Tim Wiser
@tdwiser.bsky.social
Assoc Professor of Physics @ Truman State U, MO, USA
Dark matter, particle physics, teaching.
Personal account not affiliated with my employer.
Dark matter, particle physics, teaching.
Personal account not affiliated with my employer.
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We are hiring TWO TENURE-TRACK CHEMISTS (organic+inorganic) here at Truman State University (the #1 public regional university in the midwest...29 years running). Our Chemistry and Biochem/MolecularBio programs are @acs.org accredited.
#chemsky #chemjobs #chemistry #iteachchem
#chemsky #chemjobs #chemistry #iteachchem
October 7, 2025 at 11:17 PM
We are hiring TWO TENURE-TRACK CHEMISTS (organic+inorganic) here at Truman State University (the #1 public regional university in the midwest...29 years running). Our Chemistry and Biochem/MolecularBio programs are @acs.org accredited.
#chemsky #chemjobs #chemistry #iteachchem
#chemsky #chemjobs #chemistry #iteachchem
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I refuse to give em dashes to the AI
September 3, 2025 at 12:56 AM
I refuse to give em dashes to the AI
Unfortunately, Bluesky is unavailable in Mississippi right now, due to a new state law that requires age verification for all users.
While intended for child safety, we think this law poses broader challenges & creates significant barriers that limit free speech & harm smaller platforms like ours.
While intended for child safety, we think this law poses broader challenges & creates significant barriers that limit free speech & harm smaller platforms like ours.
August 22, 2025 at 9:39 PM
WHAT A LEDE
Missouri on the verge of taking over St. Louis police, a return to Civil War-era policy • Missouri Independent
Legislation that could reach Missouri Gov. Mike Kehoe's desk this week would replace local control of the St. Louis police with a state board.
missouriindependent.com
April 2, 2025 at 4:12 PM
WHAT A LEDE
How can it be bad it has “tech” right in the….oh there’s the rest of the word oops
Technofascism sucks, you guys.
March 19, 2025 at 6:21 PM
How can it be bad it has “tech” right in the….oh there’s the rest of the word oops
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I in fact turned down a job at a top private school to come to the University of New Hampshire. Twice. Because public universities matter, and they especially matter in rural communities where they are major economic engines.
$100 million being stolen from Maine is catastrophic. PAY ATTENTION.
$100 million being stolen from Maine is catastrophic. PAY ATTENTION.
March 16, 2025 at 5:00 PM
I in fact turned down a job at a top private school to come to the University of New Hampshire. Twice. Because public universities matter, and they especially matter in rural communities where they are major economic engines.
$100 million being stolen from Maine is catastrophic. PAY ATTENTION.
$100 million being stolen from Maine is catastrophic. PAY ATTENTION.
HOT TAKE: Magnetic fields aren’t vectors.
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December 13, 2024 at 4:33 AM
HOT TAKE: Magnetic fields aren’t vectors.
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The Universe, just as inflation ended:
Honestly baryons got a little kick to em
December 5, 2024 at 2:57 AM
The Universe, just as inflation ended:
First trip to Costco in a few years. My spirit of holiday commercialism is totally restored 💸
November 29, 2024 at 7:37 PM
First trip to Costco in a few years. My spirit of holiday commercialism is totally restored 💸
ope I guess they did
November 28, 2024 at 7:02 PM
ope I guess they did
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"Am orca, have retro hat" is the only kind of news I intend to consume from now on
November 27, 2024 at 4:21 PM
"Am orca, have retro hat" is the only kind of news I intend to consume from now on
When my students complain about a homework problem I wrote:
November 27, 2024 at 3:15 PM
When my students complain about a homework problem I wrote:
Recording and reporting on every single thing someone says in public would, at one time, have been considered stalking and required being a creep…now that it’s technically trivial to do, that must make it okay!
So the incident with a machine learning company offering up a way to do ML on the AT firehose, along with initial attitudes about moderation, highlights the ways in which the current structuring of #BlueSky and the AT protocol is essentially libertarian and failing in the ways libertarianism does
November 27, 2024 at 3:58 AM
Recording and reporting on every single thing someone says in public would, at one time, have been considered stalking and required being a creep…now that it’s technically trivial to do, that must make it okay!
