{"version":"https://jsonfeed.org/version/1","title":"Micro.blog - Matthew Kenworthy","home_page_url":"https://micro.blog","feed_url":"https://micro.blog/posts/kenworthy","_microblog":{"about":"https://micro.blog/about/api","id":"1608590","username":"kenworthy","bio":"I am an astronomer working at Leiden Observatory in the Netherlands, and I'm interested in the direct imaging of extrasolar planets, and in seeing the transits of giant ring systems. Mostly work related posts with the occasional pretty photo thrown in for good measure.","pronouns":"","is_following":false,"is_you":false,"following_count":1,"discover_count":0},"author":{"name":"Matthew Kenworthy","url":"https://kenworthy.micro.blog/","avatar":"https://avatars.micro.blog/avatars/2024/16/1608590.jpg"},"items":[{"id":"100887519","content_html":"<p>Oh god oh god oh god oh god they found me</p>\n<img src=\"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/1000x/https%3A%2F%2Fkenworthy.micro.blog%2Fuploads%2F2026%2Fscreenshot-2026-11-11-at-14.21.30.png\" width=\"600\" height=\"155\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\">\n","summary":"","url":"https://kenworthy.micro.blog/2026/11/11/oh-god-oh-god-oh.html","date_published":"2026-11-11T13:22:06+00:00","author":{"name":"Matthew Kenworthy","url":"https://kenworthy.micro.blog/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2024%2F16%2F1608590.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"kenworthy"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-11-11 13:22","date_timestamp":1794403326,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"is_podcast":false,"note":"","syndication":["https://mastodon.social/@mattkenworthy/117598016575098238","https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:f5d5dmhikh2lg5ah754httjo/post/3n222el2p6m2u"]}},{"id":"100876766","content_html":"<p>Reading through some code this morning and this made me laugh out…</p>\n<img src=\"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/1000x/https%3A%2F%2Fkenworthy.micro.blog%2Fuploads%2F2026%2Fscreenshot-2026-11-11-at-09.45.47.png\" width=\"600\" height=\"21\" alt=\"data = data.to_pandas() # I just don't get these Tables...\" loading=\"lazy\">\n","summary":"","url":"https://kenworthy.micro.blog/2026/11/11/reading-through-some-code-this.html","date_published":"2026-11-11T08:47:13+00:00","author":{"name":"Matthew Kenworthy","url":"https://kenworthy.micro.blog/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2024%2F16%2F1608590.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"kenworthy"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-11-11 08:47","date_timestamp":1794386833,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"is_podcast":false,"note":"","syndication":["https://mastodon.social/@mattkenworthy/117596935577565448","https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:f5d5dmhikh2lg5ah754httjo/post/3mzzkyyczr524"]}},{"id":"100875677","content_html":"<p>Sorry, fans of “Forbidden Planet”, no Altair IV yet: Meshkat+ on <a href=\"https://arxiv.org/abs/2611.13132\">“Searching for Planets around Altair with JWST/NIRcam”</a> getting sub-Saturn mass limits close in to this nearby A star. All candidate point sources are background stars… a shame! #exoplanets #astrodon</p>\n<div class=\"microblog_collection\">\n<img src=\"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/1000x/https%3A%2F%2Fkenworthy.micro.blog%2Fuploads%2F2026%2Fscreenshot-2026-11-11-at-08.54.38.png\" alt=\"A contrast curve for Altair: a red curve that marks the point source detection limit as a function of distance from the central star.\" loading=\"lazy\"><img src=\"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/1000x/https%3A%2F%2Fkenworthy.micro.blog%2Fuploads%2F2026%2Fscreenshot-2026-11-11-at-09.02.31.png\" alt=\"A greyscale image showing several point sources scattered around a large halo of black and white dots, which are the residuals left from subtracting the bright star off of the middle of the image.\" loading=\"lazy\">\n</div>\n","summary":"","url":"https://kenworthy.micro.blog/2026/11/11/sorry-fans-of-forbidden-planet.html","date_published":"2026-11-11T08:08:25+00:00","author":{"name":"Matthew Kenworthy","url":"https://kenworthy.micro.blog/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2024%2F16%2F1608590.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"kenworthy"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-11-11 08:08","date_timestamp":1794384505,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"is_podcast":false,"note":"","syndication":["https://mastodon.social/@mattkenworthy/117596783512967887","https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:f5d5dmhikh2lg5ah754httjo/post/3mzzitvjhcz2t"]}},{"id":"100874755","content_html":"<p><a href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vH3-Gt7mgyM\">“How are you feeling, Darling?\"</a> Still one of the most striking memorials for Remembrance Day, from the last scene in “Blackadder Goes Forth”.</p>\n","summary":"","url":"https://kenworthy.micro.blog/2026/11/11/how-are-you-feeling-darling.html","date_published":"2026-11-11T07:41:16+00:00","author":{"name":"Matthew Kenworthy","url":"https://kenworthy.micro.blog/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2024%2F16%2F1608590.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"kenworthy"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-11-11 07:41","date_timestamp":1794382876,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"is_podcast":false,"note":"","syndication":["https://mastodon.social/@mattkenworthy/117596676335654345","https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:f5d5dmhikh2lg5ah754httjo/post/3mzzhd3jkwm2t"]}},{"id":"100874473","content_html":"<p><a href=\"http://mattkenworthy.bsky.social\">@mattkenworthy.bsky.social</a> this is the METIS ASSEMBLE! team</p>\n","url":"https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:f5d5dmhikh2lg5ah754httjo/post/3mzxdjdddik7y","date_published":"2026-11-10T11:27:54+00:00","author":{"name":"Matthew Kenworthy","url":"https://kenworthy.micro.blog/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2024%2F16%2F1608590.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"kenworthy"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-11-10 11:27","date_timestamp":1794310074,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"edit_url":null,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"100874474","content_html":"<p><a href=\"http://mattkenworthy.bsky.social\">@mattkenworthy.bsky.social</a> Glorious :)</p>\n","url":"https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:f5d5dmhikh2lg5ah754httjo/post/3mzvforn3uch7","date_published":"2026-11-09T17:01:24+00:00","author":{"name":"Matthew Kenworthy","url":"https://kenworthy.micro.blog/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2024%2F16%2F1608590.