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Mubdi Rahman

@mubdi.bsky.social
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Astronomer and Principal at Sidrat Research, Scientific Editor for the AAS Journals, Unapologetically Muslim, Apologetically Canadian.

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Charlie Warzel @cwarzel.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
There is a moment at the very very end of Abdul El-Sayed's podcast with Ezra Klein (book recommendation section) where he talks about the idea of "speaking truth to pain" and this will be staying with me for an extremely long time. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/25/o...
But there’s also something about truth to pain. We talk a lot about truth to power, but I think it’s actually a lot harder to speak truth to pain. I say that as someone who went to medical school, realizing that in a lot of our politics right now, we’ve got to get a lot better at speaking truth to pain if we’re going to get through some of these challenges that we have.

What does “truth to pain” mean?

It’s one thing to look power in the eye and say: You’re wrong about this. But there’s a way in which pain is very difficult to reason with. Because when somebody is in their pain, they’re in their trauma. They see that pain, and they may not see what’s causing it.

I remember just very explicitly being in a trauma ward with a gunshot wound patient and watching this big guy with his hand on his gunshot wound. All the folks are trying to pull his hand off his pain, that point of his gunshot wound, this clear vulnerability.

And this emergency room doctor had the presence of mind to be like: Everyone, stop. And she looks him in the eyes, and she’s like: I get that really hurts, and I’m so sorry that you’re here. You don’t want to be here. We don’t want you to be here. But if you don’t let us fix this, you could die. So I’m going to take your hand, and I’m going to move it off, OK? Because I need to get there so that you can live.

