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1. Stephen Sekula (steve@chirp.cooleysekula.net)'s status on Thursday, 07-Sep-2023 11:20:21 UTC Stephen Sekula
   From dangillmor@mastodon.social on Mastodon: The retirement of my friend @ jeffjarvis from City University of New York's journalism school, which he was instrumental in making into the fine program it is, is a noteworthy transition -- for Jeff and journalism education. https:// medium.com/whither-news/moving -on-4eecb1c76ce3 Jeff's influence has been profound. We haven't always agreed, but that's a good thing! Looking forward to what's next.
2. Stephen Sekula (steve@chirp.cooleysekula.net)'s status on Thursday, 07-Sep-2023 11:20:15 UTC Stephen Sekula
   From vicgrinberg@mastodon.social on Mastodon: Because we need to celebrate the # XRISM launch! # XRISM # astrodon # XraysAreTheBestRays # SciArt
3. Stephen Sekula (steve@chirp.cooleysekula.net)'s status on Thursday, 07-Sep-2023 11:15:13 UTC Stephen Sekula
   From vform@openbiblio.social on Mastodon: http://www. gocomics.com/offthemark/2023/0 9/06 # BookBans
4. Stephen Sekula (steve@chirp.cooleysekula.net)'s status on Thursday, 07-Sep-2023 01:00:16 UTC Stephen Sekula
   Some lovely recordings of performances in which my sister has participated! She is the # bassoonist circled in green in the image below. She plays a bunch of instruments, and is very active on Instagram both about music and teaching (and cats). https:// youtu.be/qkLGKuUAe3w?si=ZjPyqv _Pgg7CIsZ0 https://chirp.cooleysekula.net/attachment/176340d17417708b67d3400c85384c7e0f886d91af64890488e1624451ef9e52/view
5. Stephen Sekula (steve@chirp.cooleysekula.net)'s status on Wednesday, 06-Sep-2023 17:20:13 UTC Stephen Sekula
   From jeffjarvis@mastodon.social on Mastodon: Some personal news: I'm moving on from CUNY's Newmark J-school, officially retiring (but not really) at the end of the term. I am proud of so much accomplished there, which I recount with much thanks here: https:// medium.com/whither-news/moving -on-4eecb1c76ce3
6. Stephen Sekula (steve@chirp.cooleysekula.net)'s status on Wednesday, 06-Sep-2023 11:30:16 UTC Stephen Sekula
   From megschwamb@mastodon.online on Mastodon: NASA's Physics of the Cosmos, Cosmic Origins, and Exoplanet Exploration Program Analysis Groups have formed a Science Analysis Group on "Astrophysics with Equity: Surmounting Obstacles to Membership". This group will explore how to broaden participation in NASA astrophysics research and education programs. Membership is open to anyone in the community! https:// docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAI pQLSfrqlSwFKTI9byZq4aHYescLbemYgFYvcFvYmMkq5_v8109lg/viewform # astrodon
7. Stephen Sekula (steve@chirp.cooleysekula.net)'s status on Wednesday, 06-Sep-2023 11:25:12 UTC Stephen Sekula
   From albertcardona@mathstodon.xyz on Mastodon: If you are drafting figures for a scientific paper or presentation, remember that https:// scidraw.io/ exists: a repository of free SVG cartoons for science. # SciDraw is supported by the Sainsbury Wellcome Centre. All content on SciDraw is shared under creative commons license (CC-BY) unless stated otherwise. # inkscape # SVG # science
8. Stephen Sekula (steve@chirp.cooleysekula.net)'s status on Wednesday, 06-Sep-2023 00:35:12 UTC Stephen Sekula
   This day did not go as intended. Things that needed to get done did not, but things that should be done did take their place. Also, I am now sick with a cold. Thanks, travel. :-)
9. Stephen Sekula (steve@chirp.cooleysekula.net)'s status on Tuesday, 05-Sep-2023 00:10:13 UTC Stephen Sekula
   I am on shift again for the # HALO experiment. This means monitoring the data-taking system twice a day, ensuring hardware is running, and verifying the data integrity. It’s been a pretty nominal shift. There were a bunch of “coincidence” neutron bursts (random coincidences in time). No muon spallation events (where one of the two muons per day that pass through HALO cleaves a nucleus to pieces), and certainly no # supernova bursts. Oh, well! Better luck on the last day of shift! https://chirp.cooleysekula.net/attachment/b74112f2f2d1a00cbfbd79f76721494f20ccd99a79fe76a77ebb07897cbb8340/view
10. Stephen Sekula (steve@chirp.cooleysekula.net)'s status on Monday, 04-Sep-2023 10:40:13 UTC Stephen Sekula
    Neat video of the # meteor seen yesterday in parts of eastern North America. Since # xitter does not have a useful API or federation capability, I grabbed this video from the # CapitolWeatherGang account using iOS screen capture to demonstrate the folly of walled gardens. No matter how high the wall, there is always a taller ladder. “Vibrant fireball streaks across Mid-Atlantic after record hot day” https://www. washingtonpost.com/weather/202 3/09/03/fireball-meteor-dc-midatlantic-northeast/ https://chirp.cooleysekula.net/attachment/c64d0d8a077f861568d384dedd5ea74a951a878ad04cf715ba25da4de00f9c42/view
11. Stephen Sekula (steve@chirp.cooleysekula.net)'s status on Monday, 04-Sep-2023 10:35:12 UTC Stephen Sekula
    A fascinating intersection of multiple scientific spheres: # nuclearphysics , # biology , # chemistry , # ecology , and # statistics : “Scientists finally know why Germany’s wild boar are surprisingly radioactive” https://www. washingtonpost.com/climate-env ironment/2023/09/03/radioactive-wild-boar/ # washingtonpost I do disagree with the scope of the last quote in the article. While it is certainly not possible to put the nuclear genie back in the bottle, there is hard work to clean up its mess.
