Reposted by Johanna TeskeJason Wright @astrowright.bsky.social · 30/09/2026Astro BlueSky: Be my boss! Penn State Astro needs a new department head and I need YOUR help to find them. Who is your ideal department head? Who can maintain a vibrant, collegial, politics-free atmosphere that supports all members (undergrads, grads, staff, all kinds of faculty)? 🧪 3114
Reposted by Johanna TeskeMeade Krosby @meadekrosby.bsky.social · 30/09/2026I’ve been reminiscing with friends about Take Back the Night rallies we did at Cornell in the late 90s, and how now it’s our high school daughters planning rallies and signing petitions and it’s just incredibly demoralizing how little has changed. 27514
Reposted by Johanna TeskeChanda Prescod-Weinstein 🌌 @chanda.blacksky.app · 24/09/2026I love this for NYC 👏🏽 21037
Reposted by Johanna TeskeSarah E Moran @offallingstars.bsky.social · 18/09/2026I'm so excited about every single one of these projects-- when you apply to one, note you'll get enthusiastic support from us all across the collaboration ☁️🪐☁️ 2192
Reposted by Johanna TeskeEmily Rauscher @astronemly.bsky.social · 18/09/2026Yes! It’s an amazing group of cross-disciplinary experts we’ve assembled. Come work with us on some really cool projects! 😎😶🌫️🤩 21810
Reposted by Johanna TeskePhil Yabut @philliefan99.bsky.social · 19/09/2026The sun shines at sunrise on the Lincoln Memorial statue for a short time around the equinoxes. #dc #cwshare @capitalweather.com 217734
Reposted by Johanna TeskeLiz Neeley @lizneeley.bsky.social · 19/09/2026Each Friday night, I write a briefing on what happened in US science & higher ed. 🧪 Sept 18 (Yr 2, Wk 38) - CDC slow-walking Childhood Vaccine Program - NIH sued for censorship - the latest on NSF repurposing - EPA ending emissions controls & so much more buttondown.com/liminalcreat...buttondown.comYear 2, Week 38Sept 12-18 – and back again 35725
Reposted by Johanna TeskeAndrás Gáspár @andrasgaspar.bsky.social · 13/09/2026Holy cow! Most international graduate students on F1 visas remain here for a few years on OPT to finish their work after graduating and end up staying in the US. This means students will just go back home. What a way to waste the ~ $1M investment that is the education of every PhD student. 0227
Johanna Teske @johannateske.bsky.social · 13/09/2026Delightful 😊 nationalzoo.si.edu/news/happy-5...nationalzoo.si.eduHappy 5th Birthday, Qing BaoTo celebrate giant panda Qing Bao's birthday, keepers went "far out" and created a 1970s-themed fête full of bright colors and iconic pop culture slogans. 000
Reposted by Johanna TeskeYvette Cendes @whereisyvette.bsky.social · 11/09/2026Getting feisty on the ArXiv this morning- "More than half of recent astronomy papers are written with language-model assistance" arxiv.org/abs/2609.10664 That said, if their model is actually correct the authors ought to go into the "check for cheating" racket, as that's a huge growth space rn 🔭 4143
Reposted by Johanna TeskeRoger Freedman @rogerfreedman.bsky.social · 11/09/2026An excellent declaration from 25 Fields medalists: “… the push by AI companies to solve mathematical problems as a benchmark is detrimental to the science of mathematics, and to the mathematical community.” Please add your name! #AcademicSky #Mathematics #AI 🎢 🧪 mathandai.orgmathandai.orgDeclaration — Math and AIRead the declaration and add your name. 0133
Reposted by Johanna TeskeBen Collins @bencollins.bsky.social · 11/09/202625 years later and The Onion’s ParentCorner 9/11 explainer from immediately after the attack is a better understanding of the threat environment than the one produced by the U.S. government. 7258111131
Reposted by Johanna TeskeOlúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò @olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social · 07/09/2026you love to see it 6651101
