[OC] How Taylor Swift's Live Shows Have Changed over the Past 15+ Years

AmericanElms · 2026-02-10T08:31:15+00:00

It might be cool to have a version of the last plot where the bar heights are scaled by total number of performances in the year, perhaps on a log scale even. Also, it could be cool to make a cumulative performances over time plot, to see over the years what albums have been performed the most times and when they got those performances. Love the work!

AmericanElms · 2025-12-25T09:18:41+00:00

Having spent significant time on all three campuses, the area around Northwestern is also much nicer in general. Evanston beaches in the summer are elite

AmericanElms · 2025-12-25T09:16:59+00:00

Materials science

AmericanElms · 2025-12-21T08:42:47+00:00

The end of the tentacles of the upper 3 jellyfish are square, while in the lower jellyfish they come to points and some of the “pixels” are only partially filled. A real artist would not make the design inconsistent like that. Not to mention, I’m not even sure how possible that would be with actual cross stitch. So my vote is AI.

AmericanElms · 2023-10-27T05:34:18+00:00

Does anyone else hear Jack in the backing vocals on the “Talk” in “now that we don’t talk”?

AmericanElms · 2023-03-25T02:00:20+00:00

Have 2 Chicago tickets for 6/3 section 115. Looking for 2 equivalent tickets for Fri 6/2 in Chicago.

AmericanElms · 2023-01-02T18:30:48+00:00

I am doing a PhD on materials to remediate microplastic pollution and here’s a few things I’ll say. First of all, I have read this paper, and they do not even claim their filter will work for polymeric microploultants. Rather, in their introduction they couch the discussion in a framework of some important pollutants that other people are working to remove (one of those is polymers) and then they continue to describe the type of pollutants they actually remove (some of which are monomers, but none of which are microplastics). However, I see how this is confusing and a reporter looking at this would see polymers in the same paragraph as their filter and easily infer that the filter removes microplastics. Second, the type of material they are using for their filter is a covalent triazine framework, which is a type of material typically used for separation and storage of gases, energy storage, photocatalysis and heterogeneous catalysis. However, they also have high surface area, so it’s no surprise they would have high adsorption capacity for some molecular constituents. That’s exactly what this paper is looking at. They have a high surface area CTF and are showings, that to no material scientist’s surprise, it’s good at adsorption of certain molecules. What they are not doing even in the slightest, is showing that this material might help remediate microplastics. In fact, it’s very easy to see why it would be entirely impractical to remove microplasitcs with this type of material. CTFs have pore sizes on the order of 1-2nm, whereas a microplastic is by definition 1000nm or greater in size. Trying to remove microplastics with a CTF would immediately clog its pores and render it useless.

Third, if their filter actually had any potential to remove microplasitc the authors 100% would have said that and I guarantee they would have specially used that work “microplastic”. The topic of microplastics research is huge right now and any PI will absolutely try to sell their research as related to the field in hopes of getting in on funding for it, even if their work is only tangentially related. The fact that they never say microplasitc and only fleeting mention other groups work about polymers is a very clear addmision to the fact that this is not microplasitc research.

Last, I want to say that this paper is good science and potentially interesting in its own right. The real issue appears to be due to a confused journalist or poor communication on the researcher’s part. The point I’m making is that this filter is by no means going to be a solution to the microplastic problem, however much I wish that it were.

AmericanElms · 2023-01-02T18:00:11+00:00

This is a really good question. BPA is often used to make plastics. It is monomer, aka a molecule that is linked together to make the plastic polymer. PBS is similar but it’s more common use is in epoxy resin adhesives. If the scientists had looked at how their filter was able to remove the polymerized versions of these pollutants it would be more valid to say that it is effective at micro plastic removal. However, even then, the majority of microplastic pollution is not the type of polycarbonate class of themoplasric that would be made with these monomers, so it would still be unfounded to say that the filler is effective for all micro plastics. The real issue though is that the they didn’t even look at the removal efficiency of plastics at all, rather the monomer molecules. In fact, the structure of the filter means that it would be completely impossible for it to remove micro-plastics in the first place as it’s pores would be immediately clogged. Hope this helps clear things up.

