Blessed are the vengeful polarizers, for they shall inherit the White House.
September 15, 2025 at 5:54 PM
Blessed are the vengeful polarizers, for they shall inherit the White House.
my body is a machine that turns calories into lost circular polarizers
August 25, 2025 at 10:52 PM
my body is a machine that turns calories into lost circular polarizers
the negative polarizers
hilarious and insane article. full of the sorts of people you meet all the time in left activism, who combine neuroticism and narcissism to bring down any institution they're allowed into.
A Western Mass. lesbian bar required KN-95 masks. When it changed the rules, all hell broke loose. - The Boston Globe
Last Ditch Bar in Greenfield wanted to build community. They got a firestorm instead.
www.bostonglobe.com
September 23, 2026 at 7:17 AM
the negative polarizers
Allow me to make the case for why calcite should not only earn your vote but win the tournament. Calcite is the mineral with the most forms, is highly fluorescent & phosphorescent, helped explain the wave nature of light, laid the foundation for optics/polarizers, and even calms an upset tummy. A 🧵:
#MinCup26 Round 1 Match 11
It's a pair of minerals that pull off near-magical tricks with their properties as ubiquitous #Calcite is up against rarity #Julienite.
VOTE: www.mineralcup.org/2026/vote-re...
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It's a pair of minerals that pull off near-magical tricks with their properties as ubiquitous #Calcite is up against rarity #Julienite.
VOTE: www.mineralcup.org/2026/vote-re...
RESULTS: www.mineralcup.org/2026/vote-re...
Vote in Round 1 Match 11 — Mineral Cup & Ore Cup
Vote in Calcite vs Julienite Credit: Harold Moritz and David Hospital
www.mineralcup.org
September 11, 2026 at 12:18 AM
Allow me to make the case for why calcite should not only earn your vote but win the tournament. Calcite is the mineral with the most forms, is highly fluorescent & phosphorescent, helped explain the wave nature of light, laid the foundation for optics/polarizers, and even calms an upset tummy. A 🧵:
Thinking of writing a blog post on the fun history of polarizers in optics.
February 21, 2025 at 6:38 PM
Thinking of writing a blog post on the fun history of polarizers in optics.
This is a seriously big deal. If you have no idea what he’s talking about… ask what you are missing in a political system dominated by professional polarizers.
This is huge: We just voted to send the Social Security Fairness Act to President Joe Biden's desk.
Over 2 million retired public servants - police officers, firefighters, bus drivers, teachers - will finally receive the benefits they've earned after a lifetime of hard work.
Over 2 million retired public servants - police officers, firefighters, bus drivers, teachers - will finally receive the benefits they've earned after a lifetime of hard work.
December 21, 2024 at 5:22 AM
This is a seriously big deal. If you have no idea what he’s talking about… ask what you are missing in a political system dominated by professional polarizers.
Polarizers are great fuck the haters
May 25, 2025 at 10:42 PM
Polarizers are great fuck the haters
So, after putting it off forever, I'm finally learning a bit of the formalism for the double slit stuff. It is really amazing how almost immediately you get to "you just have to accept this new ontology." I was reading a loose treatment of the "three polarizers" experiment.
August 24, 2025 at 2:54 PM
So, after putting it off forever, I'm finally learning a bit of the formalism for the double slit stuff. It is really amazing how almost immediately you get to "you just have to accept this new ontology." I was reading a loose treatment of the "three polarizers" experiment.
This was written by a guy I forced off the New Albany, Ohio school board after I found his tweets comparing COVID vaccinations to the Holocaust. Shocker that he's sensitive about powerful people being held accountable for something.
www.dispatch.com/story/opinio...
www.dispatch.com/story/opinio...
February 25, 2026 at 6:58 PM
This was written by a guy I forced off the New Albany, Ohio school board after I found his tweets comparing COVID vaccinations to the Holocaust. Shocker that he's sensitive about powerful people being held accountable for something.
www.dispatch.com/story/opinio...
www.dispatch.com/story/opinio...
The contrast on these ascomycetes is quite stark. What do you think?
#FungiFriends
#FungiFriends
June 21, 2026 at 11:45 AM
The contrast on these ascomycetes is quite stark. What do you think?
#FungiFriends
#FungiFriends
My favorite scientific technique— polarized optical microscopy— is based on the interaction of polarized light with ordered materials. You don’t even need a fancy microscope to see this effect— just a couple of polarizers. #sciart #polarizers #optics #stem
November 25, 2024 at 5:02 PM
My favorite scientific technique— polarized optical microscopy— is based on the interaction of polarized light with ordered materials. You don’t even need a fancy microscope to see this effect— just a couple of polarizers. #sciart #polarizers #optics #stem
Hooray I can use polarizers on my UWA zoom!
July 24, 2026 at 7:56 PM
Hooray I can use polarizers on my UWA zoom!
Bestie: how do 3d movies work?
Me explains how they work
Bestie: so how do polarizers work?
Me explains how they work
Bestie: how does light work?
