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Happily using #julialang on my Android phone. It potentially takes the place of an infinity of “apps”.

Emily Wilson on Nolan’s “Odyssey”: “I would be ashamed to have written any part of this script.” www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4... I thought the movie failed, despite some spectacular visuals, because it lacked the emotional impact of the poem. Wilson does an expert job of explaining exactly why.

“Catching the moon at the right time with Julia” jonathanbieler.github.io/blog/moon_an... Wonderful article showing how to use Julia to catch the Moon at good moments for photography, #astronomy #photography #julialang

The danger of non-free software to #science: lwn.net/Articles/102... #physics #science

Ha. I’ve mentioned Bell’s not winning the Prize in a couple of articles but had not heard this.

@drskyskull.bsky.social says: “This was a fascinating and fun book to read...and it is good to see a book that lays out the important roles she had in #physics and #mathematics and shines a light on her remarkable personality.” skullsinthestars.com/2025/07/09/e... Buy: amzn.to/3YZZB4W

Also lee-phillips.org/humanmade/ from someone without your artistic talent.

“Catching the moon at the right time with Julia” jonathanbieler.github.io/blog/moon_an... Wonderful article showing how to use Julia to catch the Moon at good moments for photography, #astronomy #photography #julialang

""Julia can run 10x to 1,000x faster than Python on some benchmarks, per Wired — no C++ rewrite needed for speed. It launched in 2012. Yet Python still dominates ML/data science hiring. Speed doesn't win, ecosystem does. Julia's stuck proving that wrong."" #julialang www.wired.com/story/python...

“Nolan’s Zero-Eros ‘Odyssey’”: www.nytimes.com/2026/07/25/o... I don’t usually read Dowd’s column, but I noticed, from her title, that she noticed what I noticed about Nolan’s movie. Here she nails it: *one* of the main reasons that this movie fails.

“Practical Julia” is designed to teach scientists how to use the best language for science, with chapters on #physics, #mathematics, #biology, #statistics, and more. amzn.to/3Jn1QdR A review: lwn.net/Articles/966... #julialang

“Nolan’s Zero-Eros ‘Odyssey’”: www.nytimes.com/2026/07/25/o... I don’t usually read Dowd’s column, but I noticed, from her title, that she noticed what I noticed about Nolan’s movie. Here she nails it: *one* of the main reasons that this movie fails.

“Practical Julia” is designed to teach scientists how to use the best language for science, with chapters on #physics, #mathematics, #biology, #statistics, and more. amzn.to/3Jn1QdR A review: lwn.net/Articles/966... #julialang

Boarding finally done. Suddenly I hear, “That’s my seat!” I showed her (big hair, flip-flops) my boarding pass. She refuses to look at it, preferring to escalate: “You’re in my seat, you idio...” Then she notices the book I’m reading. “I’m so sorry, sir. I am clearly at fault.” amzn.to/3YZZB4W

I think I’m OK.

Also lee-phillips.org/humanmade/ from someone without your artistic talent.

Jeeze, the Julia dynamical systems packages really are just built different (tm). I just ran like 10k separate theoretical plant/pollinator community population models on my desktop in like 5 minutes. 10x10 species networks...but still! #julialang #Rstats #ecology

I think I’m OK.

Many people (even physicists) are surprised to learn that the universe doesn’t conserve energy, as @neiltyson pointed out in a recent podcast. Even most physicists who know this don’t know who first figured it out. Her story is here: amzn.to/3YZZB4W #history #physics

Boarding finally done. Suddenly I hear, “That’s my seat!” I showed her (big hair, flip-flops) my boarding pass. She refuses to look at it, preferring to escalate: “You’re in my seat, you idio...” Then she notices the book I’m reading. “I’m so sorry, sir. I am clearly at fault.” amzn.to/3YZZB4W