Jonathan Byrd
@jonathanbyrd.bsky.social
Preacher’s kid, Gulf War vet, songwriter, teacher, physics student
My son took this from our driveway. He calls it “Orion’s kilt”
February 19, 2025 at 1:34 PM
My son took this from our driveway. He calls it “Orion’s kilt”
My son did this last night in our backyard. I’m kind of flabbergasted.
February 5, 2025 at 9:48 PM
My son did this last night in our backyard. I’m kind of flabbergasted.
Women casually make magic.
February 5, 2025 at 4:39 PM
Women casually make magic.
Sometimes the timeline is a magic eight-ball of wisdom.
February 2, 2025 at 5:47 PM
Sometimes the timeline is a magic eight-ball of wisdom.
We did Jack’s DNA and turns out he’s 100% good boy
January 26, 2025 at 3:20 PM
We did Jack’s DNA and turns out he’s 100% good boy
I’m in Calculus III right now and LOSING MY FRIGGIN MIND! This is wizard school!
January 22, 2025 at 8:21 PM
I’m in Calculus III right now and LOSING MY FRIGGIN MIND! This is wizard school!
It’s a pancake morning.
January 22, 2025 at 12:30 PM
It’s a pancake morning.
Painters: I started with five pigments and recently started playing with two others:
1) Burnt umber
2) French ultramarine
3) pyrrole rubine
4) cadmium yellow
5) titanium white
Then
6) ivory black
7) yellow ochre
Honestly not finding the black very useful. Yellow ochre, maybe? What about you?
1) Burnt umber
2) French ultramarine
3) pyrrole rubine
4) cadmium yellow
5) titanium white
Then
6) ivory black
7) yellow ochre
Honestly not finding the black very useful. Yellow ochre, maybe? What about you?
January 21, 2025 at 4:35 PM
Painters: I started with five pigments and recently started playing with two others:
1) Burnt umber
2) French ultramarine
3) pyrrole rubine
4) cadmium yellow
5) titanium white
Then
6) ivory black
7) yellow ochre
Honestly not finding the black very useful. Yellow ochre, maybe? What about you?
1) Burnt umber
2) French ultramarine
3) pyrrole rubine
4) cadmium yellow
5) titanium white
Then
6) ivory black
7) yellow ochre
Honestly not finding the black very useful. Yellow ochre, maybe? What about you?
“The creatures outside looked from pig to man, and from man to pig, and from pig to man again; but already it was impossible to say which was which.”
— George Orwell, Animal Farm
— George Orwell, Animal Farm
January 19, 2025 at 2:18 PM
“The creatures outside looked from pig to man, and from man to pig, and from pig to man again; but already it was impossible to say which was which.”
— George Orwell, Animal Farm
— George Orwell, Animal Farm
Thanks, Mike. Here’s one of mine. Full-spectrum modified Canon EOS M50.
January 18, 2025 at 9:14 PM
Thanks, Mike. Here’s one of mine. Full-spectrum modified Canon EOS M50.
I’m still an undergrad but I’m prepping for the professor times
January 17, 2025 at 3:12 AM
I’m still an undergrad but I’m prepping for the professor times
The bookshelf above my desk. The positive x-axis points upwards.
January 16, 2025 at 10:04 PM
The bookshelf above my desk. The positive x-axis points upwards.
I hope this differential equations section lives up to this title.
January 16, 2025 at 3:05 PM
I hope this differential equations section lives up to this title.
On Complaining About the Cold
On a night this cold the stars are twinkling
o’er dark seas so vast we have no inkling.
Neptune has the strongest winds in Sol’s realm.
Venus, her sulfuric acid clouds swell-
hotter yet than Mercury, the fleetest.
Listen, I don’t mean to sound defeatist.
1/3
On a night this cold the stars are twinkling
o’er dark seas so vast we have no inkling.
Neptune has the strongest winds in Sol’s realm.
Venus, her sulfuric acid clouds swell-
hotter yet than Mercury, the fleetest.
Listen, I don’t mean to sound defeatist.
1/3
January 16, 2025 at 12:44 PM
On Complaining About the Cold
On a night this cold the stars are twinkling
o’er dark seas so vast we have no inkling.
Neptune has the strongest winds in Sol’s realm.
Venus, her sulfuric acid clouds swell-
hotter yet than Mercury, the fleetest.
Listen, I don’t mean to sound defeatist.
1/3
On a night this cold the stars are twinkling
o’er dark seas so vast we have no inkling.
Neptune has the strongest winds in Sol’s realm.
Venus, her sulfuric acid clouds swell-
hotter yet than Mercury, the fleetest.
Listen, I don’t mean to sound defeatist.
1/3
I started Calculus III yesterday, Differential Equations and Physics II today. Wrote an essay about Socrates and Bertrand Russell and turned that in before dinner. Took the boy out to shoot Saturn. Bought groceries. That’s enough. G’night.
January 15, 2025 at 2:13 AM
I started Calculus III yesterday, Differential Equations and Physics II today. Wrote an essay about Socrates and Bertrand Russell and turned that in before dinner. Took the boy out to shoot Saturn. Bought groceries. That’s enough. G’night.
Got some pretty snow last night here in North Carolina. Woke up to ice. Making French toast as per tradition.
January 11, 2025 at 12:55 PM
Got some pretty snow last night here in North Carolina. Woke up to ice. Making French toast as per tradition.
It’s been thirty years at least since I played D&D. I managed to kill a giant rat with a ball of fire. My charisma was -1 and wisdom was +5, so it was hard to relate to the character.
Shout out to @ncstate.bsky.social C3 program!
Shout out to @ncstate.bsky.social C3 program!
January 10, 2025 at 1:51 AM
It’s been thirty years at least since I played D&D. I managed to kill a giant rat with a ball of fire. My charisma was -1 and wisdom was +5, so it was hard to relate to the character.
Shout out to @ncstate.bsky.social C3 program!
Shout out to @ncstate.bsky.social C3 program!
On Closer Inspection
Down the dark hallway around the ground glass,
through still small cells with luminous windows
a leaf or lung sliced thin as twilight
stained beryl as one might paint a child’s bedroom
1/n
Down the dark hallway around the ground glass,
through still small cells with luminous windows
a leaf or lung sliced thin as twilight
stained beryl as one might paint a child’s bedroom
1/n
January 5, 2025 at 7:02 PM
On Closer Inspection
Down the dark hallway around the ground glass,
through still small cells with luminous windows
a leaf or lung sliced thin as twilight
stained beryl as one might paint a child’s bedroom
1/n
Down the dark hallway around the ground glass,
through still small cells with luminous windows
a leaf or lung sliced thin as twilight
stained beryl as one might paint a child’s bedroom
1/n
This is the best physics textbook I’ve used, by far. Unfortunately, there are a lot of wrong answers to the odd-numbered problems in the back, at least in the fourth edition (which I could afford). However, there’s a fantastic errata list on their website! matterandinteractions.org/errata/
January 4, 2025 at 3:23 PM
This is the best physics textbook I’ve used, by far. Unfortunately, there are a lot of wrong answers to the odd-numbered problems in the back, at least in the fourth edition (which I could afford). However, there’s a fantastic errata list on their website! matterandinteractions.org/errata/
I made my first 3-D thingie! Please clap.
December 31, 2024 at 2:10 AM
I made my first 3-D thingie! Please clap.
A physics textbook will say, “compare the change in magnitude to the magnitude of the change” to remind you that philosophy never goes away.
December 29, 2024 at 5:32 PM
A physics textbook will say, “compare the change in magnitude to the magnitude of the change” to remind you that philosophy never goes away.