@TheGeoffRyan

Canadian astrophysicist back on the north side of the border. Postdoctoral Researcher at the Perimeter Institute. Does math on trains. (He/his)

 Hamilton, ON
Joined February 2012
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The @OntarioNDP and @MaritStiles have lost the plot. I’ll be supporting Sarah in the upcoming election. If the Ontario NDP has an ounce of integrity left, they’ll walk away from this fight and make the smart choice not to run a candidate in Hamilton Centre against Sarah. #HamOnt
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On the Friday before Family Day weekend, the Ford Govt posted notice that they were moving ahead with changes to what Conservation Authorities (CAs) can do to protect our watersheds & creeks from development. Ontario Reg. 41/24 should concern all Hamiltonians. Here's why:/1
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The Onion
@TheOnion7 Sep 2023
theonion.com/self-driving-te…

Self-Driving Tesla Regurgitates Pedestrian To Feed Offspring

SAN JOSE, CA—As part of an effort to nurture and raise its young, a self-driving Tesla regurgitated a pedestrian carcass to feed its offspring, sources confirmed Wednesday. “Wow, there’s something so...

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Randall Munroe
@xkcd3 Jul 2023
Actual Progress xkcd.com/2797
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Dr Danny Bate@DannyBate411 Jun 2023
"'Ha ha' and 'he he' signify laughter in Latin and in English, because they are cried out when laughing." Wonderful evidence here in Ælfric's Grammar that 'ha ha' has been the sound and spelling of laughter in English since at least the 11th century and the Old English period.
Black-ink handwriting on parchment. Four lines of Old English. Harley MS 3271, page 85r.

ALT Black-ink handwriting on parchment. Four lines of Old English. Harley MS 3271, page 85r.

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Nathan W Pyle
@nathanwpyle6 May 2023
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The count is in! 1696 YES - 155 NO. 92% margin of victory! LET'S GOOOO!!!!!!
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HUGE #cdnmedia NEWS: TVO workers have voted for a strike mandate after the Doug Ford gov't (Stephen Lecce) removed journalism from its mandate, among other reasons like below-inflation wages and unfair employment practices. #onpoli
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The Gov just announced $8 Million dollars to be given to two trails groups to build and maintain OHV trails. 1/ 🧵
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Fighting hard over on Facebook to be honest, concise, and represent my opinions about AI image generation to a group of former coworkers 💀
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Spread the word! We’re organizing a computational fluid dynamics for astro summer school @FlatironCCA Jul 31 - Aug 11. The application process is super easy (deadline end Feb) and we’ll support admitted students. (1/3) indico.flatironinstitute.org…

Fluid Dynamics Summer School

The Flatiron Computational Fluid Dynamics for Astrophysics summer school will introduce students to the breadth of numerical methods needed to model the range of physical processes encountered in...

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Vivid Void
@vividvoid5 Jan 2023
gm to this IBM training slide from the 70s
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Join us in donating to help keep the Hub open during these frigid nights.
Martin Kuplēns-Ewart@mkuplens25 Dec 2022
Ok friends. The HUB and our underhoused and precarious neighbours need you. Let’s make a Christmas miracle and keep the HUB open again tonight! E-transfer to info@thehamiltonhub.org We have $1,150 committed already. Hat-tip to @__Ronin for teaming up on getting this going!
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Ok friends. The HUB and our underhoused and precarious neighbours need you. Let’s make a Christmas miracle and keep the HUB open again tonight! E-transfer to info@thehamiltonhub.org We have $1,150 committed already. Hat-tip to @__Ronin for teaming up on getting this going!
Jennifer Bonner@jennygirlb7325 Dec 2022
This is my kinda Xmas! Staffed and opened by 11pm ! We are here to support our unhoused friends till 10am #grassroots #communitylove
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MIT CSAIL
@MIT_CSAIL19 Dec 2022
An IBM slide from 1979.
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OrganizeUW@OrganizeUW16 Dec 2022
Great news! Today, Sessional Instructors at UW voted in an overwhelming majority to unionize!
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Scientists have made a new discovery about gamma ray bursts — some of the most powerful events in the cosmos — causing them to rethink models to study them. torstar.co/8zpZ50LZiTr
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