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@bradenallmond.bsky.social
Median midwest emo enjoyer
PhD candidate studying experimental particle physics
26, he/him
I have a Substack that I'm proud of! https://open.substack.com/pub/bradenallmond/p/braden-radio-2024?r=9pc0w&utm_medium=ios
PhD candidate studying experimental particle physics
26, he/him
I have a Substack that I'm proud of! https://open.substack.com/pub/bradenallmond/p/braden-radio-2024?r=9pc0w&utm_medium=ios
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Bsky thinks science is just pictures of stars, like did you know we can look at fundamental particles too?
We have machines the size of buildings capturing data produced under the same conditions as the very early universe!
We have machines the size of buildings capturing data produced under the same conditions as the very early universe!
health tracking data is numerology for tech bros
November 6, 2025 at 2:30 PM
health tracking data is numerology for tech bros
my smart watch keeps telling me i'm not getting enough REM sleep.
And it's right.
I have to dream more, and dream bigger.
A person's reach should exceed their grasp, or what is heaven for?
www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/43745/...
And it's right.
I have to dream more, and dream bigger.
A person's reach should exceed their grasp, or what is heaven for?
www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/43745/...
Andrea del Sarto
You turn your face, but does it bring your heart? I'll work then for your friend's friend, never fear, Treat his own subject after his own way, Fix his own time, accept too his own price, And shut the...
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October 27, 2025 at 3:18 PM
my smart watch keeps telling me i'm not getting enough REM sleep.
And it's right.
I have to dream more, and dream bigger.
A person's reach should exceed their grasp, or what is heaven for?
www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/43745/...
And it's right.
I have to dream more, and dream bigger.
A person's reach should exceed their grasp, or what is heaven for?
www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/43745/...
no but seriously, they ARE gutting a body of water, and you've gotta hear it
open.spotify.com/track/0qQkMM...
open.spotify.com/track/0qQkMM...
american food
They Are Gutting a Body of Water · american food · Song · 2025
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August 14, 2025 at 6:59 PM
no but seriously, they ARE gutting a body of water, and you've gotta hear it
open.spotify.com/track/0qQkMM...
open.spotify.com/track/0qQkMM...
To whom it may concern,
This post is to notify you of a new post on my Substack. The contents therein include 1 (one) music ramblings, 2 (two) old posts, and 3 (three) another playlist. The ramblings will continue until morale improves.
Warmest regards,
B. Allmond
open.substack.com/pub/bradenal...
This post is to notify you of a new post on my Substack. The contents therein include 1 (one) music ramblings, 2 (two) old posts, and 3 (three) another playlist. The ramblings will continue until morale improves.
Warmest regards,
B. Allmond
open.substack.com/pub/bradenal...
Threed: April, 2025
It's June? Then why does this title here say April?
open.substack.com
June 16, 2025 at 1:45 PM
To whom it may concern,
This post is to notify you of a new post on my Substack. The contents therein include 1 (one) music ramblings, 2 (two) old posts, and 3 (three) another playlist. The ramblings will continue until morale improves.
Warmest regards,
B. Allmond
open.substack.com/pub/bradenal...
This post is to notify you of a new post on my Substack. The contents therein include 1 (one) music ramblings, 2 (two) old posts, and 3 (three) another playlist. The ramblings will continue until morale improves.
Warmest regards,
B. Allmond
open.substack.com/pub/bradenal...
vibe coding without even using AI slop. Modular? Hell no. Memory safe? Absolutely not. Easy to read? Not even remotely. Does it even run? Also no.
My code is broken and nonsensical in a totally organic way that LLMs 100 years from now could only hope to approximate.
My code is broken and nonsensical in a totally organic way that LLMs 100 years from now could only hope to approximate.
June 4, 2025 at 1:44 PM
vibe coding without even using AI slop. Modular? Hell no. Memory safe? Absolutely not. Easy to read? Not even remotely. Does it even run? Also no.
My code is broken and nonsensical in a totally organic way that LLMs 100 years from now could only hope to approximate.
My code is broken and nonsensical in a totally organic way that LLMs 100 years from now could only hope to approximate.
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America cannot long remain free, nor first among nations, if it becomes the kind of place where universities are dismantled because they don't align politically with the current head of the government.
May 23, 2025 at 4:00 PM
America cannot long remain free, nor first among nations, if it becomes the kind of place where universities are dismantled because they don't align politically with the current head of the government.
I was thinking about suggesting to a small coffee shop to do coffee cards and realized that's like saying "Hey, you should give me every tenth cup of coffee for free." Instead, I'm going to suggest they give me every cup for free from now on.
May 22, 2025 at 4:26 PM
I was thinking about suggesting to a small coffee shop to do coffee cards and realized that's like saying "Hey, you should give me every tenth cup of coffee for free." Instead, I'm going to suggest they give me every cup for free from now on.
