Thomas G. Atkinson
@darthmarmalade.bsky.social
Is there any tea on this spacecraft?
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He claims the bricks were inspired by the block chain. Engineers, please look away now.
November 25, 2025 at 9:07 PM
He claims the bricks were inspired by the block chain. Engineers, please look away now.
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one of the coolest things about ChatGPT is how you can actually just never use it. you can fill your whole entire life with simply not once using it. it's incredible.
November 25, 2025 at 4:15 PM
one of the coolest things about ChatGPT is how you can actually just never use it. you can fill your whole entire life with simply not once using it. it's incredible.
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they said the entire crisis on infinite earths was unfilmable. i said im the president of the united states and i want a script by next friday.
If you were a despotic president, what movie would you force Hollywood to make? I want to see Quentin's Star Trek movie or maybe Kill Bill Vol 3.
November 25, 2025 at 9:11 PM
they said the entire crisis on infinite earths was unfilmable. i said im the president of the united states and i want a script by next friday.
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My microwave sings a little song when my Hot Pocket is done. Should it have the right to vote?
November 25, 2025 at 8:44 PM
My microwave sings a little song when my Hot Pocket is done. Should it have the right to vote?
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this is obviously intended to chill dissent but i think it's going to backfire on them. what the lawmakers said was just directly true. and trying to get them for it is just going to raise their profile and the salience of what they said!
MS NOW confirms: The FBI is working with Capitol Police to schedule interviews with the six Democratic lawmakers who urged service members to refuse to comply with illegal orders.
November 25, 2025 at 7:07 PM
this is obviously intended to chill dissent but i think it's going to backfire on them. what the lawmakers said was just directly true. and trying to get them for it is just going to raise their profile and the salience of what they said!
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The officers oath is to the Constitution, not to any person. The oath of enlisteds does require obedience but even then obviously unlawful orders should be refused. It's not lawful to order someone to commit murder.
November 25, 2025 at 9:25 PM
The officers oath is to the Constitution, not to any person. The oath of enlisteds does require obedience but even then obviously unlawful orders should be refused. It's not lawful to order someone to commit murder.
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Legitimate use of white magic
November 25, 2025 at 6:14 PM
Legitimate use of white magic
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Literally EVERY parent should ban Roblox
Every parent whose career has to do with online safety also bans Roblox.
Every game designer parent I know bans Roblox for their kids
November 22, 2025 at 8:47 AM
Literally EVERY parent should ban Roblox
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Every person I know working T&S at every one of the major platforms cares SO INCREDIBLY MUCH about this issue and will *agonize* over the best choices! And then there's Roblox, who does not give one single solitary fuck and barely does the bare minimum.
November 25, 2025 at 9:24 PM
Every person I know working T&S at every one of the major platforms cares SO INCREDIBLY MUCH about this issue and will *agonize* over the best choices! And then there's Roblox, who does not give one single solitary fuck and barely does the bare minimum.
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Yeah. It's already doing massive damage, a lot of it hidden, shortening lifespans and impairing abilities.
But, it's a wildcard virus in that it can theoretically recombine with ANY RNA virus.
You know... like rabies. And pretty much any mammal can carry covid-19. Cats, dogs, whitetail deer.
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But, it's a wildcard virus in that it can theoretically recombine with ANY RNA virus.
You know... like rabies. And pretty much any mammal can carry covid-19. Cats, dogs, whitetail deer.
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November 25, 2025 at 10:09 PM
Yeah. It's already doing massive damage, a lot of it hidden, shortening lifespans and impairing abilities.
But, it's a wildcard virus in that it can theoretically recombine with ANY RNA virus.
You know... like rabies. And pretty much any mammal can carry covid-19. Cats, dogs, whitetail deer.
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But, it's a wildcard virus in that it can theoretically recombine with ANY RNA virus.
You know... like rabies. And pretty much any mammal can carry covid-19. Cats, dogs, whitetail deer.
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Someone posted this earlier and I clicked on the link but it didn’t load and now I’ve seen it but I can’t remember who posted it. But anyway, thank you @xkcd.com 🥰
xkcd.com/3172/
xkcd.com/3172/
Fifteen Years
xkcd.com
November 25, 2025 at 10:21 PM
Someone posted this earlier and I clicked on the link but it didn’t load and now I’ve seen it but I can’t remember who posted it. But anyway, thank you @xkcd.com 🥰
xkcd.com/3172/
xkcd.com/3172/
I want to open an antique shop called “Antique Land” so I can see who gets it.
November 25, 2025 at 10:46 PM
I want to open an antique shop called “Antique Land” so I can see who gets it.
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Someone give me $500,000 so I can offer 1 year fellowships to young people in 2026.
November 25, 2025 at 10:25 PM
Someone give me $500,000 so I can offer 1 year fellowships to young people in 2026.
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You've been kidnapped. The characters from the last TV show you watched are trying to rescue you. Who's coming to save you?
I almost feel sorry for the kidnappers.
I almost feel sorry for the kidnappers.
November 25, 2025 at 10:22 PM
You've been kidnapped. The characters from the last TV show you watched are trying to rescue you. Who's coming to save you?
I almost feel sorry for the kidnappers.
I almost feel sorry for the kidnappers.
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I’ve had one traditionally published book. No advance. First batch of royalties lasted abt 4 months. I live on a disability pension that covers my rent and a little for utilities. Food is scarce. I get a grant now and then, and when I don’t, it’s very rough.
Meta stole the book to train its LLM.
Meta stole the book to train its LLM.
I know we know this, but authors need to get better at talking about how they actually make their money. Stop pretending it's from the books.
November 25, 2025 at 10:05 PM
I’ve had one traditionally published book. No advance. First batch of royalties lasted abt 4 months. I live on a disability pension that covers my rent and a little for utilities. Food is scarce. I get a grant now and then, and when I don’t, it’s very rough.
