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@ideaofhappiness.bsky.social
Mostly lurking for now.
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A note on learning physics ⚛️ for starting PhD students:
At the risk of saying something completely useless because everyone has it worked out

There is no magic trick, your classmates *may* be faster than you, but they are still studying as long as they need to and you are quite capable of the same
December 4, 2025 at 9:18 PM
I have a vague memory of my class being one of the last to be taught phonics in my elementary school in the 80s. I wonder if this is what they started using back then and how they do things now.
November 11, 2025 at 9:59 PM
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Good morning.
I don't know who did this, but I love you.
November 3, 2025 at 3:01 PM
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Sometimes i get sad at those “I wanted to look up what kind of horse pulled medieval wagons It’s three hours later and playtex bra sewers made spacesuits i have a problem” no. No, you don’t. Hydrate and get back in there
I strongly recommend everyone do research sometimes 𝘫𝘶𝘴𝘵 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘧𝘶𝘯.

Look something up on Wikipedia. Go to the little citation. Follow it. Read the article it's referencing. Follow links to the original interview. Read the paper written by the interviewee

It genuinely makes you appreciate journalism
November 2, 2025 at 1:14 AM
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yeah we're into LLMs (Large Lamb-bridge Models)
September 26, 2025 at 3:13 PM
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As a historian of computing, can confirm, this is exactly what happened
the dailup sound was a protection spell the computer said for us every time we went online but we thought we were too good for it. we wanted to be on the phone and the computer at the same time. we wanted to be on the phone and the computer at the same time and now we’re fucked
September 5, 2025 at 5:34 AM
I love that someone dressed up as the dust-wife from Nettle & Bone and also I should try harder to go to Dragon Con one of these years.
Here's another shot of her from tonight (forgive the lack of editing). I let her know she was tagged on here so she can hopefully claim credit for the amazing costume.
August 31, 2025 at 12:53 PM
Me, a few months ago: I don’t need another edition of the Farseer trilogy
Me, this weekend: Why didn’t past me order that beautiful new edition?!? 😭
The @illumicrate.bsky.social 10th Anniversary Farseer Trilogy special edition set is finally here and the ARTWORK has me totally spoiled. Each piece of art detailed a favorite scene or character from this series that literally does not ever leave my mind. I’m obsessed 😍 #booksky
August 31, 2025 at 12:44 PM
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Today is corvid appreciation day*!!

*EVERY day is corvid appreciation day
August 13, 2025 at 8:13 AM
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Tolkien: now we'll know everything about gollum's adventures!
Tolkien: all questions will be answered!
Barker: hey jirt i got a question for you
Barker: why don't you tell us what the blue wizards were doing
Tolkien: NO FUCK YOU NEVER
August 10, 2025 at 6:28 PM
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With Tom Lehrer's passing, I suppose this is a moment to share the story of the prank he played on the National Security Agency, and how it went undiscovered for nearly 60 years.
July 27, 2025 at 9:01 PM
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Bird sounds.
July 25, 2025 at 12:46 PM
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We're in the final day of an emergency fundraising campaign at @wunc.org (due to the pulling of federal funding). We need the support of North Carolinians now more than ever. And that's why I'm asking Bill Belichick, once again, to become a sustaining member, at any level. www.wunc.org/donate
WUNC Recurring Gift - North Carolina Public Radio - WUNC
www.wunc.org
July 24, 2025 at 6:22 PM
This weekly Friday post always summons the song “Shanty” to my mind thanks to years of listening to @wttsfm.bsky.social on my Friday commute.
It's the weekend, baby
July 18, 2025 at 10:40 PM
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Hooray for three years of paw-sitively amazing #NASAWebb science! To celebrate, the telescope examined a singular “toe bean” of the Cat’s Paw Nebula, a massive star-forming region. Webb reveals gas, dust, and massive young stars: webbtelescope.pub/4khJK9T 🔭

Reply with an image of your pet’s paws! 🐾
July 10, 2025 at 2:05 PM
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It's Amazon Prime week!

Here's a link to our ongoing series on libraries.
The INDY's 2025 Library Series
Our public library system increasingly feels like a miracle.
indyweek.com
July 9, 2025 at 6:50 PM
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Art Nouveau is when stuff looks like it was made by Elves.

Art Deco is when stuff looks like it was made by Dwarves.
October 9, 2024 at 12:10 AM
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!!!!! Waking up to the news that we might have found an interstellar object passing through our Solar System - only the third ever seen. Looks convincing based on the orbit.
July 2, 2025 at 7:08 AM
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Anybody got a picture of Annie Walker? Possibly first British professional astronomer, later moved to Oz. www.theguardian.com/science/2025...
Unsung observatory worker was UK’s first professional female astronomer, experts say
Cambridge’s Institute of Astronomy is trying to find a photo of Annie Walker, who died in 1940, to give her star billing
www.theguardian.com
June 30, 2025 at 6:49 AM
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But I just learned there's a Blöödchëëp subreddit?! I'm so happy
www.reddit.com/r/bloodcheep/
bloodcheep
post pics of your friendly (or not) blöödchëëp (cardinal that is molting) and rejoice in the rëdnëss (or not)
www.reddit.com
June 28, 2025 at 2:02 PM
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Just thinking of the Harvard computer women a century ago, who looked at images of the universe like this by eye to make discoveries. They revolutionized astronomy, and Rubin definitely will too!

Also, wow how excited would Henrietta Leavitt and Williamina Flemming be to see this! 🤩

🔭🧪🎢
June 23, 2025 at 3:38 PM
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Because it's not being said as part of this press conference, @vrubinobs.bsky.social would not be possible without the many, many international scientists and collaborators, some around the world, but many who immigrated to the US and are scientists and engineers here
there's so much going on I almost forgot the telescope project i have worked on for TWENTY YEARS is revealing its first images today! Tune in to watch live:
Today's the day — it's officially T-0!

GET READY: Your full First Look at images from NSF–DOE Rubin Observatory is just hours away! We're about to reveal the preview of the greatest cosmic movie ever made 🎬 #RubinFirstLook #CaptureTheCosmos 🔭🧪

⌚️ 11am US EDT
🔗: ls.st/rubin-first-look-livestream
June 23, 2025 at 3:52 PM
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This is just 2% of one of the images!!
Look at those two spiral galaxies. Two Milky Ways. Two hundreds of billions of stars and planets. Two homes.

*slams fists onto table* DAMMIT the universe is SO COOL.
June 23, 2025 at 3:28 PM
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Today's the day — it's officially T-0!

GET READY: Your full First Look at images from NSF–DOE Rubin Observatory is just hours away! We're about to reveal the preview of the greatest cosmic movie ever made 🎬 #RubinFirstLook #CaptureTheCosmos 🔭🧪

⌚️ 11am US EDT
🔗: ls.st/rubin-first-look-livestream
June 23, 2025 at 1:06 PM
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I said I'd try to come up with something that wasn't political doom today, so here goes, war or no.

We have a neighborhood Godzilla that wears charming outfits, so when they change, I occasionally take paparazzi photos. Currently, he is wearing a fetching frock and straw hat.
June 22, 2025 at 5:01 AM