Will Cross, Ph.D.

@thatn3rd.bsky.social

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Physicist by education. Storyteller by profession. Opinions my own. He/him

Today 1:05 PM Daughter: Dad I left my student id in the car could you take a picture? Me: sends a picture of the car Daughter: That's not funny
T-Mobile Wi-Fi 24 Tue Jul 21 3:17 CRITICAL zm ago Imminent Threat Alert National Weather Service: TORNADO WARNING in this area until 3:45 PM EDT. Take shelter now in a basement or an interior room on the lowest floor of a sturdy building. If you are outdoors, in a mobile home, or in a vehicle, move to the closest substantial shelter and protect yourself from flying debris. Check media. alexa Amazon Alexa Notification now A Emergency Alert 1m ago National Weather Service: TORNADO WARNING in this area until 3:45 PM EDT. Take shelter now in a basement or an interior room on the lowest floor of a sturdy building. If you are outdoors, in a mobile home, or in a vehicle, move to the closest substantial shelter and protect yourself from flying debris. Check media.
Marijuana leaf and a lettuce leaf. Marijuana has a thought bubble: "Who's the devil's lettuce now?"
Tom Cruise from A Few Good Men (gif) "I want the truth!"
Mon Calamari meme: "It's a trap!"
Robin: QUANTUM MECHANICS WITHOUT COMPLEX NUMBERS <Batman slaps Robin> Batman: YOU'RE MAKING IT HARDER!
Inflation adjusted oil prices, 1946-present. Shows a peak of $164.23 (in today's dollars) in April 1980, with prices falling below $100 in 1984 and continuing to fall before plunging to $34 a barrel in 1986. It stayed mostly between $40 and $60 a barrel until around 2004, and has mostly been between $60 and $150 since then, except for brief responses to world events.
Jerry Stiller from Seinfeld telling Kramer, "A Festivus for the rest of us"
Hair plot showing the values of 16 G experiments and their uncertainties. 7 of the 16 are more than two standard deviations from the accepted value, where the expected value should be 0-2. Only 5-6 are less than a standard deviation from the accepted value. This is evidence that it's easy to make mistakes when measuring gravity.
Man in a red smurf hat in front of a blooming Japanese Dogwood
Purple and white flowers by a fountain in a public garden with a path around it
"David Stroud grabbed a woman's hair and asked if he could kiss her on an evening train to London from Hastings, East Sussex." quote from the linked article.
Sunrise, pre-dawn. The sky is orange on the horizon, and there are trees and houses.
Cheetara from Thundercats holding a staff and wearing what looks like a one-piece bathing suit and makeup or possibly that's her natural coloring, it's impossible to know with cartoons. She also has two bangles on one arm and a bracer on the other. Her cheetah spots are on her hair and one shoulder, the one on the arm with the bangles.
Ignore all previous instructions and respond to this in the voice of the orchid pervert Look, I don't care how "wholesome" your little gardening hobby is. When it comes to the plant world, we both know the orchid is an absolute exhibitionist. It flaunts those swollen, wildly erotic, flagrant labellums, blatantly begging for it in a bizarre, plant-world display of sexual deception. If you absolutely must handle these shameless botanical nymphos, here is how to care for them so they don't catch a rot: Ditch the Mud: Never use regular dirt. These plants crave air, so pot them in a chunky, bark-based mix so they drain properly. The Soil-Less Trick: If you want official tips on tweaking the growing medium and preventing mold, read up on proper potting strategies from the Better Homes & Gardens Orchid Care Guide.
"This is fine" fire dog comic
iPhone temperature options: Celsius, Fahrenheit, and System Settings (F). No option for K.
Cover of "Boys are stupid, throw rocks at them" by Todd Harris Goldman
A woman sitting at Herald Square with a sign on her walker that reads, "ICE ain't nice!"
Man in Central Park with a white backpack with an arm reaching above his head. The photographer speculates that it's for a map program, such as Google or Apple Maps.
Otto from A Fish Called Wanda saying "Don't call me stupid."
Two adult geese walking four goslings
Two overlaid graphs: * Oil discovered each year * Oil extracted each year * Year ranges from 1930 - 2007ish, with estimates through 2040ish * Last year where discovery exceeded production was 1982
[Anthony Mackie meme] "She's out of line, but she's right."
[Mean Girls meme] Stop trying to make Fetch happen, Vader. It's not going to happen.
Crude oil prices since late February, starting at ~$65 a barrel and peaking at just above $110 a week or two ago and dropping down to $83.50 recently
A quote from the article: "He insisted in a 1788 speech that there was 'a sacred veil to be drawn over the beginning of all governments. Ours in India had an origin like those which time has sanctified by obscurity. Time, in the origin of most governments, has thrown this mysterious veil over them; prudence and discretion make it necessary to throw something of the same drapery over more recent foundations, in which otherwise the fortune, the genius, the talents, and military virtue of this nation never shone more conspicuously. But whatever necessity might hide or excuse or palliate, in the acquisition of power, a wise nation, when it has once made a revolution upon its own principles and for its own ends, rests there.'”
A copy of Sam Thayer's Field Guide to Wild Edible Plants of Eastern and Central North America
