Do Papers with Titles Ending in a Question Mark Usually Have the Answer "No"? Yes.................

Does this April Fool's paper finally prove Betteridge's law?
arxiv.org/abs/2603.29936

Comic. Scatter plot graph with y-axis “time spent debugging centimeter-wavelength antennas” and x-axis “Nobel prizes awarded as a result” from points 0 and 1. There is a vertical line of dots at the 0 mark that is more spaced out at the top, and these are all labeled “I.T. people troubleshooting WiFi issues.” At the 1 mark is one dot for Penzias & Wilson.] [caption] I just think the other people working in the field deserve at least a *little* recognition.

Centimeter Wavelengths

xkcd.com/3224/

Four people standing in front of a projection screen displaying the ACAMAR logo (天圆六) in a brick-walled venue.

A huge thank you to the City of Greater Geraldton for sponsoring the travel grant that supported my participation in #ACAMAR11. I was honoured to be invited to speak about our work with the ASKAP Variables and Slow Transients (VAST) survey and to collaborate with astronomers from Australia and China

A presentation slide titled "Data challenges" featuring a scatter plot of the transient phase space and a meme of a person labeled "Astronomers" getting blasted in the face with water labeled "Data" from a hose labeled "Telescopes".

A selfie of four smiling people wearing ACAMAR conference lanyards, standing outdoors at golden hour near a marina filled with docked boats.

A large group photograph of dozens of conference attendees wearing ACAMAR lanyards, posing together indoors in front of a dark curtain.

Had the pleasure of visiting Geraldton, WA this week to give an invited talk on ASKAP radio transients at the ACAMAR 11 workshop 📡🔭🧪
These ACAMAR events are great opportunities to build and develop astronomical collaborations between Australia and China 🇦🇺🇨🇳

#astronomy #conference #ACAMAR11

Four people standing in front of a projection screen displaying the ACAMAR logo (天圆六) in a brick-walled venue.

A huge thank you to the City of Greater Geraldton for sponsoring the travel grant that supported my participation in #ACAMAR11. I was honoured to be invited to speak about our work with the ASKAP Variables and Slow Transients (VAST) survey and to collaborate with astronomers from Australia and China

A presentation slide titled "Data challenges" featuring a scatter plot of the transient phase space and a meme of a person labeled "Astronomers" getting blasted in the face with water labeled "Data" from a hose labeled "Telescopes".

A selfie of four smiling people wearing ACAMAR conference lanyards, standing outdoors at golden hour near a marina filled with docked boats.

A large group photograph of dozens of conference attendees wearing ACAMAR lanyards, posing together indoors in front of a dark curtain.

Had the pleasure of visiting Geraldton, WA this week to give an invited talk on ASKAP radio transients at the ACAMAR 11 workshop 📡🔭🧪
These ACAMAR events are great opportunities to build and develop astronomical collaborations between Australia and China 🇦🇺🇨🇳

#astronomy #conference #ACAMAR11

A smiling man with a beard wearing hiking gear, including a green jacket, grey pants, and a bright orange backpack, poses with trekking poles on a mountain trail. Behind him is a scenic view of a deep, lush green valley leading down to a body of water, flanked by steep mountains and partially obscured by low-hanging clouds.

A wide view of a dark night sky densely packed with bright stars. A luminous, hazy band of the Milky Way stretches diagonally across the frame, showcasing glowing star clusters and cosmic dust.

Took a break from civilisation last week to enjoy the night sky and hike across Mt. Luxmore. Next challenge is to finish writing my thesis (and another paper 😉)

Science Comedy: Astronomy vs. Astrology YouTube video by Fun Fact Science

The past 2.5 years have changed me.

Reviewing my LinkedIn profile to see what potential employers might see, I thought I'd rewatch this science comedy routine to see how cringe it was (the answer is very). But the main thing that seemed strange was the confidence and joy that I spoke with.

(a 🧵)

Thanks Michael!

A smiling man with a beard wearing hiking gear, including a green jacket, grey pants, and a bright orange backpack, poses with trekking poles on a mountain trail. Behind him is a scenic view of a deep, lush green valley leading down to a body of water, flanked by steep mountains and partially obscured by low-hanging clouds.

A wide view of a dark night sky densely packed with bright stars. A luminous, hazy band of the Milky Way stretches diagonally across the frame, showcasing glowing star clusters and cosmic dust.

