4th year PhD student at PSU. Colloids/interfaces, non-equilibrium dynamics, active matter, emulsions, ionic liquids, food science, sci comm & history.
Pennsylvania, USA
Joined October 2017
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Samuel Birrer retweeted
Can we...just accept that we suck at this?
I want to tell you a story that has made me kinda hopeless about Twitter's ability to affect positive things happening, and it starts with this tweet from Hillary Clinton.
xitter.cf/HillaryClinton/status/…
What's at stake for our climate in this November's elections?
Absolutely everything.
carbonbrief.org/analysis-tru…
Samuel Birrer retweeted
Helena Bibowa, the oldest and only surviving native speaker of a tiny language called Wymysiöeryś is turning 102 today.
In honor of that, let me take you along on the story of Wymysiöeryś.
It's of death and resurrection, and a hefty deal of random, but I promise it's a happy one.
Samuel Birrer retweeted
To celebrate the first anniversary of the release of The Way of Edan, each of the three books in the trilogy will be $0.99 from March 21 through March 25. Amazon links in reply. Please retweet!
Samuel Birrer retweeted
Another year of students not laughing when I said, “Weber is not only known for his propane grills, he also dabbled in social theory.” I might have to retire this joke. I think some actually wrote it into their notes.
Samuel Birrer retweeted
Claire Voisin won this year’s Crafoord Prize in Mathematics for research inspired by string theory, and work on a million-dollar unsolved problem go.nature.com/4bAXObl
Samuel Birrer retweeted
2023 is the best time on History to learn ancient Greek, unless you have a time machine.
Here's why. A 🧵:
Samuel Birrer retweeted
My interview with Professor Jacqueline Broad, the head of the Philosophy department at Monash University, about women philosophers of the 17th century is now available on @NewBooksNetwork
@OxfordPublicity @OUPAcademic @OxUniPress @OUPPhilosophy
newbooksnetwork.com/women-ph…
Samuel Birrer retweeted
Wrapping up my first month in industry after nearly a decade in academia..
Here are my thoughts:
Samuel Birrer retweeted
What if instead of asking kids what they will be when they grow up we asked them which layers they'll look after?
Samuel Birrer retweeted
Duolingo’s definition of “innovate” is to dumb down its app and remove helpful features without any explanation.
But hey, at least the new version has a lot of really delightful animations.
Samuel Birrer retweeted
Working on a chapter of Njál's saga today and I have two main feelings about it:
1) I feel sorry for the man named Úlfr óþveginn, known for all time as 'Wolf the unwashed'.
2) Since his job is 'master of guests' (gestahǫfðingi), I feel quite sorry for the guests too.
Samuel Birrer retweeted
Our most recent paper on high-order nonlinear effects in 2-D heterostructures is published in the Journal of Physical Chemistry!
pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/acs…
@PSUScience @psu_chemistry @JPhysChem
Samuel Birrer retweeted
Has anyone succeeded in completing a “Match Madness” on the new #Duolingo “path” without buying extra time as an in-app purchase? Feels a bit manipulative… @Duo_is_sad
Samuel Birrer retweeted
Glad to see I'm not the only one disappointed in the scheduled Duolingo update. They're literally about to ruin all the work I put into creating my study schedule 🙄
Samuel Birrer retweeted
I suppose @duolingo paid a lot of money for an ill considered #duolingoupdate so they are trying to recoup the costs. We now have to use extra gems for the second and third stars. Pathetic tactics, which are not doing their reputation any good.
