David Weir
@davidjamesweir.mementomori.social.ap.brid.gy
Another queer doing a science
• gravitational wave cosmology ∩ trying to make academia a nicer place
• aspiring infracrepidarian
• my own opinions […]
🌉 bridged from ⁂ https://mementomori.social/@davidjamesweir, follow @ap.brid.gy to interact
• gravitational wave cosmology ∩ trying to make academia a nicer place
• aspiring infracrepidarian
• my own opinions […]
🌉 bridged from ⁂ https://mementomori.social/@davidjamesweir, follow @ap.brid.gy to interact
Reposted by David Weir
February 19, 2026 at 8:36 AM
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Näin juhlitaan laskiaista 🙃
Näin juhlitaan laskiaista 🙃
February 17, 2026 at 7:49 AM
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Näin juhlitaan laskiaista 🙃
Näin juhlitaan laskiaista 🙃
Yhteishyvä-lehti: ”ihanan nopea arkikeitto” ”30 min (josta 15 aktiivista)”
Resepti: 16+1 ainekset, ml. kuorittava porkkana, timjami ruukussa, jota pitää käsitellä ennen käyttöä, yms.
https://yhteishyva.fi/reseptit/kasvisminestrone/4dnNnDGvPLc0yF1WS3pGZs
Resepti: 16+1 ainekset, ml. kuorittava porkkana, timjami ruukussa, jota pitää käsitellä ennen käyttöä, yms.
https://yhteishyva.fi/reseptit/kasvisminestrone/4dnNnDGvPLc0yF1WS3pGZs
Kasvisminestrone on ihanan nopea arkikeitto – katso resepti!
Keitä makuja pursuava minestronekeitto kasviksista. Sakean keiton kasvikset, pasta ja pavut pitävät pitkään kylläisenä. Viimeistele keitto vahvalla tai vegaanisella juustoraasteella. Tarjoa lisukkeena rapeakuorista leipää.
yhteishyva.fi
February 14, 2026 at 9:57 AM
Yhteishyvä-lehti: ”ihanan nopea arkikeitto” ”30 min (josta 15 aktiivista)”
Resepti: 16+1 ainekset, ml. kuorittava porkkana, timjami ruukussa, jota pitää käsitellä ennen käyttöä, yms.
https://yhteishyva.fi/reseptit/kasvisminestrone/4dnNnDGvPLc0yF1WS3pGZs
Resepti: 16+1 ainekset, ml. kuorittava porkkana, timjami ruukussa, jota pitää käsitellä ennen käyttöä, yms.
https://yhteishyva.fi/reseptit/kasvisminestrone/4dnNnDGvPLc0yF1WS3pGZs
My enjoyment of Fedi went way up when I started being very liberal with my use of the “mute” feature…
February 12, 2026 at 6:42 PM
My enjoyment of Fedi went way up when I started being very liberal with my use of the “mute” feature…
British public sector being perfectly normal: expecting me to be available 24/7 for a week to discuss my giving them more money voluntarily.
February 12, 2026 at 8:17 AM
British public sector being perfectly normal: expecting me to be available 24/7 for a week to discuss my giving them more money voluntarily.
Reposted by David Weir
Today is the International Day of Women and Girls in Science.
It’s important to remember that actively working towards a welcoming safe environment for everyone in science isn’t just the decent thing to do (I’d argue it’s the bare minimum), it also means we do better science!
Take, for example […]
It’s important to remember that actively working towards a welcoming safe environment for everyone in science isn’t just the decent thing to do (I’d argue it’s the bare minimum), it also means we do better science!
Take, for example […]
Original post on mementomori.social
mementomori.social
February 11, 2026 at 10:12 AM
Today is the International Day of Women and Girls in Science.
It’s important to remember that actively working towards a welcoming safe environment for everyone in science isn’t just the decent thing to do (I’d argue it’s the bare minimum), it also means we do better science!
Take, for example […]
It’s important to remember that actively working towards a welcoming safe environment for everyone in science isn’t just the decent thing to do (I’d argue it’s the bare minimum), it also means we do better science!
Take, for example […]
Today is the International Day of Women and Girls in Science.
It’s important to remember that actively working towards a welcoming safe environment for everyone in science isn’t just the decent thing to do (I’d argue it’s the bare minimum), it also means we do better science!
