Eric
@astroeric12.bsky.social
Nerd, Freshwater Person. Here to comfort the afflicted and afflict the comfortable. As social as a wet cat.
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Eric
@astroeric12.bsky.social
· Nov 28
Seven blunders of the world that lead to violence: wealth without work, pleasure without conscience, knowledge without character, commerce without morality, science without humanity, worship without sacrifice, politics without principle. -Mahatma Gandhi
"Sometimes people don't want to hear the truth because they don't want their illusions destroyed."
Frederick Nietzsche
Frederick Nietzsche
November 27, 2025 at 5:00 AM
"Sometimes people don't want to hear the truth because they don't want their illusions destroyed."
Frederick Nietzsche
Frederick Nietzsche
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Hey hey team #mealioidosis - (Infectious Disease, public health, anyone who still believes that vaccines work)-- donate starting tomorrow!
5 years ago I started a team competition on Twitter to raise $ to fight hunger.
@tmprowell.bsky.social gave us a hashtag & much needed organization
Our team of teen volunteers work wonders in the background & we’ve raised >$3.1 million!
Competition starts tomorrow, join us?
HCWvsHunger.org
@tmprowell.bsky.social gave us a hashtag & much needed organization
Our team of teen volunteers work wonders in the background & we’ve raised >$3.1 million!
Competition starts tomorrow, join us?
HCWvsHunger.org
Healthcare Workers vs Hunger
Healthcare workers vs Hunger is an annual friendly competition between teams of healthcare workers to help relieve food insecurity.
HCWvsHunger.org
November 27, 2025 at 2:05 AM
Hey hey team #mealioidosis - (Infectious Disease, public health, anyone who still believes that vaccines work)-- donate starting tomorrow!
You’ve just died.
The 6th picture in your phone gallery is what killed you.
The 6th picture in your phone gallery is what killed you.
November 27, 2025 at 1:42 AM
You’ve just died.
The 6th picture in your phone gallery is what killed you.
The 6th picture in your phone gallery is what killed you.
Are the holidays over yet?
November 26, 2025 at 3:37 PM
Are the holidays over yet?
The human race has loved their stuff for so long that this sadly doesn't seem that out of character.
November 26, 2025 at 3:30 PM
The human race has loved their stuff for so long that this sadly doesn't seem that out of character.
"Create a place for people to live like human beings, instead of slaves to some bullshit concept of Progress that is driving us all mad."
Hunter S. Thompson
Hunter S. Thompson
November 26, 2025 at 1:10 PM
"Create a place for people to live like human beings, instead of slaves to some bullshit concept of Progress that is driving us all mad."
Hunter S. Thompson
Hunter S. Thompson
Post a famous bathroom scene
November 25, 2025 at 11:14 PM
Post a famous bathroom scene
I wish this was surprising
The Shamwow Guy just announced that he is running for Texas’ 31st Congressional District.
November 25, 2025 at 10:15 PM
I wish this was surprising
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Report: It Pretty Incredible That Americans Entrusted With Driving Cars https://theonion.com/report-it-pretty-incredible-that-americans-entrusted-w-1819574734/
November 25, 2025 at 10:00 PM
Report: It Pretty Incredible That Americans Entrusted With Driving Cars https://theonion.com/report-it-pretty-incredible-that-americans-entrusted-w-1819574734/
What I’m wearing to Bluesky rehab
November 25, 2025 at 9:53 PM
What I’m wearing to Bluesky rehab
I have a fine tuned bullshit detector and can connect the dots about what bothers me about people. This can an advantage.
I have a fine tuned bullshit detector and can connect the dots about what bothers me about people. This can a disadvantage.
Ignorance is bliss I guess
I have a fine tuned bullshit detector and can connect the dots about what bothers me about people. This can a disadvantage.
Ignorance is bliss I guess
November 25, 2025 at 8:55 PM
I have a fine tuned bullshit detector and can connect the dots about what bothers me about people. This can an advantage.
I have a fine tuned bullshit detector and can connect the dots about what bothers me about people. This can a disadvantage.
Ignorance is bliss I guess
I have a fine tuned bullshit detector and can connect the dots about what bothers me about people. This can a disadvantage.
Ignorance is bliss I guess
To all the people I saw buying frozen turkeys today, best of luck with that
November 25, 2025 at 8:52 PM
To all the people I saw buying frozen turkeys today, best of luck with that
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You can look all day for environmental reasons to “blame” for autism but I have never met an autistic kid who didn’t have at least one autistic parent or parents w traits
Not knowing you’re autistic doesn’t make you less autistic; thinking it’s “bad” makes you less likely to want to know it
Not knowing you’re autistic doesn’t make you less autistic; thinking it’s “bad” makes you less likely to want to know it
November 25, 2025 at 4:53 PM
You can look all day for environmental reasons to “blame” for autism but I have never met an autistic kid who didn’t have at least one autistic parent or parents w traits
Not knowing you’re autistic doesn’t make you less autistic; thinking it’s “bad” makes you less likely to want to know it
Not knowing you’re autistic doesn’t make you less autistic; thinking it’s “bad” makes you less likely to want to know it
Reading about other people's dreams is wild to me because my dreams almost never make any damn sense and rarely have anyone in them I recognize. Also I can't remember the last nightmare I had. I lucid dream a lot too and I did not teach myself how to do that.
November 25, 2025 at 2:39 PM
Reading about other people's dreams is wild to me because my dreams almost never make any damn sense and rarely have anyone in them I recognize. Also I can't remember the last nightmare I had. I lucid dream a lot too and I did not teach myself how to do that.
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🔭 Comet Lemmon and the Milky Way
Image Credit & Copyright: Lin Zixuan linzx23 at mails.tsinghua.edu dot cn) (Tsinghua U.)
apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap25112...
