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Joe Giaime
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Professor, Physics and Astronomy (LSU), LIGO Livingston observatory head (Caltech). Content here is my personal take, not representing my organizations.
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My family enjoyed their show in Lafayette, La. this week. Everyone in the house (except me) was a screaming extrovert, in a good way.
December 5, 2025 at 1:23 PM
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Our Rapid Response Teams celebrate the end of our fourth observing run. Well done everyone!

www.ligo.caltech.edu/news/ligo202...

O4 was a success thanks to lots of hard work from across the world.

🔭⚛️🧪
In Japan, KAGRA staff gathered in the control room to celebrate the end of O4. This was the first run that KAGRA took science data simultaneously with Virgo and LIGO. Staff at LIGO Livingston Observatory in Louisiana gathered in the control room to say farewell to O4 In Italy, Virgo staff gathered in the control room to celebrate the end of O4. Staff at LIGO Hanford Observatory in Washington State gathered in the control room at 8am to celebrate the end of O4. Everyone enjoyed morning coffee and cake.
November 19, 2025 at 12:19 PM
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(rough guide, not rouge guide.)
October 5, 2025 at 10:49 PM
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Let's see what the (US) Amazon iPhone app showed me recently when I was browsing for Szalzi books. Here is the product page for Rouge Guide to Money Online. There were other views available, mostly pants.
Screencap of the Amazon app, showing a photo of pants instead of a book.
October 5, 2025 at 10:48 PM
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Not quite. See 2. in the screencap. If you are just a fun-loving pedant, peace.
po di um (po'dē-am) * n. pl. podiums or po dia (-de-a) 1. An elevated platform, as for an orchestra conductor or public speaker. 2. A stand for holding the notes of a public speaker; a lectern.
September 15, 2025 at 5:28 PM
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Here are some more photos from the 10th anniversary event at LIGO Livingston: Gabriela González, LSU Pres. Matt Lee, Bryan Wallace—advisor to the La. Governor, and the assembled audience.
Gabriela González speaking in front of a projection screen that shows a caricature of Einstein surfing on a gravitational wave. LSU's interim President Matt Lee, speaking from a stage Brian Wallace, senior advisor to the La. Governor, speaking from podium. Group of people seated in an auditorium
September 15, 2025 at 3:30 PM