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Professor of Physics at UTAustin. Member of the ATLAS Experiment at the Large Hadron Collider. Particle wrangler, opinionated software user, fan of Texas State Parks, Austin FC, and Newcastle United; sometimes I pick up heavy things.

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DAIISTAR performing at Brushy Street Commons

DAIISTAR performing at Brushy Street Commons

I do enjoy these folks

07.03.2026 02:15 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

@capmetroatx.bsky.social how does getting rid of the bus fareboxes work with the UT passes

06.03.2026 13:58 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

It's a bit odd to go see Band of Skulls in 2026 but here we are

04.03.2026 19:21 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
Mountain laurels in bloom

Mountain laurels in bloom

The best trees on campus

03.03.2026 23:32 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

😬

27.02.2026 16:23 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

This is DOE-side, but I attribute a good chunk of Fermilab's loss of direction to chasing after this stuff instead of its core mission

27.02.2026 14:13 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Sorry to be That Guy but this process has absolutely been a bipartisan one, politicians have been on board for years with shoveling tons of money at "AI" and "quantum" by taking it from general research

27.02.2026 14:13 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0

The National Initiatives have finally eaten everything, congratulations

27.02.2026 14:13 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

The Pitch already tried that

27.02.2026 14:00 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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A tribute to the roots of ATX. 🀠

For our home opener, local artist Chris Tobar brought "We Will Ride With You Forever" to life inspired by the legacy of Black Cowboys and Cowgirls in Texas.

27.02.2026 00:03 πŸ‘ 11 πŸ” 4 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 1

Describing my modern physics class as "the long 1905"

24.02.2026 16:24 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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New momentum transfer video just dropped 😊
#iTeachPhysics
#Science πŸ§ͺ

20.02.2026 18:50 πŸ‘ 110 πŸ” 41 πŸ’¬ 7 πŸ“Œ 5

I would like to have a new HTTP status code in the 4xx series, "Dumb Request: the client request is technically valid, but the server is not going to do anything about it"

19.02.2026 22:41 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

modern physics class today: COSMOLOGY SURPRISE

19.02.2026 20:09 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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University of Texas regents OK limits on controversial subjects Opponents warned the policy’s vagueness could push professors to self-censor and leave students less prepared for the workplace.

The University of Texas System’s Board of Regents unanimously approved a rule requiring its universities to ensure students can graduate without studying β€œunnecessary controversial subjects,” despite warnings it could leave them less prepared for the real world.

19.02.2026 19:33 πŸ‘ 663 πŸ” 306 πŸ’¬ 126 πŸ“Œ 276
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This is not how you improve education at the University of Texas | Opinion The provost’s decision to eliminate key teaching and advising units threatens students, staff and educational quality, Julie Minich writes.

www.statesman.com/opinion/colu...

19.02.2026 00:30 πŸ‘ 10 πŸ” 6 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

To be fair he is apparently underperforming his EPL xG quite a lot

18.02.2026 22:34 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
A meme pointing out his different performance in the Premier League and Champions League.

A meme pointing out his different performance in the Premier League and Champions League.

Anthony Gordon

18.02.2026 22:34 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Thanks to @jnoronhahostler.bsky.social for a great colloquium

18.02.2026 21:49 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Every UT construction project seems to involve a Demolition Phase and a Construction Phase, which are separated by roughly a year, during which construction material blocks key paths

18.02.2026 16:30 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
I Voted Early!

I Voted Early!

17.02.2026 21:54 πŸ‘ 7 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Sometimes you're like "this person seemed OK but he's serving in positions that really appear to be red flags"

17.02.2026 16:38 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

That's our problem - we don't continvoucly morge bugfixes
bsky.app/profile/glai...

17.02.2026 01:03 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

The median college physics student doesn't accept the Schroedinger equation following careful consideration of the evidence, they accept it because a) why would faculty lie to them b) it's on the exam

14.02.2026 15:53 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

The thing that always gets me about "there should be no indoctrination in classrooms!" claims is that STEM education is far more indoctrinatory than the humanities

14.02.2026 15:53 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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AAUP President on the Elimination of Tenure at Oklahoma Regional Universities and Community Colleges. WASHINGTONβ€”AAUP President Todd Wolfson issued the following statement in response to the Governor of Oklahoma’s signing of Executive Order 2026-07, which immediately eliminates the conferral of academ...

AAUP President Todd Wolfson issued the following statement in response to Oklahoma Governor Kevin Stitt's Executive Order issued today immediately eliminating academic tenure at the state’s public regional universities and community colleges.

06.02.2026 00:39 πŸ‘ 119 πŸ” 94 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 14

Curling: an exquisite game of strategy, physics, and control. In each end teams take turns sending stones across the ice, at the conclusion of which both teams have scored 0

12.02.2026 23:33 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Yet another example of predators hiding in academia.

This is an excellent report by The Daily Texan and student Justin Doud.

Former professor Thomas Hubbard appears in the Epstein files asking for $10,000 to set up a conference meant to challenge the notion of consent and sexual assault.

10.02.2026 18:50 πŸ‘ 147 πŸ” 79 πŸ’¬ 11 πŸ“Œ 4

<very The Prisoner voice> we want ... quantum information

04.02.2026 00:30 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

On top quark pair entanglement disputes: a null result would have been far more interesting

03.02.2026 21:06 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0