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@t8erboi.bsky.social
a.k.a. Matt. Physicist, conformal bootstrapper, and #1 Leonid Kantorovich respecter. Idaho → Colorado → Connecticut → Italy. he/him.
Unionize the radiation lab!
Unionize the radiation lab!
my "I do not want to fuck the Christmas Tram" post has people asking a lot of questions already answered by my post
December 22, 2025 at 9:57 PM
my "I do not want to fuck the Christmas Tram" post has people asking a lot of questions already answered by my post
I'm not really one to get into the holiday spirit, but the Christmas Tram in the Hague is kinda doing it for me
December 22, 2025 at 9:45 PM
I'm not really one to get into the holiday spirit, but the Christmas Tram in the Hague is kinda doing it for me
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For that matter, I would simply not publicly engage in a coverup for the same reason I would not eat a steak sandwich if I became a vegetarian. Like, it defeats the entire point of a coverup if you do it publicly.
December 22, 2025 at 5:18 PM
For that matter, I would simply not publicly engage in a coverup for the same reason I would not eat a steak sandwich if I became a vegetarian. Like, it defeats the entire point of a coverup if you do it publicly.
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i think there's a risk of a society going too far into "if you can't measure it, it doesn't exist". but to be honest we're further away from there than ever ! the current right-wing trend is completely based on vibes and popular narrative, certainly not scientism
December 22, 2025 at 10:52 AM
i think there's a risk of a society going too far into "if you can't measure it, it doesn't exist". but to be honest we're further away from there than ever ! the current right-wing trend is completely based on vibes and popular narrative, certainly not scientism
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When you see people smoking on the train:
December 22, 2025 at 3:26 AM
When you see people smoking on the train:
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Go big or go home, I guess
December 22, 2025 at 8:14 AM
Go big or go home, I guess
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Honestly tipping as a concept is so dumb if you think about it
Guy who thinks we should have a system where generous people (who tip) cross subsidize ungenerous people (who don't tip)
Guy who thinks we should have a system where generous people (who tip) cross subsidize ungenerous people (who don't tip)
December 22, 2025 at 1:41 AM
Honestly tipping as a concept is so dumb if you think about it
Guy who thinks we should have a system where generous people (who tip) cross subsidize ungenerous people (who don't tip)
Guy who thinks we should have a system where generous people (who tip) cross subsidize ungenerous people (who don't tip)
we really need a moonshot for synthetic prosciutto
December 21, 2025 at 4:29 PM
we really need a moonshot for synthetic prosciutto
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“Kale chip eating freaks”
December 21, 2025 at 1:48 PM
“Kale chip eating freaks”
when you're doing guerilla marketing for Big Palladium
US chemists - we need 6.02E23 of these ASAP. CHNO, dimensions 10 * 25 * 100. DM me if interested in taking this on.
December 20, 2025 at 10:28 PM
when you're doing guerilla marketing for Big Palladium
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I honestly still can’t believe they did this
it’s just photos on a desk! it’s not even in the same league as his fucking birthday note! removing it after the fact is the biggest possible “we are covering shit up” signal they could possibly send, couldn’t look guiltier if they tried
it’s just photos on a desk! it’s not even in the same league as his fucking birthday note! removing it after the fact is the biggest possible “we are covering shit up” signal they could possibly send, couldn’t look guiltier if they tried
This photo, file 468, from the Epstein files that includes Donald Trump has apparently now been removed from the DOJ release.
AG Bondi, is this true? What else is being covered up? We need transparency for the American public.
AG Bondi, is this true? What else is being covered up? We need transparency for the American public.
December 20, 2025 at 8:49 PM
I honestly still can’t believe they did this
it’s just photos on a desk! it’s not even in the same league as his fucking birthday note! removing it after the fact is the biggest possible “we are covering shit up” signal they could possibly send, couldn’t look guiltier if they tried
it’s just photos on a desk! it’s not even in the same league as his fucking birthday note! removing it after the fact is the biggest possible “we are covering shit up” signal they could possibly send, couldn’t look guiltier if they tried
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This photo, file 468, from the Epstein files that includes Donald Trump has apparently now been removed from the DOJ release.
AG Bondi, is this true? What else is being covered up? We need transparency for the American public.
AG Bondi, is this true? What else is being covered up? We need transparency for the American public.
December 20, 2025 at 5:30 PM
This photo, file 468, from the Epstein files that includes Donald Trump has apparently now been removed from the DOJ release.