Reposted by Johanna TeskeJay Troyer @gr8flbluejay.bsky.social · 07/09/2026Criselda Vasquez, American, The New American Gothic, 2017, oil on canvas, 72 x 48 in, private collection The artist's father, portrayed in the painting, was kidnapped by ICE on 31 March 2026 201308645017
Reposted by Johanna TeskeLarry R. Nittler 🚀🎹🌖☄️ @larrynittler.bsky.social · 29/08/2026Apologies if you've heard this story before but with tomorrow's launch of the Nancy Grace Roman space telescope I’m gonna tell it again. April 1997, I was a new postdoc at @carnegiescience.bsky.social 's Dept of Terrestrial Magnetism (now Earth & Planets Lab) and was asked to give dept seminar. 1/ 🔭 23514
Reposted by Johanna TeskeAcyn @acyn.bsky.social · 29/08/2026Child: It’s the mayor. Mamdani: *laughs* Child: What? You are the mayor. You could become the king. Mamdani: I’m happy as the mayor. Jalen Brunson is the king. 222150902160
Reposted by Johanna TeskeSpace Telescope Science Institute @stsci.edu · 28/08/2026Named for NASA's first chief astronomer, the Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope is expected to reveal new information about the expansion of the universe and discover multitudes of planets orbiting distant stars. #NASARoman 🔭 npr.orgNASA is about to launch a space telescope that could change how we see the universeNASA's Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope launches Aug. 30 on a mission to explore some of the most pressing mysteries of the cosmos. 27824
Reposted by Johanna TeskeForming Worlds Lab @formingworlds.space · 28/08/2026The JWST campaign on TOI-561 b, led by @johannateske.bsky.social, continues to deliver surprises! Samuel Boucher (supervised by @astrolisadang.bsky.social) just posted a new phase curve study on this lava world. 1114
Reposted by Johanna TeskeSarah Tuttle @niais.cryptoanarchy.network · 18/08/2026Yesterday the new NSF MPS opportunities came out... Y'all, oof. The red flags - they are a little subtle, but they are many. 18125
Reposted by Johanna TeskeCapital Weather @capitalweather.com · 07/08/2026Obscene dew point of 76 at 2p for DC makes 89 feel like 100. Most humid first week of August since at least 2002 and we could still pass that year with 10 hours to go. Congrats us? More: www.capitalweather.com/muggiest-sta... 1110618
Reposted by Johanna TeskeScience Magazine @science.org · 08/08/2026The U.S. Senate has approved a temporary spending bill that blocks the White House Office of Management and Budget from implementing proposed changes in the rules affecting trillions of dollars of federal spending. scim.ag/4gjAh2Oscim.agSenate votes to block rule giving White House more control over researchLanguage is part of bill to fund government until mid-December 19230
Reposted by Johanna TeskeSuzanne Aigrain @airbornegrain.bsky.social · 06/08/2026This should be an excellent read! 011
Reposted by Johanna TeskeEMILY WILSON @emilyrcwilson.bsky.social · 02/08/2026If you want a big spectacular book-adaptation American movie about a reluctant clever hero on an impossible journey through weird places (which I do), Project Hail Mary is great. 821855177
Reposted by Johanna TeskeEMILY WILSON @emilyrcwilson.bsky.social · 01/08/2026I cannot rest from discourse. I will see that film again tomorrow. I will drink life to the lees. Again I will enjoy greatly, will suffer greatly, both with those that love me, and in Pleasantville NY. I am become a meme. Film showing: burnsfilmcenter.org/booking/the-...burnsfilmcenter.orgThe Odyssey : Jacob Burns Film CenterThe Odyssey, Matt Damon, Tom Holland, Christopher Nolan, Zendaya, Robert Pattinson, Odysseus, Greek, Classic, Antiquity 802806296
Reposted by Johanna TeskeChanda Prescod-Weinstein 🌌 @chanda.blacksky.app · 31/07/2026This is definitely the most that I have ever talked about my life story — at @cascadepbs.org IDEAS Festival with @radiolab.bsky.social’s amazing!!!! Molly Webster: youtu.be/BdwK3ME1l_Y?...youtu.beWNYC presents Radiolab: Science has an Identity Crisis | Cascade PBS Ideas FestivalYouTube video by Cascade PBS 29719
