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#Astrophysicist and #ParticlePhysicist. #SNOLAB Research Group Manager, #Professor at Queen's University. I live and work in #Sudbury, #Ontario [โฆ] ๐ bridged from https://mastodon.cooleysekula.net/@steve on the fediverse by https://fed.brid.gy/
France24 is reporting that the US government will retroactively change its climate reports, altering both history and scientific consensus and consilience.
https://www.france24.com/en/live-news/20250807-us-to-rewrite-its-past-national-climate-reports
#damage #antiscience
In July, the team made great progress on several features planned for the next major release, and tackled some refactoring tasks.
Take a look behind the scenes in our latest #TrunkAndTidbits update ๐
https://blog.joinmastodon.org/2025/08/trunk-tidbits-july-2025/
We just released Mastodon 4.4.3, 4.3.11, and 4.2.24.
These versions contain bugfixes, and a fix for a security issue if you use SAML. In 4.4.3 there are also changes to how quote posts are handled, as we continue to work towards full support for quote posts in the next main release.
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The Canadian Astroparticle Summer Student Talk (CASST) Symposium is taking place on August 12th and August 13th. The deadline to submit an abstract has been extended until Friday, August 9th. For more information and to register, visit here: indico.snolab.ca/event/32/ove....
05.08.2025 18:00 โ ๐ 0 ๐ 1 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0With the launch of Ghost 6.0, every publication that runs on Ghost becomes part of the #fediverse. You can follow and comment on Platformer or 404 Media articles without leaving your Mastodon feed. This is the future of social media.
Congratulations to @johnonolan and all the team at Ghost!
Tonight's evening reading.
#tuberculosis #history #medicine #bookstodon
The wildfire smoke from the Prairies is really thick today. The sun is 45 degrees above the horizon and still reddish in colour.
03.08.2025 12:19 โ ๐ 0 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0For anyone who has no idea what I'm talking about but is interested anyway, almost 3 years ago I starting trying to design from scratch 3D printed model rockets to carry a small video camera and altitude logger while remaining as small and light a possible.
I spent quite a bit of time fiddling [โฆ]
Scientists slam Trump administration climate report as a โfarceโ full of misinformation | Trump administration | The Guardian https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/aug/01/trump-epa-climate-change-report
#damage #antiscience
Thanks everyone, itโs been fun being a scientist in the US. ๐
https://www.theatlantic.com/science/archive/2025/07/science-empire-america-decline/683711/?gift=PRmDi5DE0il7xqmlk54MFDvRYBZYWpAhq9ZHSXMN0YY
Learn about "Astronomy without Light" from the official recording of my keynote at the 2025 #Stellafane Convention!
https://youtube.com/watch?v=wBdbYmXwjFs&si=GurgypOvkU7s8i2a
Europe is breaking reliance on U.S. science (The Globe and Mail (Ontario Edition)), Aug 02, 2025
https://globe2go.pressreader.com/article/281719800645785
Opinion: The White House wants to control universities (The Globe and Mail (Ontario Edition)), Aug 01, 2025
https://globe2go.pressreader.com/article/281732685545615
โThe โฆ administration has demonstrated time and time again that it is interested in neither the advancement of knowledge nor the [โฆ]
do any of you have organizations in your city that help people install Linux on old unused computers to give the hardware a new life? would love a link to their website!
also curious about what people end up using the machines for in practice, especially if theyโre used by non-programmers
Bear! That was a nice way to end the day!
31.07.2025 20:37 โ ๐ 0 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0PHYSICIST HELPED PUT CANADA AT THE FOREFRONT OF QUANTUM COMPUTING (The Globe and Mail (Ontario Edition)), Jul 30, 2025
https://globe2go.pressreader.com/article/282200836976294
SNOLAB recently had the great opportunity to welcome some talented amateur and professional photographers into our lab space. This initiative, allowed the photographers to see our science through their lens and frame the science we do each with their unique style.
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Breezy Hill with the Porter Observatory in the foreground and the pink Stellafane clubhouse in the background at the top of the hill.
The Porter Observatory with the mirror in position and the sun overhead.
The focusing mirror sits in place at the end of a long boom arm and concentrates the sunโs rays into the main observatory to form an image.
A view of the sun through a solar telescope. Sunspots are visible, each as large as or larger than the Earth.
Some scenes from Breezy Hill at the #Stellafane Convention regarding the use of the beautiful Porter Observatory for solar observing in the daytime. Our sun is the first star in our lives, and being able to see the features of its outer surface [โฆ]
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A person talking to an audience in front of a projected slide.
A person lecturing in an outdoor amphitheatre with slides projected on a large screen
A person interacts with an audience in an outdoor amphitheatre.
I had a TRASNFORMATIVE time at the #Stellafane Convention these past few days. I am back in #Sudbury now but my heart remains with the passionate community of telescope makers and astronomers I met and learned from.
I was honoured to give the [โฆ]
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Shout out to @WestportObservatory at #Stellafane: I am having a wonderful time learning about the Westport Astronomical Society and the observing facilities they manage and support. So happy to be able to connect with all of you IRL instead of just on the #fediverse!
26.07.2025 18:40 โ ๐ 1 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0Stellafane Questions: What is the Mass of all Neutrinos from a Core-Collapse Supernova?
This answer is for Alan. After my keynote talk at the Hartness House Workshop last night, he approached me with a really interesting question. What is the total mass of the neutrinos emitted by a [โฆ]
Tunnels below the house lead to private rooms for Hartnessโs work.
Astronomy equipment in a subterranean museum
Hartnessโs custom designed and built telescope
The tunnels exit on the back side of the property, below ground level.
We had a chance to tour the Hartness House museum during lunch yesterday. Itโs housed in the tunnels under the mansion/inn, built by Hartness (former governor of VT and a talented engineer and astronomer). The tunnels were home to a workshop and [โฆ]
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I was very honoured to deliver the keynote talk at the HHW last night. The questions afterward were incredible, and @jodi and I were humbled when a young member of the audience asked us to sign his copy of our dark matter textbook that he brought with him to the talk.
We went out after the [โฆ]
It has been an incredible time so far with the community of telescope makers at this yearโs Stellafane Convention, and the convention is just starting today!
Yesterday was the Hartness House Workshop, a chance to engage with many people about their passion for astronomy and to learn from [โฆ]
We just released Mastodon 4.4.2, 4.3.10, and 4.2.23.
These versions all contain some internal Ruby dependency updates for security. Version 4.4.2 also includes some fixes, primarily for user interface issues.
Full release notes and update instructions are available on the GitHub releases page [โฆ]
I am very excited to be participating in the annual #Stellafane Convention in Springfield, VT. We arrived at the Hartness House last night, site of the Thursday Hartness House Workshop. I will deliver a lecture on doing supernova science in [โฆ]
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Accomplished one of my long-standing #running goals today: to run from my family home into the back entrance of the state park in town. I realized on this trip that this run was well within my current abilities (a 5K, including running inside the [โฆ]
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The curious case of the gift card
I am presently back in the US on a short vacation before heading to Vermont to participate in the Stellafane Convention. In what has been an intense and extremely busy year, this has been a few days of much needed rest and peace. After exercising in a state [โฆ]
The Canadian Astroparticle physics Summer Student Talk (CASST) symposium is coming up! The competition will take place on August 12th and 13th in a hybrid format. Registration and abstract submissions are now open! Register and find more details here: indico.snolab.ca/event/32/ove...
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Ah, time off. Enjoying a morning run in a state park for the last 3 days. It has been nice to get more exercise and enjoy the outdoors.
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