Genevieve Marshall
@genmarshall.bsky.social
Head of Development and Engagement, International Astronomical Union
@ Leiden Observatory
Stargazer ✨ Gender equity. Mental health.
Scottish/Dutch. Gamer. Avid fantasy nerd. Views own.
Art: Gerry Arthur @gerryart.bsky.social
@ Leiden Observatory
Stargazer ✨ Gender equity. Mental health.
Scottish/Dutch. Gamer. Avid fantasy nerd. Views own.
Art: Gerry Arthur @gerryart.bsky.social
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Shorter version of the linked article but written by the original authors is here: pursuit.unimelb.edu.au/articles/ai-...
AI is distorting archaeology and flattening Indigenous Knowledge
While artificial intelligence can help archaeologists, it can also spread pseudoscientific claims and false histories, stripping Indigenous knowledge of context, consent and community control, say Uni...
pursuit.unimelb.edu.au
September 21, 2026 at 6:57 PM
Shorter version of the linked article but written by the original authors is here: pursuit.unimelb.edu.au/articles/ai-...
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Excellent article about the crisis faced by physics research in the UK:
Brian Cox: "I have no idea who mandated this shift or why they think it’s a good idea, but from my perspective it’s a disaster. I urge the new Burnham government to step in..." 🧪🔭
www.thetimes.com/uk/science/a...
Brian Cox: "I have no idea who mandated this shift or why they think it’s a good idea, but from my perspective it’s a disaster. I urge the new Burnham government to step in..." 🧪🔭
www.thetimes.com/uk/science/a...
Brian Cox: Physics in Britain is facing a crisis
The celebrity physicist has joined officials in condemning the UK’s decision to withdraw £45 million in funding from the Large Hadron Collider
www.thetimes.com
September 21, 2026 at 12:00 PM
Excellent article about the crisis faced by physics research in the UK:
Brian Cox: "I have no idea who mandated this shift or why they think it’s a good idea, but from my perspective it’s a disaster. I urge the new Burnham government to step in..." 🧪🔭
www.thetimes.com/uk/science/a...
Brian Cox: "I have no idea who mandated this shift or why they think it’s a good idea, but from my perspective it’s a disaster. I urge the new Burnham government to step in..." 🧪🔭
www.thetimes.com/uk/science/a...
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I crowdfunded $7,000 for my first Euro game in Vietnam - The game name is Restoration. 🇻🇳🎲
It wasn’t a huge campaign by global crowdfunding standards but it taught me more than I expected. Here are some things I learned.
What’s one thing you wish you knew before launching your first game?
It wasn’t a huge campaign by global crowdfunding standards but it taught me more than I expected. Here are some things I learned.
What’s one thing you wish you knew before launching your first game?
September 16, 2026 at 2:58 PM
I crowdfunded $7,000 for my first Euro game in Vietnam - The game name is Restoration. 🇻🇳🎲
It wasn’t a huge campaign by global crowdfunding standards but it taught me more than I expected. Here are some things I learned.
What’s one thing you wish you knew before launching your first game?
It wasn’t a huge campaign by global crowdfunding standards but it taught me more than I expected. Here are some things I learned.
What’s one thing you wish you knew before launching your first game?
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Damn. @tobyn.bsky.social has produced the most detailed map of Big AI’s incestuous relationships I’ve seen so far. And it’s interactive! www.ft.com/content/8475...
September 18, 2026 at 6:20 AM
Damn. @tobyn.bsky.social has produced the most detailed map of Big AI’s incestuous relationships I’ve seen so far. And it’s interactive! www.ft.com/content/8475...
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I'm finally so excited to share this!
My second PhD paper, and what I've spent the last year working on ...
We've discovered not one, BUT TWO, profile change events on the closest and brightest millisecond pulsar (MSP) to Earth!
www.spaceaustralia.com/feature/disc...
Let's jump ito a 🧵👇
🔭📡
My second PhD paper, and what I've spent the last year working on ...
