W. Brian Lane (he/him), PhD

My Hobby: Abusing dimensional analysis [On a blackboard.] (Planck energy/Pressure at the Earth's core) x (Prius combined EPA gas mileage/Minimum width of the English Channel) = π [Cueball indicates this equation with a pointer in front of a class.] Cueball: It's correct to within experimental error, and the units check out. It must be a fundamental law. Student: But what if they build a better Prius? Cueball: Then England will drift out to sea.

I was in a 2 hour briefing today on the Iran War. All the briefings are closed, because Trump can't defend this war in public.

I obviously can't disclose classified info, but you deserve to know how incoherent and incomplete these war plans are.

1/ Here's what I can share:

The only AI character I’ll ever accept

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We really should resist harder. Or not at all. Who's to say.

"I wonder if Q and the Prophets ever interact."
"Why do you think the Emissary punched him."

Punched an immortal so hard he never came back.

"Is this Rhett?" Click. "Yeah it's Rhett."

Season 4: Sisko reams Worf for trying to ritualistically kill his brother.
Season 6: In the Pale Moonlight
Season 7: Sisko orders Worf to ritualistically kill Gowron.

And he never came back.

There are a lot of scientific illustrators and graphic designers who are building their portfolios and will take on work for less than you might imagine. It's not out of reach.

Do I recall correctly this is the same guy who said they should clear the ocean of sharks during surfing competitions?

a cartoon turtle is saying `` inner peace '' in front of a tree . Alt: Master Ugway meditating on inner peace.

That blessed couple of minutes when you get to zone out while you wait for a collaborator to sign into the video call.

Calculating pi with an actual lunar rover (Moon Pi Update!) YouTube video by Stand-up Maths

d20 on the moon pi day!

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"When I become president, I'm going to put a sidewalk and bike lanes on our street."

My 8yo doesn't know what the role of the president is. But then again that really isn't a disqualification now is it.

Pathfinders

Peter Pan's gots kids from Hook but it's Valeros

The sign on the left is just mv^2/r with r=∞

I feel like our failure to end time changing despite the collective will against it really doesn't bode well for our ability to abolish the electoral college.

Going to print this out poster-sized and hold it up every time a scientist uses an AI-generated image in their slides.

Star Trek - Voyager Audition YouTube video by Harry Mudd

HOW have I just today seen this

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WIND ROSE - Diggy Diggy Hole (Official Video) | Napalm Records YouTube video by Napalm Records

youtu.be/34CZjsEI1yU?...

And many of us cope using email to fax services.

10/10 title. No notes.

Literally half the help posts for Outer Wilds.

Of course she (and everyone else we can oust) will be replaced by someone reprehensible. The point is that he can be bullied, every turnover in management is time they lose to managing transition, and turning public will even more strongly against him.

Inkarnate video titled Let's Make a Religion

To the tune of Five Iron Frenzy's "Let's Go to Canada."

For real, the cutoff time for caffeine each day is unforgivingly specific.