jaybee
@jbrecht.bsky.social
general purpose nerd - physics, tech, board games. also art, education, DJing, hippety hop, D&D
TIL that Ted Knight was the narrator of the Superfriends for its first season and I don't know what to do with that information other than come back here with it.
September 10, 2025 at 4:22 AM
TIL that Ted Knight was the narrator of the Superfriends for its first season and I don't know what to do with that information other than come back here with it.
I wondered when the rocket launch countdown (10, 9, 8...) first entered into popular culture. Apparently it was all the way back in 1929, in Fritz Lang's "Frau im Mond". Amazing seeing everything we associate with 60s moonshots imagined depicted back in the 20s. www.youtube.com/watch?v=kFGA...
Fritz Lang's "Woman in the Moon" (German "Frau im Mond") (1929)
YouTube video by Donald P. Borchers
www.youtube.com
April 24, 2025 at 6:29 PM
I wondered when the rocket launch countdown (10, 9, 8...) first entered into popular culture. Apparently it was all the way back in 1929, in Fritz Lang's "Frau im Mond". Amazing seeing everything we associate with 60s moonshots imagined depicted back in the 20s. www.youtube.com/watch?v=kFGA...
remember when Superman stopped General Zod's angry buddy by throwing a giant Shrinky Dink at him? kids today don't know what good superhero movies are.
February 23, 2025 at 12:29 AM
remember when Superman stopped General Zod's angry buddy by throwing a giant Shrinky Dink at him? kids today don't know what good superhero movies are.
A massive corporation claiming a major advancement in fundamental physics ahead of publicly funded science is exactly what I had on my Terrifying Dystopian Future Bingo Card - azure.microsoft.com/en-us/blog/q...
Microsoft unveils Majorana 1, the world’s first quantum processor powered by topological qubits - Microsoft Azure Quantum Blog
Majorana 1 from Microsoft is the world’s first Quantum Processing Unit (QPU) built with a topoconductor. Discover more.
azure.microsoft.com
February 19, 2025 at 7:19 PM
A massive corporation claiming a major advancement in fundamental physics ahead of publicly funded science is exactly what I had on my Terrifying Dystopian Future Bingo Card - azure.microsoft.com/en-us/blog/q...
there's no faster way to get my girlfriend to say what she really thinks about me than busting out my falsetto. she'll be innocently enjoying a cup of sunday morning coffee and here comes my rendition of What a Fool Believes to ruin everything.
February 7, 2025 at 1:33 AM
there's no faster way to get my girlfriend to say what she really thinks about me than busting out my falsetto. she'll be innocently enjoying a cup of sunday morning coffee and here comes my rendition of What a Fool Believes to ruin everything.
So as his first assignment, a FoxNews host and former Major in the reserves, who at best oversaw a budget of about $100k, has 60 days to design Star Wars 2.0
www.whitehouse.gov/presidential...
www.whitehouse.gov/presidential...
Prioritizing Military Excellence and Readiness – The White House
By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, and as Commander in Chief of the Armed Forces
www.whitehouse.gov
January 29, 2025 at 1:16 AM
So as his first assignment, a FoxNews host and former Major in the reserves, who at best oversaw a budget of about $100k, has 60 days to design Star Wars 2.0
www.whitehouse.gov/presidential...
www.whitehouse.gov/presidential...
nice explanation video on the sodium cooled reactor project happening in Wyoming www.youtube.com/watch?v=ixSC...
Why Bill Gates’ New Natrium Reactor is a Big Deal
YouTube video by Sabine Hossenfelder
www.youtube.com
January 26, 2025 at 11:35 PM
nice explanation video on the sodium cooled reactor project happening in Wyoming www.youtube.com/watch?v=ixSC...
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January 22, 2025 at 8:40 PM
things can only get brighter from here. until they start getting darker in 6 months.
December 21, 2024 at 7:43 PM
things can only get brighter from here. until they start getting darker in 6 months.
