Neal Weiner
@nealweiner.bsky.social
Physicist / dark matter aficionado.
The great tragedy of Science - the slaying of a beautiful hypothesis by an ugly fact. -Thomas Huxley & Oliver Wendell Jones
The great tragedy of Science - the slaying of a beautiful hypothesis by an ugly fact. -Thomas Huxley & Oliver Wendell Jones
I dunno, but "Trump literally went to court to avoid paying SNAP benefits" seems like a compelling storyline going into 2026...
November 7, 2025 at 1:47 AM
I dunno, but "Trump literally went to court to avoid paying SNAP benefits" seems like a compelling storyline going into 2026...
I think when the democrats get control they should rename it the "Joe Biden Ballroom"
October 25, 2025 at 9:01 PM
I think when the democrats get control they should rename it the "Joe Biden Ballroom"
The google ads during the MLB playoffs are convincing a broad demographic that AI is all about reading too much into spurious correlations.
October 13, 2025 at 2:10 AM
The google ads during the MLB playoffs are convincing a broad demographic that AI is all about reading too much into spurious correlations.
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A proposed new rule would limit international students on F1 or J1 visas to stays in the US of no longer than 4 years. This effectively means that intl. students will no longer come to graduate school here (time to PhD is 5-6 years). You can comment here:
www.federalregister.gov/documents/20...
www.federalregister.gov/documents/20...
Establishing a Fixed Time Period of Admission and an Extension of Stay Procedure for Nonimmigrant Academic Students, Exchange Visitors, and Representatives of Foreign Information Media
Unlike most nonimmigrant classifications, which are admitted for a fixed time period, aliens in the F (academic student), J (exchange visitor), and most I (representatives of foreign information media...
www.federalregister.gov
September 4, 2025 at 4:52 AM
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August 9, 2025 at 12:00 PM
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Younger people will be shocked to hear this, but way back when I grew up, anytime you saw a movie where some government official stopped someone on the street and demanded to see their identification papers, that was supposed to let you know they were the *bad* guys.
June 21, 2025 at 3:17 PM
Younger people will be shocked to hear this, but way back when I grew up, anytime you saw a movie where some government official stopped someone on the street and demanded to see their identification papers, that was supposed to let you know they were the *bad* guys.
Mythic Quest lost something critical and crass when it lost F Murray Abraham. That said, "quarantine" and "backstory!" were two remarkable pieces of TV
April 12, 2025 at 10:47 AM
Mythic Quest lost something critical and crass when it lost F Murray Abraham. That said, "quarantine" and "backstory!" were two remarkable pieces of TV
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I have tariffed
the penguins
that are on
Heard Island
and which
you were probably
assuming
did not export goods
forgive me
they were taking advantage of us
so cunning
and so cold
the penguins
that are on
Heard Island
and which
you were probably
assuming
did not export goods
forgive me
they were taking advantage of us
so cunning
and so cold
April 3, 2025 at 7:45 PM
I have tariffed
the penguins
that are on
Heard Island
and which
you were probably
assuming
did not export goods
forgive me
they were taking advantage of us
so cunning
and so cold
the penguins
that are on
Heard Island
and which
you were probably
assuming
did not export goods
forgive me
they were taking advantage of us
so cunning
and so cold
"Every American generation has inherited from its predecessor the memory of freedom, of liberty, and of constitutional government; but every generation if it would retain these prizes of our civilization, must reacquire them in its own lifetime. "
April 2, 2025 at 6:25 PM
"Every American generation has inherited from its predecessor the memory of freedom, of liberty, and of constitutional government; but every generation if it would retain these prizes of our civilization, must reacquire them in its own lifetime. "
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"We must be the great arsenal of democracy.
For us this is an emergency as serious as war itself. We must apply ourselves to our task with the same resolution, the same sense of urgency, the same spirit of patriotism and sacrifice as we would show were we at war." - an American president
For us this is an emergency as serious as war itself. We must apply ourselves to our task with the same resolution, the same sense of urgency, the same spirit of patriotism and sacrifice as we would show were we at war." - an American president
February 28, 2025 at 7:23 PM
"We must be the great arsenal of democracy.
For us this is an emergency as serious as war itself. We must apply ourselves to our task with the same resolution, the same sense of urgency, the same spirit of patriotism and sacrifice as we would show were we at war." - an American president
For us this is an emergency as serious as war itself. We must apply ourselves to our task with the same resolution, the same sense of urgency, the same spirit of patriotism and sacrifice as we would show were we at war." - an American president
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This is fucking incredible.
![REYES: [The order] calls an entire category of people dishonest, dishonorable, undisciplined, immodest, who lack integrity, people who have taken an oath to defend this country, people who have been under fire, people who have received medals for taking fire for this country. I want to know from the government whether that language expresses 'animus.' Does that express animus? DOJ ATTORNEY: Not in any constitutional- REYES: In a commonsense way. This is a policy from the President of the United States affecting thousands of people ... to call an entire group of people, lying dishonest people who are undisciplined, immodest and have no integrity. How is that anything other than showing animus? DOJ ATTORNEY: I don't have an answer for you. REYES: You do have an answer, you just don't want to give it... People can make solid arguments as to why some or even most transgender people shouldn't be in the military We're dealing with unadulterated animus. We are dealing with the president of the United States dealing with a group of people serving their country... calling them liars. (Reyes then said she changed her courtroom orders to bar people who graduated from UVA law school from appearing before her because "they're all liars and lack integrity and are undisciplined and can't possibly meet the high rigors of benign a lawyer for the government" She made the DOJ lawyer sit down on that basis, then after he did, she called him back up and asked whether that was a display of animus.)](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:mmtjkssv6jeneahkgfdxuy7p/bafkreicmr3wybkn6acxmmdf4vuqnzxho2nk7kp3v7tx7vkclg2cjmwvixm@jpeg)
February 18, 2025 at 7:53 PM
This is fucking incredible.
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2024 was yet another exhausting year keeping track of updates on our quest to find the axions. I have been trying my best to collect the exponentially growing literature on my GitHub AxionLimits: github.com/cajohare/Axi...
January 15, 2025 at 8:20 AM
2024 was yet another exhausting year keeping track of updates on our quest to find the axions. I have been trying my best to collect the exponentially growing literature on my GitHub AxionLimits: github.com/cajohare/Axi...
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I’m not militant about much, but it’s called the “quiet car” for a reason.
December 3, 2024 at 10:52 PM
I’m not militant about much, but it’s called the “quiet car” for a reason.