🇵🇸Tim Henke (tɪm 'ɦɛŋ.kə)
@timhenke.bsky.social
🇳🇱 Postdoc in Quantisation of moduli spaces, QFT, TQFT & CFT, Algebraic Geometry, Differential Geometry, moduli geometry – Masters in: Maths/Physics/Logic – Help me learn 🇵🇹🇩🇰🇮🇹🇩🇪🇫🇷 by talking to me! (he/him)
Forse tu non pensavi ch'io löico fossi
Forse tu non pensavi ch'io löico fossi
Good thread. This is why, when convenient, I like to switch to the completely equivalent but imo much more intuitive picture "the size of the universe is fixed but the speed of light gradually decreases"
Nice bonus is imo "light moved infinitely fast" is easier to picture than Big Bang singularity
Nice bonus is imo "light moved infinitely fast" is easier to picture than Big Bang singularity
Those who've followed me for a while will know that I'm doubtful about just how useful the notion of "expanding space" in explaining cosmic expansion is. I think the SciAm article linked here is a good example for where "expanding space" makes things more difficult than they need to be. 🧵 1/
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Near the top of the FAQs I get from curious readers:
How can galaxies collide if the Universe is expanding?
The short answer is: gravity. The longer answer is fun to read, IIDSSM.
www.scientificamerican.com/article/if-t...
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How can galaxies collide if the Universe is expanding?
The short answer is: gravity. The longer answer is fun to read, IIDSSM.
www.scientificamerican.com/article/if-t...
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February 8, 2026 at 4:50 PM
Good thread. This is why, when convenient, I like to switch to the completely equivalent but imo much more intuitive picture "the size of the universe is fixed but the speed of light gradually decreases"
Nice bonus is imo "light moved infinitely fast" is easier to picture than Big Bang singularity
Nice bonus is imo "light moved infinitely fast" is easier to picture than Big Bang singularity
What are the ways that a complex-analytic function f : U → C on a dense open U of an analytic space X can fail to extend to X?
It can have a finite or essential singularity, but are there any other ways it can go wrong?
It can have a finite or essential singularity, but are there any other ways it can go wrong?
February 8, 2026 at 4:38 PM
What are the ways that a complex-analytic function f : U → C on a dense open U of an analytic space X can fail to extend to X?
It can have a finite or essential singularity, but are there any other ways it can go wrong?
It can have a finite or essential singularity, but are there any other ways it can go wrong?
Foucault's yoyo
Ami Dror, former head of Benjamin Netanyahu’s personal security, revealed shocking details about the prime minister’s household.
In a podcast interview with Israeli journalist Miki Levin, Dror said Yair Netanyahu "assaulted his father... not a karate punch, but… a real assault that required
In a podcast interview with Israeli journalist Miki Levin, Dror said Yair Netanyahu "assaulted his father... not a karate punch, but… a real assault that required
February 8, 2026 at 12:33 PM
Foucault's yoyo
1) What could you *possibly* need 40 giant cars for
2) I swear to Christ you can just use normal cars
3) extremely classic random Italian motorists just casually weave into the motorcade. Give them an opening and they go
4) Consider for a moment Milan probably has some of the widest streets in Italy
2) I swear to Christ you can just use normal cars
3) extremely classic random Italian motorists just casually weave into the motorcade. Give them an opening and they go
4) Consider for a moment Milan probably has some of the widest streets in Italy
The motorcade of U.S. Vice President JD Vance 🇺🇸 having to deal with Italy’s narrow streets yesterday.
February 8, 2026 at 12:25 PM
1) What could you *possibly* need 40 giant cars for
2) I swear to Christ you can just use normal cars
3) extremely classic random Italian motorists just casually weave into the motorcade. Give them an opening and they go
4) Consider for a moment Milan probably has some of the widest streets in Italy
2) I swear to Christ you can just use normal cars
3) extremely classic random Italian motorists just casually weave into the motorcade. Give them an opening and they go
4) Consider for a moment Milan probably has some of the widest streets in Italy
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Really makes you think why people flock to invest in these funds when everyone can see they’re run by credulous idiots, maybe it has to do with ubiquitous insider trading or whatever seen in leaked emails, who knows!
Bill Ackman's fund, Pershing Square, manages 18 billion dollars for wealthy clients, billions of it for the Harvard Endowment
Anyways here he is uncritically eating up conspiracy slop from Naomi Wolf about stolen NYC elections
Anyways here he is uncritically eating up conspiracy slop from Naomi Wolf about stolen NYC elections
February 8, 2026 at 11:08 AM
Really makes you think why people flock to invest in these funds when everyone can see they’re run by credulous idiots, maybe it has to do with ubiquitous insider trading or whatever seen in leaked emails, who knows!
