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Today I got to witness the culmination of nearly 5 years of organizing. The Penn State Faculty Alliance has officially filed for unionization!
The gratitude I have for everyone who has worked towards this moment is immeasurable.
The gratitude I have for everyone who has worked towards this moment is immeasurable.
December 9, 2025 at 6:04 PM
Today I got to witness the culmination of nearly 5 years of organizing. The Penn State Faculty Alliance has officially filed for unionization!
The gratitude I have for everyone who has worked towards this moment is immeasurable.
The gratitude I have for everyone who has worked towards this moment is immeasurable.
I pre-ordered The Edge of Space-Time from @harvardbookstore.bsky.social! Looking forward to reading it next April
"The thing is, even if you're just thinking in terms of fiscal value, having gone through a degree program and being able to put it on your resumé/CV isn't the most significant return on your investment: the way you have further developed your mind is."
December 10, 2025 at 4:09 PM
I pre-ordered The Edge of Space-Time from @harvardbookstore.bsky.social! Looking forward to reading it next April
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THIS. Get the reps in. It ALWAYS helps. It might take you 2 tries to get a concept in, it might take you 20. But you'll always understand it better if you go over it again!
I think too often physics students unconsciously have the idea that some people have brains that are "natural" for physics and some don't and who knows maybe that's true to some extent but regardless of natural tendency at some point everyone has to practice practice practice
December 4, 2025 at 10:49 PM
THIS. Get the reps in. It ALWAYS helps. It might take you 2 tries to get a concept in, it might take you 20. But you'll always understand it better if you go over it again!
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Thread. We only hear how women are problems. We rarely hear that men are problems. Next time someone mentions a woman and says, "I've heard she's difficult or a problem," ask why. I've done this and have rarely gotten a legit answer.
Bsky hasn’t heard the story about the time that I was giving a virtual colloquium to the Aspen Center for Physics in September 2020 and Lawrence Krauss, Geoff Marcy, Christian Ott all attended as a group
ACP now has a policy that would prevent this from happening, because of that incident 🔭
ACP now has a policy that would prevent this from happening, because of that incident 🔭
November 16, 2025 at 7:35 PM
Thread. We only hear how women are problems. We rarely hear that men are problems. Next time someone mentions a woman and says, "I've heard she's difficult or a problem," ask why. I've done this and have rarely gotten a legit answer.
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Boston's Paisani Food Truck has announced that they will give a free sandwich to anyone who presents a SNAP card at the truck during the government shutdown.
November 7, 2025 at 12:51 PM
Boston's Paisani Food Truck has announced that they will give a free sandwich to anyone who presents a SNAP card at the truck during the government shutdown.
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NEW WRITING:
"What will you stay curious about, even when authoritarians try to shape your reality by telling you not to think, not to read, not to ask questions, not to dare consider the possibility that there’s more to life than this?" 🧪
"What will you stay curious about, even when authoritarians try to shape your reality by telling you not to think, not to read, not to ask questions, not to dare consider the possibility that there’s more to life than this?" 🧪
Feed Your Head
Even now, especially now, your curiosity is powerful.
news.chanda.science
August 15, 2025 at 6:51 PM
NEW WRITING:
"What will you stay curious about, even when authoritarians try to shape your reality by telling you not to think, not to read, not to ask questions, not to dare consider the possibility that there’s more to life than this?" 🧪
"What will you stay curious about, even when authoritarians try to shape your reality by telling you not to think, not to read, not to ask questions, not to dare consider the possibility that there’s more to life than this?" 🧪
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a university is not for generating profit, it provides cultural enrichment via weird little gremlin people who love visigoths or haikus, and very occasionally a scientist who figures out faster than light travel
August 12, 2025 at 9:54 AM
a university is not for generating profit, it provides cultural enrichment via weird little gremlin people who love visigoths or haikus, and very occasionally a scientist who figures out faster than light travel
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Fish At Pretty Good Place In Its Life Right Now
theonion.com/fish-at...
theonion.com/fish-at...
May 29, 2025 at 2:02 PM
Fish At Pretty Good Place In Its Life Right Now
theonion.com/fish-at...
theonion.com/fish-at...