Take, for example […]
It’s important to remember that actively working towards a welcoming safe environment for everyone in science isn’t just the decent thing to do (I’d argue it’s the bare minimum), it also means we do better science!
Take, for example […]
Original post on mementomori.social
mementomori.social
February 11, 2026 at 10:12 AM
Today is the International Day of Women and Girls in Science.
It’s important to remember that actively working towards a welcoming safe environment for everyone in science isn’t just the decent thing to do (I’d argue it’s the bare minimum), it also means we do better science!
Take, for example […]
It’s important to remember that actively working towards a welcoming safe environment for everyone in science isn’t just the decent thing to do (I’d argue it’s the bare minimum), it also means we do better science!
Take, for example […]
Reposted by David Weir
BOOST OR QUOTE THIS!
Trying to find out how many people see a post without hashtags. Thank you!
Trying to find out how many people see a post without hashtags. Thank you!
February 10, 2026 at 6:38 AM
BOOST OR QUOTE THIS!
Trying to find out how many people see a post without hashtags. Thank you!
Trying to find out how many people see a post without hashtags. Thank you!
If you’re linking to a site that’s behind a “accept our ads or give us money” wall including certain major UK newspaper sites, please consider finding an alternative. It’s no better than a paywall.
I’d like to support journalism that doesn’t depend on me accepting personalised advertising or […]
I’d like to support journalism that doesn’t depend on me accepting personalised advertising or […]
Original post on mementomori.social
mementomori.social
February 3, 2026 at 6:51 PM
If you’re linking to a site that’s behind a “accept our ads or give us money” wall including certain major UK newspaper sites, please consider finding an alternative. It’s no better than a paywall.
I’d like to support journalism that doesn’t depend on me accepting personalised advertising or […]
I’d like to support journalism that doesn’t depend on me accepting personalised advertising or […]
Reposted by David Weir
Together with Mario Birkholz of @neuSoM fame, I have written an article about Mastodon and the Fediverse in the journal of the German Physical Society: https://pro-physik.de/zeitschriften/download/23119
It's free to read but in German. Let's hope that @DPGPhysik's move to the Fediverse will […]
It's free to read but in German. Let's hope that @DPGPhysik's move to the Fediverse will […]
Original post on fediscience.org
fediscience.org
January 27, 2026 at 2:08 PM
Together with Mario Birkholz of @neuSoM fame, I have written an article about Mastodon and the Fediverse in the journal of the German Physical Society: https://pro-physik.de/zeitschriften/download/23119
It's free to read but in German. Let's hope that @DPGPhysik's move to the Fediverse will […]
It's free to read but in German. Let's hope that @DPGPhysik's move to the Fediverse will […]
RE: https://mastodon.social/@vitaut/115974966972211601
Today I learned you can turn off clang-format inline in the code: https://clang.llvm.org/docs/ClangFormatStyleOptions.html#:~:text=The%20code%20between%20a%20comment,will%20not%20be%20formatted
Today I learned you can turn off clang-format inline in the code: https://clang.llvm.org/docs/ClangFormatStyleOptions.html#:~:text=The%20code%20between%20a%20comment,will%20not%20be%20formatted
mastodon.social
January 28, 2026 at 10:34 PM
RE: https://mastodon.social/@vitaut/115974966972211601
Today I learned you can turn off clang-format inline in the code: https://clang.llvm.org/docs/ClangFormatStyleOptions.html#:~:text=The%20code%20between%20a%20comment,will%20not%20be%20formatted
Today I learned you can turn off clang-format inline in the code: https://clang.llvm.org/docs/ClangFormatStyleOptions.html#:~:text=The%20code%20between%20a%20comment,will%20not%20be%20formatted
Reposted by David Weir
Siinä tampere 1950 niille, jotka tykkää tällaisesta kontsasta
January 28, 2026 at 9:49 AM
Siinä tampere 1950 niille, jotka tykkää tällaisesta kontsasta
RE: https://mastodon.social/@europeanphysicalsociety/115966229883497497
The European Physical Society is now posting their materials also on here. Let’s give them a warm welcome and a reason to be even more active. ❤️
#physics
The European Physical Society is now posting their materials also on here. Let’s give them a warm welcome and a reason to be even more active. ❤️
#physics
mastodon.social
January 28, 2026 at 9:28 AM
RE: https://mastodon.social/@europeanphysicalsociety/115966229883497497
The European Physical Society is now posting their materials also on here. Let’s give them a warm welcome and a reason to be even more active. ❤️
#physics
The European Physical Society is now posting their materials also on here. Let’s give them a warm welcome and a reason to be even more active. ❤️
#physics
I am not a machine that turns coffee into theorems.
