Dale Ross
@elmadagdale.bsky.social
I live in Ankara, Turkey. My passion is teaching laboratory physics, primarily at Middle East Technical University (METU), with broader interests in physics education, politics, art and music of many, many sorts. #metu #metuphysics #iteachphysics
youtu.be/x_VwyhErd88?... Excellent question. But it should be asked, how many more such companies are there around the world that are willing to build such infrastructure for authoritarian-leaning governments?
The Most Dangerous Corporation in America?
YouTube video by Robert Reich
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December 3, 2025 at 5:55 PM
youtu.be/x_VwyhErd88?... Excellent question. But it should be asked, how many more such companies are there around the world that are willing to build such infrastructure for authoritarian-leaning governments?
Excellent idea. open.substack.com/pub/robertre...
How to Get Rid of "Citizens United"
We can do away with it without a new Supreme Court. Nor do we need a constitutional amendment. There’s a far simpler way.
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November 24, 2025 at 8:03 PM
Excellent idea. open.substack.com/pub/robertre...
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Chilling. And as dangerous.
Chilling. And as dangerous.
McCarthyism’s shadow looms over controversial firing of Texas professor who taught about gender identity
The McCarthy era in the 1950s was another politically contentious time that raised questions about how politics influences what gets taught in the classroom.
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November 1, 2025 at 8:30 AM
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Chilling. And as dangerous.
Chilling. And as dangerous.
Every Artist Has a Favorite Subject. For Some, That’s Math.
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Every Artist Has a Favorite Subject. For Some, That’s Math.
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October 15, 2025 at 9:55 AM
Every Artist Has a Favorite Subject. For Some, That’s Math.
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/10/s...
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I very much hope so. open.substack.com/pub/robertre...
The sleeping giant is awakening
After a week of authoritarian excess, the nation is turning on Trump
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September 23, 2025 at 11:38 AM
I very much hope so. open.substack.com/pub/robertre...
What Margaret Rossiter chronicled is important history: www.nytimes.com/2025/08/29/s...
Margaret W. Rossiter, 81, Dies; Wrote Women Scientists Into History
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September 12, 2025 at 8:36 AM
What Margaret Rossiter chronicled is important history: www.nytimes.com/2025/08/29/s...
I'm not one to post cat pics but this was sublime: Luci's novel use of a yogurt container.
September 11, 2025 at 7:09 AM
I'm not one to post cat pics but this was sublime: Luci's novel use of a yogurt container.
The "Green Bullet" microphone recently caught my attention. While trying to figure out how it worked, the physics behind it, I landed on this web page. But note the WordPress account hosting it. sensorsandtransducers.wordpress.com/2012/02/11/t...
The Moving Iron (Variable Reluctance) Microphone
This type of microphone uses a powerful magnet that contains a soft-iron armature in its magnetic circuit, with the armature attached to a diaphragm. The principle is illustrated in Figure
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August 2, 2025 at 10:53 AM
The "Green Bullet" microphone recently caught my attention. While trying to figure out how it worked, the physics behind it, I landed on this web page. But note the WordPress account hosting it. sensorsandtransducers.wordpress.com/2012/02/11/t...
Mathematician Eric Lax on one of his findings about differential equations in a haiku:
"Speed depends on size
Balanced by dispersion
Oh, solitary splendor."
Ah! one can relate.
"Speed depends on size
Balanced by dispersion
Oh, solitary splendor."
Ah! one can relate.
May 19, 2025 at 4:46 PM
Mathematician Eric Lax on one of his findings about differential equations in a haiku:
"Speed depends on size
Balanced by dispersion
Oh, solitary splendor."
Ah! one can relate.
"Speed depends on size
Balanced by dispersion
Oh, solitary splendor."
Ah! one can relate.
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John Cleese on The advantages of extremism - but needs a slight modern update: Maga has removed Russia from the enemies list and added judges.
John Cleese on The advantages of extremism - but needs a slight modern update: Maga has removed Russia from the enemies list and added judges.
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John Cleese on The advantages of extremism - but needs a slight modern update: Maga has removed Russia from the enemies list and added judges.
John Cleese on The advantages of extremism - but needs a slight modern update: Maga has removed Russia from the enemies list and added judges.
This is a thing: Dance Your Ph.D. This year's winner: youtu.be/qOa6GJ6_les?...
Dance Your PhD 2025 Winner | Insights into oral chemesthetic perception by Dr. Sulo Roukka
YouTube video by Dr. Sulo Roukka
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May 2, 2025 at 11:44 AM
This is a thing: Dance Your Ph.D. This year's winner: youtu.be/qOa6GJ6_les?...
Reposted by Dale Ross
For those curious about the status of religion around the world: In many places surveyed, 20% or more of all adults have left their childhood religious group. Christianity and Buddhism have had especially large losses. pewrsr.ch/4hK1ucL
Switching My Religion: 20% Around The Globe Have Left Their Childhood Faith
In many countries around the world, a fifth or more of adults have left the religious group in which they were raised. Christianity and Buddhism have experienced large losses from this “religious swit...
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March 27, 2025 at 9:48 AM
For those curious about the status of religion around the world: In many places surveyed, 20% or more of all adults have left their childhood religious group. Christianity and Buddhism have had especially large losses. pewrsr.ch/4hK1ucL
That someone thought messages might "reflect hatred toward Trump and can be described as terrorism" hints strongly at a very poor quality of education, perhaps a low reading skill.
