reblogarythm | Entries tagged with science

Donut-Shaped Planets
by Tony Padilla speaking to Brady Haran
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fMlGs4X67q8
in case you were wondering if such a thing is possible
via wondering if such a thing is possible, and going looking
How Do Hot Air Balloons Actually Steer?
by Mark Rober
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g6tlNyr5sl8
actually seven questions, of which the titular is the last
via rss
Dishwasher update
by Plumber John
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jX2ahSS2ovk
the future is almost here!
via TYWKIWDBI
An Interview with Daniel Dacombe & Cory Doctorow
by surprisingly enough Cory Doctorow speaking to Daniel Dacombe
https://zencastr.com/z/O5TlD_uI
an interview that gets into some corners Cory doesn't often get to talk about
via Cory's Blog

Haggis pakora
by wikipedia
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Haggis_pakora
truly the heart of indo-caledonian cuisine
via mention on discord
raga Todi
by ustad M.Bahauddin Dagar with shri Vivek Krangale
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qGfYmlGDvwQ
in case you need some morning music
via going to look for it
Trump’s Negotiating Is Failing
by Ian Welsh
https://www.ianwelsh.net/trumps-negotiating-is-failing/
i mean, yes, that's certainly what it looks like. and no, i don't think he's playing 5D chess
via rss
Hug a Medievalist Day – March 31, 2025
by Sarah Laseke
https://nationaltoday.com/hug-a-medievalist-day/
in case you have one handy
via discord
100 Questions: A Mathematical Conventions Survey
by Thomas Lam
https://cims.nyu.edu/~tjl8195/survey/results.html
i did the survey just now. several fun questions there
via discord
Hank Green Has Some Explaining To Do
by hank green
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=reb7mM3rh8k
in case you're wondering is pure soap too soap?
via youtube recommends
Filipino Chicken Adobo (Flavour Kapow!)
by Nagi
https://www.recipetineats.com/filipino-chicken-adobo-flavour-kapow/
something to try sometime soon?
via discord

No. 5790: Γαρφιελδ Ιν Φαυξ Γρεεσε
by Reisen U. Inaba
https://www.mezzacotta.net/garfield/?comic=5790
yup, it checks out, up to and including that's not greek
via rss
Sharks... even more amazing than you realised
by Rochelle Constantine
https://www.auckland.ac.nz/en/news/2025/03/11/sharks-.html
the sharktopus content that you've been waiting for
via cbc
列子御風
by 吳文光
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QSeeoPSugAA
in case you need some guqin to listen to (and who doesn't?)
via going looking
Stop using anti-extinct creature language
by [citation needed]
https://64.media.tumblr.com/c4af99b88007145aeddc45a8f455b29f/1c6813632e64abc2-de/s1280x1920/cf64db83ffea6129fb3f0ffa43c0c8578be2f10a.jpg
remember Peter Watts:
The game is never over; there's no finish line this side of heat death. And so, neither can there be any winners. There are only those who haven't yet lost.

via wil
Blindsight: Notes and References Longwinded Version
by Peter Watts
https://rifters.com/real/shorts/PeterWatts_Blindsight_Endnotes.pdf
[source for comment on previous link. probably of more interest to those who've already read Blindsight.]
via going looking for the precise text
Incompetent or Evil: A False Dichotomy
by Paul Krugman
https://paulkrugman.substack.com/p/incompetent-or-evil-a-false-dichotomy
grabbing Hanlon's Razor with both hands
via rss
Let's talk about the next US-Canadian friction point....
by Belle of the Ranch
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MqwjAGFOP18
oh boy, another friction point.
via rss
recreating a famous movie poster
by Carrie, Harrison, and Mark
https://wilwheaton.tumblr.com/post/779105851643428864
an excellent use of pastries
via rss
give
by Zach Weinersmith
https://www.smbc-comics.com/comic/give
this is not the first discussion i've seen today of hydropower. it is the funniest, however
via rss
Veritas
by Cheapass Games
https://www.greaterthangames.com/products/veritas
could be fun?
via discord

