Cris W. Barnes
@criswbarnes.bsky.social
Retired physicist after 40 years at Los Alamos. Plasma physics, fusion, hydrodynamics, dynamic materials.... Not to mention opera, modern rock, good food, and more. Now produces musical theater.
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Senator Booker is 🔥🔥
@booker.senate.gov is still giving the longest speech in Senate history. And still making great points we all need to hear.
@booker.senate.gov is still giving the longest speech in Senate history. And still making great points we all need to hear.
April 1, 2025 at 11:21 PM
Senator Booker is 🔥🔥
@booker.senate.gov is still giving the longest speech in Senate history. And still making great points we all need to hear.
@booker.senate.gov is still giving the longest speech in Senate history. And still making great points we all need to hear.
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The livestream of @booker.senate.gov's speech has more than 220M likes on TikTok
April 1, 2025 at 10:26 PM
The livestream of @booker.senate.gov's speech has more than 220M likes on TikTok
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@sarajacobs.house.gov uses a discharge petition, with a little help of Republicans, to get around GOP Speaker Mike Johnson to get a vote on parents of young children to use proxy votes in Congress
BIG NEWS: We won! And Speaker Johnson is so mad he canceled the rest of the week’s votes!
April 1, 2025 at 10:32 PM
@sarajacobs.house.gov uses a discharge petition, with a little help of Republicans, to get around GOP Speaker Mike Johnson to get a vote on parents of young children to use proxy votes in Congress
Now one of my Senators is helping with questions. Thank you Senator Luján @lujan.senate.gov
Keep speaking the truth, Senator Booker
@booker.senate.gov
Keep speaking the truth, Senator Booker
@booker.senate.gov
April 1, 2025 at 4:48 PM
Now one of my Senators is helping with questions. Thank you Senator Luján @lujan.senate.gov
Keep speaking the truth, Senator Booker
@booker.senate.gov
Keep speaking the truth, Senator Booker
@booker.senate.gov
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There’s a newfound mismatch between matter and antimatter. And that could bring physicists one step closer to understanding how everything in the universe came to be.
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Physicists have confirmed a new mismatch between matter and antimatter
Charge-parity violation is thought to explain why there’s more matter than antimatter in the universe. Scientists just spotted it in a new place.
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April 1, 2025 at 4:02 PM
There’s a newfound mismatch between matter and antimatter. And that could bring physicists one step closer to understanding how everything in the universe came to be.
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I don’t do TikTok — but my daughter tells me Senator Booker is all over it. @booker.senate.gov
@senatorheinrich.bsky.social
@lujan.senate.gov
@senatorheinrich.bsky.social
@lujan.senate.gov
April 1, 2025 at 3:17 PM
I don’t do TikTok — but my daughter tells me Senator Booker is all over it. @booker.senate.gov
@senatorheinrich.bsky.social
@lujan.senate.gov
@senatorheinrich.bsky.social
@lujan.senate.gov
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Senator Booker is still speaking.
@booker.senate.gov
Practically useless.
Morally awesome.
@senatorheinrich.bsky.social
@lujan.senate.gov
Please support him as you can.
@booker.senate.gov
Practically useless.
Morally awesome.
@senatorheinrich.bsky.social
@lujan.senate.gov
Please support him as you can.
April 1, 2025 at 1:41 PM
Senator Booker is still speaking.
@booker.senate.gov
Practically useless.
Morally awesome.
@senatorheinrich.bsky.social
@lujan.senate.gov
Please support him as you can.
@booker.senate.gov
Practically useless.
Morally awesome.
@senatorheinrich.bsky.social
@lujan.senate.gov
Please support him as you can.
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I’ve taken the Senate floor and will speak for as long as I’m physically able to lift the voices of Americans who are being harmed and not being heard in this moment of crisis. Watch here:
Live: Speaking on Trump, Musk, and America’s Moral Moment on the Senate Floor | Senator Cory Booker
YouTube video by Senator Cory Booker
youtube.com
March 31, 2025 at 11:00 PM
I’ve taken the Senate floor and will speak for as long as I’m physically able to lift the voices of Americans who are being harmed and not being heard in this moment of crisis. Watch here:
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March 21, 2025 at 3:11 AM
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the legal profession is tightly bound by professional societies, many of which are highly regulated. the fact that the establishment cannot overcome the prisoner's dilemma to uphold rule of law is grim. rule of law is the basis of their jobs! without it, the job turns into glorified bribe broker!
March 26, 2025 at 11:19 PM
the legal profession is tightly bound by professional societies, many of which are highly regulated. the fact that the establishment cannot overcome the prisoner's dilemma to uphold rule of law is grim. rule of law is the basis of their jobs! without it, the job turns into glorified bribe broker!
Excellent essay.
Across the last 48 hours, “Signalgate” has morphed from one scandal into what I think is best thought of as five distinct overlapping scandals, as well as providing some fascinating political insight into who has power and how decisions get made in Trump II. www.doomsdayscenario.co/p/the-five-s...
The Five Scandals (and One Fascinating Political Insight) of Signalgate
The Trump administration's group chat tells a lot about itself
www.doomsdayscenario.co
March 26, 2025 at 11:50 PM
Excellent essay.
The “dumbest trade war” news is getting lost amongst the chaos of our national defense. A bit long but worthwhile speech about Congress needing to reassert leadership on trade.
Investment is on pause. Your 401K is down. Uncertainty is up.
The Wall Street Journal called it the dumbest trade war in history.
When they're right, they're right.
This Committee should be leading the charge to protect the economy from a tariff program that will make us poorer and kill jobs.
The Wall Street Journal called it the dumbest trade war in history.
