Eli Fastow, PhD
@ejfastow.bsky.social
Polymer physics and materials characterization knower | silly walk enjoyer | Philly appreciator | 3D printing and embroidery | he/him/his
Opinions my own, but I still think they're nice
Opinions my own, but I still think they're nice
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Eli Fastow, PhD
@ejfastow.bsky.social
· Mar 13
While I originally planned this to be a sci-focused acct, I haven't engaged in the science community as much as I had hoped. With my dissertation deposited, I now feel comfortable going by Dr. Fastow, so this is as good a time as any to fix that - so now for a thread summarizing my dissertation!
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Double steals for the dub!!
February 15, 2026 at 3:54 PM
Double steals for the dub!!
Is this good?
February 13, 2026 at 3:14 AM
Is this good?
Ratatouille was in da kitchen cookin da books
February 12, 2026 at 3:47 AM
Ratatouille was in da kitchen cookin da books
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So the feds ARE NOT considering an mRNA vaccine for the flu, which could save countless lives, but ARE backing research into whether horse dewormer can cure cancer, because the right views vaccines as elite and ivermectin as populist.
Cool.
kffhealthnews.org/news/article...
Cool.
kffhealthnews.org/news/article...
FDA won’t review Moderna application for first mRNA-based flu vaccine
The decision, which shocked company officials, comes as the FDA says it will take a stricter approach to federal vaccine approvals.
www.washingtonpost.com
February 11, 2026 at 2:24 AM
So the feds ARE NOT considering an mRNA vaccine for the flu, which could save countless lives, but ARE backing research into whether horse dewormer can cure cancer, because the right views vaccines as elite and ivermectin as populist.
Cool.
kffhealthnews.org/news/article...
Cool.
kffhealthnews.org/news/article...
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If you were to run down a list of all the things distinctive about the United States in contrast to Old World Europe, most of it is stuff we instead have in common with Latin America. That's not some woke novelty, it's a deeply embedded centuries-old aspect of our culture and national identity.
February 9, 2026 at 3:28 AM
If you were to run down a list of all the things distinctive about the United States in contrast to Old World Europe, most of it is stuff we instead have in common with Latin America. That's not some woke novelty, it's a deeply embedded centuries-old aspect of our culture and national identity.
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No Kings includes Draft Kings
February 8, 2026 at 11:49 PM
No Kings includes Draft Kings
Abolition is the bare minimum
ICE told nurses this Minneapolis man “purposefully ran headfirst into a brick wall.”
What actually happened is that they pulled him from a car, beat him so viciously with a steel baton that he had 8 skull fractures, 5 life-threatening brain hemorrhages, and couldn’t remember he had a daughter.
What actually happened is that they pulled him from a car, beat him so viciously with a steel baton that he had 8 skull fractures, 5 life-threatening brain hemorrhages, and couldn’t remember he had a daughter.
February 7, 2026 at 7:32 PM
Abolition is the bare minimum
Made un poco espresso and I'm watching some skiing; it's just like I'm in Cortina
February 7, 2026 at 2:41 PM
Made un poco espresso and I'm watching some skiing; it's just like I'm in Cortina
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I get this, but here's where I'm at:
Trump & Vance are the worst of us. America is bigger than them, and they win if we let them define us.
Team USA is the best of us. It's filled with Americans MAGA hates—first-generation + immigrants, LGBTQ+ athletes, people of color—& I'm gonna root for them.
Trump & Vance are the worst of us. America is bigger than them, and they win if we let them define us.
Team USA is the best of us. It's filled with Americans MAGA hates—first-generation + immigrants, LGBTQ+ athletes, people of color—& I'm gonna root for them.
I really really want these athletes to have a great experience, be competitive and perhaps win a gold medal, but, honestly, the thought of hearing "USA!USA!USA!" during their games kinda makes me cringe. If we were any other country the IOC would ask us to march under the olympic flag.
February 5, 2026 at 5:09 PM
I get this, but here's where I'm at:
Trump & Vance are the worst of us. America is bigger than them, and they win if we let them define us.
Team USA is the best of us. It's filled with Americans MAGA hates—first-generation + immigrants, LGBTQ+ athletes, people of color—& I'm gonna root for them.
