George Budd @Gbudd@qoto.org

Did you know that you can make croissant dough and bake it into loaf form? I have just discovered this sorcery, and now I want nothing else to eat ever. Send help.

A pic from my lecture last Friday on "Radioactive fallout and dirty bombs"

In this slide, talking about early concepts of radiological warfare, and how the Allied invasion forces had Geiger counters in anticipation of the Nazis "salting" the beaches with uranium particles to sicken and repel the invasion.

This demonstrates that governments were aware of the risk to human health from particles, and that when they later came down as "fall-out" it was not unanticipated.

Also, here in Japan, still wearing a mask during public lectures.

@nuclearhumanities @sts @histodons #nuclear #fallout #Hiroshima #Japan

My daughter is a trans woman.

Here is a comprehensive list of people and institutions she's harming by identifying as a different gender than she did as a child:

A short thread on Emmy Noether and giving credit.

Felix Klein gave a lecture at the Mathematical Society of Göttingen #OTD in 1918. The title was “On Hilbert’s first note on the foundations of physics."

Klein included excerpts from letters in which he and Hilbert give priority to Emmy Noether for her results on conservation of energy in general relativity.

History in pics: Testing prototype Roomba's in 1982. It would take two decades until they could be made small enough to clean under a couch.

This is the socks basket but… it’s not filled with socks.

What was that about the reputation of the illustrious US Supreme Court?

"A secretly made documentary expanding on allegations of sexual assault against supreme court justice Brett Kavanaugh has premiered at this year’s Sundance film festival."

“I do hope this triggers outrage,” said producer Amy Herdy in a Q&A after the premiere in Park City, Utah. “I do hope that this triggers action, I do hope that this triggers additional investigation with real subpoena powers.”

https://www.theguardian.com/film/2023/jan/21/brett-kavanaugh-documentary-sundance-film-festival

It’s 2023 & yes I still use vim ✌️ ~

Our culture constantly pushes the lie that your value as a human being comes from what you do or produce or offer to others.

That's garbage.

You matter no matter what.

You are sacred just for being.

❤️

Shabbat Shalom.

About to go get my 5y/o a Covid shot.

We haven’t told her.

She’s absolutely terrified of needles.

If you hear any screaming and crying, Don’t judge 😂😅😩

#parenting #dadlife #covid #vaccine

i was laid-off twice early in my career in very large reorgs / cost-cutting.

the thing that wld have been helpful for me to hear then was 'this is not abt you. you were a number on someone's spreadsheet. they wanted that number to go down by 1000 or 2000 or 10,000'.

so, to anyone who needs to hear that today:

it's not abt you. you did nothing wrong.

Oh hey there! Can you pick up some better treats while you are out?

#HappyBirthday to #TomBaker!🎂 🦉 ❤️

#DoctorWho #4thDoctor #BarnOwl

Just refinished this plant stand I built a few years ago. It was previously on the back deck, but the wife wanted inside. It's in good shape except for discoloration in a few places from over-watering the plants. Treated it with oxalic acid got most of the stains out.

Originally finished it with Danish oil. This time I used two coats of Tung oil followed by a coat of paste wax. Love the beautiful amber patina.

It's made from cypress, which is a really interesting wood to work.

#woodworking

Cleaning out my photos in my iPad and found this goody. I predict that it will be relevant until we get republican/Russian/Saudis out of our government.