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Paul Nakroshis / ac1si

@portlandphysics.bsky.social

Physics professor, father, trail runner, photographer, and mediocre pianist. Working on becoming fluent in French. Use Julia for all my computing. Amateur radio callsign: AC1SI and WSEL715 (gmrs) portlandphysics.me mainesight.com

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ICE has its slogan, if the Gops don't take it first.

06.12.2025 14:01 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3    ๐Ÿ” 4    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Every democratic candidate should be pushing for Congress to have no better healthcare than the least of us.

04.12.2025 23:21 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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My weekly email to my congressman.

04.12.2025 21:43 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 881    ๐Ÿ” 266    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 24    ๐Ÿ“Œ 11

iโ€™m I so agree โ€ฆif I die tomorrow I feel blessed to have heard Gould play Bach.

03.12.2025 22:22 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

btw: liking Bach IS cool.

03.12.2025 22:21 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

My grandfather gave me his 1981 recording as I went off to college and that is what got me to return to practicing again:-) I cannot even listen to anyone elseโ€™s Bach after hearing Gouldโ€™s perfectly independent voicing.

03.12.2025 22:04 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Bachโ€™s music is the most emotionally moving music Iโ€™ve ever heard, and my favorite to play.

03.12.2025 21:43 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
[sync fixed] [HD] Bach's Goldberg Variations [Glenn Gould, 1981 record] (BWV 988)
YouTube video by dbmusicaloutsider [sync fixed] [HD] Bach's Goldberg Variations [Glenn Gould, 1981 record] (BWV 988)

youโ€™re not a nerd for loving Bach!
I assume youโ€™ve heard Glenn Gould play Bach โ€” If not: youtu.be/9oCR-ptK-r8?...

03.12.2025 21:42 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Defeating Susan Collins is not the goal. Itโ€™s the beginning.

01.12.2025 21:56 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 173    ๐Ÿ” 42    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 4    ๐Ÿ“Œ 3
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ยฉ Katia Mi

29.11.2025 13:34 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 35    ๐Ÿ” 2    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Quickly climb up a tree. If itโ€™s a Black Bear, it will climb up and eat you, and if itโ€™s a grizzly, it will push over the tree and eat you. :-)

24.11.2025 19:42 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 5    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Thereโ€™s a clear foreground (nice light) middlegound and background (tith the mountain and sky) which is echoed by the grouping of three sets of trees.

24.11.2025 12:23 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 4    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

wonderful composition. โค๏ธ

24.11.2025 11:33 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

oh, I understand the northern latitude thing, but dropping daylight savings time makes for a pretty abrupt change.

23.11.2025 20:52 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

maine should probably be in Atlantic time... It still doesnโ€™t change the fact that it gets dark at a ridiculously early time at our latitude and switching to standard time doesnโ€™t help.

23.11.2025 19:28 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 5    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
https://lee-phillips.org/TLexamples/

Document programming in #Typst and #LuaLaTeX: some examples

t.co/wKrWZOS5MW

23.11.2025 18:48 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 2    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

honestly, I donโ€™t care which one we keep just stick with one. It does get a bit dark in Maine at this time of year so maybe itโ€™s better to stay on daylight savings town year-round.

23.11.2025 19:19 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 4    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

how totally awesome would it be if she was president?

23.11.2025 12:17 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 4    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Boston's Mayor Wu playing with Yo-Yo Ma at Symphony Hall

23.11.2025 05:11 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 13305    ๐Ÿ” 2907    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 477    ๐Ÿ“Œ 442

something to do with Transformers

22.11.2025 20:03 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Well, I understand your arguments, and certainly respect your point of view. At the moment, I'm looking at what he is standing for and campaigning on--which involves appropriately taxing the rich and the need for universal healthcare---and I don't see any other person campaigning for these things.

22.11.2025 01:53 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

I guess my feeling is that the things he is campaigning on are things I totally agree with and I believe he sincerely believes in too. Also, many of us have done stupid things when we were younger and have learned from them.
I donโ€™t, for instance think he is in any way similar to Fetterman.

21.11.2025 17:53 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

this is horrible and stupid and mean, but not surprising from the little ๐Ÿ– in the WHโ€ฆ one of the reasons I encourage my daughter to think about nursing or medical school in Canada

21.11.2025 13:06 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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A quote from The Hitchhikerโ€™s Guide to the Galaxy Space is big. You just won't believe how vastly, hugely, mind-bogglingly big it is. I mean, you may think it's a long way down the road to the chemist's,...

On the livestream, someone asks how the comet could have come from so far, so fast, and not hit anything. The answer given by Nicky Fox is that it's orbital dynamics and space is really vast but I'm sure every one of the panelists was dying to quote Douglas Adams ๐Ÿ˜‚ www.goodreads.com/quotes/14434...

19.11.2025 20:55 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 220    ๐Ÿ” 18    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 6    ๐Ÿ“Œ 2
Trumpโ€™s plan to evade Epstein files gets revealed
YouTube video by Brian Tyler Cohen News Trumpโ€™s plan to evade Epstein files gets revealed

youtu.be/ZY9fVPd4TnQ?...

18.11.2025 04:17 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

I know this sounds crazy, but Iโ€™m actually starting to think Trump might be in trouble for the first time.

15.11.2025 05:16 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

"Iceland has designated the potential collapse of a major Atlantic Ocean current system a national security concern and an existential threat, enabling its government to strategize for worst-case scenarios, the country's climate minister told Reuters"

13.11.2025 12:08 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 417    ๐Ÿ” 144    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 6    ๐Ÿ“Œ 8

where do you get that hat?

13.11.2025 00:02 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

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