Chad Popik

Astronomy PhD student @Cornell researching Cosmology & Galaxies

[Randall Munroe @xkcd]

Supernova https://t.co/xh27u2ISaP

[Maura Lally @mauralally9]

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

[Chad Popik @Astro_Chad]

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

[hot librarian lesbian (she/they) @mafflepaffle]

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

[Yesterday's Print @yesterdaysprint]

Altoona Tribune, Pennsylvania, September 20, 1938

[Chad Popik @Astro_Chad]

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

[Ethan Siegel @StartsWithABang]

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.
https://t.co/kvS4SV6tjC

[Chad Popik @Astro_Chad]

WOOOOOO

[hot librarian lesbian (she/they) @mafflepaffle]

this is gonna sound wild but I actually AM a real scientist some of the time, and I just put my very first first-author paper up on the arxiv!! please go read it and tell me how good it is (it is NOT peer-reviewed yet though so grain of salt etc etc) https://t.co/WFWUiEFrzj

[Chad Popik @Astro_Chad]

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

[Chad Popik @Astro_Chad]

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

[Chad Popik @Astro_Chad]

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

[Chad Popik @Astro_Chad]

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

[Chad Popik @Astro_Chad]

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

[Chad Popik @Astro_Chad]

@ItsMeAmandaRose your advisor sends you everywhere

[Chad Popik @Astro_Chad]

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

[CornellArts&Sciences @CornellCAS]

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.

https://t.co/25MtjFuRqW

[Chad Popik @Astro_Chad]

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

[Maura @mklally9]

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

[Chad Popik @Astro_Chad]

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