Thomas Lin
@7homaslin.com
Super nerd here to spread the joy of learning.
📖 Publisher @quantabooks.org at @simonsfoundation.org
⚛️ Founding EIC @quantamagazine.bsky.social
💼 Prev @nytimes.com, CASW, CUNY J-School
📚 Books https://mitpress.mit.edu/author/thomas-lin-2820/
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📖 Publisher @quantabooks.org at @simonsfoundation.org
⚛️ Founding EIC @quantamagazine.bsky.social
💼 Prev @nytimes.com, CASW, CUNY J-School
📚 Books https://mitpress.mit.edu/author/thomas-lin-2820/
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Thomas Lin
@7homaslin.com
· Jan 29
In case you're in the mood for some good news today, I'm excited to announce @quantabooks.bsky.social, our new imprint at @simonsfoundation.org partnering with the amazing team at @fsgbooks.bsky.social. Learn more at www.quantabooks.org and send us your book queries!
“They’re going to bring back suffering and death,” said Dr. Sean O’Leary, chair of the infectious disease committee for the American Academy of Pediatrics. “I don’t say that with any hyperbole, that’s exactly what’s going to happen.” www.nytimes.com/2025/12/19/h...
R.F.K. Jr. Likely to Swap U.S. Childhood Vaccine Schedule for Denmark’s
www.nytimes.com
December 20, 2025 at 1:20 AM
“They’re going to bring back suffering and death,” said Dr. Sean O’Leary, chair of the infectious disease committee for the American Academy of Pediatrics. “I don’t say that with any hyperbole, that’s exactly what’s going to happen.” www.nytimes.com/2025/12/19/h...
Best time of the year for @quantamagazine.bsky.social readers: The Year in Review series dropped this week.
Articles: www.quantamagazine.org/tag/2025-in-...
Math recap video: youtu.be/hRpcWpAeWng?...
Physics recap video: youtu.be/CPoQkE9KaAY?...
Articles: www.quantamagazine.org/tag/2025-in-...
Math recap video: youtu.be/hRpcWpAeWng?...
Physics recap video: youtu.be/CPoQkE9KaAY?...
The Biggest Breakthroughs in Mathematics: 2025
YouTube video by Quanta Magazine
youtu.be
December 19, 2025 at 4:14 PM
Best time of the year for @quantamagazine.bsky.social readers: The Year in Review series dropped this week.
Articles: www.quantamagazine.org/tag/2025-in-...
Math recap video: youtu.be/hRpcWpAeWng?...
Physics recap video: youtu.be/CPoQkE9KaAY?...
Articles: www.quantamagazine.org/tag/2025-in-...
Math recap video: youtu.be/hRpcWpAeWng?...
Physics recap video: youtu.be/CPoQkE9KaAY?...
“Ignorance more frequently begets confidence than does knowledge: it is those who know little, not those who know much, who so positively assert that this or that problem will never be solved by science.” ― Charles Darwin
December 17, 2025 at 9:33 PM
“Ignorance more frequently begets confidence than does knowledge: it is those who know little, not those who know much, who so positively assert that this or that problem will never be solved by science.” ― Charles Darwin
What are Lie groups, you ask? Leila Sloman has you covered.
Leila Sloman explains how Lie groups blend the language of group theory, geometry and linear algebra to help mathematicians understand important symmetries: www.quantamagazine.org/what-are-lie...
What Are Lie Groups? | Quanta Magazine
By combining the language of groups with that of geometry and linear algebra, Marius Sophus Lie created one of math’s most powerful tools.
www.quantamagazine.org
December 15, 2025 at 5:47 PM
What are Lie groups, you ask? Leila Sloman has you covered.