Image Credit & Copyright: Lin Zixuan linzx23 at mails.tsinghua.edu dot cn) (Tsinghua U.)
apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap25112...
November 25, 2025 at 8:00 AM
🔭 Comet Lemmon and the Milky Way
Image Credit & Copyright: Lin Zixuan linzx23 at mails.tsinghua.edu dot cn) (Tsinghua U.)
apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap25112...
Image Credit & Copyright: Lin Zixuan linzx23 at mails.tsinghua.edu dot cn) (Tsinghua U.)
apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap25112...
If you go to Metropolis, IL (and if you're a nerd you should) you can visit the Noel Neill statue they have among all the Superman stuff.
Today is the birthday of actress Noel Neill (Nov. 25, 1920, to July 13, 2016), who played Lois Lane in both Superman movie serials & all but the first season of the Adventures of Superman television series.
November 25, 2025 at 1:54 PM
If you go to Metropolis, IL (and if you're a nerd you should) you can visit the Noel Neill statue they have among all the Superman stuff.
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Sometimes I think it’s going to be the librarians who will save us all.
November 25, 2025 at 6:08 AM
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•Every $1 per hour increase in minimum wage corresponds to a 1% decrease in suicide rates
Blocking these common sense policies to protect 800 billionaires isn’t just fiscally dumb—it’s literally killing us by the hundreds of thousands
2/2
Blocking these common sense policies to protect 800 billionaires isn’t just fiscally dumb—it’s literally killing us by the hundreds of thousands
2/2
November 25, 2025 at 3:16 AM
•Every $1 per hour increase in minimum wage corresponds to a 1% decrease in suicide rates
Blocking these common sense policies to protect 800 billionaires isn’t just fiscally dumb—it’s literally killing us by the hundreds of thousands
2/2
Blocking these common sense policies to protect 800 billionaires isn’t just fiscally dumb—it’s literally killing us by the hundreds of thousands
2/2
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To recap:
•Universal healthcare would save 68,000 lives & $450B annually
•Every $1 spent on SNAP results in $1.80 boost to local economies & small businesses
•The child tax credit decreased child poverty to a historic low of 5.2%, abolishing it increased it by 45%
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•Universal healthcare would save 68,000 lives & $450B annually
•Every $1 spent on SNAP results in $1.80 boost to local economies & small businesses
•The child tax credit decreased child poverty to a historic low of 5.2%, abolishing it increased it by 45%
1/2
November 25, 2025 at 3:16 AM
To recap:
•Universal healthcare would save 68,000 lives & $450B annually
•Every $1 spent on SNAP results in $1.80 boost to local economies & small businesses
•The child tax credit decreased child poverty to a historic low of 5.2%, abolishing it increased it by 45%
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•Universal healthcare would save 68,000 lives & $450B annually
•Every $1 spent on SNAP results in $1.80 boost to local economies & small businesses
•The child tax credit decreased child poverty to a historic low of 5.2%, abolishing it increased it by 45%
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White House Reclassifies Nursing As Hobby https://theonion.com/white-house-reclassifies-nursing-as-hobby/
November 24, 2025 at 11:00 PM
White House Reclassifies Nursing As Hobby https://theonion.com/white-house-reclassifies-nursing-as-hobby/
Whatever arcane ritual someone is doing to reanimate James Carville every year or so they need to stop.
November 25, 2025 at 2:53 AM
Whatever arcane ritual someone is doing to reanimate James Carville every year or so they need to stop.
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About 90,000 people living near larger chemical plants face an unacceptable risk of developing cancer, the EPA says.
New rules adopted last year could’ve cut that number to 3,000 residents — a drop of 97%.
But Trump has halted those efforts.
New rules adopted last year could’ve cut that number to 3,000 residents — a drop of 97%.
But Trump has halted those efforts.
Air Pollution From Industrial Facilities Is Far Worse Than Estimated
The Trump administration has put a stop to EPA rules that would have required more than 130 industrial facilities to install air monitors to measure pollution. Millions of people living near these pla...
www.propublica.org
November 25, 2025 at 1:00 AM
About 90,000 people living near larger chemical plants face an unacceptable risk of developing cancer, the EPA says.
New rules adopted last year could’ve cut that number to 3,000 residents — a drop of 97%.
But Trump has halted those efforts.
New rules adopted last year could’ve cut that number to 3,000 residents — a drop of 97%.
But Trump has halted those efforts.
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3 infant #pertussis deaths this year in Kentucky. "Of the three infant deaths reported over the past 12 months, all three were not vaccinated, nor were their mothers."
We first tested maternal vaccination for whooping cough over 80 years ago. It's safe & effective & might have saved these babies.
We first tested maternal vaccination for whooping cough over 80 years ago. It's safe & effective & might have saved these babies.
www.wowktv.com
November 25, 2025 at 1:27 AM
3 infant #pertussis deaths this year in Kentucky. "Of the three infant deaths reported over the past 12 months, all three were not vaccinated, nor were their mothers."
We first tested maternal vaccination for whooping cough over 80 years ago. It's safe & effective & might have saved these babies.
We first tested maternal vaccination for whooping cough over 80 years ago. It's safe & effective & might have saved these babies.
We are learning far too much about these people
Please make it stop
Please make it stop
November 24, 2025 at 8:58 PM
We are learning far too much about these people
Please make it stop
Please make it stop
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RFK Jr. Denies Ever Laying Eggs In Olivia Nuzzi https://theonion.com/rfk-jr-denies-ever-laying-eggs-in-olivia-nuzzi/
November 24, 2025 at 8:00 PM
RFK Jr. Denies Ever Laying Eggs In Olivia Nuzzi https://theonion.com/rfk-jr-denies-ever-laying-eggs-in-olivia-nuzzi/