eponymous moose
@eponymousmoose.bsky.social
Look, I don't know.
Oh, if you actually want info:
Professor / computational condensed matter physicist
Likes computer stuff, games, amateur radio
he/him
Oh, if you actually want info:
Professor / computational condensed matter physicist
Likes computer stuff, games, amateur radio
he/him
0% surprised Dragon Con handled this well.
AI grifter scammed their way into Dragon Con. The staff had them escorted out, lmao you love to see it
September 1, 2025 at 7:58 PM
0% surprised Dragon Con handled this well.
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After Hurricane Katrina, residents of a large Vietnamese community in the Algiers neighborhood were some of the first to return and rebuild.
20 years later, their neighborhood is still prone to flooding.
Trump shut down the FEMA program that the community was using to mitigate the problem.
20 years later, their neighborhood is still prone to flooding.
Trump shut down the FEMA program that the community was using to mitigate the problem.
They survived Katrina and started to rebuild. Now Trump’s cuts may flood them out again.
DOGE killed off the FEMA program that Algiers has used to begin mitigating its flooding problem.
www.motherjones.com
August 29, 2025 at 4:37 PM
After Hurricane Katrina, residents of a large Vietnamese community in the Algiers neighborhood were some of the first to return and rebuild.
20 years later, their neighborhood is still prone to flooding.
Trump shut down the FEMA program that the community was using to mitigate the problem.
20 years later, their neighborhood is still prone to flooding.
Trump shut down the FEMA program that the community was using to mitigate the problem.
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Researchers have directly imaged atomic vibrations called moiré phasons for the first time. These images prove that such vibrations are not just a theoretical concept, but are in fact the main way that atoms vibrate in certain twisted 2D materials. 🧪⚛️ physicsworld.com/a/highest-re...
Highest-resolution images ever taken of a single atom reveal new kind of vibrations – Physics World
Images are the first experimental evidence of long-predicted low-energy atomic vibrations called moiré phasons in twisted 2D materials
physicsworld.com
August 26, 2025 at 10:51 AM
Researchers have directly imaged atomic vibrations called moiré phasons for the first time. These images prove that such vibrations are not just a theoretical concept, but are in fact the main way that atoms vibrate in certain twisted 2D materials. 🧪⚛️ physicsworld.com/a/highest-re...
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One day you signed into AIM not knowing it would be your last time. If you’d have known, you would’ve picked better lyrics as your final away message
August 14, 2025 at 4:21 PM
One day you signed into AIM not knowing it would be your last time. If you’d have known, you would’ve picked better lyrics as your final away message
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The phrase “ parents have a legitimate concern about integration of races in schools and as a party, we haven’t done a very good job of listening to those concerns.” would shock and offend I would hope. A similar statement about trans kids should also shock and offend.
August 11, 2025 at 12:10 PM
The phrase “ parents have a legitimate concern about integration of races in schools and as a party, we haven’t done a very good job of listening to those concerns.” would shock and offend I would hope. A similar statement about trans kids should also shock and offend.
Remove a letter, ruin a band
The Mountain Oats
Actually, nevermind; that's still cool
The Mountain Oats
Actually, nevermind; that's still cool
Remove a letter, ruin a band
The Ramone
The Ramone
Remove a letter, ruin a band
Ears for Fears
Ears for Fears
May 20, 2025 at 12:21 PM
Remove a letter, ruin a band
The Mountain Oats
Actually, nevermind; that's still cool
The Mountain Oats
Actually, nevermind; that's still cool
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One argument that is often made is that AI is bad but "the genie is out of the bottle". And my question is: is it? Because unlike digital music or smart phones or whatever, there is this enormous cost to AI that currently customers are not having to pay. What happens when that changes?
$10bn would not get them through the year. The Information reports OpenAI will spend $13bn on Microsoft compute alone in 2025 based on their estimates.
I'm honestly curious if $10b would even be enough to float this company until the end of the year. They have to spend so much just to keep their existing products operational and the rate of expense to keep up with competitors seems to be growing quickly. Assuming the bubble doesn't pop by then.
March 29, 2025 at 5:34 AM
One argument that is often made is that AI is bad but "the genie is out of the bottle". And my question is: is it? Because unlike digital music or smart phones or whatever, there is this enormous cost to AI that currently customers are not having to pay. What happens when that changes?
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I'm appalled by the USDA's decision to pause funding to the University of Maine System.
This will hurt our farmers, halt critical research, and impact students throughout Maine.
Once again, our state is being targeted for retribution—all because our officials are standing up for the rule of law.
This will hurt our farmers, halt critical research, and impact students throughout Maine.
Once again, our state is being targeted for retribution—all because our officials are standing up for the rule of law.
