stochastx
@stochastx.bsky.social
Grumpy old fart. Guitars, gaming, music, pizza, politics, history, science.
I got a bad feeling about this. Digging up vampire graves sounds unwise.
Archaeologists uncovered 🧛♂️"vampire graves" in post-medieval Poland: iron sickles across throats, heavy stones pinning bodies and clever soil chemistry to stop the dead from rising. Not Hollywood myth - real folk engineering.
Bet it said to caramelize onions (about 5-10 minutes)
Since I did do my PhD in cyanobacteria growth and treatment optimization modeling AND work in the water treatment industry, I’m gonna share my theory as to what’s happening here and how to fix it. People are focusing on the painted bottom of the pool increasing residual heat, and while that 1/19
RIP Mark Rothko. You would have loved how the hydrogen peroxide bleach is only turning the Reflecting Pool blue around the perimeter
"So ... so I said ... why not sign your treaty here, at Versailles?"
One of the most dystopian charts I’ve ever seen
Every summer I repost this article on how to spot drowning. Please read it and pass on. In the last few years I’ve had SIX messages from people who saved a kid’s life after clicking on the link from my feed. slate.com/technology/2...
Drowning Doesn’t Look Like Drowning
Drowning is not the violent, splashing call for help that most people expect.
slate.com
The War You’re Not Allowed to See: How the UAE Rewrites the Story of Iranian Strikes www.bellingcat.com/news/2026/04...
The War You’re Not Allowed to See: How the UAE Rewrites the Story of Iranian Strikes - bellingcat
A review of official statements shows that the public account does not always align with what can be observed through open sources.
bellingcat.com
Sharing this masterpiece from Colin Wright. @colinwright.skystack.xyz #SexBinary #Science #actualScience #Biology link.springer.com/article/10.1...
Response to Mahr’s (2026) Response to Wright’s (2025) “Why There are Exactly Two Sexes” - Archives of Sexual Behavior
Archives of Sexual Behavior -
link.springer.com
You’ve Been Told What J.K. Rowling Said. Here’s What She Actually Said open.substack.com/pub/katiepin...
You’ve Been Told What J.K. Rowling Said. Here’s What She Actually Said
The Woman Millions Hate for Something She Never Said
open.substack.com
Using imagery online of the shooting by an ICE agent in Minneapolis, we’ve created an animated sequence which highlights the approximate positioning of officers and vehicles at the scene. The red dot represents the agent who fired the shots. Yellow dots are other agents who arrived at the scene.
Don't worry. If the GOP breaks it's promise then Chuck will write them a strongly worded letter.
If Chuck Schumer was a stronger leader, he would have been able to convince most of these senators to hold the line. I’m terribly disappointed in him.
It's been a few days since Trump announced his "deal" with Xi. It's now clear that Trump got fleeced. America gave up lots and got nothing. It's a story you should know bc few things matter more than the U.S.-China relationship. 1/ So here's a🧵
I mean yes this is funny, but the fact that these unconstitutional stormtroopers are so directionless that they literally stand around waiting for random nonwhite delivery guys to bike past them is just pathetic. No mandate, no mission, no clue. Just racism.
Prediction: The murderer will turn out to be a single white guy with ties to the right. Incoherent or vague manifesto about sparking a race war. Republicans will quickly drop it, and the media will lose interest. Meanwhile the erosion of the nation will continue unreported.
Google developer #1: "That's it. Our search engine is simple, efficient, and reliable. It's perfect. We're done." Google developer #2, presumably: "But wouldn't it be *more* perfect if the first search result was always a robot who mansplained your search results to you incorrectly?"
Art by Bob Layzell (Born 1940) known for his many book covers and work in the Terran Trade Authority series
Yeah we all know why the Epstein files weren't released youtube.com/shorts/ZJorA...
Trump hedges on declassifying Epstein files
YouTube video by MSNBC
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‘During Masterchef, I was sampling a young lady’s cream buns. They were so delicious my trousers fell off. Due to my undiagnosed neurodiversity I wasn’t wearing any underwear and someone will have to pay for the dangerous environment I had been put in and the flagrant abuse of my human rights.’
So when DOGE was fucking around stealing everyone's data did they at least make a copy of the Epstein list? Time for Big Balls to man up and earn his moniker.