Colin Peters
@colinpeters.bsky.social
I write and draw and code. 本を書く。絵を描く。ソフトを作る。Post-Canadian living in Japan, failing to do most of the things I put in my bio. 日本語でもOK。Still not a DJ.
Avatar: My face in blurry closeup
Banner: My dog surfing the Net
Also on mastodon.social at colinpeters.
Avatar: My face in blurry closeup
Banner: My dog surfing the Net
Also on mastodon.social at colinpeters.
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also stop calling us "mainstream scientists" like there's a cooler bunch of hipster scientists out there
November 25, 2025 at 8:19 PM
also stop calling us "mainstream scientists" like there's a cooler bunch of hipster scientists out there
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tfw u need seven samurai
November 26, 2025 at 1:42 AM
tfw u need seven samurai
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Me: (pointing at oatmeal box) the outlier is Spice. You get fewer packets probably because it’s rare. Because it’s from Arrakis
Wife:…
Me: you know, from Dune. Where the spice must flow
Wife:…(sighs and walks away)
Me: you know fear is the mind killer!
Wife:…
Me: you know, from Dune. Where the spice must flow
Wife:…(sighs and walks away)
Me: you know fear is the mind killer!
November 26, 2025 at 4:49 AM
Me: (pointing at oatmeal box) the outlier is Spice. You get fewer packets probably because it’s rare. Because it’s from Arrakis
Wife:…
Me: you know, from Dune. Where the spice must flow
Wife:…(sighs and walks away)
Me: you know fear is the mind killer!
Wife:…
Me: you know, from Dune. Where the spice must flow
Wife:…(sighs and walks away)
Me: you know fear is the mind killer!
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Sometimes I think it’s going to be the librarians who will save us all.
November 25, 2025 at 1:47 AM
Sometimes I think it’s going to be the librarians who will save us all.
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A third infant in Kentucky has died of whooping cough this year.
Reminder: The best way to protect against whooping cough is to get vaccinated. Adults should get a Tdap booster every 10 years, so please check, you may be overdue!
Reminder: The best way to protect against whooping cough is to get vaccinated. Adults should get a Tdap booster every 10 years, so please check, you may be overdue!
November 25, 2025 at 11:34 PM
A third infant in Kentucky has died of whooping cough this year.
Reminder: The best way to protect against whooping cough is to get vaccinated. Adults should get a Tdap booster every 10 years, so please check, you may be overdue!
Reminder: The best way to protect against whooping cough is to get vaccinated. Adults should get a Tdap booster every 10 years, so please check, you may be overdue!
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i can not be the only person wondering about the five percent gap between bigfoot and the yeti
i mean is this where u draw the line
i mean is this where u draw the line
New polling on aliens
% of U.S. adult citizens who believe the following definitely or probably exist:
Aliens 56%
Bigfoot 28%
The Yeti 23%
The Loch Ness Monster 22%
Chupacabra 16%
today.yougov.com/health/artic...
% of U.S. adult citizens who believe the following definitely or probably exist:
Aliens 56%
Bigfoot 28%
The Yeti 23%
The Loch Ness Monster 22%
Chupacabra 16%
today.yougov.com/health/artic...
November 25, 2025 at 11:37 PM
i can not be the only person wondering about the five percent gap between bigfoot and the yeti
i mean is this where u draw the line
i mean is this where u draw the line
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I once asked a bookseller at a large indie store how many people would have to buy a book for it to get the attention of the store buyer and cause an additional order and they said: Three.
I see some book piracy discourse, and, to make a positive argument in favor of buying books, your marginal ability to influence what books get published and support the careers of writers you like is massive compared to most other forms of media.
November 25, 2025 at 11:07 PM
I once asked a bookseller at a large indie store how many people would have to buy a book for it to get the attention of the store buyer and cause an additional order and they said: Three.
Wait, isn’t that the guy who got in a fight with a pierogi seller who wouldn’t sell to him and had to be told to leave by the cops?
"elevate charismatic figures such as Alan Dershowitz"
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November 25, 2025 at 10:00 PM
Wait, isn’t that the guy who got in a fight with a pierogi seller who wouldn’t sell to him and had to be told to leave by the cops?
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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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Imagine if everywhere ICE and BP showed up the most powerful sound systems followed them around playing the A.I. We Are Charlie Kirk song at max volume endlessly… It would be a real shame if they didn’t appreciate the support or got mad about it recorded on video.
November 25, 2025 at 2:31 AM
Imagine if everywhere ICE and BP showed up the most powerful sound systems followed them around playing the A.I. We Are Charlie Kirk song at max volume endlessly… It would be a real shame if they didn’t appreciate the support or got mad about it recorded on video.
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Shameless plug:
For a year, I've been working on a series about the vast systems that underlie our lives. Built up over decades, these systems are the cathedrals of our time--but all too few of us know about them, and they're all at risk. Here's the latest:
For a year, I've been working on a series about the vast systems that underlie our lives. Built up over decades, these systems are the cathedrals of our time--but all too few of us know about them, and they're all at risk. Here's the latest:
Two Hundred Years to Flatten the Curve
How generations of meddlesome public health campaigns changed everyday life — and made life twice as long as it used to be
www.thenewatlantis.com
November 25, 2025 at 2:49 AM
Shameless plug:
For a year, I've been working on a series about the vast systems that underlie our lives. Built up over decades, these systems are the cathedrals of our time--but all too few of us know about them, and they're all at risk. Here's the latest:
For a year, I've been working on a series about the vast systems that underlie our lives. Built up over decades, these systems are the cathedrals of our time--but all too few of us know about them, and they're all at risk. Here's the latest:
We’d better hope it’s a bubble and it bursts soon because otherwise Google and Nvidia will have converted the entire surface of the Earth to datacenters by 2032.
