Charles Bergquist
@cbquist.bsky.social
Director and senior producer at Science Friday, a public radio science program. Ask your doctor if SciFri might be right for you. Restrictions apply.
I am being told that they've scheduled a whole new year to start right after this one.
Rude.
Rude.
January 1, 2026 at 1:49 AM
I am being told that they've scheduled a whole new year to start right after this one.
Rude.
Rude.
Did you know!!!
If you press 'log out' at 4:59:23 on New Year's Eve and go do something fun, you can still be doing something fun or even sleeping when the clock strikes midnight.
Start your new year out right!
If you press 'log out' at 4:59:23 on New Year's Eve and go do something fun, you can still be doing something fun or even sleeping when the clock strikes midnight.
Start your new year out right!
December 31, 2025 at 10:01 PM
Did you know!!!
If you press 'log out' at 4:59:23 on New Year's Eve and go do something fun, you can still be doing something fun or even sleeping when the clock strikes midnight.
Start your new year out right!
If you press 'log out' at 4:59:23 on New Year's Eve and go do something fun, you can still be doing something fun or even sleeping when the clock strikes midnight.
Start your new year out right!
Organizations!! We are in the FINAL HOURS of 2025. This is your LAST CHANCE to send me a message asking for money. Don't let this opportunity slip away!!!
December 31, 2025 at 2:22 PM
Organizations!! We are in the FINAL HOURS of 2025. This is your LAST CHANCE to send me a message asking for money. Don't let this opportunity slip away!!!
Resolutions for the New Year:
1) feet: going to be on the ground
2) head: there to move me around
3) if confused, check with the sun
1) feet: going to be on the ground
2) head: there to move me around
3) if confused, check with the sun
December 31, 2025 at 1:21 PM
Resolutions for the New Year:
1) feet: going to be on the ground
2) head: there to move me around
3) if confused, check with the sun
1) feet: going to be on the ground
2) head: there to move me around
3) if confused, check with the sun
A very weird conversation in which it eventually becomes apparent that child is confusing George Orwell and George Foreman
December 28, 2025 at 3:25 PM
A very weird conversation in which it eventually becomes apparent that child is confusing George Orwell and George Foreman
Reposted by Charles Bergquist
<flings open window> You there, boy! What day is this?
<youth in the street, looking directly into camera> Nobody knows. 'Tis the weird In Between Times.
<youth in the street, looking directly into camera> Nobody knows. 'Tis the weird In Between Times.
December 28, 2025 at 1:27 AM
<flings open window> You there, boy! What day is this?
<youth in the street, looking directly into camera> Nobody knows. 'Tis the weird In Between Times.
<youth in the street, looking directly into camera> Nobody knows. 'Tis the weird In Between Times.
<flings open window> You there, boy! What day is this?
<youth in the street, looking directly into camera> Nobody knows. 'Tis the weird In Between Times.
<youth in the street, looking directly into camera> Nobody knows. 'Tis the weird In Between Times.
December 28, 2025 at 1:27 AM
<flings open window> You there, boy! What day is this?
<youth in the street, looking directly into camera> Nobody knows. 'Tis the weird In Between Times.
<youth in the street, looking directly into camera> Nobody knows. 'Tis the weird In Between Times.
And Tiny Tim, who did NOT dye, kept his shirt sparkling white
December 24, 2025 at 3:20 AM
And Tiny Tim, who did NOT dye, kept his shirt sparkling white
Tbt the time when I mis-read the program for the Christmas mass and thought that the very excellent cantor was named Missa Pacem
December 24, 2025 at 3:07 AM
Tbt the time when I mis-read the program for the Christmas mass and thought that the very excellent cantor was named Missa Pacem
Reposted by Charles Bergquist
"In the criminal justice system, the people are represented by two identical, yet equally important, groups: the people who are supposed to be posting the Epstein files, and the people who are threatened by the posting of the Epstein files. These are their stories."
December 21, 2025 at 10:23 PM
"In the criminal justice system, the people are represented by two identical, yet equally important, groups: the people who are supposed to be posting the Epstein files, and the people who are threatened by the posting of the Epstein files. These are their stories."
Why does Canada get both the Strategic Maple Syrup Reserve and the strategic 60 Minutes Reserve
December 23, 2025 at 2:59 AM
Why does Canada get both the Strategic Maple Syrup Reserve and the strategic 60 Minutes Reserve
At this point I expect to start seeing people post "Hey, check out this classic video of Rick Astley singing 'Never Gonna Give You Up'" and linking to a copy of 60 Minutes
December 23, 2025 at 2:36 AM
At this point I expect to start seeing people post "Hey, check out this classic video of Rick Astley singing 'Never Gonna Give You Up'" and linking to a copy of 60 Minutes
Isn't there someone* you forgot to ask???
