Will
@popher.bsky.social
Food, Wine, Whisky, Science.
Magnet lover (ICR, NMR).
Posts about anything and nothing, in that order.
Instagram is www.instagram.com/birsemore
Magnet lover (ICR, NMR).
Posts about anything and nothing, in that order.
Instagram is www.instagram.com/birsemore
30k is hard if you were one healthy adult with no dependents.
Of course it's many times below the poverty line for a family.
Of course it's many times below the poverty line for a family.
The U.S. poverty line for a family of four is $32,150.
However, investor Michael W. Green argues it should be more than four times higher, a threshold that would classify most American households as living “in poverty” by his measure.
However, investor Michael W. Green argues it should be more than four times higher, a threshold that would classify most American households as living “in poverty” by his measure.
An investor called $140,000 the new poverty line. Experts disagreed but said he had a point.
Michael Green’s tally of the costs of raising a family in the U.S. today is going viral, even if some economists scoff at his math.
wapo.st
November 29, 2025 at 3:34 PM
30k is hard if you were one healthy adult with no dependents.
Of course it's many times below the poverty line for a family.
Of course it's many times below the poverty line for a family.
Introduce yourself with 5 cars you've owned
2005 BMW 1 series (hans)
2013 BMW X1 (Hans two)
2012 Ford Escape (es-ka-pay)
2015 BMW 4 series
(I've only owned four cars).
2005 BMW 1 series (hans)
2013 BMW X1 (Hans two)
2012 Ford Escape (es-ka-pay)
2015 BMW 4 series
(I've only owned four cars).
Introduce yourself with 5 cars you've owned.
2005 Renault Clio "Authentique" (with the 1.2 8v engine...)
2006 VW Golf Mk5
2010 Volvo C30
2013 Mercedes SLK250d
2015 Mercedes C220d... which continues to ferry me around today.
2005 Renault Clio "Authentique" (with the 1.2 8v engine...)
2006 VW Golf Mk5
2010 Volvo C30
2013 Mercedes SLK250d
2015 Mercedes C220d... which continues to ferry me around today.
Introduce yourself with 5 cars you've owned (excluding the first, for obvious reasons)
Citroen Saxo Exclusive
Mercedes SLK230
Citroen C2 Code
BMW 330d Convertible
Kia EV6
Citroen Saxo Exclusive
Mercedes SLK230
Citroen C2 Code
BMW 330d Convertible
Kia EV6
November 29, 2025 at 12:45 PM
Introduce yourself with 5 cars you've owned
2005 BMW 1 series (hans)
2013 BMW X1 (Hans two)
2012 Ford Escape (es-ka-pay)
2015 BMW 4 series
(I've only owned four cars).
2005 BMW 1 series (hans)
2013 BMW X1 (Hans two)
2012 Ford Escape (es-ka-pay)
2015 BMW 4 series
(I've only owned four cars).
Things British people do well: (short list) ending messages with kisses.
November 29, 2025 at 2:05 AM
Things British people do well: (short list) ending messages with kisses.
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Niche retail #smallbusiness #blackfriday thots
This is my third retail holiday season as a business owner, but of course I grew up in a household where my dad owned a small retail business and I worked big box retail when that still meant people lining up at o’dark thirty on Black Friday
This is my third retail holiday season as a business owner, but of course I grew up in a household where my dad owned a small retail business and I worked big box retail when that still meant people lining up at o’dark thirty on Black Friday
November 29, 2025 at 12:58 AM
Niche retail #smallbusiness #blackfriday thots
This is my third retail holiday season as a business owner, but of course I grew up in a household where my dad owned a small retail business and I worked big box retail when that still meant people lining up at o’dark thirty on Black Friday
This is my third retail holiday season as a business owner, but of course I grew up in a household where my dad owned a small retail business and I worked big box retail when that still meant people lining up at o’dark thirty on Black Friday
Personally more concerned by the blatant corruption, the attacks on democracy, and the war crimes. This is just fairly standard opsec.
The airspace around Mar-a-Lago, the president’s estate, is a no-fly zone 24/7, even when Trump isn’t home. This means noise and soot from flights out of Palm Beach International Airport are being diverted to other parts of the neighborhood.
New Mar-a-Lago no-fly zone means endless plane noise for neighbors
Flight rules altered in October by the Secret Service route planes over the Palm Beach homes of millionaires and billionaires, even when President Donald Trump is not there.
www.washingtonpost.com
November 29, 2025 at 1:01 AM
Personally more concerned by the blatant corruption, the attacks on democracy, and the war crimes. This is just fairly standard opsec.
The problem is that it talks to you *as if* it is a person. If you're in a vulnerable state, I can absolutely see how you could be caused actual harm by engaging with these models.
November 28, 2025 at 11:05 PM
The problem is that it talks to you *as if* it is a person. If you're in a vulnerable state, I can absolutely see how you could be caused actual harm by engaging with these models.
