Bryan J. Field
Program Manager for the Cosmic Frontier in DOE Office of Science. Theoretical physicist. Former professor. Sometime poet. Minor playwright. Major pain at times. LLM != AGI. All posts are my own.
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- Reposted by Bryan J. FieldWELL-PAID OPPORTUNITY FOR A PHYSICS EDITOR! Physics Today is hiring -- apply apply apply! 🧪⚛️🔭 workforcenow.adp.com/mascsr/defau...
- Reposted by Bryan J. FieldThis is Aki. He just realized how to unify Einstein's general relativity theory with quantum mechanics to solve the black hole information paradox, but then remembered he's supposed to be a dog. 13/10 (TT: katelyvxxn)
- Damn
- Reposted by Bryan J. FieldMy first editorial in @science.org was published today: what to do (and, importantly, what NOT to do) when your grants are suddenly cut or research funding is uncertain. Please read and share! #AcademicSky #Science #Astronomy www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
- I never cheer when anyone dies, but … www.washingtonpost.com/obituaries/2...
- You've just opened up a Star Trek themed restaurant. What are you calling it? "The Ferengi Laundry"
- Reposted by Bryan J. Field2025 Headline of the Year nominee (July)
- Reposted by Bryan J. FieldSome of these redactions are almost like modern art
- Reposted by Bryan J. Fieldwhen someone tells me not to use em dashes because AI uses em dashes
- Oh, no.
- Rob Reiner, who directed such beloved Hollywood classics as 'This Is Spinal Tap,' 'Stand by Me' and 'When Harry Met Sally' after starring in the trailblazing sitcom 'All in the Family,' died Sunday along with his wife, Michele, in their Brentwood home. bit.ly/48UWXSi
- Reposted by Bryan J. FieldMistletoe Held Above Meatball Sub
- Reposted by Bryan J. FieldSKULL OF THOMAS AQUINAS: TAKE A LEFT NOW PRIEST: No, the GPS says we have to keep going— SKULL: I KNOW A SHORTCUT PRIEST: Do you remember the last ti— SKULL: FOR THOSE WITH FAITH, NO EVIDENCE IS NECESSARY; FOR THOSE WITHOUT IT, NO EVIDENCE WILL SUFFICE
- Reposted by Bryan J. FieldTIL about a memorial ceremony in Iceland in 2019 to mark the end of a glacier, changing the place name from Okjökull to Ok (jökull = glacier). Uncompromising wording on the bronze plaque: "This is to acknowledge that we know what is happening and what needs to be done. Only you know if we did it".
- Reposted by Bryan J. Fieldha yeah
- Reposted by Bryan J. FieldTom Stoppard, playwright of dazzling wit and playful erudition, dies aged 88
- Reposted by Bryan J. FieldOpenAI Reveals ChatGPT Primarily Used To Ask If Hot Dog Too Old To Eat theonion.com/openai-reveals-chat…
- I don’t think it can actually be the 30th anniversary of The Beatles Anthology… I distinctly remember this came out when I was just starting college… wait. youtu.be/igo3WQsLZd4?...
- Reposted by Bryan J. FieldWhat if the aliens come and we just can’t communicate? Ars chats with particle physicist Daniel Whiteson about his new book Do Aliens Speak Physics? arstechnica.com/science/2025...
- I am so happy to see the Department of Energy on @thesimpsonsonfox.bsky.social tonight! Now I know what that thing is down the hall…
- Reposted by Bryan J. FieldThe whole of the internet is now run on the things that would have not made it past your email junk filter 20 years ago.
- Meta earns $3.5 billion every six months from showing Faceboon and Instagram users 15 billion “higher legal risk” scam ad impressions a day, internal documents state. That haul vastly exceeds how much the company expects regulators To fine it for running scam ads. www.reuters.com/investigatio...
- Reposted by Bryan J. Fieldstruggling to pronounce the name of the new mayor of New York? please enjoy this helpful guide
- Play it cool, sneak off with the watermelon…
- Honestly, it took me a minute to figure out this was a TV show...
- Reposted by Bryan J. Field"A.i." is controlled by right wing billionaires who are channeling bullshit into your brains. Do not use it.
- The author disabled quotes.I use Claude (an AI) to scan my posts for spelling and grammar errors. On the most recent post (about the East Wing, link below), I got a really amazing addendum. www.pbump.net/o/yes-most-a...
- Reposted by Bryan J. FieldA fellow furloughed coworker posted this. Laugh so you don’t cry.
- Well played for Halloween, Zoom. Well played.
- Reposted by Bryan J. FieldFifth-Grade Science Paper Doesn't Stand Up To Peer Review
- Getting very similar vibes from these two quotes…
- Reposted by Bryan J. FieldAnthropic partnered with the US government to create a filter meant to block Claude from helping someone build a nuke. Experts are divided on whether its a necessary protection—or a protection at all.
- Reposted by Bryan J. FieldA Solution to the CIA’s Kryptos Code Is Found after 35 Years www.scientificamerican.com/article/a-so...
- Reposted by Bryan J. FieldAre you someone who is interested in astronomy graduate school? This is a list of many/most departments and their expectations for admissions this year. Please feel free to spread it far and wide. If you are doing admissions and you'd like to update your entry, reach out as per the form!
- Reposted by Bryan J. FieldI hope that arxiv.org/abs/2510.06348 will be of broad interest.
- Reposted by Bryan J. FieldThe Dark Energy Spectroscopic Instrument has created a cosmic map of unprecedented scale. Its newly published findings, combined with those from other observations, suggest that dark energy changes over time.
- Reposted by Bryan J. FieldToday’s Daily Cartoon, by Brendan Loper. #NewYorkerCartoons
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- I won't lie to you. A lot of people saw that.
- I have never seen anything like that in Earth weather...
- This is not a drill people!!
- My spirit animal...
- Reposted by Bryan J. FieldFinally! 🤩 Our position piece: Against the Uncritical Adoption of 'AI' Technologies in Academia: doi.org/10.5281/zeno... We unpick the tech industry’s marketing, hype, & harm; and we argue for safeguarding higher education, critical thinking, expertise, academic freedom, & scientific integrity. 1/n
- RIP Robert Redford. Growing up, I loved “Sneakers,” “Three Days of the Condor,” and “The Sting.” Can’t argue with “Spy Game,” “The Natural,” “The Great Gatsby,” or “Out of Africa.” He will be missed.
- Reposted by Bryan J. Fieldand if some god shall wreck me yet again on the wine-dark berry compote
- Reposted by Bryan J. Field“This Is the Greatest Threat to Our Human Future” | @peterhotezmdphd.bsky.social and I discuss with @nextbigidea.bsky.social about our new book, #ScienceUnderSiege: nextbigideaclub.com/magazine/gre...
