Vinny Calculus
@vinnycalculus.bsky.social
My background is in physics and math (UT Austin, UT San Antonio, U of Toronto). Currently a part-time computer science student (University of Florida). I also enjoy learning about the history of science and of computing.
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ICE ended up returning the man, Saly, after realizing he’s a fucking US citizen with no criminal record, per his sister-in-law. These fucking animals.
January 19, 2026 at 5:41 AM
ICE ended up returning the man, Saly, after realizing he’s a fucking US citizen with no criminal record, per his sister-in-law. These fucking animals.
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Any one of these daily atrocities should result in a full congressional investigation and a disbanding of the agency. The fact that it’s all just shrugged off by those with the power to stop it is a national disgrace.
ICE ended up returning the man, Saly, after realizing he’s a fucking US citizen with no criminal record, per his sister-in-law. These fucking animals.
January 19, 2026 at 11:58 AM
Any one of these daily atrocities should result in a full congressional investigation and a disbanding of the agency. The fact that it’s all just shrugged off by those with the power to stop it is a national disgrace.
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This is pure, unabashed bigotry.
If a politician said this about any other faith, they would rightfully be run out of their party.
But this kind of despicable anti-Muslim rhetoric is so normalized that a sitting Senator uses it without consequence.
A stain on our Congress.
If a politician said this about any other faith, they would rightfully be run out of their party.
But this kind of despicable anti-Muslim rhetoric is so normalized that a sitting Senator uses it without consequence.
A stain on our Congress.
January 19, 2026 at 7:42 PM
This is pure, unabashed bigotry.
If a politician said this about any other faith, they would rightfully be run out of their party.
But this kind of despicable anti-Muslim rhetoric is so normalized that a sitting Senator uses it without consequence.
A stain on our Congress.
If a politician said this about any other faith, they would rightfully be run out of their party.
But this kind of despicable anti-Muslim rhetoric is so normalized that a sitting Senator uses it without consequence.
A stain on our Congress.
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Even if sanity is restored in the US, trust and reliability are gone. Maybe a multipolar world will have some advantages.
Fight and help win a world war.
Establish a global order that cements your national power for 80 years.
Blow it all up.
What am I missing?
Establish a global order that cements your national power for 80 years.
Blow it all up.
What am I missing?
January 18, 2026 at 4:45 PM
Even if sanity is restored in the US, trust and reliability are gone. Maybe a multipolar world will have some advantages.
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People will do literally anything to avoid saying the American left was right
January 17, 2026 at 2:24 PM
People will do literally anything to avoid saying the American left was right
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This is 10th-grader Arnoldo Bazan.
A citizen.
Immigration agents grabbed him and put him in a chokehold.
"We're from the United States bro!' he screamed.
Agents took and sold his phone
And when he finally got home hours later, his shirt was ripped, he neck had angry, red welts, and he sobbed.
A citizen.
Immigration agents grabbed him and put him in a chokehold.
"We're from the United States bro!' he screamed.
Agents took and sold his phone
And when he finally got home hours later, his shirt was ripped, he neck had angry, red welts, and he sobbed.
January 13, 2026 at 10:20 PM
This is 10th-grader Arnoldo Bazan.
A citizen.
Immigration agents grabbed him and put him in a chokehold.
"We're from the United States bro!' he screamed.
Agents took and sold his phone
And when he finally got home hours later, his shirt was ripped, he neck had angry, red welts, and he sobbed.
A citizen.
Immigration agents grabbed him and put him in a chokehold.
"We're from the United States bro!' he screamed.
Agents took and sold his phone
And when he finally got home hours later, his shirt was ripped, he neck had angry, red welts, and he sobbed.
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Decided I needed to go outside and look up tonight. 🔭
Saw Jupiter and its moons, roughly still in opposition and therefore extra bright.
The same moons Galileo saw that changed everything we knew.
Often thought of as the planet of optimism and a sign of change for good.
My heart is strengthened.
Saw Jupiter and its moons, roughly still in opposition and therefore extra bright.
The same moons Galileo saw that changed everything we knew.
Often thought of as the planet of optimism and a sign of change for good.
My heart is strengthened.
January 12, 2026 at 1:37 AM
Decided I needed to go outside and look up tonight. 🔭
Saw Jupiter and its moons, roughly still in opposition and therefore extra bright.
The same moons Galileo saw that changed everything we knew.
Often thought of as the planet of optimism and a sign of change for good.
My heart is strengthened.
Saw Jupiter and its moons, roughly still in opposition and therefore extra bright.
The same moons Galileo saw that changed everything we knew.
Often thought of as the planet of optimism and a sign of change for good.
My heart is strengthened.
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In 1869, long before Einstein, the famous mathematician Sylvester announced that Clifford - the Clifford algebra guy - was studying whether space is curved!
Clifford's mission to study this was almost thwarted by a shipwreck. But that didn't stop him!
johncarlosbaez.wordpress.com/2026/01/10/s...
