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Astronomy Ph.D student @udelaware.bsky.social, casual musician, TTRPG player, and cold weather enjoyer. Working on studying stellar flares and other astrophysical transients using big data in the LSST era, and doing some data sonification on the side
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In a way, it’s a privilege to have a front row seat to watch the decline of the American empire unfold in real time. But it gets less fun when you and your friends and family are subjects of that empire. Pic related.

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Some days even spite just isn't enough to keep you carrying on.

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It is incredibly, incredibly concerning to see the sudden escalation in attacks directed at judges deciding federal cases about the scope of the administration's power, and the framing of federal judges as "unelected adversaries". These are urgent alarm bells for preserving the rule of law.

submitted 25 days ago • 2 comments

Oh damn other countries are intolerant of marginalized people? Good thing we don't do that!

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NEW: Vera Rubin was a pioneering female astronomer. The federal webpage for an observatory named for her now excludes mention of efforts to diversify science. “I’m sure Vera would be absolutely furious,” said a co-author of a biography of Rubin. By @lisalsong.bsky.social

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I listen to @npr.org every day (s/o @kuow.org). Today I'm lucky & proud to be part of a piece talking about SETI and the amazing future of 🔭🧪🎧⭐ with @vrubinobs.bsky.social. Thank you to my friend Regina & the Short Wave team for having me on! www.npr.org/2025/01/22/1...

submitted 45 days ago • 0 comments

This thread is something. Not only is it just really bad digital practice (like someone with complete inexperience in these things), even looks like actively making #accessibility challenging. Think about the state of mind one has to be in to go in and make *these* types of changes. So messed up.

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I always try to film and share my conference talks... here is my short talk from #AAS245 about using Dynamic Time Warping to solve wavelength calibrations in astronomical spectra. Paper coming soon! www.youtube.com/watch?v=HkQ5... 🔭

submitted 50 days ago • 1 comment

Returning home after 6 full days of conferencing, networking, and sciencing - Still one of the best feelings ever.

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Just gave my dissertation talk at #aas245! Many thanks to everyone who came and supported me and my mentors @fedhere.bsky.social, and @jradavenport.com. Awesome to see the excitement for early science with @vrubinobs.bsky.social! And big thanks to @startorialist.com for assisting with the fit!

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Today at #aas245, @vrubinobs.bsky.social gave the world the first glimpse of their data. Tomorrow the Gaia survey will end. We are watching astronomical history unfold in real time!

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TIL the name of Jupyter Notebooks comes from the three core supported languages: Julia, Python, and R.

submitted 56 days ago • 1 comment

AAS245 Day -1: Learning Julia for the first time! #AAS245

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Think twice before gifting someone an M dwarf this holiday season

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Grim topic but very recommended. Knowing the details of how fascist movements took root and gained power is so important if we want to avoid repeating the same mistakes.

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Feeling like I'm in a spy thriller as I say the secret passphrase that the customer service technician gave me to bypass their own automated system and be directed to a real agent after being connected to a different department.

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"It has promulgated an ever-shifting array of rebarbative neologisms [...]" One of the most eye-rolling sentences I've ever read.

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I will be shamelessly reposting my old tweets. 🔭

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Thinking about how to spin a decade of playing D&D into a strong CV/resume item... "Lead multiple collaborative projects, resolved scheduling issues, and adjusted rapidly to sudden changes in user requirements."

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