jrh @jrh@qoto.org
astrophysics et cetera
"Swallowed up in the infinite immensity of spaces of which I know nothing and which know nothing of me, I take fright." - Pascal
"Optimism for the sake of restitution in order to retain the right to be a pessimist at some point — do you understand that?" - Nietzsche
Joined Apr 2022
jrh
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hello world ✌🏾
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#introduction
Professional musician. Jazz bass and beyond.
Extragalactic astrophysics research side gig. In particular, Radio-Loud Active Galaxies. In the fine print, magnetohydrodynamic simulations of jet launching, collimation (or not hello FRI/FRII dichotomy) and environmental interaction.
New resident of Mastodonia but I've already migrated to qoto.org for the inline LaTeX math mode support, not that I'm likely to use it. Also the Markdown capabilities and the 65000+ character limit.
Do you all follow the birdsite migrants right away or wait until tomorrow after they've left .social for their chosen warrens?
@considermycatjohn @derek "A milestone in ursine acting."
And the bear turned in a great performance also.
@considermycatjohn at age 21??
surely back then it was:
sudo rpm -ivh evangelical-christianity.i386.rpm
@considermycatjohn I'm trying to see what's on the bookshelves behind you but it's too blurry
@considermycatjohn 30 + 47 - 2
Irrefutable argument in favour of a republic
@considermycatjohn@eldritch only government employees get that day off because the business of the Republic is business etc.
Monarchy, Daily Telegraph, Prince Harry, the royals being bastards even to their own children
@considermycatjohn I honestly assumed that was just code for "she's dead and we'll make the official announcement once all the ducks are lined up"
Musings on GenX being transphobic, GenZ absolutely not being
@considermycatjohn I think a lot of Gen X has *become* more terfy because its first exposure to The Algorithms was far too late in life to develop immunity to social media radicalisation.
Perhaps a bit of wishful thinking there
@considermycatjohn 1. Lou Reed, Transformer
2. ...
That's all I can think of
What 'The Birth of Tragedy' is /really/ about is how much the young Nietzsche *hates* his day job as a Philologist.
jrh
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Status update: "Complacencies of the peignoir, and late coffee and oranges in a sunny chair,..."
Status update: "Complacencies of the peignoir, and late coffee and oranges in a sunny chair,..."
@considermycatjohn I've been thinking about Blake a lot the past couple of years (thanks to Altizer 😂)
@considermycatjohn You probs already heard the Sarah Marshall/Michael Hobbes podcast episode on Tammy Faye? In any case it was great
astrophysics et cetera
"Swallowed up in the infinite immensity of spaces of which I know nothing and which know nothing of me, I take fright." - Pascal
"Optimism for the sake of restitution in order to retain the right to be a pessimist at some point — do you understand that?" - Nietzsche
Joined Apr 2022
