Colin Stark
@cstark.bsky.social
🧪⚒️⚛️🧮 Geoscientist studying physics of geomorphology/professor/civ eng faculty. Left pieces of my ❤️ in NYC, SF, Rennes, Cambridge. 🇬🇧 🇹🇼 🇯🇵 🌈 日本語/中文/Français ok
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Colin Stark
@cstark.bsky.social
· Nov 18
Nope. The headline should actually read “Astronomers using ML discover quasars acting as lenses”
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What’s the collective noun for the volcanoes within in a pumice throw of one’s house? 🧪⚒️🌋
View from Karakunidake 韓国岳 of Oonaminoike 大浪池 and Sakurajima, Kirishima, Kyūshū
View from Karakunidake 韓国岳 of Oonaminoike 大浪池 and Sakurajima, Kirishima, Kyūshū
January 3, 2026 at 12:43 AM
What’s the collective noun for the volcanoes within in a pumice throw of one’s house? 🧪⚒️🌋
View from Karakunidake 韓国岳 of Oonaminoike 大浪池 and Sakurajima, Kirishima, Kyūshū
View from Karakunidake 韓国岳 of Oonaminoike 大浪池 and Sakurajima, Kirishima, Kyūshū
Deep in rural Japan last night we had a party: three families, three languages (JP, EN, FR), six countries (Japan, Martinique, France, England, Pakistan, South Africa) represented, and a rainbow of colors. Haven’t seen such a cultural mix since the time I lived in NYC. 😍
January 3, 2026 at 12:08 AM
Deep in rural Japan last night we had a party: three families, three languages (JP, EN, FR), six countries (Japan, Martinique, France, England, Pakistan, South Africa) represented, and a rainbow of colors. Haven’t seen such a cultural mix since the time I lived in NYC. 😍
🧪⚛️⚒️🧮🪐🔭
The massive response to my #Typst article* suggests that Typst is gaining ground much more rapidly than even I expected:
news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4539...
#latex #physics #mathematics #typsetting
*https://lwn.net/Articles/1037577/
news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4539...
#latex #physics #mathematics #typsetting
*https://lwn.net/Articles/1037577/
Typst: A Possible LaTeX Replacement | Hacker News
news.ycombinator.com
January 2, 2026 at 11:54 PM
🧪⚛️⚒️🧮🪐🔭
Reposted by Colin Stark
Rock and dust samples brought back from the near-Earth asteroid Bennu contain organic matter, including amino acids and all five DNA and RNA nucleobases, according to two papers published in Nature Astronomy and Nature in January.
go.nature.com/40SlwfF
go.nature.com/3CC6ZLO
🔭 🧪
go.nature.com/40SlwfF
go.nature.com/3CC6ZLO
🔭 🧪
January 2, 2026 at 11:34 PM
Rock and dust samples brought back from the near-Earth asteroid Bennu contain organic matter, including amino acids and all five DNA and RNA nucleobases, according to two papers published in Nature Astronomy and Nature in January.
go.nature.com/40SlwfF
go.nature.com/3CC6ZLO
🔭 🧪
go.nature.com/40SlwfF
go.nature.com/3CC6ZLO
🔭 🧪
Reposted by Colin Stark
![Comic. [Comment section on a video. 564 comments, including posts from three different avatars: “Who else is here in 2023?” “Is anyone else watching this in 2017?” “Anyone else here in 2025?”] [caption] For some reason, confused time travelers always try to find each other using YouTube comments.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:cz73r7iyiqn26upot4jtjdhk/bafkreia42izz36bkhdteb5743objgf2s3whe3kblmnxnwjvgggtu66ea54@jpeg)
January 2, 2026 at 8:35 PM
It could happen to anyone
January 2, 2026 at 11:24 PM
It could happen to anyone
I’ve started the year with what is, for me, a viral post! 😍 Perhaps this presages a 2026 full of fabulous success 😃. Or perhaps it’s an omen of another pandemic… 😳
January 2, 2026 at 12:32 AM
I’ve started the year with what is, for me, a viral post! 😍 Perhaps this presages a 2026 full of fabulous success 😃. Or perhaps it’s an omen of another pandemic… 😳
Beautiful day at the beach today
January 1, 2026 at 2:30 AM
Beautiful day at the beach today
“Get your ass on board!”
The image we’ve all been waiting for. It is now officially 2026 in Tokyo 🎉
January 1, 2026 at 1:12 AM
“Get your ass on board!”
A mathematical cookie
January 1, 2026 at 1:09 AM
A mathematical cookie
I want to send Happy New Year’s greetings to all my friends but I did that a year ago and look where that got us
January 1, 2026 at 12:13 AM
I want to send Happy New Year’s greetings to all my friends but I did that a year ago and look where that got us
Truer words were never spoken
There's a nap for that
January 1, 2026 at 12:02 AM
Truer words were never spoken
My thoughts on 2025 going into 2026
December 31, 2025 at 4:31 AM
My thoughts on 2025 going into 2026
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December 30, 2025 at 7:07 AM
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Reposted by Colin Stark
Magnitude : 5.9
Region: *Taiwan *
Time: 2025-12-24 09:47:06 UTC
Epicenter : 121.28°E 22.90°N
Depth: 10 km
*First posted at: 09:53 UTC*
https://geofon.gfz.de/eqexplorer/events/gfz2025zczy/general
##GEOFON ##GFZ ##earthquake ##magnitude
Region: *Taiwan *
Time: 2025-12-24 09:47:06 UTC
Epicenter : 121.28°E 22.90°N
Depth: 10 km
*First posted at: 09:53 UTC*
https://geofon.gfz.de/eqexplorer/events/gfz2025zczy/general
##GEOFON ##GFZ ##earthquake ##magnitude
December 24, 2025 at 12:14 PM
Magnitude : 5.9
Region: *Taiwan *
Time: 2025-12-24 09:47:06 UTC
Epicenter : 121.28°E 22.90°N
Depth: 10 km
*First posted at: 09:53 UTC*
https://geofon.gfz.de/eqexplorer/events/gfz2025zczy/general
##GEOFON ##GFZ ##earthquake ##magnitude
Region: *Taiwan *
Time: 2025-12-24 09:47:06 UTC
Epicenter : 121.28°E 22.90°N
Depth: 10 km
*First posted at: 09:53 UTC*
https://geofon.gfz.de/eqexplorer/events/gfz2025zczy/general
##GEOFON ##GFZ ##earthquake ##magnitude
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Meanwhile, they still have a good sense of humor in Chicago. This place has been around a long time.
December 22, 2025 at 7:13 PM
Meanwhile, they still have a good sense of humor in Chicago. This place has been around a long time.
Quite
The story of historians that humans are doomed to repeat the mistakes of the past. This is so true.
December 21, 2025 at 8:47 AM
Quite
Appunto
December 20, 2025 at 9:33 AM
Appunto
Yet another reason why I no longer feel British
British public’s verdict is in: Die Hard is not a Christmas movie
British public’s verdict is in: Die Hard is not a Christmas movie
Survey also reveals Britons’ favourite festive film, views on tear-jerkers and family cinema trips
When Macaulay Culkin recently said he didn’t consider Die Hard to be a Christmas film – wading into one of pop culture’s most heated holiday debates – he was booed by a live audience.
But it looks like the British people are behind the actor, with a survey revealing that Home Alone is the UK’s favourite festive film, while Die Hard has officially been voted not a Christmas movie. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
December 20, 2025 at 4:59 AM
Yet another reason why I no longer feel British