Doug Ingram
@dougingramtcu.bsky.social
TCU Senior Instructor of Astronomy (and Physics if I have to) since 1996, Father of five, Husband of one, Proud liberal, Pokemon Go player.
Fun with introductory Physics, part 135:
Me: A car passes you at 75 mph. Your car starts at rest, accelerates uniformly, and catches up in 20 seconds. What's your speed when you catch the other car?
Student: About 10% of orbital velocity?
Me: (blank stare)
Student: Is acceleration 9.8?
Me: A car passes you at 75 mph. Your car starts at rest, accelerates uniformly, and catches up in 20 seconds. What's your speed when you catch the other car?
Student: About 10% of orbital velocity?
Me: (blank stare)
Student: Is acceleration 9.8?
September 4, 2025 at 3:25 AM
Fun with introductory Physics, part 135:
Me: A car passes you at 75 mph. Your car starts at rest, accelerates uniformly, and catches up in 20 seconds. What's your speed when you catch the other car?
Student: About 10% of orbital velocity?
Me: (blank stare)
Student: Is acceleration 9.8?
Me: A car passes you at 75 mph. Your car starts at rest, accelerates uniformly, and catches up in 20 seconds. What's your speed when you catch the other car?
Student: About 10% of orbital velocity?
Me: (blank stare)
Student: Is acceleration 9.8?
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Dear Humans,
Here’s how it’s going to play out:
1. Republicans are going to attack Joe Biden until his last day and giddily celebrate his passing.
2. Then when Donald Trump inevitably passes away, and the world celebrates, these same people will feign outrage until the end of time.
They suck.
Here’s how it’s going to play out:
1. Republicans are going to attack Joe Biden until his last day and giddily celebrate his passing.
2. Then when Donald Trump inevitably passes away, and the world celebrates, these same people will feign outrage until the end of time.
They suck.
May 19, 2025 at 12:12 AM
Dear Humans,
Here’s how it’s going to play out:
1. Republicans are going to attack Joe Biden until his last day and giddily celebrate his passing.
2. Then when Donald Trump inevitably passes away, and the world celebrates, these same people will feign outrage until the end of time.
They suck.
Here’s how it’s going to play out:
1. Republicans are going to attack Joe Biden until his last day and giddily celebrate his passing.
2. Then when Donald Trump inevitably passes away, and the world celebrates, these same people will feign outrage until the end of time.
They suck.
I'm told the typical time from exposure to symptoms is 7-14 days, and this exposure took place 8 days ago. So I'm keeping an eye on our local MAGA hotbed of Grapevine and hoping we don't lose any more children in Texas due to idiot parents. #measles
www.nbcdfw.com/news/local/t...
www.nbcdfw.com/news/local/t...
Tarrant County issues ‘exposure notice' after individual with measles visits two Grapevine venues
Tarrant County Public Health issued a measles ‘exposure notice’ after someone who tested positive for measles visited two Grapevine venues while contagious.
www.nbcdfw.com
April 6, 2025 at 9:53 PM
I'm told the typical time from exposure to symptoms is 7-14 days, and this exposure took place 8 days ago. So I'm keeping an eye on our local MAGA hotbed of Grapevine and hoping we don't lose any more children in Texas due to idiot parents. #measles
www.nbcdfw.com/news/local/t...
www.nbcdfw.com/news/local/t...
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Huge, if true.
April 6, 2025 at 3:04 PM
Huge, if true.
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The question of if a country could fuck itself harder than the UK did with Brexit has today been answered.
April 2, 2025 at 9:03 PM
The question of if a country could fuck itself harder than the UK did with Brexit has today been answered.
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Yes, the stock market may be tanking and our national security apparatus has never been more vulnerable and we're on the verge of both economic collapse and war, but it was all worth it to keep pronouns out of email signatures.
April 3, 2025 at 3:25 PM
Yes, the stock market may be tanking and our national security apparatus has never been more vulnerable and we're on the verge of both economic collapse and war, but it was all worth it to keep pronouns out of email signatures.
For me, I'm fascinated that JD Vance's first reaction to the whole Signal discussion affair was that he was worried what Pervert Hoover would think.
His first thought wasn't "oh no, have we been compromised possibly by a foreign adversary?" It was, "I hope I don't get in trouble with Master."
His first thought wasn't "oh no, have we been compromised possibly by a foreign adversary?" It was, "I hope I don't get in trouble with Master."
March 25, 2025 at 3:56 PM
For me, I'm fascinated that JD Vance's first reaction to the whole Signal discussion affair was that he was worried what Pervert Hoover would think.
His first thought wasn't "oh no, have we been compromised possibly by a foreign adversary?" It was, "I hope I don't get in trouble with Master."
His first thought wasn't "oh no, have we been compromised possibly by a foreign adversary?" It was, "I hope I don't get in trouble with Master."
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Another perspective… 😎
March 4, 2025 at 3:17 AM
Another perspective… 😎
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Mise
"When Small men begin to cast big shadows, it means that the sun is about to set."
- Lin Yutang
@WiseSages
"When Small men begin to cast big shadows, it means that the sun is about to set."
- Lin Yutang
@WiseSages
February 4, 2025 at 12:34 AM
Mise
"When Small men begin to cast big shadows, it means that the sun is about to set."
- Lin Yutang
@WiseSages
"When Small men begin to cast big shadows, it means that the sun is about to set."
- Lin Yutang
@WiseSages
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Watching swells approach the Oregon coast and interact with sea stacks/rocks just before sunrise is a very mentally safe place.
January 20, 2025 at 7:57 PM
Watching swells approach the Oregon coast and interact with sea stacks/rocks just before sunrise is a very mentally safe place.
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One of the great delusions of the right-wing minor wealth class is that you can endlessly slash public services in advance of a crisis but somehow, somewhere, private reserves of trained and equipped professionals will be standing ready for a reasonable convenience fee when the shit hits the fan.
January 8, 2025 at 11:44 PM
One of the great delusions of the right-wing minor wealth class is that you can endlessly slash public services in advance of a crisis but somehow, somewhere, private reserves of trained and equipped professionals will be standing ready for a reasonable convenience fee when the shit hits the fan.
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My friend knows me so well.
Best bookend ever.
Best bookend ever.
January 3, 2025 at 8:54 PM
My friend knows me so well.
Best bookend ever.
Best bookend ever.
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I was helping my granddaughter with her science experiment yesterday, and I helped her create a series circuit with a little electronics kit her class provided. She had to build the circuit and label it and take a picture of it, so I gave her an index card.
She wrote "Siris circuit".
She wrote "Siris circuit".
December 10, 2024 at 4:38 PM
I was helping my granddaughter with her science experiment yesterday, and I helped her create a series circuit with a little electronics kit her class provided. She had to build the circuit and label it and take a picture of it, so I gave her an index card.
She wrote "Siris circuit".
She wrote "Siris circuit".
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People celebrating Luigi Mangione, the health care CEO assassin, need to understand that vigilante killings are not celebrated or in any way condoned in the United States. We are a civilized country that values the lives of its citizens.
December 9, 2024 at 7:58 PM
People celebrating Luigi Mangione, the health care CEO assassin, need to understand that vigilante killings are not celebrated or in any way condoned in the United States. We are a civilized country that values the lives of its citizens.