If you're in need of a feel-good story, this one is well-crafted by Kurt Streeter and beautifully shot by @fremson.bsky.social: www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
How to Fix a Typewriter and Your Life
This is the story of how a man traded steady, grinding corporate security for a dying craft and, in the process, found his soul.
www.nytimes.com
December 10, 2025 at 10:32 PM
If you're in need of a feel-good story, this one is well-crafted by Kurt Streeter and beautifully shot by @fremson.bsky.social: www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
If you’ve watched David Tong’s talks on YouTube or in person, you know how captivating he is in making the subject of quantum field theory come alive. I’ve learned so much working with David on this book and can’t wait to share it with curious readers everywhere.
🚨New book announcement!🚨 Leading theoretical physicist and Cambridge professor David Tong's new book EVERYTHING IS FIELDS is coming 2027. A brilliant, lively tour through quantum field theory, the deepest description we have of how our world works—& the most difficult topic in theoretical physics.
December 9, 2025 at 6:58 PM
If you’ve watched David Tong’s talks on YouTube or in person, you know how captivating he is in making the subject of quantum field theory come alive. I’ve learned so much working with David on this book and can’t wait to share it with curious readers everywhere.
It's been a thrill and an honor to collaborate with @teorth.bsky.social on his first popular math book—a short and friendly introduction to six core areas of mathematics that, taken together, reveal the creative essence, analytical power, and wondrous connectedness of the mathematical enterprise.
🚨New book announcement!🚨 Renowned mathematician and Fields medalist Terence Tao’s (@teorth.bsky.social) SIX MATH ESSENTIALS is coming fall 2026. Tao’s first popular math book introduces six core ideas that have guided mathematicians from antiquity to the frontiers of what we know today.
December 8, 2025 at 4:46 PM
It's been a thrill and an honor to collaborate with @teorth.bsky.social on his first popular math book—a short and friendly introduction to six core areas of mathematics that, taken together, reveal the creative essence, analytical power, and wondrous connectedness of the mathematical enterprise.
“Today is a defining moment for our country,” Michael Osterholm, a public health expert at the University of Minnesota, said. “We can no longer trust federal health authorities when it comes to vaccines.” www.nytimes.com/2025/12/05/h...
An End to Hepatitis B Shots for All Newborns
www.nytimes.com
December 5, 2025 at 3:59 PM
“Today is a defining moment for our country,” Michael Osterholm, a public health expert at the University of Minnesota, said. “We can no longer trust federal health authorities when it comes to vaccines.” www.nytimes.com/2025/12/05/h...
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Just imagining how much better it would be if ALL news stories about vaccine-preventable illnesses were illustrated with pictures of people with the disease, not pictures of needle injections. If you must show something that people will find scary & unpleasant, make it the disease, not the cure.
I'm so tired of measles.
I'm also tired of people using needle shots on stories like this.
Show what measles looks like.
I'm also tired of people using needle shots on stories like this.
Show what measles looks like.
Gallatin Co. reports 2nd measles case, warns of exposure sites nbcmontana.com/news/local/g...
December 2, 2025 at 4:40 AM
Just imagining how much better it would be if ALL news stories about vaccine-preventable illnesses were illustrated with pictures of people with the disease, not pictures of needle injections. If you must show something that people will find scary & unpleasant, make it the disease, not the cure.
"Seventeen years after the [LHC] switched on, particle physicists are realizing that they can use the collider to explore how information flows through quantum systems — a question at the foundations of quantum computing." www.quantamagazine.org/particle-phy...
Particle Physicists Detect ‘Magic’ at the Large Hadron Collider | Quanta Magazine
The supercollider is now being used to explore quantum phenomena, including a “magic” form of quantum entanglement.
www.quantamagazine.org
November 25, 2025 at 7:51 PM
"Seventeen years after the [LHC] switched on, particle physicists are realizing that they can use the collider to explore how information flows through quantum systems — a question at the foundations of quantum computing." www.quantamagazine.org/particle-phy...
Why does it feel like we’ve seen this movie (of misaligned incentives and feedback loops) before? “OpenAI had also relied on an automated conversation analysis tool to assess whether people liked their communication with the chatbot.” www.nytimes.com/2025/11/23/t...
