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Paper day!"The discovery and evolution of a radio continuum and excited-OH spectral-line outburst in the nearby galaxy NGC 660"...

Paper day!
"The discovery and evolution of a radio continuum and excited-OH spectral-line outburst in the nearby galaxy NGC 660" Salter et al., AJ, accepted.
Our #Arecibo discovery and monitoring plus #VLBI observations of the decade+ length nuclear outburst in NGC 660
https://arxiv.org/abs/2409.19183

In Puerto Rico, the tradition, as I learnt it from my neighbour, is to pray for someone on the anniversary of their death for seven...

In Puerto Rico, the tradition, as I learnt it from my neighbour, is to pray for someone on the anniversary of their death for seven years.
Seven years ago today, Hurricane Maria hit Puerto Rico, leading (after a botched response by a racist US government) to over 3,000 deaths.
Pray for Puerto Rico.

If anyone tells you they love Jesus and love guns, they're lying about the Jesus bit.

If anyone tells you they love Jesus and love guns, they're lying about the Jesus bit.

Well, that was quick!

Well, that was quick!

How much worse must the news expected in the autumn be if Sunak thinks it’s better to call an election now?#UKPol #UKGeneralElection

How much worse must the news expected in the autumn be if Sunak thinks it’s better to call an election now?
#UKPol #UKGeneralElection

#Fire visible from my office window – local news reports it’s near San Acacia, about 15 miles north of #Socorro

#Fire visible from my office window – local news reports it’s near San Acacia, about 15 miles north of #Socorro

Timelapse of last night's #aurora from #Socorro, NM (34N). The brightish star in the upper centre is Polaris.

Timelapse of last night's #aurora from #Socorro, NM (34N). The brightish star in the upper centre is Polaris.

#Aurora from #Socorro, NM

#Aurora from #Socorro, NM

#eclipse2024 maximality from Socorro

#eclipse2024 maximality from Socorro

Train derailed in #Socorro!

Train derailed in #Socorro!

We should be referring to #ChristianNationalism as Ian Nationalism, because there’s certainly no #Christ in it.It’s a bit unfair on...

We should be referring to #ChristianNationalism as Ian Nationalism, because there’s certainly no #Christ in it.
It’s a bit unfair on blokes called Ian, though.

Chanted the #GreatLitany for the first time this morning. Think I got away with it! Nobody complained about the subtle change of...

Chanted the #GreatLitany for the first time this morning. Think I got away with it! Nobody complained about the subtle change of “mankind” to “humankind” (and the prayers of the people followed this lead) – still need to fix this in the #BCP though!#TEC

Content warning:UK politics, transphobiaRishi #Sunak really is a complete piece of shit.A pre-planned jibe about trans people would be bad...

Content warning:UK politics, transphobia

Rishi #Sunak really is a complete piece of shit.
A pre-planned jibe about trans people would be bad enough. But planning it for when he knew the mother of a murdered trans teen would be in the visitors' gallery watching is taking arseholery to a new level. What an absolute bastard.
#UKPol #Transphobia

The Great Green Owl is calling, and I cannot resist

The Great Green Owl is calling, and I cannot resist

And so the world turns, and people in new industries find that the same truths hold now as a hundred years ago. #Unions are necessary for...

And so the world turns, and people in new industries find that the same truths hold now as a hundred years ago. #Unions are necessary for workers to defend themselves from the bosses.

The Guardian: Video game developers union membership in UK soars after thousands laid off

https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2024/jan/20/video-game-developers-union-membership-in-uk-soars-after-thousands-laid-off

I’m quoted in this Scientific American story about a possible primordial dark/low surface brightness galaxy detected in the radio at...

I’m quoted in this Scientific American story about a possible primordial dark/low surface brightness galaxy detected in the radio at #GreenBankObservatory, presented at #AAS243. They took out all the careful caveats of course! (But I know to expect that)
#Astronomy #RadioAstronomy

https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/bizarre-dark-object-could-be-first-known-empty-galaxy-from-the-early-universe/

My abiding memory of #NewOrleans is that drivers don’t stop for pedestrian crosswalks even when the lights are flashing until you step in...

My abiding memory of #NewOrleans is that drivers don’t stop for pedestrian crosswalks even when the lights are flashing until you step in front of their two tons of speeding metal, and sometimes not even then. And then shout at you for making them stop. A thoroughly unpleasant city. #aas243 #NOLA

The Season of Christmas being past, it is now the Season of St Patrick on Walmart’s liturgico-commercial calendar!

The Season of Christmas being past, it is now the Season of St Patrick on Walmart’s liturgico-commercial calendar!

The #aas243 crowd has left town. We have the restaurant opposite the conference centre to ourselves at 12:10pm!

The #aas243 crowd has left town. We have the restaurant opposite the conference centre to ourselves at 12:10pm!

#Christian #Astronomers dinner at #AAS243 – meet at 6:30pm tonight (Wednesday) at the messages board next to the registration desk

#Christian #Astronomers dinner at #AAS243 – meet at 6:30pm tonight (Wednesday) at the messages board next to the registration desk