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@tomandersen.bsky.social

Physics, quantum foundations, general relativity, clean power PhD physics, co winner of the breakthrough prize in physics, co-wrote Starry Night astronomy software, audio software, tractor, dog, nuclear powered home.

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It seems we need funding that matches the importance of this approach to quantum gravity. Tabletop it’s not.

07.09.2025 13:02 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

The Democrats just have to hire a top Canadian Liberal party strategist. They get elected even when they’re down 20 points. Policy so doesn’t matter.

07.09.2025 12:50 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Zero statistics in the article. I know people who quit firefighting over health risk reasons, but researching the stats would have made it more convincing.

07.09.2025 12:46 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Putin is happy about this. Part of his plan.

14.02.2025 20:01 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
The White House President Biden and Vice President Harris promised to move quickly to deliver results for working families. That’s what they’ve done.

Whitehouse.gov used to run on wordpress - for a long time. It's more secure than almost any other platform, billions of attacks per day. The DODGE site is case in point. All the latest, rooted within a week or two.

14.02.2025 19:58 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Thanks! I liked the article. Don't know how I missed it.

14.02.2025 19:40 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

iPad support please
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07.01.2025 00:26 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

"all cases" All is a pretty big word, but I don't think offshore wind will survive more than a few decades.

12.12.2024 22:16 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Denmark disappointed after offshore wind tender draws no bids Denmark's latest offshore wind farm tender in the North Sea has failed to attract any bids, authorities said on Thursday, in a further setback for the industry.

The ocean is hard on equipment and expensive to operate in. In the UK, contracts for offshore wind are 3x that of natural gas or nuclear. Denmark couldn't get anyone to build offshore wind at their latest auction. www.reuters.com/sustainabili...

12.12.2024 22:14 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Offshore wind is so expensive that using it effectively kills moves to get off gas, oil and coal.

12.12.2024 20:08 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Could be argued

12.12.2024 20:04 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Comet
Photo
From
meaford

Comet Photo From meaford

The comet from meaford. On a phone. Looked
Great in my 12x36 image stabilized binoculars!

17.10.2024 02:23 β€” πŸ‘ 8    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I feel sorry for you.

16.10.2024 20:50 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
A bright binary star surrounded by a colorful nebula on the black background of space. The star in the center is a large white spot surrounded by a circular glow. It has a large, X-shaped set of diffraction spikes around it. The nebula extends far above, below, left and right of the star in long, arcing shapes made of thin, multicolored filaments β€” mostly red and greenish colors, but lit in a bright cyan near the star where its light illuminates the gas.

A bright binary star surrounded by a colorful nebula on the black background of space. The star in the center is a large white spot surrounded by a circular glow. It has a large, X-shaped set of diffraction spikes around it. The nebula extends far above, below, left and right of the star in long, arcing shapes made of thin, multicolored filaments β€” mostly red and greenish colors, but lit in a bright cyan near the star where its light illuminates the gas.

NEW: Hubble has provided a dramatic and colorful close-up of one of the most rambunctious stars in our galaxy, weaving a huge spiral pattern among the stars. R Aquarii undergoes violent eruptions that blast out huge filaments of glowing gas: bit.ly/3Uazoyd πŸ”­ πŸ§ͺ

16.10.2024 14:23 β€” πŸ‘ 134    πŸ” 40    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 3

Bars and arms - on a single star.

16.10.2024 20:43 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Image of Zotero running with an annotated paper.

Image of Zotero running with an annotated paper.

Zotero @zotero.bsky.social - thanks for version 7 - much much faster (Native Apple Silicon support + other stuff) and smoother on my Mac, which makes things like tab switching much better.

Also it looks better. The small amount I spend per year for storage, etc makes it even better.

01.10.2024 16:56 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
'Mark all Messages as Read',  1141 of them.

'Mark all Messages as Read', 1141 of them.

My technique - 1141 emails dealt with in the blink of an eye...

03.09.2024 19:27 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Is Gravity RANDOM Not Quantum?
YouTube video by PBS Space Time Is Gravity RANDOM Not Quantum?

This video by Matt O'Dowd explains
@postquantum.bsky.social 's theory of non-quantum gravity.
Since Matt is so good at what he does, the explanation works at many levels of understanding. If you haven't dug into 'postquantum gravity' - here is a great launch point.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=yfzo...

03.09.2024 17:45 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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General Relativity https://videopress.com/v/EQjobQHN?resizeToParent=true&cover=true&autoPlay=true&posterUrl=https%3A%2F%2Fknobsturner.files.wordpress.com%2F2021%2F03%2Ftommarch2021key.png&preloadContent=metadata

How close to our universe can we get if we use a model containing *only* General Relativity. So QM, EM, Strong, Weak are modeled as emergent. Radical simplification.

gravityphysics.com

23.12.2023 19:00 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

As a someone looking from the outside in, the democrats should publicly celebrate Trump as a candidate, and then go after moderate Republicans.

Using laws to keep him from running is playing into the Trump team plan.

23.12.2023 18:54 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

It's super far away - I think the frequency is going to be in the LIGO low end.

29.10.2023 19:34 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Great session!

29.10.2023 15:37 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Thanks!

29.10.2023 15:34 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

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