Colin Stark
@cstark.bsky.social
🧪⚒️⚛️🧮 Geoscientist studying physics of geomorphology/professor/civ eng faculty. Left pieces of my ❤️ in NYC, SF, Rennes, Cambridge. 🇬🇧 🇹🇼 🇯🇵 🌈 日本語/中文/Français ok
My newsfeed loves ironic juxtaposition
November 11, 2025 at 1:36 AM
My newsfeed loves ironic juxtaposition
Seriously, what nitwits do Politico have writing headlines like this? Trump hasn’t been “perturbed” in his life! He’s fundamentally incapable of *any* subtlety of emotion. He’s temperamentally unfit.
November 5, 2025 at 10:06 AM
Seriously, what nitwits do Politico have writing headlines like this? Trump hasn’t been “perturbed” in his life! He’s fundamentally incapable of *any* subtlety of emotion. He’s temperamentally unfit.
This precautionary translation gave me pause, in more ways than one:
November 4, 2025 at 11:36 PM
This precautionary translation gave me pause, in more ways than one:
From a sign on a bouncy castle:
November 4, 2025 at 11:32 PM
From a sign on a bouncy castle:
As mistranslations go, this is a banger:
November 4, 2025 at 11:29 PM
As mistranslations go, this is a banger:
Oh boy do I hate Windows
October 25, 2025 at 7:08 AM
Oh boy do I hate Windows
Fun little shake just now in Taipei #Taiwan. About 15s of ~0.5s period lateral motion (3rd floor of small building). Source: magnitude 5.3 earthquake offshore Hualien. ⚒️🧪
October 18, 2025 at 2:27 AM
Fun little shake just now in Taipei #Taiwan. About 15s of ~0.5s period lateral motion (3rd floor of small building). Source: magnitude 5.3 earthquake offshore Hualien. ⚒️🧪
Here’s a funny joke in Mandarin. Please clap.
October 13, 2025 at 2:46 PM
Here’s a funny joke in Mandarin. Please clap.
The orange nitwit shouldn’t get his hopes up
October 5, 2025 at 1:55 PM
The orange nitwit shouldn’t get his hopes up
For once I’m a bit jealous. Here’s today’s weather where I am (note: these temperatures are in Celsius😳). Around here, autumn is a mirage and winter a myth.
October 5, 2025 at 1:38 AM
For once I’m a bit jealous. Here’s today’s weather where I am (note: these temperatures are in Celsius😳). Around here, autumn is a mirage and winter a myth.
Your occasional reminder that Mitt Romney is an irredeemably awful person:
October 1, 2025 at 1:44 AM
Your occasional reminder that Mitt Romney is an irredeemably awful person:
One of my favorite photos:
September 13, 2025 at 11:10 AM
One of my favorite photos:
Hell of an aftershock!
Kamchatka earthquake just now M>=7.7
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Kamchatka earthquake just now M>=7.7
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September 13, 2025 at 3:07 AM
Hell of an aftershock!
Kamchatka earthquake just now M>=7.7
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Kamchatka earthquake just now M>=7.7
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Thank you Captain Obvious
August 25, 2025 at 9:05 AM
Thank you Captain Obvious
Ok, what the hell is this? 🧪⚒️
From the Quanta magazine article linked in the alt:
From the Quanta magazine article linked in the alt:
August 25, 2025 at 12:14 AM
Ok, what the hell is this? 🧪⚒️
From the Quanta magazine article linked in the alt:
From the Quanta magazine article linked in the alt:
Anyone know how to look after one of these little guys?
August 18, 2025 at 7:07 AM
Anyone know how to look after one of these little guys?
I thought this was a think piece by a tech journo, not something written by a serious academic, but I was wrong! If Dr (?) Rajabi really does measure his robot power usage in “watts per second“, I can’t say I have a much confidence in his research 😳
August 17, 2025 at 9:36 AM
I thought this was a think piece by a tech journo, not something written by a serious academic, but I was wrong! If Dr (?) Rajabi really does measure his robot power usage in “watts per second“, I can’t say I have a much confidence in his research 😳
Not when I’m trying to open a jar of pasta sauce they don’t
August 17, 2025 at 9:30 AM
Not when I’m trying to open a jar of pasta sauce they don’t
Units, guys, units! 😳
August 17, 2025 at 9:26 AM
Units, guys, units! 😳
His “eventually” is doing some very heavy lifting
August 4, 2025 at 8:02 AM
His “eventually” is doing some very heavy lifting
Ohhhh the stupidity
Here’s the CEO of a nuclear fusion startup talking about “pushing electrons into the grid.” 😳
If this is how he thinks electrical power delivery works, I wouldn’t expect much of his attempts at plasma confinement.
Here’s the CEO of a nuclear fusion startup talking about “pushing electrons into the grid.” 😳
If this is how he thinks electrical power delivery works, I wouldn’t expect much of his attempts at plasma confinement.
August 3, 2025 at 9:09 AM
Ohhhh the stupidity
Here’s the CEO of a nuclear fusion startup talking about “pushing electrons into the grid.” 😳
If this is how he thinks electrical power delivery works, I wouldn’t expect much of his attempts at plasma confinement.
Here’s the CEO of a nuclear fusion startup talking about “pushing electrons into the grid.” 😳
If this is how he thinks electrical power delivery works, I wouldn’t expect much of his attempts at plasma confinement.