We've discovered not one, BUT TWO, profile change events on the closest and brightest millisecond pulsar (MSP) to Earth!
www.spaceaustralia.com/feature/disc...
Let's jump ito a 🧵👇
🔭📡
Are millisecond Pulsars, nature's cosmic clocks, as stable as we once thought?
A new study by @rami.spaceaustralia.com has reported the discovery of two consecutive profile change events on PSR J0437-4715.
www.spaceaustralia.com/feature/disc...
📸 NASA SVS
#SpaceAustralia #RadioAstronomy 🔭🧪📡
A new study by @rami.spaceaustralia.com has reported the discovery of two consecutive profile change events on PSR J0437-4715.
www.spaceaustralia.com/feature/disc...
📸 NASA SVS
#SpaceAustralia #RadioAstronomy 🔭🧪📡
September 17, 2026 at 11:34 PM
I'm finally so excited to share this!
My second PhD paper, and what I've spent the last year working on ...
We've discovered not one, BUT TWO, profile change events on the closest and brightest millisecond pulsar (MSP) to Earth!
www.spaceaustralia.com/feature/disc...
Let's jump ito a 🧵👇
🔭📡
My second PhD paper, and what I've spent the last year working on ...
We've discovered not one, BUT TWO, profile change events on the closest and brightest millisecond pulsar (MSP) to Earth!
www.spaceaustralia.com/feature/disc...
Let's jump ito a 🧵👇
🔭📡
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Random thought I could probably write a whole essay about some time: the fact that there aren‘t more mainstream Romance video games is such a bizarre failure, like don‘t you people wanna make money? Why not cater to the infamously ever hungry audience of Romance book readers in another medium?
September 11, 2026 at 9:49 AM
Random thought I could probably write a whole essay about some time: the fact that there aren‘t more mainstream Romance video games is such a bizarre failure, like don‘t you people wanna make money? Why not cater to the infamously ever hungry audience of Romance book readers in another medium?
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Writers, just tell your story. Don't worry if it's checking every box on some standard model of a perfect plot or hitting every point of the story diamond (please!). Write the story you want to tell the way you want to tell it. Use your own voice and your own words. It's your story!
September 13, 2026 at 6:34 PM
Writers, just tell your story. Don't worry if it's checking every box on some standard model of a perfect plot or hitting every point of the story diamond (please!). Write the story you want to tell the way you want to tell it. Use your own voice and your own words. It's your story!
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"The University of Chicago’s undergrad social-sciences division will go “analog” this fall, implementing a blanket policy banning technology in class and AI assistance on coursework across the division’s core courses."
www.chronicle.com/article/u-of...
www.chronicle.com/article/u-of...
U. of Chicago Bans Tech, AI in Social Sciences Core Courses
The new restrictions apply to students and faculty members.
www.chronicle.com
September 14, 2026 at 4:31 AM
"The University of Chicago’s undergrad social-sciences division will go “analog” this fall, implementing a blanket policy banning technology in class and AI assistance on coursework across the division’s core courses."
www.chronicle.com/article/u-of...
www.chronicle.com/article/u-of...
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Yaryna Mamchur began her academic journey as a teacher in Ukraine before moving to Canada for her PhD at the University of Ottawa.
Today, she researches magneto-optics + metamaterials, hoping to contribute to Ukraine’s #photonics community. https://bit.ly/4y8d0XF #WomenInStem
Today, she researches magneto-optics + metamaterials, hoping to contribute to Ukraine’s #photonics community. https://bit.ly/4y8d0XF #WomenInStem
September 9, 2026 at 5:57 PM
Yaryna Mamchur began her academic journey as a teacher in Ukraine before moving to Canada for her PhD at the University of Ottawa.
