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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As i've said many times before: the worst male bully in your highschool became a cop. The worst female bully became a nurse.
Describing police as "fuckers who peaked in high school" is dead on.
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Pop was a law enforcement officer. He knew most of the local police in the town we lived in. When I got my license at 16, he told me "Don't push these assholes, Tim. They're little men who are looking for a reason to hurt people. Do what they say. These fuckers peeked in high school."
Today's ICE.
Today's ICE.
January 9, 2026 at 9:04 AM
As i've said many times before: the worst male bully in your highschool became a cop. The worst female bully became a nurse.
[looney toons noise]
January 12, 2026 at 1:16 PM
[looney toons noise]
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LMAO! I'm sure that's the exact kind of PR that will get black people back in Target. Any day now. Come for the racism; stay for the police brutality.
ICE at Midway Target and seem to possible be leaving. Lots of community members here
January 11, 2026 at 9:22 PM
LMAO! I'm sure that's the exact kind of PR that will get black people back in Target. Any day now. Come for the racism; stay for the police brutality.
me, facing the week ahead
This bobtail squid burrowing into the sand is already adorable, but please watch till the very end!
It sticks out its little arms and earnestly sprinkles sand over itself 🦑𓂃◌𓈒𓐍
It sticks out its little arms and earnestly sprinkles sand over itself 🦑𓂃◌𓈒𓐍
January 12, 2026 at 1:09 PM
me, facing the week ahead
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This bobtail squid burrowing into the sand is already adorable, but please watch till the very end!
It sticks out its little arms and earnestly sprinkles sand over itself 🦑𓂃◌𓈒𓐍
It sticks out its little arms and earnestly sprinkles sand over itself 🦑𓂃◌𓈒𓐍
January 12, 2026 at 12:03 PM
This bobtail squid burrowing into the sand is already adorable, but please watch till the very end!
It sticks out its little arms and earnestly sprinkles sand over itself 🦑𓂃◌𓈒𓐍
It sticks out its little arms and earnestly sprinkles sand over itself 🦑𓂃◌𓈒𓐍
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People who fancy quoting the Melian Dialogue ("the strong do what they can and the weak suffer what they must") ignore the fact that Thucydides was clearly portraying this as the kind of hubris that squandered Athens' primacy and paved the way for a devastating peer war that it ultimately lost.
January 7, 2026 at 3:36 AM
People who fancy quoting the Melian Dialogue ("the strong do what they can and the weak suffer what they must") ignore the fact that Thucydides was clearly portraying this as the kind of hubris that squandered Athens' primacy and paved the way for a devastating peer war that it ultimately lost.
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US Stock Market waiting to open
January 12, 2026 at 9:29 AM
US Stock Market waiting to open
My dream last night involved being back in college (ugh) but one of my classes was "Brothels in History and Literature", which tbh sounds like a really really fascinating class
January 12, 2026 at 12:55 PM
My dream last night involved being back in college (ugh) but one of my classes was "Brothels in History and Literature", which tbh sounds like a really really fascinating class
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Glad to see people noticing that the work of violence workers is, in fact, political violence.
January 11, 2026 at 11:25 PM
Glad to see people noticing that the work of violence workers is, in fact, political violence.
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A music critic once compared the lyric to singing, "I got ham, but I'm not a hamster" and I always found that funny
“I got soul but I’m not a soldier” is objectively maybe the worst lyric in any song in history and simultaneously the single best thing anyone has ever written including Shakespeare
January 12, 2026 at 11:56 AM
A music critic once compared the lyric to singing, "I got ham, but I'm not a hamster" and I always found that funny
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Friendly reminder that we call eggplant eggplant because the "normal" eggplant used to look like this
January 12, 2026 at 5:42 AM
Friendly reminder that we call eggplant eggplant because the "normal" eggplant used to look like this
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I support organized gangs of wine moms
January 12, 2026 at 9:26 AM
I support organized gangs of wine moms
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Stop fucking posting rage bait by assholes farmed from X
January 11, 2026 at 2:42 PM
Stop fucking posting rage bait by assholes farmed from X
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Decided I needed to go outside and look up tonight. 🔭
Saw Jupiter and its moons, roughly still in opposition and therefore extra bright.
The same moons Galileo saw that changed everything we knew.
Often thought of as the planet of optimism and a sign of change for good.
My heart is strengthened.
Saw Jupiter and its moons, roughly still in opposition and therefore extra bright.
The same moons Galileo saw that changed everything we knew.
Often thought of as the planet of optimism and a sign of change for good.
My heart is strengthened.
January 12, 2026 at 1:37 AM
Decided I needed to go outside and look up tonight. 🔭
Saw Jupiter and its moons, roughly still in opposition and therefore extra bright.
The same moons Galileo saw that changed everything we knew.
Often thought of as the planet of optimism and a sign of change for good.
My heart is strengthened.
Saw Jupiter and its moons, roughly still in opposition and therefore extra bright.
The same moons Galileo saw that changed everything we knew.
Often thought of as the planet of optimism and a sign of change for good.
My heart is strengthened.
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Patty, a woman observer in Minneapolis, was abducted from a car by federal agents today. She was released and talked about her experience in custody.
An agent said, "You guys gotta stop obstructing us. That's why that lesbian bitch is dead."
[@statuscoupnews.bsky.social Please clip this for Bsky?]
An agent said, "You guys gotta stop obstructing us. That's why that lesbian bitch is dead."
[@statuscoupnews.bsky.social Please clip this for Bsky?]
January 12, 2026 at 1:35 AM
Patty, a woman observer in Minneapolis, was abducted from a car by federal agents today. She was released and talked about her experience in custody.
An agent said, "You guys gotta stop obstructing us. That's why that lesbian bitch is dead."
[@statuscoupnews.bsky.social Please clip this for Bsky?]
An agent said, "You guys gotta stop obstructing us. That's why that lesbian bitch is dead."
[@statuscoupnews.bsky.social Please clip this for Bsky?]
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I grin at thee, thou grinning whale!
January 12, 2026 at 1:47 AM
I grin at thee, thou grinning whale!
I have never had Somali samosas but I bet they're really friggin' tasty
Somali aunties were giving out samosas to the anti ICE protesters in Minneapolis.
January 11, 2026 at 11:37 PM
I have never had Somali samosas but I bet they're really friggin' tasty
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This is the kind of shit I like about America
Somali aunties were giving out samosas to the anti ICE protesters in Minneapolis.
January 11, 2026 at 11:08 PM
This is the kind of shit I like about America
Cult of Purse-onality
Gang of Moms would be hilarious by itself tbh
January 11, 2026 at 11:33 PM
Cult of Purse-onality
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January 11, 2026 at 11:13 PM
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Time to send in the Ravelry!!!
ORGANIZED GANGS OF WINE MOMS
Just wait until we send in the WAVES OF STITCH N BITCHERS, the CAT LADY INFANTRY, and the HOCKEY MOM MILITIA
Just wait until we send in the WAVES OF STITCH N BITCHERS, the CAT LADY INFANTRY, and the HOCKEY MOM MILITIA
Ladies you “Zumba-ed” too hard!
January 11, 2026 at 11:23 PM
Time to send in the Ravelry!!!
I wrote about this a few years ago for @sciam.bsky.social www.scientificamerican.com/article/poli...
January 11, 2026 at 10:25 PM
I wrote about this a few years ago for @sciam.bsky.social www.scientificamerican.com/article/poli...