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Soheb Mandhai, PhD

@theastrophoenix.bsky.social

Astrophysicist/ Sci-Artist/Start-Up. I love 3D modelling and printing (among other hobbies + puns). Research: GW/EM + Spider Pulsars + Galaxy Dynamics. Happy to talk art or physics (or anime/zelda/FF/JRPGs)! Links: https://linktr.ee/theastrophoenix

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BREAKING: At least 29 Palestinians have been killed by Israeli attacks while waiting to receive food aid in southern Gaza's Rafah.

πŸ”΄ LIVE updates: aje.io/img1q1

19.07.2025 07:07 β€” πŸ‘ 496    πŸ” 398    πŸ’¬ 30    πŸ“Œ 89

I look forward to it! Let the nerding commence!

07.07.2025 20:03 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Yes, really enjoyed speaking at UoL today and meeting Soheb! Totally going to roll him into a tent for @emfcamp.bsky.social next year with his amazing art! :D

07.07.2025 19:59 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

My dramatic return from my hiatus will be spectacular once the new renders start coming through!

07.07.2025 19:40 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Also won a grant to fund the next stages of my art business (and an overdue computer).

07.07.2025 19:38 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 1

Fantastic day today - Had some excellent talks at the University of Leicester. Featuring @liedra.net on video game ethics, and Prof. Yukun Lai on using ML techniques to reconstruct 3D information from 2D images. Also had the privilege to present my work on sci-art communication! Many ideas shared!

07.07.2025 19:37 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 2
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Knives, bullets and thieves: the quest for food in Gaza NPR's Gaza producer faced Israeli military fire, private U.S. contractors pointing laser beams at his forehead and masked thieves as he tried to get food from a U.S.-supported group.

NPR's Gaza producer faced Israeli military fire, private U.S. contractors pointing laser beams at his forehead and masked thieves as he tried to get food from a U.S.-supported group.

By Anas Baba

06.07.2025 14:35 β€” πŸ‘ 3833    πŸ” 1821    πŸ’¬ 106    πŸ“Œ 169

Conferencing is always tricky but EAS has been great so far. Volunteering and Chairing done so far... Tomorrow, I'll be speaking!

25.06.2025 13:17 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Israeli forces fire on people waiting for aid in Gaza, killing 25, witnesses and hospitals say Palestinian witnesses say Israeli forces and drones opened fire toward hundreds of people waiting for aid trucks in central Gaza.

BREAKING: Palestinian witnesses and hospitals say Israeli forces opened fire toward hundreds of people waiting for aid trucks in central Gaza, killing at least 25 people.

24.06.2025 06:59 β€” πŸ‘ 2857    πŸ” 1859    πŸ’¬ 181    πŸ“Œ 381

Hello, hallo, hola and g'day @bsky.app! We're a collection of telescopes, software agents, and actual humans that make up the Gravitational-wave Optical Transient Observer (GOTO) network and collaboration! Follow us to keep up with our adventures in transient astronomy

09.06.2025 07:20 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Eid Mubarak friends

06.06.2025 06:53 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Public figures, including Steve Coogan and Nadia Sawalha, joined an 18-hour-long vigil in London to read aloud the names of thousands of Palestinian children killed in Israel’s war on Gaza.

01.06.2025 13:22 β€” πŸ‘ 737    πŸ” 248    πŸ’¬ 13    πŸ“Œ 11
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Chess.com - Play Chess Online - Free Games Play chess online for free on Chess.com with over 200 million members from around the world. Have fun playing with friends or challenging the computer!

If chess.com could stop changing its UI every 5 minutes, that'd be swell...

21.05.2025 16:52 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
The title card for a set of Infographics that says β€œthe history of black holes: from theory to discovery” there is a illustration of distorted space time for a singularity.

The title card for a set of Infographics that says β€œthe history of black holes: from theory to discovery” there is a illustration of distorted space time for a singularity.

Yes I know… #BlackHoleWeek is over 😞 but that won't stop me from yapping about black holes! πŸ˜‚

Here’s a set of infographics highlighting some of the key findings by scientists that helped us get to our understanding of black holes today! ✨

#Astrophysics #BlackHoles

11.05.2025 01:50 β€” πŸ‘ 102    πŸ” 33    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 3
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Ice is fully working 🧊
You choose: walk only 1 space and don't crack the ice, or walk more and crack all the ice you pass through (except the one you currently are).
Walking on cracked ice works the same, but it will transform the tile into water!

#indiegamedev #unreal #steam #turnbase #boardgame

05.05.2025 19:22 β€” πŸ‘ 32    πŸ” 5    πŸ’¬ 3    πŸ“Œ 0
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Animation of #Mars during its Noachian Period, 4100-3700 MYa. The period is characterised by high rates of meteorite impacts, volcanism and possibly abundant surface water. However, the water is thought to have been localized rather than spanning the planet ...