Today, she researches magneto-optics + metamaterials, hoping to contribute to Ukraine’s #photonics community. https://bit.ly/4y8d0XF #WomenInStem
Today, she researches magneto-optics + metamaterials, hoping to contribute to Ukraine’s #photonics community. https://bit.ly/4y8d0XF #WomenInStem
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I feel especially bad for the kids who e-mail me, asking me to read their ChatGPT-derived theories that the bot told them were breakthroughs.
September 6, 2026 at 6:06 PM
I feel especially bad for the kids who e-mail me, asking me to read their ChatGPT-derived theories that the bot told them were breakthroughs.
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AI is certainly making all of this much worse, but every scientist you know, or at least all the physicists, astronomers, mathematicians, and climate scientists, gets tons of emails from men, especially engineers, who think they are Einstein. It’s sad and complicated and messy.
September 6, 2026 at 5:06 PM
AI is certainly making all of this much worse, but every scientist you know, or at least all the physicists, astronomers, mathematicians, and climate scientists, gets tons of emails from men, especially engineers, who think they are Einstein. It’s sad and complicated and messy.
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I’m going to need everyone who’s reporting on AI psychosis and how it’s making people, especially men, come up with theories of everything to please talk with the scientists who have been getting multiple emails from “theory of everything” guys for decades
September 6, 2026 at 5:03 PM
I’m going to need everyone who’s reporting on AI psychosis and how it’s making people, especially men, come up with theories of everything to please talk with the scientists who have been getting multiple emails from “theory of everything” guys for decades
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Incase you missed this last night .... thank you PM!
This is an excellent start which I hope will lead to the reversal of the very damaging UKRI policy decisions that have resulted in countless first-class research projects facing significant funding cuts.
This is an excellent start which I hope will lead to the reversal of the very damaging UKRI policy decisions that have resulted in countless first-class research projects facing significant funding cuts.
Burnham commits to saving Jodrell Bank Observatory
Demise of iconic astronomy facility “will not happen under my government” says prime minister
www.researchprofessionalnews.com/rr-news-uk-p...
Demise of iconic astronomy facility “will not happen under my government” says prime minister
www.researchprofessionalnews.com/rr-news-uk-p...
Burnham commits to saving Jodrell Bank Observatory - Research Professional News
Demise of iconic astronomy facility “will not happen under my government” says prime minister
www.researchprofessionalnews.com
September 2, 2026 at 8:42 AM
Incase you missed this last night .... thank you PM!
This is an excellent start which I hope will lead to the reversal of the very damaging UKRI policy decisions that have resulted in countless first-class research projects facing significant funding cuts.
This is an excellent start which I hope will lead to the reversal of the very damaging UKRI policy decisions that have resulted in countless first-class research projects facing significant funding cuts.
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Not every day your opinion piece gets published by @newscientist.com (indeed this is my first 😊).
Apologies that it's behind a paywall, but hopefully some of you are subscribers and can now enjoy the existential crisis that I’m about to drag you into. 🧪🔭⚛️
www.newscientist.com/article/2586...
Apologies that it's behind a paywall, but hopefully some of you are subscribers and can now enjoy the existential crisis that I’m about to drag you into. 🧪🔭⚛️
www.newscientist.com/article/2586...
Are you made of real-world quarks or virtual-world qubits? | New Scientist
Is it possible we’re living in a virtual simulation? Professor Catherine Heymans, the Astronomer Royal for Scotland, does the maths on whether anything is actually real
www.newscientist.com
September 2, 2026 at 10:35 AM
Not every day your opinion piece gets published by @newscientist.com (indeed this is my first 😊).
Apologies that it's behind a paywall, but hopefully some of you are subscribers and can now enjoy the existential crisis that I’m about to drag you into. 🧪🔭⚛️
www.newscientist.com/article/2586...
Apologies that it's behind a paywall, but hopefully some of you are subscribers and can now enjoy the existential crisis that I’m about to drag you into. 🧪🔭⚛️
www.newscientist.com/article/2586...
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Saturn isn’t just a planet!
