Brandon Hacha
@brandonhacha.bsky.social
(HACK-uh)
Posts are my thoughts, which means at least half of them are about The Boss.
Ph.D. Candidate at UW-Madison studying topological photonics
I’m essentially a physicist with the fun and charisma of a chemist. And an ego obviously of a physicist.
Posts are my thoughts, which means at least half of them are about The Boss.
Ph.D. Candidate at UW-Madison studying topological photonics
I’m essentially a physicist with the fun and charisma of a chemist. And an ego obviously of a physicist.
Malik Willis, I love you
December 21, 2025 at 3:23 AM
Malik Willis, I love you
I feel like we’re losing the plot here because “is featured in photos that Epstein had saved” seems so tangential from what we’re actually talking about. It’s like finding a “Yoshi’s Island” ROM on Osama Bin Laden’s computer.
David Brooks, who wrote in the NYT last month, "The Epstein Story? Count Me Out" is... in the latest Epstein photo dump published by @oversightdemocrats.house.gov.
He should absolutely be fired by NYT for this. Major conflict of interest that he didn't disclose.
He should absolutely be fired by NYT for this. Major conflict of interest that he didn't disclose.
December 18, 2025 at 8:08 PM
I feel like we’re losing the plot here because “is featured in photos that Epstein had saved” seems so tangential from what we’re actually talking about. It’s like finding a “Yoshi’s Island” ROM on Osama Bin Laden’s computer.
It’s an example of my unflinching pedantry, but I think Minecraft has ruined the definition of “strip mining” for a generation. Strip mining is when you strip away the entirety of material down to the stuff you want, not when you mine in “strips”
December 17, 2025 at 10:43 AM
It’s an example of my unflinching pedantry, but I think Minecraft has ruined the definition of “strip mining” for a generation. Strip mining is when you strip away the entirety of material down to the stuff you want, not when you mine in “strips”
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Tomorrow, the House of Representatives will vote on a bill that bans gender-affirming medical care for any transgender person under 18, and threatens any medical professional providing this care to youth with 10 years in prison.
Tell Congress to protect trans youth and vote NO.
Tell Congress to protect trans youth and vote NO.
Protect Trans Care Now
As wave after wave of extreme measures to criminalize and strip trans people of rights and safety continue, tell Congress to act.
action.aclu.org
December 16, 2025 at 8:16 PM
Tomorrow, the House of Representatives will vote on a bill that bans gender-affirming medical care for any transgender person under 18, and threatens any medical professional providing this care to youth with 10 years in prison.
Tell Congress to protect trans youth and vote NO.
Tell Congress to protect trans youth and vote NO.
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This is talking about the entire NDAA, which does contain some dumb culture war provisions, one that double super secret further bans trans athletes from the military academies they're already banned from
Agree or not on the NDAA vote, framing it as a standalone anti-trans bill is outrage farming
Agree or not on the NDAA vote, framing it as a standalone anti-trans bill is outrage farming
Here are the 28 Dem Senators who voted to advance the first federal ban on trans athletes & a federal definition of sex that would make trans & intersex people non-existent: Angela Alsobrooks (MD), Tammy Baldwin (WI), Richard Blumenthal (CT), Lisa Blunt Rochester (DE), Chris Coons (DE), ->
By a vote of 76-23, S 1071 passes the motion to proceed to the motion to concur. Won't know who voted for this until the roll call is uploaded, but safe to say it passed with the support of at least 24 members of the Democratic caucus. (Rand Paul probably voted nay and Steve Daines has been absent).
December 16, 2025 at 4:47 AM
This is talking about the entire NDAA, which does contain some dumb culture war provisions, one that double super secret further bans trans athletes from the military academies they're already banned from
Agree or not on the NDAA vote, framing it as a standalone anti-trans bill is outrage farming
Agree or not on the NDAA vote, framing it as a standalone anti-trans bill is outrage farming
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1. In a Sunday Night surprise, the trans healthcare coverage ban has been removed from the military NDAA.
