Dan Steingart

boards of canada and washed out at the ewr terminal A shake shack. liminal like what.

Fuzzy skin surfaces for grippiness in 3D prints are a revelation.

YouTube video by acidsnowman The Bubb Rubb of Time

Never forget

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gambling is a virtual mine
the tailings are human misery
which is carbon neutral

We have always been allies with twizzlers and at war with red vines

For what it’s worth, I’ve learned during my time as department chair that the most complex and most important part of leadership is de-escalation.

I have not seen this mentioned over the past few days, so there it is.

So how's your Saturday going?

Isiah Whitlock Jr. Dies: ‘The Wire’ Actor & Frequent Spike Lee Collaborator Was 71 Actor Isiah Whitlock Jr., known for his roles in The Wire, Veep, Your Honor and The Residence and a number of Spike Lee movies, passed away Dec. 30.

shiiiiiiiit

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Trump Administration Plans to Break Up Premier Weather and Climate Research Center

Misguided at best, dude turning off the power in Ghostbusters at worst www.nytimes.com/2025/12/17/c...

latke pizza today with @Eitan Levine TikTok video by Vinnie's Pizzeria

WNYC needs to up its hannukah game. These guys can help. www.tiktok.com/t/ZP8y8pBgH/

A few minutes later

The Starbucks on 57th and 6th has remarkable views

YouTube video by Queen Official Queen - Under Pressure (Official Video)

If you need some clarity before you vote today:

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You probably already know this, but Claude Code (dangerously skip permissions, natch) on a Raspberry Pi is a thing of beauty.

How Hard Is It to Dim the Sun? Solar radiation management is gaining traction as a climate intervention—but new research warns that real-world constraints make it riskier and more uncertain than most models suggest.

Study authors are Miranda Hack of @columbiaseas.bsky.social, @vfmcneill.bsky.social and @steingart.bsky.social of Columbia Engineering and Columbia Climate School, and @gwagner.com of @columbiabusiness.bsky.social.

Our new article out today takes a hard look at some practical limitations on stratospheric aerosol injection and what they means for the riskiness of this approach. @mcneill-lab.org w/ @gwagner.com & @steingart.bsky.social @climate.columbia.edu @columbiaseas.bsky.social

Here's the press release:

Alibaba Cloud claims to slash Nvidia GPU use by 82% with new pooling system The new Aegaeon system can serve dozens of large language models using a fraction of the GPUs previously required, potentially reshaping AI workloads.

Wave Division Multiplexing significantly improved the throughput of a single optical fiber, is this the analagous multiplexer for AI? www.scmp.com/business/art...

Now that NPR is free from the shackles of federal funding, they should be as fierce with politicians as the BBC is (which, you know, is sort of but not really funded by the gov't www.google.com/search?q=is+...).

lol free speech RIP.

8/10! Tastes pretty good, but the consistency is somewhere between an okonomiyaki and a latke.

Videos not working, but the flakes are doing that freaky curling thing they’re supposed to do

I’m unreasonably excited for this

www.tiktok.com/t/ZP8BX542a/

RFK Jr. Mandates All Americans Drink Mysterious Glowing Liquid WASHINGTON—Claiming the luminous potion would make the nation strong and vigorous, Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. issued an order Friday directing all Americans to drink a m...

RFK Jr. Mandates All Americans Drink Mysterious Glowing Liquid

RFK Jr. posted fishing pics as CDC reeled from shooting linked to vaccine disinfo Anti-vaccine activist RFK Jr. has vilified COVID-19 vaccines and the CDC.

RFK Jr. posted fishing pics as CDC reeled from shooting linked to vaccine disinfo arstechnica.com/science/2025...

RFK Jr. in interview with Scripps News: ‘Trusting the experts is not science’ HHS Secretary RFK Jr. sat down with Scripps News for a wide-ranging interview, discussing mRNA vaccine funding policy changes and a recent shooting at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

After a shooting at CDC, Kennedy reiterates that public health agencies “lied,” makes false claims about widespread serious injury from vaccines, says not enough known about the shooting to talk about vaccine disinformation that targets his employees. Incredible. www.scrippsnews.com/health/rfk-j...

now do vaccines bsky.app/profile/melo...