Adrian Price-Whelan
@adrian.pw
(he/him)
Astronomer;
Leads the Nearby Universe group at the Flatiron Institute / CCA;
Asst. Director of Scientific Software @ Simons Foundation;
Astropy;
Music;
https://adrian.pw
Astronomer;
Leads the Nearby Universe group at the Flatiron Institute / CCA;
Asst. Director of Scientific Software @ Simons Foundation;
Astropy;
Music;
https://adrian.pw
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Man, I'm sorry, but reading all these AI generated essays from students, it just sucks all the joy out of everything. It's exhausting, makes you into a weird paranoid cop, grinds you down, wastes your time, makes you feel like shit about everything.
Fuck this shit technology and all its enablers.
Fuck this shit technology and all its enablers.
October 1, 2025 at 7:21 PM
Man, I'm sorry, but reading all these AI generated essays from students, it just sucks all the joy out of everything. It's exhausting, makes you into a weird paranoid cop, grinds you down, wastes your time, makes you feel like shit about everything.
Fuck this shit technology and all its enablers.
Fuck this shit technology and all its enablers.
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Things were better when computer was in room. Now everywhere is computer. This is bad. Computer should never have escaped room.
i don't want to hear your most boomer complaint. what's your most millennial complaint?
September 20, 2025 at 1:14 AM
Things were better when computer was in room. Now everywhere is computer. This is bad. Computer should never have escaped room.
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The CCA @flatironinstitute.org is hiring postdocs!
We have two types, both independent fellowships:
FRF: 3 year research fellowship apply.interfolio.com/173403
FSRF: 5 year research+software fellowship apply.interfolio.com/173402
See here for more info!
www.simonsfoundation.org/grant/flatir...
🔭
We have two types, both independent fellowships:
FRF: 3 year research fellowship apply.interfolio.com/173403
FSRF: 5 year research+software fellowship apply.interfolio.com/173402
See here for more info!
www.simonsfoundation.org/grant/flatir...
🔭
September 17, 2025 at 3:53 PM
The CCA @flatironinstitute.org is hiring postdocs!
We have two types, both independent fellowships:
FRF: 3 year research fellowship apply.interfolio.com/173403
FSRF: 5 year research+software fellowship apply.interfolio.com/173402
See here for more info!
www.simonsfoundation.org/grant/flatir...
🔭
We have two types, both independent fellowships:
FRF: 3 year research fellowship apply.interfolio.com/173403
FSRF: 5 year research+software fellowship apply.interfolio.com/173402
See here for more info!
www.simonsfoundation.org/grant/flatir...
🔭
The CCA @flatironinstitute.org is hiring postdocs!
We have two types, both independent fellowships:
FRF: 3 year research fellowship apply.interfolio.com/173403
FSRF: 5 year research+software fellowship apply.interfolio.com/173402
See here for more info!
www.simonsfoundation.org/grant/flatir...
🔭
We have two types, both independent fellowships:
FRF: 3 year research fellowship apply.interfolio.com/173403
FSRF: 5 year research+software fellowship apply.interfolio.com/173402
See here for more info!
www.simonsfoundation.org/grant/flatir...
🔭
September 17, 2025 at 3:53 PM
The CCA @flatironinstitute.org is hiring postdocs!
We have two types, both independent fellowships:
FRF: 3 year research fellowship apply.interfolio.com/173403
FSRF: 5 year research+software fellowship apply.interfolio.com/173402
See here for more info!
www.simonsfoundation.org/grant/flatir...
🔭
We have two types, both independent fellowships:
FRF: 3 year research fellowship apply.interfolio.com/173403
FSRF: 5 year research+software fellowship apply.interfolio.com/173402
See here for more info!
www.simonsfoundation.org/grant/flatir...
🔭
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Gargantuan Gaia review by Michael Perryman
"271 pages, 126 figures, accepted for publication in Physics Reports"
arxiv.org/abs/2509.10883
"271 pages, 126 figures, accepted for publication in Physics Reports"
arxiv.org/abs/2509.10883
September 16, 2025 at 3:46 AM
Gargantuan Gaia review by Michael Perryman
"271 pages, 126 figures, accepted for publication in Physics Reports"
arxiv.org/abs/2509.10883
"271 pages, 126 figures, accepted for publication in Physics Reports"
arxiv.org/abs/2509.10883
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I believe one of the new mRNA vaccines was expected to treat colon cancer, and another had the potential to keep pancreatic cancer from recurring. That’s what they’re taking away.
WHAT, WHAT, WHAT ARE WE DOING!!!
