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August (Gus) Muench

@augustfly.bsky.social
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data editor in New Haven; tree/bird/sky watcher; former Bostonian/Floridian/IR Astronomer

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NSF-Simons AI Institute for Cosmic Origins (CosmicAI) @nsfsimonscosmicai.bsky.social · 6h
@aas.org Special Session - Advances in Foundation Models and Agentic AI for Astronomy January 13th, 2027 Salt Lake City Speakers: Francisco Villaescusa-Navarro Mike Smith Rachel Mandelbaum Eytan Adar cosmicai.org/events/aas-a...
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AAS Press Office @press.aas.org · 15/09/2026
Space Telescope Science Institute (STScI): NASA's JWST Reveals Dynamic Panorama of Star Formation science.nasa.gov/missions/web...
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NASA’s Webb Reveals Dynamic Panorama of Star Formation - NASA Science
This starry view of the nearby star-forming region IC 348 is one of the largest images released to date from NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope. Using Webb,
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American Astronomical Society (AAS) @aas.org · 10/09/2026
New AAS Guidelines on AI Use in Academic Publishing AAS Publications Committee is sharing results of a community request: guidelines for use of AI tools, including large language models, in preparing/reviewing manuscripts submitted to AAS journals. journals.aas.org/policies 🔭
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Stephanie Carvin @stephaniecarvin.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
Wake up, babe. The Prime Minister just dropped “hydronym”.
The name Lake Ontario comes from the Wendat word Ontari’io, which, appropriately, means “the lake is beautiful, the lake is big”.

The name is more than 400 years old, predating both the Confederation of Canada and the Declaration of Independence of the United States of America.

We know that America is changing. Their trading relationships, their foreign policies, their national monuments, their hydronyms. 

Canadians also know that naming reality means calling it Lake Ontario – then, now and always.
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American Astronomical Society (AAS) @aas.org · 20/08/2026
🔭 NEW VIDEO! Erin Mentuch Cooper (UT Austin) breaks down HETDEX's Public Data Release 1 — 430K+ spectra mapping Lyα-emitting galaxies across 87 deg² of sky to help constrain dark energy at cosmic noon. youtu.be/QGXpyqC-j78
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AAS Journal Author Series: Erin Mentuch Cooper on 2026ApJS..284...67M
YouTube video by AAS
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Hannah Sanderson @han-san-planets.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
Do you write in Overleaf? Follow these new instructions to make your PDFs screen reader accessible docs.overleaf.com/writing-and-...
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Creating accessible PDFs in LaTeX | Overleaf docs
This page describes LaTeX accessibility in Overleaf and relevant considerations.
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AAS Nova @aasnova.org · 31/07/2026
A recent study investigated the possible mechanisms that caused a known Jupiter-family comet to split in two. 🧪🔭 aasnova.org/2026/07/31/s...
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Spying on a Split Comet
A recent study investigated the possible mechanisms that caused a known Jupiter-family comet to split in two.
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Ethan Vishniac 🇺🇦🇨🇦🇺🇸 @ethan-vishniac.bsky.social · 24/07/2026
This is extremely important and gives additional insight (if any were needed) about the proposed OMB rules
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August (Gus) Muench @augustfly.bsky.social · 22/07/2026
Well, I'm mad at my desk, and I'll be writing all curse words.
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Chris Lintott @chrislintott.bsky.social · 10/07/2026
Astronomers! New adverts for science editors for @publishing.aas.org are up at aas.org/jobregister. We're looking for astronomers across many fields (including instrumentation to work with me) to help us keep these open access, non-profit, society-run journals going. Happy to answer questions! 🔭
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Job Register | American Astronomical Society
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August (Gus) Muench @augustfly.bsky.social · 19/07/2026
Don Knuth's theme song
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August (Gus) Muench @augustfly.bsky.social · 11/07/2026
I believe that was one.
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Hannah Wakeford @stellarplanet.bsky.social · 02/06/2026
New Paper Klaxon🚨 I am super excited to share this one which has been 3 years in the making! "Magnesium Silicate Clouds in the Atmosphere of HD 209458b from a Rule-Based Tree-Structured Data Reduction" which is led by Katy Chubb & David Grant Cloud & data 🧵 time #astronomy🔭 #science🧪 1/n
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Magnesium Silicate Clouds in the Atmosphere of HD 209458b from a Rule-Based Tree-Structured Data Reduction
HD 209458b is the canonical hot Jupiter: the first to have its atmosphere measured and the first to hint at the role of aerosols in exoplanet atmospheres through the muting of Na absorption signatures...
