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@bowlerhatscience.org
Science writer, journalist, physicist, hat man, cat man, queer. Pfp by @makinaro.com . See my pinned posts if you're wondering why I disappeared and reappeared. Signal: BowlerHatScience.51
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Reintroduction post! I am a science writer/journalist who also writes science comics in collaboration with @makinaro.com . My cats are Callisto and Nebula. I post about science, music, comics, politics, cats, porg karaoke, and human rights. Racists, anti-trans/anti-queer bigots, etc. will be blocked
I just got word that my cousin is dying and may already be gone. He's always had a lot of health problems his whole life, but this still feels abrupt and unexpected and shocking.
November 19, 2025 at 4:24 PM
I just got word that my cousin is dying and may already be gone. He's always had a lot of health problems his whole life, but this still feels abrupt and unexpected and shocking.
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Billionaires are losing interest in generative AI. They must have found a younger technology.
November 19, 2025 at 3:25 PM
Billionaires are losing interest in generative AI. They must have found a younger technology.
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Solange Knowles’ Saint Heron has launched a free digital archival library of literature by Black and brown authors, poets, and artists. Readers can borrow rare and out-of-print books for up to 45 days
Solange Opens Free Digital Library Of Rare Black Books
Solange has launched a digital library archive of Black and brown authors where readers can borrow books at no cost.
peopleofcolorintech.com
November 18, 2025 at 11:58 PM
Solange Knowles’ Saint Heron has launched a free digital archival library of literature by Black and brown authors, poets, and artists. Readers can borrow rare and out-of-print books for up to 45 days
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I'm glad this is finally out after the government shutdown!
JWST's images of dusty, spiraling shells around Wolf-Rayet star binaries are my favorite.
JWST's images of dusty, spiraling shells around Wolf-Rayet star binaries are my favorite.
Three #NASAWebb discoveries in ONE! Webb shows there are FOUR dust shells (only one was previously seen), allowing researchers to narrow the stars’ orbit of one another to a LONG 190 years. Plus, they confirmed a third star is part of the “party”: https://bit.ly/4n1tpas 🔭 🧪
November 19, 2025 at 4:14 PM
I'm glad this is finally out after the government shutdown!
JWST's images of dusty, spiraling shells around Wolf-Rayet star binaries are my favorite.
JWST's images of dusty, spiraling shells around Wolf-Rayet star binaries are my favorite.
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AIBros being creepy stalkers who are addicted to revenge porn?!
November 19, 2025 at 4:14 PM
AIBros being creepy stalkers who are addicted to revenge porn?!
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one thing about this is that in the wake of all of this kirk is basically forgotten. he was barely cold in the ground before his allies — before his *wife* — started scheming over what they could take for themselves. a real life parable.
New: Reuters has tallied job losses, suspensions and investigations stemming from the reaction to Charlie Kirk's Sept. 10 assassination. Its findings: More than 600 Americans have been punished, and the figure is likely to be an under-count.
www.reuters.com/investigatio...
www.reuters.com/investigatio...
November 19, 2025 at 3:38 PM
one thing about this is that in the wake of all of this kirk is basically forgotten. he was barely cold in the ground before his allies — before his *wife* — started scheming over what they could take for themselves. a real life parable.
someone pls bring me donuts pls thnx
uuuuuugh I do not want to do anything today at all but I haaaave to
November 19, 2025 at 4:12 PM
someone pls bring me donuts pls thnx
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🎵markwayne
markwayne
markwayne
markwayyyyyne
i'm begging of you please just use your brain🎵
markwayne
markwayne
markwayyyyyne
i'm begging of you please just use your brain🎵
Markwayne Mullin: "Reward people for being healthy. Think about this. Healthcare is the only industry that you're not rewarded for taking care of your responsibility. If you think about homeowners insurance, if you're within 500 feet of a fire hydrant, your insurance goes down."
November 19, 2025 at 3:58 PM
🎵markwayne
markwayne
markwayne
markwayyyyyne
i'm begging of you please just use your brain🎵
markwayne
markwayne
markwayyyyyne
i'm begging of you please just use your brain🎵
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Sam Altman: yeah so data centers, well you know they take a lot of power to run. And I figure, what is more powerful than Goku?
Interviewer: Goku is pretty powerful.
Altman: Goku will power our data centers.
Interviewer: yeah
Interviewer: Goku is pretty powerful.
Altman: Goku will power our data centers.
Interviewer: yeah
August 19, 2025 at 5:52 AM
Sam Altman: yeah so data centers, well you know they take a lot of power to run. And I figure, what is more powerful than Goku?
Interviewer: Goku is pretty powerful.
Altman: Goku will power our data centers.
Interviewer: yeah
Interviewer: Goku is pretty powerful.
Altman: Goku will power our data centers.
Interviewer: yeah
I am so glad I'm not too mature for schadenfreude
November 19, 2025 at 2:34 PM
I am so glad I'm not too mature for schadenfreude
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we are going to win
Today there was an attempted ICE raid in Bensonhurst & community members showed up. Even though NYPD collaborated with ICE by trying to disburse the crowd; community members stood their ground & ICE left without kidnapping a single person per the rapid response groups I'm on. We protect us!
