https://bsky.app/profile/yinyangmills.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/yinyangmills.bsky.social/post/3muyoad3dxk2eAttention math and physics folks, What are some papers or books which you consider highly aesthetically valuable, due to being exceptionally deep, illuminating, well written or otherwise interesting?08 Sep 2026 09:06 +0000at://did:plc:53nqfxb35km2pcy2kp6yepf5/app.bsky.feed.post/3muyoad3dxk2ehttps://bsky.app/profile/yinyangmills.bsky.social/post/3mutf2qsofs2xOne problem that seems to plague modern culture, in most of the "west" at least, is a deterioration of the importance assigned to having firm principles. Too often one argues that they'll do or support something even if they think it's wrong, because they don't think they can change it.06 Sep 2026 06:38 +0000at://did:plc:53nqfxb35km2pcy2kp6yepf5/app.bsky.feed.post/3mutf2qsofs2xhttps://bsky.app/profile/yinyangmills.bsky.social/post/3mulz56y7os2lSo I've been trying to do these silly little PRL article explainers recently, and I saw the Lux-Zeplin experiment nuclear neutrino scattering + possible dark matter detection result, and wanted to do an explainer on that. But I wanted to also include a bunch of interesting neutrino stuff I know...03 Sep 2026 08:16 +0000at://did:plc:53nqfxb35km2pcy2kp6yepf5/app.bsky.feed.post/3mulz56y7os2lhttps://bsky.app/profile/yinyangmills.bsky.social/post/3mtjbqxd3ls2gFor this installment of me spamming paper "explainers", I will take a look on something that I know even less about than my previous explainer thread, but the subject is a very interesting one: the experimental search for Lorentz violations. https://journals.aps.org/prl/pdf/10.1103/ckyj-bbfl 1/1620 Aug 2026 12:47 +0000at://did:plc:53nqfxb35km2pcy2kp6yepf5/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtjbqxd3ls2ghttps://bsky.app/profile/yinyangmills.bsky.social/post/3mtipmuxi7s2yWhy are so many romance book series titles like Book 1: "I came in my pants" Book 2: "I came in my skirt" Book 3: "I came in my underwear" Book 4: "I came in your underwear"20 Aug 2026 07:23 +0000at://did:plc:53nqfxb35km2pcy2kp6yepf5/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtipmuxi7s2yhttps://bsky.app/profile/yinyangmills.bsky.social/post/3mthahgtqw22dOk, I decided I am going to start spamming everyone with posts about random papers I read. Think of it kinda like what @johnbaez does, except I mostly don't know what I'm talking about. Today I have one about how Kirkwood-Dirac non-positivity is a necessary resource for quantum computing.19 Aug 2026 17:19 +0000at://did:plc:53nqfxb35km2pcy2kp6yepf5/app.bsky.feed.post/3mthahgtqw22dhttps://bsky.app/profile/yinyangmills.bsky.social/post/3mrs73p3iyc2iY'know many were (racistly) angry with the casting of Nolan's Odyssey, and I was not a fan of Travis Scott's casting as a rhapsode in particular, but I was visiting a Mycenaean site recently and I saw this. I'm pretty sure that's Travis Scott.29 Jul 2026 15:03 +0000at://did:plc:53nqfxb35km2pcy2kp6yepf5/app.bsky.feed.post/3mrs73p3iyc2ihttps://bsky.app/profile/yinyangmills.bsky.social/post/3mqfo2tcnt22kToday I found out that almost everything I've done these last few months in my PhD was based on misunderstandings and is completely wrong, but somehow it didn't make me feel very bad because now I know what the right way is. Weird feeling.11 Jul 2026 22:01 +0000at://did:plc:53nqfxb35km2pcy2kp6yepf5/app.bsky.feed.post/3mqfo2tcnt22khttps://bsky.app/profile/yinyangmills.bsky.social/post/3momt6faojs2nThe Epstein Axis relents, and cedes to Iran! Early rumors of Donald Trump being forcibly converted to Islam have been refuted, as Khamenei reportedly said "Allah will show him the way eventually". In His divine benevolence, He also relieved the US of the requirement to pay jizya. Alhamdulillah!19 Jun 2026 07:31 +0000at://did:plc:53nqfxb35km2pcy2kp6yepf5/app.bsky.feed.post/3momt6faojs2nhttps://bsky.app/profile/yinyangmills.bsky.social/post/3mokufuecyc2kAnyone read Hennaux-Teitelboim? Is it good? Any replacements?18 Jun 2026 12:48 +0000at://did:plc:53nqfxb35km2pcy2kp6yepf5/app.bsky.feed.post/3mokufuecyc2khttps://bsky.app/profile/yinyangmills.bsky.social/post/3moj4p4ms4s2wToday in Greek news: a priest was arrested for walking around with his dick hanging out. There was a debate on TV about whether or not he had an erection.17 Jun 2026 20:11 +0000at://did:plc:53nqfxb35km2pcy2kp6yepf5/app.bsky.feed.post/3moj4p4ms4s2whttps://bsky.app/profile/yinyangmills.bsky.social/post/3moixhzu6dc23Today I am trying to make my late grandma proud by making imam bayildi for the first time. Hope it turns out decent!17 Jun 2026 18:38 +0000at://did:plc:53nqfxb35km2pcy2kp6yepf5/app.bsky.feed.post/3moixhzu6dc23https://bsky.app/profile/yinyangmills.bsky.social/post/3mo3ivf2au22lI'm relistening to Selling England By The Pound by Genesis (1973) and I noticed something. The bit starting at around 1:20 in the first track sounds eerily modern, like some kind of low-fi hiphop beat. The rest is typical 70s prog but something odd happened there! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4oPA8JUttCw12 Jun 2026 10:12 +0000at://did:plc:53nqfxb35km2pcy2kp6yepf5/app.bsky.feed.post/3mo3ivf2au22lhttps://bsky.app/profile/yinyangmills.bsky.social/post/3mnwv6hsk4c2uI will either find where I put the AC remote or die of a heatstroke, tune in to see which happens first.10 Jun 2026 14:08 +0000at://did:plc:53nqfxb35km2pcy2kp6yepf5/app.bsky.feed.post/3mnwv6hsk4c2uhttps://bsky.app/profile/yinyangmills.bsky.social/post/3mnw4wlhrcs26Someone pls help me care about quantum computation and quantum networks. There's a good chance I will need to pivot there if I want to have a Job ™️ but for whatever reason I find it hard to care about as a field from what I've seen so far.10 Jun 2026 06:55 +0000at://did:plc:53nqfxb35km2pcy2kp6yepf5/app.bsky.feed.post/3mnw4wlhrcs26https://bsky.app/profile/yinyangmills.bsky.social/post/3mnqxaisfds2fAfter Shostakovich, someone is now also stenciling Eric Satie. I have to get to the bottom of this.08 Jun 2026 05:29 +0000at://did:plc:53nqfxb35km2pcy2kp6yepf5/app.bsky.feed.post/3mnqxaisfds2fhttps://bsky.app/profile/yinyangmills.bsky.social/post/3mmtwgyhq7s2lWhat was it with ancient people and eunuchs? Why is it that every ancient king liked to have as many dudes with snipped off genitals around him as possible, and why did it happen in so many cultures around the world?27 May 2026 16:28 +0000at://did:plc:53nqfxb35km2pcy2kp6yepf5/app.bsky.feed.post/3mmtwgyhq7s2lhttps://bsky.app/profile/yinyangmills.bsky.social/post/3mmikyyy4s22jThe more that I think about it the more it seems like humanity has been seeing diminishing returns from technological advancement. Most advances are oriented towards consumer products that could disappear tomorrow and we'd get over it in a month or less.23 May 2026 04:04 +0000at://did:plc:53nqfxb35km2pcy2kp6yepf5/app.bsky.feed.post/3mmikyyy4s22jhttps://bsky.app/profile/yinyangmills.bsky.social/post/3mlfov24bds2jI love how much of statistical physics research is just "I decided this theory is actually the same as this other theory because I kinda know what to do with that other theory, and you can't make me stop".09 May 2026 07:10 +0000at://did:plc:53nqfxb35km2pcy2kp6yepf5/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlfov24bds2jhttps://bsky.app/profile/yinyangmills.bsky.social/post/3mlfnma33j22xToday I found out my surname is an anagram of "topophilic hour loss". I think this is supposed to mean I'm wasting my time studying topology.09 May 2026 06:47 +0000at://did:plc:53nqfxb35km2pcy2kp6yepf5/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlfnma33j22xhttps://bsky.app/profile/yinyangmills.bsky.social/post/3mkwsedpps22xEnglish had a vowel shift, which is why English spelling is so inconsistent. Greek also had a vowel shift (and more) but such that the same letters always make the new sound, so no inconsistency in reading words, just spelling them. Why? @dannybate.bsky.social @yvanspijk.bsky.social03 May 2026 09:02 +0000at://did:plc:53nqfxb35km2pcy2kp6yepf5/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkwsedpps22xhttps://bsky.app/profile/yinyangmills.bsky.social/post/3mkd4h5g5gc2jRemember 10-15 years ago when boomers and gen X were calling millennials entitled, lazy and socially inept? Basically the EXACT same shit that millennials now say about gen Z, but everyone pretends like this is a new thing...25 Apr 2026 13:10 +0000at://did:plc:53nqfxb35km2pcy2kp6yepf5/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkd4h5g5gc2jhttps://bsky.app/profile/yinyangmills.bsky.social/post/3mjvxg75r2c23I'm trying to figure out why someone has stenciled Shostakovich everywhere around a neighborhood in Athens and why. I didn't expect that he would have this kind of a fan club lol20 Apr 2026 07:35 +0000at://did:plc:53nqfxb35km2pcy2kp6yepf5/app.bsky.feed.post/3mjvxg75r2c23https://bsky.app/profile/yinyangmills.bsky.social/post/3mi7u3lszvc2uAmericans are NOT prepared for how much everyone will make fun of them for years to come about Iran.29 Mar 2026 19:12 +0000at://did:plc:53nqfxb35km2pcy2kp6yepf5/app.bsky.feed.post/3mi7u3lszvc2uhttps://bsky.app/profile/yinyangmills.bsky.social/post/3mhswjpbk4c2oThe Cuban power grid didn't "collapse". It was MADE to collapse by the US blockade. 90% of Cuba's ills are the fault of the United States. There's just no way around the fact that this is criminal, and it's also not a new thing. It's been ongoing for decades, it's simply much worse now.24 Mar 2026 15:51 +0000at://did:plc:53nqfxb35km2pcy2kp6yepf5/app.bsky.feed.post/3mhswjpbk4c2o