March 19, 2025 at 7:38 PM
That someone thought messages might "reflect hatred toward Trump and can be described as terrorism" hints strongly at a very poor quality of education, perhaps a low reading skill.
A snowdrop flower (kardelen çiçeği) atop Karacadağı (Konya).
February 1, 2025 at 7:48 AM
A snowdrop flower (kardelen çiçeği) atop Karacadağı (Konya).
Excellent post on the magnitude of the the Hunga Tonga-hunga volcanic eruption.
On Jan 15, 2022, the violent volcanic eruption at Hunga Tonga–Hunga Ha‘apai generated an intense pressure
wave registered by instruments all over the world. That morning I noticed dozens of social-media posts with location and pressure data, which I realized could be used to study the wave 🧪⚛️ [1/n]
wave registered by instruments all over the world. That morning I noticed dozens of social-media posts with location and pressure data, which I realized could be used to study the wave 🧪⚛️ [1/n]
January 17, 2025 at 10:04 AM
Excellent post on the magnitude of the the Hunga Tonga-hunga volcanic eruption.
I very much agree.
We are facing a moment when much will change for the worse, not just in policy, but in the structure of politics itself. We need to be imagining a better America.
A Shadow Cabinet would be a positive form of opposition.
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A Shadow Cabinet would be a positive form of opposition.
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Shadow Cabinet
A Positive Form of Opposition
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January 8, 2025 at 9:24 AM
I very much agree.
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Ever have that terrible, sinking feeling?
December 27, 2024 at 1:44 AM
Ever have that terrible, sinking feeling?
One of my favorite birds, pica pica, the European magpie.
Not the best light for photography, but a tree full of noisy Magpies at the end of the garden. Counted at least twelve. Presumably upset by an unseen predator in another tree. #birds
December 15, 2024 at 11:36 AM
One of my favorite birds, pica pica, the European magpie.
Last night we attended a concert at the Cumhuriyet Sinfoni Orkestra. On program was Tchaikovsky's Piano concerto No.1. Only, the Steinway, though looking new, seemed not up to the task, sounding rather bright instead of resonant. Any ideas what could've been the problem, perhaps not being "voiced"?
December 7, 2024 at 11:32 AM
Last night we attended a concert at the Cumhuriyet Sinfoni Orkestra. On program was Tchaikovsky's Piano concerto No.1. Only, the Steinway, though looking new, seemed not up to the task, sounding rather bright instead of resonant. Any ideas what could've been the problem, perhaps not being "voiced"?
Yet, as if to say, "I'm keeping a soulful eye on all those who can see me".
November 21, 2024 at 11:14 AM
Yet, as if to say, "I'm keeping a soulful eye on all those who can see me".
Whith this note I inaugurate the #metuphysics hashtag.
November 20, 2024 at 9:22 AM
Whith this note I inaugurate the #metuphysics hashtag.
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I wholly agree with Zeynep Tufekçi that it would be a "grave mistake" to approve Kennedy's nomination to lead the US Department of Human Services. Furthermore, I think the knock-on effects could leave world health cooperation even more shaky than it is now.
I wholly agree with Zeynep Tufekçi that it would be a "grave mistake" to approve Kennedy's nomination to lead the US Department of Human Services. Furthermore, I think the knock-on effects could leave world health cooperation even more shaky than it is now.
Opinion | How Robert F. Kennedy Jr. Could Destroy One of Civilization’s Best Achievements
Let’s not make child mortality great again.
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November 16, 2024 at 5:33 PM
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I wholly agree with Zeynep Tufekçi that it would be a "grave mistake" to approve Kennedy's nomination to lead the US Department of Human Services. Furthermore, I think the knock-on effects could leave world health cooperation even more shaky than it is now.
I wholly agree with Zeynep Tufekçi that it would be a "grave mistake" to approve Kennedy's nomination to lead the US Department of Human Services. Furthermore, I think the knock-on effects could leave world health cooperation even more shaky than it is now.
www.nytimes.com/2024/11/14/b...
The Onion buying Infowars? If true, what a coup!
The Onion buying Infowars? If true, what a coup!
The Onion Buys Alex Jones’s Infowars Out of Bankruptcy
The satirical news site planned to turn Infowars into a parody of itself, mocking “weird internet personalities” who peddle conspiracy theories and health supplements.
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November 14, 2024 at 2:28 PM
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The Onion buying Infowars? If true, what a coup!
The Onion buying Infowars? If true, what a coup!
www.nytimes.com/2024/11/13/u...
Note the similarity of Matt Gaetz grin to Peter Sellers's Dr. Strangelove. Gaetz's new tagline?: "Or, how I learned to love the FBI"
Note the similarity of Matt Gaetz grin to Peter Sellers's Dr. Strangelove. Gaetz's new tagline?: "Or, how I learned to love the FBI"
Gaetz, Gabbard and Hegseth: Trump’s Appointments Are a Show of Force
President-elect Donald J. Trump’s cabinet picks show that he prizes loyalty over experience and is fueled by retribution.
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November 14, 2024 at 12:28 PM
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Note the similarity of Matt Gaetz grin to Peter Sellers's Dr. Strangelove. Gaetz's new tagline?: "Or, how I learned to love the FBI"
Note the similarity of Matt Gaetz grin to Peter Sellers's Dr. Strangelove. Gaetz's new tagline?: "Or, how I learned to love the FBI"