She was speaking truth to pain. He understands he’s at the hospital, he needs care, but he also doesn’t want anybody to touch the wound. Which is a natural thing. And I think it is a really great metaphor for how we think about a lot of these challenges we talked about today.
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American Astronomical Society (AAS) @aas.org · 14/09/2026
The American Astronomical Society today announced that Dr. Emily Levesque (University of Washington) has been confirmed as the next Editor in Chief of the AAS journals. 🔭https://aas.org/press/emily-levesque-named-editor-chief-aas-journals @publishing.aas.org
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Mubdi Rahman @mubdi.bsky.social · 10/07/2026
Some great ways to help science get done! Happy to answer any questions about the roles!
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Mubdi Rahman @mubdi.bsky.social · 19/06/2026
Brampton should be so proud of its boys.
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Mubdi Rahman @mubdi.bsky.social · 18/06/2026
Well, this game is going well....
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Sidrat Research @sidratresearch.com · 07/06/2026
Sidrat Research is excited to be a sponsor for CASCA 2026, the Annual General Meeting of the Canadian Astronomical Society in Montreal, Canada. Come stop by our booth to say hi, learn what we're all about, and how we can be your partner at the leading edge of science! 🔭🧪
A Picture of two Observatory Domes, and the tagline: Meet Sidrat Research at CASCA 2026, June 9-11, 2026 in Montreal, Canada
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Madeleine Bonsma-Fisher, PhD @mbonsma.bsky.social · 16/04/2026
It seems like the primary target of this legislation is Muslims, which makes it both racist and sexist - it's Muslim women who are losing their jobs over this. I can't read this as anything other than rank discrimination.
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Montreal's largest school service centre loses more than 100 support staff due to new secularism law | CBC News
Montreal’s largest school board has lost more than 100 support staff because they refused to remove religious symbols to comply with the province’s new secularism law.
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Mubdi Rahman @mubdi.bsky.social · 15/04/2026
So, this is actually a misdirected pile-on. It's a fair question with a bunch of nuance, especially considering many space capsules (thinking of Russian ones at the moment, but I'm sure there are more) do actually land on land.
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Mubdi Rahman @mubdi.bsky.social · 20/03/2026
Eid Mubarak. May the lessons of Ramadan stay with us through the year.
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Mubdi Rahman @mubdi.bsky.social · 28/02/2026
Just called my Liberal MP to ask for answers about Carney's pathetic statement. I strongly recommend everyone do the same.
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Mubdi Rahman @mubdi.bsky.social · 18/02/2026
Ramadan Mubarak! May this Ramadan give us the strength to help those who are suffering the most.
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Mike Boylan-Kolchin @mbkplus.bsky.social · 12/02/2026
David Hogg has written a white paper on doing astrophysics in the age of LLMs. It looks to be thought-provoking. My initial reaction is that either LLMs will destroy the field or they will force a reckoning with and re-imagining of the current system that often prioritizes output over quality. 🧪
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Why do we do astrophysics?
At time of writing, large language models (LLMs) are beginning to obtain the ability to design, execute, write up, and referee scientific projects on the data-science side of astrophysics. What implic...
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Mubdi Rahman @mubdi.bsky.social · 05/01/2026
At the #AAS247 in Phoenix! Pass by the Sidrat Research booth to say hi! 🔭🧪
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Mubdi Rahman @mubdi.bsky.social · 03/12/2025
Congrats Brian!
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Mubdi Rahman @mubdi.bsky.social · 11/11/2025
@emily.space's #ADASS2025 talk repping BlueSky for Astronomy!
A talk slide talking about BlueSky
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Mubdi Rahman @mubdi.bsky.social · 10/11/2025
Here in Gorlitz for #ADASSXXXV. So eerie having such a small contingent of US-based astronomers 🔭🧪
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Mubdi Rahman @mubdi.bsky.social · 07/11/2025
How can you not be romantic about baseball... www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ceqa...
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Thank you, Blue Jays fans
YouTube video by Toronto Blue Jays
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Savannah Ostrowski @savannah.dev · 03/11/2025
Wooo, unanimous acceptance of 810! Python is getting lazy imports! So excited about this! discuss.python.org/t/pep-810-ex...
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PEP 810: Explicit lazy imports
Dear PEP 810 authors. The Steering Council is happy to unanimously[1] accept “PEP 810, Explicit lazy imports”. Congratulations! We appreciate the way you were able to build on and improve the previ...
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Noah Shachtman @noahshachtman.bsky.social · 02/11/2025
Mamdani is obviously rooting for the Jays. Cuomo is certainly pulling for the Dodgers. Sliwa can't watch baseball any more, ever since Sammy the Bull beat him with a bat.
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Mubdi Rahman @mubdi.bsky.social · 31/10/2025
Quebec's racism and Islamophobia seem to show no bounds...
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Arrête Mark Carney ⚜️ @lalegault.bsky.social · 28/10/2025
Everyone is an “ally” until there is a teeny amount of inconvenience. Be a co-conspirator.
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Wajahat Ali @wajali.bsky.social · 17/10/2025
Democratic leaders, it's time to endorse Mamdani.
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Mubdi Rahman @mubdi.bsky.social · 10/10/2025
Because he was an objectively horrible premier? Pretty simple answer. #cdnpoli
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AAS Nova @aasnova.org · 03/10/2025
AAS Nova turned 10 this year! For our 2,000th post, we’re looking back on the past decade of astronomy research. aasnova.org/2025/10/03/a... @aas.org 🔭🧪
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AAS Nova Celebrates 10 Years of Astronomy Research News
AAS Nova turned 10 this year! For our 2,000th post, we're looking back on the past decade of astronomy research.
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Mubdi Rahman @mubdi.bsky.social · 30/09/2025
Time to move any webapps you have running on Vercel.
