That Nerd

That Nerd

@thatn3rd.bsky.social

High school math teacher. Physicist by education (UCI 2009 Ph.D.). Opinions my own. He/him.

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That Nerd
@thatn3rd.bsky.social

I want this body modification so bad

ceej@ceej.online

going to thailand for illegal arm-lengthening surgery so I can pick up the screws I drop while standing at the top of a ladder

That Nerd
@thatn3rd.bsky.social

Looking back, I can't help but see how very young Elina Löwensohn looked. As if she might have been as old as 16. I'd like to think she was older than that, but I can't tell from this picture.

Seinfeldism@seinfeldism.bsky.social

In my country, they speak of a man so virile, so potent, that to spend a night with such a man is to enter a world of such sensual delights most women dare not dream of. This man is known as the "Comedian". You may tell jokes, Mr. Jerry Seinfeld, but you are no Comedian. / S06E06 The Gymnast

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Fuzzy Mike
@fuzzymike.bsky.social

seems like "on the orders of a nazi every major news outlet on the planet hounded an innocent man to death because he's black" should be one of the biggest stories of the year

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That Nerd
@thatn3rd.bsky.social

What could possibly go wrong?

Amy Feldman@amyfeldman7.bsky.social

*NEW* Colossal Biosciences’ Ben Lamm and Anduril’s Palmer Luckey team up on a new startup to genetically engineer war dogs for the military. Warhound comes out of stealth at $1.2B valuation For @forbes.com with @iainmartin.bsky.social and @mhunterhart.bsky.social www.forbes.com/sites/amyfel...

forbes.comBillionaires Palmer Luckey And Ben Lamm Spin Up Startup To Genetically Engineer Military DogsBen Lamm of de-extinction startup Colossal has teamed up with Palmer Luckey’s team at Anduril to create a dog that’s optimized for military use. The new “warhounds” will be cloned and gene edited.

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Jonathan Korman
@miniver.bsky.social

Accepting automobiles as one among many transportation options is the CONCILIATORY position

Melissa & Chris Bruntlett@modacitylife.com

“The mobility transition’s biggest obstacle is not a lack of support, but a misunderstanding of how much support there actually is. Politicians must stop blindly accepting the loudest voices and focus on what the silent majority wants: a city where the car isn’t the norm, but one of many options.“

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Tits McGee
@scientits.bsky.social

Excellent thread from Chris

The Anti-Christ Brosnahan@chrisbrosnahan.com

While very little of what the new UK porn bans talk about are things I'm into, I'm still uncomfortable with the idea. Consenting adults playing with fantasy with other consenting adults - that's not an area I think the law should be wandering into.

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Gregg Gonsalves
@gregggonsalves.bsky.social

What we need is some sort of transitional justice process in the United States a reckoning through truth and reconciliation, which will take years, but has to start now. 1/

That Nerd
@thatn3rd.bsky.social

These ICE agents have no fear. We need to prosecute them.

Cerise Castle@cerisecastle.bsky.social

In LA, police and federal agents are shooting out the eyes of people protesting ICE. I detailed the accounts of 5 young men who lost their eyes after protesting for @capitalandmain.bsky.social capitalandmain.com/he-went-to-d...

capitalandmain.comHe Went to Document an Anti-ICE Protest. He Left Without an Eye.Since federal agents surged into L.A. last year, at least five people have been shot in the eye at protests, with lasting consequences.

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public health guy
@publichealthguy1.bsky.social

this is disqualifying for any leader of the democratic party, no matter how you look at it.

Truthout@truthout.org

Chuck Schumer — one of the most powerful Democrats in the country — has not issued statements to the press or through his social media channels about the administration’s attack on Ilhan Omar, which critics have described as a five alarm fire for the state of democracy in the U.S.

truthout.orgChuck Schumer Hasn’t Said a Word About Trump’s Attempt to Deport Ilhan OmarEthics lawyers say the raid violated the Hatch Act. Schumer has been silent.

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KetAnthropic JoshAI
@ketanjoshi.co

40% of *everything being shipped everywhere on Earth* is fossil fuels Just an absolute laughing-stock clown-show of an energy source. This is laughably absurd, why do we treat this like it's normal and good Fossil fuels are a satirical fuel www.irena.org/-/media/File...

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Emily M. Bender
@emilymbender.bsky.social

Replying to @emilymbender.bsky.social

In other words, it is the job of scientists to devise experiments that can test their claims, to always be cautious abt what they are claiming, and to critically evaluate the claims of other scientists. By these well-established standards, no serious science is happening behind Anthropic's claims.

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HELL Kennedy
@helenkennedy.com

They have been dealing secretly with Putin for weeks over this. Impeach. Impeach. Impeach.

Olga Nesterova@onestpress.onestnetwork.com

The very first shipment of 300K tons of Russian diesel—carried by the tanker Minerva Zen, which left St. Petersburg on September 22—arrived on the US East Coast less than 24 hours after the deal was formally announced.