#Blender #sciart #spaceart

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05.05.2025 13:25 β€” πŸ‘ 67    πŸ” 17    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 1

Wanna do some cool astronomy from the comfort of your computer? Check out this project. Many minds (myself included) worked hard to make this project possible. We need your help to take it a step further.

With just a few clicks you can contribute to real research.

19.03.2025 16:44 β€” πŸ‘ 16    πŸ” 12    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0
Spain, Portugal and parts of France hit by massive power outage

Spain, Portugal and parts of France hit by massive power outage

Massive power outage has hit Spain, Portugal, France and other EU countries.

www.euronews.com/my-europe/20...

28.04.2025 15:35 β€” πŸ‘ 650    πŸ” 207    πŸ’¬ 64    πŸ“Œ 26
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Just watch. 😞

Every day I am sickened that our government supports this.

26.04.2025 20:21 β€” πŸ‘ 356    πŸ” 138    πŸ’¬ 17    πŸ“Œ 5

Friendly reminder to scientists/science communicators - the images you share (and thus grow followers, trust, credibility upon) are 100-fold better when you use alt-text because they are more accessible to broader audiences.

Want to go one step further? Attribute the source!

It's the BlueSky way.

19.04.2025 00:37 β€” πŸ‘ 197    πŸ” 66    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 1

How is a health official so detached from reality?

18.04.2025 12:38 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Also wondering this on my end. Switch 2 or Steamdeck. I'd say Y though for the Steamdeck.

17.04.2025 15:04 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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β€˜If you tell lies that cause violence, you are responsible in-part for that violence.’

@mrjamesob.bsky.social asks why we have stopped saying β€˜lying is bad’, after a report into misinformation surrounding the summer riots.

14.04.2025 10:20 β€” πŸ‘ 509    πŸ” 103    πŸ’¬ 20    πŸ“Œ 3
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Attorney representing a student protester detained by federal immigration agents Amir Makled sat down with All Things Considered host Juana Summers to describe his experience and what it could mean for other attorneys who are going against the wishes of the Trump administration.

Amir Makled sat down with All Things Considered host Juana Summers to describe his experience, and what it could mean for other attorneys who are going against the wishes of the Trump administration.

09.04.2025 23:47 β€” πŸ‘ 1165    πŸ” 335    πŸ’¬ 35    πŸ“Œ 20
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Israel to seize parts of Gaza as military operation expands Israel announced a major expansion of military operations in Gaza on Wednesday, saying large areas of the enclave would be seized and added to its security zones, accompanied by large-scale evacuations of the population.

Israel announced a major expansion of military operations in Gaza, saying large areas of the enclave would be seized and added to its security zones, accompanied by large-scale evacuations of the population reut.rs/42tFzSo

02.04.2025 10:43 β€” πŸ‘ 75    πŸ” 48    πŸ’¬ 27    πŸ“Œ 23
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Costa Rican former President Oscar Arias says US revoked his visa Former Costa Rican President and Nobel Prize winner Oscar Arias said on Tuesday that the U.S. had revoked his visa to enter the country, weeks after he criticized U.S. President Donald Trump on social media saying he was behaving like "a Roman emperor."

Former Costa Rican President and Nobel Prize winner Oscar Arias said that the US had revoked his visa to enter the country, weeks after he criticized US President Donald Trump on social media saying he was behaving like β€˜a Roman emperor’ reut.rs/4iRDMfK

02.04.2025 03:53 β€” πŸ‘ 5116    πŸ” 1978    πŸ’¬ 263    πŸ“Œ 269
A picture of the Sun with the moon partially eclipsing it from above.

A picture of the Sun with the moon partially eclipsing it from above.

A picture of the moon passing above the Sun (at its peak) and partially eclipsing it.

A picture of the moon passing above the Sun (at its peak) and partially eclipsing it.

Some images taken from the partial eclipse. Simply took these with phone through my Β£1 2015 eclipse glasses!

31.03.2025 11:48 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

And again if you're celebrating today (myself included)

31.03.2025 00:18 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Eid Mubarak to friends celebrating today

30.03.2025 10:57 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1
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β€˜I felt I would die’: Palestinian Oscar winner after Israeli settler attack Hamdan Ballal says he was assaulted by settlers and soldiers outside his home in Susiya in the occupied West Bank.

β€œI felt they were going to kill me, not just to punish me. … I felt I would die."

Oscar-winning Palestinian director Hamdan Balla recounts being attacked by Israeli settlers and soldiers outside his home in Susiya, in the occupied West Bank

26.03.2025 21:34 β€” πŸ‘ 700    πŸ” 344    πŸ’¬ 7    πŸ“Œ 10

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