“Vaccine experts and people steeped in pandemic preparedness expressed horror at the news.” www.statnews.com/2025/08/05/m...
“Vaccine experts and people steeped in pandemic preparedness expressed horror at the news.” www.statnews.com/2025/08/05/m...
Health secretary RFK Jr. shuts door on U.S. investment in mRNA vaccine research
Vaccine experts and people steeped in pandemic preparedness expressed horror at the news that RFK Jr. has shut the door in U.S. investment in mRNA vaccine research.
www.statnews.com
August 6, 2025 at 12:02 AM
I believe one of the new mRNA vaccines was expected to treat colon cancer, and another had the potential to keep pancreatic cancer from recurring. That’s what they’re taking away.
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Actually heartbreaking, the list of colleagues that have run the show behind the scenes for so many years who are saying their pre-emptive goodbyes and taking literally thousands of years of amassed knowledge and expertise with them.
Not to mention camaraderie and community.
Morale is ... bleak.
Not to mention camaraderie and community.
Morale is ... bleak.
4,000 NASA workers are leaving through deferred resignation. "The cuts amount to an estimated 20% of NASA's workforce" www.npr.org/2025/07/26/n...
Nearly 4,000 NASA employees opt to leave agency through deferred resignation program
The employees who have chosen to leave the agency amount to about 20% of NASA's workforce.
www.npr.org
July 28, 2025 at 10:50 PM
Actually heartbreaking, the list of colleagues that have run the show behind the scenes for so many years who are saying their pre-emptive goodbyes and taking literally thousands of years of amassed knowledge and expertise with them.
Not to mention camaraderie and community.
Morale is ... bleak.
Not to mention camaraderie and community.
Morale is ... bleak.
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📣📣 BOOK NEWS 📣📣
I'm excited to share the cover and release date of Book #2, #EdgeOfSpaceTime, which is now available for PREORDER!!
You can order from ANY bookstore, including your local indie!
More details on preordering here:
www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/746817...
What's the book about? 🧵
I'm excited to share the cover and release date of Book #2, #EdgeOfSpaceTime, which is now available for PREORDER!!
You can order from ANY bookstore, including your local indie!
More details on preordering here:
www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/746817...
What's the book about? 🧵
![[neon rainbow pattern background]
THE EDGE OF SPACE-TIME
The universe reimagined -- through pop culture, poetry, and theoretical physics.
From the award-winning author of The Disordered Cosmos
image of the cover of the book which features circular artwork in the center, one half of it a black and white pattern and the other half a neon rainbow pattern
PREORDER NOW Coming 4/7/26
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July 28, 2025 at 2:05 PM
📣📣 BOOK NEWS 📣📣
I'm excited to share the cover and release date of Book #2, #EdgeOfSpaceTime, which is now available for PREORDER!!
You can order from ANY bookstore, including your local indie!
More details on preordering here:
www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/746817...
What's the book about? 🧵
I'm excited to share the cover and release date of Book #2, #EdgeOfSpaceTime, which is now available for PREORDER!!
You can order from ANY bookstore, including your local indie!
More details on preordering here:
www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/746817...
What's the book about? 🧵
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#Introduction: Theoretical physicist. Black Feminist theorist. Writer. I do: dark matter, neutron stars, & science studies.
Web: chanda.science
Newsletter: news.chanda.science
Insta: chanda.prescod.weinstein
Author of award-winning #DisorderedCosmos and now #EdgeOfSpaceTime, coming 4/7/26.
Web: chanda.science
Newsletter: news.chanda.science
Insta: chanda.prescod.weinstein
Author of award-winning #DisorderedCosmos and now #EdgeOfSpaceTime, coming 4/7/26.
The Edge of Space-Time by Chanda Prescod-Weinstein: 9780593701683 | PenguinRandomHouse.com: Books
A fresh, charming, socially conscious tour of the mysteries of space-time, from the award-winning author of The Disordered Cosmos In her highly acclaimed debut, distinguished cosmologist and particle...
www.penguinrandomhouse.com
July 28, 2025 at 2:50 PM
#Introduction: Theoretical physicist. Black Feminist theorist. Writer. I do: dark matter, neutron stars, & science studies.
Web: chanda.science
Newsletter: news.chanda.science
Insta: chanda.prescod.weinstein
Author of award-winning #DisorderedCosmos and now #EdgeOfSpaceTime, coming 4/7/26.
Web: chanda.science
Newsletter: news.chanda.science
Insta: chanda.prescod.weinstein
Author of award-winning #DisorderedCosmos and now #EdgeOfSpaceTime, coming 4/7/26.
