David Rodriguez

Astronomical Data Scientist at STScI/MAST in Baltimore. Opinions are my own.

Blog: @strakul.bsky.social

[David Rodriguez @Strakul]

I've migrated my blog!
You can find it at https://t.co/ujDK4NjEgZ
I've been using Blogger for 14 years, it was time for a change 😉
Go check it out for random thoughts about books, data science, and more.

[Everything Dice 🎲✨ @EVERYTHINGDICE]

GIVEAWAY! Our second set of dice for Critical Role is now available WORLDWIDE! ✨ We are holding a giveaway as thanks. Ends 11/7. Good luck everyone!

To enter: like + RT this post

And you can get the set at US, UK, or EU Critical Role shops!

#dnd #CriticalRole #CR

[David Rodriguez @Strakul]

Lots of great hack ideas today at #dotAstro. I ended up working on two things, including one making a quick CLI to post to both BlueSky and Mastodon simultaneously. https://t.co/viNQOvXdZc #astronomy #coding 😄🔭

[David Rodriguez @Strakul]

Lots of great people to meet at #dotAstro, both old friends and new. It's been also great to get back into the big picture outlook of why our work in archiving #astronomy data is important, instead of the minute details day-to-day work frequently entails 😉

[David Rodriguez @Strakul]

Only half of a day into #dotAstro and I've been inspired chatting with folks for all sorts of interesting projects and collaborations. Looking forward to seeing which unconference sessions get selected and the hack projects later in the week. 😃

[David Rodriguez @Strakul]

@emilydoesastro Looking for an invite, too 🙂

[Northwestern @NorthwesternU]

This is Beta Pictoris b—a planet 12 times the mass of Jupiter—sailing around its star in a tilted orbit.

Constructed from real data, astrophysicist Jason Wang (@semaphore_P)'s video condenses 17 years of footage, making it the longest time-lapse video of an exoplanet to date.

[Space Telescope Science Institute @SpaceTelescope]

Today 12 artists displayed their art at an exhibition held at STScI. The artists are interns who spent six weeks creating art inspired by @MAST_News telescope archival data.

The art consisted of paintings, animations, music and sculptures inspired by astronomy.

[David Rodriguez @Strakul]

Local #art show at the Institute today, with interns showcasing how they took #Astronomy data from @MAST_News, #JWST, etc and made art. Paintings, music, videos, sculptures. It was great!

[David Rodriguez @Strakul]

@thegrumpyhealer @Jitachan2 🤣 My character is a paladin bringing righteous justice with no exceptions.
I do have a plan for a future play through with Astarion in my party; though I did met a character who is unconvinced he's dead so maybe he'll reappear? 😲

[David Rodriguez @Strakul]

@thegrumpyhealer @Jitachan2 I have one less camp companion now 🙃 The conversations the following morning were... interesting

[David Rodriguez @Strakul]

Internet restored and the download begins! Here we go #BaldursGate3! #BG3

[David Rodriguez @Strakul]

Getting ready to download #BaldursGate3 and... internet outage in our neighborhood 😭 Fingers crossed it doesnt last too long.... #BG3

[Space Telescope Science Institute @SpaceTelescope]

Happy first anniversary, #NASAWebb! One year after beginning science operations, Webb is celebrating with a highly detailed image of the closest star-forming region to Earth. Peer deeper in the cloud: https://t.co/wnVuydKhph

[Space Telescope Science Institute @SpaceTelescope]

Before you see a Webb image released by NASA, the data stop at STScI—home of Webb’s Mission Operations Center. Tomorrow, on the anniversary of the start of Webb’s science operations, we’ll release a new image that you won’t want to miss! Credit: D. Kirshenblat (STScI).

[David Rodriguez @Strakul]

New Blog Post: Book Review: Yumi and the Nightmare Painter by Brandon Sanderson
https://t.co/WwV9WEgS0N

[Cool Neighbors @CoolNeighbors]

📢 Explore the mysteries of our cosmic neighborhood with today's launch of our NASA-funded project Backyard Worlds: Cool Neighbors! Join the hunt for brown dwarfs🪐– extremely cool objects with masses between planets and stars – floating alone in space. #CitizenScience

[Jackie Faherty @jfaherty]

Today is the launch of Cool Neighbors!!!! A sister spin off of the very successful Backyard Worlds project. Jump in and start flipping through images searching for new movers. You find one and maybe YOU will be on the next JWST proposal we submit!!!!! @CoolNeighbors

[David Rodriguez @Strakul]

New Blog Post: Book Review: Witch King by Martha Wells
https://t.co/neh8XgFSOZ

[Sea of Stars @seaofstarsgame]

Here's a reminder that the PC demo is available for download right now on Steam:

https://t.co/b18kXT1oJs