Colin Stark
@cstark.bsky.social
🧪⚒️⚛️🧮 Geoscientist studying physics of geomorphology/professor/civ eng faculty. Left pieces of my ❤️ in NYC, SF, Rennes, Cambridge. 🇬🇧 🇹🇼 🇯🇵 🌈 日本語/中文/Français ok
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Colin Stark
@cstark.bsky.social
· Nov 18
Nope. The headline should actually read “Astronomers using ML discover quasars acting as lenses”
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The director of Melania movie
January 31, 2026 at 6:59 PM
The director of Melania movie
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You may have seen pictures, but have you ever seen video of a gigantic jet #TLE from space?
Astronaut Jeanette Epps captured this incredible sequence on July 20th, 2024 for the DTU/@science.esa.int Thor-Davis experiment. 🧪🔭
youtu.be/xN2J7_rOBJY
Credit: ESA/NASA/J. Epps
Processing: Simeon Schmauß
Astronaut Jeanette Epps captured this incredible sequence on July 20th, 2024 for the DTU/@science.esa.int Thor-Davis experiment. 🧪🔭
youtu.be/xN2J7_rOBJY
Credit: ESA/NASA/J. Epps
Processing: Simeon Schmauß
January 30, 2026 at 9:09 PM
You may have seen pictures, but have you ever seen video of a gigantic jet #TLE from space?
Astronaut Jeanette Epps captured this incredible sequence on July 20th, 2024 for the DTU/@science.esa.int Thor-Davis experiment. 🧪🔭
youtu.be/xN2J7_rOBJY
Credit: ESA/NASA/J. Epps
Processing: Simeon Schmauß
Astronaut Jeanette Epps captured this incredible sequence on July 20th, 2024 for the DTU/@science.esa.int Thor-Davis experiment. 🧪🔭
youtu.be/xN2J7_rOBJY
Credit: ESA/NASA/J. Epps
Processing: Simeon Schmauß
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January 30, 2026 at 2:25 AM
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![Comic. [A chemical formula trailing off the right side] C1076 H1080 Ac1067 Ag1069 Al1075 Am1026 Ar1075 As1070 At1047 Au1069 B1071 Ba1070 Be [caption] The approximate chemical formula for the universe](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:cz73r7iyiqn26upot4jtjdhk/bafkreiheadwaulk6slb3ao3jmuve4grmz72ri4bjvi2zjfotsxjdgwlji4@jpeg)
January 30, 2026 at 2:14 AM
Now that’s what I call town planning!
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Just an incredible and unusual landslide at Niscemi, Sicily, Italy, as captured by @planet.com SuperDove satellites 🧪⚒️🛰️
January 30, 2026 at 12:46 AM
Now that’s what I call town planning!
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January 29, 2026 at 9:41 PM
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“Large” isn’t the first adjective that leaps to mind when Greg Bovino is mentioned
January 28, 2026 at 11:05 PM
“Large” isn’t the first adjective that leaps to mind when Greg Bovino is mentioned
There are worse places to be 😎
January 28, 2026 at 5:17 AM
There are worse places to be 😎
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First column for Quanta Magazine's new essay section, Qualia.
I take stock of particle physics, a field in crisis. What happened, and what now? Commentary here from many angles.
Please lmk your thoughts, or any tips or topic ideas I should look into. 🙏
www.quantamagazine.org/is-particle-...
I take stock of particle physics, a field in crisis. What happened, and what now? Commentary here from many angles.
Please lmk your thoughts, or any tips or topic ideas I should look into. 🙏
www.quantamagazine.org/is-particle-...
Is Particle Physics Dead, Dying, or Just Hard? | Quanta Magazine
Columnist Natalie Wolchover checks in with particle physicists more than a decade after the field entered a profound crisis.
www.quantamagazine.org
January 28, 2026 at 12:25 AM
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First column for Quanta Magazine's new essay section, Qualia.
I take stock of particle physics, a field in crisis. What happened, and what now? Commentary here from many angles.
Please lmk your thoughts, or any tips or topic ideas I should look into. 🙏
www.quantamagazine.org/is-particle-...
I take stock of particle physics, a field in crisis. What happened, and what now? Commentary here from many angles.
Please lmk your thoughts, or any tips or topic ideas I should look into. 🙏
www.quantamagazine.org/is-particle-...
Is Particle Physics Dead, Dying, or Just Hard? | Quanta Magazine
Columnist Natalie Wolchover checks in with particle physicists more than a decade after the field entered a profound crisis.
www.quantamagazine.org
January 27, 2026 at 6:13 PM
First column for Quanta Magazine's new essay section, Qualia.
