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high energy physics would be a lot more popular with far fewer Feynman diagrams
like, dude, nobody wants to see your Dick pic
like, dude, nobody wants to see your Dick pic
July 11, 2025 at 1:03 PM
high energy physics would be a lot more popular with far fewer Feynman diagrams
like, dude, nobody wants to see your Dick pic
like, dude, nobody wants to see your Dick pic
look I can't magically produce results from thin air
which is especially good considering thick air is sick of being fat-shamed
which is especially good considering thick air is sick of being fat-shamed
July 3, 2025 at 10:48 PM
look I can't magically produce results from thin air
which is especially good considering thick air is sick of being fat-shamed
which is especially good considering thick air is sick of being fat-shamed
when zombies break up do they play on repeat
Somebody That I Used To Gnaw
Somebody That I Used To Gnaw
May 5, 2025 at 12:29 AM
when zombies break up do they play on repeat
Somebody That I Used To Gnaw
Somebody That I Used To Gnaw
someone apparently trained their dogs to paint their Easter eggs
that's right, they unextincted the dyer wolf
that's right, they unextincted the dyer wolf
April 21, 2025 at 3:54 AM
someone apparently trained their dogs to paint their Easter eggs
that's right, they unextincted the dyer wolf
that's right, they unextincted the dyer wolf
What's the difference between Donald Trump and an autistic person?
An autistic person often takes things literally that they shouldn't have.
Trump often literally takes things that he shouldn't have.
An autistic person often takes things literally that they shouldn't have.
Trump often literally takes things that he shouldn't have.
April 21, 2025 at 3:12 AM
What's the difference between Donald Trump and an autistic person?
An autistic person often takes things literally that they shouldn't have.
Trump often literally takes things that he shouldn't have.
An autistic person often takes things literally that they shouldn't have.
Trump often literally takes things that he shouldn't have.
wait if Psylocke stabs people with mystical energy daggers
then she's totally part of the Woo Tang clan
then she's totally part of the Woo Tang clan
April 1, 2025 at 10:07 PM
wait if Psylocke stabs people with mystical energy daggers
then she's totally part of the Woo Tang clan
then she's totally part of the Woo Tang clan
Did you know? Movie soundtracks were originally invented to avoid paying royalties to John Cage for 4' 33".
April 1, 2025 at 10:00 PM
Did you know? Movie soundtracks were originally invented to avoid paying royalties to John Cage for 4' 33".
Business idea: help electricians buy back Teslas and convert their batteries into home or grid storage.
Tesla sold 1 million cars over 2023-4. Rehoming 20% of them would give about 12 GWh capacity -- equal to America's entire grid capacity increase in Q3 2024.
Tesla sold 1 million cars over 2023-4. Rehoming 20% of them would give about 12 GWh capacity -- equal to America's entire grid capacity increase in Q3 2024.
April 1, 2025 at 4:22 AM
Business idea: help electricians buy back Teslas and convert their batteries into home or grid storage.
Tesla sold 1 million cars over 2023-4. Rehoming 20% of them would give about 12 GWh capacity -- equal to America's entire grid capacity increase in Q3 2024.
Tesla sold 1 million cars over 2023-4. Rehoming 20% of them would give about 12 GWh capacity -- equal to America's entire grid capacity increase in Q3 2024.
So there's this weird new game on my phone. It's an idle carpentry sim. But if you pay for it, it gets ... harder, not easier? Like, they take away the adze.
March 29, 2025 at 11:17 PM
So there's this weird new game on my phone. It's an idle carpentry sim. But if you pay for it, it gets ... harder, not easier? Like, they take away the adze.
that feeling when they voted to Make America Great Again
but actually got Houthi And The Oafish
but actually got Houthi And The Oafish
March 25, 2025 at 8:48 PM
that feeling when they voted to Make America Great Again
but actually got Houthi And The Oafish
but actually got Houthi And The Oafish
imagine not knowing which to be more afraid of: that either this was Hegseth completely drunk or this was Hegseth completely sober
March 25, 2025 at 9:06 AM
imagine not knowing which to be more afraid of: that either this was Hegseth completely drunk or this was Hegseth completely sober
that feeling when you're added to Houthi PC Small Chat
March 25, 2025 at 8:40 AM
that feeling when you're added to Houthi PC Small Chat
in a parliament system, everyone leading the executive (the Prime Minister's cabinet) is themselves an elected representative. The head of the executive automatically has a dozen usurpers ready to shiv 'em and take over, each of which has fought tough campaigns and run government already.
