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Jeremy Bailin

@astrobailin.bsky.social
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Astronomy, coffee, politics, music, cats, sports, computing. Not always in that order. Canada/Alabama/Arizona/Suomi. He/him.

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Jeremy Bailin @astrobailin.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
I think I need to try parbaking youngest child's dough a bit, because she piles the cheese high enough on it that the dough can't possibly be cooking properly.
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Jeremy Bailin @astrobailin.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Remember, remember, this third of November Trump's power of pardon treasonous plot I know of no reason Why Trump's treason Should ever be forgot
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Robert "The Bobby Yaga" McNees @mcnees.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Very sad to hear that Margaret Hamilton has passed away. Here's a short thread about her role in the Apollo mission, and her lesser-known work on the simulations that led to the discovery of Chaos Theory. 🧪 👩‍🔬 ⚛️
news.mit.edu
Margaret Hamilton, computing pioneer who led software development for the Apollo program, dies at 90
Margaret H. Hamilton, a profoundly influential computer scientist best known for leading the software engineering team at MIT’s Instrumentation Lab during NASA’s Apollo program, died at age 90.
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Jeremy Bailin @astrobailin.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Despite the numbers of Ps in their name, there is fortunately no relation between MPP and PSPP.
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Jeremy Bailin @astrobailin.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
This has been my "Jeffries becomes president" scenario since 2024, though I think the more likely version is that Trump has a stroke that puts him in a permanent coma, Vance invokes the 25th, and a MAGA loyalist calls that a coup and goes after Vance.
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Brian Uri! @urizone.net · 06/10/2026
henry vi implies the existence of henry emacs
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Physghoul 👻 🎃 @physgal.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
My department is searching for two full-time continuing physics teaching faculty. Come work in beautiful BC. 🧪👩🏻‍🔬⚛️🎢🍎 @sfuscience.bsky.social
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Science
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Jeremy Bailin @astrobailin.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
When I left Australia, I missed the birds so much. The rest of the world has boring birds.
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Britt Lundgren @brittlundgren.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Congratulations to Francis Halzen, UW-Madison, and the entire IceCube team! (Another Nobel prize in physics brought to you by the NSF!) www.nobelprize.org/prizes/physi...
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Nobel Prize in Physics 2026
The Nobel Prize in Physics 2026 was awarded to Francis Halzen “for decisive contributions to the IceCube Neutrino Observatory and the discovery of high-energy neutrinos of astrophysical origin.”
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Jeremy Bailin @astrobailin.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Nice work as always!
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Jeremy Bailin @astrobailin.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
And yet, here we are.
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Jeremy Bailin @astrobailin.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
We just started season 3... feel simultaneously embarrassed at having left it so long, and happy to be watching something I know will be good.
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Jeremy Bailin @astrobailin.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Thank you. I'd rather they use that money to put funds back in things they've stripped (USAID, NSF, NIH do things that individuals can't with that money), but 100% agree that the framing of it as a "bribe" is disingenuous. It's a policy proposal.
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Jeremy Bailin @astrobailin.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
I love the fact that every Quebec election features a different set of parties.
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Jeremy Bailin @astrobailin.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
As much as I really really hate to give anyone in the Trump administration the benefit of the doubt, "a stick of butter" does conventionally mean 1/4lb, which is about a dollar. It may be a weird unit to use, but it's a much more defensible statement than most of their lies.
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Jeremy Bailin @astrobailin.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Happening tonight, hope to see y'all there!
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Jeremy Bailin @astrobailin.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Way too proud of having pulled off an acceptable gluten free voisilmäpulla at home. Slightly reduces the urgency of getting back to Finland.
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Jeremy Bailin @astrobailin.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
I actually love seeing before pictures of people when you know the after, because you can see the real person peaking out and waiting to be born.
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Jeremy Bailin @astrobailin.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
The fact that the wild antisemitism is the least objectionable part of it is... impressive.
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Jeremy Bailin @astrobailin.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
No Millenial can be kind of old, because I'm older than all Millenials and I'm not old! <holds hand to ear> Hold on, I'm being given an update...
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Jeremy Bailin @astrobailin.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
(3 words to distinguish them)
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Jeremy Bailin @astrobailin.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
I could have sworn they were called the Rough Ride Ers.
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Jeremy Bailin @astrobailin.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
I deserved that. 😂
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Jeremy Bailin @astrobailin.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Ditto, I think that's the only Australianism I acquired in 3 years. 14+ years in the Deep South, and I think the only southernism I've picked up is y'all.
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Jeremy Bailin @astrobailin.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Wait, so you're trying to tell me that all of the teams in the Eastern Conference are geographically to the east of all of the teams in the Western Conference? Are sports leagues even allowed to be that logical? 😂
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Jeremy Bailin @astrobailin.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Sad to hear of the passing of Das Ich’s Bruno Kramm. Had the chance to interview him for KXCI almost 25 years ago and it was a real pleasure.
side-line.com
Das Ich co-founder Bruno Kramm dies at 58
Bruno Kramm, co-founder of German dark wave band Das Ich, has died at 58, hours after the band's September 25, 2026 concert in Granada, Spain.
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Jeremy Bailin @astrobailin.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Obviously it's supposed to be America Intelligence.
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Jeremy Bailin @astrobailin.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Today I am dancing around the kitchen singing along to Erasure while drinking a martini, so maybe I'm celebrating a few days late?
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Jeremy Bailin @astrobailin.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Best Friends Fo Rever!
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Jeremy Bailin @astrobailin.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
The key: get people to realize the difference between "prosecuting people who are your political enemies regardless whether or not they did something illegal" vs. "prosecuting people who did something illegal whether or not they are your political enemies".
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Jeremy Bailin @astrobailin.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
I'm fascinated by the R plot. My memory was that Ramaswamy was the most Trump-aligned of the other candidates, so it's fascinating to see that his rhetoric was actually the least correlated!
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Jeremy Bailin @astrobailin.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
coshplay? Don’t be hyperbolic!
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Jeremy Bailin @astrobailin.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Just came up with the most West Wing-esque fan fiction scenario for what happens in the Senate. I'm afraid to commit it to text for fear of Apollo's dodgeball.
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Jeremy Bailin @astrobailin.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Does the TI 99/4A BASIC line editor count?
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Jeremy Bailin @astrobailin.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Two words: Wagon Wednesdays
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Jeremy Bailin @astrobailin.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
So this is what happens when Alabama remembers that the first half of the game also exists.
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Jeremy Bailin @astrobailin.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
My grandfather took a class from him in university. Apparently he used to tell his students that everything you don't have in your head, you should have in your feet.
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Jeremy Bailin @astrobailin.bsky.social · 21/09/2024
Mistakes in the Fourier domain happen with unfortunate frequency.
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Jeremy Bailin @astrobailin.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
File under Y for "You've got to be fucking kidding me." Email from the clearly-about-to-blow-a-gasket general manager of my NPR station.
Screenshot of an email, text follows.