I take stock of particle physics, a field in crisis. What happened, and what now? Commentary here from many angles.
Please lmk your thoughts, or any tips or topic ideas I should look into. 🙏
www.quantamagazine.org/is-particle-...
I take stock of particle physics, a field in crisis. What happened, and what now? Commentary here from many angles.
Please lmk your thoughts, or any tips or topic ideas I should look into. 🙏
www.quantamagazine.org/is-particle-...
Stephen Wolfram is the very definition of a nitwit genius. 50 years of banging on about CA and he hasn’t moved the physics needle one iota (and I say this as a fan on Mathematica)
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Stephen Wolfram: computation is the universe's OS
Mathematica creator Stephen Wolfram has spent nearly 50 years arguing that simple computational rules underlie everything from animal patterns to the laws of physics. In his 2023 TED talk, he…
boingboing.net
January 27, 2026 at 11:32 PM
Stephen Wolfram is the very definition of a nitwit genius. 50 years of banging on about CA and he hasn’t moved the physics needle one iota (and I say this as a fan on Mathematica)
boingboing.net/2026/01/27/s...
boingboing.net/2026/01/27/s...
You’d think this would go without saying, but please don’t post your gruesome post-op photos here. Some of us are having breakfast.
January 27, 2026 at 11:22 PM
You’d think this would go without saying, but please don’t post your gruesome post-op photos here. Some of us are having breakfast.
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After being held in two of them as a boy, I fought for decades urging America to never again build concentration camps and put human beings in them. It breaks my heart to watch this happen twice now in my own lifetime.
January 27, 2026 at 11:04 PM
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We three were the first protesters to show up. Decent turnout later.
One woman said it was her first protest since 1969. She got tear-gassed then. Came today because "it's better than crying at home."
Today she got pepper-sprayed. Said she'll be back & keep protesting. I gave her a hug.
One woman said it was her first protest since 1969. She got tear-gassed then. Came today because "it's better than crying at home."
Today she got pepper-sprayed. Said she'll be back & keep protesting. I gave her a hug.
January 27, 2026 at 9:38 PM
We three were the first protesters to show up. Decent turnout later.
One woman said it was her first protest since 1969. She got tear-gassed then. Came today because "it's better than crying at home."
Today she got pepper-sprayed. Said she'll be back & keep protesting. I gave her a hug.
One woman said it was her first protest since 1969. She got tear-gassed then. Came today because "it's better than crying at home."
Today she got pepper-sprayed. Said she'll be back & keep protesting. I gave her a hug.
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Anglerfish on canvas with acrylic markers
January 27, 2026 at 2:16 AM
Anglerfish on canvas with acrylic markers
If any of you are interested in learning about the renormalization group, I strongly recommend book by Yeomans 1992. Beautifully approachable introduction to the topic. 🧪🧮⚛️
doi.org/10.1093/oso/...
doi.org/10.1093/oso/...
January 27, 2026 at 12:54 AM
If any of you are interested in learning about the renormalization group, I strongly recommend book by Yeomans 1992. Beautifully approachable introduction to the topic. 🧪🧮⚛️
doi.org/10.1093/oso/...
doi.org/10.1093/oso/...
This is so important. It’s why it’s *pointless* to debate MAGAts.
Saw this on the Bad Place and had to share. It's feels horrifyingly true.
January 26, 2026 at 4:42 AM
This is so important. It’s why it’s *pointless* to debate MAGAts.
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As nothing compared to what Fox “News” viewers have done to themselves
www.sciencealert.com/shrews-can-s...
www.sciencealert.com/shrews-can-s...
Shrews Can Shrink Their Brains by 30%. Here's How They Grow It Back.
In preparation for winter, the common shrew (Sorex araneus) shrinks its brain by 30 percent to conserve precious energy.
www.sciencealert.com
January 25, 2026 at 1:41 AM
As nothing compared to what Fox “News” viewers have done to themselves
www.sciencealert.com/shrews-can-s...
www.sciencealert.com/shrews-can-s...
FWIW the volcano name “Yakedake” can be translated as “Toasty Peak”
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JMA has raised the alert level for Yakedake volcano in Japan due to the increased seismicity as well as the tilt change suggesting an edifice inflation. (Google Translated Image attached)
www.jma.go.jp/bosai/volcan...
www.jma.go.jp/bosai/volcan...
January 24, 2026 at 11:36 PM
FWIW the volcano name “Yakedake” can be translated as “Toasty Peak”
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