*Stephen Miller
*Stephen Miller
December 22, 2025 at 4:38 PM
Isn't there someone* you forgot to ask???
*Stephen Miller
*Stephen Miller
Fair amount of overlap between the people who like to say <citation needed> and the people who let LLMs hallucinate citations for them
December 22, 2025 at 1:58 PM
Fair amount of overlap between the people who like to say <citation needed> and the people who let LLMs hallucinate citations for them
"In the criminal justice system, the people are represented by two identical, yet equally important, groups: the people who are supposed to be posting the Epstein files, and the people who are threatened by the posting of the Epstein files. These are their stories."
December 21, 2025 at 10:23 PM
"In the criminal justice system, the people are represented by two identical, yet equally important, groups: the people who are supposed to be posting the Epstein files, and the people who are threatened by the posting of the Epstein files. These are their stories."
This means we have an opportunity to shift to an alternate timeline if we all work together. Who's with me?
The atomic ensemble time scale at the NIST Boulder campus has failed.
December 20, 2025 at 11:19 PM
This means we have an opportunity to shift to an alternate timeline if we all work together. Who's with me?
DOJ assuming that because some administration officials lack object permanence, the rest of us do as well
December 20, 2025 at 10:15 PM
DOJ assuming that because some administration officials lack object permanence, the rest of us do as well
Ready for my Vogue photoshoot based on my great taste
December 20, 2025 at 8:39 PM
Ready for my Vogue photoshoot based on my great taste
"And Tiny Tim, who was NOT in the Epstein files..."
December 20, 2025 at 4:12 PM
"And Tiny Tim, who was NOT in the Epstein files..."
This is the way the world ends
This is the way the world ends
This is the way the world ends
Not with a bang but [redacted]
This is the way the world ends
This is the way the world ends
Not with a bang but [redacted]
December 19, 2025 at 11:59 PM
This is the way the world ends
This is the way the world ends
This is the way the world ends
Not with a bang but [redacted]
This is the way the world ends
This is the way the world ends
Not with a bang but [redacted]
The very distinguished board has voted (unanimously!) that certain paperwork be renamed The Donald J Trump-Epstein Files, congratulations to all!
December 19, 2025 at 10:51 PM
The very distinguished board has voted (unanimously!) that certain paperwork be renamed The Donald J Trump-Epstein Files, congratulations to all!
Dear publicist, thank you for your offer of an interview regarding "How to Cope With Mother-Daughter Tension During the Holidays."
If it was surface tension, or the Hubble tension, maybe. But this is unfortunately not a good editorial fit for Science Friday at this time.
If it was surface tension, or the Hubble tension, maybe. But this is unfortunately not a good editorial fit for Science Friday at this time.
December 16, 2025 at 4:29 PM
Dear publicist, thank you for your offer of an interview regarding "How to Cope With Mother-Daughter Tension During the Holidays."
If it was surface tension, or the Hubble tension, maybe. But this is unfortunately not a good editorial fit for Science Friday at this time.
If it was surface tension, or the Hubble tension, maybe. But this is unfortunately not a good editorial fit for Science Friday at this time.
Marketing people of the world, please stop giving things one or two letter abbreviations and stacking them in boxes and calling it a 'periodic table of the (whatever)'
December 16, 2025 at 1:10 AM
Marketing people of the world, please stop giving things one or two letter abbreviations and stacking them in boxes and calling it a 'periodic table of the (whatever)'
Dear publicist, thank you for your recent email regarding "Holiday Glow on a Budget: Last-Minute Beauty Treatments You Can Still Book Before Christmas."
This topic does not meet the editorial needs of Science Friday at this time.
This topic does not meet the editorial needs of Science Friday at this time.
December 15, 2025 at 9:00 PM
Dear publicist, thank you for your recent email regarding "Holiday Glow on a Budget: Last-Minute Beauty Treatments You Can Still Book Before Christmas."
This topic does not meet the editorial needs of Science Friday at this time.
This topic does not meet the editorial needs of Science Friday at this time.
I am being served an ad to "Learn English!" from a place that says they only teach English.
The ad is written in English.
The ad is written in English.
December 12, 2025 at 12:52 AM
I am being served an ad to "Learn English!" from a place that says they only teach English.
The ad is written in English.
The ad is written in English.