Joel 'Dr. Maths' Nibert
@joelnibert.bsky.social
Here for facts, funnies, and friends- without the fascists.
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FYI. If you want to fool around with impact and damage scenarios for different size and types of asteroids, this is a really fun and horrifying simulator
neal.fun/asteroid-lau...
neal.fun/asteroid-lau...
Asteroid Launcher
Design your own asteroid and launch it at Earth!
neal.fun
November 22, 2025 at 12:54 PM
FYI. If you want to fool around with impact and damage scenarios for different size and types of asteroids, this is a really fun and horrifying simulator
neal.fun/asteroid-lau...
neal.fun/asteroid-lau...
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The corrupted CDC website refers to a Danish study (Andersson et al) and "a statistically significant 67% increased risk of Asperger's syndrome per 1 mg increase in aluminum exposure among children born between 2007 and 2018 (Supplement Figure 4)." It's worth putting this into context. Short 🧵
November 20, 2025 at 5:20 PM
The corrupted CDC website refers to a Danish study (Andersson et al) and "a statistically significant 67% increased risk of Asperger's syndrome per 1 mg increase in aluminum exposure among children born between 2007 and 2018 (Supplement Figure 4)." It's worth putting this into context. Short 🧵
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After Trump got his Covid shot, he chose to fire the scientists protecting the rest of us from diseases.
October 11, 2025 at 4:05 PM
After Trump got his Covid shot, he chose to fire the scientists protecting the rest of us from diseases.
When my dog needs a walk while the Eagles are playing, I put the game on paws.
September 28, 2025 at 5:42 PM
When my dog needs a walk while the Eagles are playing, I put the game on paws.
It's been a warm September
and there's reason to believe
maybe this year will be
warmer than the last
and there's reason to believe
maybe this year will be
warmer than the last
September 27, 2025 at 4:38 AM
It's been a warm September
and there's reason to believe
maybe this year will be
warmer than the last
and there's reason to believe
maybe this year will be
warmer than the last
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Have you heard about the 2 TX Billionaires controlling the state government?
August 21, 2025 at 10:20 AM
Have you heard about the 2 TX Billionaires controlling the state government?
Great. How do I get back the rent they extorted from me?
Greystar was using rent-setting algorithms from software company RealPage, the subject of a 2022 ProPublica investigation that showed the firm was helping landlords decide prices in a way that legal experts said could result in cartel-like behavior.
By @heathervogell.bsky.social
By @heathervogell.bsky.social
America’s Largest Landlord Makes Deal With DOJ to Settle Price-Fixing Claims in RealPage Case
Greystar, which manages nearly 950,000 apartments, has agreed to stop using “anti-competitive” algorithms to suggest rents. ProPublica previously showed how such software lets landlords set rents in a...
www.propublica.org
August 16, 2025 at 5:02 PM
Great. How do I get back the rent they extorted from me?
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Today marks the 60th anniversary of the passage of the Voting Rights Act. The beginning of true democracy in America. A offering to this country paid for by the work, dedication and lives of ordinary Black people.
We’ve always had to fight. Are you prepared to fight to protect our rights?
We’ve always had to fight. Are you prepared to fight to protect our rights?
August 4, 2025 at 1:41 PM
Today marks the 60th anniversary of the passage of the Voting Rights Act. The beginning of true democracy in America. A offering to this country paid for by the work, dedication and lives of ordinary Black people.
We’ve always had to fight. Are you prepared to fight to protect our rights?
We’ve always had to fight. Are you prepared to fight to protect our rights?
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if Trump were actively trying to impoverish and deskill the united states for the sake of our competitors, what would he be doing differently?
the American government is effectively ending its space program.
Over 2,000 senior staff set to leave NASA under agency push
The losses could endanger the administration’s plans for landing astronauts on the moon and Mars.
www.politico.com
July 9, 2025 at 7:19 PM
if Trump were actively trying to impoverish and deskill the united states for the sake of our competitors, what would he be doing differently?
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Recurring bit of broken conversation I've had with friends, acquaintances, and shockingly people in stores whose job it is to sell me stuff:
"Just get it on Amazon."
"I don't buy stuff on Amazon."
<befuddled>
<speechless>
<wth is wrong with you face>
"Just get it on Amazon."
