Robert DelRossi
@rdelrossi.com
Tech/Ops executive; foodie; data science nerd, history buff; music lover, though alas not a musician; serious Red Sox fan.
@dharam.bsky.social Funnel Pro user here 👋
Can I use Funnel through the share sheet? I can’t seem to
Figure out how to make that work. Appreciate your help.
Can I use Funnel through the share sheet? I can’t seem to
Figure out how to make that work. Appreciate your help.
November 11, 2025 at 5:52 PM
@dharam.bsky.social Funnel Pro user here 👋
Can I use Funnel through the share sheet? I can’t seem to
Figure out how to make that work. Appreciate your help.
Can I use Funnel through the share sheet? I can’t seem to
Figure out how to make that work. Appreciate your help.
We’ve all seen or even visited the destruction of the ancient city of Pompeii after the eruption of Mount Vesuvius.
But not everyone died, and the ones that escaped left with quite a story to tell.
But not everyone died, and the ones that escaped left with quite a story to tell.
'It's really an extraordinary story,' historian Steven Tuck says of the Romans he tracked who survived the AD 79 eruption of Mount Vesuvius
"I have found two or three rich guys, but I found a couple hundred middle class and even some desperately poor people who made it out and left records. And that shocked me."
www.livescience.com
October 24, 2025 at 6:23 PM
We’ve all seen or even visited the destruction of the ancient city of Pompeii after the eruption of Mount Vesuvius.
But not everyone died, and the ones that escaped left with quite a story to tell.
But not everyone died, and the ones that escaped left with quite a story to tell.
@simonwillison.net Having discovered your blog only recently, I can’t tell you how happy I was to find your chronological “How I use LLMs and ChatGPT” playlist.
Very thoughtful to structure it like that. The latest was a sip from the firehouse for me, but now I’m working through from the beginning.
Very thoughtful to structure it like that. The latest was a sip from the firehouse for me, but now I’m working through from the beginning.
October 9, 2025 at 3:55 PM
@simonwillison.net Having discovered your blog only recently, I can’t tell you how happy I was to find your chronological “How I use LLMs and ChatGPT” playlist.
Very thoughtful to structure it like that. The latest was a sip from the firehouse for me, but now I’m working through from the beginning.
Very thoughtful to structure it like that. The latest was a sip from the firehouse for me, but now I’m working through from the beginning.
@jkirincic.bsky.social Hi, Joe. Just watched your posit conference talk on REST (attended virtually). Outstanding. Great to see posit going beyond basic talks.
I’ve worked with plumber but your points were eye-opening and I’m craving more. Any further-reading recommendations?
I’ve worked with plumber but your points were eye-opening and I’m craving more. Any further-reading recommendations?
September 22, 2025 at 3:57 PM
@jkirincic.bsky.social Hi, Joe. Just watched your posit conference talk on REST (attended virtually). Outstanding. Great to see posit going beyond basic talks.
I’ve worked with plumber but your points were eye-opening and I’m craving more. Any further-reading recommendations?
I’ve worked with plumber but your points were eye-opening and I’m craving more. Any further-reading recommendations?
100 years ago, deep thinkers imagined life in 2025. Some theories, like synchronized clocks, skyscrapers, and reading books on tablets, were on the money, but others not so much. And some ideas still seem light years away.
From immortality to ugly people: 100-year-old predictions about 2025
Visionaries of 1925 made their best guesses about the 21st century. Predictions included world peace, food shortages and 150-year-old people.
www.beaconjournal.com
July 21, 2025 at 3:50 PM
100 years ago, deep thinkers imagined life in 2025. Some theories, like synchronized clocks, skyscrapers, and reading books on tablets, were on the money, but others not so much. And some ideas still seem light years away.
French relies heavily on accents, or more specifically, diacritical marks like the cedilla in “Français.”
Ironically, though, it’s the influence of French, albeit an earlier version of the language, that explains why English doesn’t use accents. Fascinating.
Ironically, though, it’s the influence of French, albeit an earlier version of the language, that explains why English doesn’t use accents. Fascinating.
Why English doesn’t use accents
And why French is full of them
www.deadlanguagesociety.com
July 10, 2025 at 12:30 PM
French relies heavily on accents, or more specifically, diacritical marks like the cedilla in “Français.”
