Dr. ir. Brian R. Pauw 🍉
@drheaddamage.bsky.social
Science, sailing, sea and scattering (X-ray flavor). Against genocide in any form. Opinions are mine.
I run a blog at https://lookingatnothing.com/
I run a blog at https://lookingatnothing.com/
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Duke Street, Halifax, 1980
This was my first time shooting harsh backlight on pavement. It has been my favourite light ever since, perfectly suited to monochrome.
#filmphotography
#believeinfilm
This was my first time shooting harsh backlight on pavement. It has been my favourite light ever since, perfectly suited to monochrome.
#filmphotography
#believeinfilm
November 21, 2025 at 4:51 PM
Duke Street, Halifax, 1980
This was my first time shooting harsh backlight on pavement. It has been my favourite light ever since, perfectly suited to monochrome.
#filmphotography
#believeinfilm
This was my first time shooting harsh backlight on pavement. It has been my favourite light ever since, perfectly suited to monochrome.
#filmphotography
#believeinfilm
The future is full of promise... (sarcasm): "Countries meeting in Brazil for two weeks could manage only a voluntary agreement to begin discussions on a roadmap to an eventual phase out of fossil fuels". www.theguardian.com/environment/...
End of fossil fuel era inches closer as Cop30 deal agreed after bitter standoff
Wealthy countries agree to triple funds for countries to tackle climate impacts, but deforestation and critical minerals blocked from final deal
www.theguardian.com
November 22, 2025 at 5:42 PM
The future is full of promise... (sarcasm): "Countries meeting in Brazil for two weeks could manage only a voluntary agreement to begin discussions on a roadmap to an eventual phase out of fossil fuels". www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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In case you aren't already aware of one of the nerdiest, nich-est online games: TeXnique, where the goal is to type LaTeX formulae as quickly as possible. texnique.xyz
It is "fun."
It is "fun."
November 21, 2025 at 9:14 PM
In case you aren't already aware of one of the nerdiest, nich-est online games: TeXnique, where the goal is to type LaTeX formulae as quickly as possible. texnique.xyz
It is "fun."
It is "fun."
Enjoyed a great jazz concert in our local Berlin jazz club ZigZag. And at the end we found out that the tenor sax player is the director of Jazz studies at Yale. I guess this counts as a research trip then? 😅
November 21, 2025 at 8:12 PM
Enjoyed a great jazz concert in our local Berlin jazz club ZigZag. And at the end we found out that the tenor sax player is the director of Jazz studies at Yale. I guess this counts as a research trip then? 😅
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The Cop30 pavilion burning down is a little bit on the nose isn't it?
November 20, 2025 at 7:49 PM
The Cop30 pavilion burning down is a little bit on the nose isn't it?
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Here, have the teeniest preview of the Dark Science Companion. It's going to have a *ton* of stuff, but a few pages will also have author (that's me!) commentary on silly little details.
November 20, 2025 at 7:08 PM
Here, have the teeniest preview of the Dark Science Companion. It's going to have a *ton* of stuff, but a few pages will also have author (that's me!) commentary on silly little details.
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If you see this, post your getaway vehicle. However the $880k pricetag is a bit outside my current vehicle budget.... youtu.be/gGPCOVcaCoQ?...
Volonaut Airbike - It is Real. Raw Flight Footage. Welcome to the Future.
YouTube video by Volonaut
youtu.be
November 20, 2025 at 6:55 AM
If you see this, post your getaway vehicle. However the $880k pricetag is a bit outside my current vehicle budget.... youtu.be/gGPCOVcaCoQ?...
If you see this, post your getaway vehicle.
November 19, 2025 at 10:33 PM
If you see this, post your getaway vehicle.
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In an ironic and possibly predictable turn of events, the conference has received “an unusually large proportion” of off-topic abstracts that show signs of being written by generative AI.
Research integrity conference hit with AI-generated abstracts
The first of three themes for next year’s World Conference on Research Integrity will be the risks and benefits of artificial intelligence for research integrity. In an ironic and possibly predicta…
retractionwatch.com
November 18, 2025 at 6:06 PM
In an ironic and possibly predictable turn of events, the conference has received “an unusually large proportion” of off-topic abstracts that show signs of being written by generative AI.
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Keith Boykin solves the Trump Problem in under 2 minutes.
November 19, 2025 at 1:58 AM
Keith Boykin solves the Trump Problem in under 2 minutes.
On brand, as found on Mastodon…
November 18, 2025 at 8:09 AM
On brand, as found on Mastodon…
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In other news: “Shovel digs hole” and “Typewriter wins the Booker Prize”
November 18, 2025 at 5:47 AM
In other news: “Shovel digs hole” and “Typewriter wins the Booker Prize”
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The situation in Palestine is still an ongoing genocide. The situation in Sudan is still an ongoing genocide.
November 17, 2025 at 11:52 PM
The situation in Palestine is still an ongoing genocide. The situation in Sudan is still an ongoing genocide.
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"Postdoc in the job market"
November 16, 2025 at 7:52 PM
"Postdoc in the job market"
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Nestlé worried AI will destroy world’s water supply before they do
Nestlé worried AI will destroy world’s water supply before they do
VEVEY, SWITZERLAND - Nestlé executives gathered from around the world to announce their grave concern regarding the impact that artificial intelligence’s water consumption will have on their own abili...
www.thebeaverton.com
November 15, 2025 at 4:34 PM
Nestlé worried AI will destroy world’s water supply before they do
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'Dr Michelle Taylor, a University of Essex scientist who led the voyage, said: "If anything brushes up against them, they're doomed, unfortunately. Then to be absorbed slowly over time is a grim way of going."
