Boulder adventures this morning include three queer-friendly cafes (Walnut Cafe, Laughing Goat, and Creature Comforts) plus some bopping around Pearl St. also I finally got new sneakers!

Did a hike today. I was by far the most out of shape person, but the views were nice!

The idea that only nuclear or gas can provide "firm power" -- the last line of defense against the relentless advance of clean energy -- is going the way of the dodo. There are no arguments left. The only reason to fight progress now is corruption & raw political power.

My god, Octavia Butler, just miss ONCE

Happy pride 🌈 I came out as bi in July last year so this is technically my 'first pride'. I've found a lot of great community over the last year in greater Lowell and I'm looking forward to celebrating this year! I've also been overdoing it lately so I hope I can take it easy in between

Playing Mina the Hollower

Reports of an explosion heard around Boston are believed to be a significant bolide/meteor entering the atmosphere, a very large flash was detected by GOES-19 satellite that does not correlate with active thunderstorms. https://t.co/MSDGX6ZnMA

This completely wrecked me. I've been following this at a distance for a while but the scale and growth and complete lack of guardrails, massively growing out more fossil fuel generation and production when we need to have stopped using them 10 years ago... leaves me feeling hopeless

Went to a dance party tonight. Had fun! Tired now. G'night

E-bike summer continues! I rode to work and back today, through great Brook farm in Carlisle. It was a nice ride but definitely tiring. 😮‍💨

E-bike summer started with a Memorial Day bike ride to a cafe downtown, followed by a walk over to a bakery to get cinnamon rolls before riding home, picking up a Philly cheesesteak steamed bun on the way

Saw a friend for brunch in the city today! Also got a compliment from a random dude in the street on my style and hair. He gave me a ring and told me to pass the kindness along to another stranger.

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back home ♥️

“Science said the forbidden partners could even include foreign students working in the U.S. and scientists who left the country after the research.” So like…every fifth grad student?

Heading home now, but here's a recap of my morning adventures! First, I scootered around and rode up the sugar creek greenway, over to First Ward Park. Getting around by e-scooter is still a ton of fun, even though I know they can be a public nuisance

Adventures in NoDa, Charlotte. I went to a knickknack shop, a vegan cafe, a local art show, ice cream, and a queer-friendly bar where I chatted with a few awesome strangers. Was a good time!

Last day of the conference! I gave two talks today, and also learned about cool things people are doing with optical phased arrays, like 3D mapping and imaging, LiDAR systems, mid range networking, and holograms. Tired now. Adventuring in NoDa tonight and looking forward to being home tomorrow!

Cleo day 3 is wrapped up! Definitely feeling tired -- but my coworker presented on work I did, and I saw some neat things! The plenary talk was on metasurfaces and meta-optics, which have come a long way with better lithography and inverse design

Went out to lunch today to Uptown Yolk, a 'Southern Brunch' spot, and it was great. I got the Mojo Hash with a sweet potato biscuit on the side, and their entire menu looked great. Was a bit of a walk (about half a mile) but worth the trip www.uptownyolk.com

There's a Terry Pratchett quote about this... (spotted at a pub in downtown Charlotte... you know that thing's getting hit at least 5 times a day)

Cleo conference day 2! Went to the plenary talks today, where the MIT Prof we work with gave a talk on... lots of stuff, but mentioned our recent paper on beamscanners on a chip! Also heard about dual frequency comb spectroscopy, which sounds very cool for lots of things and showed 3D imaging

I went for a walk around downtown Charlotte and it was... kinda sad. All hotels, office buildings, and bougie restaurants & bars that cater to the corporate class. Some nicer looking places, some old churches, nowhere that felt like a nice place to hang out Hoping to adventure further out tomorrow!

The Seaport District sounds like literal hell. Everything about this is horrible. www.bostonglobe.com/2026/05/18/l...

At the CLEO Conference! Learning about all sorts of sci fi sounding stuff. So far: Hot Rydberg Atoms (in your area)/for Quantum Devices Quantum transducers Solid State Quantum Systems (including talks from our collabs at MIT on color centers in diamond!) BTO is the new wonder material

I made it to Charlotte and rode the cat bus downtown. Eating a greasy burger now at The Public House on 3rd and Brevard -- hits the spot after a long day

Autistic Sensory Overwhelm! At the airport. (Anyone know of any good quiet spots in Terminal B at BOS Logan? Getting through security was a lot...)

Had a busy morning -- biked to church, then over to Lowell to see my wife at the makerspace, where she's doing a jewelry class. Came home, showered, packed, and now I'm heading to the airport for a conference in Charlotte, NC next week! Any recs for things to do near downtown Charlotte?

if you're from a town called "____ Hollow" please don't talk to me. if we ever become friends there's like a 70% chance i get a letter that draws me to drive out there, and my vehicle will break down and everything will be desaturated as fuck and the Getters are gonna try to Get Me

Bike is working again! Feeling extra cute today :)

Got a flat on my ebike last week, so I brought it to the makerspace and was able to fix it today! Was a big pain (getting the back wheel off and back on is rough) but I did it! Time to bop around Lowell for coffee and banh mi now 😋

Hey folks -- I'm going to the Conference on Lasers and Electro Optics in Charlotte, NC next week! Gonna learn about crazy optics, photonics, lasers, and quantum! cleoconference.org Any recommendations on things to check out in Charlotte?

Something whimsical for today's #TransArtMay... a pink fairy armadillo looking fashionable

Montreal Victoire tie the game with 2 seconds left in regulation

Gettin pizza at Zesty's!!! Been busy with work and I have a conference to go to next week, but I've got a few days left to get ready. Going back to work felt rough but things felt better today. 💚💚💚

the future of modulation is Ψ. nobody following me knows what the fuck i mean with this. where's signal processing bluesky. do I need a delay-Doppler domain name

It's raining and my bike has a flat tire so I guess today is not gonna work for biking around Lowell. Still might go to the bike shop meetup to say hi but I decided to go to the cafe for now and be cute

Body is feeling sore today and it's raining but I really wanna bike. Lowell has a Doors Open event (www.doorsopenlowell.org) where you can tour historic and unique buildings, and there's a bike meetup at the makerspace. but wet....

Struggling with returning to work. Lots to do (and a conference in ten days) and I'm just having trouble getting started on anything. I know I need to put slides together but it's so nice out. i just wanna ride my bike, do pointless creative things, and hang out in the queer cafe...

Permit me one sports post for the day but in TRIPLE-OVERTIME Marie-Phillip Poulin scored a game-winner for the Montreal Victoire, with assists from HER WIFE LAURA STACEY whose BIRTHDAY IT IS TODAY, and ABBEY ROQUE, who got a BLACK EYE in the last game How can you not love hockey?

Hi! I'm a farmer! This NYT article is sweet, saccharine bullshit. Farmers knew Trump was going to hurt our business. Because he already did a trade war in his 1st term. I even did a video on why so many farmers support Trump, WHILE knowing he'd hurt our farms.

In the front row for @thepwhl.com Game 2 of @bostonfleet.com vs @pwhlcharge.bsky.social -- close enough to feel the body checks!

Stopped at another cafe this morning (Cafe Euphoria, Chelmsford center) because they roast the best beans for having at home. Picked up a few bags and got a siphoned cup of Kenyan AA coffee to go and a beef bulgogi panini, which is awesome!

I finished building my red dragon mini block kit this morning! Watch out, astronauts

Decided to have a nice long e-bikeventure today. Was out for about 6 hours, ran some errands, went to the cafe, read and journaled; got a pendant and saw some friends, had a tea, and biked up and down the river on the centerville river path