@mcnees.bsky.social
Physicist and Professor at a university in Chicago. I study black holes, quantum gravity, and cosmology. Rocky Top, Tar Heel. Reposts are spooky action at a distance. My views, not my employer's. https://jacobi.luc.edu https://mcnees.github.io
Maybe @chrisstein.bsky.social can autograph the image for me!
A 45!
Welp this is coming back to Chicago with me.
Was texting my wife about this 1979 Ziggy calendar I found at my parents house. I guess Ziggy is far enough out of the zeitgeist that the iOS auto spell kept trying to replace “Ziggy” with other words, which is funny because that is basically a perfect punchline for a Ziggy strip.
Hello I am the 7,000 person to draw @anthonymoser.com’s attention to this article.
We’ve got nothing better to do
Apparently Mickey Katz was the paternal grandfather of Jennifer Grey from Ferris Bueller's Day Off.
He just decided he had to collect whatever albums were on one of those Rolling Stone "Top 500 Albums of All Time" lists! So now in addition to all the stuff you'd expect, he has a closet full of Black Flag, Jay Z, Outkast, and My Bloody Valentine.
Some real gems in here.
Good afternoon.
Please don’t share this broadly, as it could damage the reputation of DOGE goblin Nathan Cavanaugh. That’s N-a-t-h-a-n C-a-v-a-n-a-u-g-h.
I see people sharing the post about Brainbase founder and DOGE GOBLIN Nathan Cavanaugh! That was not intended! I would also ask you not to share this link to the LinkedIn page of Brainbase, where anyone with an account could message them.
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Thanks, I’ll be sure not to share this post of Nathan Cavanaugh, or mention the connection to the company Brainbase.
If I see anyone else sharing this post of Brainbase founder Nathan Cavanaugh, I will be sure to let them know how important it is that they NOT share it or mention Nathan Cavanaugh.
Kevin can you clarify? Is it this post that we shouldn’t be sharing all over the internet, with the name Nathan Cavanaugh attached?
Or darth
This weekend I’m spending some time with my dad and his… Black Flag records.
I know it's a silly jokey joke, but people REALLY need to stop anthropomorphizing their boyfriends. "My boyfriend told me" your boyfriend didn't "tell" you anything. "My boyfriend thinks..." your boyfriend can't actually think or feel; just output a convincing simulation of it based on probability 🙄
Snowing! At The Airport
Ear / sleep mask.
This Vanderbilt-Florida game is full of guys who started at UNC but thought they’d get more play elsewhere (Nickel, Washington) or wanted UNC but got recruited over (Fland).
However that happens, I hope your perceptive kid will play a part. Law school grads who help to reshape science and funding policies will be just as important as scientists taking a leap of faith to restore an undermined system.
My teen, who had dreamt of being an astrophysicist, just told me he wants to go to law school because, “Science isn’t going to be a priority in the US in the future…I don’t want a job where I’ll be constantly worried my funding will be taken away.”
Gutting. How many future scientists have we lost?
A fair concern. The challenge of restoring US science will be convincing people to do it anyway. Funding can be restored with an election; continuity of / faith in institutions, not so much. Gov will have to convince folks there’s long term commitment, that restoring US science is a patriotic act.
“Don’t mind me, i will just sleep on this here couch.”
I’m told this bed belongs to a 90 pound Plott hound, but I’ve only seen the one occupant.
It's possible you've seen his work attributed to "Alfred Einstein,” "Albert Eisenstein," or "Albert Brooks." Any help you can provide digging up info on this little-known scholar is much appreciated.
I do a lot of OTD posts, but sometimes it’s hard to find reliable info about an obscure scientist.
This is my annual plea for help with theoretical physicist “Albert Einstein,” born #OTD in 1879. His contributions are minor but still of some interest to me personally. 🧪 🔭 ⚛️
Happy π day!
Here’s a color-coded representation of the first 10,000 digits. Read it left-to-right and top-to-bottom. 🧪 🎢 🧮
I got lucky, getting around it right after it happened. On northbound 65 I saw a 4+ mile backup from *two* overturned trailers, with another 2+ mile backup at the next exit. Just a mess.
Laughterhouse-Five