Took a break from civilisation last week to enjoy the night sky and hike across Mt. Luxmore. Next challenge is to finish writing my thesis (and another paper 😉)

Science Comedy: Astronomy vs. Astrology YouTube video by Fun Fact Science

Change might at times feel jarring, and may be brought on by horrific tragedy, but I will always continue to grow, to learn, and to become a better version of who I was yesterday.

(end of 🧵)

youtu.be/IymHeoh6f6c?...

preparing finish my PhD with over 400 citations, 19 peer-reviewed papers (including two as first author), and three additional papers in review (including one as first author, currently under review for publication in Nature Astronomy).

Continuing to rebuild my confidence in speaking, I have instead focussed on scientific writing, analysis, and data science skills;

So as I sit here writing this, I find myself wondering what the takeaway message should be for those reading, and it's simple: I am still here (הנני) and I will continue to be here.

Suddenly public speaking became something that provoked real anxiety (mental and physiological), when previously it had come so easily.

After being publicly harassed for my ethnicity while speaking at an academic conference last year, the lack of audience (or later institutional) intervention left me traumatised.

These past 2.5 years have been complicated for me professionally - as for most Jewish/Israeli people, many to a far more extreme extent - but one of the clearest differences has been the impact on my self-confidence in public settings.

Looking closely, I noticed that this video was uploaded almost exactly a month before the events of October 7. Which, to me, immediately explained why I found it so hard to recognise myself.

Science Comedy: Astronomy vs. Astrology YouTube video by Fun Fact Science

The past 2.5 years have changed me.

Reviewing my LinkedIn profile to see what potential employers might see, I thought I'd rewatch this science comedy routine to see how cringe it was (the answer is very). But the main thing that seemed strange was the confidence and joy that I spoke with.

(a 🧵)

Astronomers discover long-period radio transient of unknown origin Using the Australian SKA Pathfinder (ASKAP), astronomers have discovered a new long-period radio transient source, which received the designation ASKAP J142431.2–612611 (ASKAP J1424 for short). The ne...

A story about our new, mysterious, long period transient.

Interesting work by Joshua Pritchard and others, including (@elenchically.bsky.social, @manishacaleb.bsky.social, @funfactscience.com, @a-zic.bsky.social, @colourfulcosmos.bsky.social...)

phys.org/news/2026-03...

#RadioAstronomy #AstroSci

Can't believe it's nearly been a year since this trip!

#astro plot of the week right here!
Really interesting work @conairedeagan.bsky.social

Post a pic you took, no context, to bring some zen to the feed.

This Is Not a Rise in Antisemitism. It Is a Pandemic of Jew-Hatred.

Calling what we are seeing a “rise in antisemitism” minimizes the reality: an ideological contagion that is spreading across movements, platforms, and demographics with alarming speed.

My Latest Piece: bit.ly/4sCe9UM

You might be on to something there. Radio astronomy also isn't know for a particularly great visual dynamic range either 😅

Your eyesight and/or the cleanliness of your laptop screen are impressive!

This got genuinely difficult towards the end and definitely made me realise how dirty my laptop screen is
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What's My JND? 0.0040
Can you beat it?
www.keithcirkel.co.uk/whats-my-jnd...

Lightcurves from all ASKAP, ATCA, and MeerKAT radio observations phase-folded to the radio period of 2147.27 s. Green shading indicates the range of uncertainty in predicted pulse time around the expected pulse phase of 0.5. Pulses are only detected in the ASKAP and ATCA observations between 2025-01-09 and 2025-01-17.

New LPT who dis? #radioastro

We've found a new long-period radio transient to add to the small but growing population! 📡🔭🧪

In a recently accepted @pasajournal.bsky.social Letter, Joshua Pritchard details the bursts detected from this system during a brief active period.

arxiv.org/abs/2603.07857

Lightcurves from all ASKAP, ATCA, and MeerKAT radio observations phase-folded to the radio period of 2147.27 s. Green shading indicates the range of uncertainty in predicted pulse time around the expected pulse phase of 0.5. Pulses are only detected in the ASKAP and ATCA observations between 2025-01-09 and 2025-01-17.

New LPT who dis? #radioastro

We've found a new long-period radio transient to add to the small but growing population! 📡🔭🧪

In a recently accepted @pasajournal.bsky.social Letter, Joshua Pritchard details the bursts detected from this system during a brief active period.

arxiv.org/abs/2603.07857