Carnivorous 'death-ball' sponge share.google/pcKssFW9bX1E...
Carnivorous 'death-ball' sponge share.google/pcKssFW9bX1E...
Carnivorous 'death-ball' sponge is team's oddest deep-sea find
The unusual creature lurks more than two miles (3.2km) deep in a trench in the Southern Ocean.
share.google
November 16, 2025 at 3:19 AM
'Dr Michelle Taylor, a University of Essex scientist who led the voyage, said: "If anything brushes up against them, they're doomed, unfortunately. Then to be absorbed slowly over time is a grim way of going."
Carnivorous 'death-ball' sponge share.google/pcKssFW9bX1E...
Carnivorous 'death-ball' sponge share.google/pcKssFW9bX1E...
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What's super cool is that even though the majority of the audience is atheist, the places that did help received significant donations (one disclosed it was $75k+). A couple of people also did the same experiment on gangs, drug dealer, etc, and found they were more likely to help than churches. 3/3
November 13, 2025 at 6:48 AM
What's super cool is that even though the majority of the audience is atheist, the places that did help received significant donations (one disclosed it was $75k+). A couple of people also did the same experiment on gangs, drug dealer, etc, and found they were more likely to help than churches. 3/3
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This is very cool. The Emilio Segre Visual Archives is looking for contemporary photos of physicists and physical scientists. You can submit your own photos at the link below. ⚛️ 👩🔬 🧪🎢
Submit a Photo to the Emilio Segrè Visual Archives
www.aip.org
November 13, 2025 at 5:24 AM
This is very cool. The Emilio Segre Visual Archives is looking for contemporary photos of physicists and physical scientists. You can submit your own photos at the link below. ⚛️ 👩🔬 🧪🎢
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The new film featuring firsthand testimonies of Israeli soldiers in Gaza reveals patterns of systematic abuse.
‘You can do anything’: Israeli war crimes in Gaza aired in UK documentary
The new film featuring firsthand testimonies of Israeli soldiers in Gaza reveals patterns of systematic abuse.
bit.ly
November 11, 2025 at 5:00 PM
The new film featuring firsthand testimonies of Israeli soldiers in Gaza reveals patterns of systematic abuse.
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Barilla's CEO is a huge Trump supporter, and made a speech saying he didn't want gay people buying his products.
His company went on my list just like Goya.
His company went on my list just like Goya.
November 10, 2025 at 9:02 PM
Barilla's CEO is a huge Trump supporter, and made a speech saying he didn't want gay people buying his products.
His company went on my list just like Goya.
His company went on my list just like Goya.
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"Basic scientists consistently enhance scientific output quality, yet research and newly joining researchers have shifted toward applied orientations."
Preprint: arxiv.org/abs/2509.01530
#PhilSci #MetaSci #AcademicSky 🧪
Preprint: arxiv.org/abs/2509.01530
#PhilSci #MetaSci #AcademicSky 🧪
November 8, 2025 at 11:37 AM
"Basic scientists consistently enhance scientific output quality, yet research and newly joining researchers have shifted toward applied orientations."
Preprint: arxiv.org/abs/2509.01530
#PhilSci #MetaSci #AcademicSky 🧪
Preprint: arxiv.org/abs/2509.01530
#PhilSci #MetaSci #AcademicSky 🧪
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BREAKING: Gaza’s Health Ministry says over 69,000 Palestinians have been killed in the Israel-Hamas war so far.
Gaza health officials say over 69,000 Palestinians have been killed in the Israel-Hamas war so far
Gaza health officials say that over 69,000 Palestinians have been killed in the Israel-Hamas war so far.
bit.ly
November 8, 2025 at 11:57 AM
BREAKING: Gaza’s Health Ministry says over 69,000 Palestinians have been killed in the Israel-Hamas war so far.
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"Between The Storms"
The sky was black as another snow storm was about to hit but the sun shone through and lit up the ripples of the sund under the water.
I was trying to capture a minimalist landscape with this image.
#landscapephotography #photography #Norway
The sky was black as another snow storm was about to hit but the sun shone through and lit up the ripples of the sund under the water.
I was trying to capture a minimalist landscape with this image.
#landscapephotography #photography #Norway
November 7, 2025 at 11:07 PM
"Between The Storms"
The sky was black as another snow storm was about to hit but the sun shone through and lit up the ripples of the sund under the water.
I was trying to capture a minimalist landscape with this image.
#landscapephotography #photography #Norway
The sky was black as another snow storm was about to hit but the sun shone through and lit up the ripples of the sund under the water.
I was trying to capture a minimalist landscape with this image.
#landscapephotography #photography #Norway
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Hey folks, as news of Watson's demise spreads, please don't set aside his weighty legacy of misogyny and racism. He was truly among the worst of us. www.vox.com/2019/1/15/18...
DNA scientist James Watson has a remarkably long history of sexist, racist public comments
“People say it would be terrible if we made all girls pretty,” he said in 2003. “I think it would be great.”
www.vox.com
November 7, 2025 at 7:45 PM
Hey folks, as news of Watson's demise spreads, please don't set aside his weighty legacy of misogyny and racism. He was truly among the worst of us. www.vox.com/2019/1/15/18...