What a total bore...get back on the road Bob with KC. You are not too old!
by Robert Fripp et al
https://www.dgmlive.com/diaries/Robert%20Fripp/2025-03-11-rf-diary
trollst thou not the frippster, else he trolls thee back
via rss
Top 10 voted Bruce Schneier Facts
by Bruce Schneier Facts
https://www.schneierfacts.com/facts/top
"This strongly implies that not only can Bruce Schneier brute-force attack 256-bit keys, but that he is built of something other than matter and occupies something other than space."
via memory
Stephen Visits Gary Oldman In London To Talk "Slow Horses," The Show That Fell From The Sky
by Gary Oldman speaking with Stephen Colbert
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GvRVJ8g2nnk
(this is the first of four parts. apparently i'm not the only person who's amazed to realize that Gary Oldman is in JFK)
via youtube recommends
Planet Definitions
by Randall Munroe
https://xkcd.com/3063/
which is your favourite?
via rss
be sure to leave out milk and cookies for brutus tonight
by shimmervee and statelywingmanor
https://www.tumblr.com/andhumanslovedstories/778026777832472576/shimmervee-statelywingmanor-shimmervee-be
we're still supposed to have cæsar salad, right?
via discord

You're in the band now
by frogmustardstickers
https://wilwheaton.tumblr.com/post/777807782295535616
i also do this
via rss
Here's what we know about the British tourist allegedly detained by ICE
by Amelia Clarke
https://www.snopes.com/news/2025/03/10/becky-burke-detained-by-ice/
another reason not to go to the US. yikes!
via email
Trump Is The Best President Of My Life Unless You’re American
by Ian Welsh
https://www.ianwelsh.net/trump-is-the-best-president-of-my-life-unless-youre-american/
but note the "if" in the penultimate paragraph
via rss
The Real Stars and Scale of Sci-fi
by The Overview Effekt
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0r2x7G0hwCw
in case you wondered where all the planets in sci fi series are located
via discord
Number 643: I'm onto you, Canucks
by Jeph Jacques
https://www.questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=643
just a word of warning to any proximate countries who think they can annex us....
via a blast from the past

Daylight Ravings Time
by Tom Murphy
https://dothemath.ucsd.edu/2025/03/daylight-ravings-time/
precisely all of this
via rss
Daniel Pinkwater's "Jules, Penny and the Rooster"
by Cory Doctorow reviewing Daniel Pinkwater
https://pluralistic.net/2025/03/11/klong-you-are-a-pickle-2/#martian-space-potato
sadly, i have misplaced my brass martian potato
via rss
Weird pupils let octopuses see their colorful gardens
by Robert Sanders
https://news.berkeley.edu/2016/07/05/weird-pupils-let-octopuses-see-their-colorful-gardens/
given that the previous mechanism i'd heard was that they see colours using their skin, this is plausibler
via discord, i htink?
Snowbirds must soon submit fingerprints for U.S. travel under new Homeland Security rules
by Holly Cabrera
https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/us-travel-immigration-law-executive-order-canadians-1.7481054
this doesn't make me more inclined to visit. which i suppose is the point.
via rss

Jurassic Pork: What Could a Jewish Time Traveler Eat?
by Roy E. Plotnick, Jessica M. Theodor & Thomas R. Holtz Jr.
https://evolution-outreach.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s12052-015-0047-2
in case you are both (a) an observant jew and (b) a time-traveller, this may be helpful!
via discord
The Secret to Learning & Problem-Solving in Life
by Ben Orlin speaking to Eric Zimmer
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qb26GeRjEr0
can we take insights from mathematics and apply them to daily life? sometimes!
via math with bad drawings
German tourist held indefinitely in San Diego area immigrant detention facility
by Gustavo Solis
https://www.kpbs.org/news/border-immigration/2025/02/28/german-tourist-held-indefinitely-in-san-diego-area-immigrant-detention-facility
my inclination to visit that country is getting less and less every day
via discord
You've got to have a laugh,' says British man who put fake legs in pothole
by Sheena Goodyear
https://www.cbc.ca/radio/asithappens/you-ve-got-to-have-a-laugh-says-british-man-who-put-fake-legs-in-pothole-1.7471661
doesn't scale, of course, but still fun
via rss
The Answers Post (#10)
by Rich Burlew
https://www.patreon.com/posts/answers-post-10-119041677
i don't check in on Rich's patreon regularly, so hadn't yet seen this set from the end of 2024
via checking in