Reposted by Johanna TeskeCarl T. Bergstrom @carlbergstrom.com · 31/07/2026Nature did a short piece on our preprint about how LLMs will affect the practice of science; my more detailed thread is below.nature.comScientists using LLMs will ‘do more, less well’, modelling study predictsResearch suggests that the combination of incentives to publish and the use of large language models will lead to more papers, but they will be less refined. 8440170
Reposted by Johanna TeskeDr. Erik Klemetti Gonzalez @eruptions.site · 28/07/2026Hey folks! I'm teaching "Geology of the Solar System" this fall & would love to have my students chat with fun, intelligent &diverse people doing planetary/astrobio stuff. Interested? Ping me! @elakdawalla.bsky.social @aussiastronomer.bsky.social @planettreky.bsky.social @francypants.bsky.social 267
Reposted by Johanna TeskeSpace Telescope Science Institute @stsci.edu · 30/07/2026The countdown is on for the debut of the Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope, which is named for NASA’s first chief astronomer. The Roman telescope is slated to launch on Aug. 30 aboard a SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida, per NASA. #NASARomantoday.comHere's What The ‘Most Advanced Telescope Ever' Is Going to RevealThe Nancy Grace Roman Telescope is expected to launch Aug. 30 and help unlock mysteries around dark matter, exoplanets and more. 04510
Reposted by Johanna TeskeSpace Telescope Science Institute @stsci.edu · 30/07/2026STScI's Dr. Rachel Beaton will join this panel to explore Dr. Roman's scientific vision, leadership, philanthropy, and enduring influence on astronomy. 🔭 0222
Reposted by Johanna TeskeRandall Munroe @xkcd.com · 30/07/2026Vera Rubin Observatory xkcd.com/3278/ 251334205
Reposted by Johanna TeskeVincent Fortuin @vincefort.eurosky.social · 30/07/2026I really enjoyed this collaboration: it goes to show that especially in the sciences, where data remains costly, Bayesian approaches like BO, BAL, and BED can make a difference. Also, I guess this is officially my first astrophysics paper, very exciting! 🔭🪐🌌 162
Reposted by Johanna TeskeChanda Prescod-Weinstein 🌌 @chanda.blacksky.app · 30/07/2026Thankful to once again be a finalist for the New England Book Awards! I think, as with last time, I know who is gonna win. But I’m really glad to be in the mix with a discerning set of readers: indie booksellers!! www.newenglandbooks.org/book-awards 210812
Reposted by Johanna TeskeHarrison Nicholls @nichollsh.bsky.social · 29/07/2026Machine learning and BO is new ground for me, coming from an atmospheres-theory background (@oxoplanets.bsky.social) - it's been fun! This paper has been submitted for review. With @timlichtenberg.bsky.social, Robb Calder (Cambridge), and Vincent Fortuin and Ben Reigler (Helmholtz #AI). 021
Reposted by Johanna TeskeHarrison Nicholls @nichollsh.bsky.social · 29/07/2026We use #Bayesian optimisation to apply the proteus-framework.org interior-atmosphere evolution model. For three exoplanet prototypes, we retrieve the initial magma ocean conditions that evolve into what #JWST could observe. For terrestrials, we can efficiently estimate redox states and core sizes. 131
Reposted by Johanna TeskeHarrison Nicholls @nichollsh.bsky.social · 29/07/2026New paper on arXiv today! On the efficacy of using novel Bayesian machine learning to dispatch 'expensive' forward models of planetary evolution. This connects with #PLATO ageing and can help solve degeneracies in current static-retrieval approaches which treat #exoplanets as snapshots.arxiv.orgConstraining the lives and times of exoplanets through evolutionary Bayesian retrievalsStatic retrieval frameworks are leading tools for interpreting exoplanet observations, yet time-independent modelling leaves them prone to degeneracy and unable to resolve exoplanets' histories. The c... 1248