I have been messing with Gemini Deep Research today and it is banana times. You prompt it with a research task, it replies with an outline of a research plan. Then it finds and analyzes dozens of web sites, papers, news articles, and videos. Then generates a paper with citations on that topic.
December 15, 2024 at 9:26 PM
I have been messing with Gemini Deep Research today and it is banana times. You prompt it with a research task, it replies with an outline of a research plan. Then it finds and analyzes dozens of web sites, papers, news articles, and videos. Then generates a paper with citations on that topic.
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Republican Governor Larry Hogan posted video of the constellation Orion and claimed the stars were “large drones” above his home.
Just a reminder that Republicans want to shut down the Department of Education.
Just a reminder that Republicans want to shut down the Department of Education.
December 15, 2024 at 12:34 PM
Republican Governor Larry Hogan posted video of the constellation Orion and claimed the stars were “large drones” above his home.
Just a reminder that Republicans want to shut down the Department of Education.
Just a reminder that Republicans want to shut down the Department of Education.
move the Skynet Doomsday Clock another minute closer to midnight: www.defenseone.com/business/202...
Can OpenAI power military drone defenses? New partnership with Anduril offers clues
Partnership aims to help operators “assess drone threats more quickly and accurately.”
www.defenseone.com
December 5, 2024 at 12:04 AM
move the Skynet Doomsday Clock another minute closer to midnight: www.defenseone.com/business/202...
everything is terrible, but in the past 12 months:
* first net energy production from a fusion reaction
* quantum computing outpaces supercomputers
* AI starting to become ubiquitous and AGI feels more just-around-the-corner than ever
* and now room temperature superconductors may be a thing?
* first net energy production from a fusion reaction
* quantum computing outpaces supercomputers
* AI starting to become ubiquitous and AGI feels more just-around-the-corner than ever
* and now room temperature superconductors may be a thing?
August 5, 2023 at 6:26 PM
everything is terrible, but in the past 12 months:
* first net energy production from a fusion reaction
* quantum computing outpaces supercomputers
* AI starting to become ubiquitous and AGI feels more just-around-the-corner than ever
* and now room temperature superconductors may be a thing?
* first net energy production from a fusion reaction
* quantum computing outpaces supercomputers
* AI starting to become ubiquitous and AGI feels more just-around-the-corner than ever
* and now room temperature superconductors may be a thing?
seeing Oppenheimer is hard https://www.instagram.com/reel/CuVWr8gLcDY/
Umami Alex 🎬 ♥️ 🎥 on Instagram: "Make sure you don't pick the wrong theater for #oppenheim...
962K likes, 5,617 comments - Umami Alex 🎬 ♥️ 🎥 (@umami_alex) on Instagram: "Make sure you don't pick the wrong theater for #oppenheimer if you have the right #imax nearby!
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July 13, 2023 at 6:15 PM
seeing Oppenheimer is hard https://www.instagram.com/reel/CuVWr8gLcDY/
Yayoi coming to the Yay next fall - https://www.sfmoma.org/exhibition/yayoi-kusama-infinite-love/
Yayoi Kusama: Infinite Love
Step into an unforgettable universe of luminous color and endless reflections, only at SFMOMA!
www.sfmoma.org
July 13, 2023 at 6:13 PM
Yayoi coming to the Yay next fall - https://www.sfmoma.org/exhibition/yayoi-kusama-infinite-love/
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NASA is marking the first anniversary of the James Webb Space Telescope’s scientific debut with the release of a new image, demonstrating the telescope’s ability to re-envision the universe.
🌌 See more discoveries from the telescope: https://wapo.st/3XQTIWc
🌌 See more discoveries from the telescope: https://wapo.st/3XQTIWc
July 12, 2023 at 3:26 PM
NASA is marking the first anniversary of the James Webb Space Telescope’s scientific debut with the release of a new image, demonstrating the telescope’s ability to re-envision the universe.
