Badibulgator
@badibulgator.bsky.social
Sur Cielbleu personne ne sait que je suis un chien. Curious about astronomy, computing, and other nerdy things. Recovering flerf herder.
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Badibulgator
@badibulgator.bsky.social
· Dec 20
5 authors I’ve read 5+ books by:
Terry Pratchett
Diana Wynne Jones
Brandon Sanderson
Neil Gaiman 💀
Ursula Le Guin
Doesn’t take manga into account for obvious reasons.
Terry Pratchett
Diana Wynne Jones
Brandon Sanderson
Neil Gaiman 💀
Ursula Le Guin
Doesn’t take manga into account for obvious reasons.
5 authors I’ve read 5+ books by:
Mick Herron
Ben Aaronovitch
Kevin Hearne
Jodi Taylor
Benedict Jacka
Mick Herron
Ben Aaronovitch
Kevin Hearne
Jodi Taylor
Benedict Jacka
5 authors I’ve read 5+ books by:
Arthur C. Clarke
Douglas Hofstadter
Jules Verne
Greg Egan
Robert Forward
James P. Hogan
Richard Dawkins
Oops that’s seven. 🤗
Arthur C. Clarke
Douglas Hofstadter
Jules Verne
Greg Egan
Robert Forward
James P. Hogan
Richard Dawkins
Oops that’s seven. 🤗
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More parsimonious is that you're just a brain in a sous vide.
COMIC ◆ www.smbc-comics.com/comic/vat
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STORE ◆ smbc-store.myshopify.com
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STORE ◆ smbc-store.myshopify.com
November 29, 2025 at 11:30 PM
More parsimonious is that you're just a brain in a sous vide.
COMIC ◆ www.smbc-comics.com/comic/vat
PATREON ◆ www.patreon.com/ZachWeinersm...
STORE ◆ smbc-store.myshopify.com
COMIC ◆ www.smbc-comics.com/comic/vat
PATREON ◆ www.patreon.com/ZachWeinersm...
STORE ◆ smbc-store.myshopify.com
#BlueSkyArtShow
Still enjoying the #Warmth a bit later in that same evening along the Seine in #Paris…
#photography #StreetPhotography
Still enjoying the #Warmth a bit later in that same evening along the Seine in #Paris…
#photography #StreetPhotography
November 29, 2025 at 9:21 PM
#BlueSkyArtShow
Still enjoying the #Warmth a bit later in that same evening along the Seine in #Paris…
#photography #StreetPhotography
Still enjoying the #Warmth a bit later in that same evening along the Seine in #Paris…
#photography #StreetPhotography
#BlueSkyArtShow
A crowd was enjoying the #Warmth of this sunny June evening on the banks of the Seine in #Paris, when…
Note: this was in 2023; swimming in the Seine was forbidden at the time.
#photography #StreetPhotography
A crowd was enjoying the #Warmth of this sunny June evening on the banks of the Seine in #Paris, when…
Note: this was in 2023; swimming in the Seine was forbidden at the time.
#photography #StreetPhotography
November 29, 2025 at 9:03 PM
#BlueSkyArtShow
A crowd was enjoying the #Warmth of this sunny June evening on the banks of the Seine in #Paris, when…
Note: this was in 2023; swimming in the Seine was forbidden at the time.
#photography #StreetPhotography
A crowd was enjoying the #Warmth of this sunny June evening on the banks of the Seine in #Paris, when…
Note: this was in 2023; swimming in the Seine was forbidden at the time.
#photography #StreetPhotography
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For #FossilFriday, one more look at Cryptolithus bellulus, a 440 million year old trilobite reconstructed in bronze. She can be disassembled to view her digestive tract and exopods/gills. Sound on for all the satisfying clicks, particularly as she’s reassembled ⚡️🧲 #sciart
October 17, 2025 at 11:00 PM
For #FossilFriday, one more look at Cryptolithus bellulus, a 440 million year old trilobite reconstructed in bronze. She can be disassembled to view her digestive tract and exopods/gills. Sound on for all the satisfying clicks, particularly as she’s reassembled ⚡️🧲 #sciart
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Xkcd: Spirit (with the happy ending)
November 29, 2025 at 6:35 PM
Xkcd: Spirit (with the happy ending)
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La farine, les oeufs...on peut continuer dans la pâtisserie façon action digeste.
