particle physics produces pretty images

Whenever you see this image on Bluesky you're about to read a brave post outlining a passionate and principled stand that literally 100% of this site's userbase already agrees with.

"True individual freedom cannot exist without economic security and independence. People who are hungry and out of a job are the stuff of which dictatorships are made.”

—FDR, 1944

Man I’m sick of people

Report Confirms Anyone Who Really Likes A Politician Is Insane
theonion.com/report-...

JD Vance saying that the Indo-Pak conflict is "none of our business" has to be one of the dumbest foreign policy statements I have ever heard from a sitting US official. Its hardly surprising though -- the man specializes in political failure

Oh yeah nice one kid hook that hope for humanity right into my veins

The pope was a strong advocate for the poor and the environment and a towering figure on the world stage, addressing not just Catholics but the men and women of our time.

My love for the winter solstice is a complex one. Some days I am in complete awe of it all, specially where the Sun hits the fresh snow and makes it sparkle like a billion little diamonds.

Self awareness is the most important trait you can cultivate. Only through constant introspection can you develop the wisdom necessary to be sad all the time

I have discovered a truly marvelous concept of a plan that this margin is too narrow to contain

In retrospect, King of the Hill figured out the messaging we should have used with climate change.

Fragment of the soul nebula (IC 1871)

Are there any good books that chronicle the development of Babylonian thought - specifically mathematics and astronomy? I sometimes feel as if the idea that mathematics could be used to model the heavens came about almost suddenly, but surely this is not true?

Bell’s theorem pits locality and realism against each other. Since 1972, physicists have tested Bell’s theorem using elaborate optical experiments. Tests of even stronger theorems continue today. www.quantamagazine.org/metaphysical...

With potential disaster looming over the Middle-East, its hard to overstate how badly many of us DON'T want madmen in power and yet they are all we ever seem to get