Tony DeSimone
@adesimone.bsky.social
Technology and National Security Studies at Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory
Opinions my own. What do I look like? A shill?
Opinions my own. What do I look like? A shill?
Once Again: The Pope Likes That Other Chicago Team, Not the Cubs
www.nytimes.com
October 28, 2025 at 4:41 PM
It's only a matter of time before speech-to-text makes all our conversation sound like this
![Comic. PERSON 1: That movie was so good. Maybe even the greatest movie of all time question mark? PERSON 2: Yeah comma, but you said that about italics *Charlie’s Angels Colon: Full Throttle* period. Paragraph break. I question your judgement period. [caption] When people say “question mark” out loud as a rhetorical device, it always makes me want to say my other punctuation and formatting too.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:cz73r7iyiqn26upot4jtjdhk/bafkreihxesft4pcq3aeu62qofxlnddonvqehkf7o2n4kwtot3a6zh6qj6y@jpeg)
September 20, 2025 at 12:31 PM
It's only a matter of time before speech-to-text makes all our conversation sound like this
Wasn't expecting to find food safety tips while browsing the American Nuclear Society web site
www.ans.org/news/article...
www.ans.org/news/article...
Cs-137 contaminated shrimp? What we know
www.ans.org
August 30, 2025 at 2:48 PM
Wasn't expecting to find food safety tips while browsing the American Nuclear Society web site
www.ans.org/news/article...
www.ans.org/news/article...
We may finally see the autonomous vehicle Turing test. Can an AV merge into the Lincoln Tunnel at rush hour?
www.reuters.com/business/aut...
www.reuters.com/business/aut...
Waymo gets first permit to test autonomous vehicles in New York City
Alphabet's robotaxi unit Waymo has received its first permit to begin testing its autonomous vehicles in New York City with a trained specialist behind the wheel, helping the company advance its self-driving ambitions.
www.reuters.com
August 30, 2025 at 2:39 PM
We may finally see the autonomous vehicle Turing test. Can an AV merge into the Lincoln Tunnel at rush hour?
www.reuters.com/business/aut...
www.reuters.com/business/aut...
Not to quibble, but we didn't need a movie to make Jim Lovell immortal
www.nytimes.com/2025/08/08/s...
www.nytimes.com/2025/08/08/s...
August 9, 2025 at 5:54 PM
Not to quibble, but we didn't need a movie to make Jim Lovell immortal
www.nytimes.com/2025/08/08/s...
www.nytimes.com/2025/08/08/s...
I love the Dutch
The goose parade Netherlands.
www.youtube.com/shorts/hWRqk...
www.youtube.com/shorts/hWRqk...
Goose parade in the Netherlands ✨🪿
YouTube video by Britclip
www.youtube.com
July 20, 2025 at 9:23 PM
I love the Dutch
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Rest in peace, Bill Moyers. As a press secretary, he was of course political, but also serious, honest, and thoughtful. Happy to have met you, even if only at a book signing
Rest in peace, Bill Moyers. As a press secretary, he was of course political, but also serious, honest, and thoughtful. Happy to have met you, even if only at a book signing
June 27, 2025 at 12:17 AM
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Rest in peace, Bill Moyers. As a press secretary, he was of course political, but also serious, honest, and thoughtful. Happy to have met you, even if only at a book signing
Rest in peace, Bill Moyers. As a press secretary, he was of course political, but also serious, honest, and thoughtful. Happy to have met you, even if only at a book signing
As a Yankees fan, I just want to say, no one can hate the organist for the Red Sox
A chorus of The Ramones' "I Wanna Be Sedated" for tonight's Pharmacy Appreciation Night pre-game ceremony at Fenway.
April 18, 2025 at 11:54 PM
As a Yankees fan, I just want to say, no one can hate the organist for the Red Sox
And why do we keep coming back? For that one time when you're in a bar in LA full of Red Sox fans watching Game 7 of the 2003 ALCS and Aaron Boone comes up to bat. www.newyorker.com/sports/sport... #yankees #baseball
The Face of the Devastated Sports Fan
There are classic moments in this subgenre of deflated fandom that you may have seen before, even if you do not love or pay much attention to sports.
www.newyorker.com
April 13, 2025 at 6:22 PM
And why do we keep coming back? For that one time when you're in a bar in LA full of Red Sox fans watching Game 7 of the 2003 ALCS and Aaron Boone comes up to bat. www.newyorker.com/sports/sport... #yankees #baseball
Anyone else out there get a little queasy thinking their former office may now be on the SVR'd Floor? #Severance
March 9, 2025 at 1:28 PM
Anyone else out there get a little queasy thinking their former office may now be on the SVR'd Floor? #Severance
Years ago we were looking for a movie to go see. I suggested the new Clint Eastwood picture.
"I don't really like Clint Eastwood. Lot of violence."
"Ok how about this one with Gene Hackman and Richard Harris?"
"Oh I love Gene Hackman!"
And that's how we saw "Unforgiven"
#ripgenehackman
"I don't really like Clint Eastwood. Lot of violence."