Clifford's mission to study this was almost thwarted by a shipwreck. But that didn't stop him!
johncarlosbaez.wordpress.com/2026/01/10/s...
Sylvester and Clifford on Curved Space
Einstein realized that gravity is due to the curvature of spacetime, but let’s go back earlier: On the 18th of August 1869, the eminent mathematician Sylvester gave a speech arguing that geom…
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January 11, 2026 at 9:56 PM
In 1869, long before Einstein, the famous mathematician Sylvester announced that Clifford - the Clifford algebra guy - was studying whether space is curved!
Clifford's mission to study this was almost thwarted by a shipwreck. But that didn't stop him!
johncarlosbaez.wordpress.com/2026/01/10/s...
Clifford's mission to study this was almost thwarted by a shipwreck. But that didn't stop him!
johncarlosbaez.wordpress.com/2026/01/10/s...
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I remember the early days of the internet, and I never anticipated seeing this many videos of people being murdered.
January 9, 2026 at 10:27 PM
I remember the early days of the internet, and I never anticipated seeing this many videos of people being murdered.
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I have said this before and, regrettably, I will have to say it again: we don’t have to live like this. We’ve had meaningful gun control in my lifetime. Not enough, but meaningful. A start.
If you used the plot below to guess when the Federal Assault Weapon Ban expired, you’d get it right.
If you used the plot below to guess when the Federal Assault Weapon Ban expired, you’d get it right.
December 14, 2025 at 1:48 AM
I have said this before and, regrettably, I will have to say it again: we don’t have to live like this. We’ve had meaningful gun control in my lifetime. Not enough, but meaningful. A start.
If you used the plot below to guess when the Federal Assault Weapon Ban expired, you’d get it right.
If you used the plot below to guess when the Federal Assault Weapon Ban expired, you’d get it right.
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Unless I'm missing something, and I'm pretty sure I'm not, Twitter's AI is cranking out CSAM deepfakes, Elon Musk is making jokes about it, and nobody is doing anything to stop it or hold anyone at Twitter accountable for its creation and distribution.
Is that right?
Is that right?
January 2, 2026 at 8:35 PM
Unless I'm missing something, and I'm pretty sure I'm not, Twitter's AI is cranking out CSAM deepfakes, Elon Musk is making jokes about it, and nobody is doing anything to stop it or hold anyone at Twitter accountable for its creation and distribution.
Is that right?
Is that right?
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To sum up, a US president is going to war without congressional authorization against a sovereign nation that has not attacked or threatened it, and is doing so like a thief in the night, with no explanation for the American people or the world. It is all so unimaginable that it strains credulity.
January 3, 2026 at 9:38 AM
To sum up, a US president is going to war without congressional authorization against a sovereign nation that has not attacked or threatened it, and is doing so like a thief in the night, with no explanation for the American people or the world. It is all so unimaginable that it strains credulity.
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We can’t pay for USAid, science research, daycare, school lunches, or healthcare, but there’s no problem launching an illegal war that will cost taxpayers billions of dollars and enrich all the grifters, goons, and ghouls in this administration.
January 3, 2026 at 5:42 PM
We can’t pay for USAid, science research, daycare, school lunches, or healthcare, but there’s no problem launching an illegal war that will cost taxpayers billions of dollars and enrich all the grifters, goons, and ghouls in this administration.
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It’s not about drugs. If it was, Trump wouldn’t have pardoned one of the largest narco traffickers in the world last month.
It’s about oil and regime change.
And they need a trial now to pretend that it isn’t. Especially to distract from his sinking under Epstein and skyrocketing healthcare costs.
It’s about oil and regime change.
And they need a trial now to pretend that it isn’t. Especially to distract from his sinking under Epstein and skyrocketing healthcare costs.
January 3, 2026 at 3:34 PM
It’s not about drugs. If it was, Trump wouldn’t have pardoned one of the largest narco traffickers in the world last month.
It’s about oil and regime change.
And they need a trial now to pretend that it isn’t. Especially to distract from his sinking under Epstein and skyrocketing healthcare costs.
It’s about oil and regime change.
And they need a trial now to pretend that it isn’t. Especially to distract from his sinking under Epstein and skyrocketing healthcare costs.
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Hard to watch US TV media discussing how the US might occupy and run a foreign country as if it’s a perfectly normal political development.
January 3, 2026 at 8:08 PM
Hard to watch US TV media discussing how the US might occupy and run a foreign country as if it’s a perfectly normal political development.
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Sen. Tammy Duckworth:
"The American people believed Donald Trump when he promised on the campaign trail that he would get our nation out of foreign wars, but this morning we awoke to another stark reminder that he is—and has always been—a liar who has never cared about keeping his promises."
"The American people believed Donald Trump when he promised on the campaign trail that he would get our nation out of foreign wars, but this morning we awoke to another stark reminder that he is—and has always been—a liar who has never cared about keeping his promises."
