Matt Carlstrom
@mattcarlstrom.bsky.social
Senior editor, audience engagement @ Quanta Magazine.
Thoughts expressed here are my own and not that of my employer.
Thoughts expressed here are my own and not that of my employer.
Just opened a banana with scissors.
July 17, 2025 at 4:13 PM
Just opened a banana with scissors.
*Me in the second row of the Cowboy Carter Tour*
May 24, 2025 at 10:52 PM
*Me in the second row of the Cowboy Carter Tour*
Popping off tonight with some vegan crab cakes
May 22, 2025 at 12:31 AM
Popping off tonight with some vegan crab cakes
Aslan is 8 today
May 20, 2025 at 10:59 PM
Aslan is 8 today
Science journalists think that we are each other's competition when in fact this is our competition:
www.instagram.com/reel/DIctbYi...
www.instagram.com/reel/DIctbYi...
May 8, 2025 at 3:21 PM
Science journalists think that we are each other's competition when in fact this is our competition:
www.instagram.com/reel/DIctbYi...
www.instagram.com/reel/DIctbYi...
I just hit play on this classic album and hearing that sax blast while I’m doing my little spreadsheet made both of my eyes dilate immediately
May 6, 2025 at 6:40 PM
I just hit play on this classic album and hearing that sax blast while I’m doing my little spreadsheet made both of my eyes dilate immediately
A banger by Leila Sloman. Art by @kristina-armitage.bsky.social. Hooray Star Wars, hooray @quantamagazine.bsky.social
www.quantamagazine.org/geometers-en...
www.quantamagazine.org/geometers-en...
May 5, 2025 at 1:28 AM
A banger by Leila Sloman. Art by @kristina-armitage.bsky.social. Hooray Star Wars, hooray @quantamagazine.bsky.social
www.quantamagazine.org/geometers-en...
www.quantamagazine.org/geometers-en...
Ain’t no science party like a @pioneerwork.bsky.social science party
April 30, 2025 at 12:39 AM
Ain’t no science party like a @pioneerwork.bsky.social science party
the things I used to tweet omg
April 29, 2025 at 7:49 PM
the things I used to tweet omg
On my way to work. good morning.
April 28, 2025 at 1:00 PM
On my way to work. good morning.
Busy Beaver 5 was solved by a group of mathematicians and amateurs who worked together on their Discord server. Here's the screenshot of the moment when mxdys, a (still!) anonymous user on the Discord, solved the problem using a proof assistant program. pbs.twimg.com/media/GR-RbT...
April 22, 2025 at 9:58 PM
Busy Beaver 5 was solved by a group of mathematicians and amateurs who worked together on their Discord server. Here's the screenshot of the moment when mxdys, a (still!) anonymous user on the Discord, solved the problem using a proof assistant program. pbs.twimg.com/media/GR-RbT...
Last year, @benbenbrubaker.bsky.social wrote a story about how a bunch of people on a Discord server solved a huge, important computer science problem.
We just published a video about the story and now a bunch of new people are joining that Discord server in excitement 🥹 (sorry mods, lol)
We just published a video about the story and now a bunch of new people are joining that Discord server in excitement 🥹 (sorry mods, lol)
April 22, 2025 at 9:58 PM
Last year, @benbenbrubaker.bsky.social wrote a story about how a bunch of people on a Discord server solved a huge, important computer science problem.
We just published a video about the story and now a bunch of new people are joining that Discord server in excitement 🥹 (sorry mods, lol)
We just published a video about the story and now a bunch of new people are joining that Discord server in excitement 🥹 (sorry mods, lol)
#todayilearned that any sequence of numbers categorized in the On-line Encyclopedia of Integer Sequences can be exported as a MIDI file.
Here's the audio for part of the Fibonacci sequence played on a grand piano. It's... not as nice as you would hope for it to be.
Here's the audio for part of the Fibonacci sequence played on a grand piano. It's... not as nice as you would hope for it to be.
April 15, 2025 at 4:08 PM
#todayilearned that any sequence of numbers categorized in the On-line Encyclopedia of Integer Sequences can be exported as a MIDI file.
Here's the audio for part of the Fibonacci sequence played on a grand piano. It's... not as nice as you would hope for it to be.
Here's the audio for part of the Fibonacci sequence played on a grand piano. It's... not as nice as you would hope for it to be.
You go to open the fridge and
April 9, 2025 at 1:22 PM
You go to open the fridge and
POV: You just got to your desk and I am your coworker.
April 9, 2025 at 1:21 PM
POV: You just got to your desk and I am your coworker.
Got to my favorite coffee shop right when it opened, got a seat with a perfect view of its beautiful mural, and am posted up w work to do and a huge pot of tea. Bliss.
April 5, 2025 at 1:33 PM
Got to my favorite coffee shop right when it opened, got a seat with a perfect view of its beautiful mural, and am posted up w work to do and a huge pot of tea. Bliss.
Too much of sci comm right now is either this or this
April 1, 2025 at 4:37 PM
Too much of sci comm right now is either this or this
There are many challenges in media right now, but there’s nothing like getting together with a huge group of smart people to motivate and inspire problem-solving. I can’t wait to apply all this knowledge in new approaches at Quanta. #SXSW, you were wonderful. I’ll catch you next year.
March 17, 2025 at 3:00 PM
There are many challenges in media right now, but there’s nothing like getting together with a huge group of smart people to motivate and inspire problem-solving. I can’t wait to apply all this knowledge in new approaches at Quanta. #SXSW, you were wonderful. I’ll catch you next year.
I spent last week learning everything I could at @sxsw.com.
It was inspiring to hear from @rose.bsky.team about how the folks at @bsky.app are building a world of expanded social media user and publisher options on this platform.
It was inspiring to hear from @rose.bsky.team about how the folks at @bsky.app are building a world of expanded social media user and publisher options on this platform.
March 17, 2025 at 3:00 PM
I spent last week learning everything I could at @sxsw.com.
It was inspiring to hear from @rose.bsky.team about how the folks at @bsky.app are building a world of expanded social media user and publisher options on this platform.
It was inspiring to hear from @rose.bsky.team about how the folks at @bsky.app are building a world of expanded social media user and publisher options on this platform.