Matthew R Francis
@bowlerhatscience.org
Science writer, journalist, physicist, hat man, cat man, queer. Pfp by @makinaro.com . Signal: BowlerHatScience.51
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“Come to our Pathological Demand Avoidance meet-up!”
NO! YOU CANT MAKE ME!!
NO! YOU CANT MAKE ME!!
January 11, 2026 at 2:07 PM
“Come to our Pathological Demand Avoidance meet-up!”
NO! YOU CANT MAKE ME!!
NO! YOU CANT MAKE ME!!
thanks for today's "Popeye" throwaway panels, @choochoobear.bsky.social . I think.
comicskingdom.com/popeye/2026-...
comicskingdom.com/popeye/2026-...
January 11, 2026 at 1:35 PM
thanks for today's "Popeye" throwaway panels, @choochoobear.bsky.social . I think.
comicskingdom.com/popeye/2026-...
comicskingdom.com/popeye/2026-...
welp I think we have (indirect) confirmation of whomst Olivia Jaimes is, but I also spy @ironspike.bsky.social 's haircut, I think?
www.gocomics.com/nancy/2026/0...
www.gocomics.com/nancy/2026/0...
Nancy by Caroline Cash & Olivia Jaimes for January 11, 2026 | GoComics
Read Nancy—a comic strip by creator Caroline Cash & Olivia Jaimes—for today, January 11, 2026, and check out other great comics, too!
www.gocomics.com
January 11, 2026 at 1:29 PM
welp I think we have (indirect) confirmation of whomst Olivia Jaimes is, but I also spy @ironspike.bsky.social 's haircut, I think?
www.gocomics.com/nancy/2026/0...
www.gocomics.com/nancy/2026/0...
there was even a medallion on the *original series*: Infinite Diversity in Infinite Combinations (IDIC)
The nutjobs are coming out of the woodwork with a new Star Trek show with a diverse cast coming out this week. It's fucking hilarious to see them complaining about DEI in Trek when its creator literally said the following:
January 11, 2026 at 1:25 PM
there was even a medallion on the *original series*: Infinite Diversity in Infinite Combinations (IDIC)
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The nutjobs are coming out of the woodwork with a new Star Trek show with a diverse cast coming out this week. It's fucking hilarious to see them complaining about DEI in Trek when its creator literally said the following:
January 11, 2026 at 10:28 AM
The nutjobs are coming out of the woodwork with a new Star Trek show with a diverse cast coming out this week. It's fucking hilarious to see them complaining about DEI in Trek when its creator literally said the following:
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Man what the FUCK
An arsonist hit a Mississippi synagogue Saturday. Seven Torahs were damaged or destroyed in the fire.
One Torah, from the Holocaust, was in a glass case and wasn't touched.
The same synagogue was bombed by the KKK in 1967.
mississippitoday.org/2026/01/10/f...
One Torah, from the Holocaust, was in a glass case and wasn't touched.
The same synagogue was bombed by the KKK in 1967.
mississippitoday.org/2026/01/10/f...
Predawn fire reduces parts of Mississippi's largest synagogue to charred ruins - Mississippi Today
A fire heavily damaged Jackson’s only synagogue before dawn Saturday – the same house of worship that was firebombed by the Ku Klux Klan in 1967 because the rabbi had been an advocate for civil rights...
mississippitoday.org
January 11, 2026 at 7:57 AM
Man what the FUCK
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Stress Break, today's Yukon Cornelius, Kitten at Large, generously giving kisses to everyone
Yukon Cornelius is taking a break from shenanigans to give you a little kiss 😽💋
#EmergencyKittenCleanse
#EmergencyKittenCleanse
January 11, 2026 at 5:40 AM
Stress Break, today's Yukon Cornelius, Kitten at Large, generously giving kisses to everyone
playing a brass instrument in Minneapolis winter is HARDCORE, my friends
they want you to think minneapolis is dangerous. more of brass solidarity band performing today at powderhorn park at the anti ICE protest after their agent killed renee good. the band is made up of community members around george floyd square and they bring joy to every action they appear at
January 11, 2026 at 7:20 AM
playing a brass instrument in Minneapolis winter is HARDCORE, my friends
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“Do not bend your neck for that which cuts necks.”
A Sumerian proverb, as relevant today as it was thousands of years ago.
A Sumerian proverb, as relevant today as it was thousands of years ago.
February 7, 2025 at 1:31 PM
“Do not bend your neck for that which cuts necks.”
A Sumerian proverb, as relevant today as it was thousands of years ago.
A Sumerian proverb, as relevant today as it was thousands of years ago.
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I know these fascists will shoot at clergy. They did it in Chicago, I don't know how America will react if they kill a white member of the clergy on camera. My bet is that it will make past American riots look like a trip to Disney.
