Dr. Blitz
@blitzphd.bsky.social
Mathematical physicist and science communicator, dabbling in politics, philosophy, and religion as necessary.
Way more Superbowl posts than I expected tbh.
February 10, 2025 at 9:00 AM
Way more Superbowl posts than I expected tbh.
New video out explaining why Saturn thinks hexagons are the bestagons! www.tiktok.com/t/ZP8YL13r2/
Hopefully we can all agree CGP Grey is spectacular. #stem #science #physics #saturn #hexagon #explained
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February 1, 2025 at 4:37 PM
New video out explaining why Saturn thinks hexagons are the bestagons! www.tiktok.com/t/ZP8YL13r2/
New video out, explaining something about light that I definitely take for granted. www.tiktok.com/t/ZP8YeXMm2/
January 30, 2025 at 4:47 PM
New video out, explaining something about light that I definitely take for granted. www.tiktok.com/t/ZP8YeXMm2/
Yeah so it turns out we know a lot about the moon! www.tiktok.com/t/ZP8FtNxf6/
#stitch with @COCKROACH NEWS 🪳 "just asking questions" doesn't exonerate you from spreading misinformation, by the way. Make sure to follow on YouTube and Instagram in case TikTok goes away! #stem #sc...
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January 22, 2025 at 3:52 PM
Yeah so it turns out we know a lot about the moon! www.tiktok.com/t/ZP8FtNxf6/
Giving a talk in half an hour on unpublished, incomplete work. Here goes nothing! 😅
January 21, 2025 at 2:57 PM
Giving a talk in half an hour on unpublished, incomplete work. Here goes nothing! 😅
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GRILLED THREESE
January 20, 2025 at 2:10 AM
GRILLED THREESE
How's the saying go? Another conference day filled with algebraists talking about things I don't understand while I struggle to pay attention, another dollar?
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Yeah I think that's it
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Yeah I think that's it
January 20, 2025 at 7:59 AM
How's the saying go? Another conference day filled with algebraists talking about things I don't understand while I struggle to pay attention, another dollar?
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Yeah I think that's it
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Yeah I think that's it
SOBBING IS DONE WE'RE BACK
January 19, 2025 at 8:23 PM
SOBBING IS DONE WE'RE BACK
So instagram sucks and there's no sense of community between creators on YouTube. Bluesky doesn't have good video posting features (and no algorithm to speak of). Are we just boned?
January 19, 2025 at 4:50 PM
So instagram sucks and there's no sense of community between creators on YouTube. Bluesky doesn't have good video posting features (and no algorithm to speak of). Are we just boned?
To all the people that said I would still have access to TikTok - guess whose laughing now?
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Not me, I don't have access anymore 😭
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Not me, I don't have access anymore 😭
January 19, 2025 at 7:52 AM
To all the people that said I would still have access to TikTok - guess whose laughing now?
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Not me, I don't have access anymore 😭
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Not me, I don't have access anymore 😭
Saying goodbye to TikTok is hard. Cultivating an audience the felt like catching lightning in a bottle - and sure, I'll be on YouTube and other places, but it probably won't be the same. But here's to a new chapter!
January 15, 2025 at 5:55 PM
Saying goodbye to TikTok is hard. Cultivating an audience the felt like catching lightning in a bottle - and sure, I'll be on YouTube and other places, but it probably won't be the same. But here's to a new chapter!
I love seeing a new @seanmcarroll.bsky.social paper pop up on the arxiv. Haven't read it yet, but I can't wait! arxiv.org/pdf/2501.06609
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January 14, 2025 at 3:35 PM
I love seeing a new @seanmcarroll.bsky.social paper pop up on the arxiv. Haven't read it yet, but I can't wait! arxiv.org/pdf/2501.06609
Turns out ADHD is a helluva drug
January 13, 2025 at 6:42 AM
Turns out ADHD is a helluva drug
I don't think I know how to use bluesky properly. I guess I'm used to my thoughts either staying in my head or only being heard by Mrs. Dr. Blitz?
January 12, 2025 at 9:23 AM
I don't think I know how to use bluesky properly. I guess I'm used to my thoughts either staying in my head or only being heard by Mrs. Dr. Blitz?
