Eliot Halley Vrijmoet
@eliothalley.bsky.social
dynamics of all the little guys: M dwarfs + BDs + planets
Smith College + FCAD postdoc fellow + RECONS
🏳️⚧️ he/him since 2012 🏳️🌈 http://www.science.smith.edu/~evrijmoet
Smith College + FCAD postdoc fellow + RECONS
🏳️⚧️ he/him since 2012 🏳️🌈 http://www.science.smith.edu/~evrijmoet
This baby board book is very fun, but I am a little confused about its target audience.
(Although tbf my baby did find it interesting)
(Although tbf my baby did find it interesting)
November 14, 2025 at 1:19 AM
This baby board book is very fun, but I am a little confused about its target audience.
(Although tbf my baby did find it interesting)
(Although tbf my baby did find it interesting)
Wow...
Flagstaff’s Lowell Observatory plans to cut nearly all its research funding and reduce the number of paid science staff to just two positions next year.
Lowell Observatory slashes research funding in the midst of financial struggle
Flagstaff’s Lowell Observatory plans to cut nearly all its research funding and reduce the number of paid science staff to just two positions next year.
buff.ly
November 11, 2025 at 2:40 PM
Wow...
Next week we're holding our annual virtual meetup on Gathertown! Come hang out with LGBT astronomers in a cute virtual environment!
(I promise this is not just another zoom meeting!! Gather is actually pretty fun)
(I promise this is not just another zoom meeting!! Gather is actually pretty fun)
Happening next week! Don’t forget to sign up!
We are having a Mid Year Meetup!! We would like any of you who are interested in participate to use the link below. Come, play games and chat with all of us!
forms.gle/1RMnbGPwpZhF...
forms.gle/1RMnbGPwpZhF...
November 10, 2025 at 10:21 PM
Next week we're holding our annual virtual meetup on Gathertown! Come hang out with LGBT astronomers in a cute virtual environment!
(I promise this is not just another zoom meeting!! Gather is actually pretty fun)
(I promise this is not just another zoom meeting!! Gather is actually pretty fun)
Our baby hasn't been to any library storytimes or baby activity classes yet, but she sure has attended a lot of student professional development events at Smith College.
November 7, 2025 at 9:05 PM
Our baby hasn't been to any library storytimes or baby activity classes yet, but she sure has attended a lot of student professional development events at Smith College.
Reposted by Eliot Halley Vrijmoet
did you know the Mountain Goats have a new album out today and you can buy it or stream it and dance to it in your living room or while driving or on the subway and it's a whole vibe? well now you know that 30tgrs.ffm.to/ttfafpb
The Mountain Goats - Through This Fire Across from Peter Balkan
Choose your preferred music service
30tgrs.ffm.to
November 7, 2025 at 1:28 PM
did you know the Mountain Goats have a new album out today and you can buy it or stream it and dance to it in your living room or while driving or on the subway and it's a whole vibe? well now you know that 30tgrs.ffm.to/ttfafpb
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I think we as a field would actually be happier if we all collectively admitted that things are very bad right now, instead of pretending that everything is fine, and that all of us will somehow be the lucky ones.
November 6, 2025 at 9:10 PM
I think we as a field would actually be happier if we all collectively admitted that things are very bad right now, instead of pretending that everything is fine, and that all of us will somehow be the lucky ones.
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Hey, astronomers. Can you imagine astronomy research without ADS?!?!? No? So, have you filled out the ADS survey yet?
Help archives help you!
(Help archives keep funding!)
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
Help archives help you!
(Help archives keep funding!)
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
Astrophysics Data System (ADS) User Feedback Survey
Thank you for taking the time to provide feedback on the Astrophysics Data System (ADS) digital library. Your insights will help us improve the platform and better serve the scientific community. All ...
docs.google.com
November 5, 2025 at 7:21 PM
Hey, astronomers. Can you imagine astronomy research without ADS?!?!? No? So, have you filled out the ADS survey yet?
Help archives help you!
(Help archives keep funding!)
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
Help archives help you!
(Help archives keep funding!)
