Devin Silvia

Undergraduate Director in CMSE and Educator @ Michigan State, astrophysicist, craft beer enthusiast, hopeful pessimist. Tweets are my own. [he/him/his]

[Devin Silvia @devinsilvia]

Twitterverse, don’t buy anything from @tenthousandcc. The product will never ship and every time you manage to get a hold of customer service (don’t bother with emailing the “support” address) they will lie and tell you that the expect it to ship by the end of the week.

[Devin Silvia @devinsilvia]

I remember when I used to think that the primary mission of universities was to educate students. #academia

[Devin Silvia @devinsilvia]

@jradavenport @megschwamb Oof. Really displeased by these changes. Been using them for a while now and I still feeling like it’s actively impeding my workflow.

[MSU Observatory @MSU_Observatory]

Join us on Friday October 20th between 7:00 and 10:00 PM for our International Observe the Moon Night. We will be open rain or shine, with plenty of hands-on activities, tours at the dome, trivia competitions, engaging with local astronomers, and observing through our telescopes.

[Devin Silvia @devinsilvia]

@jradavenport I have a 2015 Retina 5K iMac that I bought with top of the line specs and it’s still my main workhorse computer with little to no signs of aging other than the fact that it’s stuck on Monterey.

[Devin Silvia @devinsilvia]

@sethajacobson I do enjoy the term “enshittification” and it certainly tracks with the trajectories of several platforms I’ve used in the past.

[Devin Silvia @devinsilvia]

Why did Slack have to make the UI so much worse? Why?!

[Devin Silvia @devinsilvia]

Looking for an opportunity to teach computational/data science courses in an interdisciplinary department? Check us out!

[Janani Ravi @janani137]

We @JRaviLab (@CUBiomedInfo @CUAnschutz) now have official @NIH @NIAIDFunding 💰to study antimicrobial resistance, AMR! 🎉

Looking for diverse postdoc candidates to work on microbial genotypes&phenotypes, esp AMR!

Apply here https://t.co/oQYT0wqrLf

Grp: https://t.co/h1G2el6y6p

[Devin Silvia @devinsilvia]

Returning to my inbox after a week of vacation might be one of my least favorite activities.

[Astronomy on Tap LAN @AoTLansing]

Join us on August 16th, for another fun night of cool science and tasty drinks! We'll be at the Michigan Wildlife Conservancy again, enjoying their wonderful patio and sweet nature vibes.
We'll have 2 astronomy-themed talks, trivia questions, a Q&A session, and raffle prizes.

[Devin Silvia @devinsilvia]

Looking forward to getting back to it!

[Astronomy on Tap LAN @AoTLansing]

And... we’re back! Tomorrow night, 7/19, at 7:30pm, Astronomy on Tap returns to the Lansing area. We’ll be hanging out on the amazing patio at Michigan Wildlife Conservancy. We’ll have two talks, trivia, and raffle prizes. Come enjoy the sweet nature vibes, science, and drinks!

[owlice, also @owlice.bsky.social @owlice]

VAST Seminar: Teaching Computational Astrophysics! Wed, July 19, 11:00 EDT/15:00 UTC

Presenters are:
@devinsilvia
Stella Offner
Ari Maller
@Michael_Zingale

Open discussion, too! Please join us & please let your colleagues know!

Sign up for Zoom link: https://t.co/cFl0LAcGrD

[Devin Silvia @devinsilvia]

Happy #VWBusDay to all those who celebrate. Stoked about the https://t.co/Q7MhLJgkSF US release.

[Devin Silvia @devinsilvia]

@RR25000 @elizabethmunch @TienChihMath

[Seth Jacobson @sethajacobson]

Exciting Astronomy on Tap event coming in a couple weeks to Old Town Lansing!

[Devin Silvia @devinsilvia]

@astronomeara So tired.

[Devin Silvia @devinsilvia]

@astrofullard Ooh, autoDocstring is slick — thanks for the recommendation!

[Devin Silvia @devinsilvia]

Hey Twitter folks, for those of your who use Visual Studio Code and do a lot of work with Python and Jupyter Notebooks, what are your favorite VS Code extensions? #vscode #python #jupyter #coding

[Devin Silvia @devinsilvia]

@physicistdanny Clean desks are overrated.