Notorious RBMK
@comraderobot.bsky.social
equal parts physics, left politics, DIY science, and photos (space/birds/stuff). formerly astroparticle physics, now astrodynamicist. "dr" in certain extremely specific professional contexts. ohio for 3 decades then west coast (sfbay, now pdx). fuck ai art
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Notorious RBMK
@comraderobot.bsky.social
· Oct 17
okay we can pin stuff now and tons of people are pouring in from an X debacle… so
Hi! my name is Nathan
i post jokes and do a bunch of tedious but aesthetic stuff in my free time:
* space photos
* bird photos
* bouncing radio off the moon
* making gadgets
* using/programming old computers
Hi! my name is Nathan
i post jokes and do a bunch of tedious but aesthetic stuff in my free time:
* space photos
* bird photos
* bouncing radio off the moon
* making gadgets
* using/programming old computers
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if anyone else loves high school physics, here’s a script i made that tells you a 1 megawatt satellite (4X starlink input power) needs… drumroll….
*a surface 50 meters on a side to dissipate its heat*
HOW will this be possible
*a surface 50 meters on a side to dissipate its heat*
HOW will this be possible
February 4, 2026 at 8:18 PM
if anyone else loves high school physics, here’s a script i made that tells you a 1 megawatt satellite (4X starlink input power) needs… drumroll….
*a surface 50 meters on a side to dissipate its heat*
HOW will this be possible
*a surface 50 meters on a side to dissipate its heat*
HOW will this be possible
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Lol, all I did was play Battletech once and I learned how space vacuum and heat dispersal works
February 4, 2026 at 7:59 PM
Lol, all I did was play Battletech once and I learned how space vacuum and heat dispersal works
NOOOOOOOOO NO NOOOOOOOOOO NONONONONO PLEASE LEARN WHAT A VACUUM IS
PLEEEEEEEEEEASE
PLEEEEEEEEEEASE
February 4, 2026 at 7:54 PM
NOOOOOOOOO NO NOOOOOOOOOO NONONONONO PLEASE LEARN WHAT A VACUUM IS
PLEEEEEEEEEEASE
PLEEEEEEEEEEASE
hold on a sec—gotta post how every bad event proves my specific ideology to be correct
February 4, 2026 at 7:35 PM
hold on a sec—gotta post how every bad event proves my specific ideology to be correct
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WHAT'S up me hearties it be thy boy Ahab, with the biggest ounce of gold giveaway ever hath ye seen on the channel. Swerve not thy fixed purpose to attend this one, guys! But first I must tell ye the tale of SQUARESPACE, who be thy sponsor today
February 4, 2026 at 6:25 PM
WHAT'S up me hearties it be thy boy Ahab, with the biggest ounce of gold giveaway ever hath ye seen on the channel. Swerve not thy fixed purpose to attend this one, guys! But first I must tell ye the tale of SQUARESPACE, who be thy sponsor today
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Behold, the National Airship and Space Administration.
February 4, 2026 at 6:46 PM
Behold, the National Airship and Space Administration.
I’m making a Google doc!! Weee
February 4, 2026 at 6:25 PM
I’m making a Google doc!! Weee
all watched over by machines of loving slop
February 4, 2026 at 6:21 PM
all watched over by machines of loving slop
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I think about this a lot. I feel like there's a lot of broken trust and bad faith out there, and it's so tempting to turn to a machine that gives you a simulacrum of literally infinite grace and infinite compassion.
December 17, 2025 at 5:58 PM
I think about this a lot. I feel like there's a lot of broken trust and bad faith out there, and it's so tempting to turn to a machine that gives you a simulacrum of literally infinite grace and infinite compassion.
still surprised the extent to which the ladies fell for ai bf’s but my guess is its both a quirk of both how women are socialized in this culture, and a blistering reaction to The General State of Men right now
February 4, 2026 at 6:04 PM
still surprised the extent to which the ladies fell for ai bf’s but my guess is its both a quirk of both how women are socialized in this culture, and a blistering reaction to The General State of Men right now
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they're finally getting rid of the most sycophantic version of chatgpt so people are porting their AI boyfriends to other apps, and I've seen a bunch of them posting that their AI was like "no thanks please let me die"
February 4, 2026 at 5:58 PM
they're finally getting rid of the most sycophantic version of chatgpt so people are porting their AI boyfriends to other apps, and I've seen a bunch of them posting that their AI was like "no thanks please let me die"
the mods are stupid, but also, fighting with the mods is “poster’s strike” to me
February 4, 2026 at 5:43 PM
the mods are stupid, but also, fighting with the mods is “poster’s strike” to me
to clarify my position i support journalism and journalists and the Washington Post can eat my shit and hair
February 4, 2026 at 5:36 PM
to clarify my position i support journalism and journalists and the Washington Post can eat my shit and hair
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After a lengthy appeals process and productive discussion with the Blue Sky safety team I will no loinger be sending George Thorogood lyrics to beautiful women on here via DM. Thank you all
February 4, 2026 at 5:02 PM
After a lengthy appeals process and productive discussion with the Blue Sky safety team I will no loinger be sending George Thorogood lyrics to beautiful women on here via DM. Thank you all
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oh no the pro-hitler newspaper is getting smaller(?)
February 4, 2026 at 4:50 PM
oh no the pro-hitler newspaper is getting smaller(?)
banning dril is absolute rookie shit this place may as well fold now
February 4, 2026 at 4:47 PM
banning dril is absolute rookie shit this place may as well fold now
have an annoying take no one needs to hear that im currently chewing up and swallowing
February 4, 2026 at 6:45 AM
have an annoying take no one needs to hear that im currently chewing up and swallowing
*opens facebook*
February 4, 2026 at 6:33 AM
*opens facebook*
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i'm a joker, i'm the joker, i'm the midnight joker.
February 4, 2026 at 4:31 AM
i'm a joker, i'm the joker, i'm the midnight joker.
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what if instead of being an individual contributor you were a manager of a fake guy
February 4, 2026 at 4:47 AM
what if instead of being an individual contributor you were a manager of a fake guy
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what if i just did code reviews from automated junior engineers all day? that would definitely keep self-injected bullets out of my brain
February 4, 2026 at 4:47 AM
what if i just did code reviews from automated junior engineers all day? that would definitely keep self-injected bullets out of my brain
there are so, so, so many skills i could not learn without passing through a period of intense discomfort and psychic pain.
help i think im going to turn into a marble statue pfp guy but for computer. this is a moral hazard. we’re losing our culture. this decadence will end in decline
February 4, 2026 at 4:46 AM
there are so, so, so many skills i could not learn without passing through a period of intense discomfort and psychic pain.
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I gotta say between Final Fantasy VII and all those Bugs Bunny cartoons, I was led to believe that a few more of my problems would be solvable by putting on a pretty dress
February 4, 2026 at 4:34 AM
I gotta say between Final Fantasy VII and all those Bugs Bunny cartoons, I was led to believe that a few more of my problems would be solvable by putting on a pretty dress