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Garrett Merz

@garrettmerz.bsky.social

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Physics PhD turned AI4Science postdoc at UWisconsin-Madison Data Science Institute. Gardening, banjo, roller derby, union organizing. Empty hands and the desire to unbuild walls. Opinions, bad jokes, etc. all mine. He/they, I guess?

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Garrett Merz @garrettmerz.bsky.social · 2h

Gotta figure out how to get targeted ads on these

Garrett Merz @garrettmerz.bsky.social · 3h

awooooooo

Garrett Merz @garrettmerz.bsky.social · 3h

There's just a single slice of ham in this???

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Scott 🦇Cave🦇 @hellabarnes.bsky.social · 8h

a common buckeye butterfly on Symphyotrichum grandiflorum

a 70s colored butterfly with multiple eye spots on vividly purple aster flowers

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Faine Greenwood @faineg.bsky.social · 6h

great now I want an ancient baptismal jacuzzi for the yard

The Fake History Hunter @fakehistoryhunter.net · 11h

Baths used to be more fun.

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Garrett Merz @garrettmerz.bsky.social · 3h

That's the whole song. It's called landslide. It's all landslide

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SCARE-ator Meow 🎃 @senatormeow.bsky.social · 1d

hi I'm me and I'm using this to sell you this

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Garrett Merz @garrettmerz.bsky.social · 3h

My favorite part of this song is that it's not relevant to a vampire. they can't see their reflections in snow-covered hills, time doesn't make them bolder, they don't get older too...

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trevin @trevinflickinger.com · 1d

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Garrett Merz @garrettmerz.bsky.social · 1d

More like didn't see turtles am I right

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Garrett Merz @garrettmerz.bsky.social · 4d

it's probably my Vitamins

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𝙴𝚟𝚊𝚗 𝚂𝚘𝚙𝚑𝚒𝚊 @atremblingsky.bsky.social · 4d

"why am i so goddamn tired all the time lately" wonders guy who has wildly overburdened themselves with activities and obligations

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Garrett Merz @garrettmerz.bsky.social · 9d

Cool fact I just learned: the CMS detector at CERN (@cmsexperiment.bsky.social) sits on the site of a 4th-century Roman farm that was rediscovered during the excavation of the cavern!

www.symmetrymagazine.org/article/may-...

An LHC detector's old Roman roots

Particle physicists probe uncharted territory for remnants of the early universe. But that is supposed to occur after their experiments turn on.

www.symmetrymagazine.org

Garrett Merz @garrettmerz.bsky.social · 14d

Legitimately starting to think @francescahongwi.bsky.social is Wisconsin's Zohran. Met her earlier this week and have not felt this fired up to go knock doors for someone since the Bernie campaign.

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WomanAstro @womanastro.bsky.social · 15d

OTD in 1847, 178 years ago, America's first woman astronomer, Maria Mitchell, discovered a comet. She was presented with a gold medal for her accomplishment by the king of Denmark.

#WomanAstro
#WomeninSTEM
#WomeninScience

en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/C/1847_...

C/1847 T1 (Mitchell) - Wikipedia

en.m.wikipedia.org

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drewtoothpaste @drewtoothpaste.bsky.social · 15d

"the one year clock" my invention from a few years ago

hey, what's today's date?
looks like... a little past october

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Garrett Merz @garrettmerz.bsky.social · 16d

PHILIP PULLMAN, THE AMBER SPYGLASS:

S knows that LINK SHOULD BE FREE @sknowsthatp.bsky.social · 16d

Dust is woke

Garrett Merz @garrettmerz.bsky.social · 23d

Oooo shelfmark?

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Open Culture @openculture.bsky.social · 25d

A Massive, Knitted Tapestry of the Galaxy: Software Engineer Hacks a Knitting Machine & Creates a Star Map Featuring 88 Constellations

The next time some non-crafty type disparages your hobby as a frumpy pursuit, show them software engineer Sarah Spencer’s “Stargazing.” The 9’x 15’ knitted tapestry is an accurate equatorial star map...

www.openculture.com

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Prisonculture @prisonculture.bsky.social · 29d

If you have opportunities to get out and do things with others, jump at the opportunity: meetings, classes, social events, etc... Get out and be with other people. It's essential. If virtual is more convenient, then take advantage of those opportunities to be with other people.

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Carin Ruff @carinr.bsky.social · Sep 16

Noted in @aaronm.bsky.social's weekly roundup of digitized Vatican MSS: this fish, adorning Cicero's De inventione, Bk. 2. Not sure why a fish, but it's a fine one!

Here's the MS at Biblissima portail.biblissima.fr/ark:/43093/m... and at the BAV site: digi.vatlib.it/view/MSS_Ott...

#medievalsky

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Garrett Merz @garrettmerz.bsky.social · Sep 17

Belting out a "God ... what have you done?" just a bit too earnestly

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sophia 🦇♥️🦇 @sophamir.bsky.social · Sep 16

*tired as hell* pink pony club im gonna keep on dancin at the pink pony club

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Joe Mason @moreorloess.bsky.social · Sep 16

A story on landslides where you might not expect them, featuring geomorphologists Phil Larson and Andy Wickert.

MPR News @mprnews.org · Sep 15

Frequent landslides and rockfalls cause significant damage to homes, businesses, roads and other infrastructure, and have occasionally turned deadly.

Heavier rains due to climate change causing more landslides and rockfalls in Minnesota

Heavier rainfall due to a warming climate is accelerating erosion in some parts of Minnesota. The sandstone bluffs and hillsides of the Minnesota River Valley are especially vulnerable, leading to mor...

www.mprnews.org

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Five @5arah.com · Sep 16

Battle doomscrolling by posting 5 small pleasures in life:
1 fan overhead and late summer crickets
2 giving away baby houseplants to neighbors
3 homemade mocktails
4 yelling “KITTY!” when the cat trots into the room
5 women metal singers

Erika Hall @erikahall.bsky.social · Sep 15

Battle doomscrolling by posting 5 small pleasures in life:

1. Riding bicycle through places that have good coastal California smells
2. Thumping the small chonky dog like a watermelon
3. Making chicken noises
5. Listening to KEXP
6. Eating a burrito the size of a newborn infant

BOO-trous BOO-trous-Ghoulie @dlbowman76.com · Sep 15

Battle doomscrolling by posting 5 small pleasures in life:

1. Figuring out what's wrong with a drawing.
2. Watering my roses.
3. Listening to classical music.
4. The cat head-butting me for attention.
5. The satisfaction of a perfect short story.

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