Benjamin Pope
@fringetracker
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Astronomer - he/him
Meanjin
Joined December 2012
Applications are open til April 30 2025 for international applicants to do a Masters + PhD combo with me in astrostatistics at @Macquarie_Uni! https://t.co/L36R0Rwvur
Macquarie has a gorgeous campus and is one of Australia's largest centres for astronomy, with exoplanets, stars, and galaxy science; home to the @AAOMacquarie instrumentation & data science teams; and down the street from the radio teams at @CSIRO_ATNF. https://t.co/Oq2dT4p6yL
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The vandalism and racism across Sydney over the past week, from Wiley Park to Dover Heights, and now the appalling attack on a childcare centre in Maroubra, have no place in our community.
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Clive Palmer doing ads on *food security* during the cricket - just pay your employees and pay your taxes mate
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Never forget, a 13-year study found protected bike-lanes led to a drastic decline in fatalities for all road users. ALL ROAD USERS. And painted bike-lanes? No safety improvement at all. For sharrows, it’s actually safer to NOT have them. @streetsblogUSA
usa.streetsblog.org
Cities that build protected lanes for cyclists end up with safer roads for people on bikes and people in cars and on foot, a new study of 12 large metropolises revealed Wednesday.
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Read analysis from our EO Dr Kaiser on the ABC.
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In addition, as always we ask our guest to adopt an exoplanet into our Exocast family with Dr Ben Pope (@fringetracker) choosing K2-110b which holds a special significance for him and one of our Exocast hosts - listen to find out more! https://t.co/KaYcoz9Rc7
exocast.org
For this episode the Exocast team are joined by Dr Benjamin (Ben) Pope from the University of Queensland, Brisbane. Ben has worked on everything from transit light curve modelling, to direct imagin…
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🚨New Episode out now featuring the ever enthusiastic @fringetracker from University of Queensland in Australia. Ben talks with the team about all things exoplanets🪐, stars✨, and instrumentation🛰️, including how to track solar flares using tree rings! 🌲 https://t.co/KaYcoz9Rc7
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For this episode the Exocast team are joined by Dr Benjamin (Ben) Pope from the University of Queensland, Brisbane. Ben has worked on everything from transit light curve modelling, to direct imagin…
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Biden and Blinken went along with this. So there’s been 8 more months of murder.
A deal for releasing the hostages has been on the table for an entire year, and Netanyahu has repeatedly scuttled it to preserve his government, which is dependent upon his criminal alliance with the Kahanist right wing | Haaretz Editorial https://t.co/YyuzJcNwws
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This is monstrous. These are knowingly needless deaths
Ceasefire announcement and amid the scramble to take ‘credit’, there’re reports of intense Israeli bombings in Gaza City with at least 20 killed plus another journo massacred in a direct Israeli strike on his vehicle
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Listen up academics who can’t accept or just “don’t feel” Senior even despite having tenure
the gaiman (and palmer tbh) stuff feels like yet another reminder that people who delude themselves that they’re just part of one big bohemian community with everyone they encounter, so that they couldn’t possible have power over others, are so dangerous
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“We welcome the announcement about the ceasefire in #Gaza. Many have been hoping for this moment for the past 15 months. This agreement will finally bring much needed respite for the people of Gaza and the release of hostages. What’s needed now is rapid, unhindered and
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In addition to this astrostatistics scholarship, the general International Scholarships are now advertised at @Macquarie_Uni - come work with us on exoplanets & stars; optics & instrumentation; and stats in physics! Applications close 2 March. https://t.co/jvBQuDNMk7
mq.edu.au
Take advantage of one or more of our scholarships when you undertake a graduate research degree at Macquarie University. Learn about the application process.
Applications are open til April 30 2025 for international applicants to do a Masters + PhD combo with me in astrostatistics at @Macquarie_Uni! https://t.co/L36R0Rwvur
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You’d think if Neil Gaiman sincerely thought everything was consensual he would at least be concerned that every woman who he has a sexual encounter with him describes it as the most terrifying thing they’ve ever experienced
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good thing they forced restaurants to tear down all those outdoor dining areas in order to cede the space to cars. brilliant move there.
There are blocks of lower Manhattan that are so devoid of cars now it’s wild.
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Malala Yousafzai says ‘Israel has decimated the entire education system’ in Gaza Malala Yousafzai was speaking at a global summit on girls’ education in Muslim nations hosted by Pakistan and attended by representatives from dozens of countries https://t.co/zzgDwCeeuY
thehindu.com
Nobel laureate Malala Yousafzai condemns Israel's actions in Gaza and urges Muslim leaders to support girls' education.
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