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Theoretical particle physicist, university professor, nature enthusiast, Wiccan HPS (dual Lexi/Gard), autistic person. She/her. https://people.physics.carleton.ca/~logan/

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๐Ÿฆซ๐Ÿซก

12.03.2026 00:15 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

That's when you do an Elrond and say "I was there Gandalf!!"

10.03.2026 12:07 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Surely 2016 is only like 4 years ago??

10.03.2026 00:18 ๐Ÿ‘ 3 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

I keep getting Croesus vibes from all this.

09.03.2026 19:49 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Maybe like a flashbulb going off?

09.03.2026 17:19 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

@catmckenney.bsky.social Please copy BC and push to have Ontario end clock-changes! Let last night's clock change be Ontario's last!!

08.03.2026 16:35 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

It bothers me more that 1 and -1 are not on the real axis. And that 0 is not at the origin...

08.03.2026 02:13 ๐Ÿ‘ 4 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Fun fact, the letter y in English is inherited from the Greek Upsilon. It's even called 'y-grec' in French. So any time you see a loan-word from Greek, like physics, psyche, or mysterious, that y used to be an upsilon.

There was a vowel shift at some point from ooo to eee.

07.03.2026 15:03 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
Canadian Association of Physicists' 'Professional Physicist / Physicien - Physicienne' logo, clearly displaying the Greek letter Phi which is the first letter of the word 'Physics' in Greek.

Canadian Association of Physicists' 'Professional Physicist / Physicien - Physicienne' logo, clearly displaying the Greek letter Phi which is the first letter of the word 'Physics' in Greek.

Physics in Greek is ฯ†ฯ…ฯƒฮนฮบฮฎ (phusike; the first letter is phi).

CAP already had a Professional Physicist certification and there's a great big Phi on the logo.

07.03.2026 14:49 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Once I was at a Canadian Assoc. of Physicists meeting and some guy wanted us to try to get "Physicist" made a regulated profession (like PEng), b/c it would somehow raise salaries. He went on about how we could use the Greek letter pi in the iconography.

The first letter of 'physics' is not pi.

07.03.2026 14:49 ๐Ÿ‘ 2 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Oops (ilon).

Lowercase xi is my nemesis.

07.03.2026 14:30 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

I'm going to hang out with friends tomorrow afternoon, but still need to get some big chunks of work done.

07.03.2026 02:04 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Noooo, I still have to make lecture notes for next week! ๐Ÿ˜ฑ

06.03.2026 23:05 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Hospital nutritionist
Restaurant server
Physician
Truck driver

(doing all 4 grandparents because Gender Equality)

05.03.2026 01:29 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Either one is going to be fine. Warsaw and Madrid are both in the same time zone; people deal with it and the culture adapts.

03.03.2026 02:01 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Just remember that the Grovel Module is only there because it keeps users coming back for more.

02.03.2026 14:26 ๐Ÿ‘ 7 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
Photo of a fancy toaster labeled "SMEG" in large, friendly letters.

Photo of a fancy toaster labeled "SMEG" in large, friendly letters.

27.02.2026 00:26 ๐Ÿ‘ 2 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Surely it's six times nine? ๐Ÿ˜‰

26.02.2026 13:02 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Whatever happened to "the only winning move is not to play"?!

25.02.2026 13:09 ๐Ÿ‘ 2 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Ack, the article is paywalled; sorry.

24.02.2026 13:38 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

This is not even hypothetical.

bsky.app/profile/404m...

24.02.2026 13:36 ๐Ÿ‘ 2 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Antisnow!

23.02.2026 14:04 ๐Ÿ‘ 2 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Nobody signs an email to their own student with "First/Second Supervisor".

21.02.2026 13:38 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Cursed, or cursed at?

19.02.2026 23:20 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

I hadn't even thought of this!

(Fortran user)

18.02.2026 20:51 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

I pronounce it LAW-teck but I've also heard LAY-teck.

18.02.2026 17:03 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

\begin{enumerate}

\item Use LaTeX

\item Number things automatically

\item \ldots

\item Profit

\end{enumerate}

18.02.2026 14:55 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

It's marbles, only frozen and the marbles are really big.

17.02.2026 14:09 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

If the college student had been *unprepared* for this work environment, they would have been removed from consideration. The fact that the student *withdrew* from consideration tells me that they had been amply prepared to practice journalism with integrity, and found the newsroom lacking.

16.02.2026 15:31 ๐Ÿ‘ 2 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Saitou Hajime featured prominently in the series (set ~10 years post-revolution).

14.02.2026 00:14 ๐Ÿ‘ 2 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0