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Michael Zingale

@michaelzingale.bsky.social
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computational astrophysicist open source tool developer professor blower upper of stars can recite π to 2 decimal places from memory star wars fan coffee aficionado zingale.github.io

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Michael Zingale @michaelzingale.bsky.social · 9h
with every update, zoom gets worse...
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Michael Zingale @michaelzingale.bsky.social · 10h
30 minutes into compiling the code and you realize you're on the wrong git branch ...
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Michael Zingale @michaelzingale.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
If the Spice Girls were formed today, there would definitely be a Pumpkin Spice. Maybe an Everything Bagel Spice too
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Michael Zingale @michaelzingale.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
all this chat about whether you heard of this country song just reminds me of: Oh we got both kinds --- We got Country and Western!"
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Michael Zingale @michaelzingale.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Not a fan of the rain in NY
A wet puppy looking up at the camera after coming in from a walk
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Electronic Frontier Foundation @eff.org · 23/09/2026
Think like a programmer—move like a programmer. The new Humble Bundle from No Starch press features 18 titles. Pay what you want and support EFF at the same time! www.humblebundle.com/books/think...
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Humble Tech Book Bundle: Think Like a Programmer 2026 by No Starch Press
Think like a programmer and move like a programmer with a collection of learning courses from the experts at No Starch Press!
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Michael Zingale @michaelzingale.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
I have found an elegant prompt that results in ChatGPT solving Fermat's last theorem, but it's too big to fit in the margin of this page.
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Michael Zingale @michaelzingale.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Untitled20.ipynb -- new high score!!!
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Michael Zingale @michaelzingale.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
puppy ate my laptop charger wire (thankfully, the non-spicy end) in order to secure more playtime. Well played...
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Lynn Carter @lynncarter.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Finally a very detailed article describing the destruction and chaos at NASA Goddard. www.npr.org/2026/09/15/n...
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NASA rushed engineers out of their labs. They say it risks future space missions
NASA employees say they've lost vital equipment and staff needed to make sophisticated spacecraft amid the agency's abrupt relocations over the past several months.
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Bob Benjamin @bobbenjamin.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
Are there any astronomy departments out there that have written up a document on the ethical uses of AI in research, writing, teaching, and mentoring?
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Michael Zingale @michaelzingale.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
letters have upper and lower case. Why don't numbers?
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Michael Zingale @michaelzingale.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
At what age do puppies learn conservation of angular momentum?
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Terence Tao @teorth.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
A group of 25 Fields Medalists, including myself, have made a joint declaration on Math and AI: mathandai.org . We welcome additional signatories. See also this article in the Economist announcing the declaration: www.economist.com/science-and-...
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Declaration — Math and AI
Read the declaration and add your name.
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Chris Lintott @chrislintott.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
New guidelines on the use of LLMs from @publishing.aas.org for referees here : journals.aas.org/referee-llm-... Headlines: Referees are responsible for peer review, and must do their own job, but LLMs can be used where declared where their use is declared and explained. 🔭🧪
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Guidelines for Use of AI and LLMs in Manuscript Refereeing - AAS Journals
We provide guidelines for the use of artificial intelligence (AI) tools, including large language models, in refereeing manuscripts submitted to the AAS journals.
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Michael Zingale @michaelzingale.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
new in pynucastro: find the most likely path between 2 nuclei in a reaction network using #networkx pynucastro.github.io/pynucastro/m... #astro #astrocode
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Finding the Likely Path Between Nuclei (with NetworkX) — pynucastro 3.0.0.post40+g0e7a9e632 documentation
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Prof Anna Watts @profannawatts.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
Join us! We are advertising not one but TWO new observation-oriented tenure track faculty positions, in the areas of massive stars/compact binaries and exoplanets. Links in thread! [Genuine footage from our staff meetings, seen below]
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Avengers Assemble with Thor
Alt: Avengers Assemble - camera pans around the Avengers on a New York (?) street. Thor chairs the staff meeting.
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Michael Zingale @michaelzingale.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
sadly NASA ADS now seems to be blocking linkcheck queries, so all my github CI that validates the links in Sphinx docs is failing. It's like whack-a-mole with linkcheck these days. #astro
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Michael Zingale @michaelzingale.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
DNA results are in 47% Australian Cattle Dog 34% Super mutt 13% American Pitt Bull 5% German Shepard 100% good girl. #dogsky
Our super mutt Spark sitting on a raised platform.  She is mostly white with brown pointy ears and a brown patch over one eye.
