Mathematical physicist and science communicator, dabbling in politics, philosophy, and religion as necessary.https://bsky.app/profile/blitzphd.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/blitzphd.bsky.social/post/3lhsrsguht22uWay more Superbowl posts than I expected tbh.10 Feb 2025 09:00 +0000at://did:plc:2vtyhxttg7bme76yxkvjd575/app.bsky.feed.post/3lhsrsguht22uhttps://bsky.app/profile/blitzphd.bsky.social/post/3lh4x4btf6s2eNew video out explaining why Saturn thinks hexagons are the bestagons! www.tiktok.com/t/ZP8YL13r2/ https://www.tiktok.com/t/ZP8YL13r2/01 Feb 2025 16:36 +0000at://did:plc:2vtyhxttg7bme76yxkvjd575/app.bsky.feed.post/3lh4x4btf6s2ehttps://bsky.app/profile/blitzphd.bsky.social/post/3lgxwrutjq22aNew video out, explaining something about light that I definitely take for granted. www.tiktok.com/t/ZP8YeXMm2/30 Jan 2025 16:47 +0000at://did:plc:2vtyhxttg7bme76yxkvjd575/app.bsky.feed.post/3lgxwrutjq22ahttps://bsky.app/profile/blitzphd.bsky.social/post/3lgdpyahni22vYeah so it turns out we know a lot about the moon! www.tiktok.com/t/ZP8FtNxf6/ https://www.tiktok.com/t/ZP8FtNxf6/22 Jan 2025 15:52 +0000at://did:plc:2vtyhxttg7bme76yxkvjd575/app.bsky.feed.post/3lgdpyahni22vhttps://bsky.app/profile/blitzphd.bsky.social/post/3lgb4fsxaq22fGiving a talk in half an hour on unpublished, incomplete work. Here goes nothing! 😅21 Jan 2025 14:57 +0000at://did:plc:2vtyhxttg7bme76yxkvjd575/app.bsky.feed.post/3lgb4fsxaq22fhttps://bsky.app/profile/blitzphd.bsky.social/post/3lg5ul6qtbs2vHow's the saying go? Another conference day filled with algebraists talking about things I don't understand while I struggle to pay attention, another dollar? ... Yeah I think that's it20 Jan 2025 07:59 +0000at://did:plc:2vtyhxttg7bme76yxkvjd575/app.bsky.feed.post/3lg5ul6qtbs2vhttps://bsky.app/profile/blitzphd.bsky.social/post/3lg4nozhgrs2cSOBBING IS DONE WE'RE BACK19 Jan 2025 20:23 +0000at://did:plc:2vtyhxttg7bme76yxkvjd575/app.bsky.feed.post/3lg4nozhgrs2chttps://bsky.app/profile/blitzphd.bsky.social/post/3lg4bszh2ak27So instagram sucks and there's no sense of community between creators on YouTube. Bluesky doesn't have good video posting features (and no algorithm to speak of). Are we just boned?19 Jan 2025 16:50 +0000at://did:plc:2vtyhxttg7bme76yxkvjd575/app.bsky.feed.post/3lg4bszh2ak27https://bsky.app/profile/blitzphd.bsky.social/post/3lg3dqujyh22yTo all the people that said I would still have access to TikTok - guess whose laughing now? ... Not me, I don't have access anymore 😭19 Jan 2025 07:52 +0000at://did:plc:2vtyhxttg7bme76yxkvjd575/app.bsky.feed.post/3lg3dqujyh22yhttps://bsky.app/profile/blitzphd.bsky.social/post/3lfsdklw2bk2aSaying goodbye to TikTok is hard. Cultivating an audience the felt like catching lightning in a bottle - and sure, I'll be on YouTube and other places, but it probably won't be the same. But here's to a new chapter!15 