callahan
@cal-zoner.bsky.social
Urbanism, Geoguessr, Hockey, and Baseball
University of Melbourne Student
callahanv.carrd.co
University of Melbourne Student
callahanv.carrd.co
I'm a known Padres hater but watching them dunk on the Cubs was pretty awesome. Holy Sheets was a funny chant and I loved watching PCA freak out over the check swing call 😹
October 4, 2026 at 8:21 PM
I'm a known Padres hater but watching them dunk on the Cubs was pretty awesome. Holy Sheets was a funny chant and I loved watching PCA freak out over the check swing call 😹
regardless of whether I say /mɜlbn/ or /mɜlbɝn/ people comment on it so no point fretting about it. It's silly but I'm just rocking with /mɜlbn/
September 30, 2026 at 3:59 AM
regardless of whether I say /mɜlbn/ or /mɜlbɝn/ people comment on it so no point fretting about it. It's silly but I'm just rocking with /mɜlbn/
Fun times at the Werribee Open Range Zoo 🦁🦏
September 22, 2026 at 7:49 AM
Fun times at the Werribee Open Range Zoo 🦁🦏
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I just keep coming back to this fundamental mismatch: Some people think the point is Content, just more Content, endless Content to be mindlessly swiped through and consumed on 2x speed. Rather than art, creation, emotion, and shared humanity.
September 19, 2026 at 3:56 AM
I just keep coming back to this fundamental mismatch: Some people think the point is Content, just more Content, endless Content to be mindlessly swiped through and consumed on 2x speed. Rather than art, creation, emotion, and shared humanity.
This deserves all the flak, what a grim prospect. Humans write for humans and read human thought. How do we fight this sedentary thinking?
This is the future of scientific papers.
Instead of a PDF, the paper is an AI agent that you can talk to, ask questions, run analyses.
No more digging through supplements - just ask the paper directly: "what p-value cutoff was used in Fig 3B? Re-run at 0.01."
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Instead of a PDF, the paper is an AI agent that you can talk to, ask questions, run analyses.
No more digging through supplements - just ask the paper directly: "what p-value cutoff was used in Fig 3B? Re-run at 0.01."
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Reimagining research papers as interactive and reliable AI agents - Nature
Paper2Agent converts research papers into interactive artificial intelligence agents by turning manuscripts, code and data into model context protocol-based tool-invoking systems that reproduce origin...
www.nature.com
September 17, 2026 at 1:03 PM
This deserves all the flak, what a grim prospect. Humans write for humans and read human thought. How do we fight this sedentary thinking?
Thanks to everyone who tuned into the stream tonight, it was a good time. Felt good ending with a hot win streak to actually dig a bit at the elo. Slowly but surely! The short seshes have been good but a long sesh is kinda necessary to get a groove going.
Future streams soon at twitch.tv/callahanv
Future streams soon at twitch.tv/callahanv
September 17, 2026 at 10:37 AM
Thanks to everyone who tuned into the stream tonight, it was a good time. Felt good ending with a hot win streak to actually dig a bit at the elo. Slowly but surely! The short seshes have been good but a long sesh is kinda necessary to get a groove going.
Future streams soon at twitch.tv/callahanv
Future streams soon at twitch.tv/callahanv
Hitting this to save the game felt so good. I don't play about WA-20, this is serious business.
September 14, 2026 at 11:34 PM
Hitting this to save the game felt so good. I don't play about WA-20, this is serious business.
This concept of generations: boomers, gen X, millennials, gen z, I object so strongly to it now. It's virtually astrology. Tracking trends in age groups is one thing but we need to stop defining people by the arbitrary clump of years in which they were born.
September 10, 2026 at 12:00 AM
This concept of generations: boomers, gen X, millennials, gen z, I object so strongly to it now. It's virtually astrology. Tracking trends in age groups is one thing but we need to stop defining people by the arbitrary clump of years in which they were born.
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40k deaths in the US and 1.2m globally from car crashes? Invisible.
40% of California GHG emissions, 2/3rds in many cities, caused by private cars? Invisible.
Nope, let's all lash out at e-bikes and bike lanes.
40% of California GHG emissions, 2/3rds in many cities, caused by private cars? Invisible.
Nope, let's all lash out at e-bikes and bike lanes.
September 5, 2026 at 11:36 PM
40k deaths in the US and 1.2m globally from car crashes? Invisible.
40% of California GHG emissions, 2/3rds in many cities, caused by private cars? Invisible.
Nope, let's all lash out at e-bikes and bike lanes.
40% of California GHG emissions, 2/3rds in many cities, caused by private cars? Invisible.
Nope, let's all lash out at e-bikes and bike lanes.
