Colin Stark @cstark.bsky.social · 16hEarthquake felt in Taipei just now. Decent size, around 30s duration, shaking intensity fairly low. 1183
Reposted by Colin Stark𝕊𝕦𝕟𝕕𝕒𝕖 𝔾𝕦𝕣𝕝 @sundaedivine.lol · 26/09/2026I kid around a lot on BSKY but these are the top 6 Senate candidates where even a $5 donation will have an outsized impact. 13123741161
Colin Stark @cstark.bsky.social · 24/09/2026This cannot possibly be a real photo of Jensen Huang: he’s not wearing a leather jacket! Must be AI-generated, which is some deep irony. 150
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Colin Stark @cstark.bsky.social · 21/09/2026This sentence from a muckraking Daily Beast piece today about Rep. Boebert needs work. 190
Reposted by Colin StarkNicolas Hénin @nicolashenin.net · 17/09/2026Nice campaign by the Norwegian Consumer Council about the declining lifespan of products. Enjoy! 180140426455
Colin Stark @cstark.bsky.social · 17/09/2026I thought it was about time I learned some QFT and then I read this 🧪⚛️🧮 160
Reposted by Colin Stark施必勝🌐☸️ @luca-schenato.ch · 17/09/2026 Il quadro è un sumi-e (inchiostro ad acqua) di Sesshū Tōyō (1420-1506), è la parte finale del Haboku Sansui ("Paesaggio d’inchiostro spezzato". Nella parte superiore c'è una calligrafia. Adoro i sumi-e, questo è probabilmente il mio "quadro" preferito 4143
Colin Stark @cstark.bsky.social · 14/09/2026And here’s silly geologist me thinking the Himalayas were largely made of rock 😳 🧪⚒️⚛️ 3183
Reposted by Colin StarkDjamila Knopf @djamilaknopf.bsky.social · 10/09/2026Here they all are. The calendar is avialble here: www.djamilaknopf.com/store 49422
Reposted by Colin StarkPaul Byrne @theplanetaryguy.com · 09/09/2026Astrophotographer Adam (AJ) Smadi caught this image a few hours ago from Washington state. A thin crescent Moon, sunlight illuminating the rugged lunar surface. And 2,400 times farther away—and on the other side of the Sun—mighty Jupiter, and its moons Io (left) and Ganymede (right). 187165305074
Colin Stark @cstark.bsky.social · 07/09/2026@quantamagazine.org 🧪⚛️🧮 www.quantamagazine.org/in-an-age-of...quantamagazine.orgIn an Age of AI, a Physicist Seeks What Endures | Quanta MagazineSarah Demers, chair of the physics department at Yale University, sees the potential for large language models to both help and harm her field. 061
Reposted by Colin StarkRobert Mills 🇨🇦 @pier8bob.bsky.social · 06/09/2026Lacus Ontario—a lake of liquid methane on Saturn's largest moon Titan—was named after Lake Ontario here on Earth. 052
Colin Stark @cstark.bsky.social · 06/09/2026news.artnet.com/art-world/re...news.artnet.comDid Renoir Actually Suck at Painting? | Artnet NewsAs "Renoir and Love" tours museums in Europe and the U.S., experts question whether the Impressionist was actually a good painter. 150
Colin Stark @cstark.bsky.social · 05/09/2026Call me a sourpuss, but I think the vibe of the IgNobels is complete garbage. The whole thing is fundamentally ill-conceived and mean-spirited. Scientific research can often superficially seem absurd; it’s how it fits in the big picture that matters. 🧪 www.theguardian.com/science/2026...theguardian.comRich people more likely to steal children’s sweets, finds Ig Nobel prize-winning studyWe round up the winners at awards for achievements that ‘first make people laugh and then make them think’ 3111
Colin Stark @cstark.bsky.social · 05/09/2026Goodstein 1975: “Ludwig Boltzmann, who spent much of his life studying statistical mechanics, died in 1906, by his own hand. Paul Ehrenfest, carrying on the work, died similarly in 1933. Now it is our turn to study statistical mechanics. Perhaps it will be wise to approach the subject cautiously.”🧪⚛️ 1335
Colin Stark @cstark.bsky.social · 03/09/2026🧪⚛️ www.sciencedaily.com/releases/202...sciencedaily.comInterstellar solar sails hit a strange problem at 75% of light speedSolar sails pushed by powerful lasers could reach incredible speeds, but relativity may eventually make the light itself work against them. At around 75% of the speed of light, scattered photons can b... 8243
Colin Stark @cstark.bsky.social · 02/09/2026Look, I’m a big fan of @quantamagazine.org, but today’s article about percolation theory is an object lesson in what happens when you invest in a simplifying simile and end up utterly swamped its complications. Just call them clusters! 🧪⚛️🧮 www.quantamagazine.org/stunning-per...quantamagazine.org‘Stunning’ Percolation Proof Solves Decades-Old Puzzle About Phase Transitions | Quanta MagazineMathematicians found that a broad class of networks will abruptly shift behavior past a critical point. 272
Colin Stark @cstark.bsky.social · 02/09/2026I serially have no idea what this means. “Bitter Pong game”?!? 991
