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Niall Gaffney

@niall2.bsky.social
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Astronomer by training. Data ninja at TACC by day. 90s Austin Slacker by night.

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Mike Lacher @mikelacher.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
i rebooted minesweeper as a AAA shooter. loot boxes coming soon minesweeper.mikelacher.com
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Niall Gaffney @niall2.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
I live in the house where Ben Affleck had a shot gun pulled on his ass while he chasing down junior high school kids in Dazed and Confused.
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Niall Gaffney @niall2.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Churu is always appreciated. More Churu for this good boy
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Sahil Kapur @sahilkapur.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
A phenomenal moment in the Senate. Eric Schmitt, R-Mo., claims he has evidence Jack Smith went to a HAWKS game in Atlanta. Smith denies it. Schmitt declares he has busted Jack Smith for perjury. Smith, vexed, says he went to HAWKEYES game in Maryland. WATCH IN FULL, UNINTERRUPTED
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KXAN News @kxan.com · 28/09/2026
REMINDER ‼️ Texans have one week left to register to vote for the November election. Visit this state website to start a new voter registration application or check your voter status: www.votetexas.gov 
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Airplane! (1980) @airplane1980.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Tell your old man to drag Walton and Lanier up and down the court for 48 minutes.
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Houston Chronicle @houstonchronicle.com · 20/09/2026
An ICE agent shot and wounded a person Sunday in North Austin, according to three state and local officials.
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ICE agent shoots and wounds person in North Austin, officials say
An ICE agent shot and wounded a person Sunday in North Austin, according to three state and local officials.
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Niall Gaffney @niall2.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Did it also count the arm curls needed to get a refill towards filling your rings?
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gg @ggold328.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
somebody's gotta tell him
jack poso saying defend bofrench like the alamo
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Carolina A. Miranda @cmonstah.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
As a former band geek, hell yes.
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🦋MOM🦋 @momcjl.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
Here’s a handy reference.
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Niall Gaffney @niall2.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
Most of us in Texas hoping Edouard does its thing.... www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gs06...
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Earth, Wind & Fire - September (Official HD Video)
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Niall Gaffney @niall2.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
He fixes the cable?
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Niall Gaffney @niall2.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
August in Austin Texas. 75 degrees out before sunset. Something is clearly just wrong, but I’ll take it.
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Niall Gaffney @niall2.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
Gods speed Dolly. music.youtube.com/watch?v=wWEQ...
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Dolly Parton Linda Ronstadt Emmylou Harris - The Sweetest Gift
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Stardust 🌏🎬 @stardustbluepr.com · 25/08/2026
RIP Dolly, you were magical.🙏 Dolly Parton performs "Jolene" with Pink, Annie Lennox, Pat Benatar, Brandi Carlile, Sheryl Crow, Rob Halford, Simon Le Bon and Dave Stewart at The 37th Rock & Roll of Fame Induction Ceremony (November 5th, 2022 at Microsoft Theater in Los Angeles).
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Dolly Parton - Jolene (Live at Rock & Roll Hall of Fame 2022)
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Niall Gaffney @niall2.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
Tomato Clamato.
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Niall Gaffney @niall2.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
I mean it is Utah and they could go broke on the number of spouses.
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Niall Gaffney @niall2.bsky.social · 23/08/2026
L I V I N.
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Niall Gaffney @niall2.bsky.social · 24/07/2026
I blame my ability to injure myself while sleeping.
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Niall Gaffney @niall2.bsky.social · 16/07/2026
Sure blame the lettuce…
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Niall Gaffney @niall2.bsky.social · 16/07/2026
Raymond Omega the Third? More one from the House of Lords for me (taking the liberty of rewriting Omega-3 for the full effect).
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Niall Gaffney @niall2.bsky.social · 20/05/2026
The original prefab four.
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Niall Gaffney @niall2.bsky.social · 22/04/2026
Why don't we have both...
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Niall Gaffney @niall2.bsky.social · 03/04/2026
When will it not be A DAY again. Asking for a friend.
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Niall Gaffney @niall2.bsky.social · 14/01/2026
It might want to pump its own gas.
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Blue Heron Farm @blueheronfarm.bsky.social · 15/12/2025
Mondays, ammirite?
Large tortoise who has slid off of his warming mat, upside down into his burrow
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Niall Gaffney @niall2.bsky.social · 24/10/2025
We didn't start the fire....
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Pratik @pcmhatre.bsky.social · 25/09/2025
A new benchmark developed by researchers at the NSF-Simons AI Institute for Cosmic Origins is testing how well LLMs implement scientific workflows in astronomy and visualize results. Accepted as part of the NeurIPS Datasets and Benchmarks Track 2025 🔭 🤖 www.cosmicai.org/news/introdu...