USDA halts more than $100M in funding for University of Maine System programs
The move temporarily pauses USDA funding for Maine's university system after President Donald Trump threatened to cut off the state over Maine's decision to allow transgender athletes to compete in sp...
www.pressherald.com
March 11, 2025 at 4:56 PM
I'm appalled by the USDA's decision to pause funding to the University of Maine System.
This will hurt our farmers, halt critical research, and impact students throughout Maine.
Once again, our state is being targeted for retribution—all because our officials are standing up for the rule of law.
This will hurt our farmers, halt critical research, and impact students throughout Maine.
Once again, our state is being targeted for retribution—all because our officials are standing up for the rule of law.
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today it's the edgier portions of pro-palestinian activism, tomorrow it's "gender ideology", a year later maybe it's "the climate hoax". you draw the line here or not at all.
March 10, 2025 at 7:36 PM
today it's the edgier portions of pro-palestinian activism, tomorrow it's "gender ideology", a year later maybe it's "the climate hoax". you draw the line here or not at all.
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if you find yourself reluctant to support the guy at Columbia because you find some of the politics he espoused distasteful or even abhorrent, you should know that this is exactly the reaction that they hoped for in choosing him as a target for unlawful detention based on political speech.
March 10, 2025 at 7:33 PM
if you find yourself reluctant to support the guy at Columbia because you find some of the politics he espoused distasteful or even abhorrent, you should know that this is exactly the reaction that they hoped for in choosing him as a target for unlawful detention based on political speech.
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They have the votes to impeach and convict him
So they are not helpless
They are complicit
So they are not helpless
They are complicit
Some GOP members feel helpless as DOGE cuts hit.
A growing number of congressional Republicans are desperately trying to back-channel with White House officials as Trump’s DOGE ramps up its slash-and-burn firings of federal workers.
A growing number of congressional Republicans are desperately trying to back-channel with White House officials as Trump’s DOGE ramps up its slash-and-burn firings of federal workers.
The private GOP panic over the slash-and-burn DOGE firings
White House aides are inundated with congressional calls as Republicans fret.
www.politico.com
February 20, 2025 at 10:51 PM
They have the votes to impeach and convict him
So they are not helpless
They are complicit
So they are not helpless
They are complicit
Movies you've watched more than six times, gifs only.
February 21, 2025 at 12:54 PM
Movies you've watched more than six times, gifs only.
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When I said I was flexible for a Zoom anytime before 3, I didn't mean 8:30am. That's not anytime. Anytime starts at 10am.
February 4, 2025 at 12:35 AM
When I said I was flexible for a Zoom anytime before 3, I didn't mean 8:30am. That's not anytime. Anytime starts at 10am.
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My complaint with AI isn't that I think it'll cause an apocalypse or put everyone out of work. It's that I know what they really want it for, which is to offload responsibility. They want a machine to make the decisions so they, the humans in charge, can't be blamed.
December 21, 2024 at 5:07 PM
My complaint with AI isn't that I think it'll cause an apocalypse or put everyone out of work. It's that I know what they really want it for, which is to offload responsibility. They want a machine to make the decisions so they, the humans in charge, can't be blamed.
By tomorrow I will know whether we are too old to drive 3 hours each way to see @themountaingoats.bsky.social. Or, I mean, any band, really. But honestly the list of bands worth that journey is pretty short.
December 2, 2024 at 9:54 PM
By tomorrow I will know whether we are too old to drive 3 hours each way to see @themountaingoats.bsky.social. Or, I mean, any band, really. But honestly the list of bands worth that journey is pretty short.
It's looking like I'm going to have some "topics of interest" time left at the end of my 4th-year (more linear algebra / Dirac notation centric) quantum course. Any recommendations on where to go post hydrogen atom? 🎢
November 13, 2024 at 12:16 PM
It's looking like I'm going to have some "topics of interest" time left at the end of my 4th-year (more linear algebra / Dirac notation centric) quantum course. Any recommendations on where to go post hydrogen atom? 🎢
Hompen
November 12, 2024 at 12:11 PM
Hompen
10 things you should know about me (and 3 that no one must ever discover)
October 22, 2024 at 12:16 AM
10 things you should know about me (and 3 that no one must ever discover)
Okay so actually with respect to my post from yesterday, why did they win?
October 8, 2024 at 12:25 PM
Okay so actually with respect to my post from yesterday, why did they win?
I don't want to get ahead of myself, but I don't think I'll be winning the Nobel in physics this year. #SnubbedAgain #IAmActuallyInterestedToSeeWhoDoesThough
October 8, 2024 at 12:16 AM
I don't want to get ahead of myself, but I don't think I'll be winning the Nobel in physics this year. #SnubbedAgain #IAmActuallyInterestedToSeeWhoDoesThough
I think I'm supposed to say hello bluesky. #iIntendToContinueToIgnoreThePurposeOfHashtags
October 5, 2024 at 11:18 PM
I think I'm supposed to say hello bluesky. #iIntendToContinueToIgnoreThePurposeOfHashtags