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The Cosmology Researcher Talks database hit a milestone today of 10,000 links to publicly available talk/lecture videos, data from 212 sources. 2020s avg is 1,218 /yr.

A fun project & a good way for me to learn more, I'm pleased if it's useful to you.

https://t.co/qkaJmWjS5U

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@WKCosmo Her new cut is on nice display here

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@CburgesCliff Comments I've seen say it's likely a UC pension system investment, but wouldn't that be a great conference venue to give UCSB some competition for a beautiful location. I love the coastal area around that hotel, and had lunch there, but way too $ to consider staying overnight 😂

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Half Moon Bay is a popular SF Bay Area coastal day trip location and has the Ritz-Carlton Hotel as a prominent landmark on a bluff overlooking the ocean. Just saw that the UC System has now purchased that hotel.

https://t.co/EZcQ7uCAik

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Talks for the 2026 NASA Hubble Fellowship Program (NHFP) Symposium now appearing at event playlist:

https://t.co/wde6bheT6y

Playlists for this annual event are available since 2022. Links to the cosmology-related ones are listed at https://t.co/yCffCBayyn

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Bill Unruh talk "Black Holes - Entropy Containers or Creators?" at CITA, Oct 30

video: https://t.co/JRVVuvDTbq

paper: https://t.co/orDuMGUOFQ

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3rd LSST@LATAM Meeting, Nov 2-6, videos and slides hosted by ICTP-SAIFR

playlist: https://t.co/ZOfjJetmTh

website: https://t.co/42jOocJuWc

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@CburgesCliff Oh wow, have fond memories of all those BBQ places along Hwy 290 between Houston and Austin. The wood pile for smoking was usually visible like in your photo. And never liked blue cheese dressing until I had the real thing at a German restaurant in Round Top, it was a revelation!

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@ironmoon44 @WKCosmo I don't know but workshop possibly(?) related to research grant at ASU Beyond Center received by Raphaela Wutte in 2025. Her lecture "What is Time? A General Relativistic Perspective" in Aug 2025 is avail. at https://t.co/yp0YlGm7CU

Info about grant: https://t.co/8crw06U0fw

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@WKCosmo There's something about a dog on a tear leaping into and out of a pile of leaves that just feels like spontaneity of pure exhilaration

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@BahramShakerin @CburgesCliff Yeah, that was a fun film noir theme for the talk. Cliff said in earlier comments that he didn't ask ChatGPT to make the character look like Bogart, it portrayed it that way on its own.

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Today CITA released video for the @CburgesCliff talk Thinking Effectively About the Dark, recorded Oct 15. Slides were previously available from his talk at Berkeley Cosmology Group on Oct 20. CITA also released 8 more videos today on their yt channel.

https://t.co/lRRDmM7o49

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Pleased to mention the Berkeley Cosmology Group, they've regularly posted their talk slides since early 2000s - over 330 to date

Their most recent talk is by @CburgesCliff on Oct 20: Thinking Effectively About the Dark: UV Priors and Predictive Cosmology

https://t.co/D3PZ0FmqpE

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@NikoSarcevic What a photo op that would be to see you both in those jackets! 🤩

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@NikoSarcevic 😂😂Well, that does them justice! I can appreciate why they'd all be keepers! Are there different styles of them? - I only remember what looks like the one you wore by Oppenheimer's office in your other photos

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@PhillipHelbig @TSHamiltonAstro 😄 Yeah, Meathead is an almost indelible image to shake when seeing him in other roles

I especially enjoy watching actors who have the range to so convincingly inhabit widely different roles, as e.g., Chris Pratt as Andy in Parks and Recreation vs. Reece in The Terminal List

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@TSHamiltonAstro @PhillipHelbig Though you're redeemed if you've seen Best in Show 😆

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@NikoSarcevic @arxiv An AIP Physics Today article about her from 2021: Joanne Cohn and the email list that led to arXiv

https://t.co/RnNxwjdh8s

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@anitaleirfall @ironmoon44 Yes, and the rich, saturated color enhances that poetic mood. The child steals the scene but it's also a very lovely Autumn image.

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@anitaleirfall @ironmoon44 😍Those are such lovely, charming photos and it's nice to see them in both vibrant color and B&W.