Torbjörn Björkman
@torbjornbjorkman.bsky.social
He/him. Swede living in Finland. Physics lecturer, violinist, genealogist, generalist, in that order, perhaps.
Posting will continue until morale improves.
Posting will continue until morale improves.
Movie fun fact of the Monday: The Swedish title of Groundhog Day translates back as "Monday All Week".
November 10, 2025 at 5:48 PM
Movie fun fact of the Monday: The Swedish title of Groundhog Day translates back as "Monday All Week".
Throwing shit at the fan and see what sticks.
November 10, 2025 at 8:38 AM
Throwing shit at the fan and see what sticks.
It seems Trump's legal strategy is just to be seen doing the most aggressive thing possible at any one time.
Easy to get carried away and start analyzing how this or that is supposed to even work, but that's likely wasted effort, because he doesn't, so it won't clue you in to what happens next.
Easy to get carried away and start analyzing how this or that is supposed to even work, but that's likely wasted effort, because he doesn't, so it won't clue you in to what happens next.
November 10, 2025 at 8:25 AM
It seems Trump's legal strategy is just to be seen doing the most aggressive thing possible at any one time.
Easy to get carried away and start analyzing how this or that is supposed to even work, but that's likely wasted effort, because he doesn't, so it won't clue you in to what happens next.
Easy to get carried away and start analyzing how this or that is supposed to even work, but that's likely wasted effort, because he doesn't, so it won't clue you in to what happens next.
Evergreen post.
November 9, 2025 at 9:52 AM
Evergreen post.
. . . that were in the ice box,
which you were probably . . .
which you were probably . . .
November 9, 2025 at 5:07 AM
. . . that were in the ice box,
which you were probably . . .
which you were probably . . .
I've never heard you speak, but I'm suddenly realizing it makes a lot of sense to read your posts in a Yorkshire accent.
November 9, 2025 at 4:28 AM
I've never heard you speak, but I'm suddenly realizing it makes a lot of sense to read your posts in a Yorkshire accent.
I foresee a weird transition, where you go straight from a two to a four pizza family, without ever quite knowing how or why.
Do not ask me how I obtained this terrible ancient wisdom.
Do not ask me how I obtained this terrible ancient wisdom.
November 9, 2025 at 4:12 AM
I foresee a weird transition, where you go straight from a two to a four pizza family, without ever quite knowing how or why.
Do not ask me how I obtained this terrible ancient wisdom.
Do not ask me how I obtained this terrible ancient wisdom.
Many apologies, I did not mean to do that.
November 9, 2025 at 2:46 AM
Many apologies, I did not mean to do that.
I think this is the sane take, 4 people, co-equal.
Own view: Franklin's very early death screwed this one up, badly, and it's not clear which way coins would have fallen, had she not died shortly after the discovery.
bsky.app/profile/rsmy...
Own view: Franklin's very early death screwed this one up, badly, and it's not clear which way coins would have fallen, had she not died shortly after the discovery.
bsky.app/profile/rsmy...
If I see one more stupid Rosalind Franklin take I'm going to lose my mind. Thank god for @matthewcobb.bsky.social and @nccomfort.bsky.social. www.nature.com/articles/d41...
What Rosalind Franklin truly contributed to the discovery of DNA’s structure
Franklin was no victim in how the DNA double helix was solved. An overlooked letter and an unpublished news article, both written in 1953, reveal that she was an equal player.
www.nature.com
November 9, 2025 at 1:56 AM
I think this is the sane take, 4 people, co-equal.
Own view: Franklin's very early death screwed this one up, badly, and it's not clear which way coins would have fallen, had she not died shortly after the discovery.
bsky.app/profile/rsmy...
Own view: Franklin's very early death screwed this one up, badly, and it's not clear which way coins would have fallen, had she not died shortly after the discovery.
bsky.app/profile/rsmy...
[checks bookshelf]
[checks pile bedside]
Check.
[checks pile bedside]
Check.
November 9, 2025 at 12:34 AM
[checks bookshelf]
[checks pile bedside]
Check.
[checks pile bedside]
Check.
Mirror ponds a'mirroring, ducks a'ducking . . . god how f*cking idyllic, I'm jealous.
November 8, 2025 at 11:25 PM
Mirror ponds a'mirroring, ducks a'ducking . . . god how f*cking idyllic, I'm jealous.
If I realized I was dying in front of him, I'd do what's needed to be done first.
November 8, 2025 at 10:31 PM
If I realized I was dying in front of him, I'd do what's needed to be done first.