Physicist by training, silly by choice. Views my own.https://bsky.app/profile/marcopiani.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/marcopiani.bsky.social/post/3mufka5gn222eFun fact: a presidential order alone cannot change something like the name of the “Lake Ontario National Marine Sanctuary” sanctuaries.noaa.gov/lake-ontario/31 Aug 2026 18:34 +0000at://did:plc:dhowsd62sme2bul77eahzdk5/app.bsky.feed.post/3mufka5gn222ehttps://bsky.app/profile/marcopiani.bsky.social/post/3mufka5gn222eFun fact: a presidential order alone cannot change something like the name of the “Lake Ontario National Marine Sanctuary” sanctuaries.noaa.gov/lake-ontario/31 Aug 2026 18:34 +0000at://did:plc:dhowsd62sme2bul77eahzdk5/app.bsky.feed.post/3mufka5gn222ehttps://bsky.app/profile/marcopiani.bsky.social/post/3mrwwzwtccc25Experiencing Die Kaffeebohnenfehlkaufmorgenverzweiflung31 Jul 2026 12:22 +0000at://did:plc:dhowsd62sme2bul77eahzdk5/app.bsky.feed.post/3mrwwzwtccc25https://bsky.app/profile/marcopiani.bsky.social/post/3mrpifxhx6s2dAll the top papers on Scirate saw AI play some role, in some cases a major one. These screenshots are from the top 4 papers, in order. A major role played by AI in at least three of them.28 Jul 2026 13:12 +0000at://did:plc:dhowsd62sme2bul77eahzdk5/app.bsky.feed.post/3mrpifxhx6s2dhttps://bsky.app/profile/marcopiani.bsky.social/post/3mpt7ost7222qFiled under “Correlation is not causation”04 Jul 2026 13:56 +0000at://did:plc:dhowsd62sme2bul77eahzdk5/app.bsky.feed.post/3mpt7ost7222qhttps://bsky.app/profile/marcopiani.bsky.social/post/3mndigxgnbs2fHow sudden&extreme is exponential growth, you ask? This is an equal-aspect plot of exp(x), with limits -1000 and 1000 for both the x and y axes. Fun fact: this graph was generated from the browser bar, by just asking for it02 Jun 2026 21:00 +0000at://did:plc:dhowsd62sme2bul77eahzdk5/app.bsky.feed.post/3mndigxgnbs2fhttps://bsky.app/profile/marcopiani.bsky.social/post/3mi27odgxpc2iWatched “Project Hail Mary” I enjoyed it and I would recommend it. I have a few issues here and there. A big one (SPOILER ALERT): . . . . . . . . If you have redundant probe ships to send back messages to Earth to save humanity, you use them even if you think…27 Mar 2026 13:23 +0000at://did:plc:dhowsd62sme2bul77eahzdk5/app.bsky.feed.post/3mi27odgxpc2ihttps://bsky.app/profile/marcopiani.bsky.social/post/3mhj2ztn3g22pChuck Norris didn’t die. He roundhouse kicked all of us to an alternative reality, so that he could enjoy some quiet me-time in the reality we previously shared. RIP20 Mar 2026 17:45 +0000at://did:plc:dhowsd62sme2bul77eahzdk5/app.bsky.feed.post/3mhj2ztn3g22phttps://bsky.app/profile/marcopiani.bsky.social/post/3mfrxzealek2wThe water was spilled, and it panicked: "Oh no, I am gonna dry!"26 Feb 2026 19:54 +0000at://did:plc:dhowsd62sme2bul77eahzdk5/app.bsky.feed.post/3mfrxzealek2whttps://bsky.app/profile/marcopiani.bsky.social/post/3me5fwft7qk2s"The NEW Bitcoin Rainbow2023 Chart" confidently suggests that now is the time to "BUY!" 