this is the last physics video for a bit. and I didn't even get to do any physics.

Kid today, after learning that Mark Twain’s name was Samuel Clemens: ah so like Mark Twain is handle; follow him at @marktwain

i'll decline this writing suggestion from Gmail.

adulthood is like you wake up and someone is like “that will be $500”

in 1869 the first known car accident death was mary ward, this irish lady who made bug art

september 30 // october 1

being a cat person is so crazy bc you live with someone who is undeniably annoying and you're always thinking "maybe i should get another cat"

I’m a sewage system. I also have a great personality.

The Bridge ~ Valerie Thornton, 1954

This reminded me of: How many Indians does it take to change a light bulb? Two, one to change the bulb while the other tells you that light bulbs were invented in ancient India

Maslow's hierarchy of needs but at the top it's just being kissed on the forehead and told you're doing a good job 🥺

Halloween season is starting! (haters will say this is just Dushera related)

A meme for the modern university...

I don't think the average person is going to learn much by accessing a paywalled scientific paper. But the current system keeps out journalists, science communicators, policy researchers, and fact checkers from reading into a topic as well.

This whole section really.

The real generational divide is people who refuse to watch a video if it could be an article versus people who refuse to read an article if it could be a video

Bluesky is overall much better than Twitter but I do think we have the worst case of “so you hate waffles?” in the history of websites

Mondays:

Recently discovered Internet Comment Etiquette on YT and if you use Sponsor block, this is twice the fun:

Giving students thoughtful, personalized feedback and instruction is not a problem that originates from the difficulty for an instructor to generate feedback, it is a problem that originates from institutions pivoting to student:instructor ratios where that dynamic is not logistically feasible.

the history will continue until morale improves

deathlist.pdf

Why I gave the world wide web away for free by Sir Tim Berners-Lee www.theguardian.com/technology/2...

ICYMI

one of my favorites. it pairs well with:

Let me tell you a beautiful story about this couch. 🧵 IG msviciousdesign

Drake's of London is a menswear label that started in the 1970s, initially with men's accessories, but having since grown to a full line of apparel. They are known for many things, but this print is perhaps their most famous. It appears on scarves, pocket squares, and even ties.

'Afternoon!

"Hey, thanks so much for coming tonight. I’ve just checked with everyone else at the party, and we’re all in agreement that you behaved really normally and didn’t say anything weird or worrying at all."

have you seen the new python package? it's on pypi. you can literally install it with pip. set up a venv. grab it with poetry. you just use rye. run it with pipx. you can install it with uv. install uv right now. go to uv. dive into uv. you can uv it. it's on uv. uv has it for you. uv has it for you

Did "microlending" ever stop being distributed loansharking?

A recent cartoon for @newscientist.com p.s. my new book of science cartoons 'Physics for Cats' is out now. Visit www.tomgauld.com for details

Parfait !

“Oh, so the guy writing kernels is now giving out tech tips?”

guy who thinks he can bet on racehorses but always chooses the wrong grocery checkout line

"please rate your package delivery" i mean ill click the smiley face because i assume it impacts the poor bastard who delivered it but i must impress upon you that forcing both him and i into this situation is an act of utter inhumanity and furthermore that god frowns upon your deeds

Each day you will be confronted with three unmarked doors. Behind door one is getting all your work done. Behind door two is getting enough rest and exercise. Behind door three is a tiger. Good luck.

(opens the door)

exactly what a coworker whose jokes bombed earlier this week would write TBH

one time it started raining and it made cool little rainbow specs on my phone screen so I tried to take a screenshot. I have a postgraduate degree in computer science

Free pro tip: when using Google Translate from English to French, if you want to switch from informal-you to formal-you, end the sentence with "sir." To achieve the opposite, end it with "you bastard." E.g., "You had one job, you bastard." (I'm rehearsing my lines en route to meet my landlord. 🫠)

hope someone notices

Share your favorite black and white movie

Share your favorite black and white movie

ladies and gentlemen, the weekend