Meta stole the book to train its LLM.
Meta stole the book to train its LLM.
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We have got to collectively help people understand that of course the local* cops are acting as an arm of the machine. That is their purpose.
People need to grow their minds & grieve what they've been conditioned to believe about cops being there to help/serve/protect.
(*wherever you are)
People need to grow their minds & grieve what they've been conditioned to believe about cops being there to help/serve/protect.
(*wherever you are)
November 25, 2025 at 6:35 PM
We have got to collectively help people understand that of course the local* cops are acting as an arm of the machine. That is their purpose.
People need to grow their minds & grieve what they've been conditioned to believe about cops being there to help/serve/protect.
(*wherever you are)
People need to grow their minds & grieve what they've been conditioned to believe about cops being there to help/serve/protect.
(*wherever you are)
“I am the servant of your god, Neil. No, no, no, not kneel, your god's name is Neil. This happens every time.”
November 25, 2025 at 8:35 PM
“I am the servant of your god, Neil. No, no, no, not kneel, your god's name is Neil. This happens every time.”
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Dear straight ppl,
I’ve been exposed to RFK Jnr’s sex & poetry. We’ve also had Trump’s violent activities [not least burying his wife on his golf course] & I have a favour to ask.
Please restrict yr >consensual< sex acts to the privacy of your own homes*, or avoid completely.
It’s perverse!
I’ve been exposed to RFK Jnr’s sex & poetry. We’ve also had Trump’s violent activities [not least burying his wife on his golf course] & I have a favour to ask.
Please restrict yr >consensual< sex acts to the privacy of your own homes*, or avoid completely.
It’s perverse!
November 25, 2025 at 6:02 PM
Dear straight ppl,
I’ve been exposed to RFK Jnr’s sex & poetry. We’ve also had Trump’s violent activities [not least burying his wife on his golf course] & I have a favour to ask.
Please restrict yr >consensual< sex acts to the privacy of your own homes*, or avoid completely.
It’s perverse!
I’ve been exposed to RFK Jnr’s sex & poetry. We’ve also had Trump’s violent activities [not least burying his wife on his golf course] & I have a favour to ask.
Please restrict yr >consensual< sex acts to the privacy of your own homes*, or avoid completely.
It’s perverse!
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ICE arrests, detains British woman with US husband and newborn when she shows up for her green card interview. She’s now in a detention center, separated from her 6-month-old. No criminal record. She had overstayed her visa.
www.lbc.co.uk/article/brit...
www.lbc.co.uk/article/brit...
British mum detained by ICE agents in California as six-month old baby and stunned husband watch on | LBC
Katie Paul, 33, was in the process of applying for a green card when she was ambushed by immigration agents
www.lbc.co.uk
November 25, 2025 at 11:13 AM
ICE arrests, detains British woman with US husband and newborn when she shows up for her green card interview. She’s now in a detention center, separated from her 6-month-old. No criminal record. She had overstayed her visa.
www.lbc.co.uk/article/brit...
www.lbc.co.uk/article/brit...
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We are LIVE!
Come hang out with me and a bunch of absolute nerds, IN SPACE.
Come hang out with me and a bunch of absolute nerds, IN SPACE.
November 25, 2025 at 7:04 PM
We are LIVE!
Come hang out with me and a bunch of absolute nerds, IN SPACE.
Come hang out with me and a bunch of absolute nerds, IN SPACE.
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If someone loves you and just doesn’t quite understand what you do, David’s approach is likely to be useful. If someone is demanding over turkey that you justify your right to exist as a scientist doing work that’s meaningful to you, they don’t deserve your explanation or energy.
November 25, 2025 at 7:01 PM
If someone loves you and just doesn’t quite understand what you do, David’s approach is likely to be useful. If someone is demanding over turkey that you justify your right to exist as a scientist doing work that’s meaningful to you, they don’t deserve your explanation or energy.
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Dear grad students,
Reminder: it’s also totally fine to ignore your [uncle] who thinks your research is a waste of time and resources. You don’t owe people an explanation! They don’t have to get it!
Or, as someone told me as a life-changing piece of advice: reasons are for reasonable people.
Reminder: it’s also totally fine to ignore your [uncle] who thinks your research is a waste of time and resources. You don’t owe people an explanation! They don’t have to get it!
Or, as someone told me as a life-changing piece of advice: reasons are for reasonable people.
Every year around Thanksgiving, I see tons of grad students post heartbreaking messages on social media about how their loved ones don’t understand or support their decision to study what seems like something pointless or silly.
Perhaps my American Scientist essay can help!
🧪🌎🦑 #SciComm
Perhaps my American Scientist essay can help!
🧪🌎🦑 #SciComm
“Why Are We Funding This?”
Long-standing myths about “silly science” have contributed to the reckless slashing of government-supported research.
www.americanscientist.org
November 25, 2025 at 7:01 PM
Dear grad students,
Reminder: it’s also totally fine to ignore your [uncle] who thinks your research is a waste of time and resources. You don’t owe people an explanation! They don’t have to get it!
Or, as someone told me as a life-changing piece of advice: reasons are for reasonable people.
Reminder: it’s also totally fine to ignore your [uncle] who thinks your research is a waste of time and resources. You don’t owe people an explanation! They don’t have to get it!
Or, as someone told me as a life-changing piece of advice: reasons are for reasonable people.
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Fortune cookie: Your reward is the walk, not the destination.
It must watch my daily videos, too.
It must watch my daily videos, too.
November 25, 2025 at 7:07 PM
Fortune cookie: Your reward is the walk, not the destination.
It must watch my daily videos, too.
It must watch my daily videos, too.