Wanna know how I know it's a bubble?
November 25, 2025 at 3:09 AM
We’d better hope it’s a bubble and it bursts soon because otherwise Google and Nvidia will have converted the entire surface of the Earth to datacenters by 2032.
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Wanna know how I know it's a bubble?
November 25, 2025 at 12:32 AM
Wanna know how I know it's a bubble?
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1. A landmark study was just published in The Journal of Pediatrics.
It found a 68% reduction in suicidality for trans youth getting HRT.
It also found only 7 of more than 400 stopped taking HRT... and of those that did, 4 still identified as gender-diverse.
Transgender care saves lives.
It found a 68% reduction in suicidality for trans youth getting HRT.
It also found only 7 of more than 400 stopped taking HRT... and of those that did, 4 still identified as gender-diverse.
Transgender care saves lives.
Study In The Journal Of Pediatrics Finds Trans Youth Care Lowers Suicidality, Few Detransition
The groundbreaking study found that suicidality dropped for transgender youth receiving hormone therapy by nearly 70%, with only 7 patients of 432 discontinuing treatment.
www.erininthemorning.com
November 24, 2025 at 11:01 PM
1. A landmark study was just published in The Journal of Pediatrics.
It found a 68% reduction in suicidality for trans youth getting HRT.
It also found only 7 of more than 400 stopped taking HRT... and of those that did, 4 still identified as gender-diverse.
Transgender care saves lives.
It found a 68% reduction in suicidality for trans youth getting HRT.
It also found only 7 of more than 400 stopped taking HRT... and of those that did, 4 still identified as gender-diverse.
Transgender care saves lives.
Can confirm.
November 25, 2025 at 2:41 AM
Can confirm.
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Say what you will, she managed to resolve two cases simultaneously!
Lindsey Halligan Manages To Lose Two Cases At Once, Which Is Honestly Impressive - Above the Law
DOJ saved from having to lose Comey case over illegal indictment by losing case over illegal appointment!
abovethelaw.com
November 24, 2025 at 8:50 PM
Say what you will, she managed to resolve two cases simultaneously!
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I hope Madonna falls down a man hole.
November 24, 2025 at 8:42 AM
I hope Madonna falls down a man hole.
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and my patreon is at www.patreon.com/c/foone , if you'd like to set up a monthly donation. Thanks!
Get more from Foone Turing on Patreon
creating Tweets, Weird Hardware Things, and Videos
www.patreon.com
November 24, 2025 at 10:08 PM
and my patreon is at www.patreon.com/c/foone , if you'd like to set up a monthly donation. Thanks!
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I should really write about this in more length but I have been increasingly bummed out by people's reactions to robotaxis, like "well, at least they're safer than human drivers". Even if that were true (it's, at best, complicated) it's such an impoverished view of what is possible. (cont'd) /
incidentally, this is precisely what everybody said would happen with robotaxis, huge numbers of empty vehicles clogging up streets.
Waymo privatized another public street:
Chanel approaching 4th, San Francisco
Possibly queued for a Billie Eilish show at Chase Center ~half mile away.
The light rail train on 4th seen passing in front of this roboherd has more passenger capacity than all of them combined.
OP: .tiktok.renaspam18
Chanel approaching 4th, San Francisco
Possibly queued for a Billie Eilish show at Chase Center ~half mile away.
The light rail train on 4th seen passing in front of this roboherd has more passenger capacity than all of them combined.
OP: .tiktok.renaspam18
November 24, 2025 at 10:21 PM
I should really write about this in more length but I have been increasingly bummed out by people's reactions to robotaxis, like "well, at least they're safer than human drivers". Even if that were true (it's, at best, complicated) it's such an impoverished view of what is possible. (cont'd) /
Oh yeah? Kim Jon-Il shot a 38-under-par round of golf with eleven holes in one.
“One day [trump] sat on the plane with me. We were talking about Syria, and he drew a map of the Mideast for me. And it was a perfect map,” Kennedy told me. “Then he drew in the troop strength of each country, and also the troop strength on various borders.”
NEW: When RFK Jr. first told Trump that Tylenol might cause autism, the president wanted to tweet out a warning. Kennedy told him not to do that. There was nuance, and the drug companies would push back. “I don’t give a shit about that,” Trump responded. www.theatlantic.com/magazine/202...
November 24, 2025 at 9:41 AM
Oh yeah? Kim Jon-Il shot a 38-under-par round of golf with eleven holes in one.
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The Ekranoplan we could have had, designed by Luigi Colani in 1981. cc: @burritojustice.bsky.social
November 23, 2025 at 9:27 PM
The Ekranoplan we could have had, designed by Luigi Colani in 1981. cc: @burritojustice.bsky.social
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look at mah feets, I’m a T-Rex rawwwr
November 23, 2025 at 6:08 PM
look at mah feets, I’m a T-Rex rawwwr