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Joseph Newton @josephnewton.bsky.social · 6d

My experience was that Hollow Knight is very “spacey” (you just need to move to the right positions on screen) which makes everything feel frantic and chaotic, while Nine Sols is very “timey” (you just need to parry with the right rhythm) which makes everything feel controlled and precise

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Joseph Newton @josephnewton.bsky.social · 9d

My favourite thing about Silksong is that one of the first abilities you get is the “Silksong silk skill silkspear”, just filling the S quota straightaway

Joseph Newton @josephnewton.bsky.social · 27d

Doing fieldwork

Me lying on the Harvard bridge next to the smoot markings

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Joseph Newton @josephnewton.bsky.social · Sep 6

A successful mushroom picking expedition with Pavel Etingof and the MIT maths crowd

Chicken of the woods mushrooms growing on a tree

Hen-of-the-woods mushroom being picked, and a dog is there too

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Joseph Newton @josephnewton.bsky.social · Aug 29

Coincidentally, I made a video about temperature and entropy at the same time as 3B1B and Spectral Collective
youtu.be/gRPv4rd_6O4

Temperature and the Sackur–Tetrode Equation

YouTube video by Joseph Newton

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Joseph Newton @josephnewton.bsky.social · Aug 7

When reading a chart, I think an important part of scientific literacy is actually looking at the axes and a few numbers, because it’s necessary for understanding what the chart is saying. The fact that no one who vetted the GPT presentation did this is kind of insane.

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Al Yankovic @alyankovic.bsky.social · Jul 27

My last living musical hero is still my hero but unfortunately no longer living. RIP to the great, great Mr. Tom Lehrer.

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Katherine Seaton @mathskath.bsky.social · Jun 20

I’m curating an exhibition of Mathematical Art at the Australian Mathematical Society meeting in December. If you’re coming to the meeting and you create art with mathematics, please think about being involved. More information to appear at the conference website.

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Randall Munroe @xkcd.com · Jun 25

Farads

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4-panel comic. (1) PERSON 1: This stick is one meter long. PERSON 2 WITH SHORT HAIR: Cool. PERSON 3 WITH WHITE HAT: That’s a nice stick. (2) PERSON 1: This rock weighs one pound. PERSON 2: I’d believe it. PERSON 3: Looks like a normal rock. (3) PERSON 1: This battery is one volt. PERSON 2: Seems fine. PERSON 3: Might need a recharge. (4) PERSON 1: This capacitor is one farad. [2 and 3 leaning away attempting to shield themselves] PERSON 2: *AAAAA! Be careful!!* Person 3: Put it down!!

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Joseph Newton @josephnewton.bsky.social · May 31

You would not believe your knees
If 250 million bees

The New York Times @nytimes.com · May 30

“250 million bees are now loose.” A tractor-trailer carrying 70,000 pounds of pollinator hives rolled over on a country road in Washington State on Friday, releasing an eye-popping number of honeybees, the authorities said.