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A reminder to 🔭 and ⚛️ sky, esp #cosmology and #particle #physics folks: I'm hiring a postdoc! In principle the application deadline is on Monday night, but if I know you're planning to apply, we can discuss a late application! Our dept is 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️ populated & friendly!
jobs.usnh.edu/postings/63459
jobs.usnh.edu/postings/63459
Postdoctoral Researcher-SLAC Particle Cosmology Project
The Prescod-Weinstein Group at the University of New Hampshire has an opening for a postdoctoral researcher whose interests will be in dark matter/astroparticle physics and early universe cosmology, w...
jobs.usnh.edu
November 27, 2024 at 12:08 AM
A reminder to 🔭 and ⚛️ sky, esp #cosmology and #particle #physics folks: I'm hiring a postdoc! In principle the application deadline is on Monday night, but if I know you're planning to apply, we can discuss a late application! Our dept is 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️ populated & friendly!
jobs.usnh.edu/postings/63459
jobs.usnh.edu/postings/63459
Optimist: The cup is half full
Pessimist: The cup is half empty
Physicist in literally any subfield: I will model the cup as a collection of simple harmonic oscillators
Pessimist: The cup is half empty
Physicist in literally any subfield: I will model the cup as a collection of simple harmonic oscillators
Optimist: The cup is half full
Pessimist: The cup is half empty
Cosmologist: The cup is dusty or full of gravitational waves
Pessimist: The cup is half empty
Cosmologist: The cup is dusty or full of gravitational waves
Optimist: The cup is half full
Pessimist: The cup is half empty
Astronomer: This is a high metallicity sightline
Pessimist: The cup is half empty
Astronomer: This is a high metallicity sightline
November 23, 2024 at 9:10 PM
Optimist: The cup is half full
Pessimist: The cup is half empty
Physicist in literally any subfield: I will model the cup as a collection of simple harmonic oscillators
Pessimist: The cup is half empty
Physicist in literally any subfield: I will model the cup as a collection of simple harmonic oscillators
Optimist: The cup is half full
Pessimist: The cup is half empty
Theoretical physicist: The cup’s contents are an O(1) fraction of the cup
Pessimist: The cup is half empty
Theoretical physicist: The cup’s contents are an O(1) fraction of the cup
Optimist: The cup is half full
Pessimist: The cup is half empty
Cosmologist: The cup is dusty or full of gravitational waves
Pessimist: The cup is half empty
Cosmologist: The cup is dusty or full of gravitational waves
Optimist: The cup is half full
Pessimist: The cup is half empty
Astronomer: This is a high metallicity sightline
Pessimist: The cup is half empty
Astronomer: This is a high metallicity sightline
November 23, 2024 at 6:24 PM
Optimist: The cup is half full
Pessimist: The cup is half empty
Theoretical physicist: The cup’s contents are an O(1) fraction of the cup
Pessimist: The cup is half empty
Theoretical physicist: The cup’s contents are an O(1) fraction of the cup
the face of someone unbothered by the cosmological constant problem
November 23, 2024 at 5:06 PM
the face of someone unbothered by the cosmological constant problem
![Altered New Yorker cartoon—a man and a suit tells children around a fire in a post-apocalyptic landscape, “Yes, the planet got destroyed, but for a beautiful moment in time we [learned a lot about efficient nuclear detonations]”](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:jwuniwct53f4zfha4ihwkyuv/bafkreid3bd2vinagmi7jvf6wt42ohwbskaewgq3mhrambwqtin2uoafame@jpeg)
November 20, 2024 at 8:56 PM
To be clear, I want all these things for EVERYONE, including trans folks, and I will vote against people who throw them under the bus.
Folks on the assembly lines want the same things professors do—they want good jobs, to be healthy, the right to access basic things like healthcare and affordable food. They want a nice life. They want freedom. That’s the identity.
November 20, 2024 at 2:06 AM
To be clear, I want all these things for EVERYONE, including trans folks, and I will vote against people who throw them under the bus.
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Folks on the assembly lines want the same things professors do—they want good jobs, to be healthy, the right to access basic things like healthcare and affordable food. They want a nice life. They want freedom. That’s the identity.
November 20, 2024 at 1:35 AM
Folks on the assembly lines want the same things professors do—they want good jobs, to be healthy, the right to access basic things like healthcare and affordable food. They want a nice life. They want freedom. That’s the identity.
Bluesky would be Purplesky if not for our eye’s limited sensitivity to short wavelengths
BlueSky is short for blueberry skyrmion
November 19, 2024 at 3:33 PM
Bluesky would be Purplesky if not for our eye’s limited sensitivity to short wavelengths
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BlueSky is short for blueberry skyrmion
November 19, 2024 at 11:18 AM
BlueSky is short for blueberry skyrmion