Ray Lee
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Culture is kept in our conversations. Black lives matter. Working to protect the biosphere. Warning: I think I’m funny.
For a short who tf is this guy?, see my pinned posts over at @[email protected]
For a short who tf is this guy?, see my pinned posts over at @[email protected]
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"It may be that there are metaphysicians and philosophers whose learning is greater than mine, although I have not met them. Yet, they are but frail humans, too, and have their own faults; so, when I add the sum total of my graces, I confess that I am inferior to no one."
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Émilie du Châtelet, who hypothesized conservation of energy, established kinetic energy as distinct from momentum and proportional to (speed)², and combined work by Newton and Leibniz with her own original ideas in "Institutions de Physique," was born #OTD in 1706. 🧪 👩🔬 ⚛️
Portrait: M. Q. de La Tour
Portrait: M. Q. de La Tour
December 17, 2025 at 5:33 PM
"It may be that there are metaphysicians and philosophers whose learning is greater than mine, although I have not met them. Yet, they are but frail humans, too, and have their own faults; so, when I add the sum total of my graces, I confess that I am inferior to no one."
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December last year in Morzine. #Photography #snow #clouds #winter #christmas #Scape #ThePhotoHour #StormHour #EastCoastKin
December 12, 2025 at 9:24 AM
December last year in Morzine. #Photography #snow #clouds #winter #christmas #Scape #ThePhotoHour #StormHour #EastCoastKin
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These ridiculous mega-projects like "datacenters in space" (doomed by thermodynamics) make a LOT more sense when you realize they're massive Ponzi schemes designed to transfer wealth from pension funds to VC's through "fee stacking."
It's the old Assets Under Management con. It should be illegal.
It's the old Assets Under Management con. It should be illegal.
“.. Skeptics believe the technical risks are being underestimated and say space-based data centers won’t be competitive on cost, especially if power and other constraints ease on the ground.”
@wsj.com
www.wsj.com/tech/bezos-a...
@wsj.com
www.wsj.com/tech/bezos-a...
December 11, 2025 at 9:29 AM
These ridiculous mega-projects like "datacenters in space" (doomed by thermodynamics) make a LOT more sense when you realize they're massive Ponzi schemes designed to transfer wealth from pension funds to VC's through "fee stacking."
It's the old Assets Under Management con. It should be illegal.
It's the old Assets Under Management con. It should be illegal.
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So love wobbegongs. Everything is good about the wobbegong. Its name. Its flattened Oscar the Grouch face. Its frondy bits. Its lazy life as a hungry rug. And it’s a shark. Outstanding animal 10/10
The Tasselled Wobbegong is a master of disguise that can eat a fish almost as big as itself in one gulp. It's classified as a shark, but when it lays on the sea floor it looks like a harmless rug if you manage to see it. But with powerful jaws and sharp teeth they are no fish to mess with.
December 8, 2025 at 9:49 AM
So love wobbegongs. Everything is good about the wobbegong. Its name. Its flattened Oscar the Grouch face. Its frondy bits. Its lazy life as a hungry rug. And it’s a shark. Outstanding animal 10/10
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One of my neighbors has been putting up these fish facts posters. All kinds of different fish, marine, freshwater, deep, shallow, all kinds. This is a good one. “Stg this real fish” took me out. Good work, neighbor.
December 7, 2025 at 3:39 PM
One of my neighbors has been putting up these fish facts posters. All kinds of different fish, marine, freshwater, deep, shallow, all kinds. This is a good one. “Stg this real fish” took me out. Good work, neighbor.
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Blue canarye yn the outlette by the lighte swicche
Who waccheth ovir thee
Make a litel dovecote yn thy soul
Who waccheth ovir thee
Make a litel dovecote yn thy soul
December 4, 2025 at 4:03 AM
Blue canarye yn the outlette by the lighte swicche
Who waccheth ovir thee
Make a litel dovecote yn thy soul
Who waccheth ovir thee
Make a litel dovecote yn thy soul
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A story Stoppard told several times, in several places:
November 29, 2025 at 6:10 PM
A story Stoppard told several times, in several places:
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It’s pronounced Christmas jifts
November 25, 2025 at 1:04 AM
It’s pronounced Christmas jifts
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Regret to report that there has been another good linkedin post
November 22, 2025 at 11:18 AM
Regret to report that there has been another good linkedin post
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Socialism is what they called public power.
