Blake C. Stacey

bstacey@icosahedron.website

Theoretical physicist in the Boston area. I have a blag at my wobsite, <a href="https://www.sunclipse.org" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no">https://www.sunclipse.org</a>.

Posts

Post #4473271
"Put him in number nine, number nine, number nine..." #Monsterdon
Post #4341191
acting intensifies #Monsterdon
Post #4340660
Gonna try and catch some #Monsterdon even though I am loopy from sleep loss again
Post #4218152
The committee markup for #KOSA has been scheduled for the 5th, a week from today: https://www.commerce.senate.gov/meetings/executive-session-24-08-05-2026/
Post #4170343
Techbros: no one actually likes writing Median AO3 account holder: Sorry fam, chapter 179 was delayed by 22 minutes because my leg got stuck in a bear trap
Post #3945501
#Monsterdon root post
Post #3773786
WOOWWWWWW the move has just been on all the noses #Monsterdon
Post #3772759
#Monsterdon root post
Post #3539359
We now have the Massachusetts state Senate proposal for banning kids from "social media". https://blacksky.community/profile/did:plc:gexyzhqlp5r7kart7lw4jgzb/post/3mpokfzt7ns2g
Post #3458467
#Monsterdon root post
Post #3370149
@nev@status.nevillepark.ca you're just nerd-sniping into doing what I do with all of these movies, aren't you #Monsterdon
Post #3368763
#Monsterdon root post
Post #3322735
That one would definitely be in the running if we did #WorstMonsterdon again. #Monsterdon
Post #3320732
#Monsterdon root post
Post #3179434
#Monsterdon root post.
Post #3146968
I can&#39;t say I approve of Harvard&#39;s new grade cap. First of all, limiting the number of A&#39;s to 20% plus 4 is a hack on top of a kludge. Second, it damages academic freedom. Say I am teaching undergraduate quantum mechanics, and I go in with a standard for what I think constitutes mastery of the subject. If 30% or 40% of my students attain that level, I&#39;m being *dishonest* if I don&#39;t give them A&#39;s. I don&#39;t like rules that force me to be disho...
Post #3146967
hypothesis: the UK hates social media because we have trans people here https://www.ft.com/content/224e2b68-0ccd-4dd3-bdfb-a2b2511098a5 https://archive.ph/rmmzU
Post #3146966
🎶 Hammered on the floor with a Monster in hand Spirals in the sea, gremlins in the sand Counting all the letters in the berries on the ground I swear I started jack-d but I hear no sound Look alive, code’s dead Poisoning a chatbot 🎶
Post #2460459
The California stae assembly is holding a committee hearing tomorrow on a ban-teens-from-the-Internet bill. https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billStatusClient.xhtml?bill_id=202520260AB1709 https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2026/04/act-now-stop-californias-paternalistic-and-privacy-destroying-social-media-ban Anyone wanting to complain about this can point to a better alternative for rhetorical effect: https://www.fightforthefuture.org/news/2026-05-05-fight-for-the-future-releases-draft-of...
Post #2369466
#Monsterdon root post
Post #2057666
https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-026-01100-y “Scientists invented a fake disease. AI told people it was real”
Post #1605185
The Connecticut state senate has passed an omnibus-ish bill that includes social media regulations like a mandatory warning label (hella unconstitutional) and various privacy-invading demands. I honestly don&#39;t know whether it would apply to fedi instances or not. See section 39 here: https://www.cga.ct.gov/2026/lcoamd/pdf/2026LCO04418-R00-AMD.pdf On the legislative clusterfuckery and general lack of seriousness (they are rushing to finish business by May 6th): https://ctmirror.org/202...
Post #1382234
Is there somebody at SASB whose job it is to move the Doomsday Clock hand all the way to midnight and go, &quot;Whelp, we had a run, I suppose&quot;?
Post #877424
Age-gating the Internet is coming to Massachusetts, too https://malegislature.gov/Bills/194/HD3070 They define a &quot;social media platform&quot; as &quot;a public website, online service, online application or mobile application that displays content primarily generated by users and allows users to create, share and view user-generated content with other users.&quot; Gee. That&#39;s every fedi instance. And AO3. And Wikipedia. It&#39;s backed by our state Attorney G...