Omg. The “stairs” portion of yesterday’s embarrassment. Why did y’all not tell me?!?

Ughhhh I hate the neighborhood text chain so much. Like “hey, you know how NextDoor is shitty and evil? Well how about you get that forced directly onto the Lock Screen of your phone and have to read it? Fun, right?!?”

Colleague passing me in the hallway, just now: "So, apparently a Watt is the same as a Joule per second! My students learned this, just now!" Me: "You always fill me with such hope for the future."

Aha: “no videos” discourse has finally gotten to the real treasure: “no podcasts” discourse. No, I will not listen to a podcast. Please just leave me alone.

If only there were people that our journalists and politicians could speak to who know how large universities are run! Alas...

@indie1023.bsky.social tells me this record came out 20y ago today! 🤯 The first notes of this hit and I was immediately taken back in time, both to remember how amazing this band and sing are, but also how exciting that whole era of indie/whatever music was.

My nieces and nephews spent a solid minute laughing at this picture...

Oh this is spot on. (and no, I will not watch a video. Ever)

Every good programmer I know has been saying this to me for months; meanwhile every not-great programmer I know has been trying to outsource their work to ai, causing more issues/delays than they if did it themselves. A lot of these tools only seem good to people who are not great at their jobs.

Omg I am 100% here for this level of pettiness. F the Houston Astros. “A beautiful gift from Heaven”

“Meat shouldn’t have an opinion.”

Still looking for a postgrad (PhD) to sponsor for this call! If you're interested or know a soon-to-graduate undergrad who wants to work on computational chemistry/chemical data science, please reach out!

I literally gasped:

Gd, how does Sufjan get me, Every single time? Was about to quote some lyrics, but I’d really have to do this whole damn song.

“She Don’t Use Jelly” just played, on the way home. When it was done, kid12 just shook their head and said “the 90s.” Nothing else.

Odd, how we can’t afford to give Americans healthcare, but we can afford to drop $200,000,000,000 on Argentina with a moment’s notice.

The stuff the Onion is typically known for is already so vital right now, and under @bencollins.bsky.social I feel like they've hit another level. Just truly essential work, given [all this].

I swear, every song they thought they were writing about W Bush was just 20y ahead of its time. This whole album is centered on how to keep on in the face of overwhelming darkness, without also losing yourself, along the way. Perfect for our current moment.

I’m a big Pearl Jam fan, and still: absolutely cursed song.

"And I know I'm not to sing of fights I've missed. But alone I've got to sing just to exist. And to resist."

Trying to find a new sports website, and ugh. I just don’t think Tye Sporting News can be it.

Huh. Russel Wilson got benched. This is my very surprised face. 😐

This is the collection that really gets me sad about Cobain's early demise. I really believe he could've and would've found his way to some really interesting places, musically.

Ha—I wrote this bc I was sure kid12 would run way faster than me. They did, and then forgot to stop the run until 30 minutes after finishing. So now my watch thinks I’m on death’s door.

Fugazi is the perfect example of how the live show is the real thing. The albums are these little frozen imprints in time. Yes, the albums do have their own value and can explore a themes, new sounds, etc. But hearing all the songs across a career weave together keeps the songs as living things.

The Fugazi Live Series is such a gift.

“Forced outages of gas and coal plants were 50-100% higher on a majority of days in July and August this summer compared to 2024. Solar and a “higher discharge of Energy Storage Resources (ESRs)” filled most of the gap.” #battchat

I hate it when people compare the amount of heat the ocean has absorbed to the power of atomic bombs dropped on Japan. It’s gruesome and not relatable. As my Japanese PhD student said when he heard the comparison, “It’s not a good memory for us.”

How to avoid politics on Bluesky: 1. Close the app 2. Continue enjoying your own privilege, blissfully ignorant of all the ways that politics shapes your work and vice-versa.

For the Nth time, white people who are about that life are NOT camping out in Black people's mentions litigating their wounded feelings. They're out here opening purses and abetting liberation. They take no issue cause they *know for sure* we're not talking about them.

Is there any way to tell Garmin “My kid is running with my watch—don’t let it mess up all my PRs!” 😂

Dollars-to-donuts that Klein has at least once referred to himself as a “data-driven guy”

Any academic folks on H1B visas (even with stamps in passports) please get legal advice from your University attorneys before leaving the US.

R. Christgau was mean to him, but really: I think he was just great.

Oh. My. GOD.

Okay, now this is a debate.

I somehow don’t know what academia dot edu is, but if you’re on it, here is how to unsubscribe w/o accepting the skeevy new TOS:

I’ve reached the point in parenting where the elder kiddo is introducing me to cool jazz tunes, now. It’s honestly pretty rad.

Okay, I needed that. 😂

Thinking of Steve Albini 💔

This attitude is why track was the only sport I stuck with:

Wow, this is fantastic.

This one is likely true. Maybe solid state will surprise me, but so far battery gains have been about engineering, not science. And if EV growth continues apace for the next decade, new chemistries may not move the needle much (because it’s already in the red). #battchat

👀

A fun question and a fun thread to scroll.

Delighted to share another work from my time with Peter Bruce, out now in EES @rsc.org We look at how multi-length scale disorder shapes Li-ion transport in lithium argyrodites! @diamondlightsource.bsky.social @illneutrons.bsky.social tinyurl.com/4sfjxfb7 #chemsky #battchat #TotalScattering

The kids just made me listen to Skrilla 3x in a row.

The Mrs and I are trying to figure out wth “67” means, and the more we dig, the more I wish I hadn’t.

👀 👂

I gave an entire talk on batteries yesterday where I did not publicly gripe about having to use the unit "Ah." I'll call it growth. #PleaseClap #battchat