD @pjasimoes.bsky.social · Aug 14

you probably already know but in physics/astro ui.adsabs.harvard.edu has been the way to go for 30(?) years now. It points to arxiv, if the paper is there

Astrophysics Data System

A powerful, streamlined new Astrophysics Data System

ui.adsabs.harvard.edu

Paulo Simões, PhD @pjasimoes.bsky.social · Aug 3

new paper who dis! New mid IR solar flare observations from BBSO, led by Xu Yang. #heliophysics

iopscience.iop.org/article/10.3...

Paulo Simões, PhD @pjasimoes.bsky.social · Jul 31

that's the plan! schedule games is whole different issue 😅
looking forward to reading the books!

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Anna Hughes 🍁 @annaghughes.bsky.social · Jul 30

I've had a few other former astronomers reach out to me lately about transitioning into data science/ML, and I decided to write about it.

This is my personal journey from astro to ocean, and the most useful steps I took along the way.

out of academia

Out of Academia

www.annagwenhughes.com

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Astronomy Picture of the Day 🪐 @apod.shinyakato.dev · Jul 30

🔭 Coronal Loops on the Sun

Image Credit & Copyright: Andrea Vanoni

apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap25073...

Four images of the Sun's edge are shown. In each a loop of bright material is captured above the Sun's surface. Please see the explanation for more detailed information.

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Paulo Simões, PhD @pjasimoes.bsky.social · Jun 30

🤦 (tá difícil né)

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Paulo Simões, PhD @pjasimoes.bsky.social · Jun 26

hey folks, look! it's the law of unintended consequences!
Plan-S & funders: make it OA!
Publishers: sure! here's a new business model, that it's even better for us!
Plan-S & everyone: no, not like that...
Bonus: it's now even worse for the Global South

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