Zach the Recovering Astronomer

as the great poet hath writ: more data, more problems

[Zach the Recovering Astronomer @zpacefromspace]

@dmiller742 More like "this is in great shape I was a marine architect and know boats, it was sailed by [name] family"

[Zach the Recovering Astronomer @zpacefromspace]

Happy Monday to everyone except the doofuses selling sailboats on FB marketplace without good detail photos.

[Zach the Recovering Astronomer @zpacefromspace]

Blow up prd on a Friday afternoon: ✅

[Zach the Recovering Astronomer @zpacefromspace]

@bunchofmelarkey WHAT this is AWESOME not to mention EXTREMELY well-deserved!

[Zach the Recovering Astronomer @zpacefromspace]

In other words, when an institution values results more than growth (especially for trainees, who--newsflash--do not spring fully formed out of Modern Physics I), that institution will fail to provide resources needed to enable that very growth.

[Zach the Recovering Astronomer @zpacefromspace]

Yes, and ... Any program so unwilling to invest in you that your apparent individual growth and potential are outweighed by a perceived lack of achievement, is not the right place for you.

[Shah Lab @ShahLabUCLA]

Some of my most frustrating interactions on grad admissions committees have involved fighting comments to the effect of "this person is not a fully formed scientist, doesn't fully understand the critical qs in their field and has not acquired all of the skills to answer those qs"

[Zach the Recovering Astronomer @zpacefromspace]

For that matter (and this may get me yelled at), their standards of achievement are likely so misaligned with your growth and needs that it will be difficult to wrangle the support you need to continue to grow!

[Zach the Recovering Astronomer @zpacefromspace]

Corollary: your advisor is only allowed to make one carbon-copy of themselves. It's great if that is you, but it doesn't have to be

[Zach the Recovering Astronomer @zpacefromspace]

It's that* time of year again

* the one where @LeahBisson and I fight about the Pogues Song That Shall Not Be Named

[Zach the Recovering Astronomer @zpacefromspace]

And here we are, his modern equivalents, on this bird app

[onionweigher 🧅⚖️ @onionweigher]

One of my favorite paintings is the 1795 masterpiece titled "The Discovery of Phosphorus" by Joseph Wright which depicts the most impressive achievement of Henning Brand, a 17th century German alchemist who boiled down 1500 gallons of piss until it started to glow in the dark

[Zach the Recovering Astronomer @zpacefromspace]

If I'm not mistaken, the average Level 2 charger takes 8 hours to fill up a typical EV. Obviously only fair if a free gas pump takes that long to fill up a single car's tank.

[Zach the Recovering Astronomer @zpacefromspace]

@woodsandbugs I wish that I had at any point borne witness to this

[Zach the Recovering Astronomer @zpacefromspace]

@woodsandbugs Never has a more accurate word picture been painted

[Zach the Recovering Astronomer @zpacefromspace]

@bunchofmelarkey ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️

[Zach the Recovering Astronomer @zpacefromspace]

@FraserLaser1 @CUBoulder Wowwwww congrats 🎉🎉

[Zach the Recovering Astronomer @zpacefromspace]

I, too, remember Lake Livingston

[Allison Garfield @aligarfield_]

MADISON DRIVERS: There is some street flooding on the east side, on E Johnson, particularly on N Paterson St off E Washington and also a few blocks of E Mifflin in the area by Festival Foods.

[UW–Madison Science @UWMadScience]

Some jets are straight. Some jets are bent. @bunchofmelarkey is trying to sort out why some black holes have their jets of matter askew because it can tell us a little bit more about how galaxies like ours evolve. https://t.co/izbXObMjrL

[Zach the Recovering Astronomer @zpacefromspace]

@astrobassball I'm in this tweet, and I don't like it

[Zach the Recovering Astronomer @zpacefromspace]

@sjs917 Same. This is nowhere near breaking *the* internet, but it's certainly breaking *my* internet 🤣