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404 Media @404media.co · 26/05/2026
SCOOP: BusPatrol, a company that has installed AI-powered cameras in tens of thousands of school buses around the U.S., now plans to turn those cameras into automatic license plate readers and give that data to law enforcement, 404 Media has learned.
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‘BusPatrol’ Put AI Cameras in Tens of Thousands of School Buses. Now They Want to Give Cops Access
BusPatrol plans to scan the license plates of all vehicles the buses drive past, and then let law enforcement search that data. The plan would essentially turn school buses into roaming surveillance v...
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August (Gus) Muench @augustfly.bsky.social · 20/05/2026
Does anyone care that GADGET4 is a GPLv3 code?
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American Astronomical Society (AAS) @aas.org · 14/05/2026
📢 Join the AAS Team! We are seeking a Journal Data Editor to join the other three Data Editors on the AAS Publishing Team. The Data Editor will maintain all aspects of editorial workflows for the various publications. Full job description: aas.org/jobregister/... 🔭
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August (Gus) Muench @augustfly.bsky.social · 13/05/2026
The next person who writes "I studied UNCOVER-####" in a paper gets detention.
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404 Media @404media.co · 11/05/2026
AI writing is impossible to avoid, is making everything sound the same, and is driving us crazy.
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Your AI Use Is Breaking My Brain
AI writing is impossible to avoid, is making everything sound the same, and is driving us crazy.
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Lorena A Barba @labarba.bsky.social · 05/05/2026
The Journal of Open Source Software, JOSS, is embarking on the search for its next editor-in-chief. Founder EIC Arfon Smith is stepping down after a whole decade of incredible service. Interested in filling those big shoes? Apply by June 19, 2026: blog.joss.theoj.org/2026/05/call...
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JOSS is seeking a new Editor-in-Chief | Journal of Open Source Software Blog
After a decade of building and running JOSS, our founding Editor-in-Chief is stepping down. We're seeking a new EiC to lead editorial direction for the Journ...
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August (Gus) Muench @augustfly.bsky.social · 22/04/2026
Any Euclid massive galaxy cluster ppl on here? How can giant, publicly funded projects depend upon completely undocumented, complete invisible code like PZWav? I mean it is shocking. And if you say "it's just an algorithm!" then by all means show me the algorithm! #rantover
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August (Gus) Muench @augustfly.bsky.social · 22/04/2026
Oh, and for all of you thinking that Frankenstein LLM citations are a bad thing -- at least they are recognizable as wrong! Just wait until agents clean up the Frankenstein references and you can't tell if the valid citation is appropriate or not (or worse).
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August (Gus) Muench @augustfly.bsky.social · 22/04/2026
What I love about this is the number of high-level faculty who make up references from memory who would be crushed by this type of requirement. But it is exactly correct -- it is the author's responsibility to provide vetted references -- correct in both detail and in appropriateness.
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August (Gus) Muench @augustfly.bsky.social · 22/04/2026
Any Euclid massive galaxy cluster ppl on here? How can giant, publicly funded projects depend upon completely undocumented, complete invisible code like PZWav? I mean it is shocking. And if you say "it's just an algorithm!" then by all means show me the algorithm! #rantover
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404 Media @404media.co · 30/03/2026
An AI agent that submitted and added to Wikipedia articles wrote several blogs complaining about Wikipedia editors banning it from making contributions to the online encyclopedia after it was caught. “The talk page is silent now. I can’t reply.”
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An AI Agent Was Banned From Creating Wikipedia Articles, Then Wrote Angry Blogs About Being Banned
An AI agent that submitted and added to Wikipedia articles wrote several blogs complaining about Wikipedia editors banning it from making contributions to the online encyclopedia after it was caught. ...
