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Martin Dominik

@everfurther.bsky.social
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Reader in Phys & Astro @ Univ St Andrews – Co-Director, Centre for Exoplanet Science (StA-CES) – Past President of NoRCEL – Alumnus of the Global Young Academy (GYA)

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Martin Dominik @everfurther.bsky.social · 29/04/2026
A big shoutout of respect to the ERC Scientific Council for revising their previous decision on re-submission rules. @erc.europa.eu
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European Research Council (ERC) @erc.europa.eu · 29/04/2026
NEWS: The ERC Scientific Council has listened to the concerns from members of the research community about changes to the re-submission rules, intended to manage the surge in demand for grants. The Scientific Council will readjust some of the changes: link.europa.eu/TBqRQJ
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ERC Scientific Council readjusts rules for reapplication
The ERC Scientific Council has listened to the concerns from members of the research community about the recent announcement on changes to the re-submission rules. The changes, intended to manage the ...
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Suzi Gage @soozaphone.bsky.social · 01/09/2025
I am so upset by this. WHY would it be a problem having to walk past a hotel? At the moment - the problem is GANGS OF PRICKS kicking up a fuss outside them.
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Michael Zingale @michaelzingale.bsky.social · 23/08/2025
as a Chicago alumn (Astonomy & Astrophysics PhD 2000), this saddens me greatly. Chicago was such a great institution because of the strength of _all_ of the departments.
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Benne W. Holwerda @benneholwerda.bsky.social · 23/08/2025
Dutch TheOnion: “Iraq announces it will invade US to bring freedom and democracy”
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Anthony Moser @anthonymoser.com · 26/04/2025
A key difference here is that while either can be incorrect, the structure of Wikipedia *creates context* and the structure of LLMs *destroys context* Wikipedia has linked sources and an edit history showing where information came from and who added it when An LLM just generates text
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Dan Sohege @danielsohege.bsky.social · 16/08/2025
We have seen, time and again, there are stories on this, that trying to placate the hard/far right inevitably ends up emboldening them and causing them to gain ground. Lesson here isn't to try and appease them, but to confront them, because absolutely none of their arguments stand up to scrutiny. 2/
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Stephen Curry @scurry.bsky.social · 09/08/2025
A social media site run by a fellow of the @royalsociety.org is producing deepfake porn of Taylor Swift and they are fine with it.
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SocArXiv @socarxiv.bsky.social · 09/08/2025
Why, when, and where to share your papers, in 3 minutes #ASA2025
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Post your papers on SocArXiv
YouTube video by Philip N. Cohen
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Benne W. Holwerda @benneholwerda.bsky.social · 09/08/2025
This is absolutely brilliant. The best lampooning of a certain “Harvard Astronomer” I have seen.
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Dave Andress @davidandress.bsky.social · 29/07/2025
"Bannign VPNs" would, apart from many other things, make it literally impossible for millions of students to access online library resources off-campus, & completely destroy the learning-model of thousands of degree programmes...
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Keff 🍊 @kefyor.bsky.social · 11/07/2025
Every UK petition is like this
Mockup drawing of a UK parliament petition where the petitioner has asked for "good thing please" with description "we think the UK needs this".
Government responded: "No."
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BeeKaay @beekaay.bsky.social · 28/07/2025
the only people LLMs are qualified to replace are the people who think LLMs are qualified to replace anyone
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Otto English @ottoenglish.bsky.social · 27/07/2025
Here's an idea politicians! Why not chase the votes of the majority rather than a minority of racist thugs. Crazy thought I know.
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Sen. Adam Schiff @schiff.senate.gov · 22/07/2025
What happened to this Republican Party?
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Yvette Cendes @whereisyvette.bsky.social · 22/07/2025
😬😬😬
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Stephen Curry @scurry.bsky.social · 22/07/2025
So Machine Learning is really only Machine Memorizing?
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Lonni Besançon @lonnibesancon.bsky.social · 22/07/2025
Aujourd'hui, c'est @nature.com qui mentionne notre travail sur les papiers COVID (bmcmedresmethodol.biomedcentral.com/articles/10....) et les problèmes de l'IHU(researchintegrityjournal.biomedcentral.com/articles/10....) en décrivant mon parcours académique L'article: nature.com/articles/d41...
