Cynthia Froning

Also, this war brought to you by the same Pentagon that shot down a US drone with a laser and closed airspace near El Paso, again.

You really want these guys starting wars and/or doing regime changes in Venezuela, Iran, and maybe Cuba in just the first quarter of 2026?

I need to read Mack's book, but I will note that The First Three Minutes is both correct and beautifully written.

Illustrated graphic with the boot-shaped Rubin Observatory atop its site on Cerro Pachón beneath a sparkling night sky and the glowing band of the Milky Way stretching from lower left to upper right. Sprinkled throughout are many "Data alert!" popups, labeled with icons that represent supernovae, asteroids, hungry black holes, and more.

A 3-by-4 grid of grayscale astronomical images zoomed in on single objects. From left to right, the columns are labeled Template, New image, and difference. From top to bottom, the rows are labeled supernova, variable star, active galactic nucleus, and solar system object.

The largest spot-the-difference effort EVER has begun!🚨

On the night of Feb 24, NSF–DOE Rubin Observatory officially released its first ~800,000 public alerts of detected changes in the night sky!🔍

A new era of discovery is here✨ 🔭🧪☄️

🔗: rubinobservatory.org/news/first-a...

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Hey, I know that guy in the middle!

This spring, I'm spending a lot more time on I-35 than usual. Yesterday was particularly hairy: some sort of tarp blowing across windshields, a plastic shopping cart blocking a lane, and a genuine wildfire in Kyle. Spring Break can't come soon enough.

This reminds me of a big storm we had in CO where we watched the city's slowplow get stuck in the street.

President Trump pardons Hall of Famer Joe Klecko and four other former NFL players Trump pardoned Klecko, Nate Newton, Jamal Lewis, Travis Henry and the late Billy Cannon for crimes ranging from perjury to drug trafficking.

I'm all for pardons and second chances. But it's a hell of a juxtaposition to pardon millionaire NFL players convicted of drug distribution while you're summarily executing impoverished fishermen making a few hundred bucks to shuttle drugs around the Caribbean.

I think we need a new term, like a hell-no-bill.

But did you type them on a typewriter?

Did you put down a lawn chair to mark your place after shoveling?

Hey y'all. I'm hiring. Are you interested in building instruments for astrophysics?

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Do you know how many DECam found and if it was consistent with what they were predicted to find?

I mean, it’s the Pats.

I feel heartened to know this was aired.

How do you not view this as a gorgeous expression of Hispanic culture in the U.S.?

Smooth music, beautiful sets, and great dancing.

Haha!

It felt like a love letter to the Hispanic American experience.

The power pole prop was something.

The part where he said the student initiated contact with him was disgusting. Who knew attending office hours was a come-on?

The prof's quotes in this article. 🤮

Phew, one of those times when something is stressing you out that you know you won't care about on your deathbed, but that seems very important right now.

"I'm coming to Boston and I'm bringing hell with me."
--Homan in February

"Do I expect violence to escalate? Absolutely."
-- Tom Homan in March

"I actually thought about getting up and throwing that man a beating right there in the middle of the room"
-- Homan in July, referring to a D congressman

Just finished The Devil in Silver yesterday.

This was murder. Pretti did not initiate the confrontation. He didn’t strike them. He didn’t brandish his gun. They tackled him, beat him, disarmed him, and shot him.

Pretti clearly did not brandish his gun. Which means the government is saying he was killed for legally exercising his right to carry.

It’s as clear-cut a violation of the Second Amendment as I can possibly imagine. And we’re about to see the bulk of the gun rights crowd defend his murder.

I was on a team that built an instrument for the Hubble Space Telescope. Our PI used to tell students it was the size of a phone booth until he realized most of them had never seen a phone booth.

SPIE is in Denmark this summer. I was all ready to start planning a vacation and then I thought, best wait a bit. What a world!

I'm teaching at UTSA this spring. The class will be fine, the driving less so. I may just stay down there for midweek.

TFW you are refereeing a paper you know you should have said no to...