Professor Ivy Leek PhD
@professorleek.bsky.social
Big Bang leftover. Astrophysicist. Broadcasting hot takes to save Western civilization.
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It's a pity that the click economy makes you write headlines that would make a student of journalism fail the exam.
November 2, 2025 at 1:01 PM
It's a pity that the click economy makes you write headlines that would make a student of journalism fail the exam.
If not even the artist who coined the term can define it, let's 86 him.
"67," pronounced "six seven," spread from a rap song, through sports and social media, to classrooms and homes across the U.S. But even the artist who coined it struggles to define it. n.pr/3WB1ZO2
What does '67' mean? Dictionary.com's 2025 word of the year has no definition
"67," pronounced "six seven," spread from a rap song, through sports and social media, to classrooms and homes across the U.S. But even the artist who coined it struggles to define it.
n.pr
November 1, 2025 at 12:20 AM
If not even the artist who coined the term can define it, let's 86 him.
Not optimizing is the ultimate optimization.
I do not claim to know why we are on this planet, but I am very certain we are not born to start a mission where we optimize every single little thing in our lives.
I think it's just not good for the spirit.
I think it's just not good for the spirit.
October 24, 2025 at 1:40 AM
Not optimizing is the ultimate optimization.
I always thought his tie was redder than the devil’s dick, but apparently it is the devil’s dick.
September 25, 2025 at 12:16 PM
I always thought his tie was redder than the devil’s dick, but apparently it is the devil’s dick.
If you are having trouble understanding what's up with memes and the assassination of Charlie Kirk, this 8min video does a good job of explaining it:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wcw0...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wcw0...
Blackpill Aesthetics: A Crash Course in Meme Extremism
YouTube video by Cy Canterel
www.youtube.com
September 16, 2025 at 12:12 PM
If you are having trouble understanding what's up with memes and the assassination of Charlie Kirk, this 8min video does a good job of explaining it:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wcw0...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wcw0...
Not an artifact. They are all centered around Febreze Air spray cans.
Got this question over email…anyone know why these perfect circles appear on air quality maps? Must be an artifact of some kind, right?
September 1, 2025 at 3:48 PM
Not an artifact. They are all centered around Febreze Air spray cans.
I'd rather use Dragon Ball Z's Gravity Chamber.
It's a growing fitness trend. People say wearing a weighted vest when you exercise builds bones, strengthens muscles and improves cardiovascular health. But does research back up these claims?
Are weighted vests good for bones and muscle? Fact-checking a fitness trend
It's a growing fitness trend. People say wearing a weighted vest when you exercise builds bones, strengthens muscles and improves cardiovascular health. But does research back up these claims?
n.pr
September 1, 2025 at 2:30 PM
I'd rather use Dragon Ball Z's Gravity Chamber.
I take everything ChatGPT tells me with a grain of sodium bromide.
The World's First chatGPT Poisoning by @medcrisis.bsky.social
www.youtube.com/watch?v=TNeV...
The World's First chatGPT Poisoning by @medcrisis.bsky.social
www.youtube.com/watch?v=TNeV...
The World's First chatGPT Poisoning
YouTube video by Medlife Crisis
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September 1, 2025 at 11:26 AM
I take everything ChatGPT tells me with a grain of sodium bromide.
The World's First chatGPT Poisoning by @medcrisis.bsky.social
www.youtube.com/watch?v=TNeV...
The World's First chatGPT Poisoning by @medcrisis.bsky.social
www.youtube.com/watch?v=TNeV...
They say entropy went up like crazy.
From my exhaustive historical researches I have concluded that the Thirty Years' War was bad.
I am writing about thermodynamics for a book and a quick check on the origin of vacuum pumps has me on a deep Wikipedia dive into the Thirty Years' War. Writing is basically an impossible task.
July 8, 2025 at 10:08 PM
They say entropy went up like crazy.
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I hope many are noticing the similarities with the early period of Aryanization in Germany, when Jewish businesses and property began to be confiscated.
June 13, 2025 at 2:17 PM
I hope many are noticing the similarities with the early period of Aryanization in Germany, when Jewish businesses and property began to be confiscated.
The cuts to scientific research, medicine, and foreign aid have nothing to do with saving money.
The motives are ideological, and we all know which family of ideologies drives them.
The motives are ideological, and we all know which family of ideologies drives them.
No money was actually saved, but at the same time we had truly devastating cuts to scientific research, medicine, and foreign aid. Just reinforces what a tiny fraction of spending those areas always were, with an outsized positive impact.
Of course it was.
DOGE fired a bunch of people while managing to save almost no money at all because Musk et al were primarily interested in performative cuts to fight the culture war. So taxpayers got a less efficient govt for the same price. But at least the libs were owned.
DOGE fired a bunch of people while managing to save almost no money at all because Musk et al were primarily interested in performative cuts to fight the culture war. So taxpayers got a less efficient govt for the same price. But at least the libs were owned.
June 1, 2025 at 11:55 AM
The cuts to scientific research, medicine, and foreign aid have nothing to do with saving money.
