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James Davenport
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Sure, Biden should drop out… but let’s be clear that Trump in his prime had the cognitive capacity of a snow cone
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651 followers 194 following 689 posts
Coffee drinking, year-round-plaid wearing space dad. Astronomy professor
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James Davenport
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Sure, Biden should drop out… but let’s be clear that Trump in his prime had the cognitive capacity of a snow cone
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James Davenport
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Before and after, first hot sauce attempt. Review: OK, but not sweet or spicy enough
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James Davenport
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I was very proud of the CoolStars 20.5 Gather.town
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James Davenport
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love seeing "career center & job interviews" score so low on the WHY AAS question!
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James Davenport
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Space is not a boring, distant place… it’s part of our environment and we should care for it!
www.rollingstone.com/culture/cult...
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Michael Wong
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New podcast episode! 🚀🎙🖖 Professor Mary-Jane Rubenstein joins us to discuss her book "Astrotopia: The Dangerous Religion of the Corporate Space Race" and its connections to Star Trek.
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James Davenport
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How did they learn to surf?!
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James Davenport
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So Harris+Buttigieg then?
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James Davenport
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Cruz is a big favorite around here… and the pride when Lightning comes out in the blue paint… gets me every time
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John Debes
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Love this post. Pre-PhD I loved to write short stories. Now I like to DM D&D games for friends and/or my kids. It is the right level of storytelling for me right now.
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James Davenport
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No! You can love astronomy, but don’t let people exploit your hard work because of passion!
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James Davenport
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Upshot of being soft money is never having to rebalance! Wait….
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James Davenport
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I like writing and music, but this year I’ve been trying my hand at standup comedy. For something so simple, I’m finding it extremely DIFFICULT. But it’s very fun
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James Davenport
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Something I love to ask my colleagues… what’s your non-Astronomy passion? Got a side hustle? A deep hobby? A dream second or backup career?! Let us know! Being creative is healthy, fun, and will make you a better scientist! 🔭
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James Davenport
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Ok, reviews were Excellent and Good, clearly some disagreement in the panel about the proposal. I’d say that’s clearly within the “random chance” regime
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James Davenport
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Has *anyone* won a NSF AAG this cycle?! Somebody send me a success story, b/c I'm pretty torn up this one wasn't picked! Also, feels cruel to have the reviews page broken when you receive a decline email...
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James Davenport
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Long live Gaia!!!!!
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James Davenport
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Ooooh, haven’t tried these yet!
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James Davenport
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My wife says I should do hot sauce reviews… I could fill weeks of content with what I have on hand.
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James Davenport
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I have… a lot of hot sauces in my house. How did I become that guy?!
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James Davenport
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Obviously there are independents, as well as disenfranchised people, and we should appeal to them too. I just think the biggest and most important group is the youth who don’t turn out. Period
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James Davenport
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I don’t believe in independent voters, and I refuse to hope that our civilization will be saved by the tooth fairy. I believe in lazy or indifferent votes. That’s what the target should be, and that’s what Biden/DNC seem unable or unwilling to pursue
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Katie Mack
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GPT-5 significantly more likely to suffer from depression and anxiety than the general chatbot population
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James Davenport
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One of my favorite outcomes from the fall of Twitter: my interest in participating in social media has decreased substantially. I quite like BlueSky, but haven’t found the energy to really dive in… and that feels great
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James Davenport
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Just us young people!
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James Davenport
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Ohhh, so many fun options! Sewer line, foundation repair, re-siding….
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James Davenport
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OK 🔭, registering my (naive?) prediction: I don’t think there should be any hyper velocity stars that are eclipsing binaries. We should look for some!
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Ben Monreal
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Help me out: Have you organized a science conference where you did any sort of participant surveys or data collection? I'm particularly interested in grad student networking, and levels of poster/talk/Q&A engagement, at big national conferences. (Or: help me find any published lit on this?) 🧪⚛️
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James Davenport
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At the gas station : Be sure to like and subscribe!!! 💀
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James Davenport
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Currently working to get the word "spaaaaace" into a real scientific journal article 🔭
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James Davenport
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CVS as the worlds worst pharmacy?! Walgreens clearly in the running here too…
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SETI Institute
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PRESS RELEASE: www.seti.org/seti-institu...