AG Bondi, is this true? What else is being covered up? We need transparency for the American public.
AG Bondi, is this true? What else is being covered up? We need transparency for the American public.
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BREAKING: At least 16 files from the Epstein release disappeared from DOJ's webpage, including a photo of Trump, with no explanation.
At least 16 files have disappeared from the DOJ webpage for documents related to Jeffrey Epstein
The Justice Department’s webpage for documents related to sex offender Jeffrey Epstein is missing at least 16 of its files a day after they were released.
bit.ly
December 20, 2025 at 9:30 PM
BREAKING: At least 16 files from the Epstein release disappeared from DOJ's webpage, including a photo of Trump, with no explanation.
i love italian airports
December 20, 2025 at 1:02 PM
i love italian airports
the Google Maps pictures for Florence's Santa Maria Novella station are absolutely buck-wild
December 20, 2025 at 10:34 AM
the Google Maps pictures for Florence's Santa Maria Novella station are absolutely buck-wild
Boarded the wrong train due to a glitchy departure board + my own stupidity. Should still make the airport in time, but wish us luck.
December 20, 2025 at 8:45 AM
Boarded the wrong train due to a glitchy departure board + my own stupidity. Should still make the airport in time, but wish us luck.
I do not know why someone who hates neoliberalism would want to claim that it was easy to be poor in the 90s.
December 19, 2025 at 11:27 PM
I do not know why someone who hates neoliberalism would want to claim that it was easy to be poor in the 90s.
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I have been shown enough arguments in opposition that I’m not sure that section 230 is the mechanism through which to do it, but I’m still firmly of the belief that liability exposure for algorithmic content should be far higher for platforms. You put it in front of people, you’re a publisher.
December 18, 2025 at 10:00 PM
I have been shown enough arguments in opposition that I’m not sure that section 230 is the mechanism through which to do it, but I’m still firmly of the belief that liability exposure for algorithmic content should be far higher for platforms. You put it in front of people, you’re a publisher.
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I think it's a little disingenuous to say that the liberal version of the future is 5-over-1s everywhere given that progressive YIMBYs have been fighting the good fight on single stair reform. (Which the author elsewhere criticized on the grounds that building code reform won't end capitalism.)
If any of you want to see some of the... amazing takes in this.
December 18, 2025 at 10:16 PM
I think it's a little disingenuous to say that the liberal version of the future is 5-over-1s everywhere given that progressive YIMBYs have been fighting the good fight on single stair reform. (Which the author elsewhere criticized on the grounds that building code reform won't end capitalism.)
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be safe out there physicists please
December 18, 2025 at 10:18 PM
be safe out there physicists please
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this sentence is just "after Hitler, our turn" from a blank-eyed aesthete whose entire political program consists of her preferences about what buildings should look like
"Unlike the left and especially unlike liberals, the right has assembled for itself an aesthetic program, an answer to what the future should look like, slopified as it may be. Indeed, like all fascists, its broader program is to aestheticize politics itself." It's a good article.
December 18, 2025 at 9:09 PM
this sentence is just "after Hitler, our turn" from a blank-eyed aesthete whose entire political program consists of her preferences about what buildings should look like
"Benjamin was correct about the whole aestheticization of politics thing, but this is actually a redeeming quality of fascism"
If any of you want to see some of the... amazing takes in this.
December 18, 2025 at 10:18 PM
"Benjamin was correct about the whole aestheticization of politics thing, but this is actually a redeeming quality of fascism"
Yeah, lotta problems with the way academia does diversity initiatives, but they don't even crack the top 10 most dystopian things about the academic job market.
Anyone who claims otherwise is telling on themselves.
Anyone who claims otherwise is telling on themselves.
December 18, 2025 at 7:50 PM
Yeah, lotta problems with the way academia does diversity initiatives, but they don't even crack the top 10 most dystopian things about the academic job market.
Anyone who claims otherwise is telling on themselves.
Anyone who claims otherwise is telling on themselves.
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"christos" means "one who is anointed in oil", but falling American educational standards mean this is no longer common knowledge, leading to the tragic failure of my Anti-Christ line of acne treatment products
December 18, 2025 at 4:24 PM
"christos" means "one who is anointed in oil", but falling American educational standards mean this is no longer common knowledge, leading to the tragic failure of my Anti-Christ line of acne treatment products