Procyon @procyon.bsky.social · 03/10/2026I didn't know you were considering coming! A lot of people stay outside the con block; if it's an option you might consider asking to drop to attendance-only (if available) and figuring out the hotel later? 100
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Procyon @procyon.bsky.social · 01/10/2026(Or maybe we as a community will just collectively decide that this soul-sucking technology is beneath us and insist science should be done by actual people? Well, I can dream...) 010
Procyon @procyon.bsky.social · 01/10/2026So then AI will be used officially for reviewing (obviously horrible), or we'll turn to DPR (and many people will probably just use AI to do the work for them anyway), or or the open nature of proposing will end and only select people will get to use the telescope. 110
Procyon @procyon.bsky.social · 01/10/2026So yesterday of course in the kitchen at work one of my colleagues smugly admits he had AI write his proposal because he "didn't have time". Infuriating on principle, but the real problem is that this continues the review system is going to become flooded and will break down. 110
Procyon @procyon.bsky.social · 01/10/2026(There are many reasons, but among them I feel that if you want to use a telescope of this level of importance you should be willing to demonstrate it by spending time on proposing, and you should have sufficient knowledge to produce the entire text without some bot doing the hard work for you). 110
Procyon @procyon.bsky.social · 01/10/2026I know the feeling and am incensed by the situation. I didn't submit any proposals - my whole week was sucked up trying to battle a case of mass AI misuse among Master's students, and I refuse to use those tools. 110
Procyon @procyon.bsky.social · 22/09/2026Porter has a great mascot, in case you didn't notice that yet 8) 110
Procyon @procyon.bsky.social · 20/09/2026Finally fursuited in the city I actually live in xD (📸: @baloki.arctic-fox.rocks) 2232
Procyon @procyon.bsky.social · 19/09/2026Have you looked into hotels? I have sorta assumed it will be impossible/unaffordable but haven't actually researched options there 100
Procyon @procyon.bsky.social · 12/09/2026I love him so much ^__^ which is why *really* want all art of him to for sure not be AI ! 130
Procyon @procyon.bsky.social · 12/09/2026Looks AI-generated though? No thumb on the left handpaw... 120
Procyon @procyon.bsky.social · 08/09/2026In Bath for a couple days to attend a short conference! Such a pretty place to visit 180
Procyon @procyon.bsky.social · 05/09/2026(Also appreciated all the home state attention, even though I always figured the cartoon was set in Arizona/Utah!) 050
Procyon @procyon.bsky.social · 04/09/2026Didn't get to see much of Heidelberg but it's a nice place to visit! Hope to be back someday soon. 2100
Procyon @procyon.bsky.social · 01/09/2026Amazing weekend of birthday schenanigans and other good times with some excellent critters in Berlin ^__^ Now onward to Heidelberg (for a conference that I will be woefully underprepared for...) 190
Procyon @procyon.bsky.social · 28/08/2026(I'm on a boat that I paid way too much to be sure I arrived in time and didn't miss and drinking a lot of beer with very fun critters) 160
Procyon @procyon.bsky.social · 28/08/2026Whew, made it to Berlin at a semi-reasonable time in the end. Party weekend ahead - looking forward to putting the travel stress behind me! 020
Procyon @procyon.bsky.social · 28/08/2026Back at Manchester Airport, hoping for better luck this time 020
Procyon @procyon.bsky.social · 28/08/2026Flight to Berlin was cancelled, creating a total and stressful mess of trying to get rebooked, finding a place to stay tonight.... things are maybe sorted now, but the whole thing has left me on edge and it's hard to sleep, and tomorrow I have to be up at 5:30... 120
Procyon @procyon.bsky.social · 19/08/2026Sadness :( www.nasa.gov/news-release...nasa.govNASA Updates Next Steps for Commercial Swift Boost Mission - NASADue to an ongoing commercial spacecraft attitude control issue, NASA and Katalyst Space announced Wednesday the LINK spacecraft will not capture or boost an 000
Procyon @procyon.bsky.social · 19/08/2026A little sad that I'll be missing EF yet again this year (it was always lots of fun, but I haven't made it over since the move to Hamburg). But! I will be at the Yorkshire party Saturday and then in Berlin the following weekend so I do have a lot to look forward to still this summer! 041
Procyon @procyon.bsky.social · 18/08/2026My third PhD student passed his viva exam (defense) today! 🎉🎉🎉 0101
Procyon @procyon.bsky.social · 15/08/2026Stayed in Segovia for a couple days after the eclipse. Lovely place - lots of history and scenery, very walkable and not too crowded 070
Procyon @procyon.bsky.social · 12/08/2026Yep! Photos don't fully capture it but this was during totality 000
Procyon @procyon.bsky.social · 12/08/2026Missing you! Looking forward to hanging out in Hull next weekend though 8) 110
Procyon @procyon.bsky.social · 11/08/2026Landed in Madrid! No points for guessing why I'm in Spain this week... 3100
Procyon @procyon.bsky.social · 03/08/2026... at least up until stories started going around about how giving out your SSN could lead to identity theft, and soon it became seen as this taboo secret you must NOT share and the practice largely stopped, although I guess enough residual memory remains that you've heard about it even over here! 010
Procyon @procyon.bsky.social · 03/08/2026I think a lot of the weird lore about it grew out of a specific period in the 1990s when lots of private businesses (video rentals is the one I remember in particular) started using it as an effective unique account identifier in their systems that you would give when interacting with them... 110
Procyon @procyon.bsky.social · 02/08/2026Finally back home after 4 straight weeks of travel. My summer adventures aren't entirely over... but from now on the trips will be relatively short and to places not so far away. 070
Procyon @procyon.bsky.social · 01/08/2026Vancouver was really nice, as usual - wish I could visit more often. For now though, it's finally time to fly home! 040