qualiaflow
@qualiaflow.bsky.social
hedonium alchemist. extremely fond of the double pendulum map
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qualiaflow
@qualiaflow.bsky.social
· Sep 29
toynbee-style tiles saying "nirvana shockwave vacuum phase transition, 500 million days of heaven every year. tile the universe with qualia icecream sundaes"
another substack post, in this one i wrote about some common perfumery ingredients and how dynamical systems theory can apply to scent
A Dynamical Systems Analysis of Perfumery Aromachemicals
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open.substack.com
November 11, 2025 at 4:14 PM
another substack post, in this one i wrote about some common perfumery ingredients and how dynamical systems theory can apply to scent
the most perfect artwork is indistinguishable from a universe
November 10, 2025 at 6:18 AM
the most perfect artwork is indistinguishable from a universe
dreamer's maxim: if you can imagine it, then perhaps you also possess the art to engineer it. imagine your dream-worlds as floridly, crisply, and pungently as possible
November 10, 2025 at 6:18 AM
dreamer's maxim: if you can imagine it, then perhaps you also possess the art to engineer it. imagine your dream-worlds as floridly, crisply, and pungently as possible
some people hate as a hobby when they could just perfect the curve of a calligraphic g or behold the majesty of nature in a single butterfly
November 10, 2025 at 2:48 AM
some people hate as a hobby when they could just perfect the curve of a calligraphic g or behold the majesty of nature in a single butterfly
one key to good conversation is finding your audience's entropic sweet spot between the equally meaningless extremes of echolalia and word salad
November 10, 2025 at 2:47 AM
one key to good conversation is finding your audience's entropic sweet spot between the equally meaningless extremes of echolalia and word salad
note to self: check whether the post is actually about sex or kink before replying. does "railed" indeed refer to trains?
November 10, 2025 at 12:09 AM
note to self: check whether the post is actually about sex or kink before replying. does "railed" indeed refer to trains?
the tweet i remember the most said "me whenever i receive a notification" with a video of a dewy-eyed monkey getting a banana
November 9, 2025 at 5:51 AM
the tweet i remember the most said "me whenever i receive a notification" with a video of a dewy-eyed monkey getting a banana
perfumery feels like alchemy: exotic ingredients, non-linear interactions, and even the standard aromachemicals have names like galaxolide, hedione, and paradisone
November 9, 2025 at 4:02 AM
perfumery feels like alchemy: exotic ingredients, non-linear interactions, and even the standard aromachemicals have names like galaxolide, hedione, and paradisone
smell is the most lovecraftian sensory modality: primitive, wired directly to the limbic system, with non-euclidean perceptual organization (odor space is hyperbolic), its dysfunction auguring dementia
November 9, 2025 at 1:01 AM
smell is the most lovecraftian sensory modality: primitive, wired directly to the limbic system, with non-euclidean perceptual organization (odor space is hyperbolic), its dysfunction auguring dementia
i'll have to try to be nicer to everybody... remind me in the morning
November 8, 2025 at 7:34 AM
i'll have to try to be nicer to everybody... remind me in the morning
i think we all, at some point, want to become light or flows in an abstract phase-space and phase through ourselves like the 100 million particle moose
November 7, 2025 at 7:46 AM
i think we all, at some point, want to become light or flows in an abstract phase-space and phase through ourselves like the 100 million particle moose
the moose begins to phase through itself like a whitney umbrella or a dmt hyperobject as it drops repeatedly onto a right-angled wedge in an intriguing demonstration of chaos
November 7, 2025 at 3:29 AM
the moose begins to phase through itself like a whitney umbrella or a dmt hyperobject as it drops repeatedly onto a right-angled wedge in an intriguing demonstration of chaos
do you ever feel exactly like a platonic mathematical structure that exists within source code that's never been executed?
November 4, 2025 at 6:12 AM
do you ever feel exactly like a platonic mathematical structure that exists within source code that's never been executed?
consider the tonka bean tree. it's evolutionarily adapted to attract lightning strikes as an antiparasitic defense. the coumarin exuded by its seeds during fermentation is key to the fougère structure in perfumery. fascinating
November 4, 2025 at 6:11 AM
consider the tonka bean tree. it's evolutionarily adapted to attract lightning strikes as an antiparasitic defense. the coumarin exuded by its seeds during fermentation is key to the fougère structure in perfumery. fascinating
some people have too many beautiful topological invariants to their psyche for the gaussian blur of exhaustion to obscure its structure
November 4, 2025 at 2:42 AM
some people have too many beautiful topological invariants to their psyche for the gaussian blur of exhaustion to obscure its structure
dangling a wand toy in front of my cat to illustrate to him the tradeoff between knowledge of momentum and position in heisenberg's uncertainty principle
November 4, 2025 at 2:41 AM
dangling a wand toy in front of my cat to illustrate to him the tradeoff between knowledge of momentum and position in heisenberg's uncertainty principle
trying to see everyone as temporarily embarrassed buddhas who slipped on the cosmic banana peel of dukkha and maya
November 4, 2025 at 12:04 AM
trying to see everyone as temporarily embarrassed buddhas who slipped on the cosmic banana peel of dukkha and maya
"why can't you just be normal?" why can't you just (series of elaborate pseudo kung fu moves) grok the freep
November 4, 2025 at 12:03 AM
"why can't you just be normal?" why can't you just (series of elaborate pseudo kung fu moves) grok the freep
my new self-help book, Nothing Will Improve Your Self-Esteem Except Close, Positive Friendships with Good and Virtuous Friends
November 4, 2025 at 12:01 AM
my new self-help book, Nothing Will Improve Your Self-Esteem Except Close, Positive Friendships with Good and Virtuous Friends
i actually like everybody, except for dan
November 2, 2025 at 2:45 AM
i actually like everybody, except for dan
how would you transcribe bjork's guttural screams ("i don't know my future after this weekend -- HRNGH! -- and i don't want to!) in a conscript?
November 1, 2025 at 7:51 AM
how would you transcribe bjork's guttural screams ("i don't know my future after this weekend -- HRNGH! -- and i don't want to!) in a conscript?
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(grinding barley on a quern amidst the post-apocalyptic rubble to make my sour breakfast porridge) the grind never stops
October 7, 2025 at 6:27 AM
(grinding barley on a quern amidst the post-apocalyptic rubble to make my sour breakfast porridge) the grind never stops
i'm on all of the spectrums 😎
October 31, 2025 at 6:46 AM
i'm on all of the spectrums 😎
i've been dabbling in electronic music in my free time for a few years, it turns out if you do that long enough you accidentally have enough tracks for an album qualiaflow.bandcamp.com/album/fricti...
Frictionless Leewardings, by Qualiaflow
11 track album
qualiaflow.bandcamp.com
October 30, 2025 at 11:25 PM
i've been dabbling in electronic music in my free time for a few years, it turns out if you do that long enough you accidentally have enough tracks for an album qualiaflow.bandcamp.com/album/fricti...
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let me know if you want someone to like all your posts for you. i volunteer
August 31, 2025 at 2:58 AM
let me know if you want someone to like all your posts for you. i volunteer