Austin Reid, Ph.D.
@austinreid.bsky.social
Physics (assistant) professor at Tennessee Tech. Origami, magnets, neutrons. Davidson, NCSU (TUNL), PSL (ÉNS), IU (CEEM), Trinity College, Boğaziçi Üniversitesi… I collect higher ed ID cards like Pokémon (my IU one is a shiny) he/him 🌻
I’ve seen this episode before: “Das Leben der Anderen”
The Lives of Others - Wikipedia
en.wikipedia.org
November 19, 2025 at 2:27 PM
I’ve seen this episode before: “Das Leben der Anderen”
Do they use biometrics? Or are they still just using behavioral inference? You could probably juice a little more engagement with pulse+eye tracking
November 17, 2025 at 5:52 PM
Do they use biometrics? Or are they still just using behavioral inference? You could probably juice a little more engagement with pulse+eye tracking
Authoritarian regimes build walls to keep their people in
November 13, 2025 at 4:13 PM
Authoritarian regimes build walls to keep their people in
“Threatening to block the program will change its model weights” is a special type of ignorance
November 8, 2025 at 6:23 PM
“Threatening to block the program will change its model weights” is a special type of ignorance
And if they have different intentions, that merely moves them into a different but no less harmful category: www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/u...
Definition of USEFUL IDIOT
a naive or credulous person who can be manipulated or exploited to advance a cause or political agenda… See the full definition
www.merriam-webster.com
November 6, 2025 at 6:03 PM
And if they have different intentions, that merely moves them into a different but no less harmful category: www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/u...
The status is not quo
November 5, 2025 at 4:00 AM
The status is not quo
Tomato (tomato)
November 3, 2025 at 1:14 PM
Tomato (tomato)
Out: Frankenstein’s monster
In: Frankenstein’s Oscar Isaac
In: Frankenstein’s Oscar Isaac
November 1, 2025 at 6:12 AM
Out: Frankenstein’s monster
In: Frankenstein’s Oscar Isaac
In: Frankenstein’s Oscar Isaac
She knows she’s not in the files and nobody she cares for is in the files. If some people senior or more influential than her get caught in the blast radius, all the better!
October 31, 2025 at 5:13 AM
She knows she’s not in the files and nobody she cares for is in the files. If some people senior or more influential than her get caught in the blast radius, all the better!
One major difference: Obama was operating under a congressional AUMF. Trump is not.
It may not be very different morally, but it’s a stark legal difference
It may not be very different morally, but it’s a stark legal difference
October 25, 2025 at 11:17 AM
One major difference: Obama was operating under a congressional AUMF. Trump is not.
It may not be very different morally, but it’s a stark legal difference
It may not be very different morally, but it’s a stark legal difference
Derived from Tartarus (Greek)?
October 22, 2025 at 8:11 PM
Derived from Tartarus (Greek)?
On iOS you can make a shortcut to do this automatically.
October 22, 2025 at 8:01 PM
On iOS you can make a shortcut to do this automatically.
“Truth is stranger than fiction, but it is because Fiction is obliged to stick to possibilities; Truth isn’t.”
October 21, 2025 at 5:24 PM
“Truth is stranger than fiction, but it is because Fiction is obliged to stick to possibilities; Truth isn’t.”
“Every accusation is a confession” remains undefeated
October 18, 2025 at 2:21 AM
“Every accusation is a confession” remains undefeated
