J-M Petit (I'm a co-author): OSSOS++ comprehensive model of the Kuiper belt - I'm so excited to get this put together - it will be incredibly useful for Kuiper Belt modelling and planetary migration history!
1146 TNOs that can be debiased to measure true structure of the Kuiper Belt!
So much structure in main classical belt that couldn't find a parameterization. (Too much good data!)
Will be available soon here: http://www.ossos-survey.org/
#DPS2023
This next #DPS2023 session is all about TNO theory and observations, which is my favourite!! In addition to presenting a talk, I'm a co-author on 3 other talks in this session hahaha
nostr:npub1uw8g8f3g29gw8uxfcj5863rnc783xyk0alqm9mcsx3leut98dausxy88kr "Pulse capital" is still better than Tisdale's "the land of rape and honey".
nostr:npub1l7ve526wews4rrhgeeyc5hz8yypnnw44yaxpdmaec5a6ldtlnufs9q70au OH NO that's... something
I woke up at 3:30am this morning and couldn't get back to sleep. Now I have an 8pm research group meeting I'm supposed to lead (because international collaborations are hard). Will goat milk ice cream be magic enough to keep me functional for another hour, or will I conk out during my own meeting?
nostr:npub1uw8g8f3g29gw8uxfcj5863rnc783xyk0alqm9mcsx3leut98dausxy88kr We did, there are whole neighborhoods that are underwater that have never been before!
nostr:npub19zxgf9eee4qj6v6krdu0y3v340rew2krmkevt0jlcqcnftzgxegsxfa8r8 Glad you and your family (and goats!) are ok, but I'm really sad to see all the destruction elsewhere in Florida.
nostr:npub1pdtuw0rknntgtwk8fgvtt6cnrmdq2w3mtp49vzp4ha53lzmhh7psjh2yd3 There's a list here (not sure who maintains it, but it's a great starting point): https://truesciphi.org/ast_mas.html
D. Chevalier: started off with a great land acknowledgement and noting that Indigenous people have been at the forefront of dark sky preservation (highlighted Maori efforts)
She's specifically looking at bats, built a small, portable simulated streetlight for tests, uses "sticky pi" open-source trap/photo-classifier+bat noise recorder.+ pitfall traps
Collected data at UBC farm! [where my partner got addicted to farming and our farm journey started!]
#ALAN2023
Side note: #ALAN2023 is very international! (At least, for a conference that I could drive to from Saskatchewan) The speaker just tossed off a joke in French and a large fraction of the audience laughed
J. Degen: moths use patterns of light in sky for orientation - when moon is up, they orient better. Used harmonic radar to measure tiny antenna onto backs of moths and measure flight paths very accurately. Released moths in center of 6 streetlights 85m apart. Caught moths each night to measure, many different species.
Moths got stuck inside circle of streetlights unless moon was up. Flights are more tortuous/curvy when streetlights on.
#ALAN2023
nostr:npub12hxruac9ekvyqayn35up0zdt3hs4zlyfuxzjhv0dkhvcuhrvcn2swwg0au It's really funny watching the turkey mama get in scuffles with the chickens and thinking about what she might have said... "You got a PROBLEM with my baby?!"
nostr:npub1a0mpksngpkszl5s6wv6cqqgjvuk2pervysjll0eh5d6ads3p4cqs9lckrd Yeah there is, but I have a couple of adult geese and they are not very excited about the pond, I've never seen them in it even though they can definitely just walk over to it if they want. As long as they have a bowl of water to splash around in they seem pretty happy. I'm also a bit worried about what the poor turkey mama would think about her baby swimming!
nostr:npub1fm5a5z0ef46aakhwfwynfkeqrl5sp47uwusfa6fdwutlwl28jmgs2rd5l8 Oh THANK YOU for sharing this! I"m going to start one one right now!
nostr:npub1uw8g8f3g29gw8uxfcj5863rnc783xyk0alqm9mcsx3leut98dausxy88kr What is so weird about llamas?
nostr:npub18f49n4qecakart6ncve3dr9zxv2yvwawrpafuty9m534hdfj4ydqsqgr50 Everything! Someone told me to think of them as having the personalities of cats, and that has helped a lot. But I still really don't understand his body language or his decision-making process. I'm watching and learning, though!
nostr:npub1uw8g8f3g29gw8uxfcj5863rnc783xyk0alqm9mcsx3leut98dausxy88kr wow! How did you manage one of those? They are found in south America highlands
nostr:npub1yq4z9y273zumj93dxjknh479phctm679lnh5z0mnhuwemq2gr5cqgdf9st They're pretty common livestock guardian animals around here
Wow, goslings grow FAST. And the turkey mama is still doing a great job taking care of her adopted gosling, even though it's probably increased in mass by 10x since hatching ~1 month ago.
It's incredibly cute to watch the large, awkward gosling shuffle/waddle along next to its elegant, graceful turkey mama, who does a very good job looking out for her baby.
nostr:npub1uw8g8f3g29gw8uxfcj5863rnc783xyk0alqm9mcsx3leut98dausxy88kr Do you need several, like alpacas, or are llamas happy hanging with goats and other four legged friends?
nostr:npub17naxmgsx5lya56s893v6vz3cs7anxekxaph5jx0fuw2wda3m3uystj5rc7 This llama has lived with goats before, but he was alone so he moved to my farm. Currently he's right next to goats while they all get used to each other, soon they'll all be in the same pen.
nostr:npub1uw8g8f3g29gw8uxfcj5863rnc783xyk0alqm9mcsx3leut98dausxy88kr one thing I recently learned about llamas (and alpacas) is that they suffer a lot if they are alone.
You should get another one 🙏🏻
p.s: don't take my word, search for info, but I'm sure you will find confirmations.
nostr:npub1gyqnazl76gduk8shfjdw0mt8yhh5s8yezlj7tl5y98hjn79qavjq5jq4f2 The llama is in a pen that is directly adjacent to the goats, and some of the small goats go through the fence and visit. This was the best compromise to get everyone used to each other. They will all be together in the same pen soon, but for now they are neighbours so nobody scares each other again!
My #FiberFriday musings:
A couple weeks ago I got a llama. I am very much still learning about him (llamas are SO WEIRD), but I really hope that next spring I can shear him and make something with his wool. It's so amazingly soft (and sooooo dirty, but I can probably wash it). I've never tried knitting with llama wool, or even spinning, but I truly love the idea of effectively making a sock out of grass.
It's too hot and too Friday to keep going with paper edits. Someday I'll actually submit this paper... really...
nostr:npub1uw8g8f3g29gw8uxfcj5863rnc783xyk0alqm9mcsx3leut98dausxy88kr my go-to conference knitting project is a simple pair of socks. Last time, I needed an extra simple pattern, and this worked very well in a variegated yarn: https://tincanknits.com/pattern/rye-light?g=4
nostr:npub1n8hyr7qmlep9qvpmdpglhsth9ttmdvxez5wvk72n0zlsmq0rpzjqswmlps YES! I have a hard time thinking of fun things to knit while it's hot out, but I haven't done a pair of socks in a while. Thanks for this!