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Chris Mihos @chrismihos.bsky.social · 9h

Well done, Virginia Senate democrats. This is the way.

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Chris Mihos @chrismihos.bsky.social · 9h

But he's got such a charismatic personality!

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Chris Mihos @chrismihos.bsky.social · 9h

A good time to be doing some crimes if you are white!

The Washington Post @washingtonpost.com · 13h

Breaking news: Nearly a quarter of FBI agents across the country are currently reassigned to immigration enforcement.

The large number of reassignments reflect a vast reshaping of the agency and could put other priorities at risk.

A quarter of FBI agents are assigned to immigration enforcement, per FBI data

Nearly a quarter of FBI agents are currently reassigned to immigration enforcement, with the number climbing above 40 percent in the bureau’s largest field offices.

wapo.st

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Chris Mihos @chrismihos.bsky.social · 9h

Fired even faster than Jean Ralphio.....

Ollie Connolly @ollieconnolly.bsky.social · 11h

Per sources: Bill Belichick has discussed buyout options with North Carolina’s hierarchy. Belichick has signaled a willingness to trigger his own $1 million buyout if he can find a soft landing with another team or in media

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Chris Mihos @chrismihos.bsky.social · 1d

Our cats get into standoffs about exactly who has rights to the hedgehog blanket. when I sent juniorkid the first picture she sent back the second, and she's absolutely right...

Two cats, one tabby and one grey and white, both in meatloaf pose facing each other and scowling while sitting on a white blanket covered with a pattern of hedgehogs.

Daffy Duck and Marvin the Martian standing face-to-face on a tiny shattered remnant of a planet yelling at each other....

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Chris Mihos @chrismihos.bsky.social · 6d

Uhh.... I've done that too. (accidently gave my wife's phone number, that is, not yours!) Send Phil a sheepish fist bump from me.

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Chris Mihos @chrismihos.bsky.social · 7d

logarithmic gradients (i.e., dlogx/dlogy) are some of the most useful and informative things in astronomy, and yet so many students seem deathly afraid of them.....

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Chris Mihos @chrismihos.bsky.social · 7d

These two a**holes waiting for (our) dinner.

Our dining room table with two cats, one great and white, one tabby, crouched on the table waiting for us to bring our food.

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Chris Mihos @chrismihos.bsky.social · 8d

Oh yeah, that's the one. But after a while the click frequency does drop down a little bit. I did wonder how much my university paid that outside company to have us watch that video, and how much of that came out of my overhead payments.

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Chris Mihos @chrismihos.bsky.social · 8d

Hah, I just did that one. Did you have to watch the same fake-chatty staged video that I did? I just muted it and put it in a background tab and every once I while checked it to see if I was supposed to answer a set of insultingly stupid questions to check my knowledge.

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Chris Mihos @chrismihos.bsky.social · 10d

Hi five to Phil from Cleveland!

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Chris Mihos @chrismihos.bsky.social · 10d

I'm all in for some Flint-Burton trash talk....

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Chris Mihos @chrismihos.bsky.social · 10d

Can I get a "woot woot!"?

A banner reading "Guardians -- 2025 AL Central Champions"

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Chris Mihos @chrismihos.bsky.social · 13d

Come on, man, how could you pass up writing "A neurologist, a quantitative biologist, and a clinical pharmacist walk into a bar..." to start this post?

Chris Mihos @chrismihos.bsky.social · 13d

Upholstered furniture is now a national security issue, it seems.

Kai Ryssdal @kairyssdal.bsky.social · 13d

Okay doke

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Chris Mihos @chrismihos.bsky.social · 16d

Dear My Students: I'm begging you to hit "Restart kernel and run all cells" before declaring your code finished.

spongebob squarepants is screaming and asking for a please .

ALT: spongebob squarepants is screaming and asking for a please .

media.tenor.com

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Chris Mihos @chrismihos.bsky.social · 17d

You're living in the past, Postman!

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Chris Mihos @chrismihos.bsky.social · 17d

YOU CANT STOP THE BROWNS YOU CAN ONLY HOPE TO CONTAIN THEM

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Chris Mihos @chrismihos.bsky.social · 20d

Aww, man, we had second row seats to see David Byrne tomorrow night in Akron, but the show was just cancelled. 😭😭

a man taking a shower with the words sobbing uncontrollably written below him

ALT: a man taking a shower with the words sobbing uncontrollably written below him

media.tenor.com

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Chris Mihos @chrismihos.bsky.social · 20d

Yikes, how embarrassing for my university.....

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Chris Mihos @chrismihos.bsky.social · 21d

Just mistyped "UC Berkeley" and autocorrect tried to change it to "UC Barely" and I'm kind of snickering at that. No offense meant to my UC Barely colleagues, of course....

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Chris Mihos @chrismihos.bsky.social · 22d

Greece is in D, so that's an open and shut case for choosing D.

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Chris Mihos @chrismihos.bsky.social · 22d

In my experience, 3rd year undergrad is the most stressful of times for astro/phys students. It was for me, and I've seen it over and over for the students I teach.

Astro-folks, if you are teaching 3rd years, check in on them.....

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Chris Mihos @chrismihos.bsky.social · 22d

Certain things get indelibly imprinted in your brain. Whenever I hear the little "dittlee-dee, dittlee-dee" of the Professor Hikita's oscillation overthruster, I am immediately transported back to my undergrad days at Caltech...

A still from the movie "Buckaroo Banzai" where Professor Hikita (Robert Ito) holds a small metallic object, the oscillation overthruster, while Penny Priddy (Ellen Barkin) stares in amazement.

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Chris Mihos @chrismihos.bsky.social · 24d

It does make me kind of laugh that Michigan football's top 3 coaches right now -- head coach, offensive coordinator, and defensive coordinator -- are named Biff, Chip, and Wink.

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