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ALL CAPS
THIS IS CATASTROPHIC FOR SPACE SCIENCE AND ASTROPHYSICS ...
GLOBALLY CATASTROPHIC, NOT JUST FOR AMERICANS 🔭🧪
www.politico.com/news/2025/07...
THIS IS CATASTROPHIC FOR SPACE SCIENCE AND ASTROPHYSICS ...
GLOBALLY CATASTROPHIC, NOT JUST FOR AMERICANS 🔭🧪
www.politico.com/news/2025/07...
Over 2,000 senior staff set to leave NASA under agency push
The losses could endanger the administration’s plans for landing astronauts on the moon and Mars.
www.politico.com
July 9, 2025 at 5:58 PM
ALL CAPS
THIS IS CATASTROPHIC FOR SPACE SCIENCE AND ASTROPHYSICS ...
GLOBALLY CATASTROPHIC, NOT JUST FOR AMERICANS 🔭🧪
www.politico.com/news/2025/07...
THIS IS CATASTROPHIC FOR SPACE SCIENCE AND ASTROPHYSICS ...
GLOBALLY CATASTROPHIC, NOT JUST FOR AMERICANS 🔭🧪
www.politico.com/news/2025/07...
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There is an ongoing effort to coordinate observations of 3I/ATLAS among the community before it leaves the solar system! If you're interested in contributing (or seeing what's going on), you can check out the website here:
3i-atlas.github.io/coordinated....
3i-atlas.github.io/coordinated....
3I/ATLAS
3i-atlas.github.io
July 8, 2025 at 6:01 PM
There is an ongoing effort to coordinate observations of 3I/ATLAS among the community before it leaves the solar system! If you're interested in contributing (or seeing what's going on), you can check out the website here:
3i-atlas.github.io/coordinated....
3i-atlas.github.io/coordinated....
though the subject is dark, I'm loving @bsky.app because it enables random intersections like this — between some favorite political @aoc.bsky.social, scientific @chanda.bsky.social @philplait.bsky.social, and art/music @rob-sheridan.com people I follow
July 6, 2025 at 2:28 PM
though the subject is dark, I'm loving @bsky.app because it enables random intersections like this — between some favorite political @aoc.bsky.social, scientific @chanda.bsky.social @philplait.bsky.social, and art/music @rob-sheridan.com people I follow
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New manuscript by Nawaf Bou-Rabee, Bob Carpenter, Tore Kleppe and Sifan Liu on the WALNUTS algorithm which improves of the NUTS sampler by introducing a locally adaptive step size.
📜 Paper: arxiv.org/pdf/2506.18746
💻 Code: github.com/bob-carpente...
📜 Paper: arxiv.org/pdf/2506.18746
💻 Code: github.com/bob-carpente...
June 26, 2025 at 6:00 AM
New manuscript by Nawaf Bou-Rabee, Bob Carpenter, Tore Kleppe and Sifan Liu on the WALNUTS algorithm which improves of the NUTS sampler by introducing a locally adaptive step size.
📜 Paper: arxiv.org/pdf/2506.18746
💻 Code: github.com/bob-carpente...
📜 Paper: arxiv.org/pdf/2506.18746
💻 Code: github.com/bob-carpente...
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NASA is being told to cancel 19 *active* missions to save $6B, which looks to be less than the ICE *hiring/retention* budget going forward.
I need people to let that sentence sink into their bones for a minute.
I need people to let that sentence sink into their bones for a minute.
If the GOP reconciliation bill passes, ICE gets through FY2029:
- $45 billion for detention, on top of the current annual budget of $3.4 billion
- $14.4 billion for transportation and removal, on top of the current annual budget of $750 million
- $8 billion for hiring/retention
- Billions more.
- $45 billion for detention, on top of the current annual budget of $3.4 billion
- $14.4 billion for transportation and removal, on top of the current annual budget of $750 million
- $8 billion for hiring/retention
- Billions more.
‼️‼️
June 29, 2025 at 4:17 PM
NASA is being told to cancel 19 *active* missions to save $6B, which looks to be less than the ICE *hiring/retention* budget going forward.
I need people to let that sentence sink into their bones for a minute.
I need people to let that sentence sink into their bones for a minute.
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Finding out about Gaia at #EAS2025Cork! ☄️
Just announced: Gaia DR4 will be released in December 2026!
Just announced: Gaia DR4 will be released in December 2026!
June 26, 2025 at 2:11 PM
Finding out about Gaia at #EAS2025Cork! ☄️
Just announced: Gaia DR4 will be released in December 2026!
