Tech person at @CornellAstro. Doer of things at @IthacaGen. He/Him. https://nitter.gq/t.co/nvjdjYTat1
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A small FYI: Starting with macOS Ventura, the Preview app no longer supports PostScript (.ps) and Encapsulated PostScript (.eps) files.
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It would be a great way to celebrate #Juneteenth and kick of #BlackSpaceWeek if we could get to 5k followers today 👀 Spread the word and let everyone know the party has begun! 💃🏽🚀
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Hey astro grad. students, want to keep your Python/notebook tools sharp and make some $$$ while doing it? @MAST_News is looking to contract some work to make science-use-case driven Python notebook tutorials that use our services!
Info here: jobregister.aas.org/ad/adbeb…
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Happy Stanislav Petrov Day, everyone. (Now, more than ever.) Wherever you are, whoever you are, it's up to _you_ to make the right choice.
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We just sent an open letter to Astronomy & Astrophysics' Board of Directors about their lack of name change policy for trans academics.
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When and how should you create a professional website as an astronomer? Emily Moravec helps to answer those questions and more in today's blog: astrobetter.com/blog/2021/05…
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It's the final few hours of my friend Dan Hughes's hugely successful campaign for the family-weight dungeon crawling game he designed with his daughter a sa homeschooling project. If you have young kids, consider pledging to get a copy!
kickstarter.com/projects/cab…
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On Feb. 25 Mann librarians are hosting a #blackinstem Wikipedia edit-a-thon to honor & highlight under-recognized contributions in science, technology, engineering and mathematics (S.T.E.M.) by people in the African diaspora. Join us! To register: bit.ly/black-in-stem-wikiped…
Athos, Porthos, Aramis, and D’Artagnan.
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If you're wondering why starting MacOS apps has slowed to a crawl:
Hey Apple users:
If you're now experiencing hangs launching apps on the Mac, I figured out the problem using Little Snitch.
It's trustd connecting to ocsp.apple.com
Denying that connection fixes it, because OCSP is a soft failure.
(Disconnect internet also fixes.)
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Friends, one of our CUNY astro students is in need. If you can help, please do: gofundme.com/f/a-black-in-ne…
I’m glad it doesn’t cost anything to follow @ObservatoryCats. That would be a cat astro fee.
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Cornell Graduate and Professional students are eligible for financial assistance in departing campus because of COVID-19 precautions through the Access Fund. Please share with any folks you know who may need the help.
scl.cornell.edu/identity-res…
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A new Cal-Bridge @cal_bridge scholarship has been established in memory of #UCIPhysAstro grad student José Flores Velázquez. You can help by donating, or sharing this tweet: crowdfund.cpp.edu/project/18…
Well, @instagram's process for creating an account using an email address appears to be comprehensively broken, and there seems to be no process for freeing up the trail of half-created usernames.
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Are you a planetary or Earth scientist who wants to work with data from the Spirit and Opportunity Mars rovers? We're looking for survey respondents to answer questions about a proposed catalog that will make MER data easy to find & use. More info here: merdatacatalog.com/survey