Emily Hunt
@emily.space
Postdoc @univie.ac.at
Researches the Milky Way & star clusters with machine learning
Founded the Astronomy feeds (@astronomy.blue)
🏳️🌈 🏳️⚧️ (she/her), Ⓥ
Website: https://emily.space
GitHub: https://github.com/emilyhunt
Researches the Milky Way & star clusters with machine learning
Founded the Astronomy feeds (@astronomy.blue)
🏳️🌈 🏳️⚧️ (she/her), Ⓥ
Website: https://emily.space
GitHub: https://github.com/emilyhunt
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Emily Hunt
@emily.space
· Oct 16
If you like astronomy posts, then you'll probably really like the astronomy feeds!
If you didn't know, Bluesky gives you direct control over your social algorithm. Instead of doomscrolling, look at space instead:
If you didn't know, Bluesky gives you direct control over your social algorithm. Instead of doomscrolling, look at space instead:
Lil note - the 🪐 emoji doesn't post to the #exoplanets feed anymore as of a few months ago (there were too many false positives)
Have a fun conference!
Have a fun conference!
January 18, 2026 at 8:56 AM
Lil note - the 🪐 emoji doesn't post to the #exoplanets feed anymore as of a few months ago (there were too many false positives)
Have a fun conference!
Have a fun conference!
Reposted by Emily Hunt
When countries get hooked on US tech, their governments are constrained in reining in tech’s harms while most of the economic benefits accrue to the United States.
It’s time to break out of that trap — but that means challenging the Silicon Valley model, not creating our own digital colonizers.
It’s time to break out of that trap — but that means challenging the Silicon Valley model, not creating our own digital colonizers.
Escaping the trap of US tech dependence
Canada needs real digital sovereignty, not our own digital colonizers
disconnect.blog
January 16, 2026 at 5:38 PM
When countries get hooked on US tech, their governments are constrained in reining in tech’s harms while most of the economic benefits accrue to the United States.
It’s time to break out of that trap — but that means challenging the Silicon Valley model, not creating our own digital colonizers.
It’s time to break out of that trap — but that means challenging the Silicon Valley model, not creating our own digital colonizers.
Reposted by Emily Hunt
Emily Hunt @emily.space will present The Astrosky Ecosystem, a community project by astronomers to democratize social media access for the space science & space fan communities.
January 15, 2026 at 3:39 PM
Emily Hunt @emily.space will present The Astrosky Ecosystem, a community project by astronomers to democratize social media access for the space science & space fan communities.
Reposted by Emily Hunt
What's the point of doing science if you can't tell anyone about it? We are excited to announce @emily.space as another confirmed speaker for #ATScience!
January 15, 2026 at 3:39 PM
What's the point of doing science if you can't tell anyone about it? We are excited to announce @emily.space as another confirmed speaker for #ATScience!
I find writing JavaScript extremely humbling because it reminds me what it's like to not understand what the fuck my computer is doing, which isn't something I often get in Python these days
January 14, 2026 at 4:19 PM
I find writing JavaScript extremely humbling because it reminds me what it's like to not understand what the fuck my computer is doing, which isn't something I often get in Python these days
the codebase is no longer clean after ✨ today ✨
January 14, 2026 at 4:18 PM
the codebase is no longer clean after ✨ today ✨
(and anyways, I dispute that it's really even faster for anything aside from basic work. The current incarnation of AI is not the productivity god tech companies say it is)
January 14, 2026 at 7:38 AM
(and anyways, I dispute that it's really even faster for anything aside from basic work. The current incarnation of AI is not the productivity god tech companies say it is)
I think that an underreported reason for why "<insert group here> has low AI adoption" is that many people do not have the luxury to be able to trade time for accuracy.
It's hard enough for women and minorities to succeed in STEM careers. We don't have the same luxury to be forgiven for mistakes
It's hard enough for women and minorities to succeed in STEM careers. We don't have the same luxury to be forgiven for mistakes
January 14, 2026 at 7:38 AM
I think that an underreported reason for why "<insert group here> has low AI adoption" is that many people do not have the luxury to be able to trade time for accuracy.
