Meir Schochet
@meirs.bsky.social
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Astro PhD student at Michigan State Stars, liberation, cat dad to Oliver opinions my own https://m-schochet.github.io
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And even this thread has typos! I’ve obviously not been sleeping enough. 100 THOUSAND stellar oscillation periods 😅, I feel much more proud of that number
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Last project of my senior thesis at the University of Florida, and off to work with @afeinstein20.bsky.social on baby stars!!
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We find periods in stars across the HR diagram using a convolutional neural network previously vetted on TESS and Kepler Bonus light curves.

This includes ~100 periods from bright giants that we believe are oscillation periods!
A Hertzsprung-Russell diagram of stars that our network inferred a period for. These stars cover nearly the entire parameter space of stellar evolutionary pathways. This figure shows a subset of star brightnesses over time (light curves), demonstrating that our neural network can accurately recover variability periods in 4 types of stars: Cepheid pulsators, spotted rotational variables, young stellar objects, and eclipsing binaries (of the Algol subtype).
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arxiv.org/abs/2509.14423

⭐️paper day!⭐️

hey now, we found thousands of stellar variability periods, including ~26k very high likelihood new ASAS-SN rotation periods from cool dwarfs!

(also I have missed abt 5 typos in this version already, but it’s only been submitted to ApJS so it’ll get fixed!)..
200,000+ Deep Learning Inferred Periods of Stellar Variability from The All-Sky Automated Survey for Supernovae
Stars exhibit a range of variability periods that depend on their mass, age, and evolutionary stage. For space-based photometric data, convolutional neural networks (CNNs) have demonstrated success in...
arxiv.org
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AND THE UNITED STATES IS THE SUPPORT, EQUALLY LIABLE
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THE PEOPLE OF GAZA ARE BEING STARVED AND MASSACRED BY ISRAEL

DON’T SHUT UP ABOUT THAT
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Oliver says fund NASA!
A mackerel tabby cat lays on top of a tote bag labeled with the logo of NASA.
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NSF has added 500 new GRFPs, for a total of 1500. (These appear to have come from the list of honorable mentions, which is now down to ~2300) www.research.gov/grfp/Awardee...
GRFP website
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pankraru.bsky.social
I wish there was a Magical Girl Show where they tackle Problems like Union busting, wage theft, The Rental Crisis, police corruption etc.

Good Luck #LA
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Let’s get some trans joy going, here is an updated version of my Trans Writers & Authors starter pack!

The folks in here are either moots and/or i’ve read & enjoyed their work.

Whether you need some escapism or a dose of revolutionary optimism, there’s something in here for everyone.

🏳️‍⚧️💖🏳️‍⚧️
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I will 100% tag you in the announcement of my new ink :)
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@luiswel.bsky.social do I have your authorization to get this as a tattoo!?
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Oh ya, and this is the birthday boy! He is one year old 🥹
Kitten seated on a bag
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Me waking up at 6am to feed the birthday kitty and prepare for the Kizaru x Luffy fight in 2 hours!!
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