🤝
Make a deal with Warrick Ball
🔒 Paid proposals held safely in escrow — released only when the work's approved.
Followers
296
Account age
3 yrs
💰 Suggested sponsorship rate
$40 – $65 / sponsored post
Estimated from audience size & typical reach — every deal is negotiable and held in SocialDB escrow.
🧰 Free analysis for Warrick Ball
📊 Post engagement
12
Avg engagement / post
4.1%
Engagement vs followers
Nov 2022
On Mastodon since
🔥 Top post: Sometimes I find or am reminded of the kind of website that re-i · 58 likes + reposts
📊 Activity & format
Posting cadence
0.53 / week
A lower-frequency account — each post lands with more weight.
Content mix
Mostly text
Recent: 11 text · 1 image · 0 video.
Follower / following
0.6×
Follows 532 back. A more reciprocal / networked account.
Recent posts
View on Mastodon ↗
I always forget how often it bears repeating but "publicly available" is _not_ the same as "open source". Just putting your code on a publicly accessible forge does not mean people are free to use it, redistribute it, modify it and redistr…
This article in Science caught my attention because it first appeared in my RSS feed in Chinese, which I'd never seen (or at least noticed) before. The URL should serve as a warning of the tragic content.
I found it eye-opening, both to ho…
It looks like the date of Gaia Data Release 4 is currently 2 Dec 2026. I'm personally looking forward to a huge amount of interesting finds in the data. 🤩
I was never an observer but I'm curious about the RVS time-series, which I presume …
an email client that understands markdown, please
You may have forgotten about #TESStuesday! But rest assured... so did I actually. Anyway, Panetier et al. yesterday presented power spectra of some very bright (G<6ish) stars which are solar-like oscillators, from TESS data:
https://arxiv.…
@gvwilson's blog, The Third Bit, is continuing the "Sex & Drugs & Guns & Code" series and still 100% on fire. A recent favourite is "Taming Tobacco":
https://third-bit.com/2026/05/08/taming-tobacco/
I didn't realise that the tobacco indust…
Hiranya Peiris' comment in Nature #Astronomy is worth a read. Titled "Large language models are not the problem", the argument is broadly that LLMs are only accelerating trends that astronomers had already established well before LLMs. I c…
@gvwilson's blog is absolutely on fire lately 🔥. My favourite so far is "Big Tech is Like the Beauty Industry", which draws parallels to criticize both.
https://third-bit.com/2026/04/25/big-tech-as-beauty/
Genuinely looking forward to this star-studded World War II drama about... a (truly critical) weather forecast.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_gQwG9Xi13g
Dylan Ayrey and Mike Nolan's talk from #fosdem26 is a thought-provoking dive into the history of copyright and asks heavy questions about open source in the age of generative AI.
"Let's end open source together with this one simple trick"
…
Got gleefully sidetracked over lunch today by the Heliospectrotron 5000, an interactive dashboard of a standard solar spectrum (aka "atlas") that just appeared in @OJ_Astro:
https://astro.theoj.org/article/158273-heliospectrotron-5000-an-i…
You may have forgotten about #TESStuesday! But rest assured... so did I actually. Anyway, Panetier et al. yesterday presented power spectra of some very bright (G<6ish) stars which are solar-like oscillators, from TESS data:
https://arxiv.…
@gvwilson's blog, The Third Bit, is continuing the "Sex & Drugs & Guns & Code" series and still 100% on fire. A recent favourite is "Taming Tobacco":
https://third-bit.com/2026/05/08/taming-tobacco/
I didn't realise that the tobacco indust…
Hiranya Peiris' comment in Nature #Astronomy is worth a read. Titled "Large language models are not the problem", the argument is broadly that LLMs are only accelerating trends that astronomers had already established well before LLMs. I c…
@gvwilson's blog is absolutely on fire lately 🔥. My favourite so far is "Big Tech is Like the Beauty Industry", which draws parallels to criticize both.
https://third-bit.com/2026/04/25/big-tech-as-beauty/
Genuinely looking forward to this star-studded World War II drama about... a (truly critical) weather forecast.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_gQwG9Xi13g
Dylan Ayrey and Mike Nolan's talk from #fosdem26 is a thought-provoking dive into the history of copyright and asks heavy questions about open source in the age of generative AI.