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I wish more people understood the difference between criticizing something because you want to fix it and criticizing something because you want to destroy it.
May 25, 2025 at 1:51 PM
I wish more people understood the difference between criticizing something because you want to fix it and criticizing something because you want to destroy it.
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Some oddly specific outcomes here...
May 22, 2025 at 9:09 AM
Some oddly specific outcomes here...
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Is it time to bring the Friday Afternoon Experiment back into science? (common during my PhD) On Friday pm you’d try something that was a bit speculative or silly, for fun but occasionally it opened the door to something cool. Finding space for creativity in modern science can be really hard.
May 21, 2025 at 9:54 PM
Is it time to bring the Friday Afternoon Experiment back into science? (common during my PhD) On Friday pm you’d try something that was a bit speculative or silly, for fun but occasionally it opened the door to something cool. Finding space for creativity in modern science can be really hard.
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"For me, the answer now lies in refusal, the withdrawal of participation from systems that require dishonesty as the price of belonging."
Today I am resigning from the National Science Board and the Library of Congress Scholars Council.
I wrote about my decision in TIME.
time.com/7285045/resi...
Today I am resigning from the National Science Board and the Library of Congress Scholars Council.
I wrote about my decision in TIME.
time.com/7285045/resi...
Why I’m Resigning from the NSF and Library of Congress
I cannot participate in systems that require dishonesty as the price of belonging.
time.com
May 13, 2025 at 11:19 AM
"For me, the answer now lies in refusal, the withdrawal of participation from systems that require dishonesty as the price of belonging."
Today I am resigning from the National Science Board and the Library of Congress Scholars Council.
I wrote about my decision in TIME.
time.com/7285045/resi...
Today I am resigning from the National Science Board and the Library of Congress Scholars Council.
I wrote about my decision in TIME.
time.com/7285045/resi...
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🧪 The personal testimony of a scientist at Harvard Med School now incarcerated by ICE in Louisiana:
“I haven’t been in my lab or worked with my microscope since February, when I was detained by ICE as I was returning to Boston from a vacation in France”
Gift link:
www.nytimes.com/2025/05/13/o...
“I haven’t been in my lab or worked with my microscope since February, when I was detained by ICE as I was returning to Boston from a vacation in France”
Gift link:
www.nytimes.com/2025/05/13/o...
Opinion | The Science I Would Be Doing if I Weren’t in ICE Detention
www.nytimes.com
May 13, 2025 at 11:10 AM
🧪 The personal testimony of a scientist at Harvard Med School now incarcerated by ICE in Louisiana:
“I haven’t been in my lab or worked with my microscope since February, when I was detained by ICE as I was returning to Boston from a vacation in France”
Gift link:
www.nytimes.com/2025/05/13/o...
“I haven’t been in my lab or worked with my microscope since February, when I was detained by ICE as I was returning to Boston from a vacation in France”
Gift link:
www.nytimes.com/2025/05/13/o...
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Got a new set of roommates on our window railing.
May 10, 2025 at 4:56 PM
Got a new set of roommates on our window railing.
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I spoke with Madyson Miller, a NOAA program analyst who was fired, reinstated, and then fired again, about the power of oral histories and what the U.S.'s recent breaches of trust means for our international partnerships
defector.com/an-interview...
defector.com/an-interview...
An Interview With A Fired NOAA Program Analyst | Defector
Madyson Miller’s Florida childhood was almost like a crash course in marine biology. She grew up going to the beach and going with her grandparents to see Shamu—”which I obviously realize now is not t...
defector.com
April 30, 2025 at 1:39 PM
I spoke with Madyson Miller, a NOAA program analyst who was fired, reinstated, and then fired again, about the power of oral histories and what the U.S.'s recent breaches of trust means for our international partnerships
defector.com/an-interview...
defector.com/an-interview...
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Such a good question, what could scientists and poets EVER learn from each other???
April 19, 2025 at 9:22 AM
Such a good question, what could scientists and poets EVER learn from each other???
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If you're using spices to flavour your dishes, you're not putting America first !
April 9, 2025 at 10:49 AM
If you're using spices to flavour your dishes, you're not putting America first !