It's hard enough for women and minorities to succeed in STEM careers. We don't have the same luxury to be forgiven for mistakes
It's hard enough for women and minorities to succeed in STEM careers. We don't have the same luxury to be forgiven for mistakes
Reposted by Emily Hunt
I wrote about Grok's CSAM problem and how journalists keep fumbling the story
www.readtpa.com/p/grok-cant-...
www.readtpa.com/p/grok-cant-...
Grok Can't Apologize. Grok Isn't Sentient. So Why Do Headlines Keep Saying It Did?
Elon Musk’s chatbot has been “undressing” women and children in public. Journalists are letting xAI off the hook by pretending the bot is responsible.
www.readtpa.com
January 2, 2026 at 5:58 PM
I wrote about Grok's CSAM problem and how journalists keep fumbling the story
www.readtpa.com/p/grok-cant-...
www.readtpa.com/p/grok-cant-...
Pwahaha! Amazing!
I don't even think this work doesn't have a use (someone should do it I guess), but this paragraph is really something
I don't even think this work doesn't have a use (someone should do it I guess), but this paragraph is really something
January 13, 2026 at 11:12 AM
Pwahaha! Amazing!
I don't even think this work doesn't have a use (someone should do it I guess), but this paragraph is really something
I don't even think this work doesn't have a use (someone should do it I guess), but this paragraph is really something
The craziest ADS reference I've ever found (was at an AAS meeting from 11 years ago!)
A Search on the Internet for Evidence of Time Travel
Time travel has captured the public imagination for much of the past century, but few searches for evidence of time travel have ever been done. Here three searches on the Internet for evidence of time...
ui.adsabs.harvard.edu
January 13, 2026 at 7:39 AM
The craziest ADS reference I've ever found (was at an AAS meeting from 11 years ago!)
My least favourite is that e.g. DataFrame.loc[1:2] returns two values - the inclusive end indexing is SUCH a sharp edge and isn't anything like the rest of Python...
January 12, 2026 at 4:06 PM
My least favourite is that e.g. DataFrame.loc[1:2] returns two values - the inclusive end indexing is SUCH a sharp edge and isn't anything like the rest of Python...
So much this! Once I got used to the differences I find myself looking at the docs much less often. I can usually guess the function / pattern I want because it's so similar to SQL.
Whereas Pandas is just a huge box of weird edge cases...
Whereas Pandas is just a huge box of weird edge cases...
January 12, 2026 at 3:59 PM
So much this! Once I got used to the differences I find myself looking at the docs much less often. I can usually guess the function / pattern I want because it's so similar to SQL.
Whereas Pandas is just a huge box of weird edge cases...
Whereas Pandas is just a huge box of weird edge cases...
I'm not surprised! I think it's really helpful so far (I did it a bit in September too) and means I focus on getting stuff done a lot more.
January 12, 2026 at 1:46 PM
I'm not surprised! I think it's really helpful so far (I did it a bit in September too) and means I focus on getting stuff done a lot more.
If you are user of the Python package Pandas, I cannot recommend switching to Polars highly enough. #astrocode
I'm doing some groupbys for some plots, and a complicated set of string & numerical operations on *25 million rows* takes just 3 seconds on my laptop.
The Pandas equivalent: 2+ minutes. 🤯
I'm doing some groupbys for some plots, and a complicated set of string & numerical operations on *25 million rows* takes just 3 seconds on my laptop.
The Pandas equivalent: 2+ minutes. 🤯
Polars
DataFrames for the new era
pola.rs
January 12, 2026 at 10:44 AM
If you are user of the Python package Pandas, I cannot recommend switching to Polars highly enough. #astrocode
I'm doing some groupbys for some plots, and a complicated set of string & numerical operations on *25 million rows* takes just 3 seconds on my laptop.
The Pandas equivalent: 2+ minutes. 🤯
I'm doing some groupbys for some plots, and a complicated set of string & numerical operations on *25 million rows* takes just 3 seconds on my laptop.
