spontaneous symmetry breakdance
@t8erboi.bsky.social
a.k.a. Matt. Physicist, conformal bootstrapper, and #1 Leonid Kantorovich respecter. Idaho → Colorado → Connecticut → Italy. he/him.
Unionize the radiation lab!
Unionize the radiation lab!
"the bullet theoretical"
November 17, 2025 at 11:43 PM
"the bullet theoretical"
Down with the traitor
Up with the
Up with the
November 17, 2025 at 7:35 PM
Down with the traitor
Up with the
Up with the
i feel you, ian. i really do.
November 14, 2025 at 1:28 AM
i feel you, ian. i really do.
[ slowly banging head against wall ]
November 11, 2025 at 2:38 PM
[ slowly banging head against wall ]
like how am I supposed to top this?
November 9, 2025 at 12:08 AM
like how am I supposed to top this?
happy to take on the paperclipping risk if it means I never have to think about this diagram again:
November 5, 2025 at 8:27 PM
happy to take on the paperclipping risk if it means I never have to think about this diagram again:
I am still not drunk enough for this game, and we're running out of cider
November 2, 2025 at 1:44 AM
I am still not drunk enough for this game, and we're running out of cider
so Wilders is pretty much cooked, right?
October 30, 2025 at 3:00 PM
so Wilders is pretty much cooked, right?
Love to drag my unrelated humanities/STEM grudges into [checks notes] a dispute between two different social sciences
October 26, 2025 at 9:25 PM
Love to drag my unrelated humanities/STEM grudges into [checks notes] a dispute between two different social sciences
Basically this:
October 23, 2025 at 6:40 PM
Basically this:
it's even weirder when you condition on the other variable
October 23, 2025 at 11:22 AM
it's even weirder when you condition on the other variable
why did our chair think it was a good idea to send this out to our entire department?
October 22, 2025 at 4:34 PM
why did our chair think it was a good idea to send this out to our entire department?
on the plus side, I *have* learned a lot about plot styling in the past 24 hours
October 21, 2025 at 4:12 PM
on the plus side, I *have* learned a lot about plot styling in the past 24 hours
The Netherlands has an election at the end of this month, and as an American, this is basically my understanding of Dutch political parties:
October 11, 2025 at 9:27 PM
The Netherlands has an election at the end of this month, and as an American, this is basically my understanding of Dutch political parties:
called it
October 9, 2025 at 11:55 AM
called it
nothing's ever gonna top that one guy from North Georgia State crashing out because someone disagreed with his tournament's tiebreaker policy
October 6, 2025 at 12:01 AM
nothing's ever gonna top that one guy from North Georgia State crashing out because someone disagreed with his tournament's tiebreaker policy
was never on SA, but the quizbowl message boards were a formative experience for me, and yeah
October 5, 2025 at 11:50 PM
was never on SA, but the quizbowl message boards were a formative experience for me, and yeah
today is a good day
October 3, 2025 at 3:12 PM
today is a good day
turns out the Levi-Civita vector identity is actually very useful. I probably should've paid more attention in QFT, lol
![ε_{μν[ρ} X_{σ]} + ε_{ρσ[μ} X_{ν]} = 0](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:t5p7f3fitmk22tcurugznuqm/bafkreiffueadswchfwcuqhefnm2nzv5tponnuympz3qlxsklv7a5oi3uke@jpeg)
September 29, 2025 at 7:52 PM
turns out the Levi-Civita vector identity is actually very useful. I probably should've paid more attention in QFT, lol
real heads know
September 27, 2025 at 12:49 PM
real heads know
oh man, the SSC.
When I moved into my office at Yale, I found a copy of the proceedings from one of the SSC planning meetings sitting on the bookshelf. No idea who left it there, but I always got a little wistful looking at it.
When I moved into my office at Yale, I found a copy of the proceedings from one of the SSC planning meetings sitting on the bookshelf. No idea who left it there, but I always got a little wistful looking at it.
September 24, 2025 at 7:25 PM
oh man, the SSC.
When I moved into my office at Yale, I found a copy of the proceedings from one of the SSC planning meetings sitting on the bookshelf. No idea who left it there, but I always got a little wistful looking at it.
When I moved into my office at Yale, I found a copy of the proceedings from one of the SSC planning meetings sitting on the bookshelf. No idea who left it there, but I always got a little wistful looking at it.
I regret to announce that I'm becoming a commutative diagrams guy
September 24, 2025 at 12:24 PM
I regret to announce that I'm becoming a commutative diagrams guy