Governor Kay Ivey signed House Bill 2 into law earlier this year, which requires "all state and local entities and their employees" to use "Gulf of America" in place of "Gulf of Mexico." This includes maps, documents, websites, and "official communications."

WBHM is licensed to the University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB), thus every member of our team is an employee of UAB and a state emplyee. The WBHM team is expected to abide by the same laws, rules, and guidelines as every department, along with the complicated FCC regulations for a non-commercial radio station, which we have done so without question.

Following conversations with individuals at UAB and the UA System, I have been told that every single communication from WBHM and its team members, made in the capacity of their role as employees, is considered "official communication." For WBHM, that includes our broadcasts.
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Jeremy Bailin @astrobailin.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
I've got to say, the Ilves website is much more usable. Surely I have mutuals who have opinions!
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Jeremy Bailin @astrobailin.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
How did I just discover now that the winner of the Finnish hockey league gets the Canada Bowl?! Next question: should I become a fan of Ilves or Tappara?
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Jeremy Bailin @astrobailin.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Is forgetting to wear my bi earrings today the most typical invisible thing of all?
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Jeremy Bailin @astrobailin.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
6"? 6"???! I used 5 1/4" for years, and I've seen 8", but I've never even *heard* of a 6"! I'm scared.
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Jeremy Bailin @astrobailin.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
I bet!
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Jeremy Bailin @astrobailin.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
I see people are discussing polling, which means it’s time to bring back this thread about stars in the outskirts of galaxies.
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Jeremy Bailin @astrobailin.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Don't forget: SOUTH DAKOTA 🔴 +3.0% Though I'll eat my hat if South Dakota ends up to the left of Florida.
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Jeremy Bailin @astrobailin.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Last 5 public polls of Minnesota have been D+1, even, D+4, D+2, and D+5.
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Jeremy Bailin @astrobailin.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Now the interesting question -- at what level of payment model do they all get the right answer?
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Jeremy Bailin @astrobailin.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Sort of?
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Jeremy Bailin @astrobailin.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
I can tell I’m up too late when my feed suddenly switches half to Finnish as everyone there wakes up.
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