Meet the Saturn Nebula, a spectacular planetary nebula named for its resemblance to the iconic ringed planet seen edge-on.
But what created it? And what lies at its heart?
Find out: https://www.eso.org/public/news/eso1731/
🔭
Meet the Saturn Nebula, a spectacular planetary nebula named for its resemblance to the iconic ringed planet seen edge-on.
But what created it? And what lies at its heart?
Find out: https://www.eso.org/public/news/eso1731/
🔭
September 2, 2026 at 12:02 PM
Saturn isn’t just a planet!
Meet the Saturn Nebula, a spectacular planetary nebula named for its resemblance to the iconic ringed planet seen edge-on.
But what created it? And what lies at its heart?
Find out: https://www.eso.org/public/news/eso1731/
🔭
Meet the Saturn Nebula, a spectacular planetary nebula named for its resemblance to the iconic ringed planet seen edge-on.
But what created it? And what lies at its heart?
Find out: https://www.eso.org/public/news/eso1731/
🔭
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A full-on week, fighting to #SaveUKAstronomy & PPAN from 30% funding cuts. There were highs (👇hanging out with fab-folk) & lows (@ukri.org trying to erase history in old Council minutes) but the amazing support & ❤️ from the wonderful wide astro-community makes it all worth it. Onwards and upwards 💪🔭
June 20, 2026 at 10:33 AM
A full-on week, fighting to #SaveUKAstronomy & PPAN from 30% funding cuts. There were highs (👇hanging out with fab-folk) & lows (@ukri.org trying to erase history in old Council minutes) but the amazing support & ❤️ from the wonderful wide astro-community makes it all worth it. Onwards and upwards 💪🔭
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That was a v fast-paced debate on the STFC funding cuts!
Good things:
* The minister did not trot out the infuriating "there are no cuts" line
* Lots of MPs there passionately standing up for their constituents who are directly impacted
* Everyone there seemed to genuinely love the work we do!
Good things:
* The minister did not trot out the infuriating "there are no cuts" line
* Lots of MPs there passionately standing up for their constituents who are directly impacted
* Everyone there seemed to genuinely love the work we do!
Parliament returns from summer recess today, and the second debate in the House (13:00-13:30) is about the STFC funding cuts to fundamental physics & astro! I'll be watching on parliament TV and live-posting any gems, so you don't have to (you're welcome).
🍿: www.parliamentlive.tv/Event/Index/...
🍿: www.parliamentlive.tv/Event/Index/...
A full-on week, fighting to #SaveUKAstronomy & PPAN from 30% funding cuts. There were highs (👇hanging out with fab-folk) & lows (@ukri.org trying to erase history in old Council minutes) but the amazing support & ❤️ from the wonderful wide astro-community makes it all worth it. Onwards and upwards 💪🔭
September 1, 2026 at 12:37 PM
That was a v fast-paced debate on the STFC funding cuts!
Good things:
* The minister did not trot out the infuriating "there are no cuts" line
* Lots of MPs there passionately standing up for their constituents who are directly impacted
* Everyone there seemed to genuinely love the work we do!
Good things:
* The minister did not trot out the infuriating "there are no cuts" line
* Lots of MPs there passionately standing up for their constituents who are directly impacted
* Everyone there seemed to genuinely love the work we do!
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I sometimes wonder if men really GET the privilege and preferment that they are born with. I mean, women were and still are thought to be STUPID. Like not smart enough to be physicists or scientists or leaders or even just competent. #WomenInSTEM 🧪
August 30, 2026 at 11:45 AM
I sometimes wonder if men really GET the privilege and preferment that they are born with. I mean, women were and still are thought to be STUPID. Like not smart enough to be physicists or scientists or leaders or even just competent. #WomenInSTEM 🧪
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Nancy Grace Roman was paid 60% of her male colleague's wages. 'the Nobel prize-winning physicist Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar ... told her: “We don’t discriminate against women. We can just get them for less.”'