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Introducing AstroVisBench: A Code Benchmark for Scientific Computing and Visualization in Astronomy — NSF-Simons CosmicAI Institute
A new benchmark developed by researchers at the NSF-Simons AI Institute for Cosmic Origins is testing how well LLMs implement scientific workflows in astronomy and visualize results. The paper was ac...
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NSF-Simons AI Institute for Cosmic Origins (CosmicAI) @nsfsimonscosmicai.bsky.social · 06/08/2025
Vote to bring our panel “Revolutionizing Astronomy + AI with Next Generation Big Data” to SXSW! Register for a SXSW account & vote by clicking the heart ❤️ - open now til Aug 24! participate.sxsw.com/flow/sxsw/sx... @stephajuneau.bsky.social @niall2.bsky.social
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Murshed Zaheed @murshedz.bsky.social · 08/07/2025
I hate to go there but we need to keep going there. Imagine if Biden mentioned in a press availability that he had no idea who from his admin had ordered pause of missions and ammo to Ukraine. Alex Thompson would be popping out 4 posts (stories) a day and Tapper/CNN would swarm on it for days.
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Niall Gaffney @niall2.bsky.social · 18/06/2025
I still have my Manny Machado Orioles bobble head. A king of heel.
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Ben Edwards @bostonhistory.bsky.social · 09/06/2025
A view of the Boston Massacre marker as seen from a window of the Old State House. #Boston #FreedomTrail
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Peter WRAITH Allison @peterallison.net · 09/06/2025
I remember Battlestar Galactica articulated the logic best...
Adama, Battlestar Galactica.
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Evil MoPac @evilmopacatx.bsky.social · 09/06/2025
🍕Evil Austin Pizza Reviews #2: Little Deli🍕 A lot of y'all love this place, so check out how I think it stacks up in 2025 open.substack.com/pub/evilmopa...
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Evil Austin Pizza Reviews #2: Little Deli
How does this local fan favorite stack up in 2025?
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Niall Gaffney @niall2.bsky.social · 07/06/2025
Thank you @stephenking.bsky.social, @mikeflanaganfilm.com, and @markhamillofficial.bsky.social for two of the best hours of reflecting on living. The Life of Chuck is an absolute masterpiece of the joys and pains of humanity, science, art, and love.
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Sky & Telescope @skyandtelescope.bsky.social · 04/06/2025
The U.S. Mint has issued a quarter-dollar coin celebrating the life and work of the codiscoverer of dark matter in galaxies, Vera Rubin. buff.ly/Iyog7o9 . . #astronomy #quarter #verarubin #womeninscience #darkmatter #collectable
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New U.S. Coin Honors Astronomer Vera Rubin
The U.S. Mint has issued a quarter-dollar coin celebrating the life and work of the co-discoverer of dark matter in galaxies.
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Jared Yates Sexton @jysexton.bsky.social · 03/06/2025
It really feels like we don’t talk enough about how much COVID has fucked up our politics, our culture, and all of us personally. It’s not surprising considering how absolutely averse this country is to confronting trauma, but sometimes it still needs to be said.
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VisualizeAstronomy @vizastro.bsky.social · 07/05/2025
At the @nsfsimonscosmicai.bsky.social conference with @thenrao.bsky.social, talking about #ai and #astronomy. #science #artificialintelligence #astrophysics #space #machinelearning @utaustin.bsky.social #neuralnetworks
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Niall Gaffney @niall2.bsky.social · 07/05/2025
Mood youtu.be/RBY7aO5fG8A?...
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Sarah Jarosz - Kathy's Song (November 10, 2013)
YouTube video by Marco Regali
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Niall Gaffney @niall2.bsky.social · 15/04/2025
I had to travel all the way to Kanagawa, Japan, to find it, but at long last...
A plastic bottle labeled Professional Sanity
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Niall Gaffney @niall2.bsky.social · 22/03/2025
Spring has sprung this weekend in Austin.
Primrose and bluebonnets in a grassland garden.
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Niall Gaffney @niall2.bsky.social · 21/03/2025
My jello is clearly being watched…also boiling jello is my bare naked ladies cover band name.
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Niall Gaffney @niall2.bsky.social · 13/02/2025
Happy birthday Suzanne. We all miss you gunmemorial.org/2024/06/19/suzanne-…
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Molly Knight @mollyknight.bsky.social · 23/01/2025
I think it’s really important we identify the companies that are doing the right thing and reward them with our business.
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Stephen Nuñez @socio-steve.bsky.social · 23/01/2025
Tip from @snowjob.bsky.social If you have a whitehouse.gov link you want to access and it is down, try replacing "www.whitehouse.gov" with "bidenwhitehouse.archives.gov" The national archives is still doing its job for now.
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Niall Gaffney @niall2.bsky.social · 14/01/2025
Data Science Engineering problem #324. So far this year, I'm building the 32nd version of Python and PyTorch. There is a reason AI will not take over the world: package incompatibilities resulted in the digital crusades based on a schism between AI's over the holiest version of Pytorch and CUDA.
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