Chad Popik

Supernova xkcd.com/2878

I keep seeing cosplayers from the fan expo and thinking that I deeply misunderstood the vibe of #AAS243 and came severely underdressed

I'm at #AAS243, come around this afternoon to hear me (briefly) talk about how we can learn about galaxy feedback using CMB observations!

HEY CHECK IT OUT!!! what gorgeous art from my DPS talk yesterday!!!!!

Altoona Tribune, Pennsylvania, September 20, 1938

First day of the fall semester which means I have to relearn how to be a normal human

New JWST data confirms, worsens the Hubble tension JWST finally weighs in on the expanding Universe, and confirms previous results from Hubble about Cepheids, with the smallest errors yet. The puzzle over the expanding Universe deepens. bigthink.com/starts-with-a-…

WOOOOOO

The code is taking much longer to run after some changes, which sucks, but also when it was running fast it was very wrong so maybe it's onto something now

Yeah I do data science and by that I mean I spend several hours determining the best way to name and organize my files

I'm at the part of the research project where every code takes forever to run which is awful for my productivity but fantastic for my buzzfeed quiz repertoire

Oh god just realized I've gotten used to scrolling on a touchpad the opposite way that I scroll on a mouse

Professors have an advantage (from the power dynamic) that any weird/funny thing they say has more impact than if you had said it so you have to equalize the relationship by saying much weirder/funnier things

@ItsMeAmandaRose your advisor sends you everywhere

@ItsMeAmandaRose what cosmology summer school are you at i literally never hear of any conferences or events for cosmology whatsoever

Expanding the search for advanced extraterrestrial civilizations, @CornellAstro researchers are monitoring wideband pulsating signals from a star-dense region toward the core of our galaxy. reuters.com/science/scient…

Happy pride everyone! Remember, space is gay! And the moon is a lesbian (in a long distance relationship with the ocean)

POV you’re a rascal vs. POV you’re a rascal vs. POV you’re a rascal

I'm not a religious person but have you ever gotten a package to work after spending days struggling with dependencies and nesting issue