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Locke Patton

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Astro|physics grad student @Harvard. Formerly @UW. Uncontrollably enthusiastic, especially about research and running. he/him #bi #trans #BLM @TheLensBot

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Joined January 2012
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Since not everyone could come hear *SONIFIED LIGHTCURVES* at @emsque and my poster this Monday, here’s a little thread of our sonified astro light curve science! #AAS233
Locke Patton (@Astro_Locke) profile pictureLocke Patton@Astro_Locke7 Jan 2019
Ever wonder what a sonnified light curve sounds like? Can you hear a supernova plateau? The period of rr lyrae or eclipsing binaries? Can we classify objects with only sound? (Hint: why, yes.) Come hear at poster number 147.12! 🎆✨I’ll be presenting starting 9am today #AAS233
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What happens after a ship sinks? 🚢 @EVNautilus dived deep below the surface of the South Pacific Ocean to explore what happens after a ship sinks. Over time, wrecks become living ecosystems, where microbes, coral, and fish turn rusting steel into a reef teeming with life.
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E/V Nautilus@EVNautilus10 Jul 2025
During the NA173 expedition, we're conducting non-invasive archaeological surveys of historically significant #shipwrecks in the #IronBottomSound. Learn the differences between #battleships, #cruisers, and #destroyers in this #blog: bit.ly/4kvZQwH
Image from E/V Nautilus (@EVNautilus)
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E/V Nautilus@EVNautilus4 Jul 2025
🚨 Dive Alert! We’re diving on the USS Vincennes, a heavy cruiser sunk during #WWII! Watch live at nautiluslive.org @oceanexplorer @KyotoU_News @ccom_jhc
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Who knows how this works, but if you have any pull in this universe, I’d seriously appreciate some help. My family farm is threatened by a fire with winds pushing towards my steadfast papa who is refusing to evacuate to save his life’s work, and I’d love a miracle.
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Looking back at myself as a 1st-gen 17yo writing apps, I realize how little (so little!) I knew about the college decision, physics, academia, and possible trajectories. That so many profs grew up in highly-educated households tracks w my experience, & it surely shapes our fields
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The types of advisors as depicted through Disney characters: a thread.
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if your dog has a costume with arms attached, please deposit them in this thread
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I recently told lab members to ask me any question they wanted and many of their questions were about money. How much do assistant professors make? Difference between soft and hard money positions? etc. 1/5
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I’ve seen others mention this but just saying again: students (grad and undergrad) can get a year of Headspace for $10. It’s amazing. The sleepcasts are great. #AcademicTwitter #phdlife – at New Orleans, LA
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my mental my jupyter health 🤝 notebooks about to crash bc too many tabs open
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After a lot of work, we have finished the implementation of PEP 657 🚀🎉. In Python 3.11🐍, tracebacks will annotate where exactly the error is happening in your code 🤯. No more confusion having to guess what part of the expression is wrong. Learn more at python.org/dev/peps/pep-0657…
Image from Pablo Galindo Salgado (@pyblogsal)
Image from Pablo Galindo Salgado (@pyblogsal)
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The very first Space @Olympics!!! For crew cohesion, we put together a friendly competition between the #Soyuz team and the #CrewDragon team. With sports specific to space, mind you 😀 flic.kr/p/2md3oTy #MissionAlpha
Image from Thomas Pesquet (@Thom_astro)
Image from Thomas Pesquet (@Thom_astro)
Image from Thomas Pesquet (@Thom_astro)
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After a year of plotting bad news, it's nice to plot some good news.
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I'm so proud of my sister in astrochem! 🥳🎉 Congratulations to Dr. Jamila Pegues on becoming the first Black woman to receive a PhD in Astronomy from Harvard and the first Black woman Astrochemist receive a PhD in the US. 😭😭😭🥳🥳🥳 #BlackInAstro #BlackInChem
Image from ☄️Ashley🔭Lindalía☄️ (@That_Astro_Chic)
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Congratulations to Dr. @GoAstroMo!!! She is NOW the 24th Black woman to receive a PhD in Astronomy and the FIRST BLACK woman to receive a PhD in Astronomy from Columbia University! 🥳🥳🥳🥳🥳🥳🎉🎉🎉💐💐💐
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I will finish this PhD. I will finish this PhD. I will finish this PhD. I will finish this PhD. I will finish this PhD. I will finish this PhD. I will finish this PhD. I will finish this PhD. I will finish this PhD. I will finish this PhD.
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Replying to @BenediktDiemer @AlienSupport_JT
She's a woman in science, so it might just be... practice :(
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