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"kenworthy"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-11-09 17:01","date_timestamp":1794243684,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"edit_url":null,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"100777843","content_html":"<p>A lovely week talking with other astronomers and giving the Königstuhl Colloquium on \" #exomoons and #exorings\" at the MPIA in Heidelberg. It was fantastic to have many great conversations and I did take a bit of time to get a weißbier and schnitzel with potatoes…</p>\n<div class=\"microblog_collection\">\n<img src=\"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/1000x/https%3A%2F%2Fkenworthy.micro.blog%2Fuploads%2F2026%2Fimg-6121.jpg\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\" alt=\"A tall beer glass of wheat beer, about a quarter drunk, standing on a wooden table, with a brown plate with schnitzel and fried potatoes. In the background is the restaurant with a nautical theme, and the bald head of the stranger leaning back into my personal space but I was far too British to mention it.\" loading=\"lazy\"><img src=\"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/1000x/https%3A%2F%2Fkenworthy.micro.blog%2Fuploads%2F2026%2Fimg-6149.jpg\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" alt=\"Me in a white bunny suit, standing in front of an optical box with cables draped out of it.\" loading=\"lazy\">\n</div>\n","summary":"","url":"https://kenworthy.micro.blog/2026/11/09/a-lovely-week-talking-with.html","date_published":"2026-11-09T16:12:09+00:00","author":{"name":"Matthew Kenworthy","url":"https://kenworthy.micro.blog/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2024%2F16%2F1608590.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"kenworthy"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-11-09 16:12","date_timestamp":1794240729,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"is_podcast":false,"note":"","syndication":["https://mastodon.social/@mattkenworthy/117587361423412859","https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:f5d5dmhikh2lg5ah754httjo/post/3mzvcxavq3d2a"]}},{"id":"100335483","content_html":"<p><a href=\"http://mattkenworthy.bsky.social\">@mattkenworthy.bsky.social</a> I’ve avoided it because of the reviews, but if you think it’s worth it for the third season, I’ll give it a go.</p>\n","url":"https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:f5d5dmhikh2lg5ah754httjo/post/3mz4fpngqskbs","date_published":"2026-10-30T18:25:20+00:00","author":{"name":"Matthew Kenworthy","url":"https://kenworthy.micro.blog/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2024%2F16%2F1608590.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"kenworthy"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-10-30 18:25","date_timestamp":1793384720,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"edit_url":null,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"100146819","content_html":"<p>Well, that didn’t take long…. the trans-Neptunian object announced on October 27 was precovered in TESS data in this paper posted two days later!!! Han+ in <a href=\"https://arxiv.org/abs/2610.40106\">“Seven Years of TESS Precovery Observations of the Dwarf-planet Candidate\n2026 ED138”</a> #astrodon #exoplanet</p>\n<img src=\"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/1000x/https%3A%2F%2Fkenworthy.micro.blog%2Fuploads%2F2026%2Fscreenshot-2026-10-30-at-11.22.48.png\" alt=\"Five images of the object with a combined image showing a clear detection, along with the locations of the planet marked on an orbit from JPL.\" loading=\"lazy\">\n","summary":"","url":"https://kenworthy.micro.blog/2026/10/30/well-that-didnt-take-long.html","date_published":"2026-10-30T10:26:02+00:00","author":{"name":"Matthew Kenworthy","url":"https://kenworthy.micro.blog/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2024%2F16%2F1608590.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"kenworthy"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-10-30 10:26","date_timestamp":1793355962,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"is_podcast":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"100142237","content_html":"<p><em>narrows eyes, cracks fingers, refills the coffee mug</em> Let’s do this\n#arXiv #AcademicChatter</p>\n<img src=\"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/1000x/https%3A%2F%2Fkenworthy.micro.blog%2Fuploads%2F2026%2Fscreenshot-2026-10-30-at-10.01.20.png\" width=\"406\" height=\"118\" alt=\"Part of an email detailing that there are 177 new arxiv papers to read in the daily mail.\" loading=\"lazy\">\n","summary":"","url":"https://kenworthy.micro.blog/2026/10/30/narrows-eyes-cracks-fingers-refills.html","date_published":"2026-10-30T09:03:25+00:00","author":{"name":"Matthew Kenworthy","url":"https://kenworthy.micro.blog/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2024%2F16%2F1608590.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"kenworthy"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-10-30 09:03","date_timestamp":1793351005,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"is_podcast":false,"note":"","syndication":["https://mastodon.social/@mattkenworthy/117529051862418260","https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:f5d5dmhikh2lg5ah754httjo/post/3mz3gd2fsz624"]}},{"id":"100142113","content_html":"<p><a href=\"http://mrcott.bsky.social\">@mrcott.bsky.social</a> Thank you, that’s a brilliant story!</p>\n","url":"https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:f5d5dmhikh2lg5ah754httjo/post/3mz3alrv6n2st","date_published":"2026-10-30T07:21:02+00:00","author":{"name":"Matthew Kenworthy","url":"https://kenworthy.micro.blog/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2024%2F16%2F1608590.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"kenworthy"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-10-30 07:21","date_timestamp":1793344862,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"edit_url":null,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"100135034","content_html":"<p>Weird micro #lifehack I’ve stumbled on: I set Firefox so that a new web page opens on a blank page, not their starter page with lots of links. This is far more relaxing that I thought it would be!</p>\n","summary":"","url":"https://kenworthy.micro.blog/2026/10/30/weird-micro-lifehack-ive-stumbled.html","date_published":"2026-10-30T06:19:59+00:00","author":{"name":"Matthew Kenworthy","url":"https://kenworthy.micro.blog/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2024%2F16%2F1608590.