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unofficialnam.bsky.social @unofficialnam.bsky.social · 11/07/2025
We now fade into the West. (Trains permitting). See you next year in Oxford. Or UCL. Or St Andrews. Or Birmingham. It’s probably Birmingham.
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unofficialnam.bsky.social @unofficialnam.bsky.social · 11/07/2025
We’ve been unable to think of anything to satirise about today’s plenary session. If you spotted anything please DM us.
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unofficialnam.bsky.social @unofficialnam.bsky.social · 11/07/2025
Following controversy at the #nam2025 quiz last night, we have now confirmed that Robert Massey *would* win in a fight with four squirrels. The results of the quiz are therefore unchanged.
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unofficialnam.bsky.social @unofficialnam.bsky.social · 10/07/2025
If you missed the STFC executive talks at #nam2025, then the take home message is that it’s all great and there’s loads of money.
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unofficialnam.bsky.social @unofficialnam.bsky.social · 10/07/2025
A reminder for spectroscopy colleagues: it is against the meeting code of conduct for your talk to consist entirely of you saying the names of chemical elements followed by numbers.
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unofficialnam.bsky.social @unofficialnam.bsky.social · 10/07/2025
This morning features three sessions on how to interact with human beings. The organizers are trying to tell you something.
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unofficialnam.bsky.social @unofficialnam.bsky.social · 09/07/2025
Board game night clarification: Risk is banned due to “the incident” at a previous meeting. Diplomacy is permitted, but instead of countries the teams are Observers, Simulators, Theorists, and Cosmologists. Keep it friendly out there #nam2025
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unofficialnam.bsky.social @unofficialnam.bsky.social · 09/07/2025
Board game night update: to facilitate a more authentic experience, Pandemic will only be available on Zoom. #nam2025 #toosoon?
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planetgreaves.bsky.social @planetgreaves.bsky.social · 09/07/2025
Really Awesome Smokes To Inhale?
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unofficialnam.bsky.social @unofficialnam.bsky.social · 09/07/2025
Ordinarily, @leighfletcher.bsky.social’s plenary on gas giants seen with JWST would make any exoplanet observers feel bad about their life (and spectral modelling) choices, except there aren’t any here this week #toomanyconferences #exoclimes
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unofficialnam.bsky.social @unofficialnam.bsky.social · 09/07/2025
Reminder: following the departure of the Moon Palace, the best place to buy weed at #nam2025 is now once again the RASTI stall.
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unofficialnam.bsky.social @unofficialnam.bsky.social · 08/07/2025
The seating plan for tonight’s dinner is simple: sit opposite anyone whose paper you are refereeing, to the right of your PhD supervisor’s arch rival. On your left is the person who will get the job you want. Otherwise, alphabetical by the third letter or your name written in Greek. #nam2025
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Russell Smith @astrorjs.bsky.social · 08/07/2025
All purpose astro conference programme
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unofficialnam.bsky.social @unofficialnam.bsky.social · 08/07/2025
SETI has come of age. Look, the presenter has put a suit jacket on for serious science! #nam2025
A bearded man gives a presentation with a laptop, wearing a pink shirt and a suit jacket. No aliens are visible.
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unofficialnam.bsky.social @unofficialnam.bsky.social · 08/07/2025
Good news at #nam2025 : new investment in instrument building in the UK. Bad news: it consists entirely of the leftover Lego from the creativity session. First come first served!
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unofficialnam.bsky.social @unofficialnam.bsky.social · 08/07/2025
Attendees are requested not to through copies of Binney & Tremaine onto the stage during today’s plenary. Those things are heavy. Chanting along with your favourite derivations is, of course, encouraged #nam2025
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unofficialnam.bsky.social @unofficialnam.bsky.social · 07/07/2025
#nam2025 apologises for the overcrowded rooms. We didn’t expect you to actually go to sessions.
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unofficialnam.bsky.social @unofficialnam.bsky.social · 07/07/2025
Senior RAS employee confirms aliens interfering with conference #iwanttobelieve #nam2025
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unofficialnam.bsky.social @unofficialnam.bsky.social · 07/07/2025
Remember, the conference is on zoom because without zoom you don’t have a hope in hell of seeing the slides. Grad students: you can hide a lot in small text, just claim big things and hide the rest #nam2025
A speaker addresses an audience who are mostly heads down. A screen in the distance appears tiny.
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unofficialnam.bsky.social @unofficialnam.bsky.social · 07/07/2025
We’d planned to return for #NAM2025 but the conference wifi won’t display this account. Or the program. Or anything about NAM. Is the conference itself now unofficial @robertmassey.bsky.social ?
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