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Michael Zingale @michaelzingale.bsky.social · 17h

that sounds about right.

Sometimes more -- depending on how much fun I am having with the material :)

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Star Wars Holocron @swholocron.bsky.social · 23h

There’s a crazy AHSOKA Season 2 theory going around that, if true, may be the wildest thing we’ve seen from Star Wars in years.

Details here: theholofiles.com/2025/10/07/t...

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David W Hogg @hogg.bsky.social · 1d

Excellent piece by @briles34.bsky.social on writing in the discipline. It’s depressing that we think that theoretical physics expertise is not just more important but INFINITELY more important than writing to… *writing* PhD dissertations (on any subfield of astro, say). arxiv.org/abs/2510.03493

Surveying the State of Writing Education in Physics and Astronomy

Writing is a critical skill for modern science, enabling collaboration, scientific discourse, public outreach, and more. Accordingly, it is important to consider how physicists and astronomers are tra...

arxiv.org

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Michael Zingale @michaelzingale.bsky.social · 1d

we show this plot of binding energy / nucleon a lot in Stars class, but ever wonder how to make it? Here's a notebook that uses pynucastro:

zingale.github.io/stars/notebo...

#astro

A plot of binding energy per nucleon, showing a curve that stars at 0 MeV at mass number 1 and increases steeply to > 8 MeV / nucleon in the iron-group and then slowly declines for heavy A

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Michael Zingale @michaelzingale.bsky.social · 1d

I like my plot of equipotentials a lot, but I can never shake the fact that @sabinastro.bsky.social calls it the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle plot...

zingale.github.io/stars/notebo...

a plot of equipotentials in a binary star system, showing the Roche lobes and Lagrange points. The green color scheme makes it look like a teenage mutant ninja turtle...

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Michael Zingale @michaelzingale.bsky.social · 2d

python 3.14 seems much faster!

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Richard Easther @rjme.bsky.social · 2d

Physics Nobel announcement tomorrow.

If you know and dislike a famous physicist, this is the day of the year to call them up in the middle of the night, wait 10 seconds, and then do you best Swedish Chef impression...

a chef in a kitchen with the words borg written on the bottom

ALT: a chef in a kitchen with the words borg written on the bottom

media.tenor.com

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Michael Zingale @michaelzingale.bsky.social · 2d

how much of the Riley text do you get through in one semester?

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Michael Zingale @michaelzingale.bsky.social · 2d

my computational notes are here, if they are helpful:
zingale.github.io/computationa...

AST 390: Computational Astrophysics — AST 390: Computational Astrophysics

zingale.github.io

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Michael Zingale @michaelzingale.bsky.social · 2d

I made it to level "Untitled23.ipynb"!!!

I heard you get an extra life at "Untitled32.ipynb" -- is that true?

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Merriam-Webster @merriam-webster.com · 7d

We are thrilled to announce that our NEW Large Language Model will be released on 11.18.25.

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Michael Zingale @michaelzingale.bsky.social · 5d

when I was teaching intro level astro courses, we did multiple-choice + scantron. The trick was that the longest answer choice was always correct. :)

It just worked out that way, because I would be so careful in wording it to make it unambiguous

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Michael Zingale @michaelzingale.bsky.social · 6d

no, your report is overdue!

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Michael Zingale @michaelzingale.bsky.social · 7d

procrastihacking [verb]
the act of seeking out random code issues to fix rather than doing the work you are supposed to be doing.

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Michael Zingale @michaelzingale.bsky.social · 7d

a group of fish in plastic bags with the words now what written on the bottom

Alt: From Finding Nemo: a group of fish in plastic bags bobbing in the ocean, with the words "now what" written on the bottom

media.tenor.com

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Alexis Kaminski @alexisonfluids.bsky.social · 7d

Hey fluids friends, we're recruiting in my department this year!

Berkeley Mechanical Engineering @berkeleyme.bsky.social · 8d

#BerkeleyME is seeking applicants for a tenure-track Assistant Professor position in Fluid Mechanics/Fluid Dynamics.
me.berkeley.edu/faculty/me-o...

Assistant Professor - Fluid Mechanics - UC Berkeley Mechanical Engineering

University of California, Berkeley Department of Mechanical Engineering POSITION OVERVIEW Position title: Assistant Professor Salary range: The current salary range for this position is $107,100 – $...

me.berkeley.edu

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Michael Zingale @michaelzingale.bsky.social · 8d

seriously!?!?!?

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Michael Zingale @michaelzingale.bsky.social · 8d

the main use I've found for ChatGPT is replacing google for searching stackoverflow. My .emacs has never looked better ;)

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Michael Zingale @michaelzingale.bsky.social · 8d

Yep, ADS is very nice, but misses lots of interdisciplinary papers. I actually quite like Google scholar because it is much more complete.

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Bryan J. Field @bryanjfield.bsky.social · 8d

This is not a drill people!!

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Abbabadook 🎃 @abbiestev.bsky.social · 8d

If any of you fine folks are planetarians in (or want to be in) mid-Michigan, the Abrams Planetarium is hiring a full-time-staff position for the first time in 11 years!! Come work with the astro, scicomm, and informal ed folks at MSU!! 🔭 🧪 (reskeets welcome) careers.msu.edu/jobs/educati...

Educational Program Coordinator II - East Lansing, Michigan, United States

Position Summary The program coordinator will maintain the planetarium, present live shows, and create new planetarium visualizations. In addition, this position will assist customers, assist in educa...

careers.msu.edu

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Michael Zingale @michaelzingale.bsky.social · 9d

am I doing this correctlly?

a room with a giantmonster logo on the bottom

Alt: the bridge of the enterprise from Star Trek

media.tenor.com

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Michael Zingale @michaelzingale.bsky.social · 11d

nope. Happens to me constants. The bsky app is very unstable.

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Laura Lopez @ohdearz.bsky.social · 11d

Astronomy 🔭 and physics ⚛️ GRFP applications are due Nov 14! Only seniors and 1st-year grad students can apply now (no second years).

Dan Garisto @dangaristo.bsky.social · 12d

New: After a long wait, the GRFP solicitation is live! Deadlines have been extended to early November, so applicants have a bit over a month to submit. www.nsf.gov/funding/oppo...

NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Program (GRFP)

www.nsf.gov

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Michael Zingale @michaelzingale.bsky.social · 11d

oh, that's a change!

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