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"kenworthy"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-10-30 06:19","date_timestamp":1793341199,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"is_podcast":false,"note":"","syndication":["https://mastodon.social/@mattkenworthy/117528409206546392","https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:f5d5dmhikh2lg5ah754httjo/post/3mz356sg3jx2b"]}},{"id":"100134905","content_html":"<p><a href=\"http://katvolk.bsky.social\">@katvolk.bsky.social</a> “But I have to get out of the plane RIGHT NOW otherwise I will not get a fresh Cinnabon! Waaarglbargl”</p>\n","url":"https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:f5d5dmhikh2lg5ah754httjo/post/3mz324tvwdkcr","date_published":"2026-10-30T05:25:18+00:00","author":{"name":"Matthew Kenworthy","url":"https://kenworthy.micro.blog/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2024%2F16%2F1608590.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"kenworthy"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-10-30 05:25","date_timestamp":1793337918,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"edit_url":null,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"100134906","content_html":"<p><a href=\"http://ebellm.bsky.social\">@ebellm.bsky.social</a></p>\n","url":"https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:f5d5dmhikh2lg5ah754httjo/post/3myxibdp5jsg3","date_published":"2026-10-28T19:27:43+00:00","author":{"name":"Matthew Kenworthy","url":"https://kenworthy.micro.blog/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2024%2F16%2F1608590.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"kenworthy"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-10-28 19:27","date_timestamp":1793215663,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"edit_url":null,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"100012562","content_html":"<p>AI slop has been encroaching on several aspects of my academic life, so it’s good to take our dog for a walk at night and take a breather. Looking up at the stars, I counted ten satellites passing overhead in just five minutes… sometimes I wonder if we are in #TheBadPlace</p>\n<img src=\"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/1000x/https%3A%2F%2Fkenworthy.micro.blog%2Fuploads%2F2026%2F4851c93e35.gif\" width=\"500\" height=\"250\" alt='A woman holding a bunch of helium filled balloons standing in the middle of a field of prickly cacti saying \"This is the Bad Place!\"' loading=\"lazy\">\n","summary":"","url":"https://kenworthy.micro.blog/2026/10/28/ai-slop-has-been-encroaching.html","date_published":"2026-10-28T09:27:29+00:00","author":{"name":"Matthew Kenworthy","url":"https://kenworthy.micro.blog/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2024%2F16%2F1608590.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"kenworthy"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-10-28 09:27","date_timestamp":1793179649,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"is_podcast":false,"note":"","syndication":["https://mastodon.social/@mattkenworthy/117517822040648042"]}},{"id":"100012382","content_html":"<p><a href=\"http://rami.spaceaustralia.com\">@rami.spaceaustralia.com</a> My heartbeat pauses briefly each time I see his name appear on the arXiv email - and I have a mental image of that ripple on the glass of water in the first Jurassic Park movie. Don’t move, he only reacts to motion!</p>\n","url":"https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:f5d5dmhikh2lg5ah754httjo/post/3myruqt5ydk5s","date_published":"2026-10-26T13:55:09+00:00","author":{"name":"Matthew Kenworthy","url":"https://kenworthy.micro.blog/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2024%2F16%2F1608590.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"kenworthy"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-10-26 13:55","date_timestamp":1793022909,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"edit_url":null,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"100012383","content_html":"<p><a href=\"http://mdruker.app\">@mdruker.app</a> FWIW I went to a Billy Joel evening where he talked about his songs. Someone asked him about that song and the look of physical pain that crossed his face told us what he thought of it.</p>\n","url":"https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:f5d5dmhikh2lg5ah754httjo/post/3mylx5cjwvc2u","date_published":"2026-10-24T05:21:56+00:00","author":{"name":"Matthew Kenworthy","url":"https://kenworthy.micro.blog/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2024%2F16%2F1608590.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"kenworthy"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-10-24 05:21","date_timestamp":1792819316,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"edit_url":null,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"99726009","content_html":"<p>Before the flood: Destriez+ on <a href=\"https://arxiv.org/abs/2610.31006\">“Searching for substellar companion candidates with Gaia V. M dwarfs within 15 parsec…\"</a> incorporates RV and direct imaging constraints to pick out 32 new substellar candidates… and Gaia Data Release 4 is just around the corner too… #exoplanets #astrodon</p>\n<img src=\"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/1000x/https%3A%2F%2Fkenworthy.micro.blog%2Fuploads%2F2026%2Fscreenshot-2026-10-23-at-08.56.43.png\" alt=\"Six colourful plots showing astrometric detections as a green triangle, a red line as radial velocity, and blue lines for direct imaging. Figure D.1 in the paper.\" loading=\"lazy\">\n","summary":"","url":"https://kenworthy.micro.blog/2026/10/23/before-the-flood-destriez-on.html","date_published":"2026-10-23T07:05:42+00:00","author":{"name":"Matthew Kenworthy","url":"https://kenworthy.micro.blog/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2024%2F16%2F1608590.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"kenworthy"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-10-23 07:05","date_timestamp":1792739142,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"is_podcast":false,"note":"","syndication":["https://mastodon.social/@mattkenworthy/117488952874810593","https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:f5d5dmhikh2lg5ah754httjo/post/3myjmi5nnzv2r"]}},{"id":"99725610","content_html":"<p><a href=\"http://astrojonny.bsky.social\">@astrojonny.bsky.social</a> …but once we have discovered the planets, they are almost always followed up by polarization observations, because that could indicate oblateness or the presence of rings/dust around them</p>\n","url":"https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:f5d5dmhikh2lg5ah754httjo/post/3myha22j6scnn","date_published":"2026-10-22T08:17:52+00:00","author":{"name":"Matthew Kenworthy","url":"https://kenworthy.micro.blog/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2024%2F16%2F1608590.