Just announced: Gaia DR4 will be released in December 2026!
Normally my brain doesn't see or register the truly bizarre ads that appear randomly throughout the internet (e.g., on www.wunderground.com pages). But ... what ... why ... who ...
June 17, 2025 at 12:09 AM
Normally my brain doesn't see or register the truly bizarre ads that appear randomly throughout the internet (e.g., on www.wunderground.com pages). But ... what ... why ... who ...
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I'm sorry but the largest protest of my lifetime is not the 7th or 8th biggest news story in the country behind "what does Gen Z want from Instagram?" This shit is humiliating. Rearrange your layout to meet this moment. Omitting the thing happening in every American city is malpractice.
June 14, 2025 at 9:42 PM
I'm sorry but the largest protest of my lifetime is not the 7th or 8th biggest news story in the country behind "what does Gen Z want from Instagram?" This shit is humiliating. Rearrange your layout to meet this moment. Omitting the thing happening in every American city is malpractice.
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SAVE COSMIC SCIENCE FOR FUTURE GENERATIONS!
I wrote about the current astronomy/particle physics/cosmology 🔭 ⚛️🧪 funding catastrophe in context of all of the other ongoing catastrophes, including what we can do to save our science.
h/t to @skylargrayson.bsky.social for posting the image.
I wrote about the current astronomy/particle physics/cosmology 🔭 ⚛️🧪 funding catastrophe in context of all of the other ongoing catastrophes, including what we can do to save our science.
h/t to @skylargrayson.bsky.social for posting the image.
Fund astronomy, not genocide.
You can help save cosmic science for future generations. This figure by Skylar Grayson shows how much the univese we will be cut off from studying using...
news.chanda.science
June 2, 2025 at 8:15 PM
SAVE COSMIC SCIENCE FOR FUTURE GENERATIONS!
I wrote about the current astronomy/particle physics/cosmology 🔭 ⚛️🧪 funding catastrophe in context of all of the other ongoing catastrophes, including what we can do to save our science.
h/t to @skylargrayson.bsky.social for posting the image.
I wrote about the current astronomy/particle physics/cosmology 🔭 ⚛️🧪 funding catastrophe in context of all of the other ongoing catastrophes, including what we can do to save our science.
h/t to @skylargrayson.bsky.social for posting the image.
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Everyone needs to make some calls on Monday. Here's a helpful guide: aas.org/advocacy/get...
A Reference Guide for How to Advocate for Science | American Astronomical Society
Advocating for science comes down to effective communication. The main steps here are determining your message, developing a communication strategy, and identifying your member of Congress.
aas.org
May 31, 2025 at 1:03 PM
Everyone needs to make some calls on Monday. Here's a helpful guide: aas.org/advocacy/get...
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The president's budget request for NSF FY26 is also out. It zeroes out the NSF astronomy & astrophysics and NSF MPS ASCEND postdoc fellowships. nsf-gov-resources.nsf.gov/files/00-NSF...
nsf-gov-resources.nsf.gov
May 30, 2025 at 8:52 PM
The president's budget request for NSF FY26 is also out. It zeroes out the NSF astronomy & astrophysics and NSF MPS ASCEND postdoc fellowships. nsf-gov-resources.nsf.gov/files/00-NSF...
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Omg a picture worth a thousand tears 😭 🪐
The NASA planetary science fleet chart if the president’s budget is enacted.
May 31, 2025 at 1:27 PM
Omg a picture worth a thousand tears 😭 🪐
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In the scientific discipline of media content and discourse analysis, aggregate coverage bias means even if all individual stories are factually accurate, a relative focus on one issue over another suggests readers that said issue is much more important than other less-covered issues.
Of 14,777 unique articles on the NYT's homepage over the 310 days from 1/1/24 to Election Day, 293 articles–almost one a day–focused on Biden’s age compared with just 27 articles focused on Project 2025, a ratio of 10.9 to one mediabiasdetector.seas.upenn.edu/blog/new-yor...
May 24, 2025 at 12:51 PM
In the scientific discipline of media content and discourse analysis, aggregate coverage bias means even if all individual stories are factually accurate, a relative focus on one issue over another suggests readers that said issue is much more important than other less-covered issues.
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Takes five seconds, and might mean you can still get COVID boosters.
The comment period for this ends in 3 DAYS. Please leave a comment telling them EVERYONE should be able to get covid boosters.
www.regulations.gov/commenton/FD...
www.regulations.gov/commenton/FD...
May 20, 2025 at 6:38 PM
Takes five seconds, and might mean you can still get COVID boosters.