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Dave Slaven @daveslaven.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

So what goes on in Barad Dur? Is it just Sauron and a crapload of servants, like Downton Abbey but with thousands of rooms? Is it mostly office space with thousands of orc bureaucrats stamping forms authorizing troop movements and grain shipments? #baradDur #orcBureaucrats

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Dave Slaven @daveslaven.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

I think “gon’t” should be a contraction for “go not.” As in, “We go where others gon’t.” Who’s with me? @merriam-webster.com

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Dave Slaven @daveslaven.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

~I forgot; [to] 'celebrate' National/Punctuation, Day {yesterday}. #nationalPunctuationDay #semidemicolon

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Dave Slaven @daveslaven.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

The reason I don’t thank people is because it would deny them the pleasure of complaining that they have a thankless job. You’re welcome. #complaining #thankless

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Dave Slaven @daveslaven.bsky.social · 22/08/2026

Sioux City Geek Con - next weekend. Details and schedule here: tabletop.events/conventions/... #boardgames #rpgs #miniatures #siouxcity #geekcon

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Dave Slaven @daveslaven.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

According to my calendar, September 9 is a Wednesday. I don't recognize the authority of the NFL to declare otherwise. #nfl #football #WodenWillNotLikeThis

Screenshot of NFL website showing a game on September 9th described as "Sunday Night Football."

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Dave Slaven @daveslaven.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

I think the Hitchcock cameos are starting to get a bit ridiculous.

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Dave Slaven @daveslaven.bsky.social · 11/08/2026

“State Climatologist Justin Glisan said Iowa had “all modes of severe weather” during the reporting period, including several tornadoes in eastern Iowa.” So, yeah, it’s a typical week in Iowa. #iowa #iowaWeather

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FunnyVia @funnyvia.com · 07/08/2026

My new homemade Zen Garden...

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Massimo (mirror) @rainmaker1973-m.bsky.social · 05/08/2026

When you can’t afford a PlayStation Original post

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Dave Slaven @daveslaven.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

I seem to have developed a penchant for books with a year as the title. My favorites: 1. 1491 2. 1177 BC 3. 1848 #booksNamedAfterYears #history

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Dave Slaven @daveslaven.bsky.social · 15/07/2026

Hey physics people: I've been using LoggerPro to analyze motion in videos, and I just found that it's going to stop running soon on Macs. What apps (computer or phone) do people use for doing this? I'm talking about stuff like graphing x and y vs. time, calculating velocity, KE, etc. #iTeachPhysics

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Dave Slaven @daveslaven.bsky.social · 14/07/2026

One of my opponents in a turn-based game on BGA right now is a 74 year old Italian man who is currently engaged in 179 turn-based games. #boardgames #bga

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Damien Owens @damienowens.bsky.social · 11/07/2026

My wife says I remind her of James Bond. I’m not good at following orders, I’m emotionally dead, and she’d like to see the role go to Idris Elba.

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Dave Slaven @daveslaven.bsky.social · 06/07/2026

Name your fav song in a non-English language. (Contains a bit of English.) m.youtube.com/watch?v=E1yLKPyRSiI&r…

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Dave Slaven @daveslaven.bsky.social · 02/07/2026

I like the momentum graphs they're showing in the World Cup. I assume they're getting them by tracking the velocity of the ball and multiplying by its mass? I would expect it to be a lot more jagged, though, since they kick it a LOT! 😀 #iTeachPhysics #worldCup

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Dave Slaven @daveslaven.bsky.social · 26/06/2026

You’ve jammed your last pearl.

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Dave Slaven @daveslaven.bsky.social · 26/06/2026

You’ve led your last zeppelin.

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Dave Slaven @daveslaven.bsky.social · 25/06/2026

Cumbersome? Yep. More trouble than it's worth? Absolutely! Unnecessary? It sure is! Will it select a first player for any number of players up to six? Yes. Yes it will. #boardgames #arduino

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Dave Slaven @daveslaven.bsky.social · 24/06/2026

My decision to cheer for #Norway based on their team photo is working out very well so far.

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Dave Slaven @daveslaven.bsky.social · 22/06/2026

So, I think what happened was they cut down a tree they weren't supposed to. Which means that this machine will have to hold it up like this until we can grow a new one. #doYouThinkAnyoneWillNotice

Picture of a tree cutting machine holding up a large, leafy branch sticking almost straight up

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Dave Slaven @daveslaven.bsky.social · 14/06/2026

Well, this didn’t age well. #germany #cura-OW

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Dave Slaven @daveslaven.bsky.social · 14/06/2026

So, just to the north of South America, underneath the r and the a, lies a tiny island that has just scored a goal to tie Germany. #curaçao #worldCup

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Dave Slaven @daveslaven.bsky.social · 12/06/2026

C’mon, CANADAAAAAAAA! YES!@!,!,!,,!,

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Dave Slaven @daveslaven.bsky.social · 05/06/2026

*Checks “decide which team to root for in the World Cup” off his to-do list.* #norway #worldcup #hoo

Picture of Norway’s World Cup team dressed as Vikings with fjord and longboats in the background

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Dave Slaven @daveslaven.bsky.social · 05/06/2026

Scheduled a game night for Saturday. Then just found out Saturday is International Tabletop Day. Sometimes I just get lucky. #internationalTabletopDay #boardgames #willIFinallyGetRaToTheTable

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Dave Slaven @daveslaven.bsky.social · 21/05/2026

Quote with a fictional band that’s not Spinal Tap.