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Michael Zingale @michaelzingale.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
I know it's a little thing, but don't Journal editors send a "thank you" when you submit your referee report to them anymore (that you spent hours of uncompensated time on)?
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Michael Zingale @michaelzingale.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
New pynucastro example demonstrating how to visualize the flow through a reaction network from a MESA model (in this case, a nova) pynucastro.github.io/pynucastro/m... #astro #astrocode
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Importing MESA Models and Visualizing Reactive Flow — pynucastro 3.0.0.post32+gb0c3e625e documentation
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Eric Schares @eschares.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
🚨Update: Our analysis of global APC expenditure has now been expanded to cover more publishers (7 -> 14) and more years (2019-2025). We estimate $15B in APCs paid over seven years, $3.7B in 2025 alone. Elsevier crosses the $1B threshold by itself in 2025. arxiv.org/abs/2608.16322 #ScholComm
Line chart showing 5 biggest publishers from 2019-2025
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Michael Zingale @michaelzingale.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
new pynucastro example: create the MESA "basic.net" network (8 species for H/He burning) using pynucastro pynucastro.github.io/pynucastro/m... #astrocode #astro
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MESA basic.net Network — pynucastro 3.0.0.post30+g70ea76a64 documentation
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James Davenport @jradavenport.com · 31/08/2026
Grant funding plummeting, local institutional support not filling the gap... I know mid-career isn't supposed to be easy, but I wish it seemed at least possible. aas.org/posts/news/2...
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NSF Astronomical Sciences Grants Reduced by Over 50% in Fiscal Year 2026
An analysis of new awards suggests that as of 26 August 2026, the National Science Foundation (NSF) has issued 57% fewer awards in the astronomical sciences in the current fiscal year compared to the ...
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Michael Zingale @michaelzingale.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
if any supernova go off in my pixel, I get to name them!
A certificate certifying that I have adopted a pixel from the Nancy Grace Roman telescope.
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Michael Zingale @michaelzingale.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
My puppy just deleted my work email app off my phone. Good girl.
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Joshua Weitz @joshuasweitz.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
NSF just announced its GRFP solicitation due in October - deadline varies by field: www.nsf.gov/funding/oppo... Now for the bad news... * NSF estimates they will issue 1,500 awards, down from 2,500+ last year. * NSF removed STEM Education and Learning Research as a Major Field.
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NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Program (GRFP)
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Peter Coles 🏳️‍🌈 🏳️‍⚧️ 🇮🇪 @telescoper.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
Our Two-Million-Dollar Journal! Using the dollar cost of an MNRAS APC as a basis, this means that we have now saved the global astrophysics community over $2M (for an outlay of around $15K).
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Our Two-Million-Dollar Journal!
Using the dollar cost of an MNRAS APC as a basis, this means that we have now saved the global astrophysics community over $2M (for an outlay of around $15K).
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Star Wars Explained @starwarsexplained.com · 19/08/2026
Lightsabers take skill, precision, and care to create and wield well. Through them, the galaxy sees that the Jedi are protectors, not destroyers. (3/4)
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MU-Peter Shimon 🀄 @mu-peter.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
Crikey! Evidence of a prehistoric "Turducken" 100-Million-Year-Old Fossil Preserves an Ichthyosaur That Ate a Pterosaur Before Becoming Food for a Giant Predator World-first Queensland Fossil Reveals the Biggest Dinner Drama of the Dinosaur Age🧪 dinosaurexperiences.com/queensland-f...
Illustration of the ichthyosaur eating the pterosaur with the Kronosaurus underneath. (Image Courtesy of Peter Trusler and Dinosaur Experiences Australia)
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Michael Zingale @michaelzingale.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
New puppy figured out how stairs work. Much like the scene in Jurassic Park when the velociraptors figured out doors, nowhere is safe now...
A 4.5 month old white puppy (with brown ears and eye patch) interrupting my computering with her cuteness
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Michael Zingale @michaelzingale.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
pynucastro 3.0 has been released! github.com/pynucastro/p... almost 800 PRs merged since version 2.0 with contributions from 14 people #astrocode #astro
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Release pynucastro 3.0.0 · pynucastro/pynucastro
3.0 AmrexAstroCxxNetwork : add #define STARLIB (#1428) fix datatype for rate_pair_data (#1411) ApproximateRate : remove use of identical_particle_factor for double-n capture (#1421) Pytho...