Congressional leaders released the negotiated bill this evening, and though the House AND Senate contained the provision, it is not in the final bill!
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Congressional leaders released the negotiated bill this evening, and though the House AND Senate contained the provision, it is not in the final bill!
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Trans Healthcare Coverage Ban Stripped From Negotiated Military NDAA Bill In Sunday Night Surprise
Anti-DEI and sports ban provisions for the military still exist in the bill, but the removal of a health care provision is a major victory for transgender people in congressional legislation.
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December 8, 2025 at 2:02 AM
1. In a Sunday Night surprise, the trans healthcare coverage ban has been removed from the military NDAA.
Congressional leaders released the negotiated bill this evening, and though the House AND Senate contained the provision, it is not in the final bill!
Subscribe to support our journalism.
Congressional leaders released the negotiated bill this evening, and though the House AND Senate contained the provision, it is not in the final bill!
Subscribe to support our journalism.
I just learned about this and I think it would be better if we started treating these dogwhistles as genuine expressions. “Murray, why are you advocating to overthrow the government?”
STUNNING late-breaking update in flag watch 2k25. Never stop appealing to heaven!!!
December 16, 2025 at 8:53 PM
I just learned about this and I think it would be better if we started treating these dogwhistles as genuine expressions. “Murray, why are you advocating to overthrow the government?”
Sometimes you want to do an experiment but you need an objective with less spherical aberration. It goes to show you that you can’t Plan Fluor everything
December 16, 2025 at 5:34 PM
Sometimes you want to do an experiment but you need an objective with less spherical aberration. It goes to show you that you can’t Plan Fluor everything
It’s very on-brand by our terrible president to make his own allies look this bad
December 15, 2025 at 4:47 PM
It’s very on-brand by our terrible president to make his own allies look this bad
Someone on the field just congratulated Chris Godwin by saying “Octopus”, which means I haven’t been giving that term the respect it deserves (I never thought anyone offline would say it)
December 12, 2025 at 3:49 AM
Someone on the field just congratulated Chris Godwin by saying “Octopus”, which means I haven’t been giving that term the respect it deserves (I never thought anyone offline would say it)
I’m proud of my home state for sticking with its regular, biased maps
BREAKING:
The Indiana Senate just REJECTED the gerrymandered congressional map that Trump and his allies pressured Republicans to support.
The GOP-controlled chamber voted down the map, 31-19.
The Indiana Senate just REJECTED the gerrymandered congressional map that Trump and his allies pressured Republicans to support.
The GOP-controlled chamber voted down the map, 31-19.
December 11, 2025 at 9:43 PM
I’m proud of my home state for sticking with its regular, biased maps
“Eating a meal? A succulent Chinese meal??” permanently lives in my head rent-free
December 11, 2025 at 1:09 AM
“Eating a meal? A succulent Chinese meal??” permanently lives in my head rent-free
Starting a “totally not for oil” war war with Venezuela by stealing an oil tanker is something I thought would be too stupid for even this administration
Trump: "It's been an interesting day from the standpoint of news. As you probably know, we've just seized a tanker on the coast of Venezuela. Largest one ever seized actually. And other things are happening."
December 10, 2025 at 9:16 PM
Starting a “totally not for oil” war war with Venezuela by stealing an oil tanker is something I thought would be too stupid for even this administration
VS Code is a super piece of software and I have to give Microsoft credit for it. They’ll add like 2 good features and some stupid copilot shit to it every month, but they still let you turn any of it on or off.
December 10, 2025 at 7:28 PM
VS Code is a super piece of software and I have to give Microsoft credit for it. They’ll add like 2 good features and some stupid copilot shit to it every month, but they still let you turn any of it on or off.
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I simply cannot believe this. Literal “does not compute” moment for me
Garafolo: Philip Rivers to visit with the Colts Tuesday.