Surprising absolutely nobody:
February 7, 2026 at 9:50 PM
Surprising absolutely nobody:
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In Spanish, “for you” is ‘para ti’, but “with you” isn’t ‘con ti’: it’s ‘contigo’ instead.
What’s this ‘-go’ doing there?
It’s a remnant of the same Latin word that gave us ‘con’.
So etymologically, ‘contigo’ contains this word twice: “with you-with”.
Click my graphic to read the full story:
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What’s this ‘-go’ doing there?
It’s a remnant of the same Latin word that gave us ‘con’.
So etymologically, ‘contigo’ contains this word twice: “with you-with”.
Click my graphic to read the full story:
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February 7, 2026 at 7:44 PM
In Spanish, “for you” is ‘para ti’, but “with you” isn’t ‘con ti’: it’s ‘contigo’ instead.
What’s this ‘-go’ doing there?
It’s a remnant of the same Latin word that gave us ‘con’.
So etymologically, ‘contigo’ contains this word twice: “with you-with”.
Click my graphic to read the full story:
1/
What’s this ‘-go’ doing there?
It’s a remnant of the same Latin word that gave us ‘con’.
So etymologically, ‘contigo’ contains this word twice: “with you-with”.
Click my graphic to read the full story:
1/
Please send your commiserations to Eric Weinstein, who is heartbroken to find out he is not mentioned in the Epstein files, poor sod
February 7, 2026 at 2:32 PM
Please send your commiserations to Eric Weinstein, who is heartbroken to find out he is not mentioned in the Epstein files, poor sod
Give you 3 guesses who made a whole video on how we don't have proof that microplastics are bad without even bothering to mention that a huge problem with finding that evidence is that there literally is not any control group on Earth
February 6, 2026 at 8:05 PM
Give you 3 guesses who made a whole video on how we don't have proof that microplastics are bad without even bothering to mention that a huge problem with finding that evidence is that there literally is not any control group on Earth
Look, the Fortnight thing was a little bit too silly but I need these people to act a little bit less suspicious?
Internet Archive removal fuels “littlestjeff1” rabbit hole on X as “Epstein alive” theory spreads
piunikaweb.com/2026/02/06/e...
piunikaweb.com/2026/02/06/e...
“littlestjeff1” Fortnite activity fuels Epstein alive conspiracy on X
Viral X posts tie Jeffrey Epstein's "littlestjeff1" username from court files to active Fortnite play after his death. Internet Archive removal fuels claims he's alive and gaming.
piunikaweb.com
February 6, 2026 at 7:06 PM
Look, the Fortnight thing was a little bit too silly but I need these people to act a little bit less suspicious?
excited to see the NYT sanewash this, tbh
“As the @newrepublic.com notes…Trump also “shared a video of a dog being summoned by a can of whipped cream, & another clip of Bruce Lee from ‘Enter the Dragon’ (1973).” This is all coming from a president who gets incredibly mad at the media for reporting on his obvious physical & mental decline.“
BREAKING: Madman President Promotes Racist Video of the Obamas as Apes
Trump’s policies and actions are fueled by explicit racism and election denial. The Obama-ape video encompasses both, writes @swin24.bsky.social.
Read now: zeteo.com/p/trump-obam...
Trump’s policies and actions are fueled by explicit racism and election denial. The Obama-ape video encompasses both, writes @swin24.bsky.social.
Read now: zeteo.com/p/trump-obam...
February 6, 2026 at 5:36 PM
excited to see the NYT sanewash this, tbh
You have to admire the commitment to neutrality
If the plain facts of the action reflect so poorly on one* side, we simply have no choice but to pretend to be agnostic about whether he intended to undertake them. Treating him as though he had agency is simply too biased
(*only the republican tho)
If the plain facts of the action reflect so poorly on one* side, we simply have no choice but to pretend to be agnostic about whether he intended to undertake them. Treating him as though he had agency is simply too biased
(*only the republican tho)
The New York Times has finally covered the Trump video of Obama as an ape — and they are still providing cover for him. Fuck the Times.
February 6, 2026 at 5:26 PM
You have to admire the commitment to neutrality
If the plain facts of the action reflect so poorly on one* side, we simply have no choice but to pretend to be agnostic about whether he intended to undertake them. Treating him as though he had agency is simply too biased
(*only the republican tho)
If the plain facts of the action reflect so poorly on one* side, we simply have no choice but to pretend to be agnostic about whether he intended to undertake them. Treating him as though he had agency is simply too biased
(*only the republican tho)
lmao, c'mon now
February 6, 2026 at 4:09 PM
lmao, c'mon now
I love neutron stars and I don't think they get enough love among the compact astronomical objects. Black holes get all the attention for how weird they are but I think neutron stars should get some too for how unimaginable the forces there are!