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Drew Scanlon @drewscanlon.bsky.social · 26/09/2025
Hi Internet! I'm Drew and THIS IS MY FACE. If this GIF has ever brought you joy in the past, I humbly ask you to consider making a donation to the National MS Society. It would mean a lot to me and to those I know affected by the disease! Donate at blinkingguy.com
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Mubdi Rahman @mubdi.bsky.social · 24/09/2025
A fairly effective #dataviz to get the point of comparative land use of Solar Power infrastructure in a variety of countries. www.linkedin.com/posts/josh-g...
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Debunking solar myths: A definitive article by Carbon Brief | Josh Gabbatiss posted on the topic | LinkedIn
Are you or your loved ones worried about solar farms? Have you heard scary things about solar panels turning the countryside into an industrial hellscape? Fear not! We at Carbon Brief have just publ...
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Polaris Music Prize @polarismusicprize.bsky.social · 17/09/2025
And the winner is… Mustafa! The 2025 SOCAN Polaris Song Prize goes to Gaza is Calling — a track of profound honesty, resilience, and poetic power. Learn more: polarismusicprize.ca/song-prize/ #PolarisMusicPrize #Polaris2025 #PolarisSongPrize #Mustafa #GazaIsCalling
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Mubdi Rahman @mubdi.bsky.social · 13/09/2025
Saw @karenlmasters.bsky.social's book on the shelves of Book City in Toronto and just had to pick it up! I love the cover.
The cover of Karen Master's "The Astronomers' Library"
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Deb Chachra @debcha.bsky.social · 07/09/2025
The thing about investing in public transit is that it *scales* — the more people use it, the better it gets. For everyone. Whereas the more cars there are, the *worse* everything about driving gets. Traffic. Parking. [Ever noticed that in just about every car ad it’s alone on the road? Yeah.]
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Mubdi Rahman @mubdi.bsky.social · 04/09/2025
@ethan-vishniac.bsky.social @augustfly.bsky.social do we have anyone here? Seems to be a lot of discussion about things we've been internally thinking about.
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Mubdi Rahman @mubdi.bsky.social · 23/08/2025
Even on days when I get to spend every waking hour (of his) with my son, there's just never enough time.
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John Skiles Skinner @skiles.blue · 17/08/2025
A terrorist targeted federal workers last week. There wasn’t much reporting on it. But I’m not finished thinking about it! 🧵 An anti-vaxxer fired more than 500 gunshots into CDC Atlanta, shattering 150 “blast-proof” windows on 6 buildings. Employees were pinned down in terror.
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Jack Lynch @jacklynch000.bsky.social · 17/08/2025
I'll admit, I was skeptical when they said Gemini was just like a bunch of PhDs. But I gotta admit they nailed it.
Google's Gemini AI tells a Redditor it's 'cautiously optimistic' about fixing a coding bug, fails repeatedly, calls itself an embarrassment to 'all possible and impossible universes' before repeating 'I am a disgrace' 86 times in succession
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Mubdi Rahman @mubdi.bsky.social · 08/06/2025
Upon seeing a hippo at the zoo today, my two year old starts shouting "Booboobutt! Booboobutt!" Thanks, @bjnovak.bsky.social.
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The Maple @readthemaple.com · 06/05/2025
NEW: @davidemastracci.bsky.social spoke with 13 former Jewish-school students about the “brainwashing,” “indoctrination” and inculcation of anti-Arab racism they endured at the schools. They said the schools play a role in Canadians joining the Israeli military. www.readthemaple.com/youre-litera...
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‘You’re Literally Brainwashed’: Jewish-School Students Speak Out
The Maple spoke with 13 former students about the role Jewish schools may play in Canadians joining the Israeli military.
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Mubdi Rahman @mubdi.bsky.social · 22/05/2025
Can't speak highly enough for the EarlyON centres! Been a fantastic place for our family.
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Mubdi Rahman @mubdi.bsky.social · 21/05/2025
Looks like we're affected by the widespread #bellinternet outage in Midtown #toronto
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Yasmeen Abu-Laban @yasmeenabulaban.bsky.social · 19/05/2025
This has taken way too long. www.cbc.ca/news/world/i...
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Canada, Britain, France threaten action if Israel does not stop military offensive and lift aid restrictions | CBC News
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Monday that Israel would control the whole of Gaza despite mounting international pressure that forced it to lift a blockade on aid supplies that has lef...
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Mubdi Rahman @mubdi.bsky.social · 17/05/2025
I love mango season in #Toronto
A grocery store aisle with multiple varieties of South Asian mangos
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Mubdi Rahman @mubdi.bsky.social · 13/05/2025
Major power outage in Midtown #toronto around Yonge and Eglinton. Goes as far down as Merton apparently.
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Chise @sailorrooscout.bsky.social · 11/05/2025
GOOD NEWS! Moderna’s combination COVID/influenza vaccine candidate mRNA-1083 has OUTPERFORMED the current standalone vaccines for BOTH viruses in a large (8000+) Phase III trial. A combination vaccine would make it easier for people to get vaccinated against COVID and influenza at the same time. 🧪🧵⬇️
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Mubdi Rahman @mubdi.bsky.social · 10/05/2025
I'll take our Toronto racoons any day.
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Artologica aka Michele Banks @artologica.net · 09/05/2025
Get a library card and use it often
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Mubdi Rahman @mubdi.bsky.social · 01/05/2025
Leapfrogging the Global North in terms of energy technology is one of the only ways some of the renewable-laggards (like us in Canada) are ever going to get our acts together. Good on Pakistan!
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Gerald Butts @gmbutts.bsky.social · 30/04/2025
Some facts about LPC performance under PM Mark Carney’s leadership: Largest vote total for any party ever Largest LPC share of popular vote since 1980 Largest seat count in QC since 1980 Largest seat count in BC ever Seats in every province
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Mubdi Rahman @mubdi.bsky.social · 29/04/2025
Go Bruce!!!
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