Luke Landherr (aka Dante Shepherd)
@danteshepherd.bsky.social
Northeastern ChemE professor. My research is educational comics. I used to make Surviving The World. I believe the plural should be "chemicals engineer". http://sciencetheworld.com
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Hello! I'm Luke Landherr, sometimes known as Dante Shepherd. I teach chemical engineering and I make comics. Sometimes the comics are educational; sometimes definitely not.
Educational comics are here: sciencetheworld.com
Non-educational are here: survivingtheworld.net
Also very queer. Anyway, hi!
Educational comics are here: sciencetheworld.com
Non-educational are here: survivingtheworld.net
Also very queer. Anyway, hi!
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It's so interesting that in the name of practicality we are urged to avoid any practical action; in the name of redemption we are urged to exonerate people who have shown no interest in redemption; in the name of civility we are urged to overlook the cruelty of those who scorn all civility
November 14, 2025 at 1:03 AM
It's so interesting that in the name of practicality we are urged to avoid any practical action; in the name of redemption we are urged to exonerate people who have shown no interest in redemption; in the name of civility we are urged to overlook the cruelty of those who scorn all civility
Uninteresting times would be good any day now
November 13, 2025 at 1:54 AM
Uninteresting times would be good any day now
The best band in Boston has a great concert coming up on Saturday
HTH turns 20! 🎉 We're celebrating live this Saturday night and we just released a best-of compilation on streaming services called Realistic Birthday Music! Details here: mailchi.mp/5dac90cc91ff...
November 12, 2025 at 10:04 PM
The best band in Boston has a great concert coming up on Saturday
Thinking a lot about this panel from QC right now
November 10, 2025 at 3:43 AM
Thinking a lot about this panel from QC right now
Already called @warren.senate.gov and @markey.senate.gov, even though I expect them to push back on this nonsense. (Markey better not give in if he wants my vote against Moulton.)
Time yet again to be loud, friends. Calling takes less than 4 minutes. Call regardless of who represents you.
Time yet again to be loud, friends. Calling takes less than 4 minutes. Call regardless of who represents you.
Call the United States Capitol switchboard at (202) 224-3121 and they will connect you with your senator's office.
If you're represented by one of the squishier centrists, be sure to make a call. Now.
If you're represented by one of the squishier centrists, be sure to make a call. Now.
Sounds like the squishes in the senate caucus are ready to pull the plug with no ACA changes. This is real. If you want to register your opinion you shld call yr senator in the next hour. They not only want to reopen w/nothing. They want cover from their colleagues who still want to hold out.
November 9, 2025 at 9:32 PM
Already called @warren.senate.gov and @markey.senate.gov, even though I expect them to push back on this nonsense. (Markey better not give in if he wants my vote against Moulton.)
Time yet again to be loud, friends. Calling takes less than 4 minutes. Call regardless of who represents you.
Time yet again to be loud, friends. Calling takes less than 4 minutes. Call regardless of who represents you.
the Cornell Big Red Pilled, apparently
Breaking News: Cornell University reached an agreement with the Trump administration that would restore hundreds of millions in funding to the university. It's expected to pay a $30 million fine to the government and to invest $30 million in agriculture and farming programs.
Cornell Reaches Deal with Trump Administration to Restore Research Funds
The Ivy League university had warned of layoffs after the Trump administration stripped it of funds this year. The cuts were among the deepest in higher education.
nyti.ms
November 7, 2025 at 5:51 PM
the Cornell Big Red Pilled, apparently
The lesson tonight, among many others, is that you should be willing to fight for trans rights, your neighbors should fight for trans rights, politicans should fight for trans rights, everyone should fight for trans rights. Just be willing to stand up on principle and fight for them.
November 5, 2025 at 4:11 AM
The lesson tonight, among many others, is that you should be willing to fight for trans rights, your neighbors should fight for trans rights, politicans should fight for trans rights, everyone should fight for trans rights. Just be willing to stand up on principle and fight for them.
My students took 1st and 3rd place in the undergraduate poster competition at AIChE today. Congratulations to Marissa, Sydnie, and Kate!
November 4, 2025 at 12:14 AM
My students took 1st and 3rd place in the undergraduate poster competition at AIChE today. Congratulations to Marissa, Sydnie, and Kate!
Alas. Pretty good series though
November 2, 2025 at 4:20 AM
Alas. Pretty good series though
Highly meme-able
November 2, 2025 at 2:23 AM
Highly meme-able
As a 42-year-old, watching 41-year-old Max Scherzer continuing to pitch is delighting me. As a baseball fan rooting for the Jays, watching this is killing me.
