A. Fresnel
@fresnel.bsky.social
An expert (? haven't actually worked in the field for a while but grad school never leaves you) in weird niche embedded GPS applications, currently teaching physics, always sipping coffee, riding bikes, wearing cardigan sweaters. (they/them)
Does anyone else go through absolutely everything in life waiting for it to be suddenly and dramatically revealed that you're wrong and actually a bad person or is that just me?
January 28, 2026 at 1:11 AM
Does anyone else go through absolutely everything in life waiting for it to be suddenly and dramatically revealed that you're wrong and actually a bad person or is that just me?
hey babe what's your sign?
textfiles.com/100/actung.hum
textfiles.com/100/actung.hum
January 27, 2026 at 8:03 PM
hey babe what's your sign?
textfiles.com/100/actung.hum
textfiles.com/100/actung.hum
The best salad dressing is just vinegar and olive oil in one of those little glass bottles that somehow mystify people so much they keep posting them on r/whatisthisthing.
Time for salad dressing hot takes. Post 'em.
January 26, 2026 at 9:53 PM
The best salad dressing is just vinegar and olive oil in one of those little glass bottles that somehow mystify people so much they keep posting them on r/whatisthisthing.
Cecilia is part southern farm dog but here she is asking to go outside again to see if her favorite bathroom spots are clear yet (they definitely aren't).
January 26, 2026 at 4:23 PM
Cecilia is part southern farm dog but here she is asking to go outside again to see if her favorite bathroom spots are clear yet (they definitely aren't).
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"A history on grand strategy games and far right radicalism, coming from an actual grand strategy gamer."
How a Swedish Video Game Company Accidentally Molded the American Right
A history on grand strategy games and far right radicalism, coming from an actual grand strategy gamer.
www.ettingermentum.news
January 26, 2026 at 2:52 PM
"A history on grand strategy games and far right radicalism, coming from an actual grand strategy gamer."
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If speaking out against fascism damages your “brand”, that means your brand is fascism.
January 26, 2026 at 1:08 PM
If speaking out against fascism damages your “brand”, that means your brand is fascism.
How much worse has everything gotten while I was playing Minecraft?
January 25, 2026 at 6:37 PM
How much worse has everything gotten while I was playing Minecraft?
I maintain that it's not a bad movie, just not a good one, but Ladyhawke. Alan Parsons worked on it and it's soundtrack and it's got major Project vibes.
Name a bad movie with a good soundtrack.
January 25, 2026 at 1:05 AM
I maintain that it's not a bad movie, just not a good one, but Ladyhawke. Alan Parsons worked on it and it's soundtrack and it's got major Project vibes.
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en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Warrior...
On a cop's very first day of training they are taught "warrior mindset," that all civilians are potentially lethal threats to be subdued.
They're told horror stories and shown gore porn of what these lethal civilians will do to them if they let their guard down.
On a cop's very first day of training they are taught "warrior mindset," that all civilians are potentially lethal threats to be subdued.
They're told horror stories and shown gore porn of what these lethal civilians will do to them if they let their guard down.
Warrior policing - Wikipedia
en.wikipedia.org
January 25, 2026 at 1:02 AM
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We are calling our senators right now and demanding that they vote no on the omnibus with DHS funding
We are explicitly mentioning ICE’s murder in cold blood of a man on the streets of Minneapolis this morning
We are explicitly mentioning ICE’s murder in cold blood of a man on the streets of Minneapolis this morning
January 24, 2026 at 4:45 PM
We are calling our senators right now and demanding that they vote no on the omnibus with DHS funding
We are explicitly mentioning ICE’s murder in cold blood of a man on the streets of Minneapolis this morning
We are explicitly mentioning ICE’s murder in cold blood of a man on the streets of Minneapolis this morning
Sometimes you just need to read The Quarterly Report In Yellow.
As a longtime player of Call of Cthulhu and other cosmic horror games, it never fails to weird me out when the term “sanity check” is used in a business setting.
I mean, business is definitely its own cosmic horror, but it always causes an out of context error in my head.
I mean, business is definitely its own cosmic horror, but it always causes an out of context error in my head.
January 24, 2026 at 2:20 AM
Sometimes you just need to read The Quarterly Report In Yellow.
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In solidarity with today's ICE OUT OF MINNESOTA blackout, MinnMax is donating $1 to the Immigrant Law Center of Minnesota for every share of this Bluesky post for the next hour.
