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Matt Bellis
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Physics professor, CMS, vi, data science (he/him)
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November 4, 2025 at 10:05 PM
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#NoKings Troy, NY. Great turnout and great passion. Proud of our little city.
October 18, 2025 at 7:42 PM
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October 7, 2025 at 12:28 PM
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You're too cynical. This is just Ryan Day learning from all the amazing things that Pete Hegseth has done.
Facebook post. Content is AI-generated propaganda about Pete Hegseth. Text: "BREAKING: Pete Hegseth bought the restaurant he used to eat at as a student on installments, but what he did next made everyone AWESOME...As a broke student years ago, Pete Hegseth often found himself hungry and without a way to pay. But there was one place he could always count on — a small, welcoming Mexican restaurant run by a kind woman named Elena. She never turned him away. For two whole years, Elena let Pete eat on credit, trusting he would repay her when he could. Fifteen years later, now a successful public figure, Pete never forgot that kindness. He searched for Elena — and found her, still running the same restaurant, but preparing to shut it down for good. Quietly, without fanfare, Pete bought the restaurant. But he didn’t reopen it for profit. Instead, he asked Elena to step back into the kitchen — this time, to cook not for customers, but for the homeless..."
August 5, 2025 at 5:57 PM
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Made it to #APSSummit25 with our awesome Siena College students!
March 16, 2025 at 9:40 PM
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Stood up for science in Albany , NY today!
Picture of two older men with white beards with a crowd behind them. One of the men is the poster, Matt Bellis. A shot of a crowd of people from the back, protesting at the stand up for science rally. A crowd of people protesting at the stand up for science rally in Albany NY
March 7, 2025 at 10:47 PM
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Age yourself with your first computer.
A collage of photos, primarily focusing on the old Commodore VIC-20 computer. There is large text saying "The Commodore VIC-20". The keyboard/computer is shown, along with a cassette-tape drive that was used for storage, and memory expansion cards.
November 19, 2024 at 8:16 PM
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I'm behind on grading, paper review, makeup quizzes, etc

But fall in the northeast makes for a nice backdrop to the simmering stress and anxiety. :)
October 21, 2024 at 1:37 PM
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Hello Artemis #caturday
October 19, 2024 at 7:56 PM
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Bluesky now has over 10 million users, and I was #577,462!
September 18, 2024 at 1:05 AM
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Digging the shot of @cmsexperiment.bsky.social in the new "3-Body Problem" trailer.

Also, RIP to a bunch of photomultiplier tubes at Super-K, probably.
January 9, 2024 at 11:48 PM
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Starting the dalgona discourse on Bluesky....
September 3, 2023 at 8:31 PM
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@arielwaldman.com ooh! Look what arrived!
August 25, 2023 at 11:43 PM