At last night’s candlelight vigil for Renee Nicole Good, Bishop Rob Hirschfeld of the Episcopal Diocese of New Hampshire announced he had asked the clergy of the diocese to get their affairs in order and to make sure they have their wills written ...,
January 11, 2026 at 1:48 AM
I know these fascists will shoot at clergy. They did it in Chicago, I don't know how America will react if they kill a white member of the clergy on camera. My bet is that it will make past American riots look like a trip to Disney.
that book is messed up
January 11, 2026 at 1:40 AM
that book is messed up
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The fundamental lie that immigrants are more criminal than American-born people is the fuel for the whole enterprise — and that enterprise is as strong as it is because Democrats have consistently helped *also* fuel this lie.
So now Dem senators are just espousing MAGA talking points about ICE?
January 10, 2026 at 10:33 PM
The fundamental lie that immigrants are more criminal than American-born people is the fuel for the whole enterprise — and that enterprise is as strong as it is because Democrats have consistently helped *also* fuel this lie.
and just like that Christmas is packed away for another year
got all the Christmas decorations down and the tree disassembled. Now to hold on until the next big holiday: Groundhog Day.
January 10, 2026 at 10:32 PM
and just like that Christmas is packed away for another year
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It's a shame we don't name people after their professions anymore.
"Oh, Susan Podcaster? You can probably guess why she's Like That given her family name"
"Oh, Susan Podcaster? You can probably guess why she's Like That given her family name"
January 10, 2026 at 8:36 PM
It's a shame we don't name people after their professions anymore.
"Oh, Susan Podcaster? You can probably guess why she's Like That given her family name"
"Oh, Susan Podcaster? You can probably guess why she's Like That given her family name"
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Common Sense, published 250 years ago today.
January 10, 2026 at 9:09 PM
Common Sense, published 250 years ago today.
true life heist story
If you need inspiration to keep going right now, may I recommend the story of Robert Smalls, who stole a confederate steamboat and piloted his family and almost 20 others to freedom and went on to become one of the first Black people elected to Congress ✊🏽
www.usatoday.com/story/life/b...
www.usatoday.com/story/life/b...
'Be Free or Die,' tale of escaped slave who became a Union hero
Cate Lineberry's new book tells the little-known story of Robert Smalls, a ship pilot.
www.usatoday.com
January 10, 2026 at 9:51 PM
true life heist story
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Mousecow would very much like these cheesy snacks thankyouverymuch.
#EverybodyLovesMousecow
#EverybodyLovesMousecow
January 10, 2026 at 9:48 PM
Mousecow would very much like these cheesy snacks thankyouverymuch.
#EverybodyLovesMousecow
#EverybodyLovesMousecow
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Another friend witnessed ICE pulling up on the sidewalk and grabbing a woman wearing a hijab and shoving her into their car and driving off. No conversation, just snatch and grab.
We are being terrorized and we still have politicians being dumbasses about it.
We are being terrorized and we still have politicians being dumbasses about it.
January 10, 2026 at 3:55 PM
Another friend witnessed ICE pulling up on the sidewalk and grabbing a woman wearing a hijab and shoving her into their car and driving off. No conversation, just snatch and grab.
We are being terrorized and we still have politicians being dumbasses about it.
We are being terrorized and we still have politicians being dumbasses about it.
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A friend who is working to organize rapid response told me this yesterday:
ICE is snatching people as they get out of their cars at gas stations, leaving the cars at the pumps, often with the doors wide open. People responding have to move the cars and then find out how to reach family.
ICE is snatching people as they get out of their cars at gas stations, leaving the cars at the pumps, often with the doors wide open. People responding have to move the cars and then find out how to reach family.
Kind of feel like a lot of politicians, even in Minnesota, are misreading the implications of this moment. I feel like the past three days have been tremendously radicalizing for so many people. I have witnessed it even in my own small communities, it goes beyond just incandescent rage.
January 10, 2026 at 3:55 PM
A friend who is working to organize rapid response told me this yesterday:
ICE is snatching people as they get out of their cars at gas stations, leaving the cars at the pumps, often with the doors wide open. People responding have to move the cars and then find out how to reach family.
ICE is snatching people as they get out of their cars at gas stations, leaving the cars at the pumps, often with the doors wide open. People responding have to move the cars and then find out how to reach family.
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god, there’s apparently ICE agents in Bemidji, in northern MN. Bemidji is between my reservation and two others. there is very little diversity besides the Indigenous population.
truly terrifying with how vulnerable Native women especially already are.
truly terrifying with how vulnerable Native women especially already are.
January 10, 2026 at 9:36 PM
god, there’s apparently ICE agents in Bemidji, in northern MN. Bemidji is between my reservation and two others. there is very little diversity besides the Indigenous population.
truly terrifying with how vulnerable Native women especially already are.
truly terrifying with how vulnerable Native women especially already are.
got all the Christmas decorations down and the tree disassembled. Now to hold on until the next big holiday: Groundhog Day.
January 10, 2026 at 9:34 PM
got all the Christmas decorations down and the tree disassembled. Now to hold on until the next big holiday: Groundhog Day.
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sharing a non insta link (not that youtube is perfect but ugh I can't even deal with the user interface on IG) www.youtube.com/watch?v=ftVp...
January 10, 2026 at 9:26 PM
sharing a non insta link (not that youtube is perfect but ugh I can't even deal with the user interface on IG) www.youtube.com/watch?v=ftVp...