4th year PhD student at PSU. Colloids/interfaces, non-equilibrium dynamics, active matter, emulsions, ionic liquids, food science, sci comm & history.
Joined October 2017
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Samuel Birrer retweeted
27 Apr 2024
Can we...just accept that we suck at this?
I want to tell you a story that has made me kinda hopeless about Twitter's ability to affect positive things happening, and it starts with this tweet from Hillary Clinton.
x.com/HillaryClinton/status/…
22 Apr 2024
What's at stake for our climate in this November's elections?
Absolutely everything.
carbonbrief.org/analysis-tru…
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Samuel Birrer retweeted
28 Mar 2024
Helena Bibowa, the oldest and only surviving native speaker of a tiny language called Wymysiöeryś is turning 102 today.
In honor of that, let me take you along on the story of Wymysiöeryś.
It's of death and resurrection, and a hefty deal of random, but I promise it's a happy one.
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Samuel Birrer retweeted
21 Mar 2024
To celebrate the first anniversary of the release of The Way of Edan, each of the three books in the trilogy will be $0.99 from March 21 through March 25. Amazon links in reply. Please retweet!
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Samuel Birrer retweeted
22 Feb 2024
Another year of students not laughing when I said, “Weber is not only known for his propane grills, he also dabbled in social theory.” I might have to retire this joke. I think some actually wrote it into their notes.
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Claire Voisin won this year’s Crafoord Prize in Mathematics for research inspired by string theory, and work on a million-dollar unsolved problem go.nature.com/4bAXObl
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Samuel Birrer retweeted
2 Apr 2023
2023 is the best time on History to learn ancient Greek, unless you have a time machine.
Here's why. A 🧵:
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Samuel Birrer retweeted
8 Mar 2023
My interview with Professor Jacqueline Broad, the head of the Philosophy department at Monash University, about women philosophers of the 17th century is now available on @NewBooksNetwork
@OxfordPublicity @OUPAcademic @OxUniPress @OUPPhilosophy
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Samuel Birrer retweeted
1 Feb 2023
Wrapping up my first month in industry after nearly a decade in academia..
Here are my thoughts:
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Samuel Birrer retweeted
2 Feb 2023
What if instead of asking kids what they will be when they grow up we asked them which layers they'll look after?
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Samuel Birrer retweeted
1 Feb 2023
Duolingo’s definition of “innovate” is to dumb down its app and remove helpful features without any explanation.
But hey, at least the new version has a lot of really delightful animations.
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Samuel Birrer retweeted
28 Oct 2022
Working on a chapter of Njál's saga today and I have two main feelings about it:
1) I feel sorry for the man named Úlfr óþveginn, known for all time as 'Wolf the unwashed'.
2) Since his job is 'master of guests' (gestahǫfðingi), I feel quite sorry for the guests too.
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Samuel Birrer retweeted
27 Oct 2022
Our most recent paper on high-order nonlinear effects in 2-D heterostructures is published in the Journal of Physical Chemistry!
pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/acs…
@PSUScience @psu_chemistry @JPhysChem
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Samuel Birrer retweeted
27 Oct 2022
Has anyone succeeded in completing a “Match Madness” on the new #Duolingo “path” without buying extra time as an in-app purchase? Feels a bit manipulative… @Duo_is_sad
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Samuel Birrer retweeted
26 Oct 2022
Glad to see I'm not the only one disappointed in the scheduled Duolingo update. They're literally about to ruin all the work I put into creating my study schedule 🙄
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Samuel Birrer retweeted
24 Oct 2022
No they have not
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Samuel Birrer retweeted
22 Oct 2022
I suppose @duolingo paid a lot of money for an ill considered #duolingoupdate so they are trying to recoup the costs. We now have to use extra gems for the second and third stars. Pathetic tactics, which are not doing their reputation any good.
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