Ou être plus original
youtu.be/rC7RuoB4bcc?...
Ou être plus original
youtu.be/rC7RuoB4bcc?...
November 29, 2025 at 5:53 PM
La farine, les oeufs...on peut continuer dans la pâtisserie façon action digeste.
Ou être plus original
youtu.be/rC7RuoB4bcc?...
Ou être plus original
youtu.be/rC7RuoB4bcc?...
November 29, 2025 at 12:01 PM
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Here's a hint, not quite a spoiler. Somebody who is expert - in both biking and particularly in mathematical physics - described this problem to me a few years ago, and my understanding is that there are plenty of interesting open questions that roll from it.
sigmaa.maa.org/mcst/documen...
sigmaa.maa.org/mcst/documen...
sigmaa.maa.org
November 29, 2025 at 11:33 AM
Here's a hint, not quite a spoiler. Somebody who is expert - in both biking and particularly in mathematical physics - described this problem to me a few years ago, and my understanding is that there are plenty of interesting open questions that roll from it.
sigmaa.maa.org/mcst/documen...
sigmaa.maa.org/mcst/documen...
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log in with your internet handle
Internet Handle
internethandle.org
November 27, 2025 at 6:14 PM
log in with your internet handle
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For software developers: there's currently a highly sophisticated hacking group targeting developers with backdoored coding skills tests. They typically take the form of large source codes specific to your skillset. Please email any suspicious code to me on: [email protected]
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November 27, 2025 at 6:19 PM
For software developers: there's currently a highly sophisticated hacking group targeting developers with backdoored coding skills tests. They typically take the form of large source codes specific to your skillset. Please email any suspicious code to me on: [email protected]
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How to deal with your conservative relatives at Thanksgiving:
- keep to non controversial topics, like who should own the means of production
- focus on common ground, like how left communism is an infantile disorder
- remind them that Stalin was trapped in a game of realpolitik, and had few options
- keep to non controversial topics, like who should own the means of production
- focus on common ground, like how left communism is an infantile disorder
- remind them that Stalin was trapped in a game of realpolitik, and had few options
November 27, 2025 at 5:39 PM
How to deal with your conservative relatives at Thanksgiving:
- keep to non controversial topics, like who should own the means of production
- focus on common ground, like how left communism is an infantile disorder
- remind them that Stalin was trapped in a game of realpolitik, and had few options
- keep to non controversial topics, like who should own the means of production
- focus on common ground, like how left communism is an infantile disorder
- remind them that Stalin was trapped in a game of realpolitik, and had few options
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“Under the present brutal and primitive conditions on this planet, every person you meet should be regarded as one of the walking wounded. we have never seen a man or woman not slightly deranged by either anxiety or grief. we have never seen a totally sane human being."
— Robert Anton Wilson
— Robert Anton Wilson
"Assume everyone I interact with online is struggling with their mental health" has only become a more important guiding principle in the past couple years
My personal guidelines for dealing with people on social media:
Assume everyone is a friend you haven't yet gotten to know.
Assume everyone is struggling with their mental health
Don't promise any emotional labor you might not be able to provide
If someone seems like a hater, disengage right away
Assume everyone is a friend you haven't yet gotten to know.
Assume everyone is struggling with their mental health
Don't promise any emotional labor you might not be able to provide
If someone seems like a hater, disengage right away
November 26, 2025 at 8:15 PM
“Under the present brutal and primitive conditions on this planet, every person you meet should be regarded as one of the walking wounded. we have never seen a man or woman not slightly deranged by either anxiety or grief. we have never seen a totally sane human being."
— Robert Anton Wilson
— Robert Anton Wilson
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Imagine if instead of the north Pacific there was an entire busy continent linking Asia to North America. Imagine if it was mandatory that *some* pair of countries on Earth would have to be a handful of miles apart, or even share a land border, but observe different calendar days
November 26, 2025 at 12:17 AM
Imagine if instead of the north Pacific there was an entire busy continent linking Asia to North America. Imagine if it was mandatory that *some* pair of countries on Earth would have to be a handful of miles apart, or even share a land border, but observe different calendar days
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Straight from the horse's mouth:
“These models somehow just generalize dramatically worse than people. It's a very fundamental thing.”