Sask. snowbirds selling vacation home in Arizona, say they can no longer live in Trump's America
by Colleen Silverthorn
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/saskatchewan/snowbirds-list-vacation-home-in-arizona-1.7468998
this is no surprise
via rss
No matter what the weather is, I wish for all of you blue skies and golden sunshine internally all along the way.
by David Lynch
https://wilwheaton.tumblr.com/post/776702627026288640
same, David, same
via rss
reporting this to the olympic interference hotline. she wont get away with this
by a cat
https://www.tumblr.com/cute-catts/758364410829062144
that explains a lot
via discord
Tuxedo Cat vs. LEGO Tuxedo Cat
by 2in1 Bricking
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WAy9ZYWq8_o
the uncanny valley, feline version
via discord, right after previous link
For the 1st time in Canada, surgeons put teeth in patients' eyes to restore sight
by Sheena Goodyear
https://www.cbc.ca/radio/asithappens/tooth-in-eye-surgery-canada-1.7470626
what a bizarre medical procedure. but hey, if it works, it works
via rss
Library’s resident musician wants to connect Edmonton’s music scene
by Colin Gallant
https://edmonton.taproot.news/briefs/2025/02/28/librarys-resident-musician-wants-to-connect-edmontons-music-scene
looks like a great program. hopefully they can keep it going
via rss
We Will Eradicate Measles
by Hank Green
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JCvLbT1uXXg
i hadn't known about the lack of an animal resevoir. that's good news! hopefully there's also the necessary political will?
via rss

True Facts: How Camels Conquered the Desert
by Ze Frank and some camels
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sc0ZCqLUjSo
in case you need to learn about camel poops
via rss
How Does A Homing Pigeon Know Where To Go?
by Michelle Khare and Hank Green
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YhkkiXArOn8
i found the stuff about the coral even more interesting than the pigeons
via youtube recommends
How Curling Stones are Made?
by How it's made
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eUy9ake9q8w
in case you were wondering
via wondering and going looking

What is Tom Bombadil?
by Steuard Jensen
http://tolkien.slimy.com/essays/Bombadil.html
several theories considered, critiqued
via memory, as someone was asking
‘We water, rest, water’: the green belt of vegetable plots cooling a city
by Èlia Borràs
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/feb/06/we-water-rest-water-the-green-belt-of-vegetable-plots-cooling-a-city?ref=fixthenews.com
some good news around Ouaga
via Ada Palmer's mastodon
raga Kambhoji
by pandit Uday Bhawalkar
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1_inOyx1FUk
haven't actually listened yet, but need to, and thus bookmarking
via FB
The Element That Terrifies Chemists – Fluorine
by Advanced Tinkering
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UzIH6raTxyE
if you weren't scared of fluorine before, now you can be!
via youtube recommends
I don’t want my cellphone to have AI I want it to have 3 days of battery time....
by curoopeez
https://wilwheaton.tumblr.com/post/776409067631558656
yup to all the points here
via rss
Tesla Owner Running Out of Room For Bumper Stickers Explaining Tesla Ownership
by the Needling
https://theneedling.com/2025/02/14/tesla-owner-running-out-of-room-for-bumper-stickers-explaining-tesla-ownership/
what a sad problem
via discord

When you ride tesla
by [citation needed]
https://imgur.com/a/when-you-ride-tesla-hnugQxI
it's a point
via comment on a charlie stross blogpost
The Forgotten Story Of The Largest Stadium Ever Constructed
by the Tim Traveller
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jF0rGhFf0c4
that's rather large, yes
via rss
The cosmic distance ladder with Terence Tao (part 2)
by Terry Tao speaking to Grant Sanderson
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hFMaT9oRbs4
an excellent follow-up to part 1
via rss
Cosmic Distance Ladder video with Grant Sanderson (3blue1brown): commentary and corrections
by Terry Tao
https://terrytao.wordpress.com/2025/02/13/cosmic-distance-ladder-video-with-grant-sanderson-3blue1brown-commentary-and-corrections/
in case you think you have quibbles to Terry's talk
via previous link
if you're feeling like what you do is frivolous or "just" escapism
by Dan LK, A Weird Nerd Who Wears Lots of Hats
https://bsky.app/profile/2ndlevelbard.bsky.social/post/3liuo2unndc2l
an appreciation of the writing of Victoria Goddard. caution: contains a major spoiler for her stuff, but it's also flagged
via discord
My 4-year-old declares 36 the best number
by Jeremy Kun
https://www.jeremykun.com/shortform/2025-02-23-1057/
this is not the first testemonial about Numberblocks that i've heard
via rss