What OpenAI Did When ChatGPT Users Lost Touch With Reality
www.nytimes.com
November 23, 2025 at 4:23 PM
Why does it feel like we’ve seen this movie (of misaligned incentives and feedback loops) before? “OpenAI had also relied on an automated conversation analysis tool to assess whether people liked their communication with the chatbot.” www.nytimes.com/2025/11/23/t...
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YOU, or someone talented you know, could be the next @upshot.nytimes.com fellow.
It’s a paid, full-time, one-year job working on the staff of (dare I say) the coolest desk in the newsroom.
But hurry — applications close on Wednesday, so apply now and/or share with friends!
It’s a paid, full-time, one-year job working on the staff of (dare I say) the coolest desk in the newsroom.
But hurry — applications close on Wednesday, so apply now and/or share with friends!
Fellow, Upshot
New York, NY
job-boards.greenhouse.io
November 19, 2025 at 3:49 AM
YOU, or someone talented you know, could be the next @upshot.nytimes.com fellow.
It’s a paid, full-time, one-year job working on the staff of (dare I say) the coolest desk in the newsroom.
But hurry — applications close on Wednesday, so apply now and/or share with friends!
It’s a paid, full-time, one-year job working on the staff of (dare I say) the coolest desk in the newsroom.
But hurry — applications close on Wednesday, so apply now and/or share with friends!
Reposted by Thomas Lin
Enjoyed listening to this interview, highly recommend. Anil is such a clear thinker and so good at explaining ideas.
The Elegant Math Behind Machine Learning
YouTube video by Machine Learning Street Talk
m.youtube.com
November 18, 2025 at 5:11 AM
Enjoyed listening to this interview, highly recommend. Anil is such a clear thinker and so good at explaining ideas.
Yet another reason to support your local bookstore. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/11/b...
To Help SNAP Recipients, Bookstores Set Up as Food Banks
www.nytimes.com
November 11, 2025 at 4:32 PM
Yet another reason to support your local bookstore. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/11/b...
Reposted by Thomas Lin
Check out the cover for our inaugural title, @kevinhartnett.bsky.social’s THE PROOF IN THE CODE, coming June 9, 2026! Shoutout @fsgbooks.bsky.social for the beautiful design. Want a copy of your own? You can now preorder here: us.macmillan.com/books/978037....
November 10, 2025 at 3:01 PM
Check out the cover for our inaugural title, @kevinhartnett.bsky.social’s THE PROOF IN THE CODE, coming June 9, 2026! Shoutout @fsgbooks.bsky.social for the beautiful design. Want a copy of your own? You can now preorder here: us.macmillan.com/books/978037....
I always enjoy @ericaklarreich.bsky.social’s math pieces. This is what a Noperthedron looks like:
October 24, 2025 at 6:48 PM
I always enjoy @ericaklarreich.bsky.social’s math pieces. This is what a Noperthedron looks like:
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I've been on the board of @theopennotebook.bsky.social for 2+ years now, and today, this tiny, scrappy nonprofit turns 15!!!
If you've got a couple dollars (maybe even $15 for the 15th birthday?), please consider donating: www.theopennotebook.com/15thannivers...
Here's why I donate 🧵
If you've got a couple dollars (maybe even $15 for the 15th birthday?), please consider donating: www.theopennotebook.com/15thannivers...
Here's why I donate 🧵
The Open Notebook's 15th Anniversary - The Open Notebook
For 15 years, The Open Notebook has been the trusted home for journalists worldwide who cover science. What started as an experiment to demystify the craft of science writing has grown into a vital, g...
www.theopennotebook.com
October 24, 2025 at 1:41 PM
I've been on the board of @theopennotebook.bsky.social for 2+ years now, and today, this tiny, scrappy nonprofit turns 15!!!
If you've got a couple dollars (maybe even $15 for the 15th birthday?), please consider donating: www.theopennotebook.com/15thannivers...
Here's why I donate 🧵
If you've got a couple dollars (maybe even $15 for the 15th birthday?), please consider donating: www.theopennotebook.com/15thannivers...
