Eric Bellm

... plus Intro to Linguistics, The Book of Job and the Joban Tradition, The Rise and Fall of the Russian Avant Garde, Introduction to Drama, and a double major in physics & astrophysics

Man, I miss college!

Tell me five classes you took in college:

Justice
Human Sexuality
Classics of Christian Literature
Self and Identity
Reason and Religion

300 Club - Wikipedia

The 300 club: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/300_Club

s/1/! 🙄

🔭 Congrats to the Scialog awardees! Looking forward to seeing some exciting @vrubinobs.bsky.social science very soon1

7. Troublemaker, by El Lissitzky, 1913

a guy in front of a building

Back from a quick but lovely visit to the UCSD astronomy department!

“I have asked the clergy of the diocese to make sure their affairs are in order and they have written their wills.,not the time for statements. It is time to put our bodies between the powers of this world and the most vulnerable”. Rob Hirschfeld, Bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of New Hampshire

Is calling it Moynihan's Law an example of Moynihan's Law? 😆

✨ Andy Tzanidakis (Univ of Washington) chats about his article on stars with irregular, aperiodic luminosity dimming events & where the science goes next: youtu.be/z0th9YvNgCo 🔭

The AAS Journal Author Series connects authors w/their research, their human stories & the broader astronomy community.

Mobile Passport Control app to skip the line coming back if you don't have Global Entry

L'appel du vide: "the call of the void"

Screenshot of the Rubin Difference Detectives landing page on Zooniverse. Text on screen reads: "Help us identify changing objects across the universe with the Vera C. Rubin Observatory, from explosive astrophysical transients to moving objects and more!"

Spot the cosmic imposters! 🔍

Help fine-tune NSF–DOE Rubin Observatory’s alert system and figure out which detected changes in the sky are cosmic events vs. imposters with Rubin Difference Detectives on Zooniverse🧐

Join now: zooniverse.org/rubin 🔭🧪

Hrg over. Cruz and Cantwell both said they hope the nomination will clear the Senate by the end of the year. Markey honed in again on Isaacman's relationship w/Musk. Several stressed need to support science and aero. Isaacman said sci, aero, tech just as impt as human spcflt.

YouTube video by ThoseLilRabbits David Blaine Street Magic Part 2

Our magic phase was quite short-lived!

Marginally related, the youngest has been watching "Is it cake" which of course reminds me of Mikey Day's earlier work: www.youtube.com/watch?v=wTqs...

a man in a blue suit says illusions dad you don 't have time for my illusions ALT: a man in a blue suit says illusions dad you don 't have time for my illusions

It's an illusion, Sarah!

I once asked a bookseller at a large indie store how many people would have to buy a book for it to get the attention of the store buyer and cause an additional order and they said: Three.

Somebody apparently recut it? fanedit.org/forums/threa... I'm not enough of a fan to figure out how to download it.

My family policy of "no Roblox, ever, under any circumstance" is looking pretty solid.

I mean, I expected it would be an order of magnitude more expensive (I know nothing about bags), so clearly that means it's affordable and you should get it 😇

I had to add pelvic floor stretches to my "getting older" regimen a few years ago, so this was very interesting to read.

Some false reports are circulating that Mt. Rainier is suddenly showing seismic tremor activity — this is not true. The signal being referenced is actually radio interference, most likely due to rime ice buildup on the antenna of one of our seismic stations.

Something’s a little sus… 👀

Flares, flashes, and fakes — not every change in the night sky is what it seems 💥✨

Test your skills with Rubin Difference Detectives on Zooniverse! Help Rubin scientists spot cosmic events (and catch the imposters). 🌌🔍

👉 zooniverse.org/rubin

AAG submitted to sponsored research! This one has gone through the rock tumbler several times and is certainly polished; let's hope it's exciting enough to get over the hump this time.

I'll bet other NSF programs still use all authors

Search for "Collaborators & Other Affiliations Information" at www.nsf.gov/funding/oppo...

I was on that giant GW170817 paper and think I personally may have been responsible for the change to have it only include the first three authors--I literally sent in a COA in 2019 with 5000 authors in it.

It's not an obvious trick! But for other readers, this blog post/comment gives the directions: www.astrobetter.com/blog/2013/07...

Do you use the magic ADS export?