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Michael Zingale @michaelzingale.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
are there any Physics or Astro programs that teach an UG class on machine learning methods for data analysis / simulation? It could be as part of a larger class on numerical methods. #astro
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Michael Zingale @michaelzingale.bsky.social · 08/08/2026
One week with the new puppy. She's making herself at home in the papasan chair that survives from my postdoc years...
A small terrier puppy perched up on a Hawaiian print papasan chair
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Journal of Open Source Software @joss-openjournals.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
Just published in JOSS: 'AMReX-Astrophysics Microphysics: A set of microphysics routines for astrophysical simulation codes based on the AMReX library' doi.org/10.21105/joss.10422
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Laura Lopez @ohdearz.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
OSU astronomy will be there! 🔭🧪⚛️
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Michael Zingale @michaelzingale.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
Meet Spark
A small 4 month old white puppy with brown pointy ears and a brown patch over one eye
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EMILY WILSON @emilyrcwilson.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
No professional accomplishment has ever made me happier than this. theonion.com/translator-o...
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Translator Of Original ‘Minions’ Epic Poem Slams ‘Sexless, Bloodless’ Film Adaptation
PHILADELPHIA—In a 4,500-word essay published in Harper’s Magazine, Emily Wilson, known for her popular translation of the Minions epic poem, blasted the latest film Thursday as a “sexless, bloodless” ...
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Effie Seiberg @effies.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
Fool AI scrapers with this poisoned font: www.theregister.com/ai-and-ml/20...
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Open source project fools AI scrapers with poisoned font
ShieldFont is available today if you've got copy that needs protecting
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The Far Side Bot @farside-bot.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 27/07/2026
#thefarside #farside #comic www.thefarside.com/2026/07/26/1 AN ARK! AN ARK, YOU FOOL!
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Rob Arnol @robertarnol.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
Morning. ☕️
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Dr Neil & Mr Price @drneil.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
It’s really starting to grind me down
The Barney/Moe’s Tavern meme

“Default AI features” Barney being kicked out
“Finding how to turn it all off in the settings” -satisfied Moe

Third panel Barney coming in behind “software update”
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Mike Boylan-Kolchin @mbkplus.bsky.social · 29/07/2026
More than 1/3 of tenured astronomers have left Lowell Observatory after positions were changed to be reliant on grant money (ed.: what grant money?)
azdailysun.com
Astronomers express concern about future of science at Lowell Observatory after research department changes
About half a year after Lowell Observatory’s research restructuring went into effect, more than a third of its tenured scientists have left, with several expressing concerns about their ability to fin...
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Michael Zingale @michaelzingale.bsky.social · 29/07/2026
our new union contract has AI protections. midhudsonnews.com/2026/07/28/u...
midhudsonnews.com
UUP union approves new contract with SUNY
ALBANY - Members of United University Professions, the union that represents more than 42,000 academic and professional faculty at State University of New York
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Michael Zingale @michaelzingale.bsky.social · 27/07/2026
do wolves tell monster stories about turning into a human during a new moon? a wolfwer?
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Michael Zingale @michaelzingale.bsky.social · 27/07/2026
I hope astrophysical quantities are rotationally invariant
The second and third editions of Allen Astrophysical Quantities.  The orientation of the title on the spine is flipped from one to the next
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Meg Schwamb @megschwamb.bsky.social · 27/07/2026
"All scientific observations at Jodrell are expected to cease on the 1 April 2028 unless alternative funding can be found." www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
bbc.co.uk
Jodrell Bank's Lovell telescope faces axe in science cuts, BBC understands
Astronomers warn it would tear the heart out of UK science, and leave a generation untrained.
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X-Wing/TIE Fighter Game Series @xwinggameseries.bsky.social · 26/07/2026
Everything you needed in the 90s... #tiefighter #xwing #starwars #lucasarts #lucasfilmgames #pcgaming #retrogaming #retrogames #retrogamer #dosgaming #dosgames
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NSF–DOE Rubin Observatory @rubinobservatory.org · 24/07/2026
Talk about a cosmic glow-up✨📸 This progression of images of galaxy group RSCG 55 shows the evolution of ground-based sky surveys spanning more than three decades🤯, ending with NSF–DOE Rubin Observatory's view. 🔭🧪
Five-panel image showing the progressive evolution of sky surveys from 1994 to 2025, revealing more and more detail in a triple merging galaxy system and the surrounding sky.
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