#WomenInSTEM 🧪 🔭
#WomenInSTEM 🧪 🔭
Nasa’s new telescope is named after astronomer Nancy Grace Roman – but who was she?
The US astronomer battled discrimination in a male dominated field.
theconversation.com
August 30, 2026 at 11:23 AM
Nancy Grace Roman was paid 60% of her male colleague's wages. 'the Nobel prize-winning physicist Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar ... told her: “We don’t discriminate against women. We can just get them for less.”'
#WomenInSTEM 🧪 🔭
#WomenInSTEM 🧪 🔭
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The Roman Space Telescope is complementary to ESA's Euclid mission, which was launched in 2023. Euclid has twice as many pixels in its camera and will cover a broader area of sky, but Roman's bigger mirror will let it see fainter galaxies.
August 30, 2026 at 11:57 AM
The Roman Space Telescope is complementary to ESA's Euclid mission, which was launched in 2023. Euclid has twice as many pixels in its camera and will cover a broader area of sky, but Roman's bigger mirror will let it see fainter galaxies.
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There’s a nice comparison between ESA’s Euclid and NASA’s Roman here:
August 30, 2026 at 12:01 PM
There’s a nice comparison between ESA’s Euclid and NASA’s Roman here:
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Spirals, ellipticals, irregulars, oh my!
These new photos from NASA offer a glimpse into different types of dazzling galaxies.
These new photos from NASA offer a glimpse into different types of dazzling galaxies.
New NASA photos reveal 16 galaxies from across the cosmos in dazzling detail
Spirals, ellipticals, irregulars, oh my!
www.scientificamerican.com
August 28, 2026 at 2:50 PM
Spirals, ellipticals, irregulars, oh my!
These new photos from NASA offer a glimpse into different types of dazzling galaxies.
These new photos from NASA offer a glimpse into different types of dazzling galaxies.
Reposted by Genevieve Marshall
This gorgeous star trail image, captured by Chilean astrophotographer Osvaldo Castillo at our Paranal Observatory, is today's Astronomy Picture of the Day! 🥳 🔭
apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap26082...
apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap26082...
August 28, 2026 at 3:23 PM
This gorgeous star trail image, captured by Chilean astrophotographer Osvaldo Castillo at our Paranal Observatory, is today's Astronomy Picture of the Day! 🥳 🔭
apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap26082...
apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap26082...
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🚨 Astronomy cuts update 🚨
Next Tuesday (1 September) a debate about the ongoing funding crisis will take place in Westminster Hall from 1-1.30pm. 🗣️🔭
The RAS welcomes the debate and is encouraging all Fellows to contact their MPs to urge them to attend. ✍️
Find out more 👉️ ras.ac.uk/news-and-pre...
Next Tuesday (1 September) a debate about the ongoing funding crisis will take place in Westminster Hall from 1-1.30pm. 🗣️🔭
The RAS welcomes the debate and is encouraging all Fellows to contact their MPs to urge them to attend. ✍️
Find out more 👉️ ras.ac.uk/news-and-pre...
August 27, 2026 at 3:30 PM
🚨 Astronomy cuts update 🚨
Next Tuesday (1 September) a debate about the ongoing funding crisis will take place in Westminster Hall from 1-1.30pm. 🗣️🔭
The RAS welcomes the debate and is encouraging all Fellows to contact their MPs to urge them to attend. ✍️
Find out more 👉️ ras.ac.uk/news-and-pre...
Next Tuesday (1 September) a debate about the ongoing funding crisis will take place in Westminster Hall from 1-1.30pm. 🗣️🔭
The RAS welcomes the debate and is encouraging all Fellows to contact their MPs to urge them to attend. ✍️
Find out more 👉️ ras.ac.uk/news-and-pre...
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Srebrenica happened with the whole world watching and in position to take military action and they didn't.
August 27, 2026 at 3:08 PM
Srebrenica happened with the whole world watching and in position to take military action and they didn't.