November 19, 2025 at 12:34 PM
we are going to win
uuuuuugh I do not want to do anything today at all but I haaaave to
November 19, 2025 at 2:26 PM
uuuuuugh I do not want to do anything today at all but I haaaave to
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squirrel: *points gun*
me: what do you want me to do?
squirrel: *gestures at sign*
me: alright, i get it *opens book drop*
squirrel: *makes hurry-up motion*
me: NOT A SQUIRREL!
squirrel: *disappears into book drop*
me: *whispers* forgive me, keith
me: what do you want me to do?
squirrel: *gestures at sign*
me: alright, i get it *opens book drop*
squirrel: *makes hurry-up motion*
me: NOT A SQUIRREL!
squirrel: *disappears into book drop*
me: *whispers* forgive me, keith
November 19, 2025 at 1:41 PM
squirrel: *points gun*
me: what do you want me to do?
squirrel: *gestures at sign*
me: alright, i get it *opens book drop*
squirrel: *makes hurry-up motion*
me: NOT A SQUIRREL!
squirrel: *disappears into book drop*
me: *whispers* forgive me, keith
me: what do you want me to do?
squirrel: *gestures at sign*
me: alright, i get it *opens book drop*
squirrel: *makes hurry-up motion*
me: NOT A SQUIRREL!
squirrel: *disappears into book drop*
me: *whispers* forgive me, keith
[Bruce Springsteen voice]
November 19, 2025 at 2:24 PM
[Bruce Springsteen voice]
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men just want one thing and it's a pop-up toaster they can drive
November 19, 2025 at 2:13 PM
men just want one thing and it's a pop-up toaster they can drive
me when I open the new Family Size box of Cheez-Its
November 19, 2025 at 2:08 PM
me when I open the new Family Size box of Cheez-Its
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It's not normal for a professor to start a class discussing how they "regret" being best buddies with a child sex trafficker and asking them for advice on how to abuse their position to coerce sex from former students.
He shouldn't be there at all. This is an institutional failure.
He shouldn't be there at all. This is an institutional failure.
Larry Summers discusses his “statement of regret” for his disturbing messages to Jeffrey Epstein with Harvard students
November 19, 2025 at 1:25 PM
It's not normal for a professor to start a class discussing how they "regret" being best buddies with a child sex trafficker and asking them for advice on how to abuse their position to coerce sex from former students.
He shouldn't be there at all. This is an institutional failure.
He shouldn't be there at all. This is an institutional failure.
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We've installed a gun in Windows. The gun could shoot you. Only enable this feature if you understand the safety implications.
"Microsoft warns that Windows 11's agentic AI could install malware on your PC: 'Only enable this feature if you understand the security implications.'"
bro what--
what are we doing here, exactly, how can you--anyone be okay with this?
bro what--
what are we doing here, exactly, how can you--anyone be okay with this?
November 18, 2025 at 5:18 PM
We've installed a gun in Windows. The gun could shoot you. Only enable this feature if you understand the safety implications.
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I'm seeing people asking "Why would parents even buy this for their kids?!" And the thing is--they wouldn't. But you know who would? Grandparents. And then, as a parent, you're stuck. Because if you try to get rid of the murder toy, the kids will rat you out to grandma, who will guilt you forever.
November 19, 2025 at 1:10 PM
I'm seeing people asking "Why would parents even buy this for their kids?!" And the thing is--they wouldn't. But you know who would? Grandparents. And then, as a parent, you're stuck. Because if you try to get rid of the murder toy, the kids will rat you out to grandma, who will guilt you forever.
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Plantation weddings for people who shop at hot topic
Former jail building draws couples for Halloween weddings in Ohio
Nine couples got married on Halloween inside a former county jail in central Ohio that was decorated for the holiday.
apnews.com
November 19, 2025 at 1:05 PM
Plantation weddings for people who shop at hot topic
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Authoritarians co-opted the term "DEI" to conflate good faith diversity and equality efforts with half-hearted corporate platitudes, cultivating the lie that their racism and attacks on civil rights are somehow about efficiency
and the press continues to help them do it
and the press continues to help them do it
Since 1981, Chicago Women in Trades has worked to promote equity by getting more women into the construction trades. Now the nonprofit faces a different challenge: Trump's efforts to erase DEI. n.pr/4pmCNr2
How a small Chicago nonprofit is resisting Trump's war on DEI
Since 1981, Chicago Women in Trades has worked to promote equity by getting more women into the construction trades. Now the nonprofit faces a different challenge: Trump's efforts to erase DEI.
n.pr
November 19, 2025 at 1:04 PM
Authoritarians co-opted the term "DEI" to conflate good faith diversity and equality efforts with half-hearted corporate platitudes, cultivating the lie that their racism and attacks on civil rights are somehow about efficiency
and the press continues to help them do it
and the press continues to help them do it