Gieljan de Vries
@gieljandevries.bsky.social
Writes about science, specialises in physics, nuclear and astro — ideally all at the same time. Em-dasher, forever-DM. Bluesky account #188,507, born at 338 ppm CO2. Dutch & English. He / him.
Lucky bastard.
November 14, 2025 at 12:31 PM
Lucky bastard.
No stress, orderly evacuation. Model citizen.
November 7, 2025 at 8:23 AM
No stress, orderly evacuation. Model citizen.
…someone closed-timelike-curved your gift for predicting horrific developments?
November 6, 2025 at 5:05 PM
…someone closed-timelike-curved your gift for predicting horrific developments?
Thanks for posting this - was wondering why I couldn't reply. Good call, obviously. And shame that those people ruined the thread for you. I liked where it was going in exploring properly scary malkavians.
November 4, 2025 at 4:27 PM
Thanks for posting this - was wondering why I couldn't reply. Good call, obviously. And shame that those people ruined the thread for you. I liked where it was going in exploring properly scary malkavians.
Reading up now!
October 31, 2025 at 2:38 PM
Reading up now!
Thanks! I chatted with some fusioneers a while ago, who had sketched out what a tokamak running 3He would look like. Mindbogglingly huge and high-temp, I remember. Was wondering if there was a new dark horse in the field.
October 31, 2025 at 2:10 PM
Thanks! I chatted with some fusioneers a while ago, who had sketched out what a tokamak running 3He would look like. Mindbogglingly huge and high-temp, I remember. Was wondering if there was a new dark horse in the field.
Did any serious fusion project ever advocate using 3He as fuel? It keeps getting brought up. Never a reference to who specifically wants it.
October 31, 2025 at 1:36 PM
Did any serious fusion project ever advocate using 3He as fuel? It keeps getting brought up. Never a reference to who specifically wants it.
Reposted by Gieljan de Vries
I have just been sending this to people. You know, from the last time he pulled this shit www.funraniumlabs.com/2017/03/want...
So, You Want To Test A Nuclear Weapon? - Funranium Labs
I dedicate the following rant to my Lovely Assistant, who can probably recite this by heart now, and Meredith Yayanos who hit boggleface about halfway through an in person version and asked “PLEASE, W...
www.funraniumlabs.com
October 30, 2025 at 2:52 AM
I have just been sending this to people. You know, from the last time he pulled this shit www.funraniumlabs.com/2017/03/want...
Reposted by Gieljan de Vries
You just have to love the talent Dutch voters have for driving political scientists insane
October 29, 2025 at 8:34 PM
You just have to love the talent Dutch voters have for driving political scientists insane
…and that special hell is the stiltecoupé?
October 20, 2025 at 6:36 AM
…and that special hell is the stiltecoupé?
“Suspends sharing” suggests a full stop - that’s not what the original piece says at all. More like not sharing everything anymore.
October 20, 2025 at 6:24 AM
“Suspends sharing” suggests a full stop - that’s not what the original piece says at all. More like not sharing everything anymore.