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Cosmic Ray-mond Particle @sabertail.org · 03/10/2026

if the ancient greeks had youtube

parody of YouTube thumbnail for https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=95335U-cUh8
BIG NEWS IN POLYHEDRA is superimposed over a cartoon of an icosahedron
also it says ἀριθμόφιλος instead of Numberphile

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Cosmic Ray-mond Particle @sabertail.org · 02/10/2026

Tonight's adventure. Hopefully it's one of the ones above the ground state

the CoDa building at Stanford with a "2026 State of Quantum" sign

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Cosmic Ray-mond Particle @sabertail.org · 25/09/2026

"my fursona is an anthropomorphic storage ring particle collider" "because you really like physics?" "no, I want to attract diaper-wearing ferrets"

image from Fermilab of Felicia the Ferret in a tunnel

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Cosmic Ray-mond Particle @sabertail.org · 25/09/2026

okay I won't, mysterious and possibly cursed stone

a rock with "PLEASE DO NOT TAKE - Thank you" written on it black marker

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Cosmic Ray-mond Particle @sabertail.org · 22/09/2026

Book review: if you're a leftist, you should read this. It does a good job of explaining historical attempts to establish socialism, and outlines what any transition is going to have to contend with in the coming years. My takeaway is to root for the end of US/EU imperialism, but there's a lot more

cover of "The Long Transition Towards Socialism and the End of Capitalism" by Torkil Lauesen

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Cosmic Ray-mond Particle @sabertail.org · 20/09/2026

if I'd known replacing the stupid wheel required completely disassembling the robot I would have procrastinated longer

a disassembled robot vacuum cleaner with parts and tools strewn across the carpet

a broken wheel from a robot vacuum cleaner

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Cosmic Ray-mond Particle @sabertail.org · 16/09/2026

What does a fox look like on a thermal camera?

A fox on a thermal camera. The face and paws are the warmest and the tail is poofy and cold

Another image of the fox taken with the thermal camera

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Cosmic Ray-mond Particle @sabertail.org · 16/09/2026

Santa Cruz Island has big scrub jays! And curious ravens that kept coming by the campsite to investigate

A raven standing on the ground with a tent in the background

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Cosmic Ray-mond Particle @sabertail.org · 15/09/2026

Santa Cruz island has a population of small island foxes and they are adorable! I saw a bunch but didn't get too many good photos

a Santa Cruz Island fox sniffing at some grass

A Santa Cruz Island fox sitting beside a trail, overlooking the ocean

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Cosmic Ray-mond Particle @sabertail.org · 15/09/2026

Enjoyed a long weekend on Santa Cruz Island. Wish I were still there (instead of having to go into the office). It's an amazing and beautiful place!

Santa Cruz Island from the northeast corner

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Cosmic Ray-mond Particle @sabertail.org · 08/09/2026

what if you showed up to the orgy right after they ran out of condoms?

A bunch of bent-wire hooks in a pegboard. They all have little rubber caps on their tips except for one

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Cosmic Ray-mond Particle @sabertail.org · 06/09/2026

it was a power mac an aluminum tower mac it only had one slow core

an aluminum tower powermac G5 wearing a baseball hat and doing a skateboard trick over a rail

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Cosmic Ray-mond Particle @sabertail.org · 01/09/2026

LZ saw one candidate dark matter interaction in 2.8 tonne years of exposure. Which is interesting! But particle physics history is full of 3 sigma events that disappeared with more data (which they are collecting)

Figure 5 from https://lz.lbl.gov/wp-content/uploads/sites/6/2026/08/LZ_Preprint_260901_Dark_Matter_EFT_Nuclear_Recoil_Search_at_Higher_Energies.pdf

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Cosmic Ray-mond Particle @sabertail.org · 28/08/2026

so buff I broke an adjustable dumbbell (they're kind of shit, and if you ever slightly bend one, they will not fit together properly, and the iron is brittle enough that it snapped when I tried bending it back)

a broken set of plates from an adjustable dumbbell

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Cosmic Ray-mond Particle @sabertail.org · 27/08/2026

I saw this creature napping on my walk to the train station, and woke it up trying to take a picture. I also saw a hawk carrying a mouse, and I need to consult a Roman priest to interpret that for me.

a brown and black cat sitting on the ground outdoors

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Cosmic Ray-mond Particle @sabertail.org · 25/08/2026

oh, okay, then why are they called "protein"? (they don't even taste good)

Wrapper for RXBAR "No B.S." Protein Energy Bites

fine print: "10 g protein per 2 bites. Not a good source of protein"

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Cosmic Ray-mond Particle @sabertail.org · 23/08/2026

I realized I do have the ability to put up an HF antenna at home. EFHW on a 12 meter collapsible mast. Yet to experiment to see how well it works but stay tuned #hamradio

an antenna mast extending far into the sky with a wire dangling down from it

the base of the mast, bungie corded to some railing. At the end of the wire is a small box with a UHF connector and some terminal lugs

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Cosmic Ray-mond Particle @sabertail.org · 22/08/2026

