Dallas Trinkle
@dallastrinkle.bsky.social
Prof. of Materials Science & Eng. at Univ. Illinois, Urbana-Champaign. I use computers to model material defects & how they affect properties. Cyclist + dad 🏳️🌈 he/him
New paper on magnetic field effects on carbon diffusion in iron… really proud of this paper and result!
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External Magnetic Field Suppression of Carbon Diffusion in Iron
External magnetic fields reduce diffusion of carbon in BCC iron, but the physical mechanism is not understood. Using DFT calculations with magnetic moments sampled from a Heisenberg model, we calculat...
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December 16, 2025 at 8:54 PM
New paper on magnetic field effects on carbon diffusion in iron… really proud of this paper and result!
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"AI is the asbestos in the walls of our technological society, stuffed there with wild abandon by a finance sector and tech monopolists run amok. We will be excavating it for a generation or more."
This piece on AI by Cory Doctorow is spectactular.
pluralistic.net/2025/12/05/p...
This piece on AI by Cory Doctorow is spectactular.
pluralistic.net/2025/12/05/p...
December 9, 2025 at 2:58 PM
"AI is the asbestos in the walls of our technological society, stuffed there with wild abandon by a finance sector and tech monopolists run amok. We will be excavating it for a generation or more."
This piece on AI by Cory Doctorow is spectactular.
pluralistic.net/2025/12/05/p...
This piece on AI by Cory Doctorow is spectactular.
pluralistic.net/2025/12/05/p...
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You do not, under any circumstances, "gotta hand it to him."
Jeffries: "The border is secure. That's a good thing. It happened on his watch. He wants to claim credit for it, of course he'll get credit for that. In terms of making sure that we actually deal with the issues that matter, including on immigration, there's a lot that's left to be desired."
December 4, 2025 at 12:03 PM
You do not, under any circumstances, "gotta hand it to him."
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"are you enjoying duo mobile" does a hamburger enjoy being made of quarks. does a fish enjoy linear time. does the mountain enjoy the first taste of a cup of hot chocolate when you get back to the ski lodge. your question means nothing to me. i couldn't enjoy duo mobile even if i tried
December 3, 2025 at 7:36 PM
"are you enjoying duo mobile" does a hamburger enjoy being made of quarks. does a fish enjoy linear time. does the mountain enjoy the first taste of a cup of hot chocolate when you get back to the ski lodge. your question means nothing to me. i couldn't enjoy duo mobile even if i tried
Well, this came out today in PNAS: a peer-reviewed letter “Numerical calculation finds the revised elastic field of an edge dislocation to be incorrect”
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PNAS
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS), a peer reviewed journal of the National Academy of Sciences (NAS) - an authoritative source of high-impact, original research that broadly spans...
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December 3, 2025 at 9:55 PM
Well, this came out today in PNAS: a peer-reviewed letter “Numerical calculation finds the revised elastic field of an edge dislocation to be incorrect”
www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
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a lot of people debating the merits of that dogshit essay meanwhile the girl’s mom is retweeting demands to ban all trans people from teaching at any level. it’s forest for the trees shit
December 1, 2025 at 4:42 AM
a lot of people debating the merits of that dogshit essay meanwhile the girl’s mom is retweeting demands to ban all trans people from teaching at any level. it’s forest for the trees shit
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I take Wikipedia for granted. Reading this Jimmy Wales interview reminded me in our Fantasyland age what a remarkable and important creation it is. True pillar of civilization. Runs on only $200 million a year. Requires our support. So I’m finally donating. Gift link: www.nytimes.com/2025/10/18/m...
The Culture Wars Came for Wikipedia. Jimmy Wales Is Staying the Course.
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November 30, 2025 at 1:51 PM
I take Wikipedia for granted. Reading this Jimmy Wales interview reminded me in our Fantasyland age what a remarkable and important creation it is. True pillar of civilization. Runs on only $200 million a year. Requires our support. So I’m finally donating. Gift link: www.nytimes.com/2025/10/18/m...
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James Buchanan blew up the Union in defense of slavery and then let his own Secretary of War assist in the lame duck preparations for treason, and Andrew Johnson was a drunken white supremacist who effectively revolted against Congress, and still neither of them were ever so nakedly lawless.
This is the most corrupt, lawless administration in the history of the United States and there’s no close second.
November 29, 2025 at 5:46 AM
James Buchanan blew up the Union in defense of slavery and then let his own Secretary of War assist in the lame duck preparations for treason, and Andrew Johnson was a drunken white supremacist who effectively revolted against Congress, and still neither of them were ever so nakedly lawless.
@pftompkins.bsky.social so I’ve got a copy of The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickelby. Do you just … put it on? And people wander in and out to watch? Or is it better trying to sit and watch the whole thing through? What’s the best experience for a first time viewing?
November 29, 2025 at 2:27 PM
@pftompkins.bsky.social so I’ve got a copy of The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickelby. Do you just … put it on? And people wander in and out to watch? Or is it better trying to sit and watch the whole thing through? What’s the best experience for a first time viewing?
