Dr Alfredo Carpineti
@drcarpineti
Astrophysicist, science writer for @iflscience.com, geek, immigrant, and also The Astroholic. Chair of @prideinstem.bsky.social | 📖 Invisible Rainbows out May 21 | He/him | opinions are my own
Can’t go anywhere without meeting fans 🤣🤣🤣 @kjcbyrne.bsky.social @funsizesuze.bsky.social @raidercast.bsky.social
Before the last one, @raidercast.bsky.social accidentally cut his finger open touching an altar dedicated to Xiuhtecuhtli, the Aztec god of fire and heat. During we had intermittent clouds (👀👇🏻) until 10 minutes before and then they parted. Let’s hope the blood sacrifice has still got juice 🤞🏻
The things I do for science (can’t feel my feet but no broken bones) 👢🌈
An incredible book, a fascinating and so very important history of Switchboard and of countless queer people in Britain
Two tired boys at the end of a forest hike, getting some exercise before the day gets too hot
If Lee pace plays Whitman - I suggest Michael Strassner as Bram Stoker writing his slutty little fan mail
Ok, I can't find the very influential (for me) illustration of naked Odysseus firing the arrow through the axes (it was a double spread), but here's the sirens so you get an idea...
Odysseus shows his physical prowess by stringing the bow after 20 years.
Odysseus finishes telling of his adventures to the Phaeacian court
Day 2 of #NAM26 🔭 Come find me to tell me about your cool research, unexpected discovery, and what space object you’d send a probe to right now if money and physics were no issue!
Really excited to be going to the National Astronomy Meeting #NAM26 to write about the coolest new astronomy discoveries! 🔭 It ought to be an epic experience cause I’m currently doing a Katabasis by going through London Euston
Happy Monday! Someone feels that we should always have a three day weekend so that we can have time for R&R as well as catching up with friends and doing life admins. Little Llywelyn agrees especially after his walk
🥲 Invisible Rainbows got a ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ review in Sky At Night Magazine!!
Chris, after 2x glasses of wine says “I really like my cute penguin T-shirt” The zoologist was triggered 🦩 @raidercast.bsky.social @joshlukedavis.com