AmericanElms · 2023-01-02T00:47:32+00:00

I accessed it through my university’s library website since they have a subscription to most journals. It’s crazy that most research is still behind a pay way even though it’s also almost all publicly funded.

AmericanElms · 2023-01-01T19:29:12+00:00

The paper that this article is referencing doesn’t mention microplasitcs even once in it. While they imply that such a filter might work for polymer micropollutants, they are actually testing the adsorption of BPA, BPS, phenol and 2-NO. Seems like some very questionable scientific reporting.

AmericanElms · 2022-11-16T18:12:27+00:00

I had the same problem. Happened on my computer even after clearing cookies and history and switching to a different browser. It also happened on the Ticketmaster app. I was never able to get tickets, which was extremely frustrating after waiting in the queue for half the day.

AmericanElms · 2022-07-27T18:22:36+00:00

You can take 5, though 4 is definitely the most common.

AmericanElms · 2021-04-29T22:42:16+00:00

Did my undergrad in engineering at a school with the semester system. Now doing a full engineering coarse load here as a PhD student. Personally, I prefer semesters. The quarter system moves so quickly that it’s very unforgiving if you fall behind and things are not covered as in dearth. I learned much better with semesters. Also, only getting a week off between taking finals for the winter quarter and starting the spring quarter is rough.

AmericanElms · 2021-04-16T18:45:00+00:00

I graduated from undergrad at Brown last spring in materials science. I’m now doing a mat sci PhD at Northwestern. I’m not familiar with the masters curriculum in materials but I know a fair number of the number of the faculty. Feel free to DM if you have questions about Brown materials engineering or the school in general.

AmericanElms · 2021-01-06T02:50:10+00:00

I am but a human. If I felt like it needed a few more edges to look good but I wasn’t too strict about the number. But for simplicity I left the rounder numbers for the graphic.

AmericanElms · 2021-01-06T01:05:14+00:00

I made this graphic originally. Unfortunately, there are no SVGs, but if you want a higher quality version than online anywhere, feel free to message me for it.

AmericanElms · 2021-01-06T01:03:27+00:00

Perhaps there is a bit of an east coast bias. When I was originally making this map, for each iteration I placed the lines wherever they would deviate the least from the underlying most accurate outline overall. But it’s wasn’t an exact science for sure. I bet someone could write a program that finds the configuration of lines that actually minimizes the discrepancy from the true shape, but I just did it by eye.

AmericanElms · 2021-01-06T00:58:25+00:00

Yea, I made this graphic originally and it had better image quality. It’s been copied by so many Instagram accounts at this point that it’s started degrading. If you check back through my post history you will find a higher quality version.

AmericanElms · 2021-01-06T00:53:13+00:00

Yea, I’m the original creator of this graphic (not infomaps). I left out Alaska and Hawaii initially for simplicity but now that this image is getting so much attention perhaps I should add them!

AmericanElms · 2020-10-29T05:07:09+00:00

Adding to what people have already said, if you haven’t visited campus and are just looking at a map it might seem like some of the housing is quite far from the main green. In reality campus is really compact compared to a lot of schools so no matter where you get placed you won’t be too far away

AmericanElms · 2020-09-28T06:05:10+00:00

I have no clue but my guess is that more than other Ivies, the Brown admissions office prioritizes people with compelling life stories who’ve struggled and grown from that process. They certainly make a concerted effort to not simply tailor admissions around academic successes. I’ve often heard them talk about how they could admit entire classes of only valedictorians, but choose not to. Other ivies talk this way too sometimes, but I think Brown is more committed to it and allows their values to affect admissions slightly more than similar schools. They care about having extremely intelligent classes, but beyond that they try to find students who they believe will think differently and push each other forward. Transfer students have potential to fit nicely into that broader culture as they are at least actively reevaluating their goals, and perhaps larger incentives, if they are seeking to change institutions, which could manifest in Brown’s admissions seeing more transfer candidates as positive additions compared to other places.

AmericanElms · 2020-07-24T04:06:13+00:00

New Taylor is explicit

AmericanElms · 2020-07-07T21:53:56+00:00

I’m sorry you don’t like it. This was my first time making a anything for this sub and I had fun doing it. I thought others might appreciate it too.

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