Trump & Vance are the worst of us. America is bigger than them, and they win if we let them define us.
Team USA is the best of us. It's filled with Americans MAGA hates—first-generation + immigrants, LGBTQ+ athletes, people of color—& I'm gonna root for them.
Good news, this chump is cruising to finish outside of the top three in the PA primary (if he makes it that far). He's better than literally any repub, but that's the only reason he's the gov
Hey, everyone. This guy fucking sucks.
Josh Shapiro can go fuck himself. So goddamn tired of this self-absorbed empty suit.
February 2, 2026 at 5:10 AM
Good news, this chump is cruising to finish outside of the top three in the PA primary (if he makes it that far). He's better than literally any repub, but that's the only reason he's the gov
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I've spent the past month in awe of Minneapolis residents' courage, so I interviewed a few of them about how we might recreate that here in Philadelphia.
What Philadelphia Can Learn From Minneapolis’s ICE Resistance
“The main thing here is that we are just relentless in supporting our neighbors,” one Minneapolis resident said. “That's it. We don’t care where they came from originally.”
www.phillymag.com
January 29, 2026 at 3:16 PM
I've spent the past month in awe of Minneapolis residents' courage, so I interviewed a few of them about how we might recreate that here in Philadelphia.
Little known fact, but they let you on bluesky before you're "wake up with a new ache" years old. They don't let it happen much, so most people don't know about this
...yes?
You're younger than 30?
January 28, 2026 at 7:15 PM
Little known fact, but they let you on bluesky before you're "wake up with a new ache" years old. They don't let it happen much, so most people don't know about this
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Nine DAs are coalescing to work on prosecuting federal agents for 'overreach':
—L. Krasner in Philly
—J. Creuzot in Dallas
—M. Moriarty in Minneapolis
—L. Conover in Tucson
—S. Descano in Fairfax (VA)
—R. Fatehi in Norfolk (VA)
—S. Morales in Portsmouth (VA)
—P. Dehghani-Tafti in Arlington (VA)
—L. Krasner in Philly
—J. Creuzot in Dallas
—M. Moriarty in Minneapolis
—L. Conover in Tucson
—S. Descano in Fairfax (VA)
—R. Fatehi in Norfolk (VA)
—S. Morales in Portsmouth (VA)
—P. Dehghani-Tafti in Arlington (VA)
January 28, 2026 at 1:17 AM
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1. The thing about science that these jokers don't understand is that science cannot be vibe-coded.
Whatever its flaws, the point with vibe coding is that you're trying to quickly make something that sorta works, where you can immediately sorta see if it sorta works and then sorta use it.
Whatever its flaws, the point with vibe coding is that you're trying to quickly make something that sorta works, where you can immediately sorta see if it sorta works and then sorta use it.
“The idea is to put ChatGPT front and center inside software that scientists use to write up their work in much the same way that chatbots are now embedded into popular programming editors.
It’s vibe coding, but for science.”
It’s vibe coding, but for science.”
OpenAI’s latest product lets you vibe code science
Prism is a ChatGPT-powered text editor that automates much of the work involved in writing scientific papers.
www.technologyreview.com
January 27, 2026 at 10:09 PM
1. The thing about science that these jokers don't understand is that science cannot be vibe-coded.
Whatever its flaws, the point with vibe coding is that you're trying to quickly make something that sorta works, where you can immediately sorta see if it sorta works and then sorta use it.
Whatever its flaws, the point with vibe coding is that you're trying to quickly make something that sorta works, where you can immediately sorta see if it sorta works and then sorta use it.
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![peter griffin i will die for my national newspaper (country) philadelphia [inquirer], eagles version](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:vfq2agslg2sbjzekt7tnist7/bafkreigmf3n3ix2zu7prskjqaj2tqb54s7yxgvilr5e5axre3ecffze4oi@jpeg)
And we will never stop because life without love for and the love of your fellow is not a life at all
the punishment for loving and helping our neighbors is murder, jesus fucking christ
January 24, 2026 at 3:59 PM
And we will never stop because life without love for and the love of your fellow is not a life at all
Abolishing ICE is the best minimum
Initial report is that two observers got into a shoving match with eight agents, one observer was wrestled to the ground, and then an ICE agent pulled out a sidearm and shot the man on the ground five times.
