Brandon Barker

broke it

How it feels when optimizing code

Monday night

Someone taking a nap outside in the Michigan winter

Michigan lake in the winter

Went to Michigan over thanksgiving and got to take a god honoring nap

im not much of a football fan but i feel strongly that we need the weaker teams regularly playing in the snow

A beer

DTW brewery crawl

It feels perverse but feels good when it works, which is maybe still perverse

No it’s actually an elite level code development strategy that i left that unused variable there. The warnings tell me “finish implementing this” every time i compile

Two weeks into a new program that gives New Mexico children free childcare, officials are opening up about the surge that happened day one & how it’s been moving forward. In just a short time, the state said thousands of children are now enrolled in free childcare, & daycares are lining up to join.

PBS always serving the public good

Read Jeffrey Epstein’s newly released emails about Trump Late convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein specifically referenced his relationship with President Donald Trump in writing before Trump was elected to office and in the runup to the 2020 election, ac...

PBS did us a solid and dropped the whole Epstein emails.

www.pbs.org/newshour/pol...

(Rushing to make another contribution to PBS !!!)

The Edmund Fitzgerald launched in 1958.

What's another song about Boats, Ships or Sailing? 🚢 🎶 ⛵️
On November 10, 1975, the SS Edmund Fitzgerald suddenly sank in Lake Superior during a storm, killing all 29 men aboard and inspiring Canadian folk singer Gordon Lightfoot to write a song about the tragedy, "Wreck 0f The Edmund Fitzgerald." 👇

Washington: 50 years after Edmund Fitzgerald wreck, story endures despite ballad’s myths Gordon Lightfoot’s song both preserved and distorted the doomed ship’s history, Robin Washington writes.

Today marks 50 years since the Edmund Fitzgerald and her crew of 29 sank during a violent storm on Lake Superior.

In Minnesota, we continue to honor their legacy.

www.startribune.com/ss-edmund-fi...

i’m excited to announce that i am hiring (again)!

i am looking for a postdoc in computational astrophysics that’s excited about models of stellar transients and multi-messenger astronomy to join my group (star stuff @ steward) at @uarizona.bsky.social!

apply here ✨💥: aas.org/jobregister/...

Northern New Mexican scenery

Northern New Mexican scenery

Northern New Mexican scenery

Northern New Mexican scenery

The postdoctoral job ad for the Los Alamos National Laboratory’s Center for Theoretical Astrophysics is live! Come join us in beautiful northern New Mexico. aas.org/jobregister/...

perfect

Green-blue cat on pajamas

What color is this cat, be as specific as possible

This week, NSF added *another* bizarre requirement: Now, applicants must submit official transcripts. The original solicitation -- as in past years -- permitted students to submit *un*official transcripts, which was free for applicants and far simpler.

We'll update our Bite accordingly.

The #FindThatLizard Scholarship is accepting applications until 12/10.

We fund girls, women, and gender non conforming persons pursuing herpetology🦎🐍🐸🐢

I can’t wait to read your application! earynmcgee.com/findthatliza...

if i have a conference soon in new york with the new hot kind and smart mayor tomorrow before the Shania law comes into effect, any recommendations?

Moving to New York City immediately please hire me and my wife

goofy at the brink of despair

last week i met my fiance as she got off the train at this time as it was a nice sunset. now it’s fully dark. horrible commute horribly policy

these early sunsets are not good for the soul

uv is the best thing to happen to the Python ecosystem in a decade - Blog - Dr. Emily L. Hunt Released in 2024, uv is hands-down the best tool for managing Python installations and dependencies. Here's why.

uv makes installing and using Python *so* easy! It works on pretty much any computer and it's lightning fast. 🔭☄️ #astrocode

If you're still using conda, pyenv, or... basically any other tool, then I can *highly* recommend switching:

Made the switch ages ago and never looked back. Made python bearable

the terminal is our friend

Happy to share that our book on computing in physics education has just dropped, @ioppublishing.bsky.social

You can get all the chapters written by some of incredible colleagues who are improving physics education through computing right now.

iopscience.iop.org/book/edit/97...

#iteachphysics

I don’t pay or have institutional (paying for a text editor???) and it’s possible, just some restrictions I think