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“It’s all a microcosm of a media industry that allowed Olivia Nuzzi and Ryan Lizza to flourish in the first place,” I say. Without a word, my dad stands up from the table, picks up the turkey, and casually dumps it in the trash. Mom pours the gravy into the punch bowl
November 27, 2025 at 12:48 AM
“It’s all a microcosm of a media industry that allowed Olivia Nuzzi and Ryan Lizza to flourish in the first place,” I say. Without a word, my dad stands up from the table, picks up the turkey, and casually dumps it in the trash. Mom pours the gravy into the punch bowl
That’s how I grew up with it, and I play it at home now. My 10 yo loves it. #tradition
A local radio station plays this song every thanksgiving. Please allow me to expand this tradition: youtu.be/WaKIX6oaSLs?...
Alice's Restaurant Massacree
YouTube video by Arlo Guthrie - Topic
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November 27, 2025 at 1:43 PM
That’s how I grew up with it, and I play it at home now. My 10 yo loves it. #tradition
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Can’t believe the whole country has to suffer through the return of Dickensian childhood diseases because the worst, most ignorant attention-demanders decided other people’s expertise makes them feel bad
November 20, 2025 at 4:19 AM
Can’t believe the whole country has to suffer through the return of Dickensian childhood diseases because the worst, most ignorant attention-demanders decided other people’s expertise makes them feel bad
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Could argue the misogyny Summers expressed both publicly while president of Harvard and in emails to Epstein says more about the culture at our most elite institutions than any of the frontpage freakouts over academia in the past few years but hey
November 17, 2025 at 12:36 PM
Could argue the misogyny Summers expressed both publicly while president of Harvard and in emails to Epstein says more about the culture at our most elite institutions than any of the frontpage freakouts over academia in the past few years but hey
New paper alert! Energy density and stress fields in quantum systems. Richard Martin, Nithaya Chetty, and DRT
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November 13, 2025 at 9:25 PM
New paper alert! Energy density and stress fields in quantum systems. Richard Martin, Nithaya Chetty, and DRT
link.aps.org/doi/10.1103/...
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Holy shit, this is kinda huge if you're into the social sciences
Debunking “When Prophecy Fails”
In 1954, Dorothy Martin predicted an apocalyptic flood and promised her followers rescue by flying saucers. When neither arrived, she recanted, her group dissolved, and efforts to proselytize ceased....
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November 6, 2025 at 10:49 AM
Holy shit, this is kinda huge if you're into the social sciences
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The ADL has decided to treat fascists as allies and progressives as enemies. For a group that is tasked with protecting American Jews, that is a world historic fuck up.
I will never forgive these people for their moral decrepitude.
I will never forgive these people for their moral decrepitude.
November 5, 2025 at 3:16 PM
The ADL has decided to treat fascists as allies and progressives as enemies. For a group that is tasked with protecting American Jews, that is a world historic fuck up.
I will never forgive these people for their moral decrepitude.
I will never forgive these people for their moral decrepitude.
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Let's all allow Dick Cheney's peaceful passing at the ripe old age of 84 to remind us of the importance and joy of speaking ill of the dead when the dead were assholes.
November 4, 2025 at 2:52 PM
Let's all allow Dick Cheney's peaceful passing at the ripe old age of 84 to remind us of the importance and joy of speaking ill of the dead when the dead were assholes.
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What if the blue jays winning this fixes the timeline after the cubs fucked it up in 2016?
November 2, 2025 at 3:45 AM
What if the blue jays winning this fixes the timeline after the cubs fucked it up in 2016?
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The perfect dad-joke doesnt exi-
November 1, 2025 at 8:36 PM
The perfect dad-joke doesnt exi-
All I know about this I learned from Sondheim’s Assassins, and Guiteau is definitely one of the most entertaining ones… so I’m admittedly very curious.
October 29, 2025 at 2:57 PM
All I know about this I learned from Sondheim’s Assassins, and Guiteau is definitely one of the most entertaining ones… so I’m admittedly very curious.
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Nothing can prepare you for the factual basis behind this 'wokeness gone too far' anecdote.
October 28, 2025 at 1:06 PM
Nothing can prepare you for the factual basis behind this 'wokeness gone too far' anecdote.
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Week of October 13: You Gotta See This Guy! The title says it all as we get a very fun new champ in a week full of them. It's also a pod first: John agrees with the fuming fans. Plus, we get a very charming anecdote and dive deep on Agatha Christie.
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Week of October 13: You Gotta See This Guy
Podcast Episode · What Is...? A Jeopardy! Podcast · 10/21/2025 · 1h 28m
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October 21, 2025 at 5:59 PM
Week of October 13: You Gotta See This Guy! The title says it all as we get a very fun new champ in a week full of them. It's also a pod first: John agrees with the fuming fans. Plus, we get a very charming anecdote and dive deep on Agatha Christie.
podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/w...
podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/w...