Ironically, though, it’s the influence of French, albeit an earlier version of the language, that explains why English doesn’t use accents. Fascinating.
Ironically, though, it’s the influence of French, albeit an earlier version of the language, that explains why English doesn’t use accents. Fascinating.
Our glowing brains: Living tissues emit low-intensity light, or biophotons. The more energy a tissue burns, the more light it gives off—which means, of our body’s tissues, our brains may glow brightest of all. www.scientificamerican.com/article/your...
Your Brain Is Glowing, and Scientists Can't Figure Out Why
Researchers have measured the brain’s faint glow for the first time, hinting at a potential role of “biophotons” in cognition
www.scientificamerican.com
July 9, 2025 at 12:59 PM
Our glowing brains: Living tissues emit low-intensity light, or biophotons. The more energy a tissue burns, the more light it gives off—which means, of our body’s tissues, our brains may glow brightest of all. www.scientificamerican.com/article/your...
Reposted by Robert DelRossi
Lincoln once was asked, "If you called a dog's tail a leg, how many legs would he have?"
"Four," he answered. "Calling a tail a leg doesn't make it one."
"Four," he answered. "Calling a tail a leg doesn't make it one."
May 13, 2025 at 12:23 PM
Lincoln once was asked, "If you called a dog's tail a leg, how many legs would he have?"
"Four," he answered. "Calling a tail a leg doesn't make it one."
"Four," he answered. "Calling a tail a leg doesn't make it one."
Major categories of visible life on Earth had been settled for centuries. But in the 1980s scientists found “intraterrestrials,”microscopic organisms living deep inside Earth’s crust. These microbes proved that what we thought about the boundaries of life was wrong — and wildly so.
There’s Life Inside Earth’s Crust | NOEMA
Revelations about microbes living deep inside Earth’s crust are challenging scientists’ conceptions of life and how it evolves.
www.noemamag.com
April 22, 2025 at 2:32 PM
Major categories of visible life on Earth had been settled for centuries. But in the 1980s scientists found “intraterrestrials,”microscopic organisms living deep inside Earth’s crust. These microbes proved that what we thought about the boundaries of life was wrong — and wildly so.
Elton John’s “Goodbye Yellow Brick Road,” Chicago’s debut “Chicago Transit Authority,” the original cast recording of “Hamilton,” Mary J. Blige’s “My Life,” and Microsoft’s reboot chime among 2025 entrants to the National Recording Registry.
Take a “Fast Car” to the 2025 National Recording Registry | Timeless
The 2025 class of the National Recording Registry is out today! Headliners include Elton John’s monumental album “Goodbye Yellow Brick Road,” Chicago’s debut “Chicago Transit Authority,” the original ...
blogs.loc.gov
April 9, 2025 at 5:10 PM
Elton John’s “Goodbye Yellow Brick Road,” Chicago’s debut “Chicago Transit Authority,” the original cast recording of “Hamilton,” Mary J. Blige’s “My Life,” and Microsoft’s reboot chime among 2025 entrants to the National Recording Registry.
A pacemaker so small, it can be injected into place. Impressive.
It’s also: powered by our own body fluids, activated from outside the body by light signals, and dissolves away when it’s done working.
Futuristic engineering from Northwestern University.
It’s also: powered by our own body fluids, activated from outside the body by light signals, and dissolves away when it’s done working.
Futuristic engineering from Northwestern University.
World's smallest injectable pacemaker powers itself using body fluids
The device is smaller than a grain of rice and can be paired with a soft, wireless wearable designed to be attached to the patient’s chest.
interestingengineering.com
April 2, 2025 at 5:39 PM
A pacemaker so small, it can be injected into place. Impressive.
It’s also: powered by our own body fluids, activated from outside the body by light signals, and dissolves away when it’s done working.
Futuristic engineering from Northwestern University.
It’s also: powered by our own body fluids, activated from outside the body by light signals, and dissolves away when it’s done working.
Futuristic engineering from Northwestern University.
Prime numbers, those divisible by 1 and themselves, are easy to find at first. There’s 2, 3, 5, 7, 11. But things get harder as the numbers get bigger.
