Maria Varmazis 

@varmazis@mstdn.social
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Podcaster, journalist & comms pro. Host of #TMinusSpaceDaily podcast and co-host on #HackingHumans.

I also draw comics and paint a lot. Road cycling is my sport of choice. Sometimes I talk about my rides or training on Zwift.

I'm a nerd of many kinds, especially for Star Trek. #NASAsocial alum for the first Webb images.

1st gen American of Greek parents. Mom to an amazing daughter.

It's pronounced "var-MAH-ziss."

she/her
📍Massachusetts, USA

about mehttps://mvarmazis.com
art portfoliohttps://varmazis.art
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#TMinusSpaceDailyhttps://space.n2k.com
Show threadMaria Varmazis Jun 6
@discontinuity IT DOES. I am so happy :D
Show threadMaria Varmazis Jun 6
@corvus not yet - between buying the new house, adding panels & replacing the old HVAC with new heat pumps we are brooooke at the moment. Hoping in the next few years to add those on, but I don't know what battery system we'd use
Show threadMaria Varmazis Jun 5
For MA-locals, our installer was New England Clean Energy and I highly recommend them.
Show threadMaria Varmazis Jun 5
In our prior house we leased panels, which was okay until it wasn't. In this new house, we bought our own outright. Having any panels was better than none, but having your own is better than leased.
Maria Varmazis Jun 5
Our house's electric meter has been swapped with a new one so we can export our rooftop solar back to the grid, and that was the last step I was waiting on. Switches flipped on, rooftop solar is now fully online, I am a very happy camper.
Show threadMaria Varmazis May 9
@rdm that is stunning!
Maria Varmazis May 9
rdmMay 9

A couple of nights ago I let my #Dwarf3 stay out all night with a stellation mask, which bagged me about 8 hours worth of #Antares , #Messier4 , and other goodies, including the Antares #ReflectionNebula.

I ran it through the #DwarfLab #StellarStudio tools, and then did a bit more cleanup in #Snapseed and #GooglePhotos - about 15 minutes work.

I'm pretty darned pleased with the results.

#astronomy #astrophotography #Astrodon #SmartTelescope #Nebula #Star #GlobularStarCluster

Maria Varmazis Apr 29
Canada continues to be a beacon of hope. Well done on your election, Canada!
Maria Varmazis Apr 29
Darius KazemiApr 29

We re-launched our website at the Applied Social Media Lab, which is not very exciting except that

1) we have an announcement for Frankly, a newly open source project I helped (a little bit) with that builds some public interest infrastructure for deliberative decision-making https://asml.cyber.harvard.edu/2025/04/29/we-open-sourced-frankly-heres-what-that-means-for-collaborative-dialogue/

2) you can follow @asml.cyber.harvard.edu to get updates here on fedi via the now-working RSS feed (or just use an RSS reader)

Show threadMaria Varmazis Apr 15
But hey 4c**n got pwned so that's nice.