Can't believe we're still doing this in 2026...

What does the A in sonar stand for? This is the sort of question that starts as a harmless curiosity and ends with two grown adults arguing like children on a naval history…

Before you read on, comment what you think the A in sonar stands for.

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McDoing is a great term to describe the modern trivialization of existentialism as consumable performance.

Anguish is content, commitment is a vibe.

Game idea: reverse of LIFE. Instead of building a family, you spend the whole game trying to get your teenagers to leave the house with enough confidence to fail somewhere else.

@coecke.bsky.social has already done it.

For teens, social media isn’t the problem. You are. Attention Conservation Notice. A 2000-word lukewarm take about modern life drowning in accountability theatre. We no longer fix problems…

You’ve seen me harping about bureaucracy for over a decade. My colleagues have always seen me as a troublemaker for it. But now here we are, paralyzed and poisoning our children. It’s finally boiled over.

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Apropos of nothing at all, please enjoy this game.

Goal: collect tacos, books, and lattes while avoiding guns, red hats, and foxes.

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PSA: nothing about quantum entanglement is faster than light.

Popular quantum physics in a nutshell: Make stupid assumptions, win stupid conclusions.

Government™️: making things difficult only for those that already followed the rules.

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More on ARC job cuts & restructure:

ARC’s spending $374k on consultants for organisational “review” & “planning & development”.

They’re also spending $765k on “risk management”.

That’s $1.1 million on consultants being spent over 1 year.

Un. Believable.

Slow clap, ARC.

My nephew (age 3.5) is coming to visit my lab next week and his top priority is checking whether or not I have all the items in @csferrie.com's "Goodnight Lab." I made sure I know where the multimeter is and I found a spectrometer down the hall so he won't think I'm a fraud! 📘🧪😂

Thanks for reminding me I need to work on the "Lab Safety Anniversary Edition"... 😂😂

"Los terraplanistas son el extremo de un espectro del fraude que puede sonar divertido sin ser peligroso, pero cuando el fraude entra en la medicina puede tener consecuencias catastróficas"

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Amazon is nearly giving away books. Go read words on paper!

Lazy parenting hack. Chop up fresh veggies and just leave them out. The kids eat three times as many servings as they avoid during meal time.

You do not want to be one of my open tabs to the right of this one.

Is There an Age That’s Too Young for SciComm? NOPE!

It's easy to forget that #SciComm is for people of ALL ages, not just adults and teenagers.

But is there an age that's too young?

NOPE!

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a little girl is asking why not both while standing in a kitchen . ALT: a little girl is asking why not both while standing in a kitchen .

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Quantum Beer Night with Dr. Chris Ferrie! YouTube video by Wish You Were Beer Show

Quantum beer "night" with Wish You Were Beer Show going live in two hours (that's 8PM ET and 11AM AEDT).

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QUANTUM TUNNELLING — explained in an elevator ride | Elevator Pitch YouTube video by ABC Science

Quantum tunneling is back in the news!

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Keen eye! They've been correct in the newer printings. 👍

Glad they were well loved in your home!

Blog post: "Actually, you can't test if quantum uses complex numbers" algassert.com/post/2501

I doom the concept of that 2021 Nature paper by showing how to compile any distributed quantum protocol into real-only gates while preserving locality.

🚀 New book: The Curiosity Chronicles — a pick-your-quest science adventure! See the plot map + extras: thecuriositychronicles.com

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#STEM #KidLit

Replacement rubber foot for a Microsoft Surface Laptop and the packaging it came it...

Main reason for me is 100% of the time they just start driving and ask what suburb you're going to and how to get there. Like, if I knew how to get there, I'd have your job!

Internet. You know what to do.

If you want something done right, do it yourself.

Rant/tool to instantly generate QR codes 👇

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"Based on science, the next thing you should watch is... nothing, go to bed."