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"kenworthy"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-10-22 08:17","date_timestamp":1792657072,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"edit_url":null,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"99725611","content_html":"<p><a href=\"http://astrojonny.bsky.social\">@astrojonny.bsky.social</a> (almost) none of them. Polarization picks up the light scattered from circumstellar disks, but simple intensity imaging is used for direct detections.</p>\n","url":"https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:f5d5dmhikh2lg5ah754httjo/post/3myh7rdppiknn","date_published":"2026-10-22T08:13:00+00:00","author":{"name":"Matthew Kenworthy","url":"https://kenworthy.micro.blog/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2024%2F16%2F1608590.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"kenworthy"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-10-22 08:13","date_timestamp":1792656780,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"edit_url":null,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"99725612","content_html":"<p><a href=\"http://sarahkendrew.bsky.social\">@sarahkendrew.bsky.social</a> I don’t care what tools someone uses to make the measurement, do the analysis and make a new discovery, but I care very much if they don’t understand how they got the results with them.</p>\n","url":"https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:f5d5dmhikh2lg5ah754httjo/post/3myfc7b6pqc3m","date_published":"2026-10-21T13:51:15+00:00","author":{"name":"Matthew Kenworthy","url":"https://kenworthy.micro.blog/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2024%2F16%2F1608590.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"kenworthy"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-10-21 13:51","date_timestamp":1792590675,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"edit_url":null,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"99725613","content_html":"<p><a href=\"http://pkgw.bsky.social\">@pkgw.bsky.social</a> I am a Luddite, but not quite under your definition - I’m not extentially concerned that I’ll stop being an academic, I’m far more disturbed that it gives AI users the impression that they’re learning and practising science when it appears to do exactly the opposite.</p>\n","url":"https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:f5d5dmhikh2lg5ah754httjo/post/3myfatthklkgf","date_published":"2026-10-21T13:26:58+00:00","author":{"name":"Matthew Kenworthy","url":"https://kenworthy.micro.blog/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2024%2F16%2F1608590.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"kenworthy"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-10-21 13:26","date_timestamp":1792589218,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"edit_url":null,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"99725614","content_html":"<p><a href=\"http://mattkenworthy.bsky.social\">@mattkenworthy.bsky.social</a> And my symapthies with the hapless academic asked to review this - not only do you have to correct the slop, you now have to explain to the author what they did as well, apparently.</p>\n","url":"https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:f5d5dmhikh2lg5ah754httjo/post/3myf2kagl4ksl","date_published":"2026-10-21T11:34:13+00:00","author":{"name":"Matthew Kenworthy","url":"https://kenworthy.micro.blog/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2024%2F16%2F1608590.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"kenworthy"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-10-21 11:34","date_timestamp":1792582453,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"edit_url":null,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"99725615","content_html":"<p><a href=\"http://mattkenworthy.bsky.social\">@mattkenworthy.bsky.social</a> The abstract is an absolute AI slop word salad. I’d be ashamed if any of my students or colleagues submitted this.</p>\n","url":"https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:f5d5dmhikh2lg5ah754httjo/post/3myezzhvixkg6","date_published":"2026-10-21T11:24:51+00:00","author":{"name":"Matthew Kenworthy","url":"https://kenworthy.micro.blog/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2024%2F16%2F1608590.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"kenworthy"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-10-21 11:24","date_timestamp":1792581891,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"edit_url":null,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"99725616","content_html":"<p><a href=\"http://mattkenworthy.bsky.social\">@mattkenworthy.bsky.social</a> Also: pretty bold to push it as a single author paper - maybe co-authorship should should be offered to every person whose intellectual property was scraped to build the AI model?</p>\n","url":"https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:f5d5dmhikh2lg5ah754httjo/post/3myezpu3axcg6","date_published":"2026-10-21T11:19:28+00:00","author":{"name":"Matthew Kenworthy","url":"https://kenworthy.micro.blog/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2024%2F16%2F1608590.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"kenworthy"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-10-21 11:19","date_timestamp":1792581568,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"edit_url":null,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"99480956","content_html":"<p>I say upsilon Andromedae d, you say epsilon Eridani b: two papers on direct imaging exoring detection with the Roman space telescope by <a href=\"https://arxiv.org/abs/2610.23835\">Lane et al.</a> and <a href=\"https://arxiv.org/abs/2610.23850\">Hasler et al.</a> - rings can boost the reflected light signal by a factor &gt; 3, and light curve senses the ring geometry! #astrodon #exoplanets</p>\n<div class=\"microblog_collection\">\n<img src=\"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/1000x/https%3A%2F%2Fkenworthy.micro.blog%2Fuploads%2F2026%2Fscreenshot-2026-10-19-at-09.34.16.png\" alt=\"Figure 3 from Lane et al. showing how a Saturn-like planet with rings is illuminated by a star, and the resulting reflected light is imprinted on the light curve, which is markedly different depending on how tilted the rings are.\" loading=\"lazy\"><img src=\"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/1000x/https%3A%2F%2Fkenworthy.micro.blog%2Fuploads%2F2026%2Fscreenshot-2026-10-19-at-09.37.39.png\" alt=\"Figure 11 from Hasler et al. Showing images of Saturn's rings in illumination and the resultant light curves underneath. The effect of illuminated rings boosts the flux from the planet.