"Let's end open source together with this one simple trick"
…
Got gleefully sidetracked over lunch today by the Heliospectrotron 5000, an interactive dashboard of a standard solar spectrum (aka "atlas") that just appeared in @OJ_Astro:
https://astro.theoj.org/article/158273-heliospectrotron-5000-an-i…
🐘 Community & instance
Home server
mas.to
A large general-interest Mastodon server. On the fediverse the server a creator picks hints at their community — this one spans all topics.
✅ Link-verified
Verified link
Proved ownership of a website linked on their profile — Mastodon's green-check verification, a real identity signal rather than a paid badge.
On Mastodon since
Nov 2022
Joined in the Twitter-exodus wave of late 2022 — part of the migration that made Mastodon a real destination.
💡 Facts
🗓️Joined Mastodon in 2022 — 3 years ago.
👁️Averages 12 views per post.
📤Posts about 0.5× per week.
🕵️ Fake follower check
Estimated89/100
Excellent
Credibility score
99%
Real
Real audience
Low
Fake-follower risk
High
Data confidence
- Est. 99% real, active audience · Low fake-follower risk.
- Strong engagement (~4.1% of followers engage each post) — an active, real audience.
- Verified account.
- Established account (3+ years old).
Heuristic estimate from engagement, follower ratios, account age & growth — a screening signal, not a guarantee.
About
asteroseismologist turned research software engineer
@joss associate EiC (astronomy, astrophysics & space science)
@thecarpentries instructor
boosts & toots about #Academia, #Astrophysics, #OpenSource, #OpenScience, #Python, #Fortran, #RSE, #RSEng
🔀 Audience overlap
EstimatedEstimated shared audience with similar creators — useful for avoiding overlap (or doubling down) when planning a campaign.
DefectiveWings ✈️:verified:
16%
jbhughes
15%
Kayla Anderson
13%
Headroom_Berlin
12%
catherinerhyde
11%
Mücella Teyze
10%
More like this
Find more →
Mastodon
catherinerhyde
@catherinerhyde@newsmast.social
295
Followers
Mastodon
DefectiveWings ✈️:verified: ✓
@defectivewings@infosec.exchange
296
Followers
Mastodon
Kayla Anderson
@imbaela@spore.social
296
Followers
Mastodon
jbhughes
@jbhughes@flipboard.social
296
Followers
Mastodon
Headroom_Berlin
@headroom_berlin@mastoart.social
296
Followers
Mastodon
Mücella Teyze
@mucallateyze@mastodon.com.tr
296
Followers
✉ Message Warrick Ball
Reaching out to influencers is a Pro feature. Upgrade to message any influencer directly — perfect for brands and agencies booking sponsorships.
- ✓ Message any influencer from their listing
- ✓ The influencer gets notified by email
- ✓ Manage every conversation in one inbox
Already Pro? Log in.
🎤 Event / appearance with Warrick Ball
Booking an event / appearance is a Pro feature. Upgrade to book Warrick Ball for an in-person or virtual appearance — payment held safely in escrow until the event is done.
- ✓ Book them for events, livestreams, panels & more
- ✓ Warrick Ball gets notified by email
- ✓ Fee held in escrow, released after the appearance
Already Pro? Log in.
🚀
You're out of free requests this month
Free accounts get 5 per month. Go Pro for unlimited sponsor pitches, collab requests & sponsorship deals — plus featured placement, the Verified badge, free withdrawals and more.
Upgrade to Pro — $9.95/mo →Your free limit resets on the 1st of next month.