That Nerd
@thatn3rd.bsky.social

Speed cameras for the rich

Los Angeles Times@latimes.com

Nearly 100,000 speeding violations in nine days. Malibu’s new cameras are revealing the scale of the problem on Pacific Coast Highway, where speeding and dangerous driving have long raised safety concerns.

latimes.comSpeed camera shocker: 100,000 violators seen in nine days on Pacific Coast Highway in MalibuPreliminary testing data captured approximately 100,000 speeding violations on a stretch of Pacific Coash Highway in Malibu over the course of nine days last month. The eye-popping number underscores what residents and city leaders say is a major speeding problem on the twisting roadway.
That Nerd
@thatn3rd.bsky.social

I agree with this. AI has some serious downsides, but it's a useful tool in some circumstances. Much like fossil fuels: a poison that unlocks something useful. I use it, but I wonder what the consequences will be, for me and for the world.

Will Oremus@willoremus.com

feels like there is a group of smart and well-intentioned people who long ago made up their minds that AI Is Bad, swore off using it, and now get all their info about AI from each other. not saying they're wrong that ai is bad! but i think they're gradually losing touch with what it is and does

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Moira Donegan
@moiradonegan.bsky.social

Truly chilling how much the justices love killing people.

Chris Geidner@chrisgeidner.bsky.social

BREAKING: SCOTUS’s Republican appointees will allow Tennessee to kill Christa Pike tonight, vacating a stay of execution entered by the Sixth Circuit this morning. The three Democratic appointees dissent.

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More Perfect Union
@moreperfectunion.bsky.social

HUGE: Autozone workers just won the first ever union at the company. Despite Autozone spending an estimated $210,696 and using every tactic in the book to stop just 11 workers from forming a union, the small shop in New York chose to unionize today. These workers will now join the @uaw.org.

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Wear The Peace
@wearthepeace.bsky.social

Actress Susan Sarandon being arrested earlier today for protesting Benjamin Netanyahu’s speech at the United Nations. One is speaking out against genocide, one is committing it. One was arrested, one was not.

That Nerd
@thatn3rd.bsky.social

Real "kids don't need to know math now that we have calculators" vibe here

Matt Ford@mford.bsky.social

Ezra Klein asked Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang about AI making kids worse at math and reading. Huang’s reply: “Does it matter?” Then he said he doesn’t know his own address or phone number. “We’re going to lose some fine intellectual dexterity.” www.nytimes.com/2026/09/23/o...

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Saeed Jones
@theferocity.bsky.social

This thread! 🫨🫨🫨

sarah jeong@sarahjeong.bsky.social

lol my flight got diverted because of a medical emergency and they landed us in reykjavik in the middle of the night and deplaned us and sent us through passport control and then the crew vanished and then british airways sent us links to book an overnight hotel room but for a hotel at heathrow

That Nerd
@thatn3rd.bsky.social

Ironic since Amazon has allowed agents to shop for the last year techcrunch.com/2025/04/03/a.... Clearly, though, Amazon is trying to prevent agents from choosing between Amazon and *other* shopping sites (which is easy to do with agents looking for a deal).

techcrunch.comAmazon's new AI agent will shop third-party sites for you | TechCrunchAmazon is starting to test a new AI shopping agent — a feature it calls "Buy for Me" — that visits other websites and makes purchases for users.
Peter Labuza@labuzamovies.com

@reckless.bsky.social has described this as the "door dash problem." I still feel the monopoly of Google/Amazon/Apple will be big enough to bully any other business into relenting into their systems. www.theverge.com/podcast/8239...

theverge.comThe DoorDash problem and the great AI browser fightAmazon sued Perplexity this month over its Comet browser, which uses AI agents to do online shopping on your behalf. This is the first major front in the war over who gets to browse the web.
That Nerd
@thatn3rd.bsky.social

Israel doesn't seem to be getting *more* democratic at the moment

Yair Wallach@yairwallach.bsky.social

The Knesset barred today the only two Palestinian led parties from running in the coming election. According to an overwhelming majority in the Knesset, the constitutional meaning of a Jewish State is a state where Palestinian citizens cannot run for parliament.

That Nerd
@thatn3rd.bsky.social

Ladies also like to tell dad jokes

The Daily Tism@thedailytism.com

An autistic woman's entire character is comprised solely of cheesy puns and it's becoming grating, it has been rumoured. Read this and other exclusive articles on Patreon: www.patreon.com/TheDailyTism...

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Athena Kugblenu
@athenakugblenu.bsky.social

So much of what we know about the lives of enslaved people is through the limited personal autobiographies of the few who gained literacy and freedom, or fictional accounts that we have imagined after research. Giving an identity to this many lives, in this way, is transformational

Athena Kugblenu@athenakugblenu.bsky.social

www.theguardian.com/news/2026/se...

theguardian.comNearly 4m records of enslaved people in 20 former British colonies now searchable onlineExclusive: Collection’s 300,000 pages record lives of enslaved people in countries including the Bahamas, Barbados, Jamaica, Mauritius, South Africa and Trinidad