Super nerd here to spread the joy of learning. 📖 Publisher @quantabooks.org‬ at @simonsfoundation.org 📚 Author list: Terence Tao, David Tong, Kevin Hartnett ⚛️ Founding EIC @quantamagazine.bsky.social 💼 Prev @nytimes.com, CASW, CUNY J-School 🚴🏼🎾♟️https://bsky.app/profile/7homaslin.comhttps://bsky.app/profile/7homaslin.com/post/3mrprm5itzs2gThe “hydrogenobody” is "an organelle, new to science, that is essential to the biochemical process of rebuilding atoms into compounds that are heating the planet." Scientists are trying to target hydrogenobody-rich protozoans in cow guts to "curb the burp." https://www.quantamagazine.org/a-new-way-that-a-cows-inner-world-shapes-earths-atmosphere-20260727/28 Jul 2026 15:57 +0000at://did:plc:udx3xqsj65igmkdevlp3zpzh/app.bsky.feed.post/3mrprm5itzs2ghttps://bsky.app/profile/7homaslin.com/post/3mrax463wuc2eA stunning cover for a stunningly brilliant book about quantum field theory by the one and only David Tong. [contains quote post or other embedded content]22 Jul 2026 18:25 +0000at://did:plc:udx3xqsj65igmkdevlp3zpzh/app.bsky.feed.post/3mrax463wuc2ehttps://bsky.app/profile/7homaslin.com/post/3mqmxfbbcic2lWhy is @nattyover.bsky.social (and about 10% of the human population, including one of my sons) left-handed? Why indeed. Fun fact I learned: "Ultrasound studies indicate that a fetus’s dominant hand is decided before its brain even connects to its limbs." https://www.quantamagazine.org/why-am-i-left-handed-20260713/14 Jul 2026 19:37 +0000at://did:plc:udx3xqsj65igmkdevlp3zpzh/app.bsky.feed.post/3mqmxfbbcic2lhttps://bsky.app/profile/7homaslin.com/post/3mqcdqob3l22vThis glass frog has to be one of the coolest creatures I saw in Costa Rica last month. Its translucent skin is an amazing adaptation to camouflage it from predators. When you shine a light from below, you can see its internal organs!10 Jul 2026 14:19 +0000at://did:plc:udx3xqsj65igmkdevlp3zpzh/app.bsky.feed.post/3mqcdqob3l22vhttps://bsky.app/profile/7homaslin.com/post/3mq2w6p57zk2h"Our real duty as teachers has always been challenging students to think. The task now is finding ways to engage them in the painful, essential work of critical thinking in a world where machines are willing to do it for them." https://www.science.org/content/article/instead-banning-ai-i-made-classroom-contract-my-students07 Jul 2026 15:28 +0000at://did:plc:udx3xqsj65igmkdevlp3zpzh/app.bsky.feed.post/3mq2w6p57zk2hhttps://bsky.app/profile/7homaslin.com/post/3mpokpkejbc2lIn biology news, one big step closer to making synthetic life: https://www.quantamagazine.org/for-the-first-time-a-cell-built-from-scratch-grows-and-divides-20260701/02 Jul 2026 17:30 +0000at://did:plc:udx3xqsj65igmkdevlp3zpzh/app.bsky.feed.post/3mpokpkejbc2lhttps://bsky.app/profile/7homaslin.com/post/3mpjpoznc222l“You need to learn math. You need to learn it in the kind of way it’s always been learned, and understand the concepts, and wrestle with them. If you ever want to be someone like Terry Tao who’s directing AI, you need to have that deep level of understanding.” https://www.quantabooks.org/kevin-hartnett-on-mathematics-in-the-age-of-ai/30 Jun 2026 19:16 +0000at://did:plc:udx3xqsj65igmkdevlp3zpzh/app.bsky.feed.post/3mpjpoznc222lhttps://bsky.app/profile/7homaslin.com/post/3mp2ainbrbk2yIf you’re in the Philadelphia area on July 25, stop by the @quantabooks.org booth at the International Congress of Mathematicians at the Pennsylvania Convention Center. Terry Tao (@teorth.bsky.social) will be signing bookplates from 11am to noon. [contains quote post or other embedded content]24 Jun 2026 15:34 +0000at://did:plc:udx3xqsj65igmkdevlp3zpzh/app.bsky.feed.post/3mp2ainbrbk2yhttps://bsky.app/profile/7homaslin.com/post/3mnsep4ovf223Get the inside story on Terry Tao’s journey into Lean and AI for math. This is an abridged chapter from @kevinhartnett.bsky.social’s THE PROOF IN THE CODE, available in bookstores tomorrow! [contains quote post or other embedded content]08 Jun 2026 19:03 +0000at://did:plc:udx3xqsj65igmkdevlp3zpzh/app.bsky.feed.post/3mnsep4ovf223https://bsky.app/profile/7homaslin.com/post/3mnpbnhjdqs24Love that @kevinroose.com said on Hard Fork that THE PROOF IN THE CODE by @kevinhartnett.bsky.social is “the most interesting book I’ve ever read about math.” https://www.nytimes.com/2026/06/05/podcasts/hardfork-ipo-math.html?context=audio&smid=nytcore-ios-share07 Jun 2026 13:30 +0000at://did:plc:udx3xqsj65igmkdevlp3zpzh/app.bsky.feed.post/3mnpbnhjdqs24https://bsky.app/profile/7homaslin.com/post/3mnpavcedtk24“about four hours after our deadline, Bari Weiss sends an email to my boss, Tanya Simon. Two of the things in the email include, can we make the protesters look more violent? … And … Renee Good’s car. You need to describe her as driving toward the officer.” https://www.nytimes.com/2026/06/07/magazine/scott-pelley-interview.html https://www.nytimes.com/2026/06/07/magazine/scott-pelley-interview.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share07 Jun 2026 13:17 +0000at://did:plc:udx3xqsj65igmkdevlp3zpzh/app.bsky.feed.post/3mnpavcedtk24https://bsky.app/profile/7homaslin.com/post/3mnfodvu4p22u"Ruptosis" sounds like the body's way to lobbest thou thy holy hand grenade. https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-026-01766-4 https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-026-01766-4?utm_source=Live+Audience&utm_campaign=d04ae19b22-nature-briefing-daily-20260603&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_-33f35e09ea-5015494803 Jun 2026 17:51 +0000at://did:plc:udx3xqsj65igmkdevlp3zpzh/app.bsky.feed.post/3mnfodvu4p22uhttps://bsky.app/profile/7homaslin.com/post/3mne3zb6u322f“I have been in combat in Afghanistan,” Mr. Pelley said. “I have been in combat in Iraq. I have been in the war zone in Ukraine multiple times, risking my life and the happiness of my family because of my devotion to the broadcast.” https://www.nytimes.com/2026/06/02/business/media/scott-pelley-cbs-bari-weiss.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share03 Jun 2026 02:50 +0000at://did:plc:udx3xqsj65igmkdevlp3zpzh/app.bsky.feed.post/3mne3zb6u322fhttps://bsky.app/profile/7homaslin.com/post/3mnap76wqoc2e15 minutes of drama at 60 Minutes. 🍿 https://www.nytimes.com/2026/06/01/business/media/cbs-60-minutes-scott-pelley-nick-bilton.html01 Jun 2026 18:23 +0000at://did:plc:udx3xqsj65igmkdevlp3zpzh/app.bsky.feed.post/3mnap76wqoc2ehttps://bsky.app/profile/7homaslin.com/post/3mmrnu4xdhs24From nationally recognized master math teacher Patrick Honner: "For teachers and learners of math, THE PROOF IN THE CODE isn’t just a compelling tale of recent theoretical advances. It’s part of the backstory of the next chapter of human mathematics." mrhonner.com/archives/21882 https://mrhonner.com/archives/2188226 May 2026 18:49 +0000at://did:plc:udx3xqsj65igmkdevlp3zpzh/app.bsky.feed.post/3mmrnu4xdhs24https://bsky.app/profile/7homaslin.com/post/3mmm76bnous2tThis is not the way. https://www.nytimes.com/2026/05/24/us/how-prediction-markets-and-crypto-firms-steamrolled-a-watchdog-agency.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share24 May 2026 14:43 +0000at://did:plc:udx3xqsj65igmkdevlp3zpzh/app.bsky.feed.post/3mmm76bnous2thttps://bsky.app/profile/7homaslin.com/post/3mma5m3amfc2yWhen loyalty is valued above intelligence, competence, ethics, or allegiance to the law or constitution. https://www.nytimes.com/2026/05/19/us/trump-irs-doj-lawsuit-audit.html [contains quote post or other embedded content]19 May 2026 19:43 +0000at://did:plc:udx3xqsj65igmkdevlp3zpzh/app.bsky.feed.post/3mma5m3amfc2yhttps://bsky.app/profile/7homaslin.com/post/3mm6i3hw7vk25Wemby 41 pts / 24 rb / 3 blk. The real MVP this season.19 May 2026 03:45 +0000at://did:plc:udx3xqsj65igmkdevlp3zpzh/app.bsky.feed.post/3mm6i3hw7vk25https://bsky.app/profile/7homaslin.com/post/3mm5t66rjp224When loyalty is valued above intelligence or competence: https://www.nytimes.com/2026/05/18/world/americas/actually-democracy-dies-in-hr.html18 May 2026 21:31 +0000at://did:plc:udx3xqsj65igmkdevlp3zpzh/app.bsky.feed.post/3mm5t66rjp224