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Jake Postiglione

@jakepost.tech
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PhD student in Astrophysics at @thegraduatecenter.bsky.social 🔭‬, guest researcher at ‪‪@amnh.org 🦖‬‬, and @flatironinstitute.org‬ 🌌, gw and multi-messenger enthusiast 📡, hoarder of D&D dice 🐉, only codes in dark mode 🌑. he/him 🏳️‍🌈 🔗 jakepost.tech

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Jake Postiglione @jakepost.tech · 23/05/2026
Testing out the fit of this frame, incase you were worried that I was in a pasta-driven existential crisis 😅
Reprint of a vintage poster detailing hundreds of different pasta shapes.
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Jake Postiglione @jakepost.tech · 07/04/2026
Love Love LOVE that they have a moon model in the Artemis science evaluation room! 🤩 #Artemis II
Inside the NASA science evaluation room at Johnson Space Center in Houston showing the Artemis mission logo on a large screen with other mission images and details, and a physical model of the moon on a desk below the screen.
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Jake Postiglione @jakepost.tech · 04/04/2026
Waking up to the #Artemis II live stream and delighted to find one of the solar arrays was turned around towards the Moon.
External camera for Artemis II showing the Orion space craft on the left, with the NASA worm logo covered by the shadow of one of the solar arrays. The Moon is visible on the right side of the image as a small gray circle. A graphic overlay in the top left shows "Mission Time 2 days, 12 hours, 55 minutes"
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Jake Postiglione @jakepost.tech · 02/04/2026
Left the #Artemis II live stream up on my computer last night. Waking up to this view is nothing short of magical.
Screen capture from the Orion spacecraft during the Artemis 2 mission showing the spacecraft's engines on the left and a crescent Earth on the right.
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Jake Postiglione @jakepost.tech · 31/10/2025
Simply the best early voting sticker around! #nycvotes #earlyvoting #nycmayor
NYC Early voting sticker reading “Halloween Voter 2025” with a pigeon wearing a witch hat, holding a pumpkin candy basket in it’s mouth.
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Jake Postiglione @jakepost.tech · 18/10/2025
No thanks 🙂
Screenshot of the whitehouse bluesky account showing it has been blocked.
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Jake Postiglione @jakepost.tech · 12/10/2025
Always a fun time at Comic Con!
Showing the entrance to the Comic Con show floor in the javits center crystal palace.
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Jake Postiglione @jakepost.tech · 22/09/2025
Take away the only thing they care about.
A screenshot of the cancellation screen on Disney Plus. It reads:

"Ok, your subscription has been cancelled. We've sent a confirmation to your email on file. You may continue to watch Disney+ until October 13, 2025."
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Jake Postiglione @jakepost.tech · 16/08/2025
Do you think he wanted Greenland because it *looks* big on a map?
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Jake Postiglione @jakepost.tech · 14/06/2025
NYC showing up to do what we do best — shouting at people in the streets! #nokings #nokingsday
Group of protesters marching down 5th avenue backed by the empire state buildingA person in a blue rain coat amongst a crowed of protesters holding up a sign reading “Trans people make the world richer & better” “This cister loves you”A man in a black rain coat holding a poster reading “Vets say: …. No *@#$!! Kings!”
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Jake Postiglione @jakepost.tech · 17/02/2025
Now that I fixed a long-time bug on my website, I think it's safe to say that I have one of the best 404 pages on the internet 😏 (also, I finally got around to filling out my HTML CV, but that's not as exciting) jakepost.tech/404
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Jake Postiglione @jakepost.tech · 13/02/2025
If you use Apple Maps, select Gulf of America and click “report an issue” pick “Name is wrong” and type in “Gulf of Mexico” I have no clue if they outsource their map editing, but we can at least give them all headaches and a long list of reports.
Issue report screen in Apple Maps
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Jake Postiglione @jakepost.tech · 24/01/2025
He made a little spot for himself 🥹
A black cat laying in a large divot in a brown pillow
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Jake Postiglione @jakepost.tech · 15/01/2025
Had a lot of fun presenting my iPoster today at #AAS245 🔭
Jake Postiglione standing center-left of the photo, explaining his iPoster to a conference attendee standing left of the photo. They both are looking at a tv screen on the right side of the photo displaying the poster graphics.
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Jake Postiglione @jakepost.tech · 01/12/2024
Being "The Gravitational Wave of Bluesky" is definitely going to put a "characteristic strain" on me 😆
A screen capture of https://blueskyroast.com/roast/jakepost.tech reading: "Jake Postiglione: The Gravitational Wave of Bluesky, Astro nerd by day, D&D dice harder by night, with a side of social commentary. A cosmic blend of humor, intellect, and a sprinkle of cat chaos. 95% Authenticity, 88% Thought Leader. Key Topics: 90% Astrophysics, 80% Dungeons & Dragons"Red Flags: Might talk too much about gravitational waves at dinner, Obsession with cat memes can be concerning, Will only code in dark mode (It's serious)