Very smooth experience with immigration and TSA. the Officer thought I was American, and the TSA agent held up my tray to show other passengers how to lay out electronics 🤣
November 28, 2025 at 10:31 PM
Very smooth experience with immigration and TSA. the Officer thought I was American, and the TSA agent held up my tray to show other passengers how to lay out electronics 🤣
Miles to go before I sleep
November 28, 2025 at 9:03 PM
Miles to go before I sleep
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(S)-cargot (R)-cargot
November 28, 2025 at 8:06 PM
(S)-cargot (R)-cargot
This is really cool stuff
@angewandtechemie.bsky.social (open) Ultrabroadband 1D and 2D NMR Spectroscopy, corresponding Burkhard Luy @kit.edu Dedicated to Richard R. Ernst (1933–2021) onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/... #NMRchat #NMR 🧲
Ultrabroadband 1D and 2D NMR Spectroscopy
Optimal control-derived saturation pulses allow 1D and 2D NMR spectroscopy covering spectral ranges in the MHz range. Next to a multitude of nuclei even multinuclear spectra are possible.
onlinelibrary.wiley.com
November 28, 2025 at 1:41 PM
This is really cool stuff
They've decided the correct cabin temperature for this airplane should be somewhere between "chilly" and "brisk".
Never regretted not having longjohns in my carry on until today.
Never regretted not having longjohns in my carry on until today.
November 28, 2025 at 12:40 PM
They've decided the correct cabin temperature for this airplane should be somewhere between "chilly" and "brisk".
Never regretted not having longjohns in my carry on until today.
Never regretted not having longjohns in my carry on until today.
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"The BBC tried this after 'Final Final Version (2) - Do Not Edit (1)' failed."
November 28, 2025 at 8:10 AM
"The BBC tried this after 'Final Final Version (2) - Do Not Edit (1)' failed."
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thanksgiving reminder: after your turkey comes out of the oven it is important to let it rest inside a wall or floor for 1 to 2 hours
November 27, 2025 at 7:11 PM
thanksgiving reminder: after your turkey comes out of the oven it is important to let it rest inside a wall or floor for 1 to 2 hours
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You know the drill. If you would like to have this cartoon in your life, I can draw one for you.
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November 28, 2025 at 10:42 AM
You know the drill. If you would like to have this cartoon in your life, I can draw one for you.
www.worldofmoose.com/products/ban...
www.worldofmoose.com/products/ban...
Unless you're flight crew etc, I hate if you insist on taking multiple giant carry ons on a long flight. It's 11 hours. You can check the bag. It's free.
November 28, 2025 at 10:07 AM
Unless you're flight crew etc, I hate if you insist on taking multiple giant carry ons on a long flight. It's 11 hours. You can check the bag. It's free.
Beyond just the terrible AI, everything else about the paper (figures, figure captions) is awful and screams entirely BS.
The editor and copy editor and reviewers should all be named and shamed.
The editor and copy editor and reviewers should all be named and shamed.
"Runctitiononal features"? "Medical fymblal"? "1 Tol Line storee"? This gets worse the longer you look at it. But it's got to be good, because it was published in Nature Scientific Reports last week: www.nature.com/articles/s41... h/t @asa.tsbalans.se
November 28, 2025 at 7:28 AM
Beyond just the terrible AI, everything else about the paper (figures, figure captions) is awful and screams entirely BS.
The editor and copy editor and reviewers should all be named and shamed.
The editor and copy editor and reviewers should all be named and shamed.
I've had 3 hours sleep in the last 47 hours and I don't think that's been great. And I've got an 18 hour travel day ahead.
November 28, 2025 at 3:38 AM
I've had 3 hours sleep in the last 47 hours and I don't think that's been great. And I've got an 18 hour travel day ahead.
Who is Mr Toad and why is he a Freddo
November 27, 2025 at 2:57 PM
Who is Mr Toad and why is he a Freddo
I think the second they stamp my passport in France I lose all knowledge and ability with both wine and French.
Just had the somm winesplain an entire burgundy AOC to me I have genuinely never heard of (ladoix)
Just had the somm winesplain an entire burgundy AOC to me I have genuinely never heard of (ladoix)
November 26, 2025 at 7:43 PM
I think the second they stamp my passport in France I lose all knowledge and ability with both wine and French.
Just had the somm winesplain an entire burgundy AOC to me I have genuinely never heard of (ladoix)
Just had the somm winesplain an entire burgundy AOC to me I have genuinely never heard of (ladoix)
I told the pilot I liked his moustache so maybe the champagne and altitude got to me.
November 26, 2025 at 1:42 PM
I told the pilot I liked his moustache so maybe the champagne and altitude got to me.
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Reading the OBR report before the chancellor starts. An illicit thrill.
November 26, 2025 at 11:59 AM
Reading the OBR report before the chancellor starts. An illicit thrill.
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On the one hand, this is the perfect end to an amazingly chaotic Budget process. On the other, it makes it much easier to cover than having to actually listen to the speech.
BREAKING The entire Budget has leaked early
- £22BN of headroom
- £26bn tax rises
- Freeze on tax thresholds
- Pay per mileage confirmed
- Changes to capital gains
- £22BN of headroom
- £26bn tax rises
- Freeze on tax thresholds
- Pay per mileage confirmed
- Changes to capital gains
November 26, 2025 at 12:11 PM
On the one hand, this is the perfect end to an amazingly chaotic Budget process. On the other, it makes it much easier to cover than having to actually listen to the speech.