Reposted by Colin StarkKaia Vintr @kaiavintr.bsky.social · 02/09/2026Possible reference, unless you have a better one: apnews.com/article/clim...apnews.comSatellite images show bedrock and glacier collapsed on Nepal-China border, then rivers floodedEarth scientists are searching satellite imagery following catastrophic flooding along the Nepal-China border for clues to the cause. 062
Colin Stark @cstark.bsky.social · 02/09/2026It was not a glacier collapse. It was a very large bedrock landslide failure that dragged a piece of glacier with it. Not at all the same thing. Unfortunately the media and Blueskiers have caught the phrase “glacial/glacier collapse” and keep repeating it despite our efforts to correct them. 59941
Colin Stark @cstark.bsky.social · 30/08/2026Crikey Aussies! I thought it was bad enough that your neighbour Kiwis can get a bit too friendly with their sheep, but this is beyond the pale: 010
Reposted by Colin StarkBrendan O’Neill @permafrostee.bsky.social · 28/08/2026Actually this is lake America 13711
Colin Stark @cstark.bsky.social · 27/08/2026In light of the extreme landslide/flood disaster yesterday at the border between Nepal and China, I’m worried about my geo colleagues who visit this part of the Himalaya regularly and often work in areas like this. Most of all @kristencook.bsky.social – are you ok? ⚒️🧪 1121
Colin Stark @cstark.bsky.social · 27/08/2026A Room With A View Sakurajima volcano, southern Kyūshū, with a plume of ash extending west as the sun fades, taken from a hotel in Kirishima 0111
Colin Stark @cstark.bsky.social · 26/08/2026My Google news “for you” feed has zero about Dolly Parton, clear confirmation that it’s *completely* up the spout and doesn’t understand me at all. FFS. 0120
Colin Stark @cstark.bsky.social · 26/08/2026The outpouring of love for Dolly Parton from so many of you here is heartwarming to see but so bittersweet 0120
Reposted by Colin StarkStuart Heritage @heritage.bsky.social · 25/08/2026donate.imaginationlibrary.comdonate.imaginationlibrary.comHomeMake a donation and support Dolly Parton's Imagination Library in communities around the world and help put more books into the hands of more children. 052
Reposted by Colin StarkJay Allen @gaiaslastlaugh.bsky.social · 12/08/2026I just published version 1.3 of my Tokyo Nightlife Guide! It breaks down every business type and provides 30+ recommendations on where to go. I update it monthly (at least) so it stays current - buy once, get all updates free, forever. unseen-japan.com/tokyo-after-...unseen-japan.comUnseen Japan After Dark: A Guide to Tokyo's Adult NightlifeOur comprehensive guide to Tokyo's adult nightlife: history, every venue type explained, and over 30 vetted spots with real prices and hours. 03211
Colin Stark @cstark.bsky.social · 24/08/2026Worth a read www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....tandfonline.comMore than provocative, less than scientific: A commentary on the editorial decision to publish Cofnas (2020)Published in Philosophical Psychology (Vol. 33, No. 7, 2020) 020
Reposted by Colin Starkgeneralsheenanigans @sheenalouisef.bsky.social · 22/08/2026Mood of the day (because we can all do with some more art than doom and gloom): ‘My Candy Is Very Sweet’ by @jingzhiyong.bsky.social www.jingzhiyong.com/collections/... 2132
Reposted by Colin StarkViz Comic @vizcomic.bsky.social · 20/08/2026subscriptions >>> shop.viz.co.uk/viz358bs 522046
Reposted by Colin StarkPaul Byrne @theplanetaryguy.com · 19/08/2026This is a piece of the Moon. It's a polymict breccia, part of the lunar highlands, and was collected by the crew of Apollo 16. It's 3.9 billion years old, or about 28% the age of the observable universe. 1323832
Reposted by Colin StarkChise @sailorrooscout.bsky.social · 17/08/2026How Vaccines Work 🧬🧫🧪🔬💉🥽 5657471888
Reposted by Colin StarkConstance Lee Menefee @conniemenefee.bsky.social · 18/08/2026Akimbo frog from the deep CLM #PenAndInk Archives 23210
Colin Stark @cstark.bsky.social · 18/08/2026Haven’t seen much by the excellent @heritage.bsky.social since I quit Twitter, so it was a real pleasure to find this piece by him today. Dead on! www.theguardian.com/technology/2...theguardian.comDickovers, baggravation and botiquette: 18 new words to describe our tech hellscapeThere are many tech irritants that are a scourge of modern life, yet we have lacked the vocabulary to describe them ... until now 041
Colin Stark @cstark.bsky.social · 18/08/2026Not entirely sure how to parse this @quantamagazine.org article, which talks about an allegedly fundamental advance in fluid mechanics. It implies use of renormalization group without mentioning it. And the “science for laypeople” approach is hard to follow 🧪⚛️ www.quantamagazine.org/theory-of-fl...quantamagazine.orgTheory of Fluids Enters the 21st Century | Quanta MagazineFrom the 1800s to the early 2000s, physicists used the same theory to understand the behavior of fluids. Now, using a modern insight, they have redefined fluids from the bottom up. 141