“These models somehow just generalize dramatically worse than people. It's a very fundamental thing.”
November 25, 2025 at 8:58 PM
Straight from the horse's mouth:
“These models somehow just generalize dramatically worse than people. It's a very fundamental thing.”
“These models somehow just generalize dramatically worse than people. It's a very fundamental thing.”
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Mind blown. From buddyblues on Threads.
November 25, 2025 at 3:19 PM
Mind blown. From buddyblues on Threads.
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If this is your kind of art, be sure to enter the Desmos Art Contest by January 15th. Get all the details at desmos.com/art
#mathsky #iteachmath #mathart
#mathsky #iteachmath #mathart
November 25, 2025 at 2:21 PM
If this is your kind of art, be sure to enter the Desmos Art Contest by January 15th. Get all the details at desmos.com/art
#mathsky #iteachmath #mathart
#mathsky #iteachmath #mathart
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St Peter: You studied Newtonian gravity, right?
Me: Umm, a bit.
SP: Explain to me, like I’m 5, why the ratio of polar gravity to equatorial for a uniform oblate spheroid is approximately 1 + 1/5 the ellipticity of the meridians.
Me: You let Isaac set the questions, didn’t you?
Me: Umm, a bit.
SP: Explain to me, like I’m 5, why the ratio of polar gravity to equatorial for a uniform oblate spheroid is approximately 1 + 1/5 the ellipticity of the meridians.
Me: You let Isaac set the questions, didn’t you?
November 25, 2025 at 1:11 PM
St Peter: You studied Newtonian gravity, right?
Me: Umm, a bit.
SP: Explain to me, like I’m 5, why the ratio of polar gravity to equatorial for a uniform oblate spheroid is approximately 1 + 1/5 the ellipticity of the meridians.
Me: You let Isaac set the questions, didn’t you?
Me: Umm, a bit.
SP: Explain to me, like I’m 5, why the ratio of polar gravity to equatorial for a uniform oblate spheroid is approximately 1 + 1/5 the ellipticity of the meridians.
Me: You let Isaac set the questions, didn’t you?
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This entire topic is both awesome, accessible (in formulation), and apparently full of unproven conjectures and best results!!
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Opaque_...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Opaque_...
November 25, 2025 at 3:08 PM
This entire topic is both awesome, accessible (in formulation), and apparently full of unproven conjectures and best results!!
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Opaque_...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Opaque_...
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Le numéro 18 (Hiver 2025-2026) de notre magazine vient de paraître (à télécharger librement www.cadrans-solaires.info/le-magazine/. Des articles à parcourir, des actualités à découvrir, des jeux et énigmes à résoudre. À lire sans modération par les amateurs, les spécialistes ou les simples curieux !
November 25, 2025 at 10:27 AM
Le numéro 18 (Hiver 2025-2026) de notre magazine vient de paraître (à télécharger librement www.cadrans-solaires.info/le-magazine/. Des articles à parcourir, des actualités à découvrir, des jeux et énigmes à résoudre. À lire sans modération par les amateurs, les spécialistes ou les simples curieux !
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November 24, 2025 at 11:46 PM
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You forget sometimes that at the top of the page it says "A webcomic of romance"
Fifteen Years
xkcd.com
November 24, 2025 at 10:33 PM
You forget sometimes that at the top of the page it says "A webcomic of romance"
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Tu regardes le ciel… et tu te dis que c’est l’envers d’un océan. Ce nuage s’appelle asperitas : vagues d’air en suspension. 😍😍😍
C'est parti pour un petit fil d'explications🧵⬇️
📷 Washington Post
C'est parti pour un petit fil d'explications🧵⬇️
📷 Washington Post
November 24, 2025 at 7:17 AM
Tu regardes le ciel… et tu te dis que c’est l’envers d’un océan. Ce nuage s’appelle asperitas : vagues d’air en suspension. 😍😍😍
C'est parti pour un petit fil d'explications🧵⬇️
📷 Washington Post
C'est parti pour un petit fil d'explications🧵⬇️
📷 Washington Post
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Ok one more video. the most beautiful fluke I've seen. edited for EXTRA BEAUTY!!!
November 24, 2025 at 4:51 AM
Ok one more video. the most beautiful fluke I've seen. edited for EXTRA BEAUTY!!!