Rogers and Clarke. (Dustin Hoffman and Warren Beatty)

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Dave Slaven @daveslaven.bsky.social · 19/05/2026

Well, I’ve got no excuse this time. #juryDuty

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Dave Slaven @daveslaven.bsky.social · 12/05/2026

What's your best/favorite introduction to soldering video for students? #iTeachPhysics Thanks! --Dave

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Dave Slaven @daveslaven.bsky.social · 22/04/2026

Here's one of those weird things. The past couple of days I've had bits of the song "Paper Sun" by Traffic running through my brain. This morning I found out Dave Mason (of Traffic) died. #daveMason #traffic #PaperSun #weirdThings

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RedruM @dorsalstream.bsky.social · 03/04/2026

The horse op-ed is an instant classic. I can't tell you how much joy this piece gives me. It should be taught in every introductory writing class in no small part because the horse arguments are so compelling. "I have noticed that human children get to eat cake. But I am bigger than the children."

I Work Very Hard, And I Would Like To Try Cake

By A Horse

Hello. I am a horse. I work very hard at my job of being a horse. When humans say move the heavy thing, I move the heavy thing. When humans sit on top of me and pull on my head, I carry them where they want to go. The main food the humans give me is hay and oats. But I am thinking it would be nice to have a different food.

I am thinking I would like to try cake.

Yes, yes. Cake. I know all about it. When humans eat cake, it is in glad times. It is the food for a celebration, such as when a woman becomes 47. I have seen cake on the Fourth of July. When humans have a cake, they stand around it and clap hands and smile and say happy birthday at each other. Sometimes there are beautiful markings on a cake, such as balloons or a pink shape.

Sometimes the top of a cake is on fire and a boy must blow on the fire with mouth wind. This is the scariest cake. I do not want this kind. But I will eat any other cake. Any cake that is not the fire cake that tries to kill the boy.

Please understand: I do not get money for doing work. I do not get to go inside the house. All I am either doing my horse job or standing in my pen or eating food off the floor. I always do these things. But I have never once gotten cake and I would like it very much.

I have noticed that human children get to eat cake. But I am bigger than the children. I am more helpful to the farm. Children do not move the heavy things like me or let anyone ride on them. And yet they get cake. Maybe the humans will realize this. Maybe they will say, "You know who deserves cake? That horse. That horse whose back we are always on."

Every day I dream about what it will be like if I get to eat cake. Here is what will happen. First, I will walk to the cake and putt my nose at it like hrrfff to make and stomping my hooves to make sure it is not a snake. Then I will trot in a circle to show that I am a horse and I am large. After that, I will nuzzle the cake to …

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Dave Slaven @daveslaven.bsky.social · 02/04/2026

Is there a website that tracks this, so that I can check whenever I feel the need to know?

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Dave Slaven @daveslaven.bsky.social · 17/03/2026

Possible responses from the Iowa legislature include: A) Further investigate potential connection. B) Do nothing. C) Pass legislation suppressing research into glyphosate. Listed in reverse order of likelihood. #glyphosate #iowaLegislature

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Dave Slaven @daveslaven.bsky.social · 13/03/2026

I've created a Google Calendar consisting of nothing but birthdays of physicists and related people. I think I've found the right settings so that anyone can access it. If you use Google Calendar, feel free to give it a try. It's at calendar.google.com/calendar/u/0... #iTeachPhysics

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Google Calendar - Sign in to Access & Edit Your Schedule

Access Google Calendar with a Google account (for personal use) or Google Workspace account (for business use).

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Dave Slaven @daveslaven.bsky.social · 03/03/2026

Yes, punishment for disagreeing with someone is a part of politics today.

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Dave Slaven @daveslaven.bsky.social · 26/02/2026

Question: Were Darren and Samantha Stephens just a 1960s America version of Aragorn and Arwen? #lotr #bewitched

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Dave Slaven @daveslaven.bsky.social · 13/02/2026

I just love short wavelength video of the sun. I mean, I know it’s been there for billions of years, but it looks like it’s not gonna last till the end of the year.

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Dave Slaven @daveslaven.bsky.social · 07/02/2026

Loot that drops after defeating me: 3 CDs (Beatles, Santana, XTC are most likely) A cribbage board Ice Breakers mints A globe c. 1990 A handkerchief

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Dave Slaven @daveslaven.bsky.social · 23/01/2026

Back from teaching physics at the other end of campus. (Current temp: -7F) #iTeachPhysics #iTeachPhysicsInAnyWeather

A person heavily bundled up for winter. Could be me, but how would you tell?

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Seba Marino @sebastromarino.bsky.social · 20/01/2026

We're so excited to share the results of the ALMA large program ARKS that studied the distribution of dust and gas in a sample of 24 exoKuiper belts. With @lucaroundtheworld.bsky.social, Meredith Hughes and a large collaboration, we just published 10 papers presenting our first results arkslp.org

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Richard Kadrey @richardkadrey.bsky.social · 14/12/2025

Christmas night: "But Santa, you've hardly touched your Zardoz cookies."

a plate of cookies that look disturbingly like Sean Connery in Zardoz

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