The SETI Institute is excited to announce a new, first-of-its-kind grants program aimed at advancing technosignature science and technology. Applications for 2024 are due by 5PM Pacific Time on 31 July 2024. 🧪🔭👩🔬
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James Davenport
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I like to chop tiny bits of cucumber and jalapeños into my salsa, so you can't predict if any given bite will be spicy or not, and are forced to practice radical dip acceptance
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James Davenport
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Yep, Hunter Biden shouldn’t have had a gun. Neither should anyone else. See, it’s not that complicated!
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James Davenport
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I think your post is completely right. I also see a lot of people (including old me) assuming that Comm == Journalism, and had a relatively big time reporter shake this out of my head only recently!
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James Davenport
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I just taught a 10week course on SciComm. My fav lessons were: - don’t fall for the deficit model for SciComm. - make it personal
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James Davenport
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FWIW, science journalism isn’t science communication. You’re totally right that “look at this whiz bang thing!” isn’t usually effective SciComm!
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Bethany Brookshire
@beebrookshire.bsky.social
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The one I give students when I teach them is: Never underestimate intelligence. ALWAYS underestimate vocabulary. People can and do want to learn about super complex topics, we just need to not lose them on the way!
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Juliane Borchert
@pv-physicist.bsky.social
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I keep saying that all I want is an AI that does my travel reimbursements for me. I'll happily write my own poetry and scientific papers.
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Tim Watson
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Higher Ed Cuts update: in 6 weeks since I shared the spreadsheet, 20 more colleges & universities have been added: a total of 126 institutions closing, laying off staff, eliminating programs in the last 10 months. Thanks to those who have written to me with updates. Let me know what I've missed.
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James Davenport
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Seriously. Send annual reports to AI. Let me play with my data and enjoy the discovery a little!
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Meg Schwamb
@megschwamb.bsky.social
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Just learned about the nifty-ls a new package python package which accelerates the Astropy's LombScargle module github.com/flatironinst...
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James Davenport
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Witness the power of this fully armed and operational breakfast station
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Peter Sagal
@petersagal.bsky.social
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I bought this electric lawnmower, and I love it... works great, no fumes, and it cost me what just one month of a lawn service costs. Only thing I don't like is the design... why so angular, blocky, sharp edged? I realized: because men. We buy a battery powered tool, we need to at least look mean.
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James Davenport
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My first PhD student is graduating this year… so proud of her!!!
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James Davenport
@jradavenport.com
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Man, the older I get the exponentially less of a shit I give about “innovation” or “excellence”… I just want to have fun and see people doing things together.
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Physgal👩🏻🔬
@physgal.bsky.social
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Asking one more time. Any more popular general-ed/breadth science courses for non-majors you can think of? Which courses do students all want to take? What did you take in college/university? Thanks! 🧪🎢 🥽 🔭 🍎 👩🏻🔬#AcademicSky #HigherEd
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James Davenport
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I'm just saying Nvidia releasing new AI-focused GPUs called "Rubin" the SAME year the first @vrubinobs.bsky.social data comes out (2026) doesn't sound like a coincidence to me!
If you want to use Rubin to study Rubin, come work with us @dirac-institute.bsky.social!
www.cnbc.com/2024/06/02/n...
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Grace Lindsay
@neurograce.bsky.social
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Professors: do you get emails from high school students asking to do research in your lab? If so, is it part of a class assignment for them? How do you feel about this?
#academia
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James Davenport
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The latest edition of SETI.news, the technosignature research newsletter that @astrowright.bsky.social and I run, is out now!
Go read it here, and be sure to subscribe. 🔭
mailchi.mp/38a136d3c8bc...
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