John P
@drhypercube.bsky.social
Non-human intelligences enjoyer.
Bikes, birds, bees and Maisie the dachshund.
https://about.me/johnpittman
Bikes, birds, bees and Maisie the dachshund.
https://about.me/johnpittman
The American "heath care system" rears it's ugly head somewhere that surprises jaded ol' me.
www.yardbarker.com/nfl/articles...
www.yardbarker.com/nfl/articles...
!["[Rivers] is starting for the Colts versus a really good Seattle Seahawks team," Daniel said Saturday on X. "And here's what's crazy about it is, Philip Rivers and his wife, Tiffany, have 10 kids. There are 12 people in their family. And he works as a high school coach. Now he's obviously starting, but what's crazy about this is health insurance [in the NFL] expires after five years. The last year that Philip Rivers played was 2020 in COVID. His five years after you play of free health insurance is running out.
"So, what does he do? He signed. He went to sign back. He's signed to the active roster... He's genius. I thought Kurt said this so perfectly. Can you believe that? 100 IQ."](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:7zj6shxw4od3sagyimq5ndb4/bafkreidm4quylg4mfe5j7drakyf4wluxc7e2d3lkiftset4fhrv27winaq@jpeg)
December 14, 2025 at 10:03 PM
The American "heath care system" rears it's ugly head somewhere that surprises jaded ol' me.
www.yardbarker.com/nfl/articles...
www.yardbarker.com/nfl/articles...
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But shall this crazed old man be tamely suffered to drag a whole ship’s company down to doom with him?
December 12, 2025 at 3:47 AM
But shall this crazed old man be tamely suffered to drag a whole ship’s company down to doom with him?
If you're ever in Amarillo obv you can't get anywhere near the Pantex plant, but over on that side of town you /can/ see parts of the White Train (and a helium car) at the Amarilo RR Museum.
flic.kr/s/aHBqjAfbLw
flic.kr/s/aHBqjAfbLw
December 14, 2025 at 2:41 PM
If you're ever in Amarillo obv you can't get anywhere near the Pantex plant, but over on that side of town you /can/ see parts of the White Train (and a helium car) at the Amarilo RR Museum.
flic.kr/s/aHBqjAfbLw
flic.kr/s/aHBqjAfbLw
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(From Pratchett's "I Shall Wear Midnight")
I hope, oh, do I hope, that I do not have to wait until 2026, or 2030, or until I die, for the rough music to begin to play for Trump et al.
I hope, oh, do I hope, that I do not have to wait until 2026, or 2030, or until I die, for the rough music to begin to play for Trump et al.
December 14, 2025 at 11:53 AM
(From Pratchett's "I Shall Wear Midnight")
I hope, oh, do I hope, that I do not have to wait until 2026, or 2030, or until I die, for the rough music to begin to play for Trump et al.
I hope, oh, do I hope, that I do not have to wait until 2026, or 2030, or until I die, for the rough music to begin to play for Trump et al.
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Finally out: There are good arguments to recognize three species of surprisingly distinct naked mole-rats. The one species kept in labs and zoos worldwide (pictured below) is now Heterocephalus ansorgei - the other two have so far barely been studied. 🧪
www.nature.com/articles/s42...
www.nature.com/articles/s42...
December 13, 2025 at 11:06 PM
Finally out: There are good arguments to recognize three species of surprisingly distinct naked mole-rats. The one species kept in labs and zoos worldwide (pictured below) is now Heterocephalus ansorgei - the other two have so far barely been studied. 🧪
www.nature.com/articles/s42...
www.nature.com/articles/s42...
Sent that Esquire Santaland piece to my ex in LA. Her reply: "Just read the whole story aloud for B and we are a huge snotty, weeping mess."
🎅🙌
🎅🙌
December 13, 2025 at 7:02 PM
Sent that Esquire Santaland piece to my ex in LA. Her reply: "Just read the whole story aloud for B and we are a huge snotty, weeping mess."
🎅🙌
🎅🙌
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"There’s a freedom people are craving because they’re feeling so constrained, surveilled and, frankly, threatened in so many other spheres."
