Profile avatar
lukabostick.bsky.social
17 posts 18 followers 21 following
Regular Contributor
Conversation Starter
Posts 19 Comments 10

Did you know Scientific American publishes original poetry every month? Each poem is previously unpublished and hand selected by the amazing Dava Sobel. This year we had poems about math, DNA, rocket launches, owls, fractals, plate tectonics and more. Here are a few of my favorites (a thread)

submitted 89 days ago • 15 comments

I’m gonna get my degree. I’m gonna get my degree. I’m gonna get my degree. I’m gonna get my degree. I’m gonna get my degree. I’m gonna get my degree.

submitted 100 days ago • 66 comments

Makes me sad re-reading this amazing letter from ex-Watergate Special Prosecutor Archibald Cox sent to high school seniors in 1994 after they asked him “What should Americans learn from Watergate?” 20 years later in ‘94. His answer is remarkable—unfortunately things didn’t work out so well in 2024.

submitted 107 days ago • 456 comments

"If quantum researchers are serious about bringing these technologies to the real world, they should be prepared to keep fighting for them." Katherine Skipper reports on the UK National Quantum Technologies Showcase. physicsworld.com/a/quantum-sh...

submitted 116 days ago • 0 comments

‘The Onion’ Officially Endorses Joe Biden For President

submitted 137 days ago • 58 comments

You don’t need a traumatic or tragic story to deserve abortion care.

submitted 153 days ago • 67 comments

submitted 153 days ago • 26 comments

I like that Applebees has name brand salt and pepper. I’ll update on the foodstuff later

submitted 156 days ago • 1 comment

submitted 157 days ago • 8 comments

I’m thinking about making a pdf project in Java.

submitted 158 days ago • 1 comment

Working on describing the interaction between indigo and fabrics is super fun so far

submitted 158 days ago • 0 comments

Bluesky is neat

submitted 158 days ago • 0 comments

This paper may be very important: www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1... tl;dr: if you repeatedly give an animal a stimulus sequence XXXY, then throw in the occasional XXXX, there are large responses to the Y in XXXY, but not to the final X in XXXX, even though that's statistically "unexpected". 🧠📈 🧪

submitted 158 days ago • 5 comments

So odd

submitted 158 days ago • 0 comments

Simulated reconstruction of October #Arctic sea ice thickness since 1901. Interannual variability and an obvious decrease in recent years. Information about this data set is available at doi.org/10.1175/JCLI.... Note that it is only updated through 2010 due to ERA-20C forcing.

submitted 159 days ago • 1 comment

Let’s goooo!

submitted 159 days ago • 0 comments

What she says: I'm fine What she means: In a month I'll find out whether or not my country elects leaders who have openly platformed on the promise of eliminating transgender people like me from society by criminalizing my existence and outlawing my lifesaving medical care

submitted 159 days ago • 0 comments

New data on PhD student mental health: "By the 5th year of studies, the likelihood that PhD candidates needed mental-health medications had increased by 40%, compared with the year before study" This is why, when giving advice to students, I always mention self care www.nature.com/articles/d41...

submitted 160 days ago • 49 comments

Hello world

submitted 160 days ago • 1 comment