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Cosmology Researcher Talks database https://jrdmb.netlify.app/crt.html and other DBs of cosmology resource materials. Enjoy dog/animal stories, human interest stories, tech stuff, SF Bay Area outdoors. Same handle on twitter and scicomm.xyz (Mastodon)

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J R D M B @jrdmb.bsky.social · Nov 12

Would love to see more discussions on research papers here, including on the talks. As a reference for the cosmology community, the Cosmology Researcher Talks database is a searchable catalog of openly avail talks w links to speaker's papers the talk is based on

Talks db: jrdmb.netlify.app/crt.html

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J R D M B @jrdmb.bsky.social · 17h

The Oct 6 - 10 STScI NHFP Symposium has 2 sessions of #cosmology talks.

Videos stream the entire session, I broke out links to the individual talks at: jrdmb.netlify.app/crt.html?s1=...

Symposium site:
www.stsci.edu/contents/eve...

Symposium session playlists:
www.youtube.com/playlist?lis...

J R D M B @jrdmb.bsky.social · 8d

Unusual number and variety of #cosmology talks released just yesterday & today (so far):

GGI Galaxy Clustering event (12)

Schrödinger Inst: Cosmic LSS event (6)

CosmoVerse (1)

CMB Bharat (1)

U of Minn (1)

Links at cosmology researcher talks database app: jrdmb.netlify.app/crt.html

J R D M B @jrdmb.bsky.social · 11d

Bixby Bridge, Big Sur, California, en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bixby_B...

A foggy photo of the famous Bixby Bridge in Big Sur, California. The bridge even has a wikipedia page: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bixby_Bridge

J R D M B @jrdmb.bsky.social · 11d

The best raison d'être

J R D M B @jrdmb.bsky.social · 11d

I can't tell what it is, but one of them looks like a giant version of his breakfast pancakes 😀

Reposted by J R D M B

Erwin Schrödinger Institute for Mathematics and Physics @esivienna.bsky.social · 16d

We’ve just started the workshop Putting the Cosmic Large-scale Structure on the Map: Theory Meets Numerics, organised by @cosmohahn.bsky.social, Cornelius Rampf & Cora Uhlemann. A full week of exciting talks and discussions is ahead. 🌌
📎 Info: www.esi.ac.at/events/e576/

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J R D M B @jrdmb.bsky.social · 16d

What #cosmology papers have a publicly available author's talk/lecture?

The Cosmology Researcher Talks app has those links, e.g.

Adam Riess - 2509.01667

Bhuvnesh Jain - 2508.14019

Eiichiro Komatsu - 2509.13654

Mikhail Ivanov - 2507.01667

Vera Gluscevic - 2503.15592

jrdmb.netlify.app/crt.html

J R D M B @jrdmb.bsky.social · 17d

Definitely one of the most magical moments in Philly sports history was the Flyers' first championship in 1974 against the Boston Bruins. And Bernie Parent was named the MVP of the playoffs. What a valiant team that was!

J R D M B @jrdmb.bsky.social · 29d

Quote from film/book "Tracks" about Robyn Davidson's mostly solo 1,700 mile trek across Western Australian deserts with 4 camels and her dog:

"It seems to me the universe gave us three things to make life bearable: hope, jokes, and dogs. But the greatest of these gifts was dogs."

J R D M B @jrdmb.bsky.social · Sep 5

Just found out about Anna's Archive, the FAQ calls it "The largest truly open library in human history"

annas-archive.li/faq

Wikipedia article: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anna%27...

A note of thanks to @anitaleirfall.bsky.social, saw it from an article she posted

Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) - Anna’s Archive

The world’s largest open-source open-data library. Mirrors Sci-Hub, Library Genesis, Z-Library, and more.

annas-archive.li

J R D M B @jrdmb.bsky.social · Sep 5

I found this very interesting: 56 slides of Berkeley Cosmology Group 2025 introductions, one slide per person on their research and interests. Many are active on bsky.

==> cosmology.lbl.gov/talks/BCCP_2...

BCG site cosmology.lbl.gov & seminars page cosmology.lbl.gov/sem_bcg_futu...

#cosmology

J R D M B @jrdmb.bsky.social · Sep 4

Green is one of my least favorite colors, yet when I see all these green-themed images you post, they clearly capture the beauty of the color and I like them all

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J R D M B @jrdmb.bsky.social · Sep 4

Tensions in Cosmology 2025 conference in Corfu, Sept 2-8

indico.cern.ch/event/154469...