"I don't buy stuff on Amazon."
<befuddled>
<speechless>
<wth is wrong with you face>
July 5, 2025 at 9:58 PM
Recurring bit of broken conversation I've had with friends, acquaintances, and shockingly people in stores whose job it is to sell me stuff:
"Just get it on Amazon."
"I don't buy stuff on Amazon."
<befuddled>
<speechless>
<wth is wrong with you face>
"Just get it on Amazon."
"I don't buy stuff on Amazon."
<befuddled>
<speechless>
<wth is wrong with you face>
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This is remarkable. New Quinnipiac poll finds support for path to legalization for most undocumented immigrants has risen to 64%. Only 31% want most of them deported.
That's a 14 point net swing for legalization since Trump took office.
On immigration generally, he's at 41-57!
That's a 14 point net swing for legalization since Trump took office.
On immigration generally, he's at 41-57!
June 26, 2025 at 6:07 PM
This is remarkable. New Quinnipiac poll finds support for path to legalization for most undocumented immigrants has risen to 64%. Only 31% want most of them deported.
That's a 14 point net swing for legalization since Trump took office.
On immigration generally, he's at 41-57!
That's a 14 point net swing for legalization since Trump took office.
On immigration generally, he's at 41-57!
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The idea we should behave in such a way that the Trumpists will not portray us as dangerous/ lawless/ violent is a silly idea, because they always portray us that way and no amount of curtseys and rolling over and playing dead will change that. So people might as well speak up and stand strong.
June 10, 2025 at 8:22 PM
The idea we should behave in such a way that the Trumpists will not portray us as dangerous/ lawless/ violent is a silly idea, because they always portray us that way and no amount of curtseys and rolling over and playing dead will change that. So people might as well speak up and stand strong.
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During the pandemic, the US implemented the most effective social welfare policies in our history -- programs that worked because they were big enough, simple, and universal. And then we withdrew them. This remains imo the central economic-policy story of our times. davisvanguard.org/2025/05/3hou...
May 29, 2025 at 12:42 PM
During the pandemic, the US implemented the most effective social welfare policies in our history -- programs that worked because they were big enough, simple, and universal. And then we withdrew them. This remains imo the central economic-policy story of our times. davisvanguard.org/2025/05/3hou...
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Here’s how Trump’s war on science is going. NSF funding is at the lowest level in decades. We’ll lose knowledge, generations of scientists, and US competitiveness.
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
May 22, 2025 at 10:45 AM
Here’s how Trump’s war on science is going. NSF funding is at the lowest level in decades. We’ll lose knowledge, generations of scientists, and US competitiveness.
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
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REVEALED: A Daily Puzzle Game
Guess the topic using the fewest reveals and hints!
www.britannica.com/games/revealed
Guess the topic using the fewest reveals and hints!
www.britannica.com/games/revealed
May 21, 2025 at 1:41 PM
REVEALED: A Daily Puzzle Game
Guess the topic using the fewest reveals and hints!
www.britannica.com/games/revealed
Guess the topic using the fewest reveals and hints!
www.britannica.com/games/revealed
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Dr. Katalin Karikó spent decades experimenting with mRNA. She was scoffed at, demoted, and eventually forced to retire. Then, she won a Nobel Prize.
Her story is the first in our 10-episode series, “The Leap,” produced with the Hypothesis Fund.
Her story is the first in our 10-episode series, “The Leap,” produced with the Hypothesis Fund.
I Was Considered A Nobody
Katalin Karikó was ignored, demoted, and dismissed for decades. Then she won a Nobel Prize.
www.sciencefriday.com
May 16, 2025 at 6:41 PM
Dr. Katalin Karikó spent decades experimenting with mRNA. She was scoffed at, demoted, and eventually forced to retire. Then, she won a Nobel Prize.
Her story is the first in our 10-episode series, “The Leap,” produced with the Hypothesis Fund.
Her story is the first in our 10-episode series, “The Leap,” produced with the Hypothesis Fund.
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Fantastic thread:
Let's talk about these two department store owners: brother and sister Louis Bamberger and Caroline Bamberger Fuld. From Newark, New Jersey.