I’m a machine that turns cinnamon buns into anxiety.
I’m a machine that turns cinnamon buns into anxiety.
January 28, 2026 at 7:48 AM
I am not a machine that turns coffee into theorems.
I’m a machine that turns cinnamon buns into anxiety.
I’m a machine that turns cinnamon buns into anxiety.
Kuinka syvä lumipeitteen pitäisi olla, että ei taapero eikä pulkka narise?
January 25, 2026 at 1:17 PM
Kuinka syvä lumipeitteen pitäisi olla, että ei taapero eikä pulkka narise?
Still thou art blest, compar'd wi' me
The present only toucheth thee:
But, Och! I backward cast my e'e.
On prospects drear!
An' forward, tho' I canna see,
I guess an' fear!
(from To a Mouse, by Robert Burns)
Robert Burns was born 266 years ago today.
The present only toucheth thee:
But, Och! I backward cast my e'e.
On prospects drear!
An' forward, tho' I canna see,
I guess an' fear!
(from To a Mouse, by Robert Burns)
Robert Burns was born 266 years ago today.
January 25, 2026 at 12:42 PM
Still thou art blest, compar'd wi' me
The present only toucheth thee:
But, Och! I backward cast my e'e.
On prospects drear!
An' forward, tho' I canna see,
I guess an' fear!
(from To a Mouse, by Robert Burns)
Robert Burns was born 266 years ago today.
The present only toucheth thee:
But, Och! I backward cast my e'e.
On prospects drear!
An' forward, tho' I canna see,
I guess an' fear!
(from To a Mouse, by Robert Burns)
Robert Burns was born 266 years ago today.
Reposted by David Weir
I just now learned that “afterwork” is a pseudo loan and not used to refer to “socialising with work colleagues” by native English speakers (except I guess those like me, living in the Nordics).
https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/afterwork#Finnish
https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/afterwork#Finnish
January 21, 2026 at 10:05 PM
I just now learned that “afterwork” is a pseudo loan and not used to refer to “socialising with work colleagues” by native English speakers (except I guess those like me, living in the Nordics).
https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/afterwork#Finnish
https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/afterwork#Finnish
I just now learned that “afterwork” is a pseudo loan and not used to refer to “socialising with work colleagues” by native English speakers (except I guess those like me, living in the Nordics).
https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/afterwork#Finnish
https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/afterwork#Finnish
January 21, 2026 at 10:05 PM
I just now learned that “afterwork” is a pseudo loan and not used to refer to “socialising with work colleagues” by native English speakers (except I guess those like me, living in the Nordics).
https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/afterwork#Finnish
https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/afterwork#Finnish
Everything outside is covered in the thinnest layer of rime ice. The temperature’s risen to about freezing and the wind has picked up, so the fields and forests come alive with the gentle sound of a million tiny cracks whenever there’s a gust.
January 17, 2026 at 9:15 PM
Everything outside is covered in the thinnest layer of rime ice. The temperature’s risen to about freezing and the wind has picked up, so the fields and forests come alive with the gentle sound of a million tiny cracks whenever there’s a gust.
Reposted by David Weir
Jos keksitään suomenkielisen version kuuluisasta satiirisesta ohjelmointikielestä Intercal, niin kutsuttaisiinko sitä nimeksi Välilasku?
January 16, 2026 at 10:58 AM
Jos keksitään suomenkielisen version kuuluisasta satiirisesta ohjelmointikielestä Intercal, niin kutsuttaisiinko sitä nimeksi Välilasku?
Jos keksitään suomenkielisen version kuuluisasta satiirisesta ohjelmointikielestä Intercal, niin kutsuttaisiinko sitä nimeksi Välilasku?
January 16, 2026 at 10:58 AM
Jos keksitään suomenkielisen version kuuluisasta satiirisesta ohjelmointikielestä Intercal, niin kutsuttaisiinko sitä nimeksi Välilasku?
Mathematicians don’t need Swiss Army knives, they can use Lagrange multi pliers…
January 14, 2026 at 9:47 PM
Mathematicians don’t need Swiss Army knives, they can use Lagrange multi pliers…