A physicist who writes about science.
Mostly Tegucigalpa, Honduras
Joined August 2009
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I’ve been on Hacker News since 2012 and have a very large karma score.
But now I’ve decided to stop participating in the site. The #racism was too much for me.
lee-phillips.org/byeHN/
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When someone tries to murder over 100 Jewish toddlers in a preschool, and your immediate instinct is to contextualize the terrorist with "hurt people hurt people"—you’ve shown us exactly who you are.
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Good news! Wikipedia admits its readership has declined this year.
Yet it still asks for donations, promising “fully reliable” knowledge.
What it fails to mention is how biased editors coordinate to systematically manipulate what millions of people read.
I’ve been on Hacker News since 2012 and have a very large karma score.
But now I’ve decided to stop participating in the site. The #racism was too much for me.
lee-phillips.org/byeHN/
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Boy George landed in Israel today. Boycotted, threatened, called a fascist, struggled to find musicians for Israel. Came anyway.
Nova site on 3 Nov. A Tel Aviv show for Nova families on 7 Nov.
More spine than every keffiyeh in Hollywood.
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Arp 256 in this @NASAHubble image is a stunning system of two spiral galaxies, about 350 million light-years away, in an early stage of merging.
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I am very happy to report that our Mallard-loving Wood Duck is back in Central Park and is paddling around with a lovely Mallard couple! Could it be they're a throuple? 💞💞💞 #Ducks #CentralPark #birdcpp
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If we've all fallen back to standard time, could we please leave the clocks alone?
Letting the railways decide time instead of the Earth and Sun was bad enough ...
#timekeeping #StandardTime #StandardTimeBegins #DaylightSavingTime #TimeZones #clock #astronomy
ALT Surreal elderly man with cane walks toward a giant clock in a cosmic galaxy, courtesy W. Krause 2019 via Pixabay
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Today is Nov 2. #OTD in 1815 mathematician George Boole was born. He helped establish modern symbolic logic and his algebra of logic, now called Boolean algebra, is basic to the design of digital computer circuits.
Wikipedia is the Web’s greatest disaster:
edge.org/conversation/jaron_…
That it’s become a sewer flowing with #antisemitism should surprise no one.
Wikipedia may be the Web's greatest accomplishment, but it is not infallible, and in several hot-button issues, it has been captured by activists. One of the most egregious is its rewriting of "Zionism" after 10/7: quillette.substack.com/p/how…
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I don’t get many clear shots of Cooper’s Hawks for some reason, so i was thrilled to see this beauty on West 100th Street on my way to Central Park! 💯💯💯#hawks #centralpark #birdcpp
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For those who celebrate #Samhain, may the light you carry see you through the dark months to come.
#crossquarter day marking roughly halfway between #autumnalequinox & #wintersolstice
once considered beginning of #winter & #newyear
#calendar #timekeeping #seasons #astronomy
ALT Spooky Halloween still life with pumpkins and candles in a dark rustic setting, courtesy Stocksnap 2017 via Pixabay
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🎉🎉🎉Yay! The Hooded Mergansers are back! They are the most art deco of all the ducks! Spotted on Central Park's Reservoir this #Marathon Sunday. #Merganser #CentralPark #birdcpp
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JuliaCon Local Tokyo 2026（12/4-5、東大柏）の発表募集、締切を11/15(日)23:59 JSTに延長しました。講演・LT・ポスターを日本語/英語で募集中です。物理などの研究での利用や「使ってみた」系の発表も歓迎します。参加申込も受付中。
juliacon.org/local/tokyo2026…
#JuliaLang #JuliaConLocalTokyo
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Today is Oct 31. #OTD in 1815 mathematician Karl Weierstrass was born. He formalized the definition of the continuity of a function and complex analysis, proved the intermediate value theorem and the Bolzano–Weierstrass theorem, and used the latter to study continuous functions.
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A beautiful @ESO image of the spiral galaxy NGC 4981, which lies over 75 million light-years away.
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I saw another stunning Red-bellied Woopecker, framed by some of Central Park's fall foliage. I never noticed the red blush just over the beak! ❤️❤️❤️ #Woodpecker #CentralPark #birdcpp
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I'm thrilled to share that our recent Barred Owl has returned to Central Park. I paid it a visit yesterday afternoon as it was waking from its slumber! 🦉🦉🦉 #Owls #CentralPark #birdcpp
