Dr. Lizzly Atoms
@iamplatypus.bsky.social
Particle physics turned nuke physicist/policy nerd. Formerly neutrinos, now neutrons. Bear, 50s/60s camp sci-fi, & western hat aficionado. Lousy 𝄢ist. Posts are mine, especially the bad ones. Follow/❤️/🔃 ≠ E, &c. AFOL. Trust the process. ᕕʕ•ᴥʔ୨⚛
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Short intro: PhD particle physics doing fission product beta/gamma spec. PDoc: experiment design/sims for subcritical nuclear data measurements. Pivot to applied work non-proliferation/radiological emergency response (ER). Now SME + advisor for ER & non-pro R&D.
Short intro: PhD particle physics doing fission product beta/gamma spec. PDoc: experiment design/sims for subcritical nuclear data measurements. Pivot to applied work non-proliferation/radiological emergency response (ER). Now SME + advisor for ER & non-pro R&D.
SO: I was at the store and realized that the "Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer" song is woke
Me: ...?
SO: "Olive, the other reindeer, used to laugh and call him names... THEY never let poor..."
Me: I love Olive the non-binary bully Caribou
Me: ...?
SO: "Olive, the other reindeer, used to laugh and call him names... THEY never let poor..."
Me: I love Olive the non-binary bully Caribou
December 21, 2025 at 3:02 AM
SO: I was at the store and realized that the "Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer" song is woke
Me: ...?
SO: "Olive, the other reindeer, used to laugh and call him names... THEY never let poor..."
Me: I love Olive the non-binary bully Caribou
Me: ...?
SO: "Olive, the other reindeer, used to laugh and call him names... THEY never let poor..."
Me: I love Olive the non-binary bully Caribou
Felt that one.
M 3.9 - 5 km SE of San Ramon, CA Link: https://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eventpage/nc75283691
https://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eventpage/nc75283691
https://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eventpage/nc75283691
earthquake.usgs.gov
December 21, 2025 at 2:44 AM
Felt that one.
MyShake app is going through it right now. 😮💨
December 20, 2025 at 4:01 AM
MyShake app is going through it right now. 😮💨
I love being in my late 30s with more practical experience in the field and being told I'm not "senior" enough for a project when USAID was dismantled by a kid who probably can't rent a car without an additional fee.
December 18, 2025 at 4:55 AM
I love being in my late 30s with more practical experience in the field and being told I'm not "senior" enough for a project when USAID was dismantled by a kid who probably can't rent a car without an additional fee.
"I forgot how to drive because my car has been wiping my ass for the past two years."
I'd have my teeth pulled with rusty pliers before I'd admit that.
I'd have my teeth pulled with rusty pliers before I'd admit that.
December 15, 2025 at 7:19 AM
"I forgot how to drive because my car has been wiping my ass for the past two years."
I'd have my teeth pulled with rusty pliers before I'd admit that.
I'd have my teeth pulled with rusty pliers before I'd admit that.
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This was a dumb thing to do, but the article gets a lot wrong.
This was not a "device" in the nuclear weapons sense of an explosive without a delivery vehicle. It was not an explosive at all.
I'll write a post. #nukesky
This was not a "device" in the nuclear weapons sense of an explosive without a delivery vehicle. It was not an explosive at all.
I'll write a post. #nukesky
How Did the C.I.A. Lose a Nuclear Device in the Himalayas? (Gift Article)
A plutonium-packed generator disappeared on one of the world’s highest mountains in a covert mission that the U.S. will not talk about.
www.nytimes.com
December 13, 2025 at 1:45 PM
This was a dumb thing to do, but the article gets a lot wrong.
This was not a "device" in the nuclear weapons sense of an explosive without a delivery vehicle. It was not an explosive at all.
I'll write a post. #nukesky
This was not a "device" in the nuclear weapons sense of an explosive without a delivery vehicle. It was not an explosive at all.
I'll write a post. #nukesky
Imagine being this awful *and* tedious.
“You don’t have to try every cookie on the holiday table,” wrote Mehmet Oz in an email to all Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services staffers.
Dr. Oz Tells His Federal Employees to Eat Less
“You don’t have to try every cookie on the holiday table,” wrote Mehmet Oz in an email to all Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services staffers.
wrd.cm
December 13, 2025 at 9:42 PM
Imagine being this awful *and* tedious.
Did GMAW (MIG) tonight in welding class and made an abomination of a "sculpture" out of a bunch of coupons and I think I'm going to leave it in a common area near my management's office at work.
December 10, 2025 at 6:37 AM
Did GMAW (MIG) tonight in welding class and made an abomination of a "sculpture" out of a bunch of coupons and I think I'm going to leave it in a common area near my management's office at work.
Me, leading a meeting:
Unreasonable people can disagree.
December 8, 2025 at 5:59 PM
Me, leading a meeting:
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you’ve heard of elf on a shelf, now get ready for…
December 6, 2025 at 8:06 PM
you’ve heard of elf on a shelf, now get ready for…
He's running 🙄
Gov. @gavinnewsom says he disagrees with Mayor @zohrankmamdani about the need for a wealth tax on billionaires, which he is “adamantly against” - says Dems are a “big tent party” with both views.