👀05 Feb 2026 22:12 +0000at://did:plc:dhowsd62sme2bul77eahzdk5/app.bsky.feed.post/3me5fwft7qk2shttps://bsky.app/profile/marcopiani.bsky.social/post/3mdd4s2ic6k2kI miss the good old times when the worst that happened was renaming the Gulf of Mexico.26 Jan 2026 11:19 +0000at://did:plc:dhowsd62sme2bul77eahzdk5/app.bsky.feed.post/3mdd4s2ic6k2khttps://bsky.app/profile/marcopiani.bsky.social/post/3mdcyz2tksc2mImmigration is the issue on which Trump had the best approval ratings but is currently dragging his polls down26 Jan 2026 10:12 +0000at://did:plc:dhowsd62sme2bul77eahzdk5/app.bsky.feed.post/3mdcyz2tksc2mhttps://bsky.app/profile/marcopiani.bsky.social/post/3mcwp3hi5uc2uHow are things going one year after, you ask? They are in the clear. Meaning, in the ratings graph there is a white gap between the disapproval band and the approval band.21 Jan 2026 12:42 +0000at://did:plc:dhowsd62sme2bul77eahzdk5/app.bsky.feed.post/3mcwp3hi5uc2uhttps://bsky.app/profile/marcopiani.bsky.social/post/3lwonyvufrc2gPhysicists: we should counter the impression that quantum mechanics is weird and inaccessible to ordinary people; anybody with sufficient interest and ready to put in the effort can learn quantum mechanics Also physicists:18 Aug 2025 14:59 +0000at://did:plc:dhowsd62sme2bul77eahzdk5/app.bsky.feed.post/3lwonyvufrc2ghttps://bsky.app/profile/marcopiani.bsky.social/post/3lvuzjgzve22a😅 [contains quote post or other embedded content]08 Aug 2025 10:16 +0000at://did:plc:dhowsd62sme2bul77eahzdk5/app.bsky.feed.post/3lvuzjgzve22ahttps://bsky.app/profile/marcopiani.bsky.social/post/3lrpmdqlsns2sIt turns out that the solution to the Fermi paradox is stupid. Pardon, it’s “stupid”. Meaning, the so-called Great Filter is the plain stupidity that even relatively advanced civilizations, say, humanity as a whole, can still display. The solution was in front of us all this time.16 Jun 2025 08:56 +0000at://did:plc:dhowsd62sme2bul77eahzdk5/app.bsky.feed.post/3lrpmdqlsns2shttps://bsky.app/profile/marcopiani.bsky.social/post/3loqo5cxtfc2eChuckling at this breakdown of the Vatican City resident population09 May 2025 14:46 +0000at://did:plc:dhowsd62sme2bul77eahzdk5/app.bsky.feed.post/3loqo5cxtfc2ehttps://bsky.app/profile/marcopiani.bsky.social/post/3looq7gtgos2iBREAKING An immigrant becomes the head of state of the Vatican. Again. But this time he is American.08 May 2025 20:17 +0000at://did:plc:dhowsd62sme2bul77eahzdk5/app.bsky.feed.post/3looq7gtgos2ihttps://bsky.app/profile/marcopiani.bsky.social/post/3lof35ttgok2aThe way Trump declares that there are National Security threats to invoke emergency powers for tariffs reminds me of one of the early South Park episodes, where hunters shout they are being attacked by protected animals, to shoot them unpunished. [contains quote post or other embedded content]05 May 2025 00:07 +0000at://did:plc:dhowsd62sme2bul77eahzdk5/app.bsky.feed.post/3lof35ttgok2ahttps://bsky.app/profile/marcopiani.bsky.social/post/3lnxfy6van22pIf you are saying that the Canadian election was rigged at whatever local level, be aware you sound like a child having a tantrum after dropping on the ground your fresh ice cream cone OTOH you would be entitled to complain against the old man in a blue suit that bumped into you29 Apr 2025 13:43 +0000at://did:plc:dhowsd62sme2bul77eahzdk5/app.bsky.feed.post/3lnxfy6van22phttps://bsky.app/profile/marcopiani.bsky.social/post/3lnm5rvon4s2uTrump’s appeal to Putin sounds very similar to me turning off a ringing Alexa alarm.25 Apr 2025 02:17 +0000at://did:plc:dhowsd62sme2bul77eahzdk5/app.bsky.feed.post/3lnm5rvon4s2u