For the first time in 6 years, there’s a new largest-ever prime, and it has over 40 million digits.
For the first time in 6 years, there’s a new largest-ever prime, and it has over 40 million digits.
How a Record-Breaking Prime Number with 41 Million Digits Was Discovered
The discovery of a new prime number highlights the rising price of mathematical gold
www.scientificamerican.com
February 22, 2025 at 5:29 PM
Prime numbers, those divisible by 1 and themselves, are easy to find at first. There’s 2, 3, 5, 7, 11. But things get harder as the numbers get bigger.
For the first time in 6 years, there’s a new largest-ever prime, and it has over 40 million digits.
For the first time in 6 years, there’s a new largest-ever prime, and it has over 40 million digits.
The Internet is a vast ocean of human knowledge, but it isn't infinite. And Al researchers have nearly sucked it dry. www.nature.com/articles/d41...
The AI revolution is running out of data. What can researchers do?
AI developers are rapidly picking the Internet clean to train large language models such as those behind ChatGPT. Here’s how they are trying to get around the problem.
www.nature.com
December 16, 2024 at 11:56 PM
The Internet is a vast ocean of human knowledge, but it isn't infinite. And Al researchers have nearly sucked it dry. www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Imagine a camera so small but so capable that it can capture full-color images comparable to a conventional camera that’s 500,000 times bigger.
The device, the size of a grain of salt, is the work of researchers at Princeton University and the University of Washington. cacm.acm.org/news/a-camer...
The device, the size of a grain of salt, is the work of researchers at Princeton University and the University of Washington. cacm.acm.org/news/a-camer...
A Camera the Size of a Grain of Salt Could Change Imaging as We Know It – Communications of the ACM
cacm.acm.org
November 29, 2024 at 7:02 PM
Imagine a camera so small but so capable that it can capture full-color images comparable to a conventional camera that’s 500,000 times bigger.
The device, the size of a grain of salt, is the work of researchers at Princeton University and the University of Washington. cacm.acm.org/news/a-camer...
The device, the size of a grain of salt, is the work of researchers at Princeton University and the University of Washington. cacm.acm.org/news/a-camer...
Lobster, eels, clams, and mussels were among the dishes at the first Thanksgiving. Birds and deer, too, but alas, no potatoes. j.mp/2JjE96T #Thanksgiving
What Food Was Served at the First Thanksgiving in 1621?
Turkey may have been part of the holiday meal, along with venison, shellfish and corn, but pies and potatoes were decidedly not on the menu
j.mp
November 28, 2024 at 3:16 PM
Lobster, eels, clams, and mussels were among the dishes at the first Thanksgiving. Birds and deer, too, but alas, no potatoes. j.mp/2JjE96T #Thanksgiving
US President George Washington’s Thanksgiving Day Proclamation, October 3, 1789. j.mp/3lfRP0k #Thanksgiving #history
A Thanksgiving Presidential Proclamation
Today’s post comes from Bailey Martin of the National Archives History Office. A Proclamation: Whereas it is the duty of all Nations to acknowledge the providence of Almighty God, to obey his will,…
j.mp
November 28, 2024 at 7:11 AM
US President George Washington’s Thanksgiving Day Proclamation, October 3, 1789. j.mp/3lfRP0k #Thanksgiving #history
Massive buildings subtly affect how Earth spins and the length of our days. It all has to do with something called the “moment of inertia.” The more mass an object has (and the further away it is from the centre of rotation), the more it resists spinning. www.sciencefocus.com/news/human-s...
Mega-buildings are now slowing Earth’s spin. Here’s what that means for the planet
A huge dam in China is changing how long a day is.
www.sciencefocus.com
November 23, 2024 at 5:49 PM
Massive buildings subtly affect how Earth spins and the length of our days. It all has to do with something called the “moment of inertia.” The more mass an object has (and the further away it is from the centre of rotation), the more it resists spinning. www.sciencefocus.com/news/human-s...