More on the CA proposal: www.sacbee.com/news/politic...
More on the CA proposal: www.sacbee.com/news/politic...
December 5, 2025 at 6:06 AM
He's running 🙄
Calling a glorified photo printer "the biggest hit of my recent parties" is such a weird self-own.
Genuinely, people are just buying the most dogshit products available. Just leave a Polaroid camera on the table.
Genuinely, people are just buying the most dogshit products available. Just leave a Polaroid camera on the table.
December 1, 2025 at 8:48 AM
Calling a glorified photo printer "the biggest hit of my recent parties" is such a weird self-own.
Genuinely, people are just buying the most dogshit products available. Just leave a Polaroid camera on the table.
Genuinely, people are just buying the most dogshit products available. Just leave a Polaroid camera on the table.
This sucks, actually. 👍
The secret to early retirement; dine out rarely, fly economy and be a Google employee making $390,000/year married to a fellow Google employee 17 years older than you who likely makes twice as much as you.
37-year-old quit her $390,000 Google job after saving up $1.5 million—see the 'no buy checklist' that helps her spend less
She left a $390,000-a-year job and now uses a simple set of rules to make her savings last in Switzerland.
www.cnbc.com
December 1, 2025 at 3:09 AM
This sucks, actually. 👍
Living in California is fun because you can just not turn on your heat (it's currently 45 F) and it *might* break even-ish with your summer AC.
December 1, 2025 at 3:01 AM
Living in California is fun because you can just not turn on your heat (it's currently 45 F) and it *might* break even-ish with your summer AC.
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Remember that NASA was only able to *start* because the rich were being taxed at 90+% marginal rates.
Now, *you* pay a greater percent of your income as taxes than any billionaire.
You're just not gonna get NASA back without billionaires paying taxes again.
Now, *you* pay a greater percent of your income as taxes than any billionaire.
You're just not gonna get NASA back without billionaires paying taxes again.
the American government is effectively ending its space program.
Over 2,000 senior staff set to leave NASA under agency push
The losses could endanger the administration’s plans for landing astronauts on the moon and Mars.
www.politico.com
July 11, 2025 at 11:31 AM
Remember that NASA was only able to *start* because the rich were being taxed at 90+% marginal rates.
Now, *you* pay a greater percent of your income as taxes than any billionaire.
You're just not gonna get NASA back without billionaires paying taxes again.
Now, *you* pay a greater percent of your income as taxes than any billionaire.
You're just not gonna get NASA back without billionaires paying taxes again.
Pentiment is an outstanding game. Calling it "boring" screams skill issue
November 27, 2025 at 3:36 AM
Pentiment is an outstanding game. Calling it "boring" screams skill issue
The real airplane clothing questions I have when I see PJs, slippers, pillows, etc.
Are you all sleeping in those when you get to your destination? Did you pack an extra pillow case? Are those slippers you would wear inside your house (intersects with wearing outside shoes in the home discourse)?
Are you all sleeping in those when you get to your destination? Did you pack an extra pillow case? Are those slippers you would wear inside your house (intersects with wearing outside shoes in the home discourse)?
November 25, 2025 at 5:13 PM
The real airplane clothing questions I have when I see PJs, slippers, pillows, etc.
Are you all sleeping in those when you get to your destination? Did you pack an extra pillow case? Are those slippers you would wear inside your house (intersects with wearing outside shoes in the home discourse)?
Are you all sleeping in those when you get to your destination? Did you pack an extra pillow case? Are those slippers you would wear inside your house (intersects with wearing outside shoes in the home discourse)?
A part, *I think*, is one of my earliest memories being a test of the Emergency Broadcast System (now "Emergency Alert System").
There's more for the science part but this early component feels very on the nose.
There's more for the science part but this early component feels very on the nose.
November 23, 2025 at 9:43 AM
A part, *I think*, is one of my earliest memories being a test of the Emergency Broadcast System (now "Emergency Alert System").
There's more for the science part but this early component feels very on the nose.
There's more for the science part but this early component feels very on the nose.
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Re-upping on this one
Granted, there hasn't been a point to having Justin Wilcox as a head coach since he lost to 1-11 Colorado in 2022 except for being poor and unambitious
November 23, 2025 at 3:41 AM
Re-upping on this one
*deep breath* GO BEARS
November 23, 2025 at 12:35 AM
*deep breath* GO BEARS
I'm fine having a computer that is just for games and doesn't do spreadsheets.
November 22, 2025 at 10:52 AM
I'm fine having a computer that is just for games and doesn't do spreadsheets.
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Consoles are good, actually. www.wired.com/story/valve-...
Valve Says Steam Machine Isn't a Console—but It Is
Consoles are good, actually.
www.wired.com
November 22, 2025 at 10:07 AM
Consoles are good, actually. www.wired.com/story/valve-...
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We need alternatives to this model of retirement funding.
And those distortions have real material base. If you're 60 years old and 75% of your wealth in your home's value, you don't want housing prices to fall! If you're 29 and looking to buy your first home you do!
November 14, 2025 at 2:08 AM
We need alternatives to this model of retirement funding.