The Pandas equivalent: 2+ minutes. 🤯
... I sometimes wonder if I am too but I dunno. I've always been insanely gullible + various other things, but have no idea.
January 12, 2026 at 10:38 AM
... I sometimes wonder if I am too but I dunno. I've always been insanely gullible + various other things, but have no idea.
its going well so far guys
One of my New Year's resolutions this year is to spend every Monday writing papers. ☄️
I don't know how other ECRs feel, but writing is the thing that takes the longest for me. I can do most code quickly (and really enjoy it - it feels like the 'science' part) but making myself write is tough!
I don't know how other ECRs feel, but writing is the thing that takes the longest for me. I can do most code quickly (and really enjoy it - it feels like the 'science' part) but making myself write is tough!
January 12, 2026 at 9:32 AM
its going well so far guys
add the following to your .bashrc to reproduce:
alias catplease="curl cataas.com/cat --output - | display"
alias catplease="curl cataas.com/cat --output - | display"
January 12, 2026 at 9:32 AM
add the following to your .bashrc to reproduce:
alias catplease="curl cataas.com/cat --output - | display"
alias catplease="curl cataas.com/cat --output - | display"
That's a good minority to be in!
Coding is my favourite part of the job, and I have to wrestle myself away from VS Code to be able to actually write anything ever 😅
Coding is my favourite part of the job, and I have to wrestle myself away from VS Code to be able to actually write anything ever 😅
January 12, 2026 at 9:10 AM
That's a good minority to be in!
Coding is my favourite part of the job, and I have to wrestle myself away from VS Code to be able to actually write anything ever 😅
Coding is my favourite part of the job, and I have to wrestle myself away from VS Code to be able to actually write anything ever 😅
oh gosh, I never get sarcasm ever. sometimes I don't feel like I'm cut out to be on the internet 🤣
January 12, 2026 at 8:57 AM
oh gosh, I never get sarcasm ever. sometimes I don't feel like I'm cut out to be on the internet 🤣
Will see how this went at the end of the year, and whether or not it gets me to just write stuff up sooner 😅
Even if I don't have a paper to write up, I'll probably still now use Mondays to write introductions to future projects ☄️
Even if I don't have a paper to write up, I'll probably still now use Mondays to write introductions to future projects ☄️
January 12, 2026 at 7:50 AM
Will see how this went at the end of the year, and whether or not it gets me to just write stuff up sooner 😅
Even if I don't have a paper to write up, I'll probably still now use Mondays to write introductions to future projects ☄️
Even if I don't have a paper to write up, I'll probably still now use Mondays to write introductions to future projects ☄️
One of my New Year's resolutions this year is to spend every Monday writing papers. ☄️
I don't know how other ECRs feel, but writing is the thing that takes the longest for me. I can do most code quickly (and really enjoy it - it feels like the 'science' part) but making myself write is tough!
I don't know how other ECRs feel, but writing is the thing that takes the longest for me. I can do most code quickly (and really enjoy it - it feels like the 'science' part) but making myself write is tough!
January 12, 2026 at 7:50 AM
One of my New Year's resolutions this year is to spend every Monday writing papers. ☄️
I don't know how other ECRs feel, but writing is the thing that takes the longest for me. I can do most code quickly (and really enjoy it - it feels like the 'science' part) but making myself write is tough!
I don't know how other ECRs feel, but writing is the thing that takes the longest for me. I can do most code quickly (and really enjoy it - it feels like the 'science' part) but making myself write is tough!
Really? That looks wrong to me. Flipping it on its head, e.g. earthlings vs Earthlings (the second looks right), or germans vs. Germans (again, the second looks right).
After 29 years as an English native speaker, I still do not understand English
After 29 years as an English native speaker, I still do not understand English
January 12, 2026 at 7:29 AM
Really? That looks wrong to me. Flipping it on its head, e.g. earthlings vs Earthlings (the second looks right), or germans vs. Germans (again, the second looks right).
After 29 years as an English native speaker, I still do not understand English
After 29 years as an English native speaker, I still do not understand English