Scientific software developer, lead developer of Glue, Astropy developer, open development advocate. BlueSky: bsky.app/profile/astrofrog.tโ€ฆ

Joined April 2009
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You can now follow me on: fosstodon.org/@astrofrog bsky.app/profile/astrofrog.tโ€ฆ I will no longer be posting from Twitter/X going forward ๐Ÿ‘‹
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Excited to announce @aperio_software is hiring - come and work with @StuartMumford @DrewLeonard42 and myself on exciting open-source scientific projects! (we are involved in @astropy, @glueviz, @WWTelescope and more)
Aperio Software is hiring! We are looking for someone to join our team as a software developer to work on a variety of open source scientific software projects. See aperiosoftware.com/jobs for more details.
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Thomas Robitaille ๐Ÿ‡ช๐Ÿ‡บ retweeted
Come work with me! @WWTelescope and @glueviz are searching for a research software engineer eager to join a multidisciplinary team that's advancing the frontiers of scientific data visualization. Details? Details: ๐Ÿงต bit.ly/rse2021

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When people said wildlife was doing well as a result of #lockdown, I did not expect to see a ๐ŸฆŠ building a โ›„๏ธ in my garden ๐Ÿคฏ
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Ministers apparently not familiar with the Cobra effect... (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cobra_โ€ฆ)
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I almost feel like some people have misunderstood something I wrote on Twitter and/or are distorting what I am saying when quoting me. But that shouldn't be possible, right?!? ๐Ÿ˜ฑ๐Ÿคฃ
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Researchers who use Macs, PLEASE don't upgrade to MacOS X Big Sur or buy a new M1 mac yet: a short thread. (1/n)
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Epilogue: yes, I know that upgrading to Big Sur might work just fine for some, but I also know that it has broken things for others. The key message here is that by upgrading *this early* you are taking unnecessary risks (and this is true of every major OS X version)
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And yes I know that upgrading to the new Apple hardware is far more risky - in fact it is almost guaranteed to not work smoothly unless all you do is browse the internet and check emails!
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