Here's why I donate 🧵
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Aside from Yang-Mills theory and parity nonconservation, Yang made so many profound contributions to physics! One that deeply impressed me as I was starting grad school: a 1975 paper with T. T. Wu highlighting the role of fiber bundles in gauge theory.
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/18/s...
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/18/s...
Chen Ning Yang, Nobel-Winning Physicist, Is Dead at 103
www.nytimes.com
October 19, 2025 at 5:53 PM
Aside from Yang-Mills theory and parity nonconservation, Yang made so many profound contributions to physics! One that deeply impressed me as I was starting grad school: a 1975 paper with T. T. Wu highlighting the role of fiber bundles in gauge theory.
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/18/s...
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/18/s...
Reposted by Thomas Lin
Records obtained by ProPublica indicate that food banks across the country were expecting more than 27 million pounds of chicken, 2 million gallons of milk, 10 million pounds of dried fruit and 60 million eggs that never arrived.
Trump Canceled 94 Million Pounds of Food Aid. Here’s What Never Arrived.
ProPublica obtained records from the Department of Agriculture that detail the millions of pounds of food, down to the number of eggs, that never reached food banks because of the administration’s cut...
projects.propublica.org
October 23, 2025 at 3:00 AM
Records obtained by ProPublica indicate that food banks across the country were expecting more than 27 million pounds of chicken, 2 million gallons of milk, 10 million pounds of dried fruit and 60 million eggs that never arrived.
Reposted by Thomas Lin
The mass layoffs of federal workers on Friday night swept up the top two leaders of the federal measles response team, those working on Ebola and dozens of other infectious disease experts
(Gift article)
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/11/h...
(Gift article)
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/11/h...
C.D.C. Layoffs Included 2 Top Measles Experts Amid Rising Cases
www.nytimes.com
October 11, 2025 at 6:37 PM
The mass layoffs of federal workers on Friday night swept up the top two leaders of the federal measles response team, those working on Ebola and dozens of other infectious disease experts
(Gift article)
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/11/h...
(Gift article)
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/11/h...
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Six of the nine Nobel Prize winners this year work in the U.S.
Three of the six were born outside the U.S., which is the pattern most years. No country has benefited more from welcoming immigrants from around the world.
www.nobelprize.org
Three of the six were born outside the U.S., which is the pattern most years. No country has benefited more from welcoming immigrants from around the world.
www.nobelprize.org
The official website of the Nobel Prize - NobelPrize.org
The Nobel Prize rewards science, humanism and peace efforts. This is one of the central concepts in the will of Alfred Nobel, and it also permeates the outreach activities that have been developed for...
www.nobelprize.org
October 8, 2025 at 12:37 PM
Six of the nine Nobel Prize winners this year work in the U.S.
Three of the six were born outside the U.S., which is the pattern most years. No country has benefited more from welcoming immigrants from around the world.
www.nobelprize.org
Three of the six were born outside the U.S., which is the pattern most years. No country has benefited more from welcoming immigrants from around the world.
www.nobelprize.org
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Scary news for West Coast friends in my latest for @science.org. Disturbed ocean sediments off California suggest big earthquakes on the Cascadia fault can trigger big quakes on the San Andreas. The "Big One" could well become the "Big Two"...
Big U.S. West Coast earthquakes could come as a one-two punch
Cascadia and San Andreas fault zones appear to generate synchronized earthquakes
www.science.org
October 6, 2025 at 10:15 PM
Scary news for West Coast friends in my latest for @science.org. Disturbed ocean sediments off California suggest big earthquakes on the Cascadia fault can trigger big quakes on the San Andreas. The "Big One" could well become the "Big Two"...
A last message from Dr. Jane Goodall: youtu.be/1BZ0je7I90E?...
A Message From Dr. Jane Goodall | Famous Last Words | Netflix
YouTube video by Netflix
youtu.be
October 5, 2025 at 6:07 PM
A last message from Dr. Jane Goodall: youtu.be/1BZ0je7I90E?...