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👋 I am an observational astronomer interested in extragalactic astrophysics and cosmology. Since 2023 I am Vaidya-Raychaudhuri Fellow with the Inter-University Centre for Astronomy and Astrophysics in Pune, India. Prior, I held positions in the Netherlands, Chile, and Sweden. When not doing research, I love spending family time with my wife and baby son.

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Some thoughts on my favourite fluffy piano music right now -- gemini://knusper2000.gemcities.com/posts/fluffy_piano_music.gmi -- (yeah, I write on gemcities now)

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🎵 Toonorth - Adomania (2018) 🎵 -- perfect beats to study / write / chill -- https://toonorth.bandcamp.com/album/adomania 🎵

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Student: Asks Question. Me: Knows answer is a bit involved, but likely on Stackoverflow. Stackoverflow: No, we only have the question. Me: grrr... https://stackoverflow.com/a/79941429/2275260

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Thanos Apollo went digging on the emacs mailinglists and revives the crazy saga on how emacs development eventually switched to git: https://thanosapollo.org/posts/bzr-saga/

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🕮🕮 Short Fiction by Phillip K. Dick @ standardebooks.org --- https://standardebooks.org/ebooks/philip-k-dick/short-fiction

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🎶 #nowlistening - Konpeito 02 "Spring 2020" - gemini://gem.chiajlingvoj.ynh.fr/konpeito/konpeito_media_mirror.gmi -- https://files.catbox.moe/7ypdw1.png

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nowlistening - Konpeito-03 - https://files.catbox.moe/jb97mg.png

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🎶 Gasoline - A Journey Into Abstract Hip-Hop (2001; Pamplemousse Productions) -- ☁☁ The tape to play after your arrived at your favourite 🥦 smoke spot in the VW Golf GTI ☁☁ -- -- https://tinyurl.com/2v2dth66

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📘 Kyle Kingsbury - "The Future of Everything is Lies (Bullshit about Bullshit Machines)" -- 2026-04-06 -- EPUB: https://tinyurl.com/4acctxes -- PDF: https://tinyurl.com/4c97k3xh

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📖 "Exhalation" by Ted Chiang == (Hugo Award for Best Short Story 2009) == https://tinyurl.com/mu3cu7ud

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🎶 MICROMECHA - Barber Breaks #1 & #2 (2024, self released) -- 💈 Fluffy like barber beats, but using DnB source material. 💈 -- https://micromecha.bandcamp.com/album/barber-breaks-1 -- https://micromecha.bandcamp.com/album/barber-breaks-2

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KDE - the desktop environment of my choice since I started using Linux 20+ years ago - brings back the Oxygen and Air themes... No April Fools! Damn' I love this UI design -- https://filipfila.wordpress.com/2026/04/05/halfway-there-to-6-7-updates-on-oxygen-and-air/

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🎶 haircuts for men - 大理石のファンタジ (Celadon Plaza, 2026) -- 💈💈💈 420friendly barber cuts by the OG himself / re-release of his 2016 vaporwave landmark 💈💈💈 -- https://celadonplaza.com/products/repress-haircuts-for-men-mf%E3%83%BC-repress-edition-vinyl-lp

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Interesting Patch submitted to the Linux Kernel - https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/20260401131226.4011156-1-mjguzik@gmail.com/T/#u

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Photos of cats at the Inter University Centre for Astronomy and Astrophysics (guess which are mine): https://web.iucaa.in/~edmund.herenz/cats_gallery/index.html

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🎶 Charmer & Klay - Quiet Night (2020) -- 🐈‍ chilled-out beats by two indoor cats ⬛; perfectly suited to float through smolnet space -- https://charmerandklay.bandcamp.com/album/quiet-night

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🎶 Ludovico Einaudi / Jeron van Veen - Waves: The Piano Collection (Brilliant Classics, 2013) -- 🎹 8 hours of new age ambient neoclasical minimalist solo piano works 🎹 -- https://www.brilliantclassics.com/articles/e/einaudi-waves-the-piano-collection/

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🎶 Hotel Pools - Nothing (Stratford Ct., 2025) -- Synths, vapor, and lot's of wow and flutter. -- https://hotelpoolsmusic.bandcamp.com/album/nothing

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🎶 Machina Pensant - スムーズに (Wave Racers Collective, 2020) 💈smooth, smoother, smoothly💈 - https://waveracerscollective.bandcamp.com/album/--10

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https://david.li/flow/ - interactive webgl artwork I like

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🎶 DΛRKNΣSS - her memory tapes (self-released, 2025): barber tape for hazy weekend vibes https://d4rkn3ss666.bandcamp.com/album/her-memory-tapes

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🎶 Sinners Club - 最強の男 (Qingdao Market; 2026): Another fresh barber tape to put on auto-reverse for the days to come. https://welcometoqingdaomarket.bandcamp.com/album/--12

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🎶 Sinners Club - I think they don't exist (Qingdao Market; 2026): Barber beats lubricating the capitalist machinery until it catches fire. https://welcometoqingdaomarket.bandcamp.com/album/i-think-they-dont-exist

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made a little page on how to type malayalam - https://web.iucaa.in/~edmund.herenz/malayalam/malayalam_lalitha_description.html

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🎶 36 - Fade to Grey Reinterpreted (A Strangely Isolated Place; 2019): Cyberpunkesque ambient soundscapes to be focused, yet relaxed - https://astrangelyisolatedplace.bandcamp.com/album/fade-to-grey-reinterpreted

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📃 Koc, A., & University of Toronto. (2016). Do you want vaporwave, or do you want the truth?: Cognitive mapping of late capitalist affect in the virtual lifeworld of vaporwave. Capacious: Journal for Emerging Affect Inquiry, 57–76. doi:10.22387/cap2016.4 -- https://capaciousjournal.com/article/do-you-want-vaporwave/

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🎶 Generaction X - Buzz Cuts Vol. 2 (Bogus Collective. 2026; digital only) Dutch barber beats reminding me to get a new haircut. https://boguscollective.bandcamp.com/album/buzz-cuts-vol-2

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🎶 h º r ¡ z º n щ ¡ r e l e s s - do what you want (Artic Contact, 2023; digital & cassette): Riding the vaporwaves like it should be done! https://arcticcontact.bandcamp.com/album/do-what-you-want

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🎶 Carlos Cipa - Munich Sessions (Warner Classics, 2021; digital): Intimate minimal solo piano works with a slight breeze of pop. https://www.warnerclassics.com/release/munich-session

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