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
You thought baby socks couldn't get any smaller, but it turns out they SHRINK in the wash! 😭
October 29, 2025 at 2:31 AM
You thought baby socks couldn't get any smaller, but it turns out they SHRINK in the wash! 😭
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We are having a Mid Year Meetup!! We would like any of you who are interested in participate to use the link below. Come, play games and chat with all of us!
forms.gle/1RMnbGPwpZhF...
forms.gle/1RMnbGPwpZhF...
October 28, 2025 at 8:14 PM
We are having a Mid Year Meetup!! We would like any of you who are interested in participate to use the link below. Come, play games and chat with all of us!
forms.gle/1RMnbGPwpZhF...
forms.gle/1RMnbGPwpZhF...
Our life here is so idyllic, but it's hard to enjoy that because I know we'll have to move away in a couple years.
Do I leave academia so we can maybe stay? But I really like it and I'm kinda good at it... :(
Do I leave academia so we can maybe stay? But I really like it and I'm kinda good at it... :(
October 23, 2025 at 10:20 PM
Our life here is so idyllic, but it's hard to enjoy that because I know we'll have to move away in a couple years.
Do I leave academia so we can maybe stay? But I really like it and I'm kinda good at it... :(
Do I leave academia so we can maybe stay? But I really like it and I'm kinda good at it... :(
Reposted by Eliot Halley Vrijmoet
Deadline extended to THIS Friday for JWST!! Don’t forget to apply!
🚨Call for Mini-Grant applications🚨
SGMA is looking to support 5 local, small scale events! Click on link for more information!
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
SGMA is looking to support 5 local, small scale events! Click on link for more information!
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
Application for a mini-grant
Sponsor your community building event with $100 from the AAS. We will particularly value creative ideas that build up communities that otherwise would not have a chance to meet or be supported.
docs.google.com
October 15, 2025 at 5:50 PM
Deadline extended to THIS Friday for JWST!! Don’t forget to apply!
Installing a light fixture in the basement is such a double edged sword. "Wow, it's so well lit now! ...Wow, it's actually disgusting in here" 😮
(LOTS of spiders)
(LOTS of spiders)
October 12, 2025 at 11:58 PM
Installing a light fixture in the basement is such a double edged sword. "Wow, it's so well lit now! ...Wow, it's actually disgusting in here" 😮
(LOTS of spiders)
(LOTS of spiders)
Reposted by Eliot Halley Vrijmoet
I have to fan-girl for a minute here. My friend @rosvall-lab.bsky.social built an app to gather data on bird behavior during the 2024 solar eclipse. 10,000+ citizen scientists contributed (including my kids), and the resulting paper was published in Science today!
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
Total solar eclipse triggers dawn behavior in birds: Insights from acoustic recordings and community science
On 8 April 2024, a total solar eclipse disrupted light-dark cycles for North American birds during the lead-up to spring reproduction. Compiling more than 10,000 community observations and artificial ...
www.science.org
October 9, 2025 at 11:54 PM
I have to fan-girl for a minute here. My friend @rosvall-lab.bsky.social built an app to gather data on bird behavior during the 2024 solar eclipse. 10,000+ citizen scientists contributed (including my kids), and the resulting paper was published in Science today!
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
When our 10-week-old baby is hungry, she mimes putting a bottle in her mouth. She's literally inventing her own sign language, it's amazing.
October 9, 2025 at 7:38 PM
When our 10-week-old baby is hungry, she mimes putting a bottle in her mouth. She's literally inventing her own sign language, it's amazing.
This is a great opportunity to get a bit of funding for putting on an event in your community! It's a very easy, low-key application. 😊 Deadline is October 8.
🚨Call for Mini-Grant applications🚨
SGMA is looking to support 5 local, small scale events! Click on link for more information!
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
SGMA is looking to support 5 local, small scale events! Click on link for more information!
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
Application for a mini-grant
Sponsor your community building event with $100 from the AAS. We will particularly value creative ideas that build up communities that otherwise would not have a chance to meet or be supported.
docs.google.com
September 22, 2025 at 8:21 PM
This is a great opportunity to get a bit of funding for putting on an event in your community! It's a very easy, low-key application. 😊 Deadline is October 8.