The motives are ideological, and we all know which family of ideologies drives them.
The motives are ideological, and we all know which family of ideologies drives them.
Frasier: "Now my lectures require a visa stamp! I came to Harvard to teach psychiatry, not to practice it on policymakers."
#Frasier
#Frasier
I’m wondering how Season 3 of the Frasier reboot will handle all of this Harvard drama?
May 30, 2025 at 5:48 AM
Frasier: "Now my lectures require a visa stamp! I came to Harvard to teach psychiatry, not to practice it on policymakers."
#Frasier
#Frasier
I went on Piers Morgan to talk with Eric Weinstein. Not a productive conversation, alas.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=5m7L...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=5m7L...
May 24, 2025 at 9:11 AM
May 21, 2025 at 6:05 AM
To be more precise, he has proclaimed himself the President of Chad.
May 19, 2025 at 10:44 AM
To be more precise, he has proclaimed himself the President of Chad.
This doesn't mean he wont attend. He will be sitting at the other end of a 3,000-kilometer-long table.
Putin not on Kremlin list of officials attending Ukraine peace talks in Turkey
(What a surprise! )
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
(What a surprise! )
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Putin not on Kremlin list of officials attending Ukraine peace talks in Turkey
The Russian president had been challenged by Ukraine's Volodymyr Zelensky to meet in person at the talks on Thursday.
www.bbc.co.uk
May 15, 2025 at 5:46 AM
This doesn't mean he wont attend. He will be sitting at the other end of a 3,000-kilometer-long table.
A hell of a lot of folks are just now learning what happens when they vote without knowing anything. It won't lead them to educate themselves, because doing so would mean the loss of their identity.
April 4, 2025 at 10:48 PM
A hell of a lot of folks are just now learning what happens when they vote without knowing anything. It won't lead them to educate themselves, because doing so would mean the loss of their identity.
March 21, 2025 at 2:40 PM
Somebody needs to tell him that he'll never get Obama's Nobel Peace Prize for ending the war in Ukraine if he does so by siding with the aggressor.
The Nobel Committee should reach out and offer to sell him the prize for the price of helping kick Putin back to Russia.
The Nobel Committee should reach out and offer to sell him the prize for the price of helping kick Putin back to Russia.
Not a joke, @thedailybeast.bsky.social has a recording of Trump wanting to host the Kennedy Center's annual awards ceremony, which seems to be the true motive for his personal takeover of DC's performing arts center.
March 20, 2025 at 2:15 PM
Somebody needs to tell him that he'll never get Obama's Nobel Peace Prize for ending the war in Ukraine if he does so by siding with the aggressor.
The Nobel Committee should reach out and offer to sell him the prize for the price of helping kick Putin back to Russia.
The Nobel Committee should reach out and offer to sell him the prize for the price of helping kick Putin back to Russia.
A bill to classify Trump Derangement Syndrome as a mental illness has just been introduced in the Minnesota Legislature.
If it were to pass, it would open the door to sending democracy activists to mental institutions—and who knows what other dystopian scenarios.
www.revisor.mn.gov/bills/text.p...
If it were to pass, it would open the door to sending democracy activists to mental institutions—and who knows what other dystopian scenarios.
www.revisor.mn.gov/bills/text.p...
SF 2589 as introduced - 94th Legislature (2025 - 2026)
www.revisor.mn.gov
March 17, 2025 at 8:31 AM
A bill to classify Trump Derangement Syndrome as a mental illness has just been introduced in the Minnesota Legislature.
If it were to pass, it would open the door to sending democracy activists to mental institutions—and who knows what other dystopian scenarios.
www.revisor.mn.gov/bills/text.p...
If it were to pass, it would open the door to sending democracy activists to mental institutions—and who knows what other dystopian scenarios.
www.revisor.mn.gov/bills/text.p...
I bet Russia will agree to the ‘fire’ as long as Ukraine agrees to the ‘cease.’
Rubio claims Ukraine has agreed to enter into a ceasefire and says the offer will now be taken to the Russians
March 11, 2025 at 11:11 PM
I bet Russia will agree to the ‘fire’ as long as Ukraine agrees to the ‘cease.’
Trump is forcing Putin to accept the removal of sanctions.
What pressure is being put on Russia to negotiate?
March 5, 2025 at 3:57 PM
Trump is forcing Putin to accept the removal of sanctions.
Zelenskyy's spine reminds them that they don't have one. It hurts and that's why they hate him.
March 3, 2025 at 1:58 PM
Zelenskyy's spine reminds them that they don't have one. It hurts and that's why they hate him.
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What if Trump said Zelensky is a dictator as a compliment?
February 21, 2025 at 4:15 PM
What if Trump said Zelensky is a dictator as a compliment?
In 2028, we will truly have to work hard to make America great again—if there's anything left besides ashes.
February 13, 2025 at 11:31 PM
In 2028, we will truly have to work hard to make America great again—if there's anything left besides ashes.