B. Shimoda
@bshimoda.bsky.social
😎 Twitch affiliate, gamer, all-around nerd
🎮 Space games and simulations
🥋 Kempo black belt and tai chi practitioner
🎭 I also love linguistics and I'm a fanatic rationalist.
📩 [email protected]
🎮 Space games and simulations
🥋 Kempo black belt and tai chi practitioner
🎭 I also love linguistics and I'm a fanatic rationalist.
📩 [email protected]
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I set fires to feel joy. Is it less creepy if I direct them out the back of a rocket nozzle? Time to learn from explosions with KSP! Today's goal: Starting over with the lunar sample return vehicle since the old design was too heavy
twitch.tv/bshimoda
twitch.tv/bshimoda
December 23, 2025 at 6:18 PM
I set fires to feel joy. Is it less creepy if I direct them out the back of a rocket nozzle? Time to learn from explosions with KSP! Today's goal: Starting over with the lunar sample return vehicle since the old design was too heavy
twitch.tv/bshimoda
twitch.tv/bshimoda
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This is a really amazing opportunity for astronomy students! 🔭☄️
It's always also very oversubscribed, so make sure to apply to a few things if you want to do a summer research internship
It's always also very oversubscribed, so make sure to apply to a few things if you want to do a summer research internship
Are you a bachelor or master student anywhere in the world, and would like to come to us to work full-time on a supervised research project? Applications for the 2026 MPIA Summer Internship are open now!
Summer internships
www.mpia.de
December 21, 2025 at 11:46 AM
This is a really amazing opportunity for astronomy students! 🔭☄️
It's always also very oversubscribed, so make sure to apply to a few things if you want to do a summer research internship
It's always also very oversubscribed, so make sure to apply to a few things if you want to do a summer research internship
@vanillablue.bsky.social I have no idea who this guy is, but this video was great.
youtu.be/eE_UD6Zx8PM?...
youtu.be/eE_UD6Zx8PM?...
A Rams & Seahawks Fan Reaction to NFL Week 16
YouTube video by Tom Grossi
youtu.be
December 20, 2025 at 1:16 PM
@vanillablue.bsky.social I have no idea who this guy is, but this video was great.
youtu.be/eE_UD6Zx8PM?...
youtu.be/eE_UD6Zx8PM?...
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“Love it or hate it it’s here to stay” is a crazy thing to keep saying about a technology. If people don’t like using something it doesn’t have to stay we’re not talking about bad weather here
December 19, 2025 at 7:37 AM
“Love it or hate it it’s here to stay” is a crazy thing to keep saying about a technology. If people don’t like using something it doesn’t have to stay we’re not talking about bad weather here
I set fires to feel joy. Is it less creepy if I direct them out the back of a rocket nozzle? Time to learn from explosions with KSP! Today's goal: Finishing the lunar sample return vehicle
twitch.tv/bshimoda
twitch.tv/bshimoda
December 18, 2025 at 8:48 PM
I set fires to feel joy. Is it less creepy if I direct them out the back of a rocket nozzle? Time to learn from explosions with KSP! Today's goal: Finishing the lunar sample return vehicle
twitch.tv/bshimoda
twitch.tv/bshimoda
Way to go, LASP!
www.denver7.com/news/local-n...
www.denver7.com/news/local-n...
NASA selects a CU Boulder lab to build instruments for the moon
NASA has selected a proposal from CU Boulder researchers to design and build instruments that will be deployed by astronauts on the Moon.
www.denver7.com
December 18, 2025 at 11:39 AM
Way to go, LASP!
www.denver7.com/news/local-n...
www.denver7.com/news/local-n...
If you see this, repost with your favorite onscreen moment from science fiction or fantasy.
December 17, 2025 at 2:50 PM
If you see this, repost with your favorite onscreen moment from science fiction or fantasy.
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An absolute bedrock institution for understanding how the planet works, just civilization-scaled vandalism by the most incurious morons on Earth
December 17, 2025 at 2:52 AM
An absolute bedrock institution for understanding how the planet works, just civilization-scaled vandalism by the most incurious morons on Earth
I set fires to feel joy. Is it less creepy if I direct them out the back of a rocket nozzle? Time to learn from explosions with KSP! Today's goal: Finishing lunar sample return vehicle
twitch.tv/bshimoda
twitch.tv/bshimoda
December 16, 2025 at 5:52 PM
I set fires to feel joy. Is it less creepy if I direct them out the back of a rocket nozzle? Time to learn from explosions with KSP! Today's goal: Finishing lunar sample return vehicle
twitch.tv/bshimoda
twitch.tv/bshimoda
Late start to the stream again today, but we'll be finishing our lunar sample and return lander in KSP today.
December 11, 2025 at 4:50 PM
Late start to the stream again today, but we'll be finishing our lunar sample and return lander in KSP today.
