Bryan J. Field

Slightly diminish a band: Princess

Delving into LLM-assisted writing in biomedical publications through excess vocabulary Large language models (LLMs) like ChatGPT can generate and revise text with human-level performance. These models come with clear limitations, can produce inaccurate information, and reinforce existing biases.

The appearance of large language models caused a drastic shift in the vocabulary of academic writing, according to an analysis in #ScienceAdvances of more than 15 million biomedical abstracts published from 2010 to 2024.

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Both?

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What were you saying?

Scientists mourn Tom Lehrer — nerdiest of singer-songwriters The mathematician's memorable satires were beloved by generations of researchers.

Many thanks to @philipcball.bsky.social for doing this beautiful piece for us
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How Tom Lehrer Escaped the Transience of Satire The late songwriter’s targets are mostly forgotten—so why do new generations keep discovering him?

The late songwriter Tom Lehrer’s targets are mostly forgotten—so why do new generations keep discovering him?

Roswell Delirium (2023) ⭐ 3.8 | Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller 1h 50m

I’m going to recommend a movie on Prime called “Roswell Delirium.” I had seen a trailer for it a long time ago, but only recently found it streaming. Give it a chance. A thoughtful story wrapped in 80s references. It’s not for everyone, but I really liked it. www.imdb.com/title/tt1156...

Tom Lehrer made all of his music 100% public domain so if seeing people sad about his death makes you want to check them out… it’s free. he wanted you to share them.

tomlehrersongs.com

Tom Lehrer, Influential Satirist Whose Topical Songs Poked and Prodded America in the ’50s and ’60s, Dies at 97 Tom Lehrer, an influential musical satirist who came to fame with songs addressing topical events in the '50s and '60s, has died at age 97.

Damn. This one hurts... a rather large part of my childhood. variety.com/2025/music/o...

As @gregpak.net has noted, unless there was a specific clause in all the contracts that allows for this, they can't go back and retroactively amend contracts without the author's consent. This is a class action suit waiting to happen.

"I wouldn't get outta bed for 50K. My rider starts at 150..."

All that money, and still stuck with three little fish…

My bank balance in the negatives

a vulnerable post from me, but i am in the negatives, mostly from getting new tires for my car, groceries and such.

if you’re able to help a struggling grad student, it would mean the world to me. even if you can’t give, a repost will do

v e n m o: astrojaz
p a y p a l: www.paypal.me/Spacequeenjaz

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And one of the best stunts ever filmed…

NSF-DOE Vera C. Rubin Observatory Observations of Interstellar Comet 3I/ATLAS (C/2025 N1) We report on the observation and measurement of astrometry, photometry, morphology, and activity of the interstellar object 3I/ATLAS, also designated C/2025 N1 (ATLAS), with the NSF-DOE Vera C. Rubin ...

It's paper day! The first science paper with data from @vrubinobs.bsky.social's survey camera, the mighty LSSTCam, is a VERY quick turnaround of Rubin's observations thus far of interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS. ☄️
Chandler et al., submitted 🔭
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Ever been to a party so good you couldn’t stop talking about it?

Same here 🥳

#RubinFirstLook was unforgettable, and made even more incredible thanks to 360+ Watch Parties around the world celebrating with us on June 23! 🔭🧪

Enjoy this trip down memory lane with us 🤩

... we pronounce the S in Des to make up for the missing S in Illinois ...

I think they only work on TV, like car-wash fundraisers for high schools band or representative democracy…

Oh, no. One of my favorite places…

Snug as a bug…

The Biggest-Ever Digital Camera Is This Cosmologist’s Magnum Opus | Quanta Magazine Tony Tyson’s cameras revealed the universe’s dark contents. Now, with the Rubin Observatory’s 3.2-billion-pixel camera, he’s ready to study dark matter and dark energy in unprecedented detail.

“We don’t understand 95% of our universe. That’s sort of mind-boggling. I said, ‘We can do better than this. We can build a larger telescope."

So say we all…

South Pole Telescope

On Wed, June 25, the SPT collaboration will release major new results from SPT-3G, via a pre-recorded webinar at 9.30am CDT on youtube youtube.com/@southpolete..., with the paper released at Noon CDT, on the SPT-3G website pole.uchicago.edu
@NSF @doescience #Antarctica

First Images from NSF–DOE Vera C. Rubin Observatory | #RubinFirstLook We’re nearly ready to #CaptureTheCosmos! Join the NSF–DOE Vera C. Rubin Observatory team on June 23, 2025 at 11am US EDT as they reveal the first incredible ...

The @vrubinobs.bsky.social‬ team is getting ready to #CaptureTheCosmos! Join it tomorrow at 11 a.m. ET / 8 a.m. PT as it reveals *the first* images from the world’s newest and most powerful survey telescope. 🔭 🌌

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Dr. Demento, Madcap Radio DJ Who Launched Weird Al's Career, Announces Retirement After 55 years, the Dr. Demento show - which launched the career of "Weird Al" Yankovic - is going off the air.

I unapologetically love Dr. Demento. I think we can honestly say that there is no one else like him out there today. One of a kind and he will be missed.

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Want to see some of the images?! Tune in to a livestream of the public unveiling (that I am a small part of organizing) on Monday, June 23, 2025 at 11am EDT. Find the link here: rubinobservatory.org/news/rubin-f...

Exoplanet System

*chef's kiss*
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This giant, all-seeing telescope is set to revolutionize astronomy The Vera C. Rubin Observatory will build an unprecedented map of the universe—and discover billions of fast-changing objects

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