As a nonsense phrase of shady provenance makes the rounds, Elsevier defends its use
by Retraction Watch
https://retractionwatch.com/2025/02/10/vegetative-electron-microscopy-fingerprint-paper-mill/
for all you lovers of vegetative electron microscopy
via discord
New term: Agnorant
by republicansaredomesticterrorists
https://www.tumblr.com/republicansaredomesticterrorists/774971998352850944
an alarmingly useful term
via wil
The Princess Bride: how does Thibault cancel out Capoferro?
by Guy Windsor
https://guywindsor.net/2014/06/the-princess-bride-how-does-thibault-cancel-out-capoferro/
in case you were wondering about Bonetti's defence
via honestly i don't recall exactly - discord and then some rabbitholing
Iron Maiden's Bruce Dickinson in studio q
by Bruce Dickinson talking to Shad
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vWXYEjTkmPk
several points of interest in here
via looking for an interview with Steve Harris, but lots more interviews with Bruce turned up

12 Balls 24 Catches
by Tom Whitfield
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NGaMUeAfRJI
this is impressive
via discord
How Edmonton's winter temperature swings compare to chinooks
by Travis McEwan speaking with some folks who know some things
https://www.cbc.ca/player/play/video/9.6656775
also gets into the whole weather-change-causes-migraine question
via rss
The Shape of a Mars Mission
by Idle Words
https://idlewords.com/2025/02/the_shape_of_a_mars_mission.htm
in case you thought going to mars could be simple
via rss
How to Make a Schadenfreude Pie
by John Scalzi
https://whatever.scalzi.com/2006/09/26/how-to-make-a-schadenfreude-pie/
looks tasty! tasty tasty schadenfreude!
via discord
No Video Today!!
by Hank Green
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d2CYihu6bjM
cuz it's not a video!
via rss
Dr Dhrolin's Dictionary of Dinosaurs
by Palaeo Games
https://palaeogames.com/shop/p/dr-dhrolins-dictionary-of-dinosaurs
if you want to include science-accurate (as far as we know) dinosaurs in your d&d game, this is the supplement for you!
via somewhere on the web?
Scream Cipher
by Randall Munroe
https://xkcd.com/3054/
fans of diäcritics will rejoice!
via rss
Inventing the Renaissance The Myth of a Golden Age
by Ada Palmer speaking to Jana Byars
https://newbooksnetwork.com/inventing-the-renaissance
a delightful discussion which among other things reveals which century was the worst
via AP's mastodon account

The Fastest Fooler in History
by Juan Luis Rubiales
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pay48nKSmBI
a wonderfully smooth routine
via youtube recommends
Joke
by Zach Weinersmith
https://www.smbc-comics.com/comic/joke-3
This joke would be offensive to humans, however HA HA HA HA HA
via rss
Fnord
by Steve Jackson Games
https://www.sjgames.com/secret.html
remember: if you don't see the fnord, it won't eat you
via Warehouse 23
5-Player Go First Dice
by the Dice Lab
https://www.mathartfun.com/thedicelab.com/GFD5.html
in case you and four friends need to put yourselves in some order, and would rather not roll your d120 and use factoriadic representations
via looking for weird dice
The Analemma
by Bill Busler
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qh4PfP_Lhoc
in case you're wondering why it has the shape it has
via discord

Music My Rock
by Bedouin Soundclash
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X-wwvmjGbco
just a solid bit of canadian reggae
via remembering it
Atom
by Randall Munroe
https://xkcd.com/3050/
well of course muons are cute!
via rss
Land at head of Lake Whakatipu becomes official International Dark Sky Sanctuary
by Delphine Herbert
https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/top/540816/land-at-head-of-lake-whakatipu-becomes-official-international-dark-sky-sanctuary
pretty sure i won't get out there for the 2028 eclipse, but still looks like a nifty place to visit
via RTBC
About that Giant Asteroid...
by Hank Green
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eHbJ9beQc08
in case you were worried about it
via youtube recommends

It’s The End of the American Era. Period.
by Ian Welsh
https://www.ianwelsh.net/its-the-end-of-the-american-era-period/
in case you need some cheery political analysis, don't read this
via rss
malkauns
by Don Cherry, Bengt Berger, Charlie Hayden, et al
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J3oRp_OUsFY
i mean, it's not precisely the raga, but it's close.
via youtube recommends
Nothing but Flowers
by Tom Murphy commenting on Talking Heads
https://dothemath.ucsd.edu/2025/02/nothing-but-flowers/
this seems in retrospect like an obvious combination
via rss
You're Wrong About Pluto
by Hank Green
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=grdu6UBK76w
hank is always fun when he gets excited. i knew about half of this, and wasn't worng about pluto
via youtube recommends
The bizarre blog that taught everyone math
by Tibees
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y1VWU-bFhdk
i'm not sure that i'd use the word "blog", but, yes
via youtube recommends
Beans And Cornbread
by Louis Jordan
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b5FjkO-u_ec
they do, in fact, go hand in hand
via it sort of vaguely came up in discussion?