Zines have made a resurgence as communities seek to share information on everything from ICE raids to local elections.
Zines have made a resurgence as communities seek to share information on everything from ICE raids to local elections.
Gen-Zine: DIY publications find new life as form of resistance against Trump
www.theguardian.com
December 13, 2025 at 4:53 PM
"There’s a freedom people are craving because they’re feeling so constrained, surveilled and, frankly, threatened in so many other spheres."
Zines have made a resurgence as communities seek to share information on everything from ICE raids to local elections.
Zines have made a resurgence as communities seek to share information on everything from ICE raids to local elections.
I've seen lots of butterfly/reptile photos, but the moth/moose/night vision pushes it directly into @jeffvandermeer.bsky.social territory.
Moths sipping a moose's tears [via @sciam.bsky.social] 🧪🥼🦋🐄💦
"relatives of butterflies have been known to use their long proboscis to sip the tears of everything from birds to reptiles to even domestic animals."
www.scientificamerican.com/article/phot...
#Moth #Moose #animal #tears
"relatives of butterflies have been known to use their long proboscis to sip the tears of everything from birds to reptiles to even domestic animals."
www.scientificamerican.com/article/phot...
#Moth #Moose #animal #tears
Moths Seen Drinking Moose Tears for the First Time Ever
Moths sometimes drink the tears of other animals, but the behavior has mostly been observed in the tropics. New photographs show only the second observation outside of that area
www.scientificamerican.com
December 13, 2025 at 4:21 PM
I've seen lots of butterfly/reptile photos, but the moth/moose/night vision pushes it directly into @jeffvandermeer.bsky.social territory.
Today in random etymological curiosity:
December 13, 2025 at 4:17 PM
Today in random etymological curiosity:
I know a serious Santa. Back in the day, my forester roomie & I did a bunch of woodlot thinning on his folk's place out in western NH.
newengland.com/yankee/magaz...
newengland.com/yankee/magaz...
How to Really Be Santa Claus | Ask the Expert - New England
Jonathan Meath has been making personal appearances as Santa for more than a decade, including for Coca-Cola. We asked him to share what it takes.
newengland.com
December 13, 2025 at 12:43 PM
I know a serious Santa. Back in the day, my forester roomie & I did a bunch of woodlot thinning on his folk's place out in western NH.
newengland.com/yankee/magaz...
newengland.com/yankee/magaz...
Two weeks till Boxing Day and the start of the 2025-26 adventuring. An appropriate time to drop this festive bit:
youtu.be/yDDIf_BbMVw
youtu.be/yDDIf_BbMVw
Dalek Christmas Party
YouTube video by ewoolerton
youtu.be
December 12, 2025 at 7:27 PM
Two weeks till Boxing Day and the start of the 2025-26 adventuring. An appropriate time to drop this festive bit:
youtu.be/yDDIf_BbMVw
youtu.be/yDDIf_BbMVw
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urgent request: can anyone point me to recent studies showing strong trust in higher ed? (I know the ones that point to low trust)
esp. student trust, public trust
thanks so much for any leads
esp. student trust, public trust
thanks so much for any leads
December 12, 2025 at 2:05 PM
urgent request: can anyone point me to recent studies showing strong trust in higher ed? (I know the ones that point to low trust)
esp. student trust, public trust
thanks so much for any leads
esp. student trust, public trust
thanks so much for any leads
[Who's there?] My man, Clyde Stubblefield.
[What's that?] The sound of the funky drummer.
[What's that?] The sound of the funky drummer.
omfg this is amaaaaaaazing
It is a DIRE algorithmic failure that this is three years old and was not shown to me until today. Thanks a lot, Al Gore.
December 12, 2025 at 4:19 PM
[Who's there?] My man, Clyde Stubblefield.
[What's that?] The sound of the funky drummer.
[What's that?] The sound of the funky drummer.