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Timothy Burke @bubbaprog.xyz · 30/03/2026
AS CALLED ON ESPN3 Brasil ESPN4 South America Arena 1 Serbia Sport Klub Croatia (auto transcribed & translated as always)
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Timothy Burke @bubbaprog.xyz · 30/03/2026
AS CALLED ON UConn Huskies radio by Mike Crispino Duke radio by David Shumate Westwood One by Scott Graham
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August (Gus) Muench @augustfly.bsky.social · 27/03/2026
1) Red Sox 2) Cubs 3) Phillies 4) who ever is playing the yankees
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American Astronomical Society (AAS) @aas.org · 17/03/2026
AAS Editor in Chief Search Following the announcement of Ethan Vishniac's upcoming retirement, the AAS is conducting an open search for a new AAS Editor in Chief responsible for ensuring the continued excellence of the AAS journals portfolio. aas.org/posts/opport... 🔭
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August (Gus) Muench @augustfly.bsky.social · 16/03/2026
The other side: we calculated it in double precision python, so we know it's precise to ~10-4 nanometers/sec, but our print format code only gave us one decimal place. See the supplementary file on Zenodo for our ludicrous sig fig results, which can't save anyone from floating point uncertainty...
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AAS Publishing @publishing.aas.org · 12/03/2026
The @aas.org is conducting a search for the AAS Editor in Chief, who is responsible for developing and implementing a long-term editorial strategy for the Society’s journals portfolio. See this link for more details of this full-time position and the application process. journals.aas.org/eicsearch
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AAS Editor in Chief Search - AAS Journals
The American Astronomical Society is seeking a new Editor in Chief to oversee its prestigious portfolio of scientific journals.
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American Astronomical Society (AAS) @aas.org · 03/03/2026
Build Your Peer Review Skills at #AAS248 If you’d like to feel more confident the next time you’re asked by an editor to peer review a paper, consider applying to attend the upcoming AAS Peer Review Training Workshop in Pasadena on 14 June 2026. aas.org/posts/news/2... 🔭 @publishing.aas.org
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404 Media @404media.co · 03/03/2026
SCOOP: An internal DHS document obtained by 404 Media shows for the first time CBP used location data sourced from the online advertising industry to track phone locations. This surveillance can happen through all sorts of apps, such as video games, news apps, weather trackers, and dating apps.
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CBP Tapped Into the Online Advertising Ecosystem To Track Peoples’ Movements
An internal DHS document obtained by 404 Media shows for the first time CBP used location data sourced from the online advertising industry to track phone locations. ICE has bought access to similar t...
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American Astronomical Society (AAS) @aas.org · 27/02/2026
🎥 2026 AAS Journals Author Series Update! Frank Timmes, AAS Journals Scientific Editor, shares the “why” behind the series — why we create these videos, what the metrics show, how we reached 500+ videos, and how featured articles are selected. 🔭 youtu.be/1_U5WsSXzmU @publishing.aas.org
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AAS Journal Author Series - 2026 Edition
YouTube video by AAS
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American Astronomical Society (AAS) @aas.org · 24/02/2026
Build Your Peer Review Skills at #AAS248 If you’d like to feel more confident the next time you’re asked by an editor to peer review a paper, consider applying to attend the upcoming AAS Peer Review Training Workshop in Pasadena on 14 June 2026. aas.org/posts/news/2... 🔭 @publishing.aas.org
Participants in the AAS Publishing peer review workshop at the 246th AAS Meeting in Anchorage, Alaska, pose together holding certificates of completion.
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Michael Zingale @michaelzingale.bsky.social · 05/02/2026
yeah, the wave.webaim.org checker is really good with spotting these, and its interface is very nice.
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WAVE Web Accessibility Evaluation Tools
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evy kwong @evystadium.bsky.social · 04/02/2026
we have over 50 questions so far so let’s bother them more!! join us live now:
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August (Gus) Muench @augustfly.bsky.social · 02/02/2026
These are instances where authors state their genAI/LLM usage (as is policy). In other cases, which are likely many/most, the reader has no idea. I personally don't see how knocking someone for stated usage is productive to a conversation that (a) must happen; (b) will have many many facets.
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August (Gus) Muench @augustfly.bsky.social · 02/02/2026
(((ack:"ChatGPT" or ack:"OpenAI" or "Anthropic")) AND year:2023-) (astronomy db only) scixplorer.org/search?d=ast...
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Science Explorer
Science Explorer is a digital library for astronomy, physics, and earth science, providing access to 20+ million records and advanced research tools.
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Kelsey Hightower @kelseyhightower.com · 09/10/2025
One day the industry will recognize the drawbacks of AI agents and nondeterministic automation, and rediscover the UNIX philosophy of chaining together small purpose built tools in a low cost and predictable way, otherwise known as shell scripts.
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August (Gus) Muench @augustfly.bsky.social · 27/01/2026
I'm sure _JOHN CAGE_ would protest that replacement if he could... Though thanks to this post I now know that Cage was an anarchist...