one of the ways in which the madisonian logic of the american system doesn't seem to be working is that ambition *isn't* countering ambition. there are all these lawmakers who just, don't give a shit, even when giving a shit could propel them to political fame and success
seriously, I understand it would be a huge gamble but the right play from some dissident republican senator has a decent shot of making that person president
March 21, 2025 at 7:30 PM
in a parliament system, everyone leading the executive (the Prime Minister's cabinet) is themselves an elected representative. The head of the executive automatically has a dozen usurpers ready to shiv 'em and take over, each of which has fought tough campaigns and run government already.
If I drunk-fought a robot bartender I feel like there's only three possibilities:
1. I break the robot bartender
2. The robot bartender breaks me
3. The robot bartender is hardwired to move so slowly and predictably that it could never replace a human bartender.
I must be missing something, but ...
1. I break the robot bartender
2. The robot bartender breaks me
3. The robot bartender is hardwired to move so slowly and predictably that it could never replace a human bartender.
I must be missing something, but ...
March 19, 2025 at 2:47 AM
If I drunk-fought a robot bartender I feel like there's only three possibilities:
1. I break the robot bartender
2. The robot bartender breaks me
3. The robot bartender is hardwired to move so slowly and predictably that it could never replace a human bartender.
I must be missing something, but ...
1. I break the robot bartender
2. The robot bartender breaks me
3. The robot bartender is hardwired to move so slowly and predictably that it could never replace a human bartender.
I must be missing something, but ...
Trump never met a loan he didn't want to turn into a swindle. That's the one method to his madness: his (correct) recognition that the US is deeply financially indebted to the world, eliciting his deep (idiosyncratic) desire to get out of what he perceives as a weakness.
March 18, 2025 at 8:32 AM
Trump never met a loan he didn't want to turn into a swindle. That's the one method to his madness: his (correct) recognition that the US is deeply financially indebted to the world, eliciting his deep (idiosyncratic) desire to get out of what he perceives as a weakness.
BREAKING: Trump admin finally meets non-white woman it didn't deport on sight
March 17, 2025 at 8:45 PM
BREAKING: Trump admin finally meets non-white woman it didn't deport on sight
The Trump admin's madness is threatening 368 million dollars of Australian research.
Meanwhile, our (sensible, promise-keeping) government has just paid 500 million dollars for nuclear subs that won't arrive for nearly ten years.
Can't blame us if we're too distracted to pay the next AUKUS bill.
Meanwhile, our (sensible, promise-keeping) government has just paid 500 million dollars for nuclear subs that won't arrive for nearly ten years.
Can't blame us if we're too distracted to pay the next AUKUS bill.
March 17, 2025 at 10:03 AM
The Trump admin's madness is threatening 368 million dollars of Australian research.
Meanwhile, our (sensible, promise-keeping) government has just paid 500 million dollars for nuclear subs that won't arrive for nearly ten years.
Can't blame us if we're too distracted to pay the next AUKUS bill.
Meanwhile, our (sensible, promise-keeping) government has just paid 500 million dollars for nuclear subs that won't arrive for nearly ten years.
Can't blame us if we're too distracted to pay the next AUKUS bill.
nobody:
me: if someone writes down a numerical score after interviewing a vibe coder did they just become a vibe rater
me: if someone writes down a numerical score after interviewing a vibe coder did they just become a vibe rater
March 16, 2025 at 9:05 PM
nobody:
me: if someone writes down a numerical score after interviewing a vibe coder did they just become a vibe rater
me: if someone writes down a numerical score after interviewing a vibe coder did they just become a vibe rater
"Hey uh it says here we've got a massive shipment of, uh, 'reduced bauxite' from Australia. Looks shiny. Do we charge tariffs?"
