Markus Deserno @markusdeserno.bsky.social · 22hSecond, it's so much easier to poop in the pool than to clean the water afterwards. False narratives take forever to counter, and at Trump's rate, nobody can keep up with this Augean task. This is why the press should ostracize habitual corrosive liars. It is shameful they hardly ever do this. 000
Markus Deserno @markusdeserno.bsky.social · 22hThis works for two reasons: first, most people don't have ready access to actual statistical data. One must know where to look, and have the itch to do so. If a claim supports a prior narrative, that's compelling enough for most of us—irrespective of political persuasion. 100
Markus Deserno @markusdeserno.bsky.social · 06/10/2026Neutrinos (and a few other high energy shenanigans) are perfect proof that, if we really live in a simulation, it was frantically coded up by undergrads the night before the assignment was due. 010
Markus Deserno @markusdeserno.bsky.social · 05/10/2026Eve Kendall, looking at his business card. “‘Roger O. Thornhill’. What does he ‘O’ stand for?” “Nothing.”static.klipy.comCary Grant as Roger Thornhill in North by Northwest (1959)ALT: Cary Grant as Roger Thornhill in North by Northwest (1959) 000
Markus Deserno @markusdeserno.bsky.social · 04/10/2026A maybe more interesting question: is this limit informative about the shape? Say, we look at other convex shapes, and their limits, how does the circle compare? My guess is: the circle limit is a lower bound. 020
Markus Deserno @markusdeserno.bsky.social · 04/10/2026Is the entire pdf analytically expressible in closed form? Or only the κ → 0 limit? 110
Markus Deserno @markusdeserno.bsky.social · 04/10/2026The real-world kitchen answer is typically to lift the lid. 😉 100
Reposted by Markus DesernoMark Histed @markhisted.org · 03/10/2026Killed. NSF’s SBE was killed, in violation of law. The President does not have the power to choose to kill programs at a whim by defunding them. The imperial presidency was a mistake and we are in a separation of powers constitutional crisis. 151450529
Markus Deserno @markusdeserno.bsky.social · 04/10/2026Since this administration was unsuccessful cutting the NSF budget, they instead withhold congressionally appropriated funds by simply not making awards. I want to see every one of these criminally destructive gang members held accountable to the fullest extent of the law. 022
Markus Deserno @markusdeserno.bsky.social · 03/10/2026No. You very much on purpose baked flat bread. 010
Markus Deserno @markusdeserno.bsky.social · 03/10/2026New achievement unlocked 😳 This was about to happen this year, but it still feels unreal to actually see it. If even a small fraction of these citations came from people whose work benefitted from our discussion of such super technical details, then I am proud and happy! 1130
Markus Deserno @markusdeserno.bsky.social · 02/10/2026It’s the haircut of someone haplessly trying to extort some money. 000
Markus Deserno @markusdeserno.bsky.social · 30/09/2026Awesome! Congrats, Rumy! This is so very well deserved!!! 🎉🍾🎊🙌 020
Reposted by Markus Deserno@KayTrue (Sarah L. Keller) @kaytrue.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Very excited to share that my department at @uwchemistry.bsky.social will be hiring an Assistant Professor of Chemistry! Come be my colleague at the University of Washington in Seattle! It is a wonderful city filled with wonderful scientists. Details in the link: ap.washington.edu/ahr/academic...ap.washington.eduAcademic Jobs - Academic Personnel & FacultyFind current openings and apply for academic jobs at the University of Washington. 0149
Markus Deserno @markusdeserno.bsky.social · 27/09/2026You surely have a way of taking the joy out of reading… 😑 010
Markus Deserno @markusdeserno.bsky.social · 27/09/2026I present to you six musical geniuses.m.youtube.comI've Got LifeYouTube video by Take 6 - Topic 010
Markus Deserno @markusdeserno.bsky.social · 26/09/2026Well, he was never the sharpest spoon in the drawer. 010
Markus Deserno @markusdeserno.bsky.social · 25/09/2026Especially in those cars where you have to temporarily remove the engine to switch the light bulb. 010