January 23, 2026 at 4:01 PM
In solidarity with today's ICE OUT OF MINNESOTA blackout, MinnMax is donating $1 to the Immigrant Law Center of Minnesota for every share of this Bluesky post for the next hour.
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Interesting article about the oncoming storm.
My 101 on how cold-air damming (aka "The Wedge") is shaping the Southern Ice Storm this weekend. Features my colleagues John Knox Pam Knox and Bradford Johnson, Ph.D.
www.forbes.com/sites/marsha...
www.forbes.com/sites/marsha...
How A Weather “Wedge” Is Shaping Weekend Southern Ice Storm
How a meteorological phenomenon known as "the wedge" is shaping a major ice storm in the U.S. South.
www.forbes.com
January 23, 2026 at 5:51 PM
Interesting article about the oncoming storm.
I'm sort of in love with the accent of the lead singer from the German prog rock band Eloy. It sounds so mismatched with the entire rest of the band's vibe.
January 23, 2026 at 5:55 PM
I'm sort of in love with the accent of the lead singer from the German prog rock band Eloy. It sounds so mismatched with the entire rest of the band's vibe.
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Today seems like a good day to emphasize this
January 23, 2026 at 1:46 PM
Today seems like a good day to emphasize this
I'm trying to explain to her that I also want a four mile walk today but that I can't do anything about the snow storm, record low temperatures, and road salt shortages in a city with an actual salt mine.
January 23, 2026 at 1:57 PM
I'm trying to explain to her that I also want a four mile walk today but that I can't do anything about the snow storm, record low temperatures, and road salt shortages in a city with an actual salt mine.
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we are ruled by a Slopocracy, and Elon Musk is its king
January 22, 2026 at 3:58 PM
we are ruled by a Slopocracy, and Elon Musk is its king
If you also still need a distraction from a large US city being occupied by the secret police and the president threatening war on Denmark and the media covering it like that's a totally normal thing, here's a dog pic:
January 22, 2026 at 3:20 PM
If you also still need a distraction from a large US city being occupied by the secret police and the president threatening war on Denmark and the media covering it like that's a totally normal thing, here's a dog pic:
I wish AEW would rehire Sonny Kiss. Or any other promotion I could watch aemi-regularly, honestly.
youtu.be/6nX4cJT4bB8?...
youtu.be/6nX4cJT4bB8?...
January 22, 2026 at 12:56 AM
I wish AEW would rehire Sonny Kiss. Or any other promotion I could watch aemi-regularly, honestly.
youtu.be/6nX4cJT4bB8?...
youtu.be/6nX4cJT4bB8?...
Every time I read "an histogram" I hear it in Dick Van Dyke's terrible Cockney accent.
January 22, 2026 at 12:49 AM
Every time I read "an histogram" I hear it in Dick Van Dyke's terrible Cockney accent.
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One way to show solidarity with people fighting the Trump regime is to contribute here:
crazy that the website that I randomly decided to put together at 10AM yesterday has had over 25k unique visitors in 24 hours.
please keep sharing with your networks.
please keep sharing with your networks.
Stand With Minnesota
A directory of places to give to as Minnesota defends itself from ICE occupation
www.standwithminnesota.com
January 21, 2026 at 10:34 PM
One way to show solidarity with people fighting the Trump regime is to contribute here:
I desperately need to hear someone describe something that happened today that isn't an IRL horror story.
I'll go first: it was warmer than freezing today so I went for a longer but still not long walk with the dog and listened to a new (to me) Alan Parsons Project record while I had my coffee.
I'll go first: it was warmer than freezing today so I went for a longer but still not long walk with the dog and listened to a new (to me) Alan Parsons Project record while I had my coffee.
January 21, 2026 at 9:12 PM
I desperately need to hear someone describe something that happened today that isn't an IRL horror story.
I'll go first: it was warmer than freezing today so I went for a longer but still not long walk with the dog and listened to a new (to me) Alan Parsons Project record while I had my coffee.
I'll go first: it was warmer than freezing today so I went for a longer but still not long walk with the dog and listened to a new (to me) Alan Parsons Project record while I had my coffee.
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January 21, 2026 at 7:13 PM
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throwing this out to the science feed 🧪
has anyone written up (reliably. I can't find reliably) something about how weather forecasting is not as good now? And is it related to Trump admin stuff? Or am I just seeing it different now because of all the everything?
January 21, 2026 at 4:14 PM
throwing this out to the science feed 🧪