@putterbean.bsky.social
I teach physics and astronomy at community college, I love sports and cooking. Bartender too. English expat in CT/NYC. One toddler and an amazing wife
Didn’t realize chess grandmasters could be that stupid but here we are!!
November 5, 2025 at 9:09 PM
Didn’t realize chess grandmasters could be that stupid but here we are!!
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Well the universe is just being fair, you handed out “catawampus” today! - the use inferred the meaning but I still went to the dictionary…
July 24, 2025 at 5:03 PM
Well the universe is just being fair, you handed out “catawampus” today! - the use inferred the meaning but I still went to the dictionary…
It’s the cost of civilization. You live by the sea but you want cheap clean electricity without burning the world down? Imagine all the people in the 1880s saying “hey don’t build that coal power station, it’s ugly, I’m good with candles and newspapers forever thanks”
July 12, 2025 at 9:43 PM
It’s the cost of civilization. You live by the sea but you want cheap clean electricity without burning the world down? Imagine all the people in the 1880s saying “hey don’t build that coal power station, it’s ugly, I’m good with candles and newspapers forever thanks”
Piece of work seems harsh..? Featherbrained numpty for sure. If I knew that is how you get to be head of NASA… wow I took the wrong career advice. (There is ZERO chance he knows what NASA is an acronym for)
July 10, 2025 at 1:17 AM
Piece of work seems harsh..? Featherbrained numpty for sure. If I knew that is how you get to be head of NASA… wow I took the wrong career advice. (There is ZERO chance he knows what NASA is an acronym for)
I mean- I show them how to use Wikipedia, which in astronomy often has primary source citations for data- so they can use those. Also how to identify reliable sources via the web address and/or author information. Another thing I certainly do is use online OpenStax textbooks, which are free.
July 1, 2025 at 9:00 PM
I mean- I show them how to use Wikipedia, which in astronomy often has primary source citations for data- so they can use those. Also how to identify reliable sources via the web address and/or author information. Another thing I certainly do is use online OpenStax textbooks, which are free.
I fully appreciate your remarks there, and they are justified. My angle was that I try my hardest every semester to explain to my students why Wikipedia isn’t a source, and to see academics use jt as one feels like I’m shouting into a void.
June 27, 2025 at 2:53 AM
I fully appreciate your remarks there, and they are justified. My angle was that I try my hardest every semester to explain to my students why Wikipedia isn’t a source, and to see academics use jt as one feels like I’m shouting into a void.
Your post was very interesting, I just don’t know why you would bother to add references, then cite wikipedia. From a fellow academic.
June 26, 2025 at 2:29 AM
Your post was very interesting, I just don’t know why you would bother to add references, then cite wikipedia. From a fellow academic.
… because it’s not a primary source?!
June 26, 2025 at 2:27 AM
… because it’s not a primary source?!
Here's a fun thing that a top donor to Andrew Cuomo's super PAC just told me.
June 26, 2025 at 2:14 AM
Only my 2 cents but… Because Cuomo is a word starting with C, rhyming with bunt. He shows that he doesn’t give a sh1t about doing his job. It’s the usual story, it’s a chance to get out of a shitty regime and the right/rich are scared by it
June 24, 2025 at 7:49 PM
Only my 2 cents but… Because Cuomo is a word starting with C, rhyming with bunt. He shows that he doesn’t give a sh1t about doing his job. It’s the usual story, it’s a chance to get out of a shitty regime and the right/rich are scared by it
Shouldn’t really cite Wikipedia …
June 23, 2025 at 2:51 AM
Shouldn’t really cite Wikipedia …
Just watched the Amsterdam episode of the new season, it’s like a hug!!
June 23, 2025 at 2:16 AM
Just watched the Amsterdam episode of the new season, it’s like a hug!!
Lots of followers. Lots of confidence. Ouch.
June 18, 2025 at 2:49 AM
Lots of followers. Lots of confidence. Ouch.
A “first stab at fact checking” gtfoh. It means to stupid and too lazy to check things yourself.
June 18, 2025 at 2:34 AM
A “first stab at fact checking” gtfoh. It means to stupid and too lazy to check things yourself.
You sound stupid, and yet boast so loudly that NYT hit you up for a chat about this. Imagine trying to educate people and all those people do is ask AI. Future is bleak- be proud you are helping champion that.
June 18, 2025 at 2:31 AM
You sound stupid, and yet boast so loudly that NYT hit you up for a chat about this. Imagine trying to educate people and all those people do is ask AI. Future is bleak- be proud you are helping champion that.
I can’t believe the NYT times would run a story like this? Reminds me of a post I saw yesterday saying if it weren’t for puzzles and food, that rag would be history.
June 18, 2025 at 2:24 AM
I can’t believe the NYT times would run a story like this? Reminds me of a post I saw yesterday saying if it weren’t for puzzles and food, that rag would be history.