Socialism is what they called social security.
Socialism is what they called the growth of free and independent labor organizations.
Socialism is their name for almost anything that helps all the people.
—Harry Truman, 1952
Socialism is what they called social security.
Socialism is what they called the growth of free and independent labor organizations.
Socialism is their name for almost anything that helps all the people.
—Harry Truman, 1952
November 21, 2025 at 5:15 PM
Socialism is what they called public power.
Socialism is what they called social security.
Socialism is what they called the growth of free and independent labor organizations.
Socialism is their name for almost anything that helps all the people.
—Harry Truman, 1952
Socialism is what they called social security.
Socialism is what they called the growth of free and independent labor organizations.
Socialism is their name for almost anything that helps all the people.
—Harry Truman, 1952
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Dropping off absurd number of packages, and a man in line asks “What do you have that’s selling so well??” So I was like “Um…*gulp* eel …facts…adventcalendsrs”
“Oh! You’re squid facts!”
My city gets me 🥰
“Oh! You’re squid facts!”
My city gets me 🥰
November 15, 2025 at 5:06 PM
Dropping off absurd number of packages, and a man in line asks “What do you have that’s selling so well??” So I was like “Um…*gulp* eel …facts…adventcalendsrs”
“Oh! You’re squid facts!”
My city gets me 🥰
“Oh! You’re squid facts!”
My city gets me 🥰
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"Lake landscape"
By Finnish artist Inari Krohn
By Finnish artist Inari Krohn
November 9, 2025 at 3:22 AM
"Lake landscape"
By Finnish artist Inari Krohn
By Finnish artist Inari Krohn
Slow Jolene came up on the playlist for the first time in ages. Dolly Parton is a treasure for many important reasons (Imagination Library!), but man can she ever sing.
If you are a newly defrosted caveman and haven't heard the slowed down version of her singing Jolene, and you like vocal work...
If you are a newly defrosted caveman and haven't heard the slowed down version of her singing Jolene, and you like vocal work...
November 9, 2025 at 10:34 PM
Slow Jolene came up on the playlist for the first time in ages. Dolly Parton is a treasure for many important reasons (Imagination Library!), but man can she ever sing.
If you are a newly defrosted caveman and haven't heard the slowed down version of her singing Jolene, and you like vocal work...
If you are a newly defrosted caveman and haven't heard the slowed down version of her singing Jolene, and you like vocal work...
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This is a scorching article on the absolute state of The New York Times, and much of the rest of the media.
Not just the billionaire media, note, but also the billionaire-*compliant* media, which both-sides every issue with purchased junktank talking points.
lithub.com/maybe-dont-t...
Not just the billionaire media, note, but also the billionaire-*compliant* media, which both-sides every issue with purchased junktank talking points.
lithub.com/maybe-dont-t...
Maybe Don’t Talk to the New York Times About Zohran Mamdani
It’s remarkable, the people you’ll hear from. Teach for even a little while at an expensive institution—the term they tend to prefer is “elite”—and odds are that eventually someone who was a studen…
lithub.com
November 9, 2025 at 10:55 AM
This is a scorching article on the absolute state of The New York Times, and much of the rest of the media.
Not just the billionaire media, note, but also the billionaire-*compliant* media, which both-sides every issue with purchased junktank talking points.
lithub.com/maybe-dont-t...
Not just the billionaire media, note, but also the billionaire-*compliant* media, which both-sides every issue with purchased junktank talking points.
lithub.com/maybe-dont-t...
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Folks, if you are hungry, please contact your local Sikh gurdwara. Or just show up for langar, which most gurdwaras do several times a week, for a free meal. Lots also do weekly or monthly drives giving out groceries.
No conversion necessary. Feeding anyone who is hungry is a key part of Sikhism.
No conversion necessary. Feeding anyone who is hungry is a key part of Sikhism.
A lady on TikTok has been calling churches pretending to be a mother with a baby who needs formula and several churches turned her away. But wouldn’t you know that when she called a Mosque (Islamic Center of Charlotte) they immediately said yes.
[Source: www.tiktok.com/t/ZTMpoxsaW/ ]
[Source: www.tiktok.com/t/ZTMpoxsaW/ ]
Islamic Center of Charlotte in Charlotte NC. Would help feed a starving baby no hesitation 🥰🥰🥰 #fyp #fypシ #fypシ゚viral #testingyourchurch #church #faith #religion #baby #hungrybabytest #viral #viralvid...
