Physgal ⚛️
@physgal.bsky.social
University physics lecturer and Associate Dean, Learning. Physics demystifier. Supporter of girls and women in physics. CAP Teaching Medal 2018, 3MNTF 2023. She/her Ph.D.
Film you've watched more than six times with a gif. Hard mode: no Star Trek, Star Wars, LOTR, Marvel, Disney, or Ghibli.
Princess Bride Hello My Name Is Inigo Montoya You Killed My Father Hello My Name Is Inigo Montoya You Killed My Father Prepare To Die
Alt: Princess Bride: Mandy Patinkin saying "Hello My Name Is Inigo Montoya You Killed My Father Hello My Name Is Inigo Montoya You Killed My Father Prepare To Die"
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Dee Morris@dee-morris.bsky.social · 2d agoFilm you've watched more than six times with a gif. Hard mode: no Star Trek, Star Wars, LOTR, Marvel, Disney, or Ghibli. I'm autistic. If I ever enjoyed a film, I've seen it more than six times. But for the sake of a real answer here ya go
Bet you didn't know that the Little Morton Salt Girl is an immortal being who existed before there was life on Earth.
ICE already has a program that forces immigrants to download a phone app and check in via face rec, so it’s really just a choice to tag people like animals.
Ted Hesson@tedhesson.bsky.social · 2d agoICE is beginning to outfit Haitian immigrants with ankle monitors after the Trump admin ended their deportation protections www.washingtonpost.com/immigration/...
NEW: A second ICE detainee at the Delaney Hall detention center in Newark, NJ died this weekend. His mother says he wasn't given prescribed meds for diabetes, seizures, and blood pressure, which ICE denies. w/ @michaelsolwarren.com gothamist.com/news/second-...
Second detainee dies after being held at Delaney Hall ICE detention center
The family alleges Edwin Jovanny Lopez Cornejo was denied needed medication while detained. ICE says he received appropriate medical care and prescribed medication.
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Bluesky is a "liberal bubble" because fascist chuds can't get traction without algorithmic assistance and because people here trained themselves to block "debate me" trybois the instant they roll up
The Verge@theverge.com · 2d agoBluesky's new CEO Toni Schneider on the platform's reputation for being a liberal bubble: "Yes, we definitely want that to change. It is already changing. It certainly wasn’t designed to attract one specific group of people."
“Trump has rejected disaster aid for Democratic-run states at the highest rate in the 47-year history of the Federal Emergency Management Agency.” Right now people in blue states are basically paying federal taxes as if they’re colonized territories of red states. www.politico.com/news/2026/03...
"But this time, the department developed the list of reforms in collaboration with university leaders and the Association of American Universities, an invitation-only group of research institutions." "invitation-only" what a surprise. I'm sure they're representative of all higher ed in the USA.
Jacob T. Levy@jacobtlevy.bsky.social · 2d agoFour university presidents, "Andrew Martin at Washington University in St. Louis, Michael Crow at Arizona State University, Douglas Girod at the University of Kansas, & Ronald Daniels at the Johns Hopkins University" collaborated in the latest attack on higher ed. www.chronicle.com/liveblog/her...
Usually fire season in the Pacific NW peaks late Aug to early Sept, and this Aug is forecast to be hot and dry. Things could be getting even uglier.
ownfeed@ownfeed.bsky.social · 4d agoHomes are being destroyed in Spokane, Washington as the Old Trails Fire spreads faster than emergency responders can keep up with. Each of those homes represents someone's entire life. Source: @MarioNawfal on X Original Post: https://x.com/MarioNawfal/status/2083731356647821755
They could have saved a whole lot of time and bother by not pursuing this case in the first place. Sigh. I hope he sues for wrongful arrest or something.
Simon Little 🍁@simonplittle.ca · 5d ago"The damage was the result of a botched installation and not vandalism as initially represented," the administration admitted. www.cbc.ca/news/world/u...
Memories of seeing The Swell Season (Glen Hansard and Markéta Irglová) perform in 2010. 😢
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Tal Lavin@swordsjew.bsky.social · 5d agoIn today's column, we explore the Welsh rarebit, a weirdly named and delicious cheese toast! Included: Tudor jokes about cheese-loving Welshmen being tricked out of heaven; what it means when you dream about cheese; and the legendary Welsh cheese pudding caws pobi buttondown.com/theswordandt...
We've gotta make the Monorail Simpsons episode required viewing for every city councilor in the country. Every single thing he says here is a lie. A Potemkin Village Imaginarium.
Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 5d agoHassett: "Data centers are very good for towns bc they create so many jobs & bring people in with high incomes that can buy houses & stuff like that. So if you take a sleepy town that hasn't seen much in the last 30 years & put a data center there, there are gonna be a bunch of happy residents."
For me at least, the two things I don't want a giant robot centaur with horns to do are hold a chainsaw and stare menacingly at me through a door.
"Federal agencies relied heavily on keyword searches when terminating grants held by UC researchers, court documents revealed. While the searched terms varied across agencies, they focused on initiatives facing significant conservative opposition, such as DEI and green energy." 🧪 ⚛️ 👩🏻🔬 #AcademicSky
Inside the federal keyword lists that canceled billions in research funding
In court documents, the National Institutes of Health, the National Science Foundation and others shared which words they used to target grants.
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I was personally lied to. The Trump Administration canceled nearly $8 billion in grants, killing projects, jobs, and investments across the country. Except it wasn’t across the entire country. Just in states that voted against Trump.
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Quanta Magazine@quantamagazine.org · last wk.A few years ago, physicists at Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory in Illinois used a giant magnetic ring to measure precisely how much the muon wobbles. Now they’re puzzling over the way that this measurement clashes with older experiments. www.quantamagazine.org/physicists-s...
I would not fly that airline again if they let this happen.
Hemant Mehta@friendlyatheist.com · last wk.Evangelist Whitney Lynn says she preaches on planes because she loves “a captive audience.” She's not alone. It's becoming a trend. If spreading your message requires listeners who can't escape, maybe it's not as compelling as you think. www.friendlyatheist.com/p/christian-...
