Lightsmith
@slepkov.bsky.social
Physics prof at the largest small university in Ontario, Canada. Ultrafast lasers, microscopy, microwave photonics, physics education, multiple-choice assessment. Funny is good. A pervert for nuance.
Uncurious or incurious? Damn, now I've got to look it up! 😉
November 10, 2025 at 10:53 PM
Uncurious or incurious? Damn, now I've got to look it up! 😉
More common science words, please.
September 27, 2025 at 1:29 PM
More common science words, please.
Answer: Both are river scum.
September 1, 2025 at 7:58 PM
Answer: Both are river scum.
Pine nuts and tomatoes?! that's fucken awesome!
August 23, 2025 at 8:58 PM
Pine nuts and tomatoes?! that's fucken awesome!
For a well-functioning partnership, rapid discontent can arise when the two 'decohere' temporarily; communication feels unusually viscous. This can manifest as 'mutual PMS', or not agreeing on where to eat (especially when travelling).
August 23, 2025 at 8:55 PM
For a well-functioning partnership, rapid discontent can arise when the two 'decohere' temporarily; communication feels unusually viscous. This can manifest as 'mutual PMS', or not agreeing on where to eat (especially when travelling).
Not completing a chore on the spouse's preferred timeline
A sense of unacknowledged unequal distribution of labour
A sense of unacknowledged unequal distribution of labour
August 23, 2025 at 8:51 PM
Not completing a chore on the spouse's preferred timeline
A sense of unacknowledged unequal distribution of labour
A sense of unacknowledged unequal distribution of labour
Well, maybe it is weird that near-freezing water has a negative coefficient of thermal expansion, but once you accept that you shouldn't marvel that pressure liquifies ice.
Or am I weird by naturally connecting the two?!
Or am I weird by naturally connecting the two?!
May 12, 2025 at 10:38 PM
Well, maybe it is weird that near-freezing water has a negative coefficient of thermal expansion, but once you accept that you shouldn't marvel that pressure liquifies ice.
Or am I weird by naturally connecting the two?!
Or am I weird by naturally connecting the two?!
so, are you going to change your starter now?
May 11, 2025 at 7:19 PM
so, are you going to change your starter now?
Excellent. In that case, a 6-7 completed task day would be an above average day for me.
But how I feel at the end each day has more to do with how many of those completed tasks were part of that day's plan.
But how I feel at the end each day has more to do with how many of those completed tasks were part of that day's plan.
March 21, 2025 at 6:10 PM
Excellent. In that case, a 6-7 completed task day would be an above average day for me.
But how I feel at the end each day has more to do with how many of those completed tasks were part of that day's plan.
But how I feel at the end each day has more to do with how many of those completed tasks were part of that day's plan.