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people need to internalize, very quickly, that federal research grants are a hypercompetitive contracting process not charity, and that what Uncle Sam gets in return for that money is American dominance in the future
May 18, 2025 at 3:31 AM
people need to internalize, very quickly, that federal research grants are a hypercompetitive contracting process not charity, and that what Uncle Sam gets in return for that money is American dominance in the future
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in a way it feels sort of charmingly european to have my plans canceled by a train strike!
i'd planned a big trip this weekend for which NJ Transit was a load-bearing leg; probably canceled in light of the impending strike! all power and support to the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers and Trainmen on their action
May 16, 2025 at 4:49 PM
in a way it feels sort of charmingly european to have my plans canceled by a train strike!
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this is a letter to the editor from a high school track runner who came in second to a trans girl in a race. her state house rep in maine started talking about it. so she wrote this: www.pressherald.com/2025/05/14/r...
May 16, 2025 at 3:25 AM
this is a letter to the editor from a high school track runner who came in second to a trans girl in a race. her state house rep in maine started talking about it. so she wrote this: www.pressherald.com/2025/05/14/r...
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Justices divided over whether Constitution means what it says
May 15, 2025 at 8:34 PM
Justices divided over whether Constitution means what it says
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"No one uses bike lanes"
Meanwhile in Utrecht, the Netherlands:
Meanwhile in Utrecht, the Netherlands:
May 13, 2025 at 7:04 AM
"No one uses bike lanes"
Meanwhile in Utrecht, the Netherlands:
Meanwhile in Utrecht, the Netherlands:
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transphobes go to the shadow realm
May 8, 2025 at 12:17 PM
transphobes go to the shadow realm
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“Your agency acts as if laws don’t matter—as if the election gave you some mandate to violate the Constitution and the laws passed by this Congress. It did not give you that mandate.” — Sen. Chris Murphy (D-CT) to DHS Secretary Kristi Noem
May 9, 2025 at 8:03 PM
“Your agency acts as if laws don’t matter—as if the election gave you some mandate to violate the Constitution and the laws passed by this Congress. It did not give you that mandate.” — Sen. Chris Murphy (D-CT) to DHS Secretary Kristi Noem
W featured article
May 5, 2025 at 12:04 PM
W featured article
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If you haven't yet please give this article a read and most certainly the album a listen. Not an healing balm for our trying times but more of a friendly arm thrown around the shoulder.
Last Leg of the Human Table is as dire of an album as it is a good time. Cloakroom have woven an thickly knotted quilt giving image and pause to the big question plaguing society right now: What the fuck do we do? Elias Amini explores the band's latest. swimintothesound.com/blog/2025/4/...
Cloakroom – Last Leg of The Human Table | Album Review — Swim Into The Sound
It’s been three years and some change since the last Cloakroom album, Dissolution Wave , made its deep impact on the scene with the fascinating narrative of an asteroid miner’s life set to the back...
swimintothesound.com
May 1, 2025 at 9:22 PM
If you haven't yet please give this article a read and most certainly the album a listen. Not an healing balm for our trying times but more of a friendly arm thrown around the shoulder.
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remembering when democrats elected him house oversight chair over AOC 2 months ago talking about him like this
April 28, 2025 at 3:37 PM
remembering when democrats elected him house oversight chair over AOC 2 months ago talking about him like this
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Anyone wanna tailgate the papal conclave with me
April 26, 2025 at 12:58 AM
Anyone wanna tailgate the papal conclave with me
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Does my toaster miss me when I am at work
Are my washer and dryer married
Are my washer and dryer married
“Can ChatGPT experience joy or suffering? Does Gemini deserve human rights?” our tech columnist asks. “Many A.I. experts I know would say no, not yet, not even close. But I was intrigued.”
Should We Start Taking the Welfare of A.I. Seriously?
As artificial intelligence systems become smarter, one A.I. company is trying to figure out what to do if they become conscious.
www.nytimes.com
April 25, 2025 at 2:40 AM
Does my toaster miss me when I am at work
Are my washer and dryer married
Are my washer and dryer married
April 23, 2025 at 12:05 PM
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Gonna be real with you, this feels like an advertisement for spiritual death
April 22, 2025 at 9:26 PM
Gonna be real with you, this feels like an advertisement for spiritual death
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We should stop holding in-person scientific conferences in the U.S. until our international colleagues can safely travel here. They should all be online or in other countries. beatofhawaii.com/why-these-ha... #science #research
Why These Hawaii Travelers Were Jailed And Deported
Two young travelers expected their Hawaii trip to be the highlight of a long awaited world adventure. Instead, their arrival in Honolulu ended in handcuffs, jail, and deportation.
beatofhawaii.com
April 20, 2025 at 5:40 PM
We should stop holding in-person scientific conferences in the U.S. until our international colleagues can safely travel here. They should all be online or in other countries. beatofhawaii.com/why-these-ha... #science #research
onion headline on npr today
April 18, 2025 at 2:47 PM
onion headline on npr today