Philip J. M. Johnson

Canadian scientist working at Switzerland’s largest national lab, @psich_en.

[Gil Meslin @g_meslin]

My annual reminder that it is January, streets are clear and dry, and no snow seems imminent. The absence of safe routes is the obstacle to cycling in Toronto, not winter.

[Philip J. M. Johnson @philipj]

@TTCNewsroom @CityNewsTO Asking people to pay more for less/worse service. Genius.

[Philip J. M. Johnson @philipj]

@ivortossell Same thing as a Canadian in Switzerland. If no return ticket or the return date is longer than a tourist visa allows, they won’t let me check in online either. (Air) Canada can be very parochial.

[Jeff Gilchrist @jeffgilchrist]

Too difficult to update current buildings? Back in the 1850s Engineers raised all of central Chicago so they could install a city-wide sewage system to eliminate numerous epidemics of typhoid fever, dysentery, and cholera ( https://t.co/THfqGqwMUJ ). H/T: @lisa_iannattone 5/

[Philip J. M. Johnson @philipj]

I’m me on Post, in case that becomes a thing. Same handle.

[Matt Fowler @TheMattFowler]

The Bear (2022)

[Philip J. M. Johnson @philipj]

@LukeQuinton the bikeshare at work here is all electric bikes, and while I was initially skeptical I am a huge convert. It is transportation on easy mode.

[⌬ anna davis! ⌬ @radscientist_]

WOULD YOU RATHER: (mostly synthetic) chemistry edition!

[Toronto Society of Architects @ToSoArch]

Happy #Thanksgiving Toronto! 🦃

[Roddy 🇨🇦 @RodKahx]

Go home Air Canada, you're drunk.

[Philip J. M. Johnson @philipj]

@danisanerd @shawnmicallef @TorontoStar Late 80s!

I landed back in Zürich yesterday after being in Toronto for the previous 3 weeks. There is very little Swiss-style functionality and reliability in Toronto these days. :)

[Philip J. M. Johnson @philipj]

@LukeQuinton imagine prioritising the design of urban areas for the people that… live there.

[Fermat's Library @fermatslibrary]

If you put a spherical loaf of bread through a bread slicer, then each slice comes out with equal crust

[Gil Meslin @g_meslin]

Park at an expired meter: $30

[PSI Paul Scherrer Institut @psich_en]

⏰Calls for proposals are open for both photon user facilities at PSI: SLS (non-PX beamlines only) and SwissFEL.

➡️Apply here:https://t.co/nLOVgPWJTh

❗Submission deadline: September, 15 2022 (midnight, CEST). We are looking forward to many interesting beamtime applications.

[Spacing @Spacing]

On another hot day in Toronto, @todd_irvine shares 8 simple ideas from Montreal for cooling down a city. https://t.co/7B1tvL2rwU

[Philip J. M. Johnson @philipj]

@mja What’s the advantage for plotting in R? Have been dragged into python over the past couple of years, but not completely enamoured.

[Philip J. M. Johnson @philipj]

@janezstyle Happy calamity day!