December 9, 2025 at 12:01 AM
I simply cannot believe this. Literal “does not compute” moment for me
Edging is an NSFW topic, but it’s really a fantastic analogy to a lot of situations that can be described as “do as much as you can without doing [final thing]”. What a shame.
December 4, 2025 at 9:58 PM
Edging is an NSFW topic, but it’s really a fantastic analogy to a lot of situations that can be described as “do as much as you can without doing [final thing]”. What a shame.
When I was driving home for Thanksgiving, I listened to an audiobook that was part 1 of a trilogy. It was a good experience but book 2 has a different reader and I genuinely can’t handle the change of voices from one book to the next. I was so close to being cool with audiobooks
December 4, 2025 at 9:54 PM
When I was driving home for Thanksgiving, I listened to an audiobook that was part 1 of a trilogy. It was a good experience but book 2 has a different reader and I genuinely can’t handle the change of voices from one book to the next. I was so close to being cool with audiobooks
the exact argument playing out in rural areas right now is that solar, wind, and data centers are bad. There’s no distinction, just a mythical belief that “farmland = good; other things =bad”
No right-wing tech dweebs get to complain about the land use impact of a wind farm ever again
December 4, 2025 at 7:21 PM
the exact argument playing out in rural areas right now is that solar, wind, and data centers are bad. There’s no distinction, just a mythical belief that “farmland = good; other things =bad”
Chemists in 2100 remembering synthesis after it’s replaced by the chem-bot or whatever:
youtu.be/9R_LtZRwIEQ
youtu.be/9R_LtZRwIEQ
December 4, 2025 at 7:00 PM
Chemists in 2100 remembering synthesis after it’s replaced by the chem-bot or whatever:
youtu.be/9R_LtZRwIEQ
youtu.be/9R_LtZRwIEQ
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约翰亨利是成利键男主主*
(John Henry was a bond-making man, Lord, Lord)
*中国朋友, 对不起 - 我的中文很差。
(John Henry was a bond-making man, Lord, Lord)
*中国朋友, 对不起 - 我的中文很差。
"Each of its drug discovery machines, about the size of a small chemical fume hood, can produce about 80 molecules in 12 hrs. This same amount would typically take 3 or 4 months by traditional manual process, added Excelsior CEO and co-founder Michael Foley" #chemchat
endpoints.news/excelsior-sc...
endpoints.news/excelsior-sc...
Excelsior Sciences raises $95M for small molecule drug discovery, manufacturing
Excelsior Sciences raises $95M, including $70M Series A led by Deerfield, Khosla & Sofinnova, to speed up preclinical small molecule development with chemical synthesis tech.
endpoints.news
December 4, 2025 at 6:29 PM
约翰亨利是成利键男主主*
(John Henry was a bond-making man, Lord, Lord)
*中国朋友, 对不起 - 我的中文很差。
(John Henry was a bond-making man, Lord, Lord)
*中国朋友, 对不起 - 我的中文很差。
I’d like to dedicate this to my time spent aligning optics. I couldn’t have done it without that dark, windowless room.
December 3, 2025 at 4:54 PM
I’d like to dedicate this to my time spent aligning optics. I couldn’t have done it without that dark, windowless room.
Yeah sure why not
The fractional quantum Hall effect comes with fractionally charged quasiparticles called anyons. Curiously, anyon charges are found to be multiples of their expected values. Now theorists have a solution: anyons bind together into “molecules.” physics.aps.org/articles/v18...
December 3, 2025 at 4:46 PM
Yeah sure why not
I like that Thorlabs doesn’t mess around with Black Friday or Cyber Monday sales. Edmund Optics always has something going on and it seems kinda silly
December 2, 2025 at 5:21 PM
I like that Thorlabs doesn’t mess around with Black Friday or Cyber Monday sales. Edmund Optics always has something going on and it seems kinda silly