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Andrew Robinson (no, not Garak)

@andrewr.bsky.social

Mostly retired physics instructor, has PhD in Physical Chemistry. British Immigrant to Canada. Won some teaching awards. Dad to son with DLG-4 Synaptopathy (SHINE Syndrome). Pronouns: he/him/his. Likes tea. Bertie the Labradoodle's human.

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Sean Jones KC@seanjones.org · 2d ago

What I love about Bluesky is what I loved about old Twitter: if I want to find out about something (however recondite) there will be someone here (often with a PhD in it) and the time and patience to share their knowledge. /1

Dr Dave Hitchcock@davehitchcock.bsky.social · 2d ago

We've spent our lives, until very recently, reading predominantly human words, human sentences, human text, poetry. What is it doing to us now, emotionally, to have to wade through so much written material which simply isn't written by a person? If you're a big reader, love words, I think it hurts.

Dr Dave Hitchcock@davehitchcock.bsky.social · 2d ago

"If it seems true, we keep reading", and that truth doesn't have to be literal, contained in the sentence itself, but I think it does have to be authorial. This explains to me in no small part why I struggle so hard to even read artificially generated text. To even get through a single sentence.

Mike Jung@mikejungwroteabook.bsky.social · 3d ago

This is Loki, our Maine Coon and the cat of our hearts, and he went missing today. We have no idea how he got out, but he’s an elder, indoor cat, the whole region’s in an intense heat wave, and we’re really scared. I doubt I have any followers here in Martinez, CA, but if so, help? It’s SO hot

A Maine Coon cat lying on top of a messenger bag and assorted other items
Prof Jim Wild@jim-wild.bsky.social · 5d ago

"UKRI wants to tell a big story about science funding going up, but instead is mired in a row over a fairly minor sum that has angered scientists and sections of the public. One does not have to be an astronomer to know that optics matter." 💯

The Guardian view on the Lovell telescope: budget cuts to physics are bad science and worse politics | Editorial

Editorial: Funders have picked a damaging fight with scientists and the public. They should reconsider their plans

theguardian.com

🌈Dr. Frizzle@swilua.bsky.social · 5d ago

I want trans people to be free and safe and happy and alive I want refugees to be free and safe and happy and alive I want governments that don’t cater to rich assholes instead of the most vulnerable among us I want them to stop using trans people as tools for their weird bigotry I hate it ALL