\" loading=\"lazy\">\n</div>\n","summary":"","url":"https://kenworthy.micro.blog/2026/10/19/i-say-upsilon-andromedae-d.html","date_published":"2026-10-19T07:39:10+00:00","author":{"name":"Matthew Kenworthy","url":"https://kenworthy.micro.blog/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2024%2F16%2F1608590.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"kenworthy"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-10-19 07:39","date_timestamp":1792395550,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"is_podcast":false,"note":"","syndication":["https://mastodon.social/@mattkenworthy/117466435434002958","https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:f5d5dmhikh2lg5ah754httjo/post/3my7migro5a2d"]}},{"id":"99335570","content_html":"<p>Poetry Corner</p>\n<p>So. Farewell\nThen\nLeap second.</p>\n<p>Cause of joy\nAnd agony\nFor all timekeepers everywhere.</p>\n<p>Now we will have\nLeap hours instead.</p>\n<p>Which will not cause\nAny problems whatsoever.\nObviously.</p>\n<p>E.J. Thribb (17.5 != TAI-UTC)</p>\n<p><a href=\"https://www.bipm.org/en/cgpm-2026/resolution-5\">BIPM resolution</a></p>\n<p class=\"microblog_hashtags\">#astrodon #astronomy #NoLeapSecond #exoplanets</p>\n","summary":"","url":"https://kenworthy.micro.blog/2026/10/16/poetry-corner-so-farewell-then.html","date_published":"2026-10-16T12:56:18+00:00","author":{"name":"Matthew Kenworthy","url":"https://kenworthy.micro.blog/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2024%2F16%2F1608590.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"kenworthy"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-10-16 12:56","date_timestamp":1792155378,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"is_podcast":false,"note":"","syndication":["https://mastodon.social/@mattkenworthy/117450695308489301","https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:f5d5dmhikh2lg5ah754httjo/post/3mxymsm4eaz25"]}},{"id":"99196470","content_html":"<p>Walking past Sint Jacobskerk in Den Haag the other day I double-taked at the <a href=\"https://www.waymarking.com/waymarks/wm172PY_3_big_shells_Den_Haag_Netherlands\">three big seashells</a> on the ground, I’m assuming the artist really liked “Demolition Man” :) #ThreeSeashells</p>\n","summary":"","url":"https://kenworthy.micro.blog/2026/10/14/walking-past-sint-jacobskerk-in.html","date_published":"2026-10-14T07:36:49+00:00","author":{"name":"Matthew Kenworthy","url":"https://kenworthy.micro.blog/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2024%2F16%2F1608590.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"kenworthy"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-10-14 07:36","date_timestamp":1791963409,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"is_podcast":false,"note":"","syndication":["https://mastodon.social/@mattkenworthy/117438114194366761","https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:f5d5dmhikh2lg5ah754httjo/post/3mxszzeuduf2j"]}},{"id":"99193857","content_html":"<p>I’m old enough that I don’t like leaving the media players on my computer desktop on “pause” because that will stretch and ultimately break the tape in the cassette deck. #OldSkool #Dinosaur</p>\n","summary":"","url":"https://kenworthy.micro.blog/2026/10/14/im-old-enough-that-i.html","date_published":"2026-10-14T06:27:04+00:00","author":{"name":"Matthew Kenworthy","url":"https://kenworthy.micro.blog/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2024%2F16%2F1608590.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"kenworthy"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-10-14 06:27","date_timestamp":1791959224,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"is_podcast":false,"note":"","syndication":["https://mastodon.social/@mattkenworthy/117437839903986160","https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:f5d5dmhikh2lg5ah754httjo/post/3mxsw4ni55q2u"]}},{"id":"99725617","content_html":"<p><a href=\"http://astrokiwi.bsky.social\">@astrokiwi.bsky.social</a> double the joy - they are discovering new things, and you get to see them discover these things!</p>\n","url":"https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:f5d5dmhikh2lg5ah754httjo/post/3mxssyckmzcvt","date_published":"2026-10-14T05:31:00+00:00","author":{"name":"Matthew Kenworthy","url":"https://kenworthy.micro.blog/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2024%2F16%2F1608590.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"kenworthy"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-10-14 05:31","date_timestamp":1791955860,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"edit_url":null,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"99077605","content_html":"<p>I had an absolutely fantastic time talking about colliding exoplanets as part of <a href=\"https://www.pintsofknowledge.co.uk/\">Pints of Knowledge</a> at <a href=\"https://bigpennysocial.co.uk/\">Big Penny Social</a> in Walthamstow, and spent over half an hour answering many excellent questions from the audience! #exoplanets #astrodon #outreach</p>\n<div class=\"microblog_collection\">\n<img src=\"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/1000x/https%3A%2F%2Fkenworthy.micro.blog%2Fuploads%2F2026%2F2f2f90bd35.jpg\" alt=\"An image of the Extremely Large Telescope shrouded in mist with a rising sun is projected on a large screen, with me in a blue and white checked shirt standing in front of it with me waving my arms around excitedly and talking to the audience.\" loading=\"lazy\"><img src=\"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/1000x/https%3A%2F%2Fkenworthy.micro.blog%2Fuploads%2F2026%2F8e249fda14.jpg\" alt=\"View from the stage with a fingerprint smudged laptop screen (not my laptop!) with “Pints of Knowledge” logo on it, and in the background several beer tables with people around them, looking at the compare talking off picture left. A large black stage curtain is at the back of the space.\" loading=\"lazy\">\n</div>\n","summary":"","url":"https://kenworthy.micro.blog/2026/10/12/085851.html","date_published":"2026-10-12T06:58:51+00:00","author":{"name":"Matthew Kenworthy","url":"https://kenworthy.micro.blog/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2024%2F16%2F1608590.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"kenworthy"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-10-12 06:58","date_timestamp":1791788331,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"is_podcast":false,"note":"","syndication":["https://mastodon.social/@mattkenworthy/117426640729277843","https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:f5d5dmhikh2lg5ah754httjo/post/3mxnwxwigrs25"]}},{"id":"99725618","content_html":"<p><a href=\"http://drspacejunk.bsky.social\">@drspacejunk.bsky.social</a> I can’t wait to hear about it!