January 3, 2026 at 8:56 PM
Sen. Tammy Duckworth:
"The American people believed Donald Trump when he promised on the campaign trail that he would get our nation out of foreign wars, but this morning we awoke to another stark reminder that he is—and has always been—a liar who has never cared about keeping his promises."
"The American people believed Donald Trump when he promised on the campaign trail that he would get our nation out of foreign wars, but this morning we awoke to another stark reminder that he is—and has always been—a liar who has never cared about keeping his promises."
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Let the war on ham sandwiches commence.
January 5, 2026 at 5:45 PM
Let the war on ham sandwiches commence.
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Stephen Hawking was born #OTD in 1942. He developed theorems with Penrose that determine when general relativity produces singularities, established classical laws of black hole mechanics, and hypothesized that quantum effects cause black holes to radiate. 🧪 ⚛️ 🔭
Image: Santi Visalli/Getty
Image: Santi Visalli/Getty
January 8, 2025 at 3:56 PM
Stephen Hawking was born #OTD in 1942. He developed theorems with Penrose that determine when general relativity produces singularities, established classical laws of black hole mechanics, and hypothesized that quantum effects cause black holes to radiate. 🧪 ⚛️ 🔭
Image: Santi Visalli/Getty
Image: Santi Visalli/Getty
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BREAKING: Minnesota investigators say they can't access evidence after fatal ICE shooting and the FBI won't work jointly on probe.
Follow for live updates.
Follow for live updates.
Live updates: State investigators say they can't access ICE shooting evidence after FBI takes case
Protesters in Minneapolis gathered to protest the killing of motorist Renee Nicole Macklin Good by an ICE officer. Mayor Jacob Frey said federal agents should leave the city.
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January 8, 2026 at 4:34 PM
BREAKING: Minnesota investigators say they can't access evidence after fatal ICE shooting and the FBI won't work jointly on probe.
Follow for live updates.
Follow for live updates.
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America’s new dietary guidelines ignore decades of scientific research www.technologyreview.com/2026/01/08/1...
America’s new dietary guidelines ignore decades of scientific research
An emphasis on fruit, vegetables, and whole foods is welcome—but it’s wrong to suggest steak and beef tallow should be prominent.
www.technologyreview.com
January 8, 2026 at 5:30 PM
America’s new dietary guidelines ignore decades of scientific research www.technologyreview.com/2026/01/08/1...
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We've removed the paywall from this guide so everyone can access it. 👇 Stay safe.
Just days into 2026, the killing of 37-year-old Renee Nicole Good by a federal immigration officer in Minneapolis, Minnesota, has sparked protests around the US.
If you’re planning to protest, here’s how to safeguard your digital security.
If you’re planning to protest, here’s how to safeguard your digital security.
How to Protest Safely in the Age of Surveillance
Law enforcement has more tools than ever to track your movements and access your communications. Here’s how to protect your privacy if you plan to protest.
www.wired.com
January 8, 2026 at 6:35 PM
We've removed the paywall from this guide so everyone can access it. 👇 Stay safe.
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Computer science pioneer and United States Navy rear admiral Grace Hopper was born #OTD in 1906. 🧪 👩🔬
As far as I am aware, she is the only person who has both a supercomputer and a US Navy destroyer named after her. (1/n)
Image: Computer History Museum
As far as I am aware, she is the only person who has both a supercomputer and a US Navy destroyer named after her. (1/n)
Image: Computer History Museum
December 9, 2024 at 1:49 PM
Computer science pioneer and United States Navy rear admiral Grace Hopper was born #OTD in 1906. 🧪 👩🔬
As far as I am aware, she is the only person who has both a supercomputer and a US Navy destroyer named after her. (1/n)
Image: Computer History Museum
As far as I am aware, she is the only person who has both a supercomputer and a US Navy destroyer named after her. (1/n)
Image: Computer History Museum
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Webb breaks its own record by identifying the earliest supernova to date, a star that exploded when the Universe was only 730 million years old.
To astronomers' surprise, this early supernova looks exactly like modern supernovae based on data gathered so far 👉 www.esa.int/Science_Expl...
🔭🧪
To astronomers' surprise, this early supernova looks exactly like modern supernovae based on data gathered so far 👉 www.esa.int/Science_Expl...
🔭🧪
December 9, 2025 at 4:05 PM
Webb breaks its own record by identifying the earliest supernova to date, a star that exploded when the Universe was only 730 million years old.
To astronomers' surprise, this early supernova looks exactly like modern supernovae based on data gathered so far 👉 www.esa.int/Science_Expl...
🔭🧪
To astronomers' surprise, this early supernova looks exactly like modern supernovae based on data gathered so far 👉 www.esa.int/Science_Expl...
🔭🧪
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This is a video about the folks who designed the macOS Tahoe UI.
The Most Unsatisfying Video in the World ever made
YouTube video by Luksan Wunder
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December 2, 2025 at 4:59 AM
This is a video about the folks who designed the macOS Tahoe UI.