I set fires to feel joy. Is it less creepy if I direct them out the back of a rocket nozzle? Time to learn from explosions with KSP! Today's goal: Finishing a Venus probe in 61 days
twitch.tv/bshimoda
twitch.tv/bshimoda
December 9, 2025 at 5:57 PM
I set fires to feel joy. Is it less creepy if I direct them out the back of a rocket nozzle? Time to learn from explosions with KSP! Today's goal: Finishing a Venus probe in 61 days
twitch.tv/bshimoda
twitch.tv/bshimoda
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“AI models not only point some users to false sources but also cause problems for researchers and librarians, who end up wasting their time looking for requested nonexistent records…”
AI Slop Is Spurring Record Requests for Imaginary Journals
The International Committee of the Red Cross warned that artificial intelligence models are making up research papers, journals and archives
www.scientificamerican.com
December 8, 2025 at 10:30 PM
“AI models not only point some users to false sources but also cause problems for researchers and librarians, who end up wasting their time looking for requested nonexistent records…”
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Reckless, self-centered, and dangerous. Astrophysicists owe it to everyone to understand the implications of our words and actions on the world, and Avi Loeb is not holding up our end of the deal.
Some have argued to me strongly that even if Loeb is wrong, he’s getting people interested in 3I/ATLAS and that’s a good thing for science.
But Loeb isn't just wrong, he's recklessly following an old playbook that got 39 people killed in 1997.
sites.psu.edu/astrowright/...
But Loeb isn't just wrong, he's recklessly following an old playbook that got 39 people killed in 1997.
sites.psu.edu/astrowright/...
Loeb’s Behavior is Reckless
I’ve largely ignored Loeb for the past few weeks. When he started in on his 3I/ATLAS thing, there were plenty of mainstream media outlets willing to give his claims a wide and credulous platform, and ...
sites.psu.edu
December 8, 2025 at 11:51 PM
Reckless, self-centered, and dangerous. Astrophysicists owe it to everyone to understand the implications of our words and actions on the world, and Avi Loeb is not holding up our end of the deal.
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I feel like Pump Up the Volume has some lessons for 2025
December 6, 2025 at 12:14 AM
I feel like Pump Up the Volume has some lessons for 2025
I didn't want to play this game at first, but now I can't stop. Let's get ready for winter in Vintage Story!
twitch.tv/bshimoda
twitch.tv/bshimoda
December 4, 2025 at 7:59 PM
I didn't want to play this game at first, but now I can't stop. Let's get ready for winter in Vintage Story!
twitch.tv/bshimoda
twitch.tv/bshimoda
Late start to the stream today. My day job doesn't often interfere with my schedule but today it does
December 4, 2025 at 1:59 PM
Late start to the stream today. My day job doesn't often interfere with my schedule but today it does
I set fires to feel joy. Is it less creepy if I direct them out the back of a rocket nozzle? Time to learn from explosions with KSP! Today's goals: finalizing 15T lift vehicle, more crewed launches
twitch.tv/bshimoda
twitch.tv/bshimoda
December 2, 2025 at 6:37 PM
I set fires to feel joy. Is it less creepy if I direct them out the back of a rocket nozzle? Time to learn from explosions with KSP! Today's goals: finalizing 15T lift vehicle, more crewed launches
twitch.tv/bshimoda
twitch.tv/bshimoda
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My friends, you MUST follow Chanda. Please waste no time.
#Introduction: Theoretical physicist. Black Feminist theorist. Writer. I do: dark matter, neutron stars, & science studies.
Web: chanda.science
Newsletter: news.chanda.science
Insta: chanda.prescod.weinstein
Author of award-winning #DisorderedCosmos and now #EdgeOfSpaceTime, coming 4/7/26.
Web: chanda.science
Newsletter: news.chanda.science
Insta: chanda.prescod.weinstein
Author of award-winning #DisorderedCosmos and now #EdgeOfSpaceTime, coming 4/7/26.
The Edge of Space-Time by Chanda Prescod-Weinstein: 9780593701683 | PenguinRandomHouse.com: Books
A fresh, charming, socially conscious tour of the mysteries of space-time, from the award-winning author of The Disordered Cosmos In her highly acclaimed debut, distinguished cosmologist and particle...
www.penguinrandomhouse.com
December 2, 2025 at 1:39 AM
My friends, you MUST follow Chanda. Please waste no time.
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If you're looking to support a small business on Small Business Saturday, check out @adastragames.com. We make award winning space and key combat boardgames!
And, you feed my cat!
And, you feed my cat!
Ad Astra Games
Ad Astra Games produces games – science fiction, air combat, and even little RPGs. Many of our games, following from Attack Vector: Tactical through Birds of Prey and Squadron Strike, use 3D movement....
www.adastragames.com
November 29, 2025 at 7:06 PM
If you're looking to support a small business on Small Business Saturday, check out @adastragames.com. We make award winning space and key combat boardgames!
And, you feed my cat!
And, you feed my cat!
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I agree with the author here, not the CEO. Shocker, I know
www.pcgamer.com/software/ai/...
www.pcgamer.com/software/ai/...
Epic boss Tim Sweeney thinks stores like Steam should stop labelling games as being made with AI: 'It makes no sense,' he says, because 'AI will be involved in nearly all future production'
Don't need a notice if everyone's doing it.
www.pcgamer.com
November 27, 2025 at 1:43 PM
I agree with the author here, not the CEO. Shocker, I know
www.pcgamer.com/software/ai/...
www.pcgamer.com/software/ai/...