Tim Blais

@acapellascience

Deep science, sweet harmony. Professional inquiries: acapellascience [at] gmail [dot] com

Montreal
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Joined August 2012
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  1. Pinned Tweet
    Sep 30

    Evo-Devo, my Despacito advanced biology primer, just crossed 200,000 views! Have you watched it yet?

    52 replies 513 retweets 892 likes
  2. 9 hours ago

    Here's a deep cut from 5 years ago. I'd say it's a pretty good illustration of how I spent my time as a grad student.

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  3. Retweeted
    21 hours ago
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    Useful? Insanely useful! I heard that song when I started studying string theory and it's like having a whole string theory road map in your head as a mnemonic. So when I was studying I could fit what I was learning in a larger context and make the right connections.

    1 reply 1 retweet 2 likes
  4. 23 hours ago

    I KNEW I WOULD ONE DAY BE USEFUL.

    *Me preparing for presentation on superstrings, being forgetful*: "What was the Kahler condition on the manifold for?" Deep inside my Brain: "KAHLER! MANIFOLDS MUST BE KAHLER. IF YOU WANT TO PRESERVE. ANY OF YOUR SUPERSYMMETRY AHHH"
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  5. Retweeted
    Dec 19

    Study of Wikipedia editors shows that politically diverse or even polarised teams create articles of higher quality than politically homogeneous teams.

    30 replies 312 retweets 778 likes
  6. Dec 20

    Looking back, I don't think there's a single subtweet I'm actually proud of. I think 2018 is the year I grow up on Twitter.

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  7. Dec 19

    Real talk: Last Jedi is okay. It's adequate. It isn't amazing. It is fine. Very pretty. Not cohesive. Nostalgic. Stylistically jarring. Somewhere between LoTR and The Hobbit. It's Guardians 2. It is acceptable. This has been lukewarm takes with Tim. Thank you for your attention.

    4 replies 34 likes
  8. Retweeted
    Dec 18

    I’ve been on this app for almost nine years. One thing you learn is that people’s rage at you is always misdirected. They’re really mad at themselves and their own circumstances.

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  9. Retweeted
    Dec 18

    5 yrs later, experts still can't understand Mochizuki's 500-page alleged proof of the ABC conjecture. Now it's to be published — but in a journal edited by Mochizuki. The situation is "historically unparalleled in mathematics," says .

    5 replies 55 retweets 103 likes
  10. Dec 18

    Pops you should have heard the type of shit he said about you I doubt you would have let it slide and I was not about to

    The number of political tweets sent per day that, in the olden days, would have resulted in a duel is astounding.
    1 reply 10 likes
  11. Dec 18

    I like this trend of defending long-loved pieces of culture from the oversimplifications of the snarky internet.

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  12. Dec 17

    I'll fill in your form if you fill out mine.

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    Dec 13

    Here's what removed from their Net Neutrality page. They no longer promise to: -Not throttle back the speed at which content comes to you -Not prioritize Internet traffic or create paid fast lanes -Make internet accessible to low income families

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  14. Dec 15

    This is especially true of those who sub out their previous faith for some other ideology.

    Ex-Christians can be the meanest of all atheists because they still believe in depravity but no longer possess a mechanism for forgiveness.
    1 reply 4 likes
  15. Dec 15

    I don't know if there's a context for this and I don't wanna.

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    Dec 13

    An update for creators: we've been getting tons of feedback since this morning. The most requested next step, by far, is for us to reach out to patrons who've cancelled their pledge over the last week. We built a tool to help them easily re-pledge, then shared it in this email 📬

    255 replies 3,337 retweets 8,647 likes
  17. Retweeted
    Dec 13

    Creators & patrons: We've heard you loud and clear. We’re sorry, and we’re not rolling out the fees change.

    1,676 replies 13,327 retweets 33,820 likes
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    Dec 13

    A company that listens. Thank you.

    Creators & patrons: We've heard you loud and clear. We’re sorry, and we’re not rolling out the fees change.
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  19. Dec 12

    In a way, all I've ever done I owe to the Maccabeats. Happy Hanukkah!

    1 reply 13 likes
  20. Retweeted
    Dec 11
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    They think they're going to die someday. They think that happens to everyone. They might as well die after having eaten donuts.

    3 replies 2 retweets 8 likes
  21. Retweeted
    Dec 9

    Just in case you run into any trouble not visiting , you should also avoid using sci-hub.la or you might get illegal access to paywalled knowledge.

    4 replies 168 retweets 228 likes

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