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Alex Sweeney

@alexjs.dev

Math, cosmology, biology, geology, photography enthusiast and software engineer. They/them I'm not here to argue.

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Alex Sweeney@alexjs.dev · 2w ago

YouTube is now recommending channels and videos that are fully AI generated. When YouTube dies, it will leave a cultural crater for my generation. It's historically priceless at this point. Eventually Google won't be able to justify the cost of YouTube most of it will become lost media.

Alex Sweeney@alexjs.dev · 2mo ago

I like Hank Green but he isn't great at interviewing people and it's kinda uncomfortable to watch him try. I just can't get through Ask Hank Anything or the new Humans podcast. I feel like he struggles to read his guest's energy and he's too eager to "um actually" and derail the conversation.

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 2mo ago

Folks, these are the rantings of a crazy person. Note how Trump resorts to attacking the wives of men he doesn’t like. The president is a lunatic.

Alex Sweeney@alexjs.dev · 3mo ago

Can we just try direct democracy? Its problems seem more solvable than a republic's. How many people actually have representatives they truly align with? My reps suck and there's nothing I can do about it. Let me speak for myself.

Will Wiles@willwiles.bsky.social · 3mo ago

(I make a "mouth" with the side of my hand and draw little eyes above it) Richard Dawkins: hmmmm (I put lipstick around the "mouth") Richard Dawkins, suavely: well hello

Alex Sweeney@alexjs.dev · 4mo ago

Please please please we're so close. We've tried so many times to eliminate the electoral college please let it finally happen this way.

Stephen Wolf@stephenwolf.bsky.social · 4mo ago

NEW: Virginia just passed a law to join the National Popular Vote Interstate Compact, giving it 222 of 270 electoral votes needed to activate. This map and spreadsheet show which states could join to activate it by 2028 depending on the outcome of the 2026 elections docs.google.com/spreadsheets...

Electoral College cartogram showing which states are in the National Popular Vote Interstate Compact and which ones could join in time for it to activate by 2028. Each state is sized and labeled according to its number of electoral votes. The states are spaced out enough to accommodate the changes in size but retain their general shapes and relative positions on the map. Current members are in solid orange, potential members are in light green, and nonmembers that are unlikely to join are in medium gray. Members have 222 electoral votes, potential states have 68, and the unlikely states have 248. The compact would only activate once states with at least 270 electoral votes have joined. The seven potential members and their electoral vote are Alaska (3), Arizona (11), Michigan (15), Nevada (6), New Hampshire (4), Pennsylvania (19), and Wisconsin (10). Democrats would need to gain the governor's office and/or legislative chambers to win unified power in these states, as detailed in the spreadsheet linked in this post.
Alex Sweeney@alexjs.dev · 4mo ago

I want my job to be mostly about thinking creatively together. It's a bonus if it's with computers and I don't have to drive. Working as a barista for my hands and feet feels bad for the soul. I haven't had a job that felt good for the soul, but it is definitely not fast food service.

Alex Sweeney@alexjs.dev · 4mo ago

I have a hard time reading lots of text and sometimes it's easier to process if I hear it. I just want my phone to read for me without needing me to interact, like an audiobook. Google's TalkBack seems pretty close but it's still annoying to use.

Corey S. Powell@coreyspowell.bsky.social · 4mo ago

It is astonishing that humans are able to do these things. This is what happens when we act collectively to solve extremely difficult technical problems. (It works with many other kinds of problems, too.) You can follow Artemis II's encounter with the Moon starting at 1pm EDT. 🧪🔭 plus.nasa.gov

efore going to sleep on flight day 5, the Artemis II crew snapped one more photo of the Moon, as it drew close in the window of the Orion spacecraft. Orion and the four humans aboard entered the lunar sphere of influence at 12:37 a.m. EDT on April 6, at the tail end of the fifth day of their mission. That marked the point at which the Moon's gravity had a stronger pull on the spacecraft than the Earth's. Artemis II's closet approach to the Moon will come on flight day 6, as they swing around the far side before beginning their journey back to Earth. About an hour after entering the lunar sphere of influence, Artemis II Mission Specialist Christina Koch said, "We are now falling to the Moon rather than rising away from Earth. It is an amazing milestone!"
Katie Mack@astrokatie.com · 4mo ago

NASA isn't why the US doesn't have universal healthcare, or a social safety net. The US doesn't have those things because politicians with the power to provide them choose specifically not to (with varying levels of support from voters). Enthusiasm for human spaceflight doesn't drive that choice.