Andrew

@aberke.bsky.social

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Chemistry professor, also employed by my cat. Sto imparando l'Italiano.

Email in my inbox from Venmo asking if I want to order Taco Bell.
He said the engineering and design of the project, which were approved by the city, were "perfect." "This is well engineered, well thought through and well executed, with the exception of those two columns that could not take the load," he said.
World Cup tracker from NYT with Loren ipsum in place of the anticipated text for every bullet point.
screen grab of an instagram post by The Atlantic. "Kash Patel's Personalized Bourbon Stash"
Office Space scene when they find out there’s a major glitch in accounting.
AJ, a Boston man who asked that NBC News use only his initials to protect his privacy, said he shipped a package from Japan via UPS on Sept. 12 including Japanese language books, a pillow and a backpack.
Picture of iPhone reply window for Bluesky with the correct spelling of hepatitis as the ONLY option in the spellcheck bar.
A grey and white cat sleeping on a footstool.
Grey and white cat sitting inside of a screen door meowing
President Trump on roof
Napoleon from Bill and Ted
Cracker Barrel photograph from article. full of people at tables and knick-knacks on the wall.
“Don’t get an extended warranty in $(region)$ until you read this.” An as with a broken reference variable.
a flow chart that starts "did you run the race yourself?" the options are no and yes. below no there is another question, "is the shirt from a thrift store and would have been too young to run it (the race on the shirt)?" if no, don't wear it, if yes, go for it. Below the previous yes is the question, "is it race day?" if no, go for it, if yes, don't wear it.
10 different headlines for the news story about the man who let snakes bite him a ton. The CNN headline is the only one that doesn't mention the antivenom potential.
JD Vance looking serious in a meeting on Greenland.
WWII poster with Loose Lips written on it. The phrase "Might Sink Ships" is cut off.
Tit for tat is a strategy which, according to game theory, is the most effective choice for iterated games based on mutual cooperation or defection. Both players benefit if they cooperate, but one benefits and the other loses out if only they defect, and both lose out to a lesser extent if they simultaneously defect. As abstract as such games sound, they have important implications for understanding everything from group selection in biology to cooperation in economics.
A cat on a countertop looking angry. Whiskers pointed down, and one ear is flipped back.