Sam Foley
@samuelfoley.com
Physics of membranes and self-assembly || Biophysics postdoc at Johns Hopkins || Previously Penn State -> Carnegie Mellon || for I perplex others not because I am clear, but because I am utterly perplexed myself ||
www.samuelfoley.com
www.samuelfoley.com
"To be sure that we can get through a full game, we need to start by around 10am, but that won't include the rules teaching time, so aim to be here by 8am, it'll be great we can have breakfast sandwiches while we discuss how to take Mecatol Rex trust me it'll be fun"
January 22, 2026 at 1:23 AM
"To be sure that we can get through a full game, we need to start by around 10am, but that won't include the rules teaching time, so aim to be here by 8am, it'll be great we can have breakfast sandwiches while we discuss how to take Mecatol Rex trust me it'll be fun"
Would have to be this one for me
January 19, 2026 at 3:57 AM
Would have to be this one for me
The subject of one of my favorite old @smbccomics.bsky.social comics
January 16, 2026 at 6:39 AM
The subject of one of my favorite old @smbccomics.bsky.social comics
Currently losing my shit at this Wikipedia figure attributing Arby's to the neolithic revolution.
January 7, 2026 at 6:32 PM
Currently losing my shit at this Wikipedia figure attributing Arby's to the neolithic revolution.
The entire philosophy of our government summed up
January 3, 2026 at 8:15 AM
The entire philosophy of our government summed up
You just wait a couple more sagas
December 30, 2025 at 8:33 PM
You just wait a couple more sagas
Someone near me is selling an actual hornet nest on facebook marketplace
$150
$150
December 30, 2025 at 6:29 PM
Someone near me is selling an actual hornet nest on facebook marketplace
$150
$150
When the 🎄 hits your eye like a big pizza pie
December 28, 2025 at 2:28 AM
When the 🎄 hits your eye like a big pizza pie
No matter how many times I see the Star Wars Holiday Special, I'm still not mentally prepared for the cooking show where a man in blackface plays a four-armed woman in a stereotypical 70's cooking show
December 25, 2025 at 3:00 AM
No matter how many times I see the Star Wars Holiday Special, I'm still not mentally prepared for the cooking show where a man in blackface plays a four-armed woman in a stereotypical 70's cooking show
Just saw this plot in a colleague's simulation analysis output, and realized it pretty accurately describes my mental state as well
December 16, 2025 at 8:45 PM
Just saw this plot in a colleague's simulation analysis output, and realized it pretty accurately describes my mental state as well
Welp. A rather simple 4-page document I had been editing for a few months no longer compiles on Overleaf's free tier.
And JHU's arts and science school doesn't have a site license, even though the engineering school does. Mind boggling.
Back to local compiling + git repos!
And JHU's arts and science school doesn't have a site license, even though the engineering school does. Mind boggling.
Back to local compiling + git repos!
December 12, 2025 at 8:13 PM
Welp. A rather simple 4-page document I had been editing for a few months no longer compiles on Overleaf's free tier.
And JHU's arts and science school doesn't have a site license, even though the engineering school does. Mind boggling.
Back to local compiling + git repos!
And JHU's arts and science school doesn't have a site license, even though the engineering school does. Mind boggling.
Back to local compiling + git repos!
You're right, the real Qui-Gon would have never done this
December 11, 2025 at 10:18 PM
You're right, the real Qui-Gon would have never done this
And the wiggly spaghetti version (wavefunction). Blue is the real part, red the imaginary part, and black is the modulus.
December 11, 2025 at 9:02 PM
And the wiggly spaghetti version (wavefunction). Blue is the real part, red the imaginary part, and black is the modulus.
The quantum bouncy ball (probability density).
December 11, 2025 at 9:02 PM
The quantum bouncy ball (probability density).
Shamelessly stolen from the Mathematical Mathematics Memes Facebook group
December 3, 2025 at 9:37 PM
Shamelessly stolen from the Mathematical Mathematics Memes Facebook group
Mine died last year, so I replaced it with the most aesthetic version they made: the TI-83+ Silver Edition, with classic Y2K translucent plastic
November 29, 2025 at 3:32 PM
Mine died last year, so I replaced it with the most aesthetic version they made: the TI-83+ Silver Edition, with classic Y2K translucent plastic
So everyone knows the pickleback, but what about...
November 27, 2025 at 2:50 AM
So everyone knows the pickleback, but what about...