Ryan Thompson
@rcthompson.bsky.social
Science. Puns. Science puns.
Assistant Professor at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
He/him
Assistant Professor at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
He/him
Half the pleasure in fidgeting with something is in the risk of financial ruin if you break it.
December 4, 2025 at 6:58 PM
Half the pleasure in fidgeting with something is in the risk of financial ruin if you break it.
They always told us roundabouts were good for traffic flow but I knew they were lying to us
November 26, 2025 at 2:19 PM
They always told us roundabouts were good for traffic flow but I knew they were lying to us
I looked at and chuckled like "oh that looks bad" and then I thought some more and was like "but actually how do you do it"
November 17, 2025 at 12:25 AM
I looked at and chuckled like "oh that looks bad" and then I thought some more and was like "but actually how do you do it"
Don't worry, I'm the one who opted in to a conversation about mucus
November 13, 2025 at 8:24 PM
Don't worry, I'm the one who opted in to a conversation about mucus
I wonder if I'm doing it wrong because I've never gotten it to work. It either doesn't go in at all because my nose is too clogged or it goes through fine but I don't feel any less congested after.
November 13, 2025 at 8:17 PM
I wonder if I'm doing it wrong because I've never gotten it to work. It either doesn't go in at all because my nose is too clogged or it goes through fine but I don't feel any less congested after.
Hi, I bought these 2 prints from you at NYCC, and I just want to say that both pieces are amazing in so many ways. They perfectly capture the show's vibes, and the character art is both perfectly on model and rendered in your own beautiful and detailed style.
October 27, 2025 at 3:16 PM
Hi, I bought these 2 prints from you at NYCC, and I just want to say that both pieces are amazing in so many ways. They perfectly capture the show's vibes, and the character art is both perfectly on model and rendered in your own beautiful and detailed style.
I just got home and realized that the only appropriate place to hang this Dungeon Meshi print is in my kitchen.
October 12, 2025 at 10:24 PM
I just got home and realized that the only appropriate place to hang this Dungeon Meshi print is in my kitchen.
Good to see you today! Keep on making cool stuff!
October 12, 2025 at 6:31 PM
Good to see you today! Keep on making cool stuff!
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October 2, 2025 at 2:09 PM
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Something about the pen being mightier than the dagger?
October 1, 2025 at 8:44 PM
Something about the pen being mightier than the dagger?
I also have this fear sometimes. I try to tell myself that it's not possible to recall the provenance of every single piece of information/data in my brain, but I still wish I could.
September 28, 2025 at 3:17 AM
I also have this fear sometimes. I try to tell myself that it's not possible to recall the provenance of every single piece of information/data in my brain, but I still wish I could.
Not to cause you even more worry, but my first paranoid thought in a situation like this is, does reverting the UI actually turn off the feature, or does it just remove it from the UI?
September 25, 2025 at 11:07 AM
Not to cause you even more worry, but my first paranoid thought in a situation like this is, does reverting the UI actually turn off the feature, or does it just remove it from the UI?
Shapes are one of my favorite categories of figures
September 12, 2025 at 11:48 PM
Shapes are one of my favorite categories of figures
They must have been so happy when they found an unused 3-letter acronym free for the taking.
September 8, 2025 at 8:04 PM
They must have been so happy when they found an unused 3-letter acronym free for the taking.
Unfortunately your true competition will be Crack-a-Barrel, whose business model is coming into your store and cracking your barrels open and taking the crack, and then delivering it to customers a la Uber eats.
August 27, 2025 at 12:36 AM
Unfortunately your true competition will be Crack-a-Barrel, whose business model is coming into your store and cracking your barrels open and taking the crack, and then delivering it to customers a la Uber eats.
It's so funny because he's introduced as the servant of a demon, so of course he's got to be evil, right? But no, he's just a cat that does cat things and occasionally delivers some mail.
August 16, 2025 at 2:03 PM
It's so funny because he's introduced as the servant of a demon, so of course he's got to be evil, right? But no, he's just a cat that does cat things and occasionally delivers some mail.
I doubt the people who came up with those "theories" knew anything about the actual history of either Earth or any other planets, but it's interesting they're kind of, sort of, onto something, if you squint a lot and turn your head sideways.
August 11, 2025 at 2:49 AM
I doubt the people who came up with those "theories" knew anything about the actual history of either Earth or any other planets, but it's interesting they're kind of, sort of, onto something, if you squint a lot and turn your head sideways.
And even the thicker atmosphere thing is vaguely plausible as well. Mars is theorized to have been stripped of its atmosphere by solar winds, which means its atmosphere used to be thicker in the past. This doesn't happen to Earth because our magnetic field deflects the solar wind (luckily for us!)
August 11, 2025 at 2:46 AM
And even the thicker atmosphere thing is vaguely plausible as well. Mars is theorized to have been stripped of its atmosphere by solar winds, which means its atmosphere used to be thicker in the past. This doesn't happen to Earth because our magnetic field deflects the solar wind (luckily for us!)
I keep thinking about this one because it's so tantalizingly close to the ancient earth reduced gravity thing. Earth's gravity didn't change over time, but something else major did change BECAUSE of gravity.
August 11, 2025 at 2:44 AM
I keep thinking about this one because it's so tantalizingly close to the ancient earth reduced gravity thing. Earth's gravity didn't change over time, but something else major did change BECAUSE of gravity.
Also if you want some good general science podcasts, I highly recommend both "Let's Learn Everything" and "That's Absurd, Please Elaborate"
August 10, 2025 at 6:49 PM
Also if you want some good general science podcasts, I highly recommend both "Let's Learn Everything" and "That's Absurd, Please Elaborate"
If there's any common theme here, I think it's that the truth of the universe is weird that "ancient earth reduced gravity" doesn't even sound that weird by comparison.
August 10, 2025 at 6:42 PM
If there's any common theme here, I think it's that the truth of the universe is weird that "ancient earth reduced gravity" doesn't even sound that weird by comparison.
Also, how about a parameter of the planet that HAS been changing gradually throughout most of Earth's existence? The length of a day. Because of tides, which are caused by gravity: www.artsci.utoronto.ca/news/why-day...
'Why the day is 24 hours long': Astrophysicists reveal why Earth’s day was a constant 19.5 hours for over a billion years
www.artsci.utoronto.ca
August 10, 2025 at 6:40 PM
Also, how about a parameter of the planet that HAS been changing gradually throughout most of Earth's existence? The length of a day. Because of tides, which are caused by gravity: www.artsci.utoronto.ca/news/why-day...
Semi-related to both Earth and gravity: toroidal planets, which are at least theoretically possible and even habitable, if extremely unlikely to ever exist in practice: www.aleph.se/andart/archi...
Andart: Torus–Earth
www.aleph.se
August 10, 2025 at 6:40 PM
Semi-related to both Earth and gravity: toroidal planets, which are at least theoretically possible and even habitable, if extremely unlikely to ever exist in practice: www.aleph.se/andart/archi...
Probably the best place to start would be the Kurzgesagt video on neutron stars: www.youtube.com/watch?v=udFx...
And also their dozen videos about black holes: www.youtube.com/playlist?lis...
And also their dozen videos about black holes: www.youtube.com/playlist?lis...
Neutron Stars – The Most Extreme Things that are not Black Holes
YouTube video by Kurzgesagt – In a Nutshell
www.youtube.com
August 10, 2025 at 6:36 PM
Probably the best place to start would be the Kurzgesagt video on neutron stars: www.youtube.com/watch?v=udFx...
And also their dozen videos about black holes: www.youtube.com/playlist?lis...
And also their dozen videos about black holes: www.youtube.com/playlist?lis...