Jan 2025 17:55 +0000at://did:plc:2vtyhxttg7bme76yxkvjd575/app.bsky.feed.post/3lfsdklw2bk2ahttps://bsky.app/profile/blitzphd.bsky.social/post/3lfplbxkklk2vI love seeing a new @seanmcarroll.bsky.social paper pop up on the arxiv. Haven't read it yet, but I can't wait! arxiv.org/pdf/2501.06609 https://arxiv.org/pdf/2501.0660914 Jan 2025 15:35 +0000at://did:plc:2vtyhxttg7bme76yxkvjd575/app.bsky.feed.post/3lfplbxkklk2vhttps://bsky.app/profile/blitzphd.bsky.social/post/3lfm4zpzrm22uTurns out ADHD is a helluva drug13 Jan 2025 06:42 +0000at://did:plc:2vtyhxttg7bme76yxkvjd575/app.bsky.feed.post/3lfm4zpzrm22uhttps://bsky.app/profile/blitzphd.bsky.social/post/3lfjvkgnpzk2cI don't think I know how to use bluesky properly. I guess I'm used to my thoughts either staying in my head or only being heard by Mrs. Dr. Blitz?12 Jan 2025 09:23 +0000at://did:plc:2vtyhxttg7bme76yxkvjd575/app.bsky.feed.post/3lfjvkgnpzk2chttps://bsky.app/profile/blitzphd.bsky.social/post/3lf3kusi6bk2iHonestly I'm really proud of this video. Symplectic geometry and physics explained in less than three minutes? www.tiktok.com/t/ZP8FMYajQ/ https://www.tiktok.com/t/ZP8FMYajQ/06 Jan 2025 16:34 +0000at://did:plc:2vtyhxttg7bme76yxkvjd575/app.bsky.feed.post/3lf3kusi6bk2ihttps://bsky.app/profile/blitzphd.bsky.social/post/3letxu4fcf22kSo gravastars are neat. Come learn about them! www.tiktok.com/t/ZP8FNQrPF/ https://www.tiktok.com/t/ZP8FNQrPF/03 Jan 2025 16:05 +0000at://did:plc:2vtyhxttg7bme76yxkvjd575/app.bsky.feed.post/3letxu4fcf22khttps://bsky.app/profile/blitzphd.bsky.social/post/3lemi5yflvk2rHey y'all I'm on vacation in Venice. But a mathematician you might know was born here! So come watch about Guido Fubini. www.tiktok.com/t/ZP8FJTWvB/ https://www.tiktok.com/t/ZP8FJTWvB/31 Dec 2024 16:36 +0000at://did:plc:2vtyhxttg7bme76yxkvjd575/app.bsky.feed.post/3lemi5yflvk2rhttps://bsky.app/profile/blitzphd.bsky.social/post/3lemfc7x55c2bUm I'm pretty sure that this clock is wrong.31 Dec 2024 15:45 +0000at://did:plc:2vtyhxttg7bme76yxkvjd575/app.bsky.feed.post/3lemfc7x55c2bhttps://bsky.app/profile/blitzphd.bsky.social/post/3ledx37joxs24So this is going to sound stupid but who woulda thunk the pasta in Milan is so good? 🤣28 Dec 2024 07:09 +0000at://did:plc:2vtyhxttg7bme76yxkvjd575/app.bsky.feed.post/3ledx37joxs24https://bsky.app/profile/blitzphd.bsky.social/post/3lecq7ztppc2kCosmology probably isn't dead, but certainly Manchak's theorem is a bit worrying! www.tiktok.com/t/ZP8NTB8pq/ https://www.tiktok.com/t/ZP8NTB8pq/27 Dec 2024 19:34 +0000at://did:plc:2vtyhxttg7bme76yxkvjd575/app.bsky.feed.post/3lecq7ztppc2khttps://bsky.app/profile/blitzphd.bsky.social/post/3lebseuy3rs2wOn my way to Milan!27 Dec 2024 10:40 +0000at://did:plc:2vtyhxttg7bme76yxkvjd575/app.bsky.feed.post/3lebseuy3rs2whttps://bsky.app/profile/blitzphd.bsky.social/post/3le77mhgwfc24Realizing that there are only like 4 Hanukkah