Sarrvesh Sridhar
@sarrvesh.bsky.social
Radio astronomer. Operations Scientist at the Square Kilometre Array Observatory (SKAO). Opinions my own.
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Carney:
"In a time of rising populism and ethnic nationalism, Canada can show how diversity is a strength, not a weakness... Canada can't solve all the world's problems. But we can show that another way is possible. That the arc of history isn't destined to be warped toward authoritarianism".
"In a time of rising populism and ethnic nationalism, Canada can show how diversity is a strength, not a weakness... Canada can't solve all the world's problems. But we can show that another way is possible. That the arc of history isn't destined to be warped toward authoritarianism".
January 22, 2026 at 7:20 PM
Carney:
"In a time of rising populism and ethnic nationalism, Canada can show how diversity is a strength, not a weakness... Canada can't solve all the world's problems. But we can show that another way is possible. That the arc of history isn't destined to be warped toward authoritarianism".
"In a time of rising populism and ethnic nationalism, Canada can show how diversity is a strength, not a weakness... Canada can't solve all the world's problems. But we can show that another way is possible. That the arc of history isn't destined to be warped toward authoritarianism".
How is this still a thing in 2026?!!! www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Girls football team win tiny plastic cup as boys take home full-size trophy
The cup paled into comparison to the grand old trophy presented to the winning boys football team.
www.bbc.co.uk
January 21, 2026 at 12:53 PM
How is this still a thing in 2026?!!! www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Seriously bro? www.nytimes.com/2026/01/19/w...
Denied Peace Prize, Trump Tells Norway He’ll Push for Greenland
www.nytimes.com
January 19, 2026 at 1:25 PM
Seriously bro? www.nytimes.com/2026/01/19/w...
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FBI raiding reporters homes at request of the Pentagon sounds completely legit and not at all like the USA has turned into an authoritarian state. I’m proud of the folks who realize what’s happening and are speaking out. I am ashamed of the cowards & fools that are complacent.
January 14, 2026 at 4:20 PM
FBI raiding reporters homes at request of the Pentagon sounds completely legit and not at all like the USA has turned into an authoritarian state. I’m proud of the folks who realize what’s happening and are speaking out. I am ashamed of the cowards & fools that are complacent.
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I'm being subtle on the bus
January 14, 2026 at 8:57 AM
I'm being subtle on the bus
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"A lot of people have long regarded same-sex behaviour as an accident, or rare, or only in zoo animals." But "it’s part of the normal social life of primates." www.nature.com/articles/d41...
January 13, 2026 at 7:09 PM
"A lot of people have long regarded same-sex behaviour as an accident, or rare, or only in zoo animals." But "it’s part of the normal social life of primates." www.nature.com/articles/d41...
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I am once again reminding you all that the UK government introduced an Online Safety Act that is effectively a porn ban on most adult porn websites, but is dithering over banning a website that is actually creating child porn.
January 13, 2026 at 11:03 AM
I am once again reminding you all that the UK government introduced an Online Safety Act that is effectively a porn ban on most adult porn websites, but is dithering over banning a website that is actually creating child porn.
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A teenage boy was walking home in Minneapolis yesterday when four masked men jumped out of a van & questioned him - with no parent or guardian present.
He was bundled into the van & taken away.
Bystanders heard the boy say: “Can I just go home?”
I don’t know how America comes back from all this.
He was bundled into the van & taken away.
Bystanders heard the boy say: “Can I just go home?”
I don’t know how America comes back from all this.
January 13, 2026 at 5:56 PM
A teenage boy was walking home in Minneapolis yesterday when four masked men jumped out of a van & questioned him - with no parent or guardian present.
He was bundled into the van & taken away.
Bystanders heard the boy say: “Can I just go home?”
I don’t know how America comes back from all this.
He was bundled into the van & taken away.
Bystanders heard the boy say: “Can I just go home?”
I don’t know how America comes back from all this.
