Jim Metcalf
@thermochronic.bsky.social
Geologist and Thermochronology Lab Manager at CU-Boulder who would love to talk about the 2016 World Series or the corner taken quickly absolutely anytime.
"It's important they hear about how the hero, Smaug, is attacked for being successful"
Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · yesterdayUSHA VANCE: JD is reading The Hobbit to our two younger kids right now FOX & FRIENDS: So JD finds time to read to the kids with his schedule? USHA: Oh yeah
Thank you for this ambitious thread. I lack all ambition. It’s very generous.
Xanatos1@xanatos1.bsky.social · 2d ago
COMMENTARY: A whole lot of celebrities are loved. Dolly Parton loved you back.
The academic freedom purists never address that allowing racists (and other bigots) free reign on academia actively stifles academic freedom for minority academics
What my brain thinks of when the announcers say Jérémy Jacquet’s last name
“It’s impossible that Jason Arday could have got his post without DEI,” say people about an industry which can find 200 academics willing to sign a letter in support of David Miller and another 200 academics willing to support Nathan Cofnas.
BeijingPalmer@beijingpalmer.bsky.social · 5d agoI'm sorry, but if you think Nathan Cofnas being suspended for being a racist is an 'academic freedom' issue you are the dumbest fucking mark alive.
watching people who follow Tottenham
In the same sense that I have failed to produce evidence linking stepping on a crack to my Mother breaking her back.
The Denver Post@denverpost.com · 7d agoRFL Jr. has failed to produce evidence linking vaccinations to autism.
Yes if only scientific papers had some sort of short summary of the paper written by the authors, perhaps even placed at the beginning of the paper. Thank god for AI right, definitely worth burning the planet for this plagiarism machine, what would we do without it.
Just a reminder of how much attention the US media paid to the Claudine Gray Harvard plagiarism “scandal” vs how much they paid to Israel shooting a 6-year old girl with 300 bulllets during an ongoing genocide
CNN@cnn.com · last wk.The Israeli military acknowledged firing on a car carrying 5-year-old Hind Rajab in Gaza after earlier denials as it opens a criminal probe into the January 2024 killing. https://cnn.it/3U6I6jU
"Last chance, pal. Say, “Megan Follows is the best Anne of Green Gables,” and I’ll let you walk out of here with your head held high — just like Anne held hers when she was accepted to Queens Academy." www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/say...
Say “Megan Follows Is the Best Anne of Green Gables” or I’ll Beat the Living Shit Out of You
“Listen here, pal: this is a Megan Follows bar. You don’t come to the goddamn Avonlea Alehouse and start shit-talking Megan Fucking Follows unless you want s...
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For NASA's Voyagers, almost 49 years old, the "Big Bang" upgrade could extend their mission into the early 2030s. www.nytimes.com/2026/08/18/s...
How NASA Engineers Are Keeping the Voyagers Alive (Gift Article)
A reworking of the spacecraft’s power systems could extend the nearly 50-year-old Voyagers’ exploration of interstellar space into the early 2030s.
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Brilliant letter from Stuart Thompson to Jeremy Clarkson about his comments that benefit claimants should write weekly thank you letters to tax payers detailing how they spend their benefits each week.
Trying to find clips of the CU Hazardous Waste Safety Training movie....
whet moser@whetmoser.com · 4w agoFilm you've watched more than six times with a gif. Hard mode: no Star Trek, Star Wars, LOTR, Marvel, Disney, or Ghibli.
#NatGeo are still pushing out promo content from #PompeiiOutOfTime, this time via Instagram 😅 This shoot was much fun, as we had much of the ‘Museo Archeologico Nazionale di Napoli’ to ourselves 😃 This massive model of Pompeii was 😮 www.instagram.com/reel/DbVrika...
National Geographic History on Instagram: "The pyroclastic surges from Vesuvius weren't just moving fast, they were far too hot to survive. A scale model of Pompeii helps volcanologist Dr. Chris Jacks...
3,898 likes, 25 comments - natgeohistory on July 28, 2026: "The pyroclastic surges from Vesuvius weren't just moving fast, they were far too hot to survive. A scale model of Pompeii helps volcanologis...
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At libraries around the country, "Avoiding AI" workshops have elicited unprecedented demand.
Librarians are hosting viral 'Avoiding AI' workshops for people who are fed up with Big Tech | TechCrunch
At libraries around the country, "Avoiding AI" workshops have elicited unprecedented demand.
techcrunch.com
@geosociety.bsky.social created a promo video for our Colorado Front Range field trip, heading out on October 9-10 before #GSAConnects2026. Check it out! A great narrative by #@geogirl.
Snowball Earth Deposits Along the Colorado Front Range
YouTube video by geosociety
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I think to show how great they are he should put one on the grounds at Mar-a-lago
Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · last mo.Trump on data centers: "You have to convince your communities how great these things are. You can't fight it. You have to go with it."
fwiw here is a link to download the north carolina voter file. congratulations you have now apparently done election espionage! www.ncsbe.gov/results-data...
Voter Registration Data | NCSBE
Access various types of North Carolina voter registration data.
ncsbe.gov
Among the documents released by the White House tonight is this claim that Colorado's voter registration rolls were "compromised" by China. Colorado's voter registration rolls are public records. You can order a copy here: www.sos.state.co.us/pubs/electio...
every time trump is president you gotta wash your groceries
"In his nine years with the department, Dr. Jones has failed to complete even one uninterrupted semester of instruction. In fact, he hasn’t been in attendance for more than four consecutive weeks since he was hired."
McSweeney's@mcsweeneys.net · last mo.It's Harrison Ford's birthday, which means we are obliged to share this absolute banger from our archives: "No one on the committee can identify who or what instilled Dr. Jones with the belief that an archaeologist’s tool kit should consist solely of a bullwhip and a revolver."
