Mastodawn

A. Kirwan Jun 11, 2025

Bruce Lawson ✅ ♫ ♿ ✌️♂️✊Jun 11, 2025

DH Lawrence wrote a poem about Relativity in the 1920s:

I like relativity and quantum theories /
because I don't understand them /
and they make me feel as if space shifted about /
like a swan that can't settle, /
refusing to sit still and be measured; /
and as if the atom were an impulsive thing /
always changing its mind.

https://www.yourdailypoem.com/listpoem.jsp?poem_id=931

Relativity by D. H. Lawrence - Your Daily Poem

A. Kirwan May 15, 2025

I wonder sometimes if there's been anything written about the effect of e.g. ChatGPT on technical/academic/scientific writing, particularly in the prevalence of bullet points. Because it feels at times like I'm marking PowerPoint presentations rather than project reports...

A. Kirwan Apr 30, 2025

Tryst 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇮🇪

Apr 28, 2025

Meanings of the smoke for the upcoming papal conclave:

Black smoke means they're burning oil, which could be a sign of piston ring or valve stem seal wear

White smoke means they're burning coolant and the papal head gasket has blown

A. Kirwan Apr 10, 2025

After a long week working with students in Tenerife, I rented a car and went up Teide and it was so worth it.

A. Kirwan Mar 19, 2025

I'm not convinced my #dog isn't some kind of #cryptid...

A. Kirwan Mar 4, 2025

Went down a rabbit hole reading about Venus today and holy damn the Soviets didn't mess around. First pictures of the surface of another planet AND first audio recordings of the surface of another planet?

http://mentallandscape.com/C_CatalogVenus.htm

https://archive.org/details/venera-14-venus-recording

#venus #spacerace #spacehistory

Soviet Venus Images

A. Kirwan Feb 15, 2025

Kamala Kara A 🏳️‍🌈 🏳️‍⚧️Feb 15, 2025

HOLY FUCK! THIS IS NOT A DRILL! THE LADS ACTUALLY DID IT!

BILLIE PIPER AND CHRISTOPHER ECCELSTON ARE BACK!

BIG FINISH IS FINALLY DOING A 9TH DOCTOR AND ROSE SET.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xc8WHNUt3NQ

#DoctorWho #9thDoctor #RoseTyle #BigFinish

The Ninth Doctor and Rose

YouTube

A. Kirwan Feb 15, 2025

What's the silliest thing you've ever said in an interview? I was laughing today when I remembered once being asked how I'd describe an inductor to a second year student and I said it was like a resistor but only for "wiggly current". Child at heart.

A. Kirwan Feb 11, 2025

Phil Plait Feb 11, 2025

Time for, well, not a distraction so much as a palate cleanser: a truly phenomenal shot from Hubble of a galaxy that is rippling like a pond that had a rock tossed in it… because that's what happened! Kinda.

And YES you want to grab the hi-res version.

https://badastronomy.beehiiv.com/p/incredible-and-spectacular-hubble-image-of-a-galaxy-that-got-whacked-by-another-galaxy