Peter Onyisi
@peteronyisi.bsky.social
Professor of Physics at UTAustin. Member of the ATLAS Experiment at the Large Hadron Collider. Particle wrangler, opinionated software user, fan of Texas State Parks, Austin FC, and Newcastle United; sometimes I pick up heavy things.
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Yet another example of predators hiding in academia.
This is an excellent report by The Daily Texan and student Justin Doud.
Former professor Thomas Hubbard appears in the Epstein files asking for $10,000 to set up a conference meant to challenge the notion of consent and sexual assault.
This is an excellent report by The Daily Texan and student Justin Doud.
Former professor Thomas Hubbard appears in the Epstein files asking for $10,000 to set up a conference meant to challenge the notion of consent and sexual assault.
February 10, 2026 at 6:50 PM
Yet another example of predators hiding in academia.
This is an excellent report by The Daily Texan and student Justin Doud.
Former professor Thomas Hubbard appears in the Epstein files asking for $10,000 to set up a conference meant to challenge the notion of consent and sexual assault.
This is an excellent report by The Daily Texan and student Justin Doud.
Former professor Thomas Hubbard appears in the Epstein files asking for $10,000 to set up a conference meant to challenge the notion of consent and sexual assault.
<very The Prisoner voice> we want ... quantum information
February 4, 2026 at 12:30 AM
<very The Prisoner voice> we want ... quantum information
On top quark pair entanglement disputes: a null result would have been far more interesting
February 3, 2026 at 9:06 PM
On top quark pair entanglement disputes: a null result would have been far more interesting
in conclusion, top properties is a land of contrasts, thank you
February 2, 2026 at 11:41 PM
in conclusion, top properties is a land of contrasts, thank you
Feeling down about America 250? How about American 100
February 1, 2026 at 5:54 PM
Feeling down about America 250? How about American 100
![The Standard Model (SM), if extrapolated up to extremely high energies by means of its Renormalization Group (RG) equations, reveals a rather peculiar property: the electroweak vacuum does not correspond to the configuration of minimal energy; contrarily, it is a
metastable state close to a phase transition [1]. This scenario — dubbed near-criticality — must be considered as the most important theoretical message learned from the LHC run I.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:ucszkckhwklqbzutm5fss772/bafkreie2bifuqirqvzkdenn633hzecxefdqu72vk7ygdvsyxpx7tuuhq44@jpeg)
January 28, 2026 at 5:53 PM
Somewhat funny to have class cancelled on Tuesday for approximately a third of an inch of precipitation from Saturday night
January 27, 2026 at 1:22 AM
Somewhat funny to have class cancelled on Tuesday for approximately a third of an inch of precipitation from Saturday night
One thing about this UT administration compared to those of the past is that they don't even try to come up with plausible arguments for their decisions; they just issue diktats
When administrators justify destroying a successful teaching and learning center in the name of efficiency, we must ask: Efficiency towards what end? What is a university for, if not teaching and learning?
The University of Texas has decided that teaching is not something they're interested in supporting. Learning itself is apparently now part of unacceptable "DEI." www.chronicle.com/article/ut-a...
January 26, 2026 at 7:35 PM
One thing about this UT administration compared to those of the past is that they don't even try to come up with plausible arguments for their decisions; they just issue diktats
Today I heard for the first time the term "B-Fabrik" and I find it very charming (pun accepted)
January 22, 2026 at 9:13 PM
Today I heard for the first time the term "B-Fabrik" and I find it very charming (pun accepted)
Warning: students in this class will be exposed to cosmic microwave radiation and a large dose of muons
January 22, 2026 at 8:51 PM
Warning: students in this class will be exposed to cosmic microwave radiation and a large dose of muons
Google, when its LLMs get context
January 21, 2026 at 5:05 AM
Google, when its LLMs get context
Goodbye and thanks for all the food
January 11, 2026 at 3:50 PM
Goodbye and thanks for all the food
Oh no
BREAKING: A fire at a bar in the Swiss Alps has left people dead and injured during New Year’s celebrations. The blaze occurred in the Alpine ski resort municipality of Crans-Montana, Switzerland.
Fire at a bar in the Swiss Alps left people dead and injured during New Year's celebrations
A fire at a bar in the Swiss Alps has left people dead and injured during New Year’s celebrations. Local media reported that police had confirmed fatalities and injuries but an exact figure was not immediately available.
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January 1, 2026 at 5:42 PM
Oh no
Google AI, delusional Burnley fan
December 31, 2025 at 9:03 PM
Google AI, delusional Burnley fan
Visiting the seat of the Commonwealth
December 30, 2025 at 11:12 PM
Visiting the seat of the Commonwealth
Finally, someone has cracked the problem of teaching Critical Thinking
December 28, 2025 at 2:23 AM
Finally, someone has cracked the problem of teaching Critical Thinking
Relativistically-Covariant Cache Coherence Protocols send tweet
December 27, 2025 at 5:02 AM
Relativistically-Covariant Cache Coherence Protocols send tweet
Thought I would share a compilation of the Nigerian Television Authority's absolute refusal to change its logo for the past 47 years
youtu.be/6KprYLacjPE?...
youtu.be/6KprYLacjPE?...
Nigeria Television Authority Logo/ID History (1959-present)
YouTube video by TheIridiumic138
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December 27, 2025 at 3:14 AM
Thought I would share a compilation of the Nigerian Television Authority's absolute refusal to change its logo for the past 47 years
youtu.be/6KprYLacjPE?...
youtu.be/6KprYLacjPE?...
The view from Nigeria
December 26, 2025 at 8:17 PM
The view from Nigeria
Not knowing how to spell the name of the place you're bombing really inspires confidence
December 26, 2025 at 1:40 AM
Not knowing how to spell the name of the place you're bombing really inspires confidence
See also public universities
An enraging trend right now, from CBS to the CDC, of people actively undermining institutions, then taking the reins of those institutions and claiming they need to rebuild the trust they helped destroy. (Also, people already trusted 60 Minutes.) bsky.app/profile/just...
Bari Weiss just sent this Christmas Eve email to the CBS News staff about "building trust," which includes her tripling down on spiking the CECOT piece "to make sure it's comprehensive and fair."
One CBS staffer tells me: "She really has no idea how insulting she comes across."
One CBS staffer tells me: "She really has no idea how insulting she comes across."
December 24, 2025 at 8:24 PM
See also public universities
Rust advice
December 20, 2025 at 4:20 AM
Rust advice
It was once suggested that we resolve the UK-English-vs-US-English back-and-forth at ATLAS by standardizing on Canadian English
“Promoters of Canadian English say the federal government is sending the wrong message to the world with its recent use of British spelling in official documents.”
Linguistic experts urge Carney government to stop using British spellings | CBC News
Promoters of Canadian English say the federal government is sending the wrong message to the world with its recent use of British spelling in official documents, including the 2025 federal budget.
www.cbc.ca
December 18, 2025 at 1:32 PM
It was once suggested that we resolve the UK-English-vs-US-English back-and-forth at ATLAS by standardizing on Canadian English