Thomas Connor
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Astrophysicist at Harvard & Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics --- Runner --- Failed hipster --- Bad at Jokes
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Eight minutes from first to last. The ones I thought would win more or less did; the ones I thought would fail failed.
December 18, 2025 at 2:05 PM
Eight minutes from first to last. The ones I thought would win more or less did; the ones I thought would fail failed.
I watched *every single game* of France '98. I watched one game in '18 (the final), none in '22, and I'm not planning on watching any in '26.
Were that we could start a new international sporting federation that *WASN'T* corrupt as all hell...
Were that we could start a new international sporting federation that *WASN'T* corrupt as all hell...
December 6, 2025 at 2:53 PM
I watched *every single game* of France '98. I watched one game in '18 (the final), none in '22, and I'm not planning on watching any in '26.
Were that we could start a new international sporting federation that *WASN'T* corrupt as all hell...
Were that we could start a new international sporting federation that *WASN'T* corrupt as all hell...
@sundogplanets I'm feeling this one particularly hard this week.
November 25, 2025 at 9:21 PM
@sundogplanets I'm feeling this one particularly hard this week.
@drtcombs.bsky.social Do I want to know what it is about the chocolate that tells you it's a dead man's?
November 24, 2025 at 11:01 PM
@drtcombs.bsky.social Do I want to know what it is about the chocolate that tells you it's a dead man's?
Back when I was teaching, I had a student think he was getting one on me by "fixing" a question. With his own red pen he scratched out "data are" and wrote "data is."
Fixing his fixing was a particular highlight to that week's grading slog.
Fixing his fixing was a particular highlight to that week's grading slog.
November 20, 2025 at 2:11 PM
Back when I was teaching, I had a student think he was getting one on me by "fixing" a question. With his own red pen he scratched out "data are" and wrote "data is."
Fixing his fixing was a particular highlight to that week's grading slog.
Fixing his fixing was a particular highlight to that week's grading slog.
Why yes, fellow human, I too am capable of using my brain in the morning!
November 14, 2025 at 3:20 AM
Why yes, fellow human, I too am capable of using my brain in the morning!