movies despite us founding Hollywood makes me sad. We need a braveheart style story of Judah the Hammer... and Mel Gibson can do it! He'd earn back out trust if he did it well 😅26 Dec 2024 09:58 +0000at://did:plc:2vtyhxttg7bme76yxkvjd575/app.bsky.feed.post/3le77mhgwfc24https://bsky.app/profile/blitzphd.bsky.social/post/3le5erg7f7k2bYou may have seen news about dark energy being debunked recently. Long story short, probably not. But watch for more info! www.tiktok.com/t/ZP8N7s1EM/ https://www.tiktok.com/t/ZP8N7s1EM/25 Dec 2024 16:25 +0000at://did:plc:2vtyhxttg7bme76yxkvjd575/app.bsky.feed.post/3le5erg7f7k2bhttps://bsky.app/profile/blitzphd.bsky.social/post/3le2tfshe4c2cSo space is dark and it's surprising we didn't know why until like the 1900s. Here ya go. www.tiktok.com/t/ZP8NWjwm6/ https://www.tiktok.com/t/ZP8NWjwm6/24 Dec 2024 16:09 +0000at://did:plc:2vtyhxttg7bme76yxkvjd575/app.bsky.feed.post/3le2tfshe4c2chttps://bsky.app/profile/blitzphd.bsky.social/post/3ldvpl3wp4k2hHey, ever want to know how a quantum algorithm works? Check out my new video on a simple one! www.tiktok.com/t/ZP8NsyqFR/ https://www.tiktok.com/t/ZP8NsyqFR/22 Dec 2024 15:17 +0000at://did:plc:2vtyhxttg7bme76yxkvjd575/app.bsky.feed.post/3ldvpl3wp4k2hhttps://bsky.app/profile/blitzphd.bsky.social/post/3ldodfnagvk22I'm really not sure why people are talking about ANITA again with the backwards universe stuff, but here ya go. www.tiktok.com/t/ZP8NVkXAU/ https://www.tiktok.com/t/ZP8NVkXAU/19 Dec 2024 16:51 +0000at://did:plc:2vtyhxttg7bme76yxkvjd575/app.bsky.feed.post/3ldodfnagvk22https://bsky.app/profile/blitzphd.bsky.social/post/3ldjbs76ajk2rIn yesterday's video, I made a stupid 5-second claim that was wrong. So here's a correction! www.tiktok.com/t/ZP8NC1sNk/ https://www.tiktok.com/t/ZP8NC1sNk/17 Dec 2024 16:39 +0000at://did:plc:2vtyhxttg7bme76yxkvjd575/app.bsky.feed.post/3ldjbs76ajk2rhttps://bsky.app/profile/blitzphd.bsky.social/post/3ldgthpxfys2gHere's my best attempt to explain some stuff about quantum computing. It's hard though, without going into explicit algorithms. Have fun! www.tiktok.com/t/ZP8N9n5xv/ https://www.tiktok.com/t/ZP8N9n5xv/16 Dec 2024 17:17 +0000at://did:plc:2vtyhxttg7bme76yxkvjd575/app.bsky.feed.post/3ldgthpxfys2ghttps://bsky.app/profile/blitzphd.bsky.social/post/3ldbo6l6aic22Feeling cute, decided to post a video about topological gravity in 2+1d. www.tiktok.com/t/ZP8Nm9S4v/ https://www.tiktok.com/t/ZP8Nm9S4v/14 Dec 2024 15:59 +0000at://did:plc:2vtyhxttg7bme76yxkvjd575/app.bsky.feed.post/3ldbo6l6aic22https://bsky.app/profile/blitzphd.bsky.social/post/3ld23kyqkxs2xSo I'm pretty disappointed in Google's reporting of the new Willow chip. I "debunk" (or rather clarify) in this new video. www.tiktok.com/t/ZP8NUp3Hv/ https://www.tiktok.com/t/ZP8NUp3Hv/11 Dec 2024 15:37 +0000at://did:plc:2vtyhxttg7bme76yxkvjd575/app.bsky.feed.post/3ld23kyqkxs2x