12. Stephen Sekula (steve@chirp.cooleysekula.net)'s status on Sunday, 03-Sep-2023 22:15:11 UTC Stephen Sekula
    From steve@steve.cooleysekula.net on Mastodon: These are my personal notes from day one of the Topics in Astroparticle and Underground Physics Conference. The full conference materials are online: https://indico.cern.ch/event/1199289/timetable/#20230828 August 27, 2023 The rhythm of the TAUP conference is to have plenary sessions in the morning, followed by a lunch break, then parallel […] https://steve.cooleysekula.net/blog/2023/09/03/taup-conference-day-one/
13. Stephen Sekula (steve@chirp.cooleysekula.net)'s status on Sunday, 03-Sep-2023 21:20:14 UTC Stephen Sekula
    TAUP Journal: Day Zero https:// steve.cooleysekula.net/blog/20 23/08/27/taup-journal-day-zero/ https://chirp.cooleysekula.net/attachment/f44e1a64d3d1b2b70040de7e67ad5ae9ddafeb0e75cc5f15b9ef60d8f1006be8/view
14. Stephen Sekula (steve@chirp.cooleysekula.net)'s status on Sunday, 03-Sep-2023 13:55:14 UTC Stephen Sekula
    Jet-lagged for sure, but what a wonderful time in # Vienna last week! I am working on my personal summaries of the conference, so watch https:// steve.cooleysekula.net/blog for posts over the next week. They will be geared toward a # physics audience, but if anyone sees anything that they are # curious about, message me here! https://chirp.cooleysekula.net/attachment/4a9af7d058501338dee63b832fc36ab46cb55f6e2c40c84510fb17be87a20db6/view
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15. Stephen Sekula (steve@chirp.cooleysekula.net)'s status on Saturday, 02-Sep-2023 17:36:29 UTC Stephen Sekula
    From startswithabang@astrodon.social on Mastodon: Starts With A Bang podcast #97 – Tiny Galaxies And Us https:// bigthink.com/starts-with-a-ban g/starts-with-a-bang-podcast-97-tiny-galaxies-and-us/ A fantastic, enjoyable new podcast, featuring the incomparable Prof. Mia de los Reyes about the unsung heroes of cosmic evolution: the tiny, dwarf galaxies that vastly outnumber ones like the Milky Way!
16. Stephen Sekula (steve@chirp.cooleysekula.net)'s status on Saturday, 02-Sep-2023 17:35:14 UTC Stephen Sekula
    From Meyerweb@mastodon.social on Mastodon: Exactly 20 years and 20 minutes ago, this happened.
17. Stephen Sekula (steve@chirp.cooleysekula.net)'s status on Saturday, 02-Sep-2023 17:31:31 UTC Stephen Sekula
    A view from the plane as we departed # Vienna this morning. I am getting my muscle memory back when it comes to this intercontinental travelling. https://chirp.cooleysekula.net/attachment/2a5b82da1a1911de0b96bb094155a909030708343e4da9193a38be76f29a4696/view
18. Stephen Sekula (steve@chirp.cooleysekula.net)'s status on Saturday, 02-Sep-2023 17:30:13 UTC Stephen Sekula
    Had a pretty uneventful flight from # Frankfurt to # Vienna . Waiting for my final connection to # Sudbury . Pretty easy trip overall. Did some coding on the plane, watched # DunePartOne , napped... and met some nice folks from Owen Sound!
19. Stephen Sekula (steve@chirp.cooleysekula.net)'s status on Saturday, 02-Sep-2023 06:20:24 UTC Stephen Sekula
    The Universitat Wien (University of # Vienna ) hosts a number of busts and sculptures of famous # physics graduates (Meitner and Schroedinger) and faculty (Boltzmann). https://chirp.cooleysekula.net/attachment/67b1f4a6ff4d082501e65056e1c53693f4d99fa1b2cc38839ddd740e7835634b/view
20. Stephen Sekula (steve@chirp.cooleysekula.net)'s status on Saturday, 02-Sep-2023 06:20:16 UTC Stephen Sekula
    Had some time yesterday after the # TAUP2023 conference to wander more of # Vienna . https://chirp.cooleysekula.net/attachment/812244d496373b93b5bdad04e5e072189a44b7a8ec62d3bb957f5dea96aac9ee/view