Bryan J. Field
@bryanjfield.bsky.social
Program Manager for the Cosmic Frontier in DOE Office of Science. Theoretical physicist. Former professor. Sometime poet. Minor playwright. Major pain at times. LLM != AGI. All posts are my own.
https://bio.site/bryanjfield
https://bio.site/bryanjfield
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when someone tells me not to use em dashes because AI uses em dashes
November 30, 2025 at 7:48 PM
when someone tells me not to use em dashes because AI uses em dashes
Oh, no.
Rob Reiner, who directed such beloved Hollywood classics as 'This Is Spinal Tap,' 'Stand by Me' and 'When Harry Met Sally' after starring in the trailblazing sitcom 'All in the Family,' died Sunday along with his wife, Michele, in their Brentwood home. bit.ly/48UWXSi
December 15, 2025 at 3:45 AM
Oh, no.
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Mistletoe Held Above Meatball Sub
December 14, 2025 at 9:00 PM
Mistletoe Held Above Meatball Sub
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SKULL OF THOMAS AQUINAS: TAKE A LEFT NOW
PRIEST: No, the GPS says we have to keep going—
SKULL: I KNOW A SHORTCUT
PRIEST: Do you remember the last ti—
SKULL: FOR THOSE WITH FAITH, NO EVIDENCE IS NECESSARY; FOR THOSE WITHOUT IT, NO EVIDENCE WILL SUFFICE
PRIEST: No, the GPS says we have to keep going—
SKULL: I KNOW A SHORTCUT
PRIEST: Do you remember the last ti—
SKULL: FOR THOSE WITH FAITH, NO EVIDENCE IS NECESSARY; FOR THOSE WITHOUT IT, NO EVIDENCE WILL SUFFICE
'Skull of St. Thomas Aquinas being transported to Fossanova Abbey.'
Photograph by Daniel Ibanez
Photograph by Daniel Ibanez
December 10, 2025 at 5:10 PM
SKULL OF THOMAS AQUINAS: TAKE A LEFT NOW
PRIEST: No, the GPS says we have to keep going—
SKULL: I KNOW A SHORTCUT
PRIEST: Do you remember the last ti—
SKULL: FOR THOSE WITH FAITH, NO EVIDENCE IS NECESSARY; FOR THOSE WITHOUT IT, NO EVIDENCE WILL SUFFICE
PRIEST: No, the GPS says we have to keep going—
SKULL: I KNOW A SHORTCUT
PRIEST: Do you remember the last ti—
SKULL: FOR THOSE WITH FAITH, NO EVIDENCE IS NECESSARY; FOR THOSE WITHOUT IT, NO EVIDENCE WILL SUFFICE
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TIL about a memorial ceremony in Iceland in 2019 to mark the end of a glacier, changing the place name from Okjökull to Ok (jökull = glacier). Uncompromising wording on the bronze plaque:
"This is to acknowledge that we know what is happening and what needs to be done. Only you know if we did it".
"This is to acknowledge that we know what is happening and what needs to be done. Only you know if we did it".
December 7, 2025 at 5:17 PM
TIL about a memorial ceremony in Iceland in 2019 to mark the end of a glacier, changing the place name from Okjökull to Ok (jökull = glacier). Uncompromising wording on the bronze plaque:
"This is to acknowledge that we know what is happening and what needs to be done. Only you know if we did it".
"This is to acknowledge that we know what is happening and what needs to be done. Only you know if we did it".
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Tom Stoppard, playwright of dazzling wit and playful erudition, dies aged 88
Tom Stoppard, playwright of dazzling wit and playful erudition, dies aged 88
A theatrical sensation since the 1960s, whose dramas included Arcadia, The Real Thing and Leopoldstadt, Stoppard also had huge success as a screenwriter
The playwright Tom Stoppard, whose playful erudition dazzled the theatregoing world for decades, has died aged 88.
