Here’s my dog, tolerating my antics #dogs #photography

Is the same societal structure that allows the arts to flourish also the societal structure that’s exploitable by the parasitic rich class?

I think the olympics semifinal setup is a bit off. The difference between a silver and a bronze is just what order they took their loss in.

I just did the dumbest thing of my entire career to prove a much more serious point. I tricked ChatGPT and Google, and made them tell other users I’m a competitive hot-dog-eating world champion People are using this trick on a massive scale to make AI tell you lies. I’ll explain how I did it

People are like fish with their expenses. They’ll grow to fit the tank they live in.

TIL: Playing softy (piano) has some *harmonic* advantages over playing loudly (forte) on acoustic pianos because strings get slightly pitched up when they’re first struck.

I learned how to tune my own piano and it’s my new favourite thing to tinker with

Is temperature ultimately in relation to the local reference frame?

I think that “I don’t know” is better than settling for an explanation that’s full of holes.

“Yeah! We have a piano, it’s in the common room!” The piano:

Putting on a hoodie backwards by accident is somewhat alarming if the hood is up

Is there some mathematical principle behind why my wired headphones are almost always tangled when I take them out?

Will the AI replacement of human coders lead to more computer viruses? To paraphrase Scott Shapiro: ‘An over abundance of good coders without a job to go to led to a big increase in computer viruses in the 90s.’ #mindscapepodcast

Just learned that extracting methane comes with the primary ingredient to make plastics as a byproduct. Meaning, methane demand leads to oversupply of cheap plastics.

Pascal’s wager would be like if life insurance only paid out if you picked the “right” insurance company and there are more than 40,000 different companies who all claim they are the right one.

I’ve taken up curling, and I think what I like most about it is the prolific level of good sportsmanship.

Kids just finished a friendly bonspiel in Peterborough Ontario at this really nice club. They got 2nd place!

Since alcohol evaporated significantly faster than water, is it feasible for an animal to evolve internal alcohol production for the purposes of sweating more efficiently? 🤔

Finally beat the 5th pantheon in Hollow Knight! Kind of bitter sweet. Never got so much enjoyment from a game before. And noticed a huge improvement in my reflexes from playing that game.

And so, we have reached the final stretch of the festive perineum. Happy New Year everyone!

“Vibe coding” is a terrible name for it. I don’t love “prompt engineering” either. Any other suggestions?

Interesting how much a name change can affect our feelings about something we’re familiar with. They renamed one of my favourite Facebook groups from “Dull Men’s Club” to “Bananas for Scale” (the other group apparently has a trademark “Dull Men’s Club®”). People feel lost and upset.

Thinking big thoughts this Christmas evening

Humiliated! #dogs #photography

I think my youngest (12) just realized how great reading fiction can be. Hope he reads another book, but this time on his own and not because the school assigned it.

Still playing catchup. Still more than 2 years behind. Thanks @seanmcarroll.bsky.social for creating the best podcast ever! Always interesting, always accessible to interested laypeople, and always sparking the most creative thoughts I’ve ever had.

Michael Tomasello has an interesting take on morality. That it emerged from a social dynamic that required interconnection and cooperation for survival. #mindscapepodcast Source: www.preposterousuniverse.com/podcast/2023...

Ads on streaming platforms like #YouTube and #Prime seem to have gotten louder and longer. The volume decision might have been a bad move because instead of turning it down it’s easier to mute.

Yes Netflix acquired Warner Media But 5ish years ago, Warner Media acquired an obscure (to the public) but great video streaming engine “You.i TV” that was heavily used by third parties for streaming video content. This streaming engine was used by many major intl companies (but not Netflix)

Wow! Seems that asteroids can contain a bunch of prebiotic molecules, such as amino acids and nucleobases (5 of which were found in this sample) #science #abiogenesis phys.org/news/2025-11...

He’s so humiliated #dogs #photography

Does the rise and fall of democracies obey a power law? Aside: Veritasium was right, this graph did change how I see the world: youtu.be/HBluLfX2F_k?...

15 years ago when he was just a few days old #photography

A rare photosynthesizing sea slug has been found off N.S. Here's why scientists are excited #NovaScotia Researchers believe Elysia chlorotica holds promise for medical advances, but it's been too elusive to study www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

I wouldn’t say “idiots”, based on this evidence, but more that it’s a land of people who react before researching.

Fifteen Years xkcd.com/3172/

Does sufficiently large gravity force the collapse of the wave function?

i’m not crying you’re crying xkcd: Fifteen Years

You have two options: 1) guaranteed $50 2) you get to flip a coin: - heads you get $100 - tails you get $0 Do you pick (1) or (2)?

I think reading helps society by exposing readers to different cultures and environments from a first person perspective that they would not have otherwise experienced. This increases their empathy and understanding of others not like them and expands their bubble of those they care for.

Today’s xkcd made me cry. In a good way. xkcd.com/3172/

Yet another unique way to stimulate cellular immunity against cancer. “Using the gut immune system to induce cellular immunity is a unique approach,” Shirakawa notes. “And it should be very easy to extend it to other antigen proteins and also infectious diseases.” #ScienceSunday

What if renters automatically built up equity toward the value of the *internal* space of the property? Then when they move out the owner of the house had to buy back that portion of the house?

In 2020, MIT was able to produce deepfake audio from just 15 seconds of someone’s voice. Spam phone calls can be made to look like they come from any telephone number. Might be a good time to start answering the phone with a funny voice.

Oh this is INTERESTING www.ctvnews.ca/sci-tech/art...

From Brandon Pries: How is the growth of massive black holes regulated by starlight and stellar explosions? Learn more in today’s bite! ⚛️🔭☄🧪 astrobites.org/2025/11/05/s...

What would a number system with a negative base behave like? Say base-(-10) Would it flip the negativity multiplication rules? (Ex. Like signed numbers multiplied together always make a negative, and differently signed numbers always make a positive)?

VPS13C/PARK23 initiates lipid transfer and membrane remodeling for efficient lysosomal repair https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.10.23.684214v1