TikTok video by Nikalie 🌈
www.tiktok.com
November 7, 2025 at 5:36 PM
Folks, if you are hungry, please contact your local Sikh gurdwara. Or just show up for langar, which most gurdwaras do several times a week, for a free meal. Lots also do weekly or monthly drives giving out groceries.
No conversion necessary. Feeding anyone who is hungry is a key part of Sikhism.
No conversion necessary. Feeding anyone who is hungry is a key part of Sikhism.
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I have missed Sharon Begley’s byline. This account of Watson reminds me exactly why.
www.statnews.com/2025/11/07/j...
www.statnews.com/2025/11/07/j...
James Watson, dead at 97, was a scientific legend and a pariah among his peers
James Watson, the co-discoverer of the structure of DNA who died Thursday at 97, was a scientific legend and a pariah among his peers.
www.statnews.com
November 7, 2025 at 10:23 PM
I have missed Sharon Begley’s byline. This account of Watson reminds me exactly why.
www.statnews.com/2025/11/07/j...
www.statnews.com/2025/11/07/j...
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Maybe every time you come up with a research idea that’s a little out-of-left-field it’s actually a ghost researcher whispering to you, trying to address their own research idea in your study system.
November 4, 2025 at 4:30 AM
Maybe every time you come up with a research idea that’s a little out-of-left-field it’s actually a ghost researcher whispering to you, trying to address their own research idea in your study system.
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It's almost as if letting the ultra-rich own the entire mainstream press and also all the big social platforms had a downside.
November 3, 2025 at 11:22 PM
It's almost as if letting the ultra-rich own the entire mainstream press and also all the big social platforms had a downside.
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Dear Physicists and Physics fans,
I would like to encourage you to celebrate #WomenInPhysics Day this Friday, November 7th.
Why November 7th? Because it is the birthday of two of the most impactful women physicists of the 1900's: Marie Curie and Lise Meitner. 🎢 ⚛️ 🧪 👩🔬
I would like to encourage you to celebrate #WomenInPhysics Day this Friday, November 7th.
Why November 7th? Because it is the birthday of two of the most impactful women physicists of the 1900's: Marie Curie and Lise Meitner. 🎢 ⚛️ 🧪 👩🔬
November 3, 2025 at 5:01 PM
Dear Physicists and Physics fans,
I would like to encourage you to celebrate #WomenInPhysics Day this Friday, November 7th.
Why November 7th? Because it is the birthday of two of the most impactful women physicists of the 1900's: Marie Curie and Lise Meitner. 🎢 ⚛️ 🧪 👩🔬
I would like to encourage you to celebrate #WomenInPhysics Day this Friday, November 7th.
Why November 7th? Because it is the birthday of two of the most impactful women physicists of the 1900's: Marie Curie and Lise Meitner. 🎢 ⚛️ 🧪 👩🔬
Piñata economics explains a lot of bad behaviors out there. Tech bros, private equity buyouts and dismantling, the current US administration…
people hear tech guys say their ethos is Move Fast and Break Things, they mentally add "in pursuit of Innovation" but no, breaking things is the means and the end. they move fast to get a spot under the next piñata, cause if you break the things these guys break, most times a lot of money falls out
November 3, 2025 at 4:52 PM
Piñata economics explains a lot of bad behaviors out there. Tech bros, private equity buyouts and dismantling, the current US administration…
“Oh, you wanted 36*5*! Perhaps next year.”
It’s sunny outside, perhaps I’ll touch grass.
It’s sunny outside, perhaps I’ll touch grass.
October 29, 2025 at 5:24 PM
“Oh, you wanted 36*5*! Perhaps next year.”
It’s sunny outside, perhaps I’ll touch grass.
It’s sunny outside, perhaps I’ll touch grass.
It’s not only ridiculously charming, it’s also a nice review!
Sharing this again because an actual child read a book I wrote for children and wrote a whole review about it that is just so ridiculously charming that you should read it regardless of whether you have any interest in the book
“I just want a moment to say how amazing and wonderful this book was and how much fun it was to read“ - delightful, comprehensive review of “About Time” by a NINE year-old!!!
October 29, 2025 at 2:50 AM
It’s not only ridiculously charming, it’s also a nice review!
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