This seems as good a time as any to check out the batch cocktail calculator, designed for both pro bartenders and folks who make drinks at home, it takes your single-serving cocktail recipe and turns it into a batch of any size. www.batchcalc.com
November 21, 2024 at 12:48 AM
This seems as good a time as any to check out the batch cocktail calculator, designed for both pro bartenders and folks who make drinks at home, it takes your single-serving cocktail recipe and turns it into a batch of any size. www.batchcalc.com
The sun set at 1:27 PM Monday in Utqiagvik, Alaska, and won’t rise until January 22—for all of 48 minutes.
Despite this, all locations on Earth see the same duration of sunlight every year. Utqiagvik gets about as many hours of sunlight as Miami; it all balances out. www.msn.com/en-us/weathe...
Despite this, all locations on Earth see the same duration of sunlight every year. Utqiagvik gets about as many hours of sunlight as Miami; it all balances out. www.msn.com/en-us/weathe...
MSN
www.msn.com
November 19, 2024 at 5:24 PM
The sun set at 1:27 PM Monday in Utqiagvik, Alaska, and won’t rise until January 22—for all of 48 minutes.
Despite this, all locations on Earth see the same duration of sunlight every year. Utqiagvik gets about as many hours of sunlight as Miami; it all balances out. www.msn.com/en-us/weathe...
Despite this, all locations on Earth see the same duration of sunlight every year. Utqiagvik gets about as many hours of sunlight as Miami; it all balances out. www.msn.com/en-us/weathe...
That walk outdoors, especially far from urban noise and pollution, always seems to lift our spirits. But might there be more to it than psychological well-being? Perhaps it’s also aero-nutrients, absorbed with every breath. www.sciencealert.com/your-body-ca...
Your Body Can Absorb Vitamins Directly From Air, Evidence Shows
You know that feeling you get when you take a breath of fresh air in nature? There may be more to it than a simple lack of pollution.
www.sciencealert.com
November 19, 2024 at 3:32 AM
That walk outdoors, especially far from urban noise and pollution, always seems to lift our spirits. But might there be more to it than psychological well-being? Perhaps it’s also aero-nutrients, absorbed with every breath. www.sciencealert.com/your-body-ca...
@quarrygirlri.bsky.social Very glad to see you active here on Bluesky. This place is really blowing up! Hope all is well with you.
November 19, 2024 at 3:10 AM
@quarrygirlri.bsky.social Very glad to see you active here on Bluesky. This place is really blowing up! Hope all is well with you.
@smachlis.bsky.social So glad to see you here. The community is really growing and the interactions have been outstanding (I’ve long run a Red Sox account on Twitter and there’s no comparison with this place for engagement).
Hope all is well on your latest journey!
Hope all is well on your latest journey!
November 18, 2024 at 12:45 AM
@smachlis.bsky.social So glad to see you here. The community is really growing and the interactions have been outstanding (I’ve long run a Red Sox account on Twitter and there’s no comparison with this place for engagement).
Hope all is well on your latest journey!
Hope all is well on your latest journey!
What Leonardo da Vinci was doing at your age. edition.cnn.com/interactive/... #culture #arts #innovation
Leonardo: What had he achieved by your age?
Leonardo da Vinci died 500 years ago at the age of 67. What was he doing at your age? Find out here.
edition.cnn.com
November 9, 2024 at 11:02 PM
What Leonardo da Vinci was doing at your age. edition.cnn.com/interactive/... #culture #arts #innovation
Vampire bats, the sole mammals that exclusively feed on blood, are also surprisingly generous blood donors. www.nytimes.com/2024/11/05/s...
You May Not Be Able to Outrun a Vampire Bat
Scientists put the bloodsucking mammals on a treadmill to understand how they get the energy to chase down their next meal.
www.nytimes.com
November 7, 2024 at 2:47 PM
Vampire bats, the sole mammals that exclusively feed on blood, are also surprisingly generous blood donors. www.nytimes.com/2024/11/05/s...
The fascinating science behind autumn colors. And, an interactive map to see when foliage colors will peak this year in the US.
2024 Fall Prediction Map
When will the leaves start changing? When will they peak? Our Nationwide 2024 Fall Foliage Map and leaf prediction tool has answers and progressive county-level predictions.
smokymountains.com
September 12, 2024 at 6:03 PM
The fascinating science behind autumn colors. And, an interactive map to see when foliage colors will peak this year in the US.