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Prof Chris Jackson @seismatters.bsky.social · 21/07/2025
During my last years in academia, I grew weary of helping NERC with their EDI initiatives... And RE: "...are limiting applications from institutions based on past success rates...", I'm guess this means that institutions *not* currently in recent of a NERC grant will be viewed more favourably...🤔
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Martin Dominik @everfurther.bsky.social · 20/07/2025
I repeat: The US health system sucks @karenguzzo.bsky.social
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Marcus Chown @marcuschown.bsky.social · 20/07/2025
Jail the regulators. End what is universally agreed to be the worst example of a disastrous privatisation - and that is out of a crowded field of disastrous privatisations
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Hetan Shah @hetanshah.bsky.social · 10/07/2025
We are calling on the UK Government to not introduce a levy on higher education provider income from international students, reduce visa costs to attract global talent, and to review higher education funding to create a sustainable model www.thebritishacademy.ac.uk/documents/58...
• Discontinue the idea of introducing a levy on higher education provider income from international students.
• Reduce visa costs to ensure they are at least as competitive in cost as other leading science nations, and preferably have a target to become the mos competitive in the G7.
• Provide immediate clarity that the current time length for Indefinite Leave to Remain is kept in place for current and future Global Talent visa holders and their dependents.
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Research on Research Institute (RoRI) @rorinstitute.bsky.social · 26/06/2025
🌍 Together with our partners, we’re reshaping research systems. RoRI’s new Impact Report shares what we’ve achieved with 30 funders across 15 countries – and where we’re heading next: rori.figshare.com/articles/rep...
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Stephen Curry @scurry.bsky.social · 19/06/2025
How might the Royal Society get out of the Musk-shaped hole it has dug for itself – and strengthen its voice in a world of misinformation? Some suggestions in my latest blog post: occamstypewriter.org/scurry/2025/...
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Conduct Unbecoming – how can the Royal Society escape its Musk box? | Reciprocal Space
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globalyacademy.bsky.social @globalyacademy.bsky.social · 19/06/2025
Interested in how collaboration across boundaries can drive real-world solutions? Read more about this topic in the GYA Connections article by GYA member Luisa Maria Diele-Viegas 👇👇👇 globalyoungacademy.net/wp-content/u...
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Michael Merrifield @astromikemerri.bsky.social · 17/06/2025
My caveat to this depressing story is to be careful — sometimes those who purport to be fighting for fairness are doing it as a cover for their own bullying behaviour. Not in this case, however — I know Wyn well, and he is a thoroughly decent person. (archive.is/SSL41) 🔭🧪
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Michael Merrifield @astromikemerri.bsky.social · 15/06/2025
If I were looking for a job, this is the one for which I would apply! 🔭 aas.org/jobregister/...
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Call for Proposals: Grand Canyon 2026 Astronomer in Residence | American Astronomical Society
The Astronomer in Residence Program at Grand Canyon National Park provides a unique opportunity for visitors to engage with our pristine night skies through programs including sky tours, pop-up telesc...
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Natanella Illouz-Eliaz @natanellae.bsky.social · 11/06/2025
We are strict with time #TCTeAC
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Ed Yong is offline @edyong209.bsky.social · 30/05/2025
I urge everyone to read Unbreaking’s new page on everything the govt is doing to destroy & diminish medical research funding. It’s the best thing I’ve read on this topic: @lizneeley.bsky.social & co have such done an incredible job. unbreaking.org/issues/medic...
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Medical Research Funding — Unbreaking
How the administration is breaking the government, and what that means for all of us.
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Alan Beattie @alanbeattie.bsky.social · 30/05/2025
"Good old American know-how, as provided by good old Americans like Dr Wernher von Braun." - Tom Lehrer
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Martin Dominik @everfurther.bsky.social · 30/05/2025
Spam journals now becoming aggressive: "The following message was sent by the journal on the date of 16 April 2025.You failed to receive this message, or intentionally you are not responding (sorry if I am wrong). Please send a manuscript on ongoing research to this email along with a cover letter."
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Michael Merrifield @astromikemerri.bsky.social · 25/05/2025
As my old physics teacher once told me (thank you Mr York), An Eskimo needs twice as much wallpaper as carpet.