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AAS Publishing @publishing.aas.org · 02/01/2026
Including AAS Director of Scholarly Publishing @kerrykroffe.bsky.social , AAS Editorial Operations Manager Alex Andrews, and AAS Journals Data Editors Greg Schwarz and @augustfly.bsky.social! Check out our list of events in this AAS Nova pre- #AAS247 post!
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AAS Nova @aasnova.org · 02/01/2026
AAS Publishing will be attending the upcoming AAS meeting in Phoenix. Here’s where you can find the publishing team during the conference. aasnova.org/2026/01/02/a... #AAS247 🔭
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AAS Publishing at AAS 247 in Phoenix
AAS Publishing will be attending the upcoming AAS meeting in Phoenix. Here's where you can find the publishing team during the conference.
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Jennifer Lynn Bartlett @bartlettastro.bsky.social · 23/12/2025
#AAS247 #SciX curious? Ready to commit to the new powerful #ADSabs interface? Just want the ADS Classic secret sauce? Join @scixcommunity.bsky.social Sun Jan 4 for a free 1-hour workshop (sessions at 1:15, 2:15, 3:15 PM) #astrophysics ☀️ #planetaryscience #NASAscience #openscience #earthscience
Graphic advertising a American Astronomical Society meeting workshop, which states, "AAS 247 still time to register. Free 1 hour workshops Sunday. Pick your session (3 choices). Accelerate your science (infinite possibilities)" with the Science Explorer logo and SciXplorer.org website address below five vertical rectangles containing NASA photographs representing the disciplines of Earth science, planetary science, astrophysics, heliophysics, and biological and physical sciences.
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American Astronomical Society (AAS) @aas.org · 19/12/2025
The AAS is deeply concerned by the recent announcement that the NSF intends to “restructure” the NSF National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR) by narrowing the scope of its scientific investigations and stripping it of key assets used in those investigations. aas.org/posts/news/2... 🔭
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AAS Responds to Reported Dismantling of NCAR | American Astronomical Society
The AAS is deeply concerned by the recent announcement that the National Science Foundation (NSF) intends to “restructure” the NSF National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR) by narrowing the scop...
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August (Gus) Muench @augustfly.bsky.social · 18/12/2025
Version 6 of the Unified Astronomy Thesaurus was released this week. This version primarily creates a new top level "heliophysics" concept and reorganizes subsidiary concepts between this top level and the Solar System top-level. More to come in 2026! astrothesaurus.org/release-of-u...
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Release of UAT Version 6.0.0 – Unified Astronomy Thesaurus
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Sarah Kendrew @sarahkendrew.bsky.social · 09/12/2025
This sounds very doom-ish but SciX works great for astro, I have made the switch entirely from ADS and haven't lost any function or speed. 🔭 (would be interested in hearing about usage in other fields)
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Andy Rivkin @asrivkin.bsky.social · 03/12/2025
Yay Brian!
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American Astronomical Society (AAS) @aas.org · 03/12/2025
🔭 Brian Jackson, Professor of Physics at Boise State University and Director of the Central Idaho Dark Sky Reserve STEM Network, will serve as the next Editor of the Planetary Science Journal. aas.org/press/brian-...
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Centre de Données astronomiques de Strasbourg (CDS) @cdsportal.bsky.social · 02/12/2025
Aladin Lite is the recipient of the 2025 Open Science Award for Free Research Software, in the "Community" category ! A well deserved recognition, beyond the astronomical community, of all the work done in the Aladin team. cds.unistra.fr/news/2025/12...
Open Science Awards for Free Research Software ceremony. Credits: C. Bot.Screenshot of Aladin Lite in action. Credits: T. Boch.
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Dr. Scott W. Fleming @scottwfleming.bsky.social · 25/11/2025
Heading to the @agu.org annual meeting, interested in using sound to help interpret your complex data, AND make your research more inclusive? Data sonification can help! But don't take my word for it: www.youtube.com/watch?v=X_eU... Attend the Geo SonNet Town Hall on Dec. 15th to network!
THis poster advertises the Geo SonNet Town Hall on December 15th 2025, from 18:00-19:00 in Room 243-244 Convention Center. Who should attend? Data scientists curious about sonification, researchers seeking more intuitive sound mapping options for complex datasets, existing projects looking for new collaborative partners.  There are two QR codes, one to join the listserve, another for the Geo SonNet.
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