"Lol see Australia's so desperate they're having to reduce prices on all the crap they're selling us! Go team! Let it in! Let it all in! Feast on their sorrow!"
"Lol see Australia's so desperate they're having to reduce prices on all the crap they're selling us! Go team! Let it in! Let it all in! Feast on their sorrow!"
March 14, 2025 at 2:07 PM
"Hey uh it says here we've got a massive shipment of, uh, 'reduced bauxite' from Australia. Looks shiny. Do we charge tariffs?"
"Lol see Australia's so desperate they're having to reduce prices on all the crap they're selling us! Go team! Let it in! Let it all in! Feast on their sorrow!"
"Lol see Australia's so desperate they're having to reduce prices on all the crap they're selling us! Go team! Let it in! Let it all in! Feast on their sorrow!"
Microsoft shilling Xbox Copilot (!!) saying "Gaming is the only form of entertainment where you can get stuck"??
That's just plain wrong. If you gave up on Agents of SHIELD mid-season 1, you got stuck. You missed the finest Time Loop Bottle Episode of all modern TV. Where was Copilot THEN, huh?????
That's just plain wrong. If you gave up on Agents of SHIELD mid-season 1, you got stuck. You missed the finest Time Loop Bottle Episode of all modern TV. Where was Copilot THEN, huh?????
March 14, 2025 at 8:39 AM
Microsoft shilling Xbox Copilot (!!) saying "Gaming is the only form of entertainment where you can get stuck"??
That's just plain wrong. If you gave up on Agents of SHIELD mid-season 1, you got stuck. You missed the finest Time Loop Bottle Episode of all modern TV. Where was Copilot THEN, huh?????
That's just plain wrong. If you gave up on Agents of SHIELD mid-season 1, you got stuck. You missed the finest Time Loop Bottle Episode of all modern TV. Where was Copilot THEN, huh?????
My toddler's moral formation so far:
The Bible: Do unto others as you would have them do unto you
Yoda: Do or do not, there is no try
Baby Shark: do do do, do do do, do do do, do do do do do do do do do do
The Bible: Do unto others as you would have them do unto you
Yoda: Do or do not, there is no try
Baby Shark: do do do, do do do, do do do, do do do do do do do do do do
March 9, 2025 at 11:31 PM
My toddler's moral formation so far:
The Bible: Do unto others as you would have them do unto you
Yoda: Do or do not, there is no try
Baby Shark: do do do, do do do, do do do, do do do do do do do do do do
The Bible: Do unto others as you would have them do unto you
Yoda: Do or do not, there is no try
Baby Shark: do do do, do do do, do do do, do do do do do do do do do do
I finally figured out what the three dots punctuation does ...
.... it tells you when time ellipses.
.... it tells you when time ellipses.
March 6, 2025 at 11:24 PM
I finally figured out what the three dots punctuation does ...
.... it tells you when time ellipses.
.... it tells you when time ellipses.
I hear suction researchers only aim to publish in Science
They say Nature abhors a vacuum
They say Nature abhors a vacuum
March 4, 2025 at 8:53 AM
I hear suction researchers only aim to publish in Science
They say Nature abhors a vacuum
They say Nature abhors a vacuum
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realized while emptying the dishwasher that Yoda is precisely wrong. not malevolently so. but there is no do and there is no do not. there is only try. this is clear to a man in his mid-fifties and so should be clear to a 900-year-old Jedi knight
March 1, 2025 at 2:30 AM
realized while emptying the dishwasher that Yoda is precisely wrong. not malevolently so. but there is no do and there is no do not. there is only try. this is clear to a man in his mid-fifties and so should be clear to a 900-year-old Jedi knight
Wrote the next entry in my experiment on building a first-year university course in public:
shern.substack.com/p/bonsai-log...
shern.substack.com/p/bonsai-log...
February 22, 2025 at 9:34 AM
Wrote the next entry in my experiment on building a first-year university course in public:
shern.substack.com/p/bonsai-log...
shern.substack.com/p/bonsai-log...