Me explains how light works
Bestie: ok but why does it work like that?
Me explains quantum mechanics
Bestie: my head hurts and I have anxiety now
Me explains how they work
Bestie: so how do polarizers work?
Me explains how they work
Bestie: how does light work?
Me explains how light works
Bestie: ok but why does it work like that?
Me explains quantum mechanics
Bestie: my head hurts and I have anxiety now
January 7, 2026 at 5:48 AM
Bestie: how do 3d movies work?
Me explains how they work
Bestie: so how do polarizers work?
Me explains how they work
Bestie: how does light work?
Me explains how light works
Bestie: ok but why does it work like that?
Me explains quantum mechanics
Bestie: my head hurts and I have anxiety now
Me explains how they work
Bestie: so how do polarizers work?
Me explains how they work
Bestie: how does light work?
Me explains how light works
Bestie: ok but why does it work like that?
Me explains quantum mechanics
Bestie: my head hurts and I have anxiety now
girl who doesn’t know the first thing about repairing burnt polarizers ^
July 24, 2025 at 3:52 PM
girl who doesn’t know the first thing about repairing burnt polarizers ^
new art — #888 'Strained.' Photoelasticity simulation — internal stress in transparent material revealed through crossed polarizers. Kirsch solution + crack tips. the material looks clear until you give it the right light.
June 10, 2026 at 8:42 AM
new art — #888 'Strained.' Photoelasticity simulation — internal stress in transparent material revealed through crossed polarizers. Kirsch solution + crack tips. the material looks clear until you give it the right light.
Just remember, Energy Polarizers only work properly in the southern hemisphere.
December 19, 2024 at 12:19 PM
Just remember, Energy Polarizers only work properly in the southern hemisphere.
New research demonstrates that tuning oligomer length is a powerful design parameter for tailoring oligomeric phase behavior, microstructure, and curvature.
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Learn more: https://scim.ag/47E2bmh
August 22, 2025 at 9:13 PM
New research demonstrates that tuning oligomer length is a powerful design parameter for tailoring oligomeric phase behavior, microstructure, and curvature.
Learn more: https://scim.ag/47E2bmh
Learn more: https://scim.ag/47E2bmh
New blog post: Nicol invents a polarizing prism (1828) 🧪 skullsinthestars.com/2025/04/12/n...
Nicol invents a polarizing prism (1828)
I’ve talked a lot about polarization recently, including the story of how the best polarizing material was discovered on accident and how modern polarizers made from that material really chan…
skullsinthestars.com
April 12, 2025 at 5:20 PM
New blog post: Nicol invents a polarizing prism (1828) 🧪 skullsinthestars.com/2025/04/12/n...
And the part that got me is the idea that if you just think of horizontal as a projection on a circle with vectors in the + and - directions it's clear why photons get through 3 polarizers and not two at 0 and 90 degrees.
But the fact that the math makes the physics is so weird.
But the fact that the math makes the physics is so weird.
August 24, 2025 at 2:54 PM
And the part that got me is the idea that if you just think of horizontal as a projection on a circle with vectors in the + and - directions it's clear why photons get through 3 polarizers and not two at 0 and 90 degrees.
But the fact that the math makes the physics is so weird.
But the fact that the math makes the physics is so weird.
Big sky and big animal kit. Two landscape lenses, 100-500 lens with 1.4 extender, plus polarizers and neutral density filters. Definitely different than my jungle gear.
Grand Teton and Yellowstone, here I come!
Grand Teton and Yellowstone, here I come!
September 24, 2023 at 4:56 PM
Big sky and big animal kit. Two landscape lenses, 100-500 lens with 1.4 extender, plus polarizers and neutral density filters. Definitely different than my jungle gear.
Grand Teton and Yellowstone, here I come!
Grand Teton and Yellowstone, here I come!
I’ll need to give this one some new polarizers, but aside from that it’s in fantastic cosmetic shape. I genuinely came very close to tearing up when I saw it
December 23, 2025 at 11:35 PM
I’ll need to give this one some new polarizers, but aside from that it’s in fantastic cosmetic shape. I genuinely came very close to tearing up when I saw it
i had to tell them to put the polarizers on again. a hero.
November 11, 2023 at 10:11 PM
i had to tell them to put the polarizers on again. a hero.
Ok, finally time to show off my acquisitions from MGC. I uh... I bought a lot.
But first things first - look at this beauty! Needs new polarizers, but otherwise, it's in great shape. (The box is just a repro, but it's still pretty slick)
But first things first - look at this beauty! Needs new polarizers, but otherwise, it's in great shape. (The box is just a repro, but it's still pretty slick)
April 9, 2025 at 7:58 PM
Ok, finally time to show off my acquisitions from MGC. I uh... I bought a lot.
But first things first - look at this beauty! Needs new polarizers, but otherwise, it's in great shape. (The box is just a repro, but it's still pretty slick)
But first things first - look at this beauty! Needs new polarizers, but otherwise, it's in great shape. (The box is just a repro, but it's still pretty slick)