"Ok how about this one with Gene Hackman and Richard Harris?"
"Oh I love Gene Hackman!"
And that's how we saw "Unforgiven"
#ripgenehackman
February 27, 2025 at 6:52 PM
Years ago we were looking for a movie to go see. I suggested the new Clint Eastwood picture.
"I don't really like Clint Eastwood. Lot of violence."
"Ok how about this one with Gene Hackman and Richard Harris?"
"Oh I love Gene Hackman!"
And that's how we saw "Unforgiven"
#ripgenehackman
"I don't really like Clint Eastwood. Lot of violence."
"Ok how about this one with Gene Hackman and Richard Harris?"
"Oh I love Gene Hackman!"
And that's how we saw "Unforgiven"
#ripgenehackman
Prima cosa, è "Canadese.
Americanos are now ‘Canadianos’ in Canadian cafes protesting Trump
www.washingtonpost.com/world/2025/0...
Americanos are now ‘Canadianos’ in Canadian cafes protesting Trump
www.washingtonpost.com/world/2025/0...
Americanos are now ‘Canadianos’ in Canadian cafes protesting Trump
Some coffee shops are showing their support for Canada by changing the name of Americanos to “Canadianos.”
www.washingtonpost.com
February 26, 2025 at 7:48 PM
Prima cosa, è "Canadese.
Americanos are now ‘Canadianos’ in Canadian cafes protesting Trump
www.washingtonpost.com/world/2025/0...
Americanos are now ‘Canadianos’ in Canadian cafes protesting Trump
www.washingtonpost.com/world/2025/0...
Am I the only one to notice that the Cologard colon cancer test kit commercial that just aired during the Bills-Ravens game used the same set as the 1955 Laurence Olivier production of Richard III?
January 20, 2025 at 2:20 AM
Am I the only one to notice that the Cologard colon cancer test kit commercial that just aired during the Bills-Ravens game used the same set as the 1955 Laurence Olivier production of Richard III?
Philly fans never disappoint
Misogynistic Taunts Cost Philadelphia Eagles Fan His Job at D.E.I. Firm www.nytimes.com/2025/01/15/u...
Misogynistic Taunts Cost Philadelphia Eagles Fan His Job at D.E.I. Firm www.nytimes.com/2025/01/15/u...
Eagles Fan Loses Job at D.E.I. Firm After Misogynistic Attack on Packers Fan (Gift Article)
The fan, who was caught on video harassing a female Packers fan at Sunday’s playoff game, was also barred from future events at Lincoln Financial Field.
www.nytimes.com
January 18, 2025 at 3:23 AM
Philly fans never disappoint
Misogynistic Taunts Cost Philadelphia Eagles Fan His Job at D.E.I. Firm www.nytimes.com/2025/01/15/u...
Misogynistic Taunts Cost Philadelphia Eagles Fan His Job at D.E.I. Firm www.nytimes.com/2025/01/15/u...
Regretting that in graduate school, I foolishly wasted my time studying the phase behavior of magnetic materials
The physics of cacio&pepe pasta…
I wonder how many cacio&pepe the authors have enjoyed in making the study.
arxiv.org/abs/2501.00536
I wonder how many cacio&pepe the authors have enjoyed in making the study.
arxiv.org/abs/2501.00536
January 5, 2025 at 10:28 PM
Regretting that in graduate school, I foolishly wasted my time studying the phase behavior of magnetic materials
Our most decent president
Jimmy Carter, 39th president and Nobel Peace Prize winner, dies at 100, his son says
www.washingtonpost.com/obituaries/2...
Jimmy Carter, 39th president and Nobel Peace Prize winner, dies at 100, his son says
www.washingtonpost.com/obituaries/2...
Jimmy Carter, 39th president and Nobel Peace Prize winner, dies at 100, his son says
The tenacious Southerner was turned out of office after one term. But he had a brilliant post-presidential career as a champion of health, peace and democracy.
www.washingtonpost.com
December 29, 2024 at 9:40 PM
Our most decent president
Jimmy Carter, 39th president and Nobel Peace Prize winner, dies at 100, his son says
www.washingtonpost.com/obituaries/2...
Jimmy Carter, 39th president and Nobel Peace Prize winner, dies at 100, his son says
www.washingtonpost.com/obituaries/2...
A new and worthwhile year-end tradition
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December 7, 2024 at 5:22 PM
A new and worthwhile year-end tradition
Ok this is Jonathan Swift level brilliant. Who did this?
Uh, really excited for the re-launch of everyone's favorite e-discovery company (bewildered)
enron.com
enron.com
ENRON | Let's Talk
We're back and we have something to say
enron.com
December 2, 2024 at 3:55 PM
Ok this is Jonathan Swift level brilliant. Who did this?
Moynihan Station in NYC is a big improvement over the dungeon that is Penn Station
November 27, 2024 at 12:54 AM
Moynihan Station in NYC is a big improvement over the dungeon that is Penn Station
Had one of these in my office in grad school. I felt I was living in the future
November 19, 2024 at 12:51 PM
Had one of these in my office in grad school. I felt I was living in the future