GregortheMendel
@gregorthemendel.bsky.social
Native Texan. Abogada. (((youknowwhatimean))) Dresses as a rocket on Waterloo bridge. Sentence fragments. Whatnot.
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This is how you live a life
February 17, 2026 at 2:32 AM
This is how you live a life
Now I'm waxing far too nostalgic. Anyone else from Houston remember Power Tools?
February 17, 2026 at 3:28 AM
Now I'm waxing far too nostalgic. Anyone else from Houston remember Power Tools?
Do they still list the father's occupation (only) on birth certificates? Mine lists my dad as a "Chemist" in "Oilwell Service." And my mom's signature is, "Mrs. (Dad's name)." Oof.
February 17, 2026 at 3:02 AM
Do they still list the father's occupation (only) on birth certificates? Mine lists my dad as a "Chemist" in "Oilwell Service." And my mom's signature is, "Mrs. (Dad's name)." Oof.
A fascinating Thing when learning about your ancestors are the noted causes of death. Two by plague in Amsterdam in 1630, so their son hightailed it to New Netherland.
February 17, 2026 at 1:46 AM
A fascinating Thing when learning about your ancestors are the noted causes of death. Two by plague in Amsterdam in 1630, so their son hightailed it to New Netherland.
I've been looking at the wrong astrology sign for years now. Thought I was Taurus rising but it's Aries. My life is a lie.
February 16, 2026 at 9:58 PM
I've been looking at the wrong astrology sign for years now. Thought I was Taurus rising but it's Aries. My life is a lie.
He is a tour de force in that. And it reflects the truth. It's bleak.
He made a film called The Apostle (1997) and by made, i mean he wrote, directed, and starred in it. Ostensibly, it was about the redemption of a violent abuser. The redemption had to do with building a church. It did not have anything to do with taking accountability for murder or violence.
Robert Duvall, actor who specialized in tightly wound men, has died
Duvall did not stand out for his movie star looks but for the intensity and depth he brought to the screen in such films as "The Godfather" and "Apocalypse Now."
www.latimes.com
February 16, 2026 at 8:02 PM
He is a tour de force in that. And it reflects the truth. It's bleak.
While we're all talking about our favorite Robert Duvall movies, The Apostle is right up there for me.
February 16, 2026 at 7:59 PM
While we're all talking about our favorite Robert Duvall movies, The Apostle is right up there for me.
Top bunk on a train is matchless for a good nights' sleep once you settle in.
Somewhere outside of Rochester. I’m up here in my bed suspended from the ceiling, and I’m surprisingly cozy. Always a little hard to fall asleep the first night on the train but I have downloaded so many YouTube videos to help me on my quest.
February 16, 2026 at 4:07 AM
Top bunk on a train is matchless for a good nights' sleep once you settle in.
I was just drafting emails and scheduling them to send in the morning when I saw a reply notice from one of the staff that the office is closed tomorrow.
a close up of a woman wearing a blue scarf around her neck
ALT: a close up of a woman wearing a blue scarf around her neck
media.tenor.com
February 16, 2026 at 3:41 AM
I was just drafting emails and scheduling them to send in the morning when I saw a reply notice from one of the staff that the office is closed tomorrow.
I think it was @salon.com and The Smoking Gun where I first read about Epstein.
OK. It was The Smoking Gun. They deserved for me to remember their name. I plead getting older.
I bring them up because what they published shows what was publicly know about Jeffrey Epstein and when, which is important to evaluate the character of the people dealing with him in the 2010s.
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I bring them up because what they published shows what was publicly know about Jeffrey Epstein and when, which is important to evaluate the character of the people dealing with him in the 2010s.
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Trying to remember that small online journalistic outlet that used to publish primary documents, often leaked, that was one of the first to publish the police reports from the early 2000s Jeffrey Epstein investigation.
February 16, 2026 at 2:59 AM
I think it was @salon.com and The Smoking Gun where I first read about Epstein.
I'll never forget discussing Beavis and Butthead with my older brother while his five y/o daughter listened. I can't remember who said, "Beavis," but C popped out with, "Fire. Heh heh." My brother stared at me and told me not to tell his then-wife. I most certainly did not.
February 16, 2026 at 2:58 AM
I'll never forget discussing Beavis and Butthead with my older brother while his five y/o daughter listened. I can't remember who said, "Beavis," but C popped out with, "Fire. Heh heh." My brother stared at me and told me not to tell his then-wife. I most certainly did not.
Solving the cooking likker problem.
February 16, 2026 at 2:47 AM
Solving the cooking likker problem.
Another Sunday night.
Da da da.
Da da da.
February 16, 2026 at 2:07 AM
Another Sunday night.
Da da da.
Da da da.
"Wendy made a cute TikTok!" Ffs. Sorry @drwendyrocks.bsky.social
Let me just make a few little adjustments to that title…
“How a scientist with a PhD in Geology and 25 years of experience is helping lead California’s earthquake work”
Way to devalue my experience.