There are ~80 talks and almost all have slides, as did previous events in the series in 2023 and 2022 (no videos). Database app for searches (+ note separate talk videos app): jrdmb.netlify.app/crsl.html?s1...

Tensions in Cosmology 2025

For registration click here: https://www.physics.ntua.gr/corfu2025/registration.html

indico.cern.ch

J R D M B @jrdmb.bsky.social · Sep 3

On the grade/elevation plot inlay, the max grade I remember seeing is 29°, but the cyclist said there were a couple sections where it's up to 35° Yikes!!!

J R D M B @jrdmb.bsky.social · Sep 2

I couldn't imagine anyone actually doing it, but on a whim I did a search and well, they do...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=duRG...

Riding up Marin Ave, Berkeley - Steepest Hill Berkeley

YouTube video by mrpercussive

www.youtube.com

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J R D M B @jrdmb.bsky.social · Sep 2

Though I wouldn't recommend the Marin Ave climb 😂

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J R D M B @jrdmb.bsky.social · Aug 26

In the spirit of sharing previous materials on the topic by you & others that are still available online:

10 Qs www.preposterousuniverse.com/blog/2014/10...

Tenerife conf: www.youtube.com/user/Philoso...

UCSC conf: hipacc.ucsc.edu/IPC2013.html

Bibliography: www.philcosmo.uwo.ca/bibliography...

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J R D M B @jrdmb.bsky.social · Aug 26

GGI workshop: Advanced School on Precision Cosmology and Dark Matter, Aug 25-29

Available now, more upcoming

Julien Lesgourgues: CMB and linear theory, 3 lectures

Hongwan Liu: Cosmology beyond ΛCDM, 1 lecture

playlist: www.youtube.com/playlist?lis...

website: www.ggi.infn.it/showevent.pl...

Training Week - Advanced School on Precision Cosmology and Dark Matter - YouTube

www.youtube.com

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J R D M B @jrdmb.bsky.social · Aug 25

Easily create a .html file that self-renders BOTH Markdown and LaTeX syntax within it. Doesn't even need hosting on server - just open in browser & page self-renders with internet connection. A one-liner header does the magic.

The Muboard tool by Susam, creator of other great tools, like TeXMe.

GitHub - susam/muboard: Self-rendering and distributable mathematics chalkboards

Self-rendering and distributable mathematics chalkboards - susam/muboard

github.com

J R D M B @jrdmb.bsky.social · Aug 6

From your time perception research knowledge, any thoughts about ability of certain athletes to stay calm & focused in critical moments & see the field of play in slower motion. Quarterback Joe Montana was legendary for that; e.g., as described in this 80's Time mag article: time.com/archive/6859...

Joe Montana: Perfect Timing, Joe:

Montana moves San Francisco from cellar doldrums to superdreams

time.com

J R D M B @jrdmb.bsky.social · Jul 26

Yeah, had these exam anxiety dreams for decades, but another powerful type lasted even longer - a euphoric feeling of being back at uni or arranging to go back, walking and exploring the campus, settling into living space, etc. I suspect these are archetypal dreams.

J R D M B @jrdmb.bsky.social · Jul 26

Didn't know about this animal air transport rescue group, but a favorite-ever read was "Dog Is My Co-Pilot: Great Writers on the World's Oldest Friendship", published 2003 by The Bark of Berkeley, CA. A memorable collection of writings about the dog-human bond .

www.goodreads.com/book/show/76...

Dog Is My Co-Pilot: Great Writers on the World's Oldest…

Dogs have been our muses, our mentors, and our playful …

www.goodreads.com

J R D M B @jrdmb.bsky.social · Jul 19

Recordings from the Multiverse from Home 2025 conference are now available at this playlist. The event was held from June 3 - 6. #cosmology

www.youtube.com/playlist?lis...

Multiverse from Home 2025 - YouTube

www.youtube.com

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J R D M B @jrdmb.bsky.social · Jul 14

For those who haven't yet seen it, the Panopto site for the STScI Cosmic Cartography with Roman conference has great features like the clickable slide-by-slide timeline below the video, and a very clean, searchable transcript. #cosmology

cloudproject.hosted.panopto.com/Panopto/Page...

cloudproject.hosted.panopto.com

J R D M B @jrdmb.bsky.social · Jul 14

Each session's recording has multiple talks - here are direct links to the start of each talk for today's sessions of the Cosmic Cartography with Roman conference at STScI

I'll likewise add the direct links for each day of this 5-day event

jrdmb.netlify.app/crt.html?s1=...