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Toni
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Physicist and sometimes astronomy prof.

American by choice, Yooper by da grace of God.

#RCTID
They made Einstein head of physics over Newton? Starting to think these guys don’t know what the fuck they’re talking about.
I’m publishing something tomorrow about Alpha School.

One of the things I focus on is how it is an incubator for EdTech platforms with the ambition to hyperscale.

Alpha may only have a few hundred students nationwide, but its founders are developing MANY extractive EdTech brands.

This is one:
September 28, 2026 at 2:01 PM
Holy fuck
If the nation wasn’t led by madmen, this would be a huge story. As it is, Trump’s offer to sell weapons to our most powerful adversary is just another sign of America’s national suicide.
Trump Offered to Sell Arms to China, U.S. Ambassador Says
President Trump made the offer to Xi Jinping, China’s leader, said David Perdue, the ambassador to China. The White House later said the U.S. had no plans for such a sale.
www.nytimes.com
September 28, 2026 at 1:13 AM
We should trade Jordan Love. I dunno, I just feel bad for him.
September 25, 2026 at 2:47 AM
3 games in and I’m just hoping that Jordan Love finds a good home.
September 25, 2026 at 2:40 AM
The Lambeau jumbotron is telling the crowd to “Be Proud, Be Loud” 😭😭😭
September 25, 2026 at 1:34 AM
Fuck, this is how everyone else in the NFC North felt for my entire adult life?
September 25, 2026 at 1:28 AM
Packers… Jesus Christ…
September 25, 2026 at 1:21 AM
Holy fuck
The world’s largest battery-electric aircraft flew for the first time on the 12th of August, a 27-minute test flight over upstate New York that cost about five dollars in electricity. Heart Aerospace’s 30-seat prototype is a big step toward a commercial version. buff.ly/i3f0PhR
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The largest all-electric plane ever flew for 27 minutes, on $5 of electricity
Heart's X1 demonstrator flew for 27 minutes from a regional airport in upstate New York, running on battery power the entire time. The aircraft reached 1,100 feet...
www.techspot.com
September 20, 2026 at 6:50 PM
Crypto = Pablo Escobar is exactly the framing we need to have in the fight against crypto!
cnn.com CNN @cnn.com · 20d
Crypto mining represents a new frontier in Mexico’s fight against organized criminal groups, which have extended ​their reach beyond drug trafficking and extortion into the murkier realm of financial crime. https://cnn.it/473VWGN
September 15, 2026 at 12:00 AM
15 yard penalty for being too awesome I guess.
September 14, 2026 at 3:12 AM
I hate it!
🏈 GB 22 - 39 MIN
FINAL

✅ That's Scorigami!! It's the 1097th unique final score in NFL history.
September 14, 2026 at 12:01 AM
I’ve had a few and thought this was Dan Toomey.
The best way to command respect from your employees is clearly this outfit from the 1998 McDonald's "Manager's Collection."
September 13, 2026 at 12:50 AM
These bastards got me and now I’m so pissed haha
September 12, 2026 at 10:40 PM
Extremely funny for Fetterman to do this at the exact moment that the Dems are going to absolutely wreck the midterms.
September 9, 2026 at 11:38 PM
That’s true!
“I have never witnessed more inept management of the brave men and women who serve our country. He is intimidated by competence and retreats to ginning up culture wars instead…” www.politico.com/live-updates...
Tillis renews calls for Hegseth's ouster
“I have never witnessed more inept management of the brave men and women who serve our country,” the outgoing two-term North Carolina Republican wrote on X.
www.politico.com
September 2, 2026 at 10:40 PM
We’ve got a contender
September 1, 2026 at 2:45 PM
Sounds like a doctor and public health official.
August 31, 2026 at 3:17 PM
Reposted by Toni
Kurt Schlicter once told a disabled veteran to off himself.

I know because I was that veteran.
August 30, 2026 at 10:46 PM
Not great!
OSINT sources are reporting at least 7 Iranian missiles were launched at US assets in Jordan
August 30, 2026 at 10:12 PM
At least PSU administration gutted the physics department to build leed certified athletic and administrative buildings. Good job everyone.
Second Half Comeback ☑️

UC Davis outscores Portland State 31-3 in the second half to earn the road victory
August 29, 2026 at 11:04 PM
FFS it’s perfect.
UC DAVIS TAKES THE LEAD‼️

Aggies have outscored Portland State 31-3 in the second half
August 29, 2026 at 10:13 PM
Let’s go Viks!
Viks go up 21-0‼️

Tyrese Smith gets his second TD on the ground to give Portland State the 21-0 lead at halftime
August 29, 2026 at 9:37 PM
Made a Secret Aardvark clone with all green stuff
August 29, 2026 at 9:25 PM
I love Coyote Vs ACME so I come home to find out that the original cartoons aren’t on HBO Max? What the hell is going on over there?
August 29, 2026 at 1:32 AM
Wait, there’s a third season of ITYSL and we just didn’t talk about it?
August 29, 2026 at 1:14 AM