<br>\n(/dad joke)<br>\n…but yes it would be very interesting indeed - would you generalise to other sound constructs, for example the acoustic dishes on the east England coast used to listen for aeroplanes? en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Acousti…</p>\n","url":"https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:f5d5dmhikh2lg5ah754httjo/post/3mxiv7iukwsmy","date_published":"2026-10-10T06:44:12+00:00","author":{"name":"Matthew Kenworthy","url":"https://kenworthy.micro.blog/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2024%2F16%2F1608590.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"kenworthy"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-10-10 06:44","date_timestamp":1791614652,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"edit_url":null,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"99725619","content_html":"<p><a href=\"http://freya.bsky.social\">@freya.bsky.social</a> Congratulations on your patience with this….I listened to about an hour of this debate, looked at the timeline and then saw that this went on for another two hours! Wow.</p>\n","url":"https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:f5d5dmhikh2lg5ah754httjo/post/3mx6zizpofknp","date_published":"2026-10-06T08:34:29+00:00","author":{"name":"Matthew Kenworthy","url":"https://kenworthy.micro.blog/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2024%2F16%2F1608590.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"kenworthy"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-10-06 08:34","date_timestamp":1791275669,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"edit_url":null,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"99725620","content_html":"<p><a href=\"http://bmacastro.bsky.social\">@bmacastro.bsky.social</a> Honestly this sounds the most sensible so far. I was talking with amateur astronomers over the weekend and we came up with something very similar. But it’s so damn difficult not to make it gameable, though.</p>\n","url":"https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:f5d5dmhikh2lg5ah754httjo/post/3mx4mso2pxctt","date_published":"2026-10-05T09:41:54+00:00","author":{"name":"Matthew Kenworthy","url":"https://kenworthy.micro.blog/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2024%2F16%2F1608590.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"kenworthy"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-10-05 09:41","date_timestamp":1791193314,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"edit_url":null,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"98505715","content_html":"<p><a href=\"http://astromikemerri.bsky.social\">@astromikemerri.bsky.social</a> Leiden!</p>\n","url":"https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:f5d5dmhikh2lg5ah754httjo/post/3mwtdlvxgms3z","date_published":"2026-10-01T17:03:06+00:00","author":{"name":"Matthew Kenworthy","url":"https://kenworthy.micro.blog/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2024%2F16%2F1608590.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"kenworthy"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-10-01 17:03","date_timestamp":1790874186,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"edit_url":null,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"98410332","content_html":"<p>Good luck to everyone submitting their #JWST proposals today. My first version is in the bag, now to read it and find the O(dozens) of mistakes I made…. Scientific method FTW! #exoplanet #astrodon</p>\n<img src=\"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/1000x/https%3A%2F%2Fkenworthy.micro.blog%2Fuploads%2F2026%2Ff-around-find-out.jpg\" width=\"600\" height=\"582\" alt='The scientific method broken down into six actions, surrounded by a ring with the phrase \"Fuck around and find out\" which tbh is a pretty concise summary of the Scientific Method.' loading=\"lazy\">\n","summary":"","url":"https://kenworthy.micro.blog/2026/09/30/good-luck-to-everyone-submitting.html","date_published":"2026-09-30T08:09:25+00:00","author":{"name":"Matthew Kenworthy","url":"https://kenworthy.micro.blog/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2024%2F16%2F1608590.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"kenworthy"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-09-30 08:09","date_timestamp":1790755765,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"is_podcast":false,"note":"","syndication":["https://mastodon.social/@mattkenworthy/117358970539683828","https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:f5d5dmhikh2lg5ah754httjo/post/3mwpvczyo442n"]}},{"id":"98410112","content_html":"<p><a href=\"http://newsobserver.com\">@newsobserver.com</a> Damn you I’ve just burst out laughing in a quiet office at this….</p>\n","url":"https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:f5d5dmhikh2lg5ah754httjo/post/3mwpuqvkksszx","date_published":"2026-09-30T07:59:28+00:00","author":{"name":"Matthew Kenworthy","url":"https://kenworthy.micro.blog/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2024%2F16%2F1608590.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"kenworthy"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-09-30 07:59","date_timestamp":1790755168,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"edit_url":null,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"98410113","content_html":"<p><a href=\"http://nanoscaleviews.bsky.social\">@nanoscaleviews.bsky.social</a> My Daniel story: I once started quoting <a href=\"http://radiohead.wastehq.social\">@radiohead.wastehq.social</a> “Fitter Happier” at Steward coffee, and he walked in and - without missing a beat - seamlessly finished the lyrics from it :)</p>\n","url":"https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:f5d5dmhikh2lg5ah754httjo/post/3mwnzn5ixrked","date_published":"2026-09-29T14:21:32+00:00","author":{"name":"Matthew Kenworthy","url":"https://kenworthy.micro.blog/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2024%2F16%2F1608590.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"kenworthy"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-09-29 14:21","date_timestamp":1790691692,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"edit_url":null,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"98410114","content_html":"<p><a href=\"http://astrojake.bsky.social\">@astrojake.bsky.social</a> I am also aware I am in a position of privilege - if I mess it up, I can shrug my shoulders and walk away. And I know it’s not deliberate by editors or reviewers, really. We’re all being asked to do a lot more and the system log jams suddenly and solidly.</p>\n","url":"https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:f5d5dmhikh2lg5ah754httjo/post/3mwnypqalaced","date_published":"2026-09-29T14:05:05+00:00","author":{"name":"Matthew Kenworthy","url":"https://kenworthy.micro.blog/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2024%2F16%2F1608590.