On my way to IISER-Mohali for the SKA-India Science Meeting. #SKAO #SKA-India
January 13, 2026 at 7:28 PM
On my way to IISER-Mohali for the SKA-India Science Meeting. #SKAO #SKA-India
That’s another way to “get” the Peace Prize! www.nytimes.com/2026/01/09/w...
After Machado Offers Her Nobel, Trump Says It Would Be an ‘Honor’ to Accept It
www.nytimes.com
January 9, 2026 at 2:18 PM
That’s another way to “get” the Peace Prize! www.nytimes.com/2026/01/09/w...
The SKA-Mid telescope is now officially a working interferometer! With both SKA-Low and SKA-Mid fringing now, we are entering a very exciting period when the telescopes undergo extensive commissioning and science verification. See www.skao.int/en/news/693/... for more information.
SKAO's telescope in South Africa 'comes alive' with first fringes milestone | SKAO
The SKA Observatory’s growing telescope array in South Africa, SKA-Mid, has achieved “first fringes” using two of its dishes, a milestone that demonstrates it is operating as an interferometer for the...
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January 8, 2026 at 9:13 AM
The SKA-Mid telescope is now officially a working interferometer! With both SKA-Low and SKA-Mid fringing now, we are entering a very exciting period when the telescopes undergo extensive commissioning and science verification. See www.skao.int/en/news/693/... for more information.
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Even if Trump’s attack on Venezuela and kidnapping of Maduro somehow led to a positive impact on Venezuela’s future, it would not make these actions by the United States legal, moral or wise.
Normalising and legitimising this behaviour endangers all countries - democracies and dictatorships alike.
Normalising and legitimising this behaviour endangers all countries - democracies and dictatorships alike.
January 3, 2026 at 10:00 AM
Even if Trump’s attack on Venezuela and kidnapping of Maduro somehow led to a positive impact on Venezuela’s future, it would not make these actions by the United States legal, moral or wise.
Normalising and legitimising this behaviour endangers all countries - democracies and dictatorships alike.
Normalising and legitimising this behaviour endangers all countries - democracies and dictatorships alike.
It is only day 3, and wow, this year is off to a great start! American imperialism at its finest, heh? www.nytimes.com/live/2026/01... (NYT gift link)
Live Updates: U.S. Captures Venezuelan Leader, Trump Says
www.nytimes.com
January 3, 2026 at 12:13 PM
It is only day 3, and wow, this year is off to a great start! American imperialism at its finest, heh? www.nytimes.com/live/2026/01... (NYT gift link)
Great to be back in my academic hometown (Onsala Space Observatory in Sweden)
November 8, 2025 at 9:22 AM
Great to be back in my academic hometown (Onsala Space Observatory in Sweden)
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Crows are hooligans...
The University of Glasgow groundspeople are going to be quite annoyed when they come in to work tomorrow...
October 1, 2025 at 9:13 PM
Crows are hooligans...
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R.I.P. George F. Smoot (1945-2025)
We will no doubt read many official obituaries in days to come, but all I can say is that he was a character, a very original thinker, a fine scientist, and a very nice man. Along with many others, I will miss him enormously.
We will no doubt read many official obituaries in days to come, but all I can say is that he was a character, a very original thinker, a fine scientist, and a very nice man. Along with many others, I will miss him enormously.
R.I.P. George F. Smoot (1945-2025)
We will no doubt read many official obituaries in days to come, but all I can say is that he was a character, a very original thinker, a fine scientist, and a very nice man. Along with many others, I will miss him enormously.
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September 26, 2025 at 12:42 PM
R.I.P. George F. Smoot (1945-2025)
We will no doubt read many official obituaries in days to come, but all I can say is that he was a character, a very original thinker, a fine scientist, and a very nice man. Along with many others, I will miss him enormously.
We will no doubt read many official obituaries in days to come, but all I can say is that he was a character, a very original thinker, a fine scientist, and a very nice man. Along with many others, I will miss him enormously.
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A mass walkout of the UN General Assembly as Netanyahu prepares to speak.