A short thread:
A short thread:
February 6, 2026 at 3:54 PM
I love neutron stars and I don't think they get enough love among the compact astronomical objects. Black holes get all the attention for how weird they are but I think neutron stars should get some too for how unimaginable the forces there are!
A short thread:
A short thread:
Very useful phrase
February 6, 2026 at 3:11 PM
Very useful phrase
We're corncobbing at amazing levels now
February 6, 2026 at 3:09 PM
We're corncobbing at amazing levels now
holy fuck!
U.S. secretly deporting Palestinians to West Bank in coordination with Israel
Palestinians arrested by ICE are being flown, bound and shackled, on a private jet belonging to an Israeli-American tycoon close to Trump, a joint investigation reveals.
www.972mag.com/us-secretly-...
Palestinians arrested by ICE are being flown, bound and shackled, on a private jet belonging to an Israeli-American tycoon close to Trump, a joint investigation reveals.
www.972mag.com/us-secretly-...
U.S. secretly deporting Palestinians to West Bank in coordination with Israel
Palestinians arrested by ICE are being flown, bound and shackled, on private jet belonging to Israeli-American tycoon close to Trump, investigation reveals.
www.972mag.com
February 6, 2026 at 3:04 PM
holy fuck!
Somebody linked me to the video without context and let me tell you, the final 3 seconds were an incredible racism jump scare
A screenshot from a video posted on Trump's Truth Social account: truthsocial.com/@realDonaldT...
February 6, 2026 at 2:04 PM
Somebody linked me to the video without context and let me tell you, the final 3 seconds were an incredible racism jump scare
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If you’re seeing this image circulating, which purports to show that Jeffrey Epstein is still alive, it’s AI generated.
February 6, 2026 at 12:41 AM
If you’re seeing this image circulating, which purports to show that Jeffrey Epstein is still alive, it’s AI generated.
unfortunately extremely funny to give a speech at the Prayer Breakfast about what suckers those religious people are lol
Trump: "Mike Johnson is a very religious person. He does not hide it. He'll say to me sometimes at lunch, 'Sir, may we pray.' I'll say, 'Excuse me? We're having lunch.'"
February 6, 2026 at 12:03 AM
unfortunately extremely funny to give a speech at the Prayer Breakfast about what suckers those religious people are lol
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OHMYGOD
In 2014 I proposed a post Turing Test benchmark! www.smbc-comics.com/comic/2014-0...
No current frontier models Ai come CLOSE to passing this!
In 2014 I proposed a post Turing Test benchmark! www.smbc-comics.com/comic/2014-0...
No current frontier models Ai come CLOSE to passing this!
Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal - 2014-06-21
Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal - 2014-06-21
www.smbc-comics.com
February 5, 2026 at 11:48 PM
OHMYGOD
In 2014 I proposed a post Turing Test benchmark! www.smbc-comics.com/comic/2014-0...
No current frontier models Ai come CLOSE to passing this!
In 2014 I proposed a post Turing Test benchmark! www.smbc-comics.com/comic/2014-0...
No current frontier models Ai come CLOSE to passing this!
I'm crying they're doing Spartacus for paedos 💀💀
February 5, 2026 at 7:21 PM
I'm crying they're doing Spartacus for paedos 💀💀
I believe I solved the main theorem of the paper and I've now convinced both my coauthors and I'm very hyped
Been thinking about the contents of the paper and I think it's gonna be extremely cool 😎
Been thinking about the contents of the paper and I think it's gonna be extremely cool 😎
February 5, 2026 at 7:16 PM
I believe I solved the main theorem of the paper and I've now convinced both my coauthors and I'm very hyped
Been thinking about the contents of the paper and I think it's gonna be extremely cool 😎
Been thinking about the contents of the paper and I think it's gonna be extremely cool 😎
Suppose I *almost* have a representation of the pair groupoid TxT ⇉ T into 𝗖𝗮𝘁, except that (t,t) doesn't exactly get mapped to the identity but to a functor naturally isomorphic to the identity
What's a nice way of saying this? Is that a "weak" representation or something?
What's a nice way of saying this? Is that a "weak" representation or something?
February 5, 2026 at 5:20 PM
Suppose I *almost* have a representation of the pair groupoid TxT ⇉ T into 𝗖𝗮𝘁, except that (t,t) doesn't exactly get mapped to the identity but to a functor naturally isomorphic to the identity
What's a nice way of saying this? Is that a "weak" representation or something?
What's a nice way of saying this? Is that a "weak" representation or something?
