MZ Fuka
@mzphyz.bsky.social
Physicist-errant. Quite mad, mostly honest.
Vita brevis, vive magne.
Vita brevis, vive magne.
I'm out. Cancelable res, thank goodness, and had been holding off registration just in case.
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December 5, 2025 at 12:33 AM
I'm out. Cancelable res, thank goodness, and had been holding off registration just in case.
@cbdawson.bsky.social
Have you listened to this yet? If not, highly recommend for next road trip or whenever…
Have you listened to this yet? If not, highly recommend for next road trip or whenever…
February 12, 2025 at 5:10 PM
@cbdawson.bsky.social
Have you listened to this yet? If not, highly recommend for next road trip or whenever…
Have you listened to this yet? If not, highly recommend for next road trip or whenever…
A funny thing happened on the way to lowering egg prices...
February 5, 2025 at 1:53 PM
A funny thing happened on the way to lowering egg prices...
Awaiting the order to change that pesky Greek pi to a more convenient, all-American number like, oh, don't know...3? 4? 10? What number would make us greatest? 11? 42?
Sigh.
Sigh.
January 25, 2025 at 11:49 PM
Awaiting the order to change that pesky Greek pi to a more convenient, all-American number like, oh, don't know...3? 4? 10? What number would make us greatest? 11? 42?
Sigh.
Sigh.
That & MLK's 'I Have a Dream' speech on continuous play.
January 20, 2025 at 11:07 PM
That & MLK's 'I Have a Dream' speech on continuous play.
So lovely--one imagines a wave of sudden inspiration across human knitting/crocheting/spinning communities.
This is the mystery spider egg sac covered with a veil of pink silk that was determined to be woven by a Poltys based on several rounds of discussion on iNaturalist and Twitter.
Thanks to @arachnonaut.bsky.social for the lead!
Thanks to @arachnonaut.bsky.social for the lead!
January 20, 2025 at 4:10 PM
So lovely--one imagines a wave of sudden inspiration across human knitting/crocheting/spinning communities.
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Taking a pause on lantern bugs. Not sure what's next so here's a pleasing fungus beetle (why pleasing?) from the Peruvian Amazon. It's blue, so enjoy it!
Probably Cypherotylus debauvei, previously under the genus Gibbifer.
Probably Cypherotylus debauvei, previously under the genus Gibbifer.
January 14, 2025 at 11:28 PM
Taking a pause on lantern bugs. Not sure what's next so here's a pleasing fungus beetle (why pleasing?) from the Peruvian Amazon. It's blue, so enjoy it!
Probably Cypherotylus debauvei, previously under the genus Gibbifer.
Probably Cypherotylus debauvei, previously under the genus Gibbifer.
This branch defies basic engineering principles as we humans understand them.
January 10, 2025 at 10:39 PM
This branch defies basic engineering principles as we humans understand them.
Tidy rows of clouds, though not so orderly as to seem unreal.
January 10, 2025 at 10:34 PM
Tidy rows of clouds, though not so orderly as to seem unreal.
But sometimes one runs across a random Floridian & there's Flipturn, poetry, Markov chains. Then it's "more like this, pleaze". Happy 2025! Btw 🥰.
Does the “less like this” button on Bluesky actually do anything? I cannot escape engagement-bait half-ai libpost gotchas 😭 happy new year btw
January 7, 2025 at 5:20 PM
But sometimes one runs across a random Floridian & there's Flipturn, poetry, Markov chains. Then it's "more like this, pleaze". Happy 2025! Btw 🥰.
And now I know SMHM=Salt Marsh Harvest Mouse! Unless the exam to get a Swiss Master's in Hospitality Management includes an aquatic component...? And I thought physics comps were tough.
Hey #hydrology folks! Seeking recommendations for in situ saline water flow/velocity monitoring equipment. Right now looks like Badger Meter is most common for research. I would appreciate any insights folks have about brands to favor or avoid.
Including a SMHM doing hydro stuff for visibility.
🧂🐁
Including a SMHM doing hydro stuff for visibility.
🧂🐁
January 7, 2025 at 1:06 AM
And now I know SMHM=Salt Marsh Harvest Mouse! Unless the exam to get a Swiss Master's in Hospitality Management includes an aquatic component...? And I thought physics comps were tough.
The best SNL sketch in the history of SNL. Honestly, so good it could be Monty Python. Or Clarke & Dawe. I still turn to the "Front Fell Off" for comfort in dark times: www.youtube.com/watch?v=3m5q...
December 20, 2024 at 3:25 PM
The best SNL sketch in the history of SNL. Honestly, so good it could be Monty Python. Or Clarke & Dawe. I still turn to the "Front Fell Off" for comfort in dark times: www.youtube.com/watch?v=3m5q...