September 26, 2025 at 1:22 PM
A mass walkout of the UN General Assembly as Netanyahu prepares to speak.
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CEO: We need to cut costs.
Accountant: We paid you $50 million last year. You are being paid $1 million for this meeting.
CEO: Who's that in the hallway?
Accountant: That's Greg. He is the only thing keeping this company together. We pay him in nickels and Grubhub gift cards.
CEO: Fire Greg.
Accountant: We paid you $50 million last year. You are being paid $1 million for this meeting.
CEO: Who's that in the hallway?
Accountant: That's Greg. He is the only thing keeping this company together. We pay him in nickels and Grubhub gift cards.
CEO: Fire Greg.
September 12, 2025 at 2:32 PM
CEO: We need to cut costs.
Accountant: We paid you $50 million last year. You are being paid $1 million for this meeting.
CEO: Who's that in the hallway?
Accountant: That's Greg. He is the only thing keeping this company together. We pay him in nickels and Grubhub gift cards.
CEO: Fire Greg.
Accountant: We paid you $50 million last year. You are being paid $1 million for this meeting.
CEO: Who's that in the hallway?
Accountant: That's Greg. He is the only thing keeping this company together. We pay him in nickels and Grubhub gift cards.
CEO: Fire Greg.
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This diagram is excellent and 100000% correct.
Possible causes of your problems. It’s a diagram that (sadly) still seems relevant in 2025, so reposting a year and a bit on.
August 29, 2025 at 11:01 AM
This diagram is excellent and 100000% correct.
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i find this image so fascinating. it is both a literal example of authoritarianism but also a second-hand reproduction of the aesthetics of other authoritarian states. it's like a simulacra of authoritarianism whose purpose is to attempt to make the simulacra real.
This is a real photograph of Washington, DC this week, where the United States president has ordered military occupation in peacetime, and ordered the display of colossal portraits of himself.
www.wsj.com/politics/pol...
www.wsj.com/politics/pol...
August 28, 2025 at 1:38 PM
i find this image so fascinating. it is both a literal example of authoritarianism but also a second-hand reproduction of the aesthetics of other authoritarian states. it's like a simulacra of authoritarianism whose purpose is to attempt to make the simulacra real.
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New regulations are needed to protect #RadioAstronomy from satellite mega-constellations.
We deliberately build our telescopes in the outback to avoid radio frequency interference (e.g. from TVs, microwaves, phones) but now unintentional transmissions from satellites are affecting images.
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We deliberately build our telescopes in the outback to avoid radio frequency interference (e.g. from TVs, microwaves, phones) but now unintentional transmissions from satellites are affecting images.
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We've known for a while that satellite mega-constellations like SpaceX's Starlink are a problem for optical astronomy. Now, a new survey shows they're also adversely affecting radio astronomy – including at wavelengths supposedly protected by international regs. 🔭⚛️🧪 physicsworld.com/a/starlink-s...
Starlink satellite emissions interfere with radio astronomy – Physics World
Largest-ever survey shows new regulations on unintended transmissions are needed, say researchers at Australia’s Curtin University
physicsworld.com
August 22, 2025 at 9:07 PM
New regulations are needed to protect #RadioAstronomy from satellite mega-constellations.
We deliberately build our telescopes in the outback to avoid radio frequency interference (e.g. from TVs, microwaves, phones) but now unintentional transmissions from satellites are affecting images.
⚛️🔭🧪
We deliberately build our telescopes in the outback to avoid radio frequency interference (e.g. from TVs, microwaves, phones) but now unintentional transmissions from satellites are affecting images.
⚛️🔭🧪
… and in other news, we’ll let the burglars safeguard the jewels
Russia insists that any security architecture set up to protect a post-war Ukraine from future aggression by Russia include Russia. www.nytimes.com/2025/08/20/w...
Russia Demands Role in Guaranteeing Ukraine’s Postwar Security
www.nytimes.com
August 21, 2025 at 1:35 AM
… and in other news, we’ll let the burglars safeguard the jewels