One of a select band of writers from any discipline to earn his own adjective – “Stoppardian” – in the Oxford English Dictionary, he delighted in the most improbable juxtapositions: philosophy and gymnastics in Jumpers (1972); early 19th-century landscape gardening and chaos theory in Arcadia (1993); rock music, dissident Czech academics and the love poetry of Sappho in Rock ’n’ Roll (2006). Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
November 29, 2025 at 5:17 PM
Tom Stoppard, playwright of dazzling wit and playful erudition, dies aged 88
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OpenAI Reveals ChatGPT Primarily Used To Ask If Hot Dog Too Old To Eat https://theonion.com/openai-reveals-chatgpt-primarily-used-to-ask-if-hot-dog-too-old-to-eat/
November 20, 2025 at 9:00 PM
OpenAI Reveals ChatGPT Primarily Used To Ask If Hot Dog Too Old To Eat https://theonion.com/openai-reveals-chatgpt-primarily-used-to-ask-if-hot-dog-too-old-to-eat/
I don’t think it can actually be the 30th anniversary of The Beatles Anthology… I distinctly remember this came out when I was just starting college… wait. youtu.be/igo3WQsLZd4?...
The Beatles Anthology | Official Trailer | Disney+
YouTube video by The Beatles
youtu.be
November 20, 2025 at 2:31 AM
I don’t think it can actually be the 30th anniversary of The Beatles Anthology… I distinctly remember this came out when I was just starting college… wait. youtu.be/igo3WQsLZd4?...
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What if the aliens come and we just can’t communicate? Ars chats with particle physicist Daniel Whiteson about his new book Do Aliens Speak Physics? arstechnica.com/science/2025...
What if the aliens come and we just can’t communicate?
Ars chats with particle physicist Daniel Whiteson about his new book Do Aliens Speak Physics?
arstechnica.com
November 13, 2025 at 9:00 PM
What if the aliens come and we just can’t communicate? Ars chats with particle physicist Daniel Whiteson about his new book Do Aliens Speak Physics? arstechnica.com/science/2025...
I am so happy to see the Department of Energy on @thesimpsonsonfox.bsky.social tonight! Now I know what that thing is down the hall…
November 10, 2025 at 2:37 AM
I am so happy to see the Department of Energy on @thesimpsonsonfox.bsky.social tonight! Now I know what that thing is down the hall…
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The whole of the internet is now run on the things that would have not made it past your email junk filter 20 years ago.
Meta earns $3.5 billion every six months from showing Faceboon and Instagram users 15 billion “higher legal risk” scam ad impressions a day, internal documents state.
That haul vastly exceeds how much the company expects regulators
To fine it for running scam ads.
www.reuters.com/investigatio...
That haul vastly exceeds how much the company expects regulators
To fine it for running scam ads.
www.reuters.com/investigatio...
www.reuters.com
November 6, 2025 at 12:10 PM
The whole of the internet is now run on the things that would have not made it past your email junk filter 20 years ago.
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struggling to pronounce the name of the new mayor of New York? please enjoy this helpful guide
November 5, 2025 at 2:51 AM
struggling to pronounce the name of the new mayor of New York? please enjoy this helpful guide
Play it cool, sneak off with the watermelon…
November 2, 2025 at 4:29 PM
Play it cool, sneak off with the watermelon…
Honestly, it took me a minute to figure out this was a TV show...
October 31, 2025 at 5:03 PM
Honestly, it took me a minute to figure out this was a TV show...
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"A.i." is controlled by right wing billionaires who are channeling bullshit into your brains. Do not use it.
I use Claude (an AI) to scan my posts for spelling and grammar errors. On the most recent post (about the East Wing, link below), I got a really amazing addendum.
www.pbump.net/o/yes-most-a...
www.pbump.net/o/yes-most-a...
October 30, 2025 at 3:39 PM
"A.i." is controlled by right wing billionaires who are channeling bullshit into your brains. Do not use it.
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A fellow furloughed coworker posted this. Laugh so you don’t cry.
October 29, 2025 at 7:24 PM
A fellow furloughed coworker posted this. Laugh so you don’t cry.
Well played for Halloween, Zoom. Well played.
October 28, 2025 at 10:05 PM
Well played for Halloween, Zoom. Well played.
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Fifth-Grade Science Paper Doesn't Stand Up To Peer Review
Fifth-Grade Science Paper Doesn't Stand Up To Peer Review
DECATUR, IL—A three-member panel of 10-year-old Michael Nogroski’s fellow classmates at Nathaniel Macon Elementary School unanimously agreed Tuesday that his 327-word essay "Otters" did not meet the r...
theonion.com
October 28, 2025 at 2:00 PM
Fifth-Grade Science Paper Doesn't Stand Up To Peer Review
Getting very similar vibes from these two quotes…
October 21, 2025 at 2:01 AM
Getting very similar vibes from these two quotes…