The AT AT has been trimmed. Ho ho ho! 🎄
December 11, 2025 at 8:45 PM
The AT AT has been trimmed. Ho ho ho! 🎄
Prev quoteskeet excitement b/c I love me some plant/water/critter commensalism. See: Nepenthiphilous /Geosesarma/ crabs, /Oophaga/ PDFs, /Metopaulias/, and ofc:
www.considernatureblog.com/post/conside...
www.considernatureblog.com/post/conside...
Consider: the Golden Rocket Frog
This bite-sized amphibian not only lives in one of the most fascinating habitats on Earth, but defies many assumptions about frog behavior.
www.considernatureblog.com
December 11, 2025 at 3:13 PM
Prev quoteskeet excitement b/c I love me some plant/water/critter commensalism. See: Nepenthiphilous /Geosesarma/ crabs, /Oophaga/ PDFs, /Metopaulias/, and ofc:
www.considernatureblog.com/post/conside...
www.considernatureblog.com/post/conside...
Wait. What?!? There are bromeliad ostracods???!??!!! To the web search engine!
This is my new pet bromeliad Polar Pop. I saw her at the garden center and could not help but notice she was full of bromeliad ostracods. Not a native species so I'm not planting it, but the ostracods might be native so I'm giving them housing options
December 11, 2025 at 3:05 PM
Wait. What?!? There are bromeliad ostracods???!??!!! To the web search engine!
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Run, don't walk, to see this AMAZING video about the bioluminescent ostracods! As said at the end, "I want people to know about them"
A #Crustmas feature related to work of @ostratodd.bsky.social @nikohensley.bsky.social @emilylau.bsky.social @lisayetermesrop.bsky.social @emily-ellis.bsky.social 🧪🦑
A #Crustmas feature related to work of @ostratodd.bsky.social @nikohensley.bsky.social @emilylau.bsky.social @lisayetermesrop.bsky.social @emily-ellis.bsky.social 🧪🦑
December 11, 2024 at 10:08 PM
Run, don't walk, to see this AMAZING video about the bioluminescent ostracods! As said at the end, "I want people to know about them"
A #Crustmas feature related to work of @ostratodd.bsky.social @nikohensley.bsky.social @emilylau.bsky.social @lisayetermesrop.bsky.social @emily-ellis.bsky.social 🧪🦑
A #Crustmas feature related to work of @ostratodd.bsky.social @nikohensley.bsky.social @emilylau.bsky.social @lisayetermesrop.bsky.social @emily-ellis.bsky.social 🧪🦑
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Return of the Air Pirates: brought to you by DIsney!
December 11, 2025 at 2:56 PM
Return of the Air Pirates: brought to you by DIsney!
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if you are shattered by your grief and seeking a communion with your beloved dead, at least pay a freelancer, not a tech giant.
December 11, 2025 at 1:03 PM
if you are shattered by your grief and seeking a communion with your beloved dead, at least pay a freelancer, not a tech giant.
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I take a dim view of commercial
psychics, but maintain they’d have a better chance of generating a genuine sense of connection with the departed than these cheap necromancers.
psychics, but maintain they’d have a better chance of generating a genuine sense of connection with the departed than these cheap necromancers.
If the Ai tech bros can recreate the unrecorded life story of a working class woman who was born into a country where she couldn't vote, survived 2 world wars, the depression, raised 3 girls who went to uni, nursed her husband, made the best cheese on toast & spoke with a Hull accent, good luck
December 11, 2025 at 1:03 PM
I take a dim view of commercial
psychics, but maintain they’d have a better chance of generating a genuine sense of connection with the departed than these cheap necromancers.
psychics, but maintain they’d have a better chance of generating a genuine sense of connection with the departed than these cheap necromancers.
Off to the youtube to see if I can't find those "bicycle falconry in Beijing with shrikes" vids.
Day 11 #artAdventCalendar The loggerhead shrike, endemic to North America, is also known as the butcherbird for its carnivorous tendencies and habit of ostentatiously displaying stored prey dramatically impaled on convenient spikes like tree thorns or barbed wire. 🧪🐡🪶 Its usual prey are insects, 🧵
December 11, 2025 at 12:56 PM
Off to the youtube to see if I can't find those "bicycle falconry in Beijing with shrikes" vids.