When they're right, they're right.
This Committee should be leading the charge to protect the economy from a tariff program that will make us poorer and kill jobs.
March 26, 2025 at 8:37 PM
The “dumbest trade war” news is getting lost amongst the chaos of our national defense. A bit long but worthwhile speech about Congress needing to reassert leadership on trade.
Everything THIS Pete says is true in my personal experience.
March 25, 2025 at 6:00 PM
Everything THIS Pete says is true in my personal experience.
“For Pete’s sake” just took on another, more stupid and incompetent, meaning for me.
And yes, they should all be fired or resign. They should be prosecuted as well, but that ain’t gonna happen with the present Attorney General working for her wanna-be king.
And yes, they should all be fired or resign. They should be prosecuted as well, but that ain’t gonna happen with the present Attorney General working for her wanna-be king.
I couldn't help but write up some quick thoughts trying to capture the sheer insanity (and illegality!) of that Trump group chat. www.doomsdayscenario.co/p/six-short-...
Six Short Thoughts on the Most Insane Trump Story of All Time
Trump's "Team of Amateurs" Screwed Up in the Most Hilarious (and Troublesome) Way
www.doomsdayscenario.co
March 25, 2025 at 2:43 PM
“For Pete’s sake” just took on another, more stupid and incompetent, meaning for me.
And yes, they should all be fired or resign. They should be prosecuted as well, but that ain’t gonna happen with the present Attorney General working for her wanna-be king.
And yes, they should all be fired or resign. They should be prosecuted as well, but that ain’t gonna happen with the present Attorney General working for her wanna-be king.
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A fantastically important postscript to this piece: David Graham asks Jeffrey Goldberg about possible retaliation, and Goldberg gives a perfect answer — with perfect swipes. www.theatlantic.com/newsletters/...
March 25, 2025 at 2:05 AM
A fantastically important postscript to this piece: David Graham asks Jeffrey Goldberg about possible retaliation, and Goldberg gives a perfect answer — with perfect swipes. www.theatlantic.com/newsletters/...
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Zero harm and ample upside in Democrats calling for impeachments and a special prosecutor. The VP, the Secretaries of State, Defense, and Treasury, the DNI, and the NSC were all involved in the grossly negligent disclosure of specifics on combat operations.
18 U.S.C. § 793(f) makes it a federal crime to for people entrusted with information related to the national defense to, with gross negligence, disclose it to others in violation of that trust.
March 24, 2025 at 6:27 PM
Zero harm and ample upside in Democrats calling for impeachments and a special prosecutor. The VP, the Secretaries of State, Defense, and Treasury, the DNI, and the NSC were all involved in the grossly negligent disclosure of specifics on combat operations.
This is so funny, and true, and terrible. Back in the day I would have been fired and thrown in jail using a cell phone, “encrypted” or not, for classified discussion. Treason — or at least a high crime.
March 24, 2025 at 9:14 PM
This is so funny, and true, and terrible. Back in the day I would have been fired and thrown in jail using a cell phone, “encrypted” or not, for classified discussion. Treason — or at least a high crime.
Nice article in Physics Today- "Researchers share computational tricks at unique Los Alamos conference". Chris Fryer and Aimee Hungerford ran a cross-disciplinary workshop at LANL last year. Anybody doing multiscale modeling in any field should read. 🧪
digital.physicstoday.org/physicstoday...
digital.physicstoday.org/physicstoday...
Physics Today - Researchers share computational tricks at unique Los Alamos conference
Scientists encompassing multiple disciplines and security clearance levels spent more than a month discussing how to efficiently capture both small- and large-scale phenomena in calculations.
digital.physicstoday.org
March 23, 2025 at 7:10 PM
Nice article in Physics Today- "Researchers share computational tricks at unique Los Alamos conference". Chris Fryer and Aimee Hungerford ran a cross-disciplinary workshop at LANL last year. Anybody doing multiscale modeling in any field should read. 🧪
digital.physicstoday.org/physicstoday...
digital.physicstoday.org/physicstoday...
Good article to consider.
It has been estimated that every taxpayer dollar spent on science eventually grows the economy (and our well-being) 40 to 50 times more. Whether you understand the basic research or not.
It has been estimated that every taxpayer dollar spent on science eventually grows the economy (and our well-being) 40 to 50 times more. Whether you understand the basic research or not.
Reposting my Sunday article about importance of basic science even if you don't always understand it. Previous version had a typo in the title
www.forbes.com/sites/marsha...
www.forbes.com/sites/marsha...
Scientific Research Makes Life Better Even If You Don’t Understand It
Basic science research can seem complex, frivolous, and meaningless, but it makes our daily lives better even we don't understand it all.
www.forbes.com
March 23, 2025 at 5:22 PM
Good article to consider.
It has been estimated that every taxpayer dollar spent on science eventually grows the economy (and our well-being) 40 to 50 times more. Whether you understand the basic research or not.
It has been estimated that every taxpayer dollar spent on science eventually grows the economy (and our well-being) 40 to 50 times more. Whether you understand the basic research or not.
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Happy Saturn Ring Plane Crossing Day! The rings of Saturn are only 5 to 30 meters thick, but around 280,000 kilometers wide, and every 13-15 years we see them edge-on from Earth. Here are three charts from Sky Safari showing the ring system in 2025, 2024, and 2026.🧪
March 23, 2025 at 1:53 PM
Happy Saturn Ring Plane Crossing Day! The rings of Saturn are only 5 to 30 meters thick, but around 280,000 kilometers wide, and every 13-15 years we see them edge-on from Earth. Here are three charts from Sky Safari showing the ring system in 2025, 2024, and 2026.🧪