They are random people, basically. But in the late 1920s, with fascism taking over Europe, they made a choice that profoundly changed the world: 🧵
They are random people, basically. But in the late 1920s, with fascism taking over Europe, they made a choice that profoundly changed the world: 🧵
May 14, 2025 at 12:28 PM
Fantastic thread:
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This is an extraordinarily important piece and all 🧪⚛️🔭 should read it.
"For me, the answer now lies in refusal, the withdrawal of participation from systems that require dishonesty as the price of belonging."
Today I am resigning from the National Science Board and the Library of Congress Scholars Council.
I wrote about my decision in TIME.
time.com/7285045/resi...
Today I am resigning from the National Science Board and the Library of Congress Scholars Council.
I wrote about my decision in TIME.
time.com/7285045/resi...
Why I’m Resigning from the NSF and Library of Congress
I cannot participate in systems that require dishonesty as the price of belonging.
time.com
May 13, 2025 at 12:12 PM
This is an extraordinarily important piece and all 🧪⚛️🔭 should read it.
Not loving the "Sovereignty defeats Journalism" headlines.
I know it's about a horse race, but read the room...
I know it's about a horse race, but read the room...
May 4, 2025 at 5:19 PM
Not loving the "Sovereignty defeats Journalism" headlines.
I know it's about a horse race, but read the room...
I know it's about a horse race, but read the room...
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The winner of this year's Dance Your PhD contest is also a banger about chemesthesis—how nerves in your mouth respond to chemical signals in food. That affects how we experience food ... and how we dance! 🧪
Dance Your PhD 2025 Winner | Insights into oral chemesthetic perception by Dr. Sulo Roukka
YouTube video by Dr. Sulo Roukka
www.youtube.com
May 2, 2025 at 3:04 PM
The winner of this year's Dance Your PhD contest is also a banger about chemesthesis—how nerves in your mouth respond to chemical signals in food. That affects how we experience food ... and how we dance! 🧪
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My husband has taught human reproduction and development to the Cambridge medics for over three decades. When people start banging on about "only two biological sexes" he starts with "which sex: genetic, hormonal, or gonadal"?
Biological sex is not binary. www.scientificamerican.com/article/sex-...
Biological sex is not binary. www.scientificamerican.com/article/sex-...
Sex Redefined: The Idea of 2 Sexes Is Overly Simplistic
Biologists now think there is a larger spectrum than just binary female and male
www.scientificamerican.com
April 16, 2025 at 12:03 PM
My husband has taught human reproduction and development to the Cambridge medics for over three decades. When people start banging on about "only two biological sexes" he starts with "which sex: genetic, hormonal, or gonadal"?
Biological sex is not binary. www.scientificamerican.com/article/sex-...
Biological sex is not binary. www.scientificamerican.com/article/sex-...
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Tariffs and bans are policies of fear. They happen when we are scared that another country’s innovation has surpassed our own.
The best response to competition? Investing in your own science, technology, and education. That’s true courage.
The best response to competition? Investing in your own science, technology, and education. That’s true courage.
March 20, 2025 at 10:46 PM
Tariffs and bans are policies of fear. They happen when we are scared that another country’s innovation has surpassed our own.
The best response to competition? Investing in your own science, technology, and education. That’s true courage.
The best response to competition? Investing in your own science, technology, and education. That’s true courage.
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This, by @ruthbenghiat.bsky.social, is very informative
History Professor Answers Dictator Questions | Tech Support | WIRED
YouTube video by WIRED
youtu.be
March 19, 2025 at 12:17 PM
This, by @ruthbenghiat.bsky.social, is very informative
I like my prestige television So Prestigious that Nothing Happens.
March 11, 2025 at 5:00 PM
I like my prestige television So Prestigious that Nothing Happens.
"I'm never late to the party if I'm late to the party with you."
-Kacey Musgraves
#LateToTheParty
#SpaceyKacey
#NewHere
-Kacey Musgraves
#LateToTheParty
#SpaceyKacey
#NewHere
February 13, 2025 at 11:55 PM
"I'm never late to the party if I'm late to the party with you."
-Kacey Musgraves
#LateToTheParty
#SpaceyKacey
#NewHere
-Kacey Musgraves
#LateToTheParty
#SpaceyKacey
#NewHere