Reposted by Johanna TeskeBrett Morris @brettmorr.is · 27/07/2026Become a full stack engineer for @stsci.edu. 🧪 🔭 #astrocode Must be US citizen or permanent resident. Due Aug 24! apply.workable.com/stsci/j/2194...apply.workable.comFull Stack Software Engineer II - Space Telescope Science InstituteFull Stack Software EngineerThe Space Telescope Science Institute (STScI), operated by the Association of Universities for Research in Astronomy (AURA), is NASA’s science operations center for mission... 02115
Johanna Teske @johannateske.bsky.social · 28/07/2026An Uncomplicated Man www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...lrb.co.ukEmily Wilson · An Uncomplicated ManAs they say at the awards shows, I was humbled to learn that Christopher Nolan has read at least the first line of my... 000
Reposted by Johanna TeskeDr. Jessie Christiansen @aussiastronomer.bsky.social · 26/07/2026Actually this is the right answer not the wrong answer and I stand by it. 1677
Reposted by Johanna TeskeAaron Sojourner @aaronsojourner.org · 25/07/2026Admirable clarity @science.org 4974912713
Reposted by Johanna TeskeTucker Jones @tuckerjones.bsky.social · 22/07/2026Easy decision: so long, DoorDash. I will never support any company that undermines DC home rule. DoorDash is no exception. No home rule, no home delivery. 15312
Reposted by Johanna TeskeHannah Wakeford @stellarplanet.bsky.social · 20/07/2026#JWSTcycle6static.klipy.comHelm'S Deep King TheodinALT: Helm'S Deep King Theodin 1124
Reposted by Johanna TeskeRobin Wordsworth @rdword.bsky.social · 16/07/2026Very proud of my student Collin Cherubim for his discovery of an atmosphere on the habitable-zone exoplanet LHS 1140 b! www.science.org/doi/10.1126/... www.nytimes.com/2026/07/16/s...nytimes.comAstronomers Find an Atmosphere on a Nearby Earthlike PlanetIt’s the first potentially habitable world known to host an atmosphere, making it a lead contender in the search for life beyond our solar system. 15313
Reposted by Johanna TeskeChris Hayes @chrislhayes.bsky.social · 16/07/2026"In Detroit, the air quality index reached a value of 728 late Wednesday, far worse than the peak of 465 in New York during the apocalyptic June 2023 fires." www.washingtonpost.com/weather/2026...washingtonpost.comWildfire smoke will worsen in the Northeast and Mid-Atlantic through FridayMore than 115 million people could be exposed to unhealthy air quality. See the forecast for 20 cities. 73837226
Reposted by Johanna TeskeArvind Narayanan @randomwalker.bsky.social · 15/07/2026I had the honor of giving a keynote at the International Conference on Machine Learning last week. I addressed the widespread anxiety about how we should adapt as AI capabilities increase. I was thrilled by the talk’s reception, so I have made my slides available www.cs.princeton.edu/~arvindn/tal...cs.princeton.eduWhat will be left for us to work on?ICML 2026 invited keynote — slides and edited transcript, presented click-by-click as delivered. Arvind Narayanan, Princeton University. 614048
Reposted by Johanna TeskeKelsey Johnson @profkelsey.bsky.social · 05/07/2026I'm consumed be "externalities" that private companies quietly distribute across humanity for profit while preaching narratives about "progress". Add in "Shifting Baseline Syndrome" and most people don't notice what's happening until it is too late. Some underlying verifiable facts 👇 ✨🔭🧪 39537
Reposted by Johanna TeskeJayne Birkby @jaynebirkby.bsky.social · 15/07/2026Two cool things I want to highlight: i) no coronagraphs were used in the making of this discovery. Just the pure raw power of adaptive optics! ii) Look at that Airy ring around b 🤩 that shows we were working at the diffraction limit of the telescope which enabled us to get its best resolution! 0121