“How a scientist with a PhD in Geology and 25 years of experience is helping lead California’s earthquake work”
Way to devalue my experience.
Wendy Bohon has built a TikTok following as an earthquake geologist. She helps lead earthquake work for the California Geological Survey.
February 15, 2026 at 11:18 PM
"Wendy made a cute TikTok!" Ffs. Sorry @drwendyrocks.bsky.social
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The English Scots and Irish with their long history of getting along as one people
1/3 What Musk is really referring to here is, of course “race” - that construct that served to define the hierarchies of wealth & power structured by modern colonialism. Like other far right racists though, he uses the word “culture” as a seemingly less pernicious synonym.
February 15, 2026 at 4:05 PM
The English Scots and Irish with their long history of getting along as one people
I just got a tornado warning?
February 15, 2026 at 12:52 AM
I just got a tornado warning?
This isn't the first time that's happened and no, I don't believe you. Like the guy who was "accidentally" cremated. Nope.
A woman whose remains were found in a trash compactor in the basement of a public housing building in Brooklyn this month most likely died after slipping down a garbage chute and into the compactor, police officials said on Friday.
Woman Apparently Crushed by Trash Compactor in Building, Police Say
The medical examiner’s office is investigating the cause of death of Michelle Montgomery, 39, whose remains were found two weeks ago in a public housing building in Williamsburg, Brooklyn.
nyti.ms
February 14, 2026 at 9:25 PM
This isn't the first time that's happened and no, I don't believe you. Like the guy who was "accidentally" cremated. Nope.
I got my V-Day gift early from a court. A signed order that means a pair of contested cases are almost over. The cases that generated an 11 1/2-hour mediation with under a million at stake.
February 14, 2026 at 9:23 PM
I got my V-Day gift early from a court. A signed order that means a pair of contested cases are almost over. The cases that generated an 11 1/2-hour mediation with under a million at stake.
"You'll get in trouble."
"Okay."
I love that kid.
"Okay."
I love that kid.
February 14, 2026 at 6:17 PM
"You'll get in trouble."
"Okay."
I love that kid.
"Okay."
I love that kid.
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Long-shot call to fellow aviators:
If you happen to be the Coast Guard pilot who got fired for forgetting Kristi Noem's blankie, or if you know more about this episode, feel free to be in touch on Signal.
(Unlike team MAGA, I know how to keep Signal chats private.)
Signal ID jf_signal70.26
If you happen to be the Coast Guard pilot who got fired for forgetting Kristi Noem's blankie, or if you know more about this episode, feel free to be in touch on Signal.
(Unlike team MAGA, I know how to keep Signal chats private.)
Signal ID jf_signal70.26
February 14, 2026 at 1:45 PM
Long-shot call to fellow aviators:
If you happen to be the Coast Guard pilot who got fired for forgetting Kristi Noem's blankie, or if you know more about this episode, feel free to be in touch on Signal.
(Unlike team MAGA, I know how to keep Signal chats private.)
Signal ID jf_signal70.26
If you happen to be the Coast Guard pilot who got fired for forgetting Kristi Noem's blankie, or if you know more about this episode, feel free to be in touch on Signal.
(Unlike team MAGA, I know how to keep Signal chats private.)
Signal ID jf_signal70.26
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GOP voters should literally vote for anybody in the race besides this awful, awful person. Vote for a different awful if you must.
From the @houstonchronicle.com editorial board: Briscoe Cain for U.S. House District 9 in Republican primary
www.houstonchronicle.com/opinion/endo...
www.houstonchronicle.com/opinion/endo...
Briscoe Cain for U.S. House District 9 in Republican primary | Endorsement
GOP voters should back Briscoe Cain, an eccentric homegrown fixture for this unique district, parts of which he has represented for almost a decade.
www.houstonchronicle.com
February 14, 2026 at 3:35 PM
GOP voters should literally vote for anybody in the race besides this awful, awful person. Vote for a different awful if you must.
Watch the NBA and harm human beings at the same time. Efficient.
NEWS: LA Lakers Co-Owner’s Firm Linked to Proposed $80 Million ICE Warehouse Deal in Texas — a massive facility that could detain up to 9,500 people.
LA Lakers Co-Owner’s Firm Linked to Proposed $80 Million ICE Warehouse Deal in Texas
The unwelcome facility would detain up to 9,500 people
meidasnews.com
February 14, 2026 at 12:09 AM
Watch the NBA and harm human beings at the same time. Efficient.
This is intentional.
Yet another way Trump is hurting our standing in the world, in addition to costing us billions in tourism dollars by shutting out visitors, is by crushing the power of the American passport and making it harder for his own citizens to travel. My latest: www.cntraveler.com/story/the-am...
The American Passport Is Losing Its Power
As the Trump Administration makes it more difficult for people to visit the US, other nations are starting to respond in kind.
www.cntraveler.com
February 13, 2026 at 11:33 PM
This is intentional.