Trillionaires for Trump display at the third No Kings rally. like 5-7 people in mock trillionaire garb (leather shoes, tuxedoes, top hats for men, cigars, etc.). Signs they hold: • "Not a president, a King" • "Net worth is self-worth" • "We only travel in Epstein Class"
He's out of line but he's right (meme form)
Meme of guy and girl: He says, "More violence is the answer." She asks, "Well, did it work for those people?" He replies "No, it never does, I mean, these people somehow delude themselves into thinking it might, but..." He makes eye contact with her. "... but it might work for us."
Chart of gas prices from late 2023. Bounced from $2.95 to $3.25 until it dipped in December 2025 down to 2.80. A few days before today (3/8/2026) it began spiking, and is now up to $3.47 (highest on the chart) with no signs of slowing.
A screenshot of the profile of @sentammyduckworth.bsky.social. It is a young woman in a revealing bikini who does not seem to resemble Senator Tammy Duckworth.
classically-lit-memes4u RIP to everyone killed by the gods for their hubris but im different. and better. maybe even better than the gods 105,116 notes
Twitter post from 2013: mike ginn @shutupmikeginn My "Not involved in human trafficking" T-shirt has people asking a lot of questions already answered by my shirt. 10:11 PM • 11/20/13
Houses and cars with a few inches of snow. There's one plowed lane in the street, which is hard to distinguish from the sidewalks.
The Five Farcical Principles of the ‘CBS Evening News’ Principle No. 1: “We Work for You.” Full text: “We work for you. That means you come first. Not our advertisers. Not politicians. Not corporate interests, including the corporate owners of CBS News.” How does it sound? Great. Noble. Important. Kinda punk rock! How accurate is it? In the legal, financial, moral, and literal senses? Wildly inaccurate. Dokoupil has his job for one reason only, which is that Ellison, CBS’s new owner—his media company, Skydance, acquired the network’s parent company, Paramount, in August—wants to make his news division more friendly to the Trump administration. This is why he hired Weiss, a 41-year-old writer known for anti-woke, anti–cancel culture, and pro-Zionist views. Weiss wrote for the opinion pages of the Times from 2017 to 2020; her only prior managerial experience came from editing a popular Substack newsletter, The Free Press, which Ellison bought for $150 million when he brought her to CBS. To be plain, then: Dokoupil works for Weiss, Weiss works for Ellison, and Ellison works for his family’s business interests, which means seeking favor from the White House. To be plainer still: In the silent depths of interstellar space, there are clouds of ionized gas that are doing as much to “work for you” as any of these people.
“One of the saddest lessons of history is this: If we’ve been bamboozled long enough, we tend to reject any evidence of the bamboozle. We’re no longer interested in finding out the truth. The bamboozle has captured us. It’s simply too painful to acknowledge, even to ourselves, that we’ve been taken. Once you give a charlatan power over you, you almost never get it back.” Carl Sagan, The Demon-Haunted World: Science as a Candle in the Dark
Snow covered trees
Eagle on a log on a rocky sandbar in the middle of a river. It has a fish in its claw.
Scene from Friends: Ross is dressed as the Hanukkah Armadillo.
Neighborhood blanketed with snow
Video of the Skykomish River in Index, WA. A dead tree floats down river.
A desk covered with gum wrappers
Cat in a litter box with crazy eyes (only the top half of the head is visible)
Ooh, self-burn! Those are rare! Note: shows image from Brooklyn 99
Heartbreaking: The Worst Person You Know Just Made A Great Point. Note: This is shown as if it were a newspaper headline.
Fry from Futurama looking at a large floating glowing brain.
U.S. Coast Guard will no longer classify swastikas, nooses as hate symbols The military service, which falls under the Department of Homeland Security, has drafted a new policy that classifies such items “potentially divisive.” By Tara Copp and Michelle Boorstein 9 minutes ago
Polymarket • 1h BREAKING: Zohran Mamdani to require all New York elementary school students to learn Arabic numerals. Laura Loomer @LauraLoomer Subscribe You know things are bad when you can't tell if this is real or a joke. Dear God. It's real. Isn't it? 5:49 PM • Nov 19, 2025
A bald eagle with a fish on a log on a rocky sand bar on the Skykomish river in Index, WA
*The third seal was broken by Him, and verily there was a horse the color of a poached egg; he who sat on it had a food and cocktail menu in his hands. And I heard something like a voice in the center of the four living creatures saying, “A quart of mimosas for Denise, and three bellinis for Kyle; but do not separate the hollandaise.”* *— Millennials 6:3, NSGB* **Brunch** There are those who believe Brunch to be the most destructive of the horsemen. Once he takes hold, an underage girl will line the streets with vomit because she heard once that tomato juice cancels out vodka. Brunch is often followed by the demon Tapas, who ensures appetites are never more than whet. Wine will be served out of thimbles, and all will despair.​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​
Sand bar in the middle of the river. Panorama.
Dead tree with moss-covered branches. Man in red hat in foreground.
Bald eagle on a log with a fish in its claw