lindsey ✨
@lcgordon.bsky.social
UMN astro phd candidate modeling radio galaxies w/ mhd + ML
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the ideal networking event is 5-7pm i am now home (hotel) in my jammies chilling after eating free food and talking about aliens for two hours because that's what people ask about when you say you do astro
November 20, 2025 at 1:45 AM
the ideal networking event is 5-7pm i am now home (hotel) in my jammies chilling after eating free food and talking about aliens for two hours because that's what people ask about when you say you do astro
finally updated my linkedin profile photo after 6 years. now i'm set until 2031
November 19, 2025 at 5:06 PM
finally updated my linkedin profile photo after 6 years. now i'm set until 2031
unfortunately my incredible performance as "the bad boy of SC" in the orientation skits impressed the committee so much that i got dragged into doing promo interviews for the conference
November 17, 2025 at 3:11 PM
unfortunately my incredible performance as "the bad boy of SC" in the orientation skits impressed the committee so much that i got dragged into doing promo interviews for the conference
i conceptually love the "eat the frog" method unfortunately i have to eat about 4 frogs per day and it sucks
November 11, 2025 at 1:40 AM
i conceptually love the "eat the frog" method unfortunately i have to eat about 4 frogs per day and it sucks
nothing feeds the old 'i'm in purgatory and nothing is real' delusions like this paper that has been done 4 times and is still not published and i have to redo some of the figures again.
November 7, 2025 at 5:12 PM
nothing feeds the old 'i'm in purgatory and nothing is real' delusions like this paper that has been done 4 times and is still not published and i have to redo some of the figures again.
red + orange; red + purple : too similar
yellow: hard to see
blue: assigned elsewhere
green + purple: joker
red + green: colorblind
orange + green: ew
orange + purple: ewww
yellow: hard to see
blue: assigned elsewhere
green + purple: joker
red + green: colorblind
orange + green: ew
orange + purple: ewww
we need shrimp colors in matplotlib because i can't figure out a way to make these two lines different colors without it being bad or ugly
November 6, 2025 at 5:28 PM
red + orange; red + purple : too similar
yellow: hard to see
blue: assigned elsewhere
green + purple: joker
red + green: colorblind
orange + green: ew
orange + purple: ewww
yellow: hard to see
blue: assigned elsewhere
green + purple: joker
red + green: colorblind
orange + green: ew
orange + purple: ewww
we need shrimp colors in matplotlib because i can't figure out a way to make these two lines different colors without it being bad or ugly
November 6, 2025 at 5:25 PM
we need shrimp colors in matplotlib because i can't figure out a way to make these two lines different colors without it being bad or ugly
submitting job apps is just. i'm not even throwing spaghetti at a wall and hoping it sticks i'm throwing it into a tornado with gale force winds
November 4, 2025 at 11:26 PM
submitting job apps is just. i'm not even throwing spaghetti at a wall and hoping it sticks i'm throwing it into a tornado with gale force winds
ultimately what i've learned in writing all these postdoc apps is that the word institute has more t's than i ever expect it to
November 2, 2025 at 3:51 PM
ultimately what i've learned in writing all these postdoc apps is that the word institute has more t's than i ever expect it to
as yes my semiannual daylight savings OH FUCK WHAT TIME IS IT
November 2, 2025 at 2:17 PM
as yes my semiannual daylight savings OH FUCK WHAT TIME IS IT
it's really incredible just how awful a supercomputing center's documentation can be
October 30, 2025 at 3:08 PM
it's really incredible just how awful a supercomputing center's documentation can be
having the most confusing time reading a paper when i realized that they're using mpc when mostly i think in scales where Mpc is relevant
October 29, 2025 at 8:19 PM
having the most confusing time reading a paper when i realized that they're using mpc when mostly i think in scales where Mpc is relevant
Reposted by lindsey ✨
When a chatbot gets something wrong, it’s not because it made an error. It’s because on that roll of the dice, it happened to string together a group of words that, when read by a human, represents something false. But it was working entirely as designed. It was supposed to make a sentence & it did.
June 19, 2025 at 11:28 AM
When a chatbot gets something wrong, it’s not because it made an error. It’s because on that roll of the dice, it happened to string together a group of words that, when read by a human, represents something false. But it was working entirely as designed. It was supposed to make a sentence & it did.
Reposted by lindsey ✨
Chatbots — LLMs — do not know facts and are not designed to be able to accurately answer factual questions. They are designed to find and mimic patterns of words, probabilistically. When they’re “right” it’s because correct things are often written down, so those patterns are frequent. That’s all.
June 19, 2025 at 11:21 AM
Chatbots — LLMs — do not know facts and are not designed to be able to accurately answer factual questions. They are designed to find and mimic patterns of words, probabilistically. When they’re “right” it’s because correct things are often written down, so those patterns are frequent. That’s all.
submitted my first couple postdoc apps and it truly feels like my heart is going to slam its way out of my chest
October 26, 2025 at 4:52 PM
submitted my first couple postdoc apps and it truly feels like my heart is going to slam its way out of my chest
discovered that my beautifully edited down research statement that perfectly fits into the page limit is a font size too small. send thoughts and prayers.
October 22, 2025 at 7:08 PM
discovered that my beautifully edited down research statement that perfectly fits into the page limit is a font size too small. send thoughts and prayers.
Reposted by lindsey ✨
*shouting over the sound of cooling fans* CLOUD COMPUTING? NO, I SAID LOUD COMPUTING!
October 20, 2025 at 1:28 PM
*shouting over the sound of cooling fans* CLOUD COMPUTING? NO, I SAID LOUD COMPUTING!
canvas going down on the day i teach 3 back to back labs that have all been made entirely digital....mercury had best be in gatorade right now
October 20, 2025 at 2:01 PM
canvas going down on the day i teach 3 back to back labs that have all been made entirely digital....mercury had best be in gatorade right now
and by "going super saiyan" i mean "finding the motivation to finish my hubble proposal"
hot queer bartender complimenting my outfit ➡️ going super saiyan pipeline
October 18, 2025 at 3:57 PM
and by "going super saiyan" i mean "finding the motivation to finish my hubble proposal"
hot queer bartender complimenting my outfit ➡️ going super saiyan pipeline
October 18, 2025 at 1:09 PM
hot queer bartender complimenting my outfit ➡️ going super saiyan pipeline
astro fellowship Q: I know you're supposed to talk to potential NPP advisors - are you also supposed to reach out to people for the Hubble? ✨🔭☄️
October 13, 2025 at 6:22 PM
astro fellowship Q: I know you're supposed to talk to potential NPP advisors - are you also supposed to reach out to people for the Hubble? ✨🔭☄️
Reposted by lindsey ✨
I wish ads felt pain when you skipped thems
October 13, 2025 at 4:05 PM
I wish ads felt pain when you skipped thems
my fave coffee shop to write in closed while i was away for a year :')
October 11, 2025 at 3:08 PM
my fave coffee shop to write in closed while i was away for a year :')
one of the worst things about losing astro twitter is the lack of big threads of people posting their guides to postdoc apps...
October 10, 2025 at 1:53 PM
one of the worst things about losing astro twitter is the lack of big threads of people posting their guides to postdoc apps...
just taught the same lab 6 times in 2 days i need to delete physics from my brain now
October 7, 2025 at 9:12 PM
just taught the same lab 6 times in 2 days i need to delete physics from my brain now