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Physics (assistant) professor at Tennessee Tech. Origami, magnets, neutrons. Davidson, NCSU (TUNL), PSL (ÉNS), IU (CEEM), Trinity College, Boğaziçi Üniversitesi… I collect higher ed ID cards like Pokémon (my IU one is a shiny) he/him 🌻
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These new mail trucks were designed with consideration of others in mind. Their looking silly follows the shocking regulatory failure that has allowed modern trucks and SUVs

submitted 8 days ago • 0 comments

This may be the most misattributed comment in English. Over on FB, it's constantly being credited to Charles Bukowski. Astonishing how few people recognize that both Sagan & Bukowski were paraphrasing one of the most famous lines from one of the most famous poems of the 20thc, published in 1920:

submitted 10 days ago • 5 comments

I *highly* recommend this labeler. It will out people for following Yglesias, Singal, Wu, and now also Vance. It’s a great way to know who you’re engaging with. bsky.app/profile/for....

submitted 11 days ago • 3 comments

The morning after the election, I had a panicked thought: “My threat model is wrong.” I’d been giving privacy advice for years, but my counsel would not protect against an authoritarian president seeking revenge against political enemies. Tyranny was going to require a new threat model.

submitted 79 days ago • 32 comments

I find “people don’t actually know how things work” has a lot of explanatory power. I don’t mean this in a holier-than-thou way. I’m only vaguely aware of how my microwave or the car radio work. A lot of modern life is assuming the functioning of complex tech and models.

submitted 83 days ago • 59 comments

Photo Umit Bektas. www.nytimes.com/2025/03/24/w...

submitted 97 days ago • 10 comments