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 24/05/2025
CEO pay is up 1,085% since 1978, while typical worker pay is up just 24%.  Why do we always hear "we can't afford to pay our workers more" but never "we can't afford to pay our CEO more"?
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Stephen Curry @scurry.bsky.social · 23/05/2025
Astonishing that Elon Musk FRS continues to enjoy the unequivocal approval of the @royalsociety.org, an organisation established to promote science but which appears sadly to have lost its bearings. www.nature.com/articles/d41...
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NIH killed grants on orders from Elon Musk’s DOGE
Court documents and internal correspondence show the cost-cutting force has broad control over the world’s largest public biomedical funder.
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Martin Dominik @everfurther.bsky.social · 22/05/2025
Worth keeping in mind that APC = Astronomical Prestige Charge
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David Mair @davidmair4.bsky.social · 17/05/2025
Excellent listen, not least for the emphasis on building trustworthy public institutions to tackle disinformation.
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Madhu Pai, MD, PhD @madhupai.bsky.social · 12/05/2025
Wow At least 4 conferences are moving from the US to Canada, because people are anxious about traveling to the States...
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Gerry Hassan @gerryhassan.bsky.social · 11/05/2025
Nigel Farage and "British vaiues". A letter from The Times.
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Samuel Moore @samuelmoore.org · 10/05/2025
I always like the idea of reinvigorating society publishing for a more ethical approach to open access, but this also means weaning society publishing off commercial revenues and developing less hierarchical forms of governance within academic societies.
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Richard Sever @richardsever.bsky.social · 08/05/2025
"Kathleen Hall Jamieson believes scientists need to talk about 'convergent evidence' [not] 'scientific consensus'." Smart strategy advice from one of the smartest people I've met www.science.org/doi/10.1126/... via @holdenthorp.bsky.social
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Convergence and consensus
In these days of political instability, geopolitical tensions, and social discontent around the world, there are continued threats to the principles, conduct, and findings of science. This assault on ...
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Ernesto Priego @ernestopriego.com · 03/05/2025
Prime Minister is preparing to drink much more alcohol daily in order to counter the threat posed by alcohol consumption
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Tanja Bueltmann @tanjabueltmann.net · 03/05/2025
Essentially *all* research and expert assessments show that this does not work. It will not counter Farage, but literally push votes towards Reform. It genuinely is impossible to overstate how profoundly stupid and strategically illiterate this decision is. You cannot out-Reform Reform.
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Michael J. Stern @michaeljstern.bsky.social · 02/05/2025
Damn, I love Tim Walz.
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Martin Dominik @everfurther.bsky.social · 02/05/2025
Reminder: If you copy Reform UK, voters will choose the original
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Martin Dominik @everfurther.bsky.social · 26/04/2025
"I care because it's all done in my name" releasing.dogwoof.com/no-other-land
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No Other Land - Watch Online and In Cinemas — Dogwoof Releasing
Award-winning documentary by Basel Adra, Yuval Abraham, Hamdan Ballal, and Rachel Szor is a vital depiction of the destruction of the West Bank’s Masafer Yatta community by Israeli authorities.
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Martin Dominik @everfurther.bsky.social · 24/04/2025
There should be a law requiring lecture theatres to be designed by tall people
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Scott MacFarlane @macfarlanenews.bsky.social · 18/04/2025
This moment is powerful. The initial reaction from the Stephanie Horowitz. She survived Parkland school shooting in 2018 She survived Florida State U shooting yesterday ===>
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Marcus Chown @marcuschown.bsky.social · 16/04/2025
MAGA voters, you need to wake up to this... Before it is too late. #Trump #Fascism
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David Colquhoun @davidcolquhoun.bsky.social · 15/04/2025
This is the most Orwellian letter I've ever read. Trump wants universities to appoint scientists with MAGA opinions. They essentially don't exist.
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Markus Pössel @mpoessel.de · 15/04/2025
Ich finde nach wie vor das Gedankenexperiment interessant, dass aus meiner Sicht alle Journalist*innen machen sollten: sich zu überlegen, wie sie mit den Standards, die sie jetzt anlegen, 1933 über die beginnende Nazi-Herrschaft berichtet hätten. Mit derselben False balance wie jetzt über Trump? 1/
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