I got a little cart for all my guitar stuff

a cart with a bunch of stuff on it, including a metronome, a timer, picks, chord dice, musical slide rules, books, cleaning supplies, and a stylophone. It's next to a guitar amp and some pedals

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Cosmic Ray-mond Particle @sabertail.org · 20/08/2026

if you send me a picture of a corvid in front of a sufficiently monochrome background, my brain will do this automatically

I have cropped a photo of a crow to a square, scribbled fake yarn draped over the bird, and added "Death Cab for Cutie" and "Transatlanticism" to the top

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Cosmic Ray-mond Particle @sabertail.org · 17/08/2026

designed and printed a little shade for my outdoor thermometer so the sun hopefully affects the reading less

a Prusa Mini 3D printer printing a double-walled cylinder out of white filament, with small gaps up both walls

the final result, showing the thermometer nestled atop a little plug, which screws into the base of the double-walled, slitted cylinder with a cone on top

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Cosmic Ray-mond Particle @sabertail.org · 16/08/2026

Book (re)read: Rainbows End by Vernor Vinge Set in the far off year 2025, it interestingly imagines what humans will do as everything online gives everyone access to specialist knowledge and manufacturing. It tells a good story, but don't think too hard about sociopolitical implications of the tech

a hardbound copy of Rainbows End by Vernor Vinge, showing a rabbit on a ledge overlooking a city overlaid with digital numbers and grids

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Cosmic Ray-mond Particle @sabertail.org · 16/08/2026

took completely tearing the thing down, cleaning it, replacing o-rings, and rebuilding it, but I have a working backpacking stove again!

an MSR whisperlite stove with blue flames coming out of the burners, heating a small pot of water

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Cosmic Ray-mond Particle @sabertail.org · 12/08/2026

one of the neighbors has grown a cat

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Cosmic Ray-mond Particle @sabertail.org · 02/08/2026

Post a perfect album from the 90s that isn't Nirvana, Soundgarden, Pearl Jam or Alice In Chains.

modest mouse 🏙️ the lonesome crowded west

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Cosmic Ray-mond Particle @sabertail.org · 01/08/2026

the concept works, but it was a pain to thread the LED strip through the cord. I think I can make that easier if I can find some plastic tubing in the right size what I'm going to do with it, I've got ideas, but stay tuned to see if they work

glowing multicolored LEDs connected to a power bank. The light is somewhat diffused by being wrapped in white woven nylon cord

plain looking white woven nylon cord, with some wires sticking out of it. The LEDs, powered off, can't be seen at all

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Cosmic Ray-mond Particle @sabertail.org · 01/08/2026

nice work shipping a cardboard sleeve CD in a soft bubble envelope amazon

a broken in half CD of The War on Drugs - I Don't Live Here Anymore

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Cosmic Ray-mond Particle @sabertail.org · 29/07/2026

modern cars and touchscreen controls have helped me understand Tom Paris

control panel for the Delta Flyer from Star Trek Voyager. There are physical switches and knobs and a joystick, as well as analog gauges

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Cosmic Ray-mond Particle @sabertail.org · 25/07/2026

Managed to get up to SF to see Spacemoth. Had a good time!

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Cosmic Ray-mond Particle @sabertail.org · 20/07/2026

kept myself busy today by putting together an Atari Punk Console. I need to tweak some values and then I wanna solder it to a protoboard and put it in a case

a breadboard with a 14 pin IC, two potentiometers, and some resistors and capacitors. There's a tiny speaker coming out and power from some USB thing coming in

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Cosmic Ray-mond Particle @sabertail.org · 11/07/2026

shout out to the person with a nice Commodore PET for sale at the flea market. I don't have space or $600 to spend on one though

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Cosmic Ray-mond Particle @sabertail.org · 11/07/2026

didn't find much I wanted at the flea market, but $2 scored me these

a copy of "Electric Guitars The Illustrated Encyclopedia" and some empty clear CD jewel cases

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Cosmic Ray-mond Particle @sabertail.org · 09/07/2026

Been thinking about this clip from High Score (2006) recently as I slowly improve at guitar also I will not spoil the reveal of what that first one thing was for him but they end the documentary with it and it's great

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Cosmic Ray-mond Particle @sabertail.org · 05/07/2026

I had a great time last night, but today is definitely a need-an-energy-drink-to-get-myself-awake-enough-to-make-coffee morning

a red firework exploding beneath a partially cloudy twilight sky

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Cosmic Ray-mond Particle @sabertail.org · 03/07/2026

"what a lovely evening" "ow my eyeballs" I hate these billboards so much

some buildings and trees in front of a twilight sky

the same buildings and trees slightly farther down the street. A digital billboard has emerged from behind the trees, brighter than anything else in the scene

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Cosmic Ray-mond Particle @sabertail.org · 01/07/2026

can a language model learn anything about particle physics? I have no idea and probably not with the data I have on hand but I'm slowly building the experiment

screenshot of a terminal full of strings like:
tau<PARTICLE><CHARGE>-1➡️e<PARTICLE><CHARGE>-1 nu_e<ANTI><CHARGE>0 nu_tau<PARTICLE><CHARGE>0

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