Green Flags: Passionate about education and community involvement, Can quote almost every line from a musical, Excels at making space-themed puns
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Jake Postiglione @jakepost.tech · 20/11/2024
I made one for gravitational wave sources (and not just so I could call galactic white dwarf binaries evil for be noisy neighbors 🤭) 🔭🧪
A D&D alignment chat for gravitational wave sources:

Lawful good - Galactic white dwarf mergers
Neutral good - SMBH binaries
Chaotic good - Stellar collapse
Lawful neutral - Bumpy pulsars
True neutral - Compact binaries
Chaotic neutral - Extreme mass ratio inspirals
Lawful evil - SMBH mergers
Neutral evil - Galactic white dwarf binaries
Chaotic evil - primordial gravitational waves
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Jake Postiglione @jakepost.tech · 20/11/2024
It really feels like people just voted for the class clowns. Maybe they're doing their job, cause I'm still laughing...
Elon Musk, Donald Trump, Donald Trump Jr., RFK Jr, and Speaker Johnson eating McDonalds on a private plane.
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Jake Postiglione @jakepost.tech · 20/11/2024
Please tell me why my cat listened to his intrusive thoughts, let the spirit move him, and gave the back of my knee a single lick!? I retracted my leg so fast while he just blinked at me purring. Hes now menacingly perched behind the speaker on my desk.
A black cat sitting on a desk and looking into camera
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Jake Postiglione @jakepost.tech · 17/11/2024
I spent the weekend creating a basic map for the world of my homebrew setting that I've been 'brewing' for a few years now. A couple of prospective players might see this, so heres a zoomed in snippet 😉 Some discussion about the setting / homebrewing in replies 🧵 1/6 #dnd #worldbuilding #homebrew
Zoomed in drawing of a map made in Campaign Cartographer 3 showing a couple of green land masses surrounded by water.
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Jake Postiglione @jakepost.tech · 17/11/2024
I grew up on these streets
A screenshot from the game Half-Life 2. Pictured is the first courtyard after the player leaves the train station they start the game in. The center monument has a screen attached to it with a political figure speaking and a towering alien skyscraper can be seen in the distance.
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Jake Postiglione @jakepost.tech · 16/11/2024
I wonder what people think when they see my cat watching them from the front window 🤔
A black cat standing with the side of its body to a window and a curtain hanging behind it, looking to the right of the camera
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Jake Postiglione @jakepost.tech · 03/11/2024
My cat is upset at the Sun, so he won’t be able to see the other cats, but I will!
A black cat curled up on a bed with his left paw covering his eyes why he sleeps
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Jake Postiglione @jakepost.tech · 29/10/2024
Idk why the most liminal spaces are always chosen as early voting sites in my neighborhood, but my ballot has been cast! Here is a pic of my sticker and my cat being confused about why I was taking a photo.
In the foreground, a circular VOTE NYC sticker reading “I voted early 2024”

In the background, a black cat staring curiously into the camera is sitting on the floor.
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Jake Postiglione @jakepost.tech · 20/10/2024
Looks like getting up early on a Sunday was not a popular choice in my house today!
A Rottweiler pitbull mix in a small Shih Tzu sleeping comfortably in a large gray dog bed.
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Jake Postiglione @jakepost.tech · 06/09/2023
How about notebook and water bottle stickers?
A spiral notebook with various stickers on both covers.A black water bottle with two stickers on it.
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Jake Postiglione @jakepost.tech · 06/09/2023
My new monitor stand opened up a spot for a typing buddy 🥹
A black cat sitting on a desk under a computer monitor.
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Jake Postiglione @jakepost.tech · 06/07/2023
Scrolling through my photos to find a good first post photo when I stumbled upon some locally sourced toe beans
Close of photo of cat paw
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