I need to do some work stuff ASAP this week, very important for my career... But the baby is figuring out how to make little sounds right now and the only thing I want to do is sit here and watch her do that. 😭
September 22, 2025 at 4:32 PM
I need to do some work stuff ASAP this week, very important for my career... But the baby is figuring out how to make little sounds right now and the only thing I want to do is sit here and watch her do that. 😭
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A useful lesson I learned in graduate school: sometimes a “bad” model fit to good data is still useful. Sometimes it will trick you into making baseless claims. Science is knowing how to figure out the difference
"In a landmark study, OpenAI researchers reveal that large language models will always produce plausible but false outputs, even with perfect data, due to fundamental statistical and computational limits."
www.computerworld.com/article/4059...
www.computerworld.com/article/4059...
OpenAI admits AI hallucinations are mathematically inevitable, not just engineering flaws
In a landmark study, OpenAI researchers reveal that large language models will always produce plausible but false outputs, even with perfect data, due to fundamental statistical and computational limi...
www.computerworld.com
September 21, 2025 at 5:00 PM
A useful lesson I learned in graduate school: sometimes a “bad” model fit to good data is still useful. Sometimes it will trick you into making baseless claims. Science is knowing how to figure out the difference
I fixed my sewing machine!! After years of hand sewing, this beautiful machine feels like UNSTOPPABLE. :D
September 14, 2025 at 10:11 PM
I fixed my sewing machine!! After years of hand sewing, this beautiful machine feels like UNSTOPPABLE. :D
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My periodic reminder for #astrosci #astrodon #exoplanets Early Career Researchers to please, please, please have a simple web site with your current email address on it - rationale here: kenworthy.space/advice/
September 12, 2025 at 4:22 AM
My periodic reminder for #astrosci #astrodon #exoplanets Early Career Researchers to please, please, please have a simple web site with your current email address on it - rationale here: kenworthy.space/advice/
Baby slept in 6-hour stretches two nights in a row! There is a light at the end of the tunnel.
September 11, 2025 at 7:26 PM
Baby slept in 6-hour stretches two nights in a row! There is a light at the end of the tunnel.
Reposted by Eliot Halley Vrijmoet
AAS Social Media Task Force
The AAS is seeking members for a social media task force to strategically increase the Society's social media presence, including communicating the value of astronomy & science funding to the broader public and promoting advocacy actions. docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F... 🔭
The AAS is seeking members for a social media task force to strategically increase the Society's social media presence, including communicating the value of astronomy & science funding to the broader public and promoting advocacy actions. docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F... 🔭
Apply to Join the AAS Social Media Task Force
The AAS is seeking members for a social media task force, to strategically increase the social media presence of the Society, including communicating the value of astronomy and science funding to the ...
docs.google.com
September 10, 2025 at 6:24 PM
AAS Social Media Task Force
The AAS is seeking members for a social media task force to strategically increase the Society's social media presence, including communicating the value of astronomy & science funding to the broader public and promoting advocacy actions. docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F... 🔭
The AAS is seeking members for a social media task force to strategically increase the Society's social media presence, including communicating the value of astronomy & science funding to the broader public and promoting advocacy actions. docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F... 🔭
September has arrived -- and so has my work anxiety -- so we're trying a low-key return-to-office idea here today.
September 3, 2025 at 9:43 PM
September has arrived -- and so has my work anxiety -- so we're trying a low-key return-to-office idea here today.
The ubiquity of baby pull-on 'onesies' makes no sense. Are most babies actually chill with having their big heads squished through a stretchy opening in jersey knit fabric? Why aren't there more onesie outfits that snap/zip/button in front?
August 25, 2025 at 1:36 AM
The ubiquity of baby pull-on 'onesies' makes no sense. Are most babies actually chill with having their big heads squished through a stretchy opening in jersey knit fabric? Why aren't there more onesie outfits that snap/zip/button in front?
Reposted by Eliot Halley Vrijmoet
Looking to fill up your seminar talk slots? Consider utilizing the Queer Speaker List to get in touch with some fantastic queer astronomers! docs.google.com/spreadsheets...
Queer Speaker List - Last edited May 12th 2025 - Public
docs.google.com
August 21, 2025 at 5:05 PM
Looking to fill up your seminar talk slots? Consider utilizing the Queer Speaker List to get in touch with some fantastic queer astronomers! docs.google.com/spreadsheets...
Reposted by Eliot Halley Vrijmoet
Hello everyone! We have joined BlueSky!!
August 21, 2025 at 4:58 PM
Hello everyone! We have joined BlueSky!!