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Seamus Blackley

@seamus.bsky.social

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Them: You're the father of the xbox! Me: If it moves back in, it’s paying rent. theoretical physics | CEO | gastroegyptology | cacao | CHM trustee

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Seamus Blackley @seamus.bsky.social · Apr 30

I’m in England, in a field of Barley. Today, I’m going to collect wild yeast under that tree back there, and I’m going to show how to feed and grow it until it’s ready to bake with. We are going to start at the very beginning, and end at the end.

(this is an experiment in thread transfer)

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Seamus Blackley @seamus.bsky.social · 1d

If I had laser hair, I sure wouldn’t want it removed. I’d be so psyched.

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Seamus Blackley @seamus.bsky.social · 2h

Like varieties of wine.

Seamus Blackley @seamus.bsky.social · 2h

Of course- else why do I do all this?

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Seamus Blackley @seamus.bsky.social · Jan 27

Sunday bake, using yeast collected in Tokyo.

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Seamus Blackley @seamus.bsky.social · 20h

It didn’t “know” anything. It’s gradient optimization. It goes bad for the same reason the social media algos go bad. Gets more likes.

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Original Math Designs @diffgeom.com · 1d

The interesting part of a parabolic cyclide -- a product torus in the 3-sphere stereographically projected to 3-space from a point on the torus -- about 85mm across, prospectively a brass desktop model.

#MathSky #MathArt #3DPrinting

Photograph of a 3D printed symmetrical white nylon surface shaped like a saddle with a topological handle.

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Seamus Blackley @seamus.bsky.social · 22h

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New Paper Finds That When You Reward AI for Success on Social Media, It Becomes Increasingly Sociopathic

Stanford scientists unleashed AI bots in different environments, including social media, and they started behaving unethically.

futurism.com

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Fr. Robert Ballecer, SJ @padresj.bsky.social · 1d

I don't often recommend that people buy something they don't NEED, but "Calvin and Hobbes" holds a special place in my heart and right now you can get the eBook of "Attack of the Deranged Mutant Killer Monster Snow Goons" from Kindle for $1.99

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Attack of the Deranged Mutant Killer Monster Snow Goons: A Calvin and Hobbes Collection

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Seamus Blackley @seamus.bsky.social · 1d

If I had laser hair, I sure wouldn’t want it removed. I’d be so psyched.

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Laurie Winkless @lauriewinkless.bsky.social · 2d

Today was a pretty special day. I was invited back by the Physics Dept at my alma mater @tcddublin.bsky.social to give a seminar. It went really well and my two favourite Profs were there! Afterwards, we went to lunch together with the lovely third Prof who made the talk happen 😊 #physics 🧪👩‍🔬⚛️

Four people sit around a dining table in front of a grand fireplace: two men, two women. A chandelier can be seen reflected in a large mirror

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Jay Troyer @gr8flbluejay.bsky.social · 2d

Arnold Böcklin, Swiss (1827-1901),
Self-Portrait with Death Playing the Fiddle, 1872, oil on canvas, 75 x 61 cm, Alte Nationalgalerie, Berlin, Germany

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Seamus Blackley @seamus.bsky.social · 1d

Chimayó with poachies.

Flat NM style enchiladas with homemade red chile from Chimayó, topped with poached eggs. Comfort.

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swirlOsquirrel @swirlosquirrel.bsky.social · 2d

BTW, these are the Walker Canyon poppy fields here in apocalyptic California.

#ShowMeYourHellhole

#FlowerFriday
#FlowersOfBluesky
#MomentOfBeauty
#TheCOLOR

The hills are still alive with #TheColor

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TashasEv[ered Head] @tashasev.bsky.social · 1d

This week I actually thought about and invoked the part of Power On where @seamus.bsky.social talked about soldering the Xbox backstage at some big conference lol

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Graeme Devine @graemedevine.com · 2d

Go buy Little Rocket Lab on Steam and give it a positive review!

Mike Rose @mikerose.bsky.social · 2d

We banned a guy on the Steam forums for repeatedly saying there were “too many women” in our game

So he flipped his positive review to negative

Still totally worth it

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Seamus Blackley @seamus.bsky.social · 2d

❤️

Sean Carroll @seanmcarroll.bsky.social · Aug 25

First day of classes at @jhuartssciences.bsky.social. A glorious day to learn #QuantumMechanics!

I'm teaching two courses - QM for physics majors, and Philosophy of Cosmology for a general audience. I'm going to try to maintain a thread saying what happens in each class, let's see how I do.

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Sean Carroll @seanmcarroll.bsky.social · Aug 25

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Seamus Blackley @seamus.bsky.social · 2d

Whoah.

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Syntax @syntax.fm · 3d

FOLLOW MY INCANTATIONS AND ALL YOUR DREAMS WILL COME TRUE

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Seamus Blackley @seamus.bsky.social · 2d

We played the first 14 frames and the guy started throwing so much money at you that it broke the playback.

Seamus Blackley @seamus.bsky.social · 3d

Hey, I also remeber this!

TimOfLegend @timoflegend.bsky.social · 3d

ROCTOBER 13 is coming up! I'll be playing Brütal Legend all day on Monday, matchmaking with random Xbox headbangers looking for an easy victory.

To celebrate, we're sharing a never-before-scene 2005 pitch video we made to get the game signed! Enjoy!🤘

www.youtube.com/watch?v=r9di...

Rocktober Surprise! Previously unreleased Brütal Legend Pitch video unearthed!

YouTube video by Double Fine

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Seamus Blackley @seamus.bsky.social · 3d

Wait, I remeber this.

Seamus Blackley @seamus.bsky.social · 3d

Love the omax - so quiet.

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David Brooks @dgbrooks.bsky.social · 5d

Gap of Dunloe, near Killarney National Park, Ireland
#RockInTuesday
#EastCoastKin

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Seamus Blackley @seamus.bsky.social · 4d

Oh damn.