🫣“History doesn’t repeat itself, but it often rhymes.” —Mark Twain
Feels like this old video captures the current political mood, yet again 🫠
CW: not really work appropriate video. Also makes less sense if you don't know it's a parody of a popular pop music video.
CW: not really work appropriate video. Also makes less sense if you don't know it's a parody of a popular pop music video.
We Did Stop - SNL
YouTube video by Saturday Night Live
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December 20, 2024 at 12:42 PM
🫣“History doesn’t repeat itself, but it often rhymes.” —Mark Twain
OMG. The paradigm shift is upon us.
The randomness of quantum mechanics is just something to stop the universe getting stuck. #YouHeardItHereFirst
December 17, 2024 at 5:23 PM
OMG. The paradigm shift is upon us.
Almost enough for a Taylor Swift concert…
December 17, 2024 at 4:43 PM
Almost enough for a Taylor Swift concert…
One wakes up considering paradigm shifts. A train of thought that chugs, inevitably, to Einstein’s wire-fox terrier, Chico:
December 17, 2024 at 4:09 PM
One wakes up considering paradigm shifts. A train of thought that chugs, inevitably, to Einstein’s wire-fox terrier, Chico:
Arguments for (reluctantly) keeping a skeletal X account— @nickybay.bsky.social photo-completeness. Granted, one could just subscribe to the mailing list: www.nickybay.com 🪲🦟🦗🪰📷🥰
Home - Macro Photography by Nicky Bay
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December 17, 2024 at 3:02 PM
Arguments for (reluctantly) keeping a skeletal X account— @nickybay.bsky.social photo-completeness. Granted, one could just subscribe to the mailing list: www.nickybay.com 🪲🦟🦗🪰📷🥰
@stevenjgibbons.bsky.social Recall you’re an aficionado of interesting vocals—check out Flipturn’s ‘August’, starting about 32:09. Closing improv is pretty special—the kid’s got pipes 😍: m.youtube.com/watch?v=zTF5...
flipturn - Austin City Limits Festival 2024 [FULL SET]
YouTube video by flipturn
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December 12, 2024 at 3:46 AM
@stevenjgibbons.bsky.social Recall you’re an aficionado of interesting vocals—check out Flipturn’s ‘August’, starting about 32:09. Closing improv is pretty special—the kid’s got pipes 😍: m.youtube.com/watch?v=zTF5...
If you haven’t heard Flipturn, you are missing out….their set at Austin City Limits Festival: m.youtube.com/watch?v=zTF5...
flipturn - Austin City Limits Festival 2024 [FULL SET]
YouTube video by flipturn
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December 12, 2024 at 3:39 AM
If you haven’t heard Flipturn, you are missing out….their set at Austin City Limits Festival: m.youtube.com/watch?v=zTF5...
Well, "Bluesky" is a prettier name than "X's Proverbial Spam Folder"...
There are moral and ideological cases for leaving X, of course, but you don't even need them: the old platform is just *gone* and has been for a long time nymag.com/intelligence...
December 5, 2024 at 7:15 PM
Well, "Bluesky" is a prettier name than "X's Proverbial Spam Folder"...
Badgers. Mentioned on the internet. We know how this must go, now, don't we?
www.youtube.com/watch?v=EIyi...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=EIyi...
December 4, 2024 at 10:01 PM
Badgers. Mentioned on the internet. We know how this must go, now, don't we?
www.youtube.com/watch?v=EIyi...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=EIyi...
Coincidentally, the same number of particle physicists it takes to screw in a lightbulb. Or, write a paper.
Oh it's that time of year again....
The 7590 most puissant researchers of the year
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The 7590 most puissant researchers of the year
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The 7590 most puissant researchers of the year
Our biannual list recognises the most influential researchers, the true pioneers of science, the giants on whose shoulders the rest of us stand like so many flakes of dandruff, the ones who made th…
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November 28, 2024 at 4:02 PM
Coincidentally, the same number of particle physicists it takes to screw in a lightbulb. Or, write a paper.
Omg. Clouds of misinformation *already* creeping across the sunny sky prompting yet another anguished navel-glance: Why am I here? Is a Twitter—>X style doom-cycle *inevitable*? Was Jack Dorsey right? Do we care? This & more in ‘As the Butterfly Flaps’. Stay tuned! (Oh, & hi, Cian 🤗👋!)
This is not a scientifically accurate volcano. 🌋 😆
Nobody likes it #Thanksgiving
November 23, 2024 at 6:06 PM
Omg. Clouds of misinformation *already* creeping across the sunny sky prompting yet another anguished navel-glance: Why am I here? Is a Twitter—>X style doom-cycle *inevitable*? Was Jack Dorsey right? Do we care? This & more in ‘As the Butterfly Flaps’. Stay tuned! (Oh, & hi, Cian 🤗👋!)