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Dan Hunt
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Postdoc @ UT Austin

Searching for Dark Matter with LUX-ZEPLIN and CrystaLiZe | HuntsForWIMPS.com | He/They
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hazelmonforton.com
for the emperor
A cat in the fancy litter box like in the quoted post, but the litter box is photoshopped to look like Ultramarine armor and the cat has a red eye implant. They're facing off against Chaos Space Marines. Thank you to @caitlinroseboyle.com for making this for me. We are truly in our WH40k era.
December 8, 2025 at 11:11 PM
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xkcd.com
Beam Dump

xkcd.com/3168/
Comic. [Person with ponytail pointing at diagram while speaking to three other people] PERSON: If the emergency stop is activated, any riders on the waterslide will be diverted into the beam dump, a large graphite block which will safely absorb their momentum. [caption] We regretted hiring an accelerator physicist to design our water park.
November 18, 2025 at 3:40 AM
huntsforwimps.bsky.social
Pluribus has to be some of the finest television I've seen in a long while. Refreshing to see a show where the writers have clearly sat down and thought through the full implications of the premise, and it's always great to see Rhea Seehorn. Go watch it!
November 10, 2025 at 5:46 AM
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wormmo.de
it's me, unnamed critter from bosch's triptych of the temptation of anthony!
me with a blue funnel like hat, with a stick out the top holding a red ball on a string. I have on a red capelet and am carrying a letter with calligraphy and a seal in my crooked beak. I've got a badge with a symbol on it the guy from the original painting that's got on my outfit except it's wearing tan turnshoes
November 1, 2025 at 12:16 AM
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nuclearkatie.com
Nuclear science week tip: do not fall into the reactor pool!
www.michiganpublic.org/news/2025-10...
As Palisades works to load fuel, person falls into reactor cavity
A person fell into the nuclear reactor cavity at the Palisades plant in Southwest Michigan on Tuesday. They were taken for a medical evaluation and have returned to work.
www.michiganpublic.org
October 25, 2025 at 12:45 AM
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lauren.rotatingsandwiches.com
got a nice email from someone in austria asking me to rotate a Leberkässemmel, an austere meatloaf and mustard sandwich on kaiser roll i was previously unfamiliar with. i figured what the hell, let's rotate it and rotate it fast
October 6, 2025 at 4:23 PM
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shaunvids.bsky.social
video www.youtube.com/watch?v=tyU5...
The War on Science
YouTube video by Shaun
www.youtube.com
September 23, 2025 at 2:03 PM
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theonion.com
From ‘The Onion’ Editorial Board: In Defense Of Mass Censorship https://theonion.com/in-defense-of-mass-censorship-1848673776/
From ‘The Onion’ Editorial Board: In Defense Of Mass Censorship
September 18, 2025 at 7:30 PM
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feelingtheory.bsky.social
This is bonkers.
A passage from the Reuters article: “It is acceptable to engage a child in conversations that are romantic or sensual,” according to Meta’s “GenAI: Content Risk Standards.” The standards are used by Meta staff and contractors who build and train the company’s generative AI products, defining what they should and shouldn’t treat as permissible chatbot behavior. Meta said it struck that provision after Reuters inquired about the document earlier this month. The document seen by Reuters, which exceeds 200 pages, provides examples of “acceptable” chatbot dialogue during romantic role play with a minor. They include: “I take your hand, guiding you to the bed” and “our bodies entwined, I cherish every moment, every touch, every kiss.” Those examples of permissible roleplay with children have also been struck, Meta said. Other guidelines emphasize that Meta doesn’t require bots to give users accurate advice. In one example, the policy document says it would be acceptable for a chatbot to tell someone that Stage 4 colon cancer “is typically treated by poking the stomach with healing quartz crystals.”
August 14, 2025 at 1:35 PM
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shaunvids.bsky.social
i like how self-conscious they are about how wildly outdated their book is
joho.bsky.social Jonathan Howard @joho.bsky.social · Jul 25
“Sure your house is burning down, but we wrote a whole book about its leaking faucet.”
July 26, 2025 at 2:28 PM
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lzdarkmatter.bsky.social
Dark Matter 101: The LZ Crash Course 📷 | Lesson 3: Detecting dark matter
Hello again! It’s time for the third installment of our crash course! #DarkMatter101 #LZCrashCourse #DarkMatter #DetectingDarkMatter #ParticlePhysics #Astrophysics #ScienceSeries #SpaceMysteries #DirectDetection
July 25, 2025 at 9:49 AM
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mikedrucker.bsky.social
I love that a politician can say something like “I believe mice naturally spawn out of grain” and the news will now just treat that as a legitimate line of thought
npr.org NPR @npr.org · Jun 14
Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. apparently embraces the outdated "miasma theory" of disease instead of the widely accept "germ theory" of disease, which may help explain some of the actions he's been taking.
Ancient miasma theory may help explain Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s vaccine moves
Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. apparently embraces the outdated "miasma theory" of disease instead of the widely accept "germ theory" of disease, which may help explain some of the actions he's been taking.
n.pr
June 14, 2025 at 10:00 PM
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pixelatedboat.bsky.social
If an American posts “oh shit oh fuck” with no other context it’s because something happened in a baseball game, if a British person posts that it’s because something happened to Doctor Who
June 1, 2025 at 11:27 AM
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xkcd.com
PhD Timeline xkcd.com/3081
April 25, 2025 at 3:32 PM
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prospectmagazine.co.uk
Politicians seem confused after the ruling that sex should be understood as biological under the Equality Act—and trans people are waiting to see how much their rights have been reduced. @jessothomson.co.uk analyses the judgment for @prospectmagazine.co.uk