🌌 See more discoveries from the telescope: https://wapo.st/3XQTIWc
🌌 See more discoveries from the telescope: https://wapo.st/3XQTIWc
whoa, MTG voted not dumb enough to be in the House Freedom Caucus, by the House Freedom Caucus https://www.politico.com/news/2023/07/06/marjorie-taylor-greene-booted-out-of-freedom-caucus-member-says-00104997
Marjorie Taylor Greene booted from House Freedom Caucus
The vote occurred nearly two weeks ago, shortly after the Georgia Republican had called then-fellow Freedom Caucus member Rep. Lauren Boebert a pejorative in a verbal fight on the House floor.
www.politico.com
July 7, 2023 at 12:30 AM
whoa, MTG voted not dumb enough to be in the House Freedom Caucus, by the House Freedom Caucus https://www.politico.com/news/2023/07/06/marjorie-taylor-greene-booted-out-of-freedom-caucus-member-says-00104997
this work is staggering, we now have a way of measuring distortions in spacetime (gravitational waves) from some of the most massive objects in existence and from the very early years of the universe - https://www.space.com/gravitational-wave-background-universe-1st-detection
The gravitational wave background of the universe has been heard for the 1st time
In a historic first, astronomers have detected low-frequency gravitational waves using a galaxy-sized antenna of millisecond pulsars in the Milky Way.
www.space.com
June 29, 2023 at 6:29 PM
this work is staggering, we now have a way of measuring distortions in spacetime (gravitational waves) from some of the most massive objects in existence and from the very early years of the universe - https://www.space.com/gravitational-wave-background-universe-1st-detection
if you're ever inclined to leave home for a while and see other things you're a big dumb naive jerk and you should feel bad. https://www.newyorker.com/culture/the-weekend-essay/the-case-against-travel
June 28, 2023 at 9:29 PM
if you're ever inclined to leave home for a while and see other things you're a big dumb naive jerk and you should feel bad. https://www.newyorker.com/culture/the-weekend-essay/the-case-against-travel
I came out of art retirement and helped build this lovely beast. deploying this weekend...
June 28, 2023 at 4:38 PM
I came out of art retirement and helped build this lovely beast. deploying this weekend...
I need to buy a microwave because I just read how a microwave with rust spots can be dangerous. this would have been good to know about two years ago.
anyway, I've learned that you can get a microwave that... looks cool? isn't just a black and chrome box? when did that start?
anyway, I've learned that you can get a microwave that... looks cool? isn't just a black and chrome box? when did that start?
June 23, 2023 at 9:09 PM
I need to buy a microwave because I just read how a microwave with rust spots can be dangerous. this would have been good to know about two years ago.
anyway, I've learned that you can get a microwave that... looks cool? isn't just a black and chrome box? when did that start?
anyway, I've learned that you can get a microwave that... looks cool? isn't just a black and chrome box? when did that start?
the way this just happened with no plan whatsoever - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mIW7xZSlZoM
Pink Floyd Clare Torry "The Great Gig in the Sky" interview
Clare Torry talks about 1973 "The Great Gig in the Sky" recording sessions for Dark side of the moon (Pink Floyd)The Mudman do not own the rights to this vid...
www.youtube.com
June 23, 2023 at 8:51 PM
the way this just happened with no plan whatsoever - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mIW7xZSlZoM
So... anything happening in the ocean lately? Any aquatic events I should be aware of? Seems an age since I've heard anything about the sea or things that may be under it.
June 22, 2023 at 9:49 PM
So... anything happening in the ocean lately? Any aquatic events I should be aware of? Seems an age since I've heard anything about the sea or things that may be under it.
Oh hi I'm new here. I'll kick things off with this photo of a squirrel on my porch who was feeling indignant about me taking away the bird seed he was plundering.
June 22, 2023 at 9:15 PM
Oh hi I'm new here. I'll kick things off with this photo of a squirrel on my porch who was feeling indignant about me taking away the bird seed he was plundering.