Markus Deserno @markusdeserno.bsky.social · 25/09/2026PANTHEON What an absolute masterpiece. Just truly blown away. 020
Markus Deserno @markusdeserno.bsky.social · 24/09/2026To me, “eclectic” means more than “broad.” It additionally means the selection is somewhat haphazard, which suggests a lack of intentionality. That’s not necessarily a good thing. 100
Reposted by Markus DesernoMichelle says: Be kind. Always. ❤️ @snarkysillysad.bsky.social · 23/09/2026Good advice for athletes and life in general: #AGoodPlace Source: www.reddit.com/r/MadeMeSmil... 10426108
Markus Deserno @markusdeserno.bsky.social · 23/09/2026True fans know him as Ninnian Joseph Yule Jr. 000
Markus Deserno @markusdeserno.bsky.social · 22/09/2026Thanks! I’m sure I had read his post by this random guy quite a while ago. Some of these things I knew before, including the beautiful convolution argument about the “sine product integrals”. 110
Markus Deserno @markusdeserno.bsky.social · 21/09/2026So they suggest Republicans are like Superman? 🤔 010
Markus Deserno @markusdeserno.bsky.social · 21/09/2026Cardinal mistake: your tree doesn’t have a happy little friend. 010
Markus Deserno @markusdeserno.bsky.social · 20/09/2026Such a rare name to encounter in the Pittsburgh graffiti scene… 😅 000
Markus Deserno @markusdeserno.bsky.social · 20/09/2026I simply cannot watch this without constantly cringing about the abominable fashion sense of the 70s. 140
Markus Deserno @markusdeserno.bsky.social · 20/09/2026Ugh. That’s considerably easier than what I did! 😅 010
Markus Deserno @markusdeserno.bsky.social · 20/09/2026I think the technical term is “abomination” 😉 020
Markus Deserno @markusdeserno.bsky.social · 20/09/2026Yes, I saw that! It reminded me of the famous problem whether an integer can be written as the sum of three cubes of whole numbers. Removing those integers for which you can prove it doesn’t work leaves usually easy answers, but for a few (e.g. 42) the solution involves ridiculously large numbers. 020
Markus Deserno @markusdeserno.bsky.social · 20/09/2026If the president can decide what journalist is or isn’t operating in good faith, we don’t have a first amendment. Mike Waltz knows this, but he prefers to pretend we’re all idiots. The defense that “the White House is a government facility” does not hold up under established constitutional law. 030
Markus Deserno @markusdeserno.bsky.social · 20/09/2026You can bet anything that CNN general counsel was on it hours after the tweet happened. But lawyers don’t operate via social media. 110
Markus Deserno @markusdeserno.bsky.social · 20/09/2026I find theorems of this type fascinating. “There are only finitely many examples for XYZ, and the largest case is this ridiculously small number.” Come on, integers! You are an infinite set, after all! Come up with some upper bounds that are a wee bit larger! 340
Markus Deserno @markusdeserno.bsky.social · 20/09/2026This on was cute—could just barely do it in my head. I think the right angle indicator was superfluous, besides anyways being irrelevant to how I solved it. 111
Markus Deserno @markusdeserno.bsky.social · 19/09/2026Who says he believes it? He’s paid million of dollar for spouting this dreck. I suspect it’s all a show. 160
Markus Deserno @markusdeserno.bsky.social · 19/09/2026I don’t know even… The video is so much worse than the text summary. 000
Markus Deserno @markusdeserno.bsky.social · 19/09/2026A fantastic summary of the inanity of longtermism.nitter.appbanteg (@banteg)>be me >discover effective altruism >apparently normal charity is inefficient >why donate to random sad thing when spreadsheet can tell you optimal sad thing >fair enough >buy mosquito nets >save live... 020
Markus Deserno @markusdeserno.bsky.social · 18/09/2026I remember reading posts by Yudkowsky maybe 15 years ago. After the initial sparkle of edgy intellectualism wore off, and it wore off quickly, all that was left was a guy who was insufferably full of himself. Sadly, it seems some people are easy prey for this infinitely confident bullshittery. 010