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"kenworthy"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-09-29 14:05","date_timestamp":1790690705,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"edit_url":null,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"98410115","content_html":"<p><a href=\"http://astrojake.bsky.social\">@astrojake.bsky.social</a> FWIW I’m a “post on acceptance” person, but if I want to get results in front of astronomer’s eyeballs (for ESO and JWST reviews) I can’t wait any longer - I’ll post “submitted” and just hope I didn’t screw it up.</p>\n","url":"https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:f5d5dmhikh2lg5ah754httjo/post/3mwnyktcuvked","date_published":"2026-09-29T14:02:20+00:00","author":{"name":"Matthew Kenworthy","url":"https://kenworthy.micro.blog/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2024%2F16%2F1608590.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"kenworthy"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-09-29 14:02","date_timestamp":1790690540,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"edit_url":null,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"98410116","content_html":"<p><a href=\"http://astrojake.bsky.social\">@astrojake.bsky.social</a> Very very slow referee responses right now.</p>\n","url":"https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:f5d5dmhikh2lg5ah754httjo/post/3mwnye7e5zkv7","date_published":"2026-09-29T13:58:38+00:00","author":{"name":"Matthew Kenworthy","url":"https://kenworthy.micro.blog/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2024%2F16%2F1608590.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"kenworthy"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-09-29 13:58","date_timestamp":1790690318,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"edit_url":null,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"97905303","content_html":"<p>“I WILL NOT GO TO CHAT WITH YOU BABS I CAST YOU OUT UNCLEAN SPIRIT IN THE NAME OF-”</p>\n<img src=\"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/1000x/https%3A%2F%2Fkenworthy.micro.blog%2Fuploads%2F2026%2Fscreenshot-2026-09-21-at-10.37.59.png\" width=\"600\" height=\"417\" alt='Truly traumatic image of a cheeky chatbot icon for Birmingham Airport called Babs. Babs is a pale blue bubble shaped letter B with the white eyes of a demon. Each time I close my eyes I see their eyes floating in the darkness in front of me. The last sentence it is saying is \"Come chat to me....\"' loading=\"lazy\">\n","summary":"","url":"https://kenworthy.micro.blog/2026/09/21/i-will-not-go-to.html","date_published":"2026-09-21T09:06:02+00:00","author":{"name":"Matthew Kenworthy","url":"https://kenworthy.micro.blog/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2024%2F16%2F1608590.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"kenworthy"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-09-21 09:06","date_timestamp":1789981562,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"is_podcast":false,"note":"","syndication":["https://mastodon.social/@mattkenworthy/117308232469849626","https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:f5d5dmhikh2lg5ah754httjo/post/3mvzebzpzxu23"]}},{"id":"97562492","content_html":"<p>I now have to pause when replying to a slightly weird/clueless comment on social media, because it may be a bot and this is simply a training gambit for some #ChatGPT word salad farm somewhere.</p>\n","summary":"","url":"https://kenworthy.micro.blog/2026/09/15/i-now-have-to-pause.html","date_published":"2026-09-15T08:28:13+00:00","author":{"name":"Matthew Kenworthy","url":"https://kenworthy.micro.blog/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2024%2F16%2F1608590.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"kenworthy"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-09-15 08:28","date_timestamp":1789460893,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"is_podcast":false,"note":"","syndication":["https://mastodon.social/@mattkenworthy/117274109466856050","https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:f5d5dmhikh2lg5ah754httjo/post/3mvk7enxtm42j"]}},{"id":"97284884","content_html":"<p>Every time the chair of a meeting says “I’m sure we don’t need to take the full 90 minutes” at the start of the meeting, my left eyelid starts twitching uncontrollably until the end of the meeting some two hours later.</p>\n","summary":"","url":"https://kenworthy.micro.blog/2026/09/10/every-time-the-chair-of.html","date_published":"2026-09-10T10:09:14+00:00","author":{"name":"Matthew Kenworthy","url":"https://kenworthy.micro.blog/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2024%2F16%2F1608590.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"kenworthy"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-09-10 10:09","date_timestamp":1789034954,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"is_podcast":false,"note":"","syndication":["https://mastodon.social/@mattkenworthy/117246195233419908","https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:f5d5dmhikh2lg5ah754httjo/post/3mv5soqivyl2l"]}},{"id":"96872884","content_html":"<p>Leiden Observatory Masters graduate Valerie Bakker leads a paper on <a href=\"https://arxiv.org/abs/2609.02708\">“The Hill sphere transits of Beta Pictoris c and the search for another 1981-like event”</a> where we (sadly) did not find circumplanetary dust… but maybe it’s already condensed into #exomoons ..? #astrodon #exoplanets</p>\n<img src=\"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/1000x/https%3A%2F%2Fkenworthy.micro.blog%2Fuploads%2F2026%2Fscreenshot-2026-09-03-at-08.51.39.png\" alt=\"A plot showing the best fit of the 1981 brightening event seen towards Beta Pictoris using three different photometric surveys, shown as wiggling lines in red, green and blue.\" loading=\"lazy\">\n","summary":"","url":"https://kenworthy.micro.blog/2026/09/03/leiden-observatory-masters-graduate-valerie.html","date_published":"2026-09-03T06:53:22+00:00","author":{"name":"Matthew Kenworthy","url":"https://kenworthy.micro.blog/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2024%2F16%2F1608590.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"kenworthy"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-09-03 06:53","date_timestamp":1788418402,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"is_podcast":false,"note":"","syndication":["https://mastodon.social/@mattkenworthy/117205791275247560","https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:f5d5dmhikh2lg5ah754httjo/post/3muluj6to5u2a"]}},{"id":"96816961","content_html":"<p>Whilst updating my optics course to explain electromagnetism more clearly to the students, I came across this very relatable comment in the Wikipedia entry for Michael Faraday… #research #optics #teaching</p>\n<img src=\"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/1000x/https%3A%2F%2Fkenworthy.micro.blog%2Fuploads%2F2026%2Fscreenshot-2026-09-01-at-15.46.52.png\" width=\"600\" height=\"67\" alt=\" Faraday had a nervous breakdown in 1839 but eventually returned to his investigations into electromagnetism.