Pantry-only meal challenges could lower your grocery bill — but it might mean eating weird soup
by Philip Drost
https://www.cbc.ca/radio/costofliving/pantry-only-meals-challenge-1.7452536
a clever challenge
via rss
Terence Tao on how we measure the cosmos | Part 1
by Terence Tao speaking with Grant Sanderson
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YdOXS_9_P4U
this is genius on so many levels
via rss
real
by Zach Weinersmith
https://www.smbc-comics.com/comic/real-4
i was literally just talking about this yesterday
via rss

The IAC confirms the existence of a Super-earth in the habitable zone of a Sun-like Star
by (unclear &mdash it's a press release: citation appreciated)
https://www.iac.es/en/outreach/news/iac-confirms-existence-super-earth-habitable-zone-sun-star
well, sort of in the habitable zone. i wish we had a radius or diameter, so we could calculate suface gravity
via discord
Japanese researchers develop peptide preventing COVID-19 infections
by the japan times
https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/01/23/japan/science-health/peptide-prevention-covid-19/
big if true
via wil

Project 2025 has come to Indiana
by [citation needed]
https://wilwheaton.tumblr.com/post/773425595400978432
i don't know that these have all been enacted yet. but, yikes
via rss
Let's talk about the new Madame President....
by Belle of the Ranch
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hruWf2ANJjM
ok, from now on, he's Mrs.Trump to me
via rss
Marx’s definition of “working class” falls short
by Kim Siever
https://albertaworker.ca/politics/marxs-definition-of-working-class-falls-short/
i understand the point Sieverji is making. i'm not entirely comfortable with using "working" that way works for me, but agree that we need a term
via rss
‘Bold’ vision for 76 Ave calls for rerouting vehicle traffic
by Stephanie Swensrude
https://edmonton.taproot.news/news/2025/01/23/bold-vision-for-76-ave-calls-for-rerouting-vehicle-traffic
it is a fairly bold idea, but i think its merits may outweigh the drawbacks?
via rss

How to Reach Across a Divide With Curiosity Instead of Hate
by Mónica Guzmán speaking to Hannah Wallace
https://reasonstobecheerful.world/monica-guzman-building-bridges/
i wish i felt like this was likely to work
via rss
The illusory consensus of math reform.
by Ben Orlin
https://mathwithbaddrawings.com/2025/01/20/the-illusory-consensus-of-math-reform/
a clear delineation of the difficulties in reforming math curricula. doesn't actually discuss reforming math
via rss
A novelist's guide to poisoning, part 1
by Charlie Stross
http://www.antipope.org/charlie/blog-static/2025/01/a-novelists-guide-to-poisoning.html
in case you were wondering
via rss
The Snakey Hexomino (unsolved Tic-Tac-Toe problem)
by Sophie Maclean speaking to Brady Haran
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ouTE-GYGIA8
in case you're looking for a simple open math question
via rss
DD
by Zach Weinersmith
https://www.smbc-comics.com/comic/dd
I agree with QQ
via rss
Timelapse shows surprisingly active life of sea sponge
by Sally Leys speaking to CBC News
https://www.cbc.ca/player/play/video/9.6613973
in case you thought sponges didn't do anything
via rss
The Goat In The Machine
by Flying Colours Maths
https://www.flyingcoloursmaths.co.uk/goat-in-the-machine/
key detail: "The host is unaware of this"
via rss
Why this food bank doesn’t want the cans from your pantry
by David Long speaking to Erica Johnson
https://www.cbc.ca/player/play/video/9.6617089
it's great that this is working, it's horrible that there's need, and it's horrible that so much perfectly good food is on the verge of being garbaged
via rss
Chemistry Formulas
by Randall Munroe
https://xkcd.com/3040/
this all checks out
via rss

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