Some Memes You May Enjoy

Many a truth is said in jest.

- I feel seen

- A little physics humor.

- Admit I laughed.

- This is troubling.

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- The Hard Math of Big Wars. "Effective militaries are not cheap."

- From the archives: The left-handed rule.

- Patriots' Mike Vrabel: No regrets stepping away during draft. 

- News you can use - how to become more likeable. Good advice.

Some Memes You May Enjoy

Many a truth is said in jest.

- A little physics humor.

- I'm an awful person for laughing at this.

- Question that could keep you up nights.

- This one definitely could.

Richard Feynman

Today would have been Richard Feynman's birthday. This was of course a physics Nobel Prize winner and American original who took a year off to study biology while at Cal Tech and almost solved the riddle of the DNA double helix before Watson and Crick did - and he would have too if his year "off" didn't run out.

Feynman was notoriously famous for working on problems like the structure of DNA and then just putting it aside in a file. His file cabinet is said to be chock full of such half-finished problems. I have long thought that a great use for AI would be to put this amazing computing power to work to solve these "files" for the benefit of mankind.

As always I recommend the book Surely You're Joking Mr. Feynman in his honor. Richard Feynman was a very interesting character and I enjoyed his "autobiography". I use the words in quotations because it was really more a collection of stories. Feynman, along with two others, won the Nobel Prize in 1965 for his work on quantum electrodynamics. But that's barely a blip in the book. In fact I don't think it is even mentioned until there were about 50-pages left in the book.

Feynman was a one-of-a-kind character. A man who was always curious and always learning. As a kid he was interested in how radios worked and soon became the go-to person for adults to see to get their radios fixed (back in the days before TV). While working on the Manhattan Project he became interested in becoming a safe cracker and soon became expert on that too. Drumming, Samba music, Portuguese, Japanese and painting became other interests of his. Can you see why Feynman was considered so unique?

I would also recommend the essay What Impossible Meant to Feynman. Often when I learn something new I'd find myself exclaiming "Impossible!"

Interrogating Reality

There are many questions that occur to me and to others when looking at the "real" world. It is said that science can identify only 5% of the matter that makes up the universe. The rest have been given the names of dark energy or dark matter as if giving the unknown names made the issue solved or "settled science." It is also said that the more we know the more we learn how little we actually know. This is especially true of physics.

Have a new post up on Substack asking some of these questions. Afraid it may leave you with more things to wonder about than answers.

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- 26 useful concepts for 2026. Couple of months old but new to me.

- Gravitational time dilation. Not going to lie - both time and relativity give me mental fits.

- 7 big steps to foil organizational ambushes.

- Mexican army kills cartel leader. Is it bad I want these reports to become as common as the drug boat bombings were? 

Some Memes You May Enjoy

Many a truth is said in jest.

- A little physics humor.

- Reminder

- Reading comprehension.

- Have the sense of humor of a 12-year old boy

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- Peter Attia: is there a tradeoff between strength and aerobic capacity?

- Jonathan Turley: The EU unleashes the DSA on X. This could be the end of the EU (Brexit was just the start). He's not wrong.

- From chalkboards to qubits.

- How to save the US Army

Venus Explains the Atom

Nobody Really Understands Physics

Via

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- Is the war in Gaza finally over? Let's hope its a lasting peace.

- Nobel physics prize awarded to US based trio for discoveries in quantum mechanics.

- Long but interesting: An existential guide to making friends. "Friendship is logistics performed tenderly." Could have done without the moss analogy though.

- Am I an awful person for knowing who this is or for laughing at the joke?

Some Memes You may Enjoy

Many a truth is said in jest,

- I feel seen.

- This was cool.

- A little physics humor.

- Photo bombing in the 15th century.

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- Trump suggests plan to fully  privative Fanny Mae and Freddie Mac. Don't know enough about the situation to have an opinion.

- RFK Jr. claims food stamps are fueling diabetes in America. He said 18% of food stamps are spent on soda and candy and that has to stop.

- VDH: Disinformation and the dropping of the atomic bombs. If you know the facts - there's only one conclusion.

- Gravity, Momentum, and the Potential Energy Field. Won't lie - it will take some work for me to come close to grasping this concept. But like many things it could be perception altering.

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- Glenn Reynolds: When the Gods of the copybook headings smile. He's not wrong.

- Matt Taibbi: The NYT can't stop sucking. The NYT is a sewer of lies.

- Totalitarian Studies are Sorely Needed. He's not wrong either.

- Replacing Relativity with High School Trigonometry. I had trouble with trig too (never mind relativity).

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- DOJ files misconduct charges against anti-Trump Judge Boasberg. If I were a lawyer with a case I feel may lose in Boasberg's court or did lose I'd be filing immediate pleas to dismiss because of bias. If he is found guilty of the DOJ charges then you have a much better footing as well.

- Michael Wade: The weird dream we share. Confession I've never had this dream but know how common it is.

- Dark energy is unnecessary. First I lost faith in string theory and now I'm really losing faith in dark matter and dark energy. What if dark matter and dark energy is just the past? What if time is the missing dimension?

- How Bob Woodward could have saved The Washington Post from Russiagate humiliation.

Some Memes You May Enjoy

Many a truth is said in jest.

- This is CNN.

- This about covers it.

- A little physics humor.

- Genius!

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- Glenn Reynolds with 5 takes on the Iranian bombing.

- Clint Eastwood's not wrong here. He's long reached the age when he DGAF.

- The false promise of precision. Ocean waves crash into the shore every second but even the best physicist couldn't tell you the behavior of every molecule of water of any wave.

- NPR, the Democrats (but I repeat myself) and the basic misunderstanding of the Constitution.

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- The scandal of the Biden "tell all" books. They all knew and said nothing at the time.

- Marco Rubio and the State Department expand social media screening rules. Good!

- What is motion? Your physics fix for the day. Physics is hard!

- Rigor and Curiosity. Retain the curiosity of a child. (HT Steve Layman)

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- Could Turkey's move on Greece's Aegean islands blow up NATO? Interesting.

- Jonathan Turley: Supreme Court delivers blow to transgender cases.

- Physics is stranger then you can imagine.

- Peter Attia: What are the benefits of fasting?

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- Douglas Murray: Democrats Newsome and Bass have destroyed America's Golden State. He's not wrong.

- The US Army celebrates their 250th birthday.

- Work and Energy

- Secretary Kennedy Jr. on the NY Times and Robert Malone.