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Radio astronomer at NRAO, posting on a personal basis. Affirming Christian (Episcopalian). Alumnus of Durham (MSci) & Cardiff (PhD). He/him.
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Odd moment in the Morning Office podcast this morning when the OT reading was introduced as being from the Wisdom despite being from Sirach (aka Ecclesiasticus). Yes, the full title is the Wisdom of Jesus Ben Sira, but the Book of Wisdom is a separate book.⚓️

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These rescuers attached a sausage to a drone to lure a stranded dog named Millie back to safety. 14/10 for everybody

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An Emerging Risk To #RadioAstronomy 📡 Using a prototype SKA-Low instrument, a new analysis from @icrar.bsky.social has detected Starlink signals leaking into protected radio bands. @cosmicrami.com writes about this new study. www.spaceaustralia.com/news/emergin... 📸 Astro_Work 🔭 #SpaceAustralia

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What are we looking at? 📡 Check out NRAO's Mission Control Feature to see what's being observed by the Very Large Array, Green Bank Telescope, and ALMA Observatory in real time: public.nrao.edu/explore/miss... *Current VLA Observation: Supernovae with Luminous Radio Counterparts* #RadioAstronomy

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Bosque fire in #Socorro! 🔥 #nmwx

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Now the green blade riseth from the buried grain, Wheat that in the dark earth many days has lain; Love lives again, that with the dead has been: Love is come again like wheat that springeth green.

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ALMA Cycle 12 Call for Proposals Now Open! For scientific observations to be scheduled from October 2025 to September 2026 🚨 Submission deadline is Thursday, April 25, 2025, at 15:00 UT 🚨 More info: almascience.nrao.edu/proposing/ca... #RadioAstronomy #Astronomy #ALMA

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I read an article that mentioned the "Pareto Principle" I didn't know what the Pareto Principle was, so I looked it up. Now I know that the people who wrote the article didn't know what the Pareto Principle was either!

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“We are trying to be a good neighbor, a loving neighbor, a compassionate neighbor; not a neighbor who has to check ID before we decide whether you’re worthy of our help.”—Bishop Hunn ⚓ www.krqe.com/news/albuque...

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Episcopal Church beloveds, please join us in celebrating Transgender Day of Visibility! ⚓️ episcopalnewsservice.org/2025/03/28/e...

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The Episcopal church stands against Christian Nationalism. “Christian nationalism is theologically illegitimate and must be called by its proper names: idolatry, blasphemy and heresy.” -Bishop Robert Wright

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The first bats of summer. #Socorro

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My third year undergrad tutor:

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Remember to invest your hour of daylight savings wisely, or it might only be worth 45 minutes when it matures in November!

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Amidst the rising tide of anti-DEI messages, it was nice to get an email from my alma mater today about their plan "to improve equality of opportunity in higher education and make Durham more diverse and inclusive than ever before". And it turns out they're also posting about it on BlueSky!

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Remember that you are dust, and to dust you shall return.

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Today is the feast of Frederick Douglass. His words still ring true and call us to a better Christianity. ⚓

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"People, who walk in a way that is not good, following their own devices" – Isaiah prophesying mobile phones in today's reading (Is 65:2b) ⚓

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Sharing this from Rt. Rev. Jonathan H. Folts, Bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of South Dakota. “One of our own priests was targeted at his home—so let no one say, ‘it can’t happen here.’ It can. It has. It is. And rest assured, we will not remain silent or passive in responding.” My heart aches.

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Happy Candlemas! 🕯️ First day of spring on this cross-quarter day today as the Sun continues its northwards journey, with temperatures predicted to reach above 20C in Socorro.

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Episcopal Bishop of Washington Mariann Budde is openly criticizing Trump's policies in her inaugural prayer service sermon right now. Says: “There are gay, lesbian and transgender children …who fear for their lives" and “Our God teaches us that we are to be merciful to the stranger.”

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My REU student, Yulián Humaran of UPR Mayagüez, did a great job presenting his poster on signs of ram pressure in ionized-carbon rich dwarfs in the Virgo cluster today at #AAS245 #RadioAstronomy #ExtragalacticAstronomy

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If you looking for the #AAS245 session “Fundamental Physics and New Messengers”, it’s in Maryland Ballroom B, on the left of a narrow corridor between ballrooms A & C!

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