#Geoguessr player sharing pics from their vacation:
September 7, 2026 at 7:42 AM
#Geoguessr player sharing pics from their vacation:
Words cannot describe what this means to me
August 31, 2026 at 2:44 AM
Words cannot describe what this means to me
Two consecutive sunny days in Melbourne, I can feel my soul returning to my body
August 18, 2026 at 7:18 AM
Two consecutive sunny days in Melbourne, I can feel my soul returning to my body
Having notifications turned on for MLB while busy with coursework means I'm invariably flooded with news of home runs from both teams, but when I check scores later the dodgers win 11-5 with 3 homers and the mariners lose 5-4 with 4 😭
August 18, 2026 at 3:56 AM
Having notifications turned on for MLB while busy with coursework means I'm invariably flooded with news of home runs from both teams, but when I check scores later the dodgers win 11-5 with 3 homers and the mariners lose 5-4 with 4 😭
Dodgers have yet to win a game since trading for Skubal. Two homers from Ohtani tonight and it wasn't enough to beat the Cubs. Perhaps their luck is running out.
August 5, 2026 at 9:35 PM
Dodgers have yet to win a game since trading for Skubal. Two homers from Ohtani tonight and it wasn't enough to beat the Cubs. Perhaps their luck is running out.
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this is not true. there was no conspiracy. it didn't matter whether the streetcars were publicly owned (seattle, detroit) or private (los angeles, atlanta).
a thread (because i wrote a whole-ass book on this):
1/?
a thread (because i wrote a whole-ass book on this):
1/?
Is everyone aware of the General Motors streetcar conspiracy?
In the mid-20th century, auto and oil interests bought up electric streetcar systems across the US and systematically replaced them with bus routes and paved roads, funneling commuters toward private cars.
In the mid-20th century, auto and oil interests bought up electric streetcar systems across the US and systematically replaced them with bus routes and paved roads, funneling commuters toward private cars.
General Motors streetcar conspiracy - Wikipedia
en.wikipedia.org
August 3, 2026 at 5:40 AM
this is not true. there was no conspiracy. it didn't matter whether the streetcars were publicly owned (seattle, detroit) or private (los angeles, atlanta).
a thread (because i wrote a whole-ass book on this):
1/?
a thread (because i wrote a whole-ass book on this):
1/?
Love putting on a 2 hour 50 minute podcast to fall asleep to within 15 minutes
July 29, 2026 at 1:06 PM
Love putting on a 2 hour 50 minute podcast to fall asleep to within 15 minutes
Mariners - Dodgers this week. Actually can't believe this game is tied at 5.
July 29, 2026 at 3:52 AM
Mariners - Dodgers this week. Actually can't believe this game is tied at 5.
Melbourne is breathtaking
July 20, 2026 at 3:26 AM
Melbourne is breathtaking
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this shot is so bleak lmao
July 19, 2026 at 6:46 PM
this shot is so bleak lmao
First winter night market in Melb.
Phenomenal food and atmosphere.
Phenomenal food and atmosphere.
July 15, 2026 at 11:42 PM
First winter night market in Melb.
Phenomenal food and atmosphere.
Phenomenal food and atmosphere.
I recorded and edited a few vlogs about Seattle's light rail about a year ago. The files are lost to time but I'm starting to consider trying again when I reach Melbourne. I wonder if anyone would be interested in seeing in-depth virtual tours of their Metro.
July 8, 2026 at 4:21 PM
I recorded and edited a few vlogs about Seattle's light rail about a year ago. The files are lost to time but I'm starting to consider trying again when I reach Melbourne. I wonder if anyone would be interested in seeing in-depth virtual tours of their Metro.
Can't believe reddit doesn't let you use it fully on mobile without an account + the app. They are turning into quora in real time. I miss Yahoo Answers.
July 2, 2026 at 2:38 PM
Can't believe reddit doesn't let you use it fully on mobile without an account + the app. They are turning into quora in real time. I miss Yahoo Answers.
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This is amazing work by @justineunderhill.bsky.social:
"It turns out when people have to pay the true cost of suburban sprawl themselves, they don't think it's worth it."
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q1G3...
"It turns out when people have to pay the true cost of suburban sprawl themselves, they don't think it's worth it."
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q1G3...
This Dirt Road Explains the 'American Dream' Scam
YouTube video by Justine Underhill
www.youtube.com
June 28, 2026 at 6:45 PM
This is amazing work by @justineunderhill.bsky.social:
"It turns out when people have to pay the true cost of suburban sprawl themselves, they don't think it's worth it."
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q1G3...
"It turns out when people have to pay the true cost of suburban sprawl themselves, they don't think it's worth it."
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q1G3...
What has happened in Washington DC is no doubt bad, I visited recently and it was not pretty. But I also just don't really care about the reflecting pool or the White House or any symbolic landmarks. People are dying and suffering globally because of this administration. That matters a lot more.
June 19, 2026 at 2:11 AM
What has happened in Washington DC is no doubt bad, I visited recently and it was not pretty. But I also just don't really care about the reflecting pool or the White House or any symbolic landmarks. People are dying and suffering globally because of this administration. That matters a lot more.