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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...

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.

Dog Is My Co-Pilot: Great Writers on the World's Oldest… Dogs have been our muses, our mentors, and our playful …

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...

Multiverse from Home 2025 - YouTube

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...

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...

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=...

NBIA Neutrino Summer School 2025 - YouTube

Niels Bohr Institute - Neutrino Summer School 2025

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

slides/exercises: indico.nbi.ku.dk/event/2122/t...

Vivian Poulin (@astroviv.bsky.social) - Neutrino Cosmology 1 of 3: www.youtube.com/watch?v=47Fa...

[PIFP2025]
From Puzzles to New Insights in Fundamental Physics
23-27 June 2025

Website: www.pifp2025.it/home
Speakers: www.pifp2025.it/speakers

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

The Cosmology from Home 2025 schedule page also has dropbox links to slides for most of the talks

cosmologyfromhome.com/cosmology-fr...

Cosmology from Home 2025 - YouTube Some of the talks that were pre-recorded for Cosmology from Home 2025.

Just saw that Cosmology from Home 2025 recordings now available (74 talks).

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

CfH25 website listing with links to talks: cosmologyfromhome.com/cosmology-fr...

#cosmology

Michigan Cosmology Summer School 2025 - YouTube

The Michigan Cosmology Summer School 2025 is currently live-streaming lectures and adding recordings to playlist. Event is from June 2 - 6. #cosmology

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

website: huterer.github.io/cosmology-sc...

Previous versions were held in 2023 and 2020.

Recordings for the latest 'from Home Conference', Tabletop Scale Cosmology 2025, held May 20 - 23, were just posted online a couple hours ago.

playlist: www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sv-c...

website: tabletop.cosmodiscussion.com

Yes, mine was on DDG browser and the context of Sean's appears specific to DDG search. I also use FF, LibreWolf, and a variety of other browsers but none of them make cookie management and history deletion as easy as DDG. Agree with your point about the downside some may have with DDG search.

ICTS added video recordings today for their Radio Cosmology in the SKA Era program in April.

Webpage with links to videos and slides: icts.res.in/program/radi...

Playlist: www.youtube.com/watch?v=73Rp...

They're being added to database app: jrdmb.netlify.app/crt.html?s1=...

The feature I like most about it is the click to Fireproof a site - cookies are saved for these sites so you stay logged in, but cookies are deleted for all other sites when you close browser or click the fire icon. Both actions, close browser or click Fire icon, also deletes all history. 💯

Photo of a rock labyrinth at sunset at the top of a hill that a local rock club created about 10 years ago. A large white oak tree overlooks it. Mount Diablo is barely visible in the background.

Late spring evening walk at sunset uphill to the rock labyrinth that a local rock club created about 10 years ago. A large white oak tree overlooks it. Mount Diablo is barely visible in the background. Great views of the Diablo valley from up here.

Newest recordings today from CosmoVerseLectures@YourDesk WG on observational cosmology and systematics.

Hee-Jong Seo: Cosmology with BAO

Shi-Fan Chen: LSS from Theory to Observables

At their site cosmoversetensions.eu/event/cosmov... and yt channel www.youtube.com/@cosmoverses...

#cosmology

Tafoni are natural rock cavities from a variety of causes. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tafoni

BTW, that blob in the upper left corner is a dead whale carcass that was just floating around near the beach at the time.

A coastal California photo of natural rock cavity patterns called tafoni, photo taken at Pescadero Beach, south of San Francisco.

Just want to say how much I enjoy the beautiful natural scenes that so many post here. One of mine is these rock cavities called tafoni, photo from Pescadero Beach, south of SF.

Thanks @whereisyvette, @ultrawimp, @mcnees, @cburgescliff and others too numerous to name for your frequent scenic photos

Two newly released CosmoVerseLectures@YourDesk video recordings by @stsci.edu researchers #cosmology

Louise Breuval - Cepheid variables in the distance ladder: youtu.be/GIi7-w0cung

Gagandeep Anand - Tip of the Red Giant Branch Stars as Distance Indicators: youtu.be/rbLhBw-fUwI

YouTube video by CosmoVerse COST Action CosmoVerse seminar: Frank Qu Zhu: Cosmic Structure Growth Through the Lens of the CMB

First author Frank J. Qu* on this 2504.20038 paper gave a recent 1-hr CosmoVerse talk on it and related research: Cosmic Structure Growth Through the Lens of the CMB #cosmology

* The name used on his papers

YouTube video by Quantum Cosmology 7. Implications of Recent Cosmic Data (Simone Ferraro and Colin Hill)

Colin Hill (ACT) and Simone Ferraro (DESI) on Implications of Recent Cosmic Data, in group discussion moderated by Daniel Green, at the recently formed Quantum Cosmology seminar series. Recorded today, May 1. #cosmology

www.youtube.com/watch?v=We50...

This photo has that magical quality where I feel like I'm almost right there experiencing the scene in some captive state of reverie at its natural beauty.

In another of your vibrant recent garden photos, it appears many flowers are visible from the sidewalk. So what a treat your neighborhood walkers are seeing. It's a pleasure to take a stroll and be witness to the beauty people create in their yards and gardens. Congrats👏 to your green-thumb wife!

I know....but I swear, it's exactly like this - no filter, no change of any colour or contrast - location and light were just perfect today.
😊🥰

All the better, thanks, looking forward to those. This has prompted me to start some searches for materials, resources, and people to follow where productive use cases are being developed and demonstrated (e.g., Pathfinder).

Thanks for mentioning Pathfinder, its paper & hf/spaces availability. Found more info on first author K. Iyer's blog: kartheikiyer.github.io/pages/pathfi... and kartheikiyer.github.io/pages/arXiv_...

I hope you do write more about usefulness of LLM tools in Astro (a rapidly evolving topic area!)

A webcam view from the Lawrence Hall of Science in the Berkely Hills showing a magnificent panoramic view of the San Francisco Bay Area

Adjacent to LBNL is the Lawrence Hall of Science which has a webcam site showing magnificent views from the Berkely Hills day or night. #BestViewFromALab

Webcam site: lawrencehallofscience.org/play/view/

2025 Dirac Lectures: Overview of the Λ-CDM Model, Day 1 - Licia Verde YouTube video by FSU Libraries

[Cosmology]
[Dirac Lectures 2025]
(physics.fsu.edu/news-events/...)

Status Report of the Λ-CDM Model
Licia Verde
(April 16th & 17th, 2025)

1 - youtube.com/live/HSVP-Gh...
2 - youtube.com/live/7EB20JL...

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[Cosmology]
[Dirac Lectures 2025]
(physics.fsu.edu/news-events/...)

Adam Riess
(April 18th, 2025)

1 - Dark Energy: youtube.com/live/vTJ_1D9...
2 - Hubble Constant Tension: youtube.com/live/Gj7h66v...