Carl Rodriguez @carlrodriguez.bsky.social · 02/10/2026I get why people think so much of the grandiose statements from LLM world are a grift (because everything is these days). But I think it's equally possible everyone there actually believes every word of it because they, like members of a cult, have simply gone insane. 510118
Carl Rodriguez @carlrodriguez.bsky.social · 01/10/2026I love any excuse to visit Chicago but could have done without 3 days of rain 😭 011
Reposted by Carl RodriguezAstronomer Royal for Scotland | Catherine Heymans @astroroyalscot.bsky.social · 15/09/2026🥳 First-light doughnuts from the very recently launched Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope! 🔭 Fear not - it will all look a lot prettier when focused! 913932
Carl Rodriguez @carlrodriguez.bsky.social · 14/09/2026Happy birthday to the launch of gravitational-wave astronomy! 1141
Carl Rodriguez @carlrodriguez.bsky.social · 03/09/2026Is it just me, or is ADS really struggling to extract references and match citations from new papers lately? It used to take a few days but now I have papers that have been up there for months where the references never got fully extracted. 130
Carl Rodriguez @carlrodriguez.bsky.social · 02/09/2026"both calorie restriction and the GLP-1 quieted down inflammation and fat processing, and both stepped up the genes for handling blood sugar and maintaining proteins, [but] the GLP-1 mice had better memory scores, curiosity levels and blood sugar." Seriously what the hell are these drugs? 020
Carl Rodriguez @carlrodriguez.bsky.social · 02/09/2026One annoying side effect of LLMs is that the "can I do research with your group" emails I've been getting have gotten a lot more verbose, annoying, and completely unbelievable. 1140
Carl Rodriguez @carlrodriguez.bsky.social · 30/08/2026Various pictures of the Roman launch. Definitely one of the coolest moments I’ve gotten to see in my career. 093
Carl Rodriguez @carlrodriguez.bsky.social · 25/08/2026Every class taught brings exciting new challenges, such as “what is our accommodation center calling itself this semester?” 0110
Carl Rodriguez @carlrodriguez.bsky.social · 24/08/2026It would be like hiring a postdoc to work on GR who will only work on the ether, but also used their “work” to harass my colleagues. People would 100% blame me as the PI and I’d 100% fire their ass at the first opportunity. 261
Carl Rodriguez @carlrodriguez.bsky.social · 08/08/2026Logging into Canvas for the first time this semester 080
Carl Rodriguez @carlrodriguez.bsky.social · 06/08/2026I feel like, unlike some of my colleagues, I'm not nearly as pessimistic about LLMs (I wish people would stop calling them AI). I think they are going to fundamentally change how we do certain things in astrophysics, especially those related to coding and certain mathematical calculations. 260
Carl Rodriguez @carlrodriguez.bsky.social · 06/08/2026I feel like there's a pretty straight-forward project in just downloading a bunch of publicly available astro/physics codes, feeding them and their publications into an LLM, and hunting for bugs and inconsistencies. 220
Carl Rodriguez @carlrodriguez.bsky.social · 26/07/20268 episode HBO limited series of the Left Hand of Darkness you cowards! 141
Carl Rodriguez @carlrodriguez.bsky.social · 19/07/2026How is this game so tense and so boring at the same time? 031
Carl Rodriguez @carlrodriguez.bsky.social · 19/07/2026Just add it to the list of FIFA crimes I guess 020
Carl Rodriguez @carlrodriguez.bsky.social · 19/07/2026This is disappointing: super bowl halftime shows can honestly be great (Kendrick, Bad Bunny) but this one just doesn't have the juice. Don't know why! 321
Carl Rodriguez @carlrodriguez.bsky.social · 19/07/2026Since its his last world cup I'm just gonna say Messi has always looked like a butch David Tennant 010
Carl Rodriguez @carlrodriguez.bsky.social · 15/07/2026The telemundo broadcast keeps panning over to a very disappointed Mic Jagger 020
Carl Rodriguez @carlrodriguez.bsky.social · 10/07/2026Our KITP program on stellar and galactic dynamics probes of dark matter is now live: www.kitp.ucsb.edu/activities/d...kitp.ucsb.edu| KITP 030
Reposted by Carl RodriguezBen Collins @bencollins.bsky.social · 07/07/2026That the U.S. appears to have completely visibly given up after a catastrophic own goal fuck up is a little on the nose. 1948876849
Reposted by Carl Rodriguezbrent 🌹🗽 @therealbrent.bsky.social · 07/07/2026We definitely deserve this as a country 1143
Carl Rodriguez @carlrodriguez.bsky.social · 29/06/2026So fam, do we think it's worth putting together an NSF CAREER this year or nah? 230
Carl Rodriguez @carlrodriguez.bsky.social · 29/06/2026Always wondered how anyone from my alma matter would stand up to basic oppo research. 270
Carl Rodriguez @carlrodriguez.bsky.social · 22/06/2026This definitely jives well with my own observation (though I’m a bit skeptical of the whole pop psych “we can measure narcissism in your signature” bit). It’s been interesting to try and find a balance between this for my own group. www.nytimes.com/2026/06/22/o...nytimes.comOpinion | The Secret Reason Bosses Want Everyone Back in the Office, Every Day of the Week 000
Carl Rodriguez @carlrodriguez.bsky.social · 15/06/2026Unfortunate side effect of Overleaf is that your advisor can now watch in real time as you implement corrections on a paper... 270
Carl Rodriguez @carlrodriguez.bsky.social · 15/06/2026I dont care if no one likes this it's 100% true 040
Reposted by Carl RodriguezJP @jpbrammer.bsky.social · 09/06/2026the phrase "lipstick on a pig" has always inspired a deep sadness in me. I think of the pig, looking forward to her big night out, and I bring myself to the verge of tears. 9795091397
Carl Rodriguez @carlrodriguez.bsky.social · 09/06/2026I worked in an Indian restaurant in high school that only had a single CD (soundtrack to some Bollywood movie) it just played on repeat. For three months. 20 years ago but if i ever hear it again I expect to go full Winter Soldier (if he was, you know, a waiter). 040
Reposted by Carl Rodriguezarr @arr.bsky.social · 05/06/2026english isn't for cowards. if you're not saying 'torpify,' that's a skill issue. there's no Académie Française telling you what to do. if you try to type 'pallific' and freak out when you see a little red underline, maybe you're not ready to roll with the big dogs. 437153884211
Reposted by Carl RodriguezThe StarXiv ✨ podcast @starxiv.bsky.social · 25/05/2026Michelle discusses the detection of Phoebe, a possible primordial black hole (PBH) in the Milky Way halo. Using DECam and microlensing, this object was found and the paper describes how they come to the conclusion that it is a likely PBH. Tune in to discover more! arxiv.org/abs/2605.19375 🔭 ☄️ 1307
Carl Rodriguez @carlrodriguez.bsky.social · 11/05/2026The next US president could instantly rebuild 50-60% of our credibility in Europe and Latin America if they just have Delta Force snatch Gianni Infantino Maduro-style. 020
Reposted by Carl RodriguezJulianne Dalcanton @dalcantonjd.bsky.social · 01/04/2026Please spread the word! In addition to becoming an important part of the MESA project, the person in this role would have opportunities to collaborate on scientific software across CCA, which has a vibrant, interactive community of scientists and code developers. 11420