Month: October 2022

I made a thread over at @CompactCollab about the search for cosmic topology.

Announcing Almanac, a Bayesian hierarchical model for astrophysical and cosmological power spectra on the sphere.

“Almanac: Weak Lensing power spectra and map inference on the masked sphere”, by A. Loureiro, L. Whiteway, E. Sellentin, J. S. Lafaurie, A. H. Jaffe, A. F. Heavens

Observing the early universe and supporting net-zero: News from the College – Imperial News – Imperial College London

Am I the only one who accidentally hits ”return” instead of the space bar about 30% of the time on the iPhone keyboard (or sometimes it’s “.” or “@“ — whatever is just to the right of the space)? Or do I have an especially clumsy right thumb?

Why do UK newspapers all feature these not particularly well written, not particularly insightful or funny, slice-of-my-life weekend columns? As much as I loathe their ideas and politics, I’d rather read Ross Douthat or David Brooks than (names removed to avoid too much snark).