\" loading=\"lazy\">\n","summary":"","url":"https://kenworthy.micro.blog/2026/09/02/whilst-updating-my-optics-course.html","date_published":"2026-09-02T09:22:04+00:00","author":{"name":"Matthew Kenworthy","url":"https://kenworthy.micro.blog/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2024%2F16%2F1608590.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"kenworthy"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-09-02 09:22","date_timestamp":1788340924,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"is_podcast":false,"note":"","syndication":["https://mastodon.social/@mattkenworthy/117200711182749739","https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:f5d5dmhikh2lg5ah754httjo/post/3mujmcysggb2e"]}},{"id":"96693674","content_html":"<p>I watched “Back to the Future” for the n’th time last night. It’s a brilliant piece of storytelling, as tight as a drum. With each rewatch I appreciate more just how much physical humour Fox, Lloyd, Thompson, Glover and Wilson put into their roles. Go watch it! #scifi #HelloMcFly</p>\n<div class=\"microblog_collection\">\n<img src=\"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/1000x/https%3A%2F%2Fkenworthy.micro.blog%2Fuploads%2F2026%2Fscreenshot-2026-08-31-at-09.10.55.png\" width=\"600\" height=\"365\" alt=\"Marty watching his father getting bullied by Biff Tanner in 1955.\" loading=\"lazy\"><img src=\"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/1000x/https%3A%2F%2Fkenworthy.micro.blog%2Fuploads%2F2026%2Fscreenshot-2026-08-31-at-09.21.18.png\" width=\"600\" height=\"332\" alt=\"Marty talking with his mother as a teenager in 1955.\" loading=\"lazy\"><img src=\"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/1000x/https%3A%2F%2Fkenworthy.micro.blog%2Fuploads%2F2026%2Fscreenshot-2026-08-31-at-09.06.45.png\" width=\"600\" height=\"295\" alt=\"Marty looking shocked and out of focus whilst Doc Brown breaks the fourth wall with his finger saying the name of the film.\" loading=\"lazy\">\n</div>\n","summary":"","url":"https://kenworthy.micro.blog/2026/08/31/i-watched-back-to-the.html","date_published":"2026-08-31T07:25:39+00:00","author":{"name":"Matthew Kenworthy","url":"https://kenworthy.micro.blog/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2024%2F16%2F1608590.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"kenworthy"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-08-31 07:25","date_timestamp":1788161139,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"is_podcast":false,"note":"","syndication":["https://mastodon.social/@mattkenworthy/117188930915693830","https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:f5d5dmhikh2lg5ah754httjo/post/3mueew2dhro2f"]}},{"id":"96355390","content_html":"<p>From stepping off the plane at #AMS, through passport control, onto a train to #Leiden, bike from the train station to home - 43 minutes total. At #LGW the same amount of time left me waiting for a delayed train at the airport railway station….. good #infrastructure really makes a difference.</p>\n","summary":"","url":"https://kenworthy.micro.blog/2026/08/25/from-stepping-off-the-plane.html","date_published":"2026-08-25T08:51:31+00:00","author":{"name":"Matthew Kenworthy","url":"https://kenworthy.micro.blog/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2024%2F16%2F1608590.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"kenworthy"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-08-25 08:51","date_timestamp":1787647891,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"is_podcast":false,"note":"","syndication":["https://mastodon.social/@mattkenworthy/117155292358874226","https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:f5d5dmhikh2lg5ah754httjo/post/3mtvguvi7uy2x"]}},{"id":"96094194","content_html":"<p>“Honestly Jens they’re more persistent than those rats in the kitchen… tomorrow morning you promise me you’ll put down more of that powder around the bedposts.”\nSeen at #MuseumBredius in #DenHaag</p>\n<img src=\"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/1000x/https%3A%2F%2Fkenworthy.micro.blog%2Fuploads%2F2026%2Fscreenshot-2026-08-20-at-15.38.31.png\" width=\"600\" height=\"500\" alt=\"On oil painting of a 17th century woman sitting in a chair with an exasperated expression on her upturned face, looking up above her four poster bed where ten cheerful/psychotic looking cherubs are laughing and gamboling around the rafters. Her husband is to one side, looking up aghast.\" loading=\"lazy\">\n","summary":"","url":"https://kenworthy.micro.blog/2026/08/20/honestly-jens-theyre-more-persistent.html","date_published":"2026-08-20T13:44:11+00:00","author":{"name":"Matthew Kenworthy","url":"https://kenworthy.micro.blog/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2024%2F16%2F1608590.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"kenworthy"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-08-20 13:44","date_timestamp":1787233451,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"is_podcast":false,"note":"","syndication":["https://mastodon.social/@mattkenworthy/117128131995814133","https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:f5d5dmhikh2lg5ah754httjo/post/3mtjevw3mgy2s"]}},{"id":"96093944","content_html":"<p>🎶 “….and after aaaaaaall, you’re my wonderwaaaaall….” 🎶\nSeen at #MuseumBredius in #DenHaag</p>\n<img src=\"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/1000x/https%3A%2F%2Fkenworthy.micro.blog%2Fuploads%2F2026%2Fd2c8ed08-9f74-4673-9f74-112a6ee3ebd7.jpg\" width=\"584\" height=\"600\" alt=\"A 17th century oil painting with a gray haired man sitting down playing a guitar, with a woman standing over his right shoulder holding what appears to be an alcoholic drink, giving him a long suffering look. He is, without doubt, playing Oasis songs.\" loading=\"lazy\">\n","summary":"","url":"https://kenworthy.micro.blog/2026/08/20/and-after-aaaaaaall-youre-my.html","date_published":"2026-08-20T13:37:48+00:00","author":{"name":"Matthew Kenworthy","url":"https://kenworthy.micro.blog/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2024%2F16%2F1608590.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"kenworthy"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-08-20 13:37","date_timestamp":1787233068,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"is_podcast":false,"note":"","syndication":["https://mastodon.social/@mattkenworthy/117128108246460643","https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:f5d5dmhikh2lg5ah754httjo/post/3mtjel3ertx2w"]}}]}