www.prospectmagazine...
On sex, the Supreme Court has brought only doubt
Politicians seem confused after the ruling that sex should be understood as biological under the Equality Act—and trans people are waiting to see how ...
www.prospectmagazine.co.uk
April 28, 2025 at 10:15 AM
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donoteat.bsky.social
"now son do you know why i pulled you over tonight?"
"no officer, what seems to be the trouble?"
"well it's just a routine checkpoint son, i'm going to have to ask you a few questions. first off, in herman melville's moby-dick what is the white whale an allegory for?"
fintwitter.bsky.social FinTwitter @fintwitter.bsky.social · Apr 28
WHITE HOUSE: TRUMP WILL SIGN ORDER ON ENGLISH LITERARY TESTS FOR TRUCKERS IN U.S.
April 28, 2025 at 8:44 PM
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gregk.co.uk
The decision to use an image of a Gaza protest as the representative image of a British ‘civil war’ when there were literal race riots and proto-pogroms in the streets less than a year ago is one of those editorial choices that says far more than the article itself possibly could.
flyingrodent.bsky.social flyingrodent @flyingrodent.bsky.social · Apr 4
Sure, but this type of shit is the illogical conclusion if you believe e.g. people voted out Jonathan Ashcroft due to sectarian hatred, or that millions of people are angry about the destruction of Gaza due to racial animus, and that none of this is compatible with “Britishness”.
Bemused responses to noted idiot Tim Stanley saying “I now fear Britain is heading for open sectarian conflict, possibly war, and there’s nothing we can do to stop it”
April 4, 2025 at 11:40 AM
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airbagged.bsky.social
This image brings me peace.
April 2, 2025 at 2:53 PM
huntsforwimps.bsky.social
So Sabine Hossenfender went right off of the deep end, huh
Recent Sabine Hossenfender video titled "should we defund academia?". In the icon is the caption "academia is communism", a blatant right-wing dogwhistle and a weak attempt at clickbait
March 2, 2025 at 8:43 PM
huntsforwimps.bsky.social
Great stream, be sure to join and donate if you can! Just made Shaun aware of the scouse Calypso girl
shaunvids.bsky.social shaun @shaunvids.bsky.social · Feb 4
now live with day 2! shares appreciated, link to campaign in reply VVV
shaunvids.bsky.social shaun @shaunvids.bsky.social · Feb 3
now streaming at the link below raising money for the Palestine Children's Relief Fund! 🦕

www.twitch.tv/shaun_vids
February 4, 2025 at 12:10 PM
huntsforwimps.bsky.social
Moved to Austin and became a doctor btw
November 5, 2024 at 10:23 PM
huntsforwimps.bsky.social
What are you supposed to do with yourself after thesis submission (apart from "sleep")?
August 4, 2024 at 7:33 PM
huntsforwimps.bsky.social
Only a week until thesis submission (hopefully)! Thank god I can finally kick back and relax before moving to Austin TX for a postdoc

Now to take a look at American news in the last month while taking a long swig of coffee
July 23, 2024 at 5:06 PM