four years ago I posted this image of paleontologist Jan Smit looking at rocks and his son-in-law replied with something even better
Gabriel S. Pumpkins 🎃
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Necromancer. Schoolteacher. Big galoot. Bespoke homemade opinions. (he/him) Arthropod enthusiast, echino-curious. Eamus Catuli, illegitimi non carborundum.
CLAIM: the ICE agents fired into a vehicle with a child in it for no reason at all FACT: these keys here are jingling isn't that interesting? isnt the sound they make really something?
Schrödinger's Sneetch Belly@rtodkelly.bsky.social · 17h ago😐
Parents are poisoning their children because they know what's best for them. People are selling poison to children because it comes from an animal, how can it be dangerous, it's natural? The state is abdicating its prerogative to regulate food because the cranks cannot stop poisoning children.
Will Weldon@oldmanweldon.bsky.social · yesterdayGreat story about how the state has given up on doing anything about cranks selling their bacteria filled dairy products (ha ha that photo obviously did a number on me woooooooo) www.propublica.org/article/cali...
good lord how can anyone be this whiny; are you not ashamed
walking home from teaching in North Jersey today I passed some frum yidn on the way to Shabbat services and some mariachis shining up their shoes before a gig. this is the future liberals want (laudatory)
huh, interesting that vance thinks this is the worst terrorist attack and not oklahoma city
WH Press Pool Reports@whpresspool.bsky.social · 2d ago“But what I try to remind people is, look, this is a guy who committed, in my view, the worst terrorist attack on American soil outside of 9/11, the people that he was meant to treat, the Army soldiers that he was meant to treat for mental illness and other problems, he took them at their (3/4)
Republican candidate: I think for myself. I don't have to do what the president says, I can disagree with him-- Trump (tweeting): Everyone has to call Congress "Toilet" now! Republican candidate: --and that's why I'm running to be your next Toiletman
Another impeachable offense of many, and arguably incitement to ethnic cleansing. But also, evidence of his mental dissolution. Trump used to be able to at least attempt to sugarcoat this. He is no longer capable of doing so.
Brad Reed@bwreed.bsky.social · 3d agoThe president of the United States is inciting a fucking pogrom.
I need ever man who follows me or sees this post to stop and read this essay. Share it with the other men in your lives. Then read the one in the next post in the thread. And then, if you are in the US, on Nov 3rd use your power to be an ally by *not voting for the rapists and rape apologists* 1/
The Illusion of Consent: A Rape at Cornell and the MAGA Right
For the new right, when a man is accused of rape, he is first and foremost a victim of feminism.
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This tooth from something like Acrocanthosaurus was found in five parts over several months. The tip turned up nearly a year later—see how it's weathered differently? This is the advantage of long-term regular surface collecting at Dinosaur Park: you miss nothing.
It keeps getting easier and easier to see who actually wants an end to the killing and who just wants the shoe to be on the other foot. Everyone responsible for this is filth.
Stav Zeitouni@stzeitouni.bsky.social · 3d agoCongratulations, you managed to drown out a reading of Vivian Silver's last communication with her son, and a testimony of a Gazan describing the bombing of her family. I hope you sleep well at night.
Israelis for Peace NYC - who are near and dear to my heart - held a vigil in which they read testimonies and eulogies of both Israelis & Palestinians on this incredibly difficult night. It's not for everyone, but to have it disrupted in this way is absolutely shameful.
Thank you to the people who were explaining to me that he meant to say something else
FactPost@factpostnews.bsky.social · 3d agoTrump: You wanna see trauma? I said it the other day. Let them hit a missile into San Diego or Los Angeles.
Got some exciting new mosasaur research out today in Current Biology! How fast could these predators burst? www.cell.com/current-biol...
Mosasaur tail morphology reveals burst swimming performance and ecological diversity
Formoso et al. develop a drag-based “slam-start” model to estimate lunge velocity in four mosasaurs from skeletal and muscle reconstructions. Tail curl amplitude mainly drives performance: russellosau...
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Cosmic neutrinos with extremely high energies are very rare, so an enormous volume of ice is needed to observe an adequate number of collisions. The IceCube Neutrino Observatory covers an entire cubic kilometre and was finished in 2011.
Rather than a traditional awards ceremony, a blindfolded Dr. Halzen will retrieve his medal from within an Olympic swimming pool by following the splash it made.
Nobel Prize@nobelprize.org · 5d agoBREAKING NEWS The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences has decided to award the 2026 #NobelPrize in Physics to Francis Halzen “for decisive contributions to the IceCube Neutrino Observatory and the discovery of high-energy neutrinos of astrophysical origin.”
this is my favorite genre of social media post and I am soliciting links or screenshots to your favorites
I can't stop thinking how wrong the tech bros have understood creativity and creators. Or even just having hobbies. #erliart
Yes, computers do everything at our company but don't worry, there's always a human reviewer. Nothing goes out the door without one of our highly trained shruggers briefly glancing at it and clicking Approve
They broke into a warehouse and stole all the man in the high castle props and costumes
Patrick "Inverted Vibe Curve" Blanchfield@patblanchfield.bsky.social · 7d agonew wolfenstein looks like shit
Liberal Currents@liberalcurrents.com · last wk."The vision of life liberalism offers is the one that most expresses who we truly are. Reaction demands submission and promises bliss; millenarianism exalts suffering and promises righteousness. Both flee from the terror of freedom." www.liberalcurrents.com/remember-who...
All right fellow rock-lickers, I call upon your knowledge! ⚒️🍎 Today a student asked WHY the streak color of a mineral is often different from the color in hand sample and I (the worst mineralogist in any geo department I'm in) was left mumbling about scattering. Does anyone have a better answer?
Texas is basically saying it wants to encourage fraud as a matter of public policy and you should keep that in mind whenever you see a large firm incorporated in Texas
Chance the Lawyer@chancethelawyer.bsky.social · last wk.Texas bragging about eliminating the "Delaware-style" implied covenant of *good faith and fair dealing* in contracting is about all you need to know concerning where we are in the race to the bottom.