January 24, 2026 at 3:50 PM
Abolishing ICE is the best minimum
Not the point of this post, but this is a great opportunity to reflect on the fact that the walnut street beer garden is at the site of a McDonald's that burned down
no smoke for this person in particular but your city needs to burn down a cop shop before you talk about how you're so much harder than minneapolis
January 24, 2026 at 12:53 AM
Not the point of this post, but this is a great opportunity to reflect on the fact that the walnut street beer garden is at the site of a McDonald's that burned down
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These vandals may tear at my city, but they shall never suppress the enduring spirit of Philadelphia. It, and we, will outlive them
January 23, 2026 at 4:06 AM
These vandals may tear at my city, but they shall never suppress the enduring spirit of Philadelphia. It, and we, will outlive them
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“everyone hates you, you fuckin American” idk what you’re talking about, I am a proud citizen of the greatest country in the world: PHILADELPHIA
January 21, 2026 at 3:02 PM
“everyone hates you, you fuckin American” idk what you’re talking about, I am a proud citizen of the greatest country in the world: PHILADELPHIA
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“Liberalism is not merely tolerance alone or some conciliatory centrism. This form of politics offered by the consultant class is a suicide pact.” www.liberalcurrents.com/fdrs-four-fr...
FDR’s Four Freedoms and the Second Bill of Rights
The social welfare state, winning World War II, and building the liberal order after Trump
www.liberalcurrents.com
January 21, 2026 at 11:09 AM
“Liberalism is not merely tolerance alone or some conciliatory centrism. This form of politics offered by the consultant class is a suicide pact.” www.liberalcurrents.com/fdrs-four-fr...
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To anyone in ICE or CBP out in Minneapolis today looking to violate rights:
זאָלסטו זיך אויסגליטשן אויף שוואַרצן אייז, באַקומען צעבראָכענע עקביינער, און פֿאַרגיסן דיין הייסן קאַווע אין דיין קראָטש
זאָלסטו זיך אויסגליטשן אויף שוואַרצן אייז, באַקומען צעבראָכענע עקביינער, און פֿאַרגיסן דיין הייסן קאַווע אין דיין קראָטש
January 17, 2026 at 4:47 PM
To anyone in ICE or CBP out in Minneapolis today looking to violate rights:
זאָלסטו זיך אויסגליטשן אויף שוואַרצן אייז, באַקומען צעבראָכענע עקביינער, און פֿאַרגיסן דיין הייסן קאַווע אין דיין קראָטש
זאָלסטו זיך אויסגליטשן אויף שוואַרצן אייז, באַקומען צעבראָכענע עקביינער, און פֿאַרגיסן דיין הייסן קאַווע אין דיין קראָטש
@fetterman.senate.gov your weak nonsense aligning with Trump on Greenland is going to lose us every one of our alliances
The incredibly lukewarm Democratic response on Greenland is being noticed in Europe, incidentally.
Chuck Schumer not finding a stronger word than “quixotic” for Trump’s plan to seize Greenland has been name checked to me more than once.
Chuck Schumer not finding a stronger word than “quixotic” for Trump’s plan to seize Greenland has been name checked to me more than once.
But Americans who want to save the alliance with Europe must have no illusions about how bad a condition this transatlantic partnership is in.
January 19, 2026 at 1:09 AM
@fetterman.senate.gov your weak nonsense aligning with Trump on Greenland is going to lose us every one of our alliances
Immigration is an unalloyed good - any candidate with the moral fiber and courage to stand for open borders has my vote, time, and money at their disposal
"we don't want people thinking Democrats are for open borders" I am! who gives a shit!!! my life has been immeasurably improved by the presence of immigrants in my community, regardless of their status, there is literally no downside there! why would I give a shit!!!!
January 18, 2026 at 3:19 PM
Immigration is an unalloyed good - any candidate with the moral fiber and courage to stand for open borders has my vote, time, and money at their disposal