November 2, 2025 at 1:42 AM
As a 42-year-old, watching 41-year-old Max Scherzer continuing to pitch is delighting me. As a baseball fan rooting for the Jays, watching this is killing me.
Best of all, I've found a stream of the Canadian baseball broadcast so I don't need to listen to Smoltz hatecast the game, either
November 2, 2025 at 1:07 AM
Best of all, I've found a stream of the Canadian baseball broadcast so I don't need to listen to Smoltz hatecast the game, either
Everyone I know who grew up Catholic suffered from endless nonstop guilt, and everyone who is an adult convert to Catholicism seems to have endless nonstop wrong interpretations of their selected faith but none of the guilt
November 1, 2025 at 9:23 PM
Everyone I know who grew up Catholic suffered from endless nonstop guilt, and everyone who is an adult convert to Catholicism seems to have endless nonstop wrong interpretations of their selected faith but none of the guilt
I really REALLY would love an engineering analysis of why Toronto's stadium is the loudest baseball stadium. Is it just the closed dome? I don't think any other baseball stadium comes close.
November 1, 2025 at 2:47 AM
I really REALLY would love an engineering analysis of why Toronto's stadium is the loudest baseball stadium. Is it just the closed dome? I don't think any other baseball stadium comes close.
Happy Halloween from a lobsterman and a lobster
November 1, 2025 at 2:27 AM
Happy Halloween from a lobsterman and a lobster
Happy Halloween! Best holiday!
October 31, 2025 at 9:19 PM
Happy Halloween! Best holiday!
The longest game in baseball history lasted 33 innings and the players were burning bats and benches in barrels to keep warm en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Longest...
Longest professional baseball game - Wikipedia
en.wikipedia.org
October 28, 2025 at 5:34 AM
The longest game in baseball history lasted 33 innings and the players were burning bats and benches in barrels to keep warm en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Longest...
I did poorly on my first Thermo 1 exam in undergrad because 1) it was thermo and I didn't realize that thermo was secretly tricky until after the exam, and 2) I stayed up until 2:40 AM watching the Red Sox lose a Divison Series game in 12 innings
Getting some flashbacks right now
Getting some flashbacks right now
October 28, 2025 at 5:06 AM
I did poorly on my first Thermo 1 exam in undergrad because 1) it was thermo and I didn't realize that thermo was secretly tricky until after the exam, and 2) I stayed up until 2:40 AM watching the Red Sox lose a Divison Series game in 12 innings
Getting some flashbacks right now
Getting some flashbacks right now
By the time this World Series game ends, everyone playing and everyone watching will have been thrown out on the bases at least once
October 28, 2025 at 4:52 AM
By the time this World Series game ends, everyone playing and everyone watching will have been thrown out on the bases at least once
I for one think that it's bad for baseball that the person who oversees it all doesn't really like baseball, and that's why we're seeing the utter nonsense we're seeing now
I have a similar thought about a certain country
I have a similar thought about a certain country
October 26, 2025 at 1:35 AM
I for one think that it's bad for baseball that the person who oversees it all doesn't really like baseball, and that's why we're seeing the utter nonsense we're seeing now
I have a similar thought about a certain country
I have a similar thought about a certain country
I would love an analysis but I think Toronto might have somehow have the naturally loudest stadium in baseball
October 25, 2025 at 1:37 AM
I would love an analysis but I think Toronto might have somehow have the naturally loudest stadium in baseball
The TVs at the gym are always on CNN and Fox News (and maybe ESPN) and they just seem designed to break your brain or at the very least your spirit
October 23, 2025 at 1:11 AM
The TVs at the gym are always on CNN and Fox News (and maybe ESPN) and they just seem designed to break your brain or at the very least your spirit
Reposted by Luke Landherr (aka Dante Shepherd)
It's really OK to change your mind when new facts are presented. It really is.
October 21, 2025 at 8:37 PM
It's really OK to change your mind when new facts are presented. It really is.
Reposted by Luke Landherr (aka Dante Shepherd)
Here is a comic on the use of AI in education that @makinaro.com and I made for Chemical Engineering Education. Maki's art is otherworldly in this one, and I'm very pleased to have gotten this published in the journal.
October 21, 2025 at 1:42 AM
Here is a comic on the use of AI in education that @makinaro.com and I made for Chemical Engineering Education. Maki's art is otherworldly in this one, and I'm very pleased to have gotten this published in the journal.