Hello, I'm back from the thesis mines to share i defended my nuclear engineering ph.d.! Wow! Can you imagine what could have happened if I had been posting instead of writing about 3D-CZT? #nuclear #radiationdectors

day 14 of year 5 of my phd in radiation detection and nuclear engineering: i am once again doing trigonometry to review what a tangent is

the jokes write themselves sometimes

feeling a little extra crazy today investigating the walls year 5 of the phd will do that to ya #academicsky

lol why was i the last person to leave the lab today? like its literally my birthday on a friday, why am I like this???

friction in the process of learning is good actually! friction creates heat! heat boils water, makes steam, turns brain turbines! trying to learn without friction is impossible, where are you supposed to stop? where are the places that you should linger more? don't optimize away all friction!!

I know this can sound kind of silly at a time like this, but doing a war without congressional authorization is ample grounds for impeachment

Statement on firing of NRC Commissioner Hanson: www.ans.org/news/2025-06...

Gov. Tim Walz says Democratic Rep. Melissa Hortman and her husband were shot and killed last night in “a political assassination.”

A state senator from my home state was murdered by someone pretending to be a police officer. This is quite certainly the definition of domestic terrorism, don't you think?

Anna Bower@annabower.bsky.social · last yr.

Update: Gov. Walz confirms that Minnesota Rep. Melissa Hortman and her husband were killed. Officials are “cautiously optimistic” that state Sen. John Hoffman and his wife will survive their injuries.

President Trump has issued an executive order seeking to block all federal funding to NPR. This is the latest in a series of threats to media organizations across the country. Whatever changes this action brings, NPR’s commitment to reporting the news – without fear or favor – will never change.

uw-madison literally has W in its name I'm proud of them being in this statement standing in solidarity against the attack on higher education www.aacu.org/newsroom/a-c...

Washington Square Park 3pm Today Let’s get to it

important context about the concentration camps in el salvador:

Fairly undeniable at this point that abolish ICE was always the only reasonable position

White Lotus Season 3 is paced like a tsunami, so I'm quite excited for tonight lol

winnie, no! not the demon core!!!!

How many Signal chats with sensitive information about military operations are ongoing within the Pentagon right now? Where else are war plans being shared with such abject disregard for our national security? We need answers. Right now.

If anyone ever texts me "We are currently clean on OPSEC 👊🇺🇲🔥" I'm gonna refer them to security immediately and get it over with

shoutouts to me specifically for officially becoming "not the worst Peter H from Minneapolis"

If an Army private accidentally texted the details of a classified military operation to a reporter, let alone transmitted any classified information to anyone who was unauthorized over an unsecured device, they’d be charged and likely spend time in Leavenworth. But it’s Hegseth, so probably not.

boy, i sure hate that our current administration is embracing a neosegregationist, white supremacist movement in my lifetime

The Washington Post@washingtonpost.com · last yr.

Arlington National Cemetery has scrubbed information about prominent Black, Hispanic and female service members and topics such as the Civil War from its website, part of an effort across the Defense Department to remove all references to diversity, equity and inclusion from its online presence.

Continuing to get stronger 💪 The #Vikings have agreed to terms with DL Javon Hargrave‼️ 📰: mnvkn.gs/3DrJB4l #Skol

all the white lotus season 3 has taught me is that survivor would be way more interesting if there were a gun

Moments like this should be shared as widely as the terrifying shit. Not because they’re proof we have nothing to worry about. Because they indicate that he cannot in fact do whatever he wants, whenever he wants to. Recognize people who are doing their jobs rather than following his whims.

Josh Gerstein@joshgerstein.bsky.social · 2y ago

BREAKING: Judge blocks Columbia pro-Palestinian protest organizer Mahmoud Khalil's removal from US pending further action on habeas petition. Doc: www.documentcloud.org/documents/25... Earlier: www.politico.com/news/2025/03...

I need y'all to sit with this headline and understand what is being done to our community. They're trying to criminalize our very existence. This is a campaign of eradication. www.nbcnews.com/nbc-out/rcna...

If the government isn't going to care about science, then we scientists need to care about it more than ever #standupforscience

An excellent article by some folks I admire (@katyhuff.bsky.social, @gonuke.bsky.social, Michael Corradini) about why the Nuclear Regulatory Commission *MUST* remain independent. It's a four (4) minute read. You have time for it. It's worth it. www.scientificamerican.com/article/kill...

Killing a Nuclear Watchdog’s Independence Threatens Disaster

A Trump administration plan would end the independence of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission, where similar oversight muzzling has led to nuclear disasters overseas

scientificamerican.com