Honestly I'm really proud of this video. Symplectic geometry and physics explained in less than three minutes? www.tiktok.com/t/ZP8FMYajQ/
Symplectic geometry is wildly powerful and I still don't fully grasp it. But here's a taste! #stem #science #physics #math #mathematics #symplectic #geometry #explained
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January 6, 2025 at 4:35 PM
Honestly I'm really proud of this video. Symplectic geometry and physics explained in less than three minutes? www.tiktok.com/t/ZP8FMYajQ/
So gravastars are neat. Come learn about them! www.tiktok.com/t/ZP8FNQrPF/
Gravastars are interesting, but they're highly speculative because they require some mechanism of supporting the shell from the inside. But it's a neat idea! #stem #science #physics #gravastar #explai...
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January 3, 2025 at 4:06 PM
So gravastars are neat. Come learn about them! www.tiktok.com/t/ZP8FNQrPF/
Hey y'all I'm on vacation in Venice. But a mathematician you might know was born here! So come watch about Guido Fubini. www.tiktok.com/t/ZP8FJTWvB/
By the way, he wasn't a dork (probably). Just thought it was fun to say. #stem #science #mathematics #math #guidofubini #venice #sciencetravels
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December 31, 2024 at 4:36 PM
Hey y'all I'm on vacation in Venice. But a mathematician you might know was born here! So come watch about Guido Fubini. www.tiktok.com/t/ZP8FJTWvB/
Um I'm pretty sure that this clock is wrong.
December 31, 2024 at 3:45 PM
Um I'm pretty sure that this clock is wrong.
So this is going to sound stupid but who woulda thunk the pasta in Milan is so good? 🤣
December 28, 2024 at 7:09 AM
So this is going to sound stupid but who woulda thunk the pasta in Milan is so good? 🤣
Cosmology probably isn't dead, but certainly Manchak's theorem is a bit worrying! www.tiktok.com/t/ZP8NTB8pq/
To be clear, even if Manchak's theorem is true, there's still useful work to be done in cosmology. But it does feel a little less satisfying. #stem #science #physics #cosmology #manchakstheorem #expla...
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December 27, 2024 at 7:34 PM
Cosmology probably isn't dead, but certainly Manchak's theorem is a bit worrying! www.tiktok.com/t/ZP8NTB8pq/
On my way to Milan!
December 27, 2024 at 10:40 AM
On my way to Milan!
Realizing that there are only like 4 Hanukkah movies despite us founding Hollywood makes me sad. We need a braveheart style story of Judah the Hammer... and Mel Gibson can do it! He'd earn back out trust if he did it well 😅
December 26, 2024 at 9:58 AM
Realizing that there are only like 4 Hanukkah movies despite us founding Hollywood makes me sad. We need a braveheart style story of Judah the Hammer... and Mel Gibson can do it! He'd earn back out trust if he did it well 😅
You may have seen news about dark energy being debunked recently. Long story short, probably not. But watch for more info! www.tiktok.com/t/ZP8N7s1EM/
By the way, I have plans to make a video on the "averaging problem" in more detail in the near future. So keep an eye out for that! #stem #science #physics #news #darkenergy #explained
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December 25, 2024 at 4:25 PM
You may have seen news about dark energy being debunked recently. Long story short, probably not. But watch for more info! www.tiktok.com/t/ZP8N7s1EM/
So space is dark and it's surprising we didn't know why until like the 1900s. Here ya go. www.tiktok.com/t/ZP8NWjwm6/
By the way, Olber wasn't even the first modern thinker to consider this, so I'm not sure why it's named after him. #stem #science #physics #space #dark #explained
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December 24, 2024 at 4:09 PM
So space is dark and it's surprising we didn't know why until like the 1900s. Here ya go. www.tiktok.com/t/ZP8NWjwm6/
Hey, ever want to know how a quantum algorithm works? Check out my new video on a simple one! www.tiktok.com/t/ZP8NsyqFR/
Diagrams are... hard to make for quantum computing. Hopefully the idea has been properly conveyed! #stem #science #physics #quantumcomputing #algorithm #explained
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December 22, 2024 at 3:17 PM
Hey, ever want to know how a quantum algorithm works? Check out my new video on a simple one! www.tiktok.com/t/ZP8NsyqFR/