Sam Levine

@SRLevine@neuromatch.social
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Professional chemist. Amateur baker. Bike commuter.

Favorite stars don't cost money and can make someone smile (or at least feel seen) so I use them often. I'm not being weird at you specifically, I'm being weird at everyone...

Warning for the new instance: the much higher character limit might cause me to go mad with power. Take that into account before following.

ORCID (I guess this is a thing to do here?)https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0496-9316
pronounsany suitable for people
avatarSilver road bike with black panniers leaning against a very large diameter palm tree. Black bike shoes on the ground underneath.
header imageRow of six NMR tubes (clear, glass) with cap colors matching the classic pride flag (red, orange, yellow, green, blue, purple). Very small text with hand-written numbers in black on the tubes. The green tube is the one with the really cool sample in it.
Joined fedi via urbanists.socialNov 18, 2022
Sam Levine17m ago
Lesley Carhart 4h ago
Who has two thumbs and is doing a NPR interview on Christmas while cooking dinner? This dummy.
Sam Levine18m ago
Lauren Weinstein35m ago

Go to hell, Waymo: Why Waymo f*cked up in SF

My reading of their statement says that indeed it was traffic lights being out that caused the problems. Surprise - in some cases it appears that when Waymo vehicles hit dark traffic lights they require human confirmation from Waymo Master Control to decide how to proceed. They were overwhelmed on Saturday. And it sounds like Waymo now plans to
eliminate as much of that human oversight as possible going forward. What the bloody hell could go wrong with that? THEY'VE LEARNED NOTHING. Go the hell Waymo.

Sam Levine20m ago
Hollie22m ago

Hey cloudspotting folks, is this a mutant little fluctus?

It’s more like a hook and less like a wave? Also I’m new to this so be gentle.

Cloud names are fantastic, by the way. Almost as good as astronomy vocab.

#CloudSpotting #Fluctus #clouds

Sam Levine29m ago
Matt Blaze5h ago
My policy of declining when creepy billionaires offer me rides on their private jets to visit their secluded Caribbean underage sex islands is starting to pay off.
Sam Levine35m ago

In a (so far) very mild reading slump* and I really just want to reread something semi-trashy and can't settle on anything.

*maybe more of a reading hangover from finishing a reread of Elizabeth Bear's really good Eternal Sky trilogy earlier this week

Sam Levine40m ago
Dr. Ferrous41m ago
Welp, I guess I’m going grocery shopping tomorrow morning. If I don’t make it back, blame Wegman’s on Christmas Eve. #Food #GloriousFood
Sam Levine42m ago
Frank Ashwood1h ago

Wishing everyone a very happy holiday. May the festive velvet worm crawl into all of your houses tonight and boop your sleeping snoots with its many adorable feet, as is tradition.

A sincere thanks for all the support throughout this crazy year. I'm looking forward to seeing my new book 'The World Beneath Our Feet' hit the shelves in August/September 2026... Let's make next year a big one for appreciating and protecting soil biodiversity!

#SoilBiodiversity #TheWorldBeneathOurFeet #SeasonsGreetings #HappyHoliday #HappyNewYear

Sam Levine42m ago
Edmonds_Scanner2h ago
We know about Santa's 'Naughty or Nice list,' but which list are you on?
drunk & disorderly
exhausted ennui
bitter curmudgeon
barely able to function
Poll ends at .
Sam Levine43m ago
Six-SeBen9h ago
Asked youngest what she wants to eat tomorrow night, to which she responded..... the patriarchy
Sam Levine46m ago
tools for commensality 🧿1h ago

The First National Website Dedicated To Documenting ICE License Plates Is Here, from #LATaco
https://lataco.com/ice-license-plate-tracker

#ice #uspol #sousveillance #journalism

The First National Website Dedicated To Documenting ICE License Plates Is Here ~ L.A. TACO

“Something like the plate tracker helps to encourage and promote legal transparency and legal accountability, especially when they're going around, switching plates, trying to hide, trying to be undetectable,” said Sherman Austin.