Jon Phillips
@jowiph.bsky.social
Historian of evolutionary biology and scientific racism who has somehow turned into a historian of the physical sciences. Expect lots of cat pictures and general miscellany. Baltimore.
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Like I always say, "RTI&W&WABTW&IYTSTRHWACWCYANGAYJ"
(Robert Trivers Is & Was & Will Always Be The Worst & If You Tell Students To Read His Work About Conflict Without Context You Are Not Good At Your Job)
(Robert Trivers Is & Was & Will Always Be The Worst & If You Tell Students To Read His Work About Conflict Without Context You Are Not Good At Your Job)
don't mind me, just finding lots of bread crumbs showing Epstein and the League of Pederasts were a driving force in pushing transphobic hate.
This email was sent in October 2014, at the start of the current anti trans political campaign and astroturphing.
This email was sent in October 2014, at the start of the current anti trans political campaign and astroturphing.
February 2, 2026 at 10:20 PM
Like I always say, "RTI&W&WABTW&IYTSTRHWACWCYANGAYJ"
(Robert Trivers Is & Was & Will Always Be The Worst & If You Tell Students To Read His Work About Conflict Without Context You Are Not Good At Your Job)
(Robert Trivers Is & Was & Will Always Be The Worst & If You Tell Students To Read His Work About Conflict Without Context You Are Not Good At Your Job)
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Rest in piss Philippe Rushton you would have loved this shit
February 2, 2026 at 9:57 PM
Rest in piss Philippe Rushton you would have loved this shit
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i have been made aware that an Olympic figure skater for Kazakhstan does a Dune themed routine in a full stillsuit and he is now my personal hero
February 2, 2026 at 5:22 PM
i have been made aware that an Olympic figure skater for Kazakhstan does a Dune themed routine in a full stillsuit and he is now my personal hero
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EMP DRINK!
*but seriously, the sun attacking us w/photons & charged particles is a reason to make electrical grids, for example, more robust & resilient AND SO IS THE FUCKING WEATHER AS WE ARE CURRENTLY SEEING SO HOW ABOUT WE DO THAT.
*coughs*
BEHOLD:
Edward the EMP Egret
#AtomicAnimalFriends
*but seriously, the sun attacking us w/photons & charged particles is a reason to make electrical grids, for example, more robust & resilient AND SO IS THE FUCKING WEATHER AS WE ARE CURRENTLY SEEING SO HOW ABOUT WE DO THAT.
*coughs*
BEHOLD:
Edward the EMP Egret
#AtomicAnimalFriends
February 2, 2026 at 7:43 PM
EMP DRINK!
*but seriously, the sun attacking us w/photons & charged particles is a reason to make electrical grids, for example, more robust & resilient AND SO IS THE FUCKING WEATHER AS WE ARE CURRENTLY SEEING SO HOW ABOUT WE DO THAT.
*coughs*
BEHOLD:
Edward the EMP Egret
#AtomicAnimalFriends
*but seriously, the sun attacking us w/photons & charged particles is a reason to make electrical grids, for example, more robust & resilient AND SO IS THE FUCKING WEATHER AS WE ARE CURRENTLY SEEING SO HOW ABOUT WE DO THAT.
*coughs*
BEHOLD:
Edward the EMP Egret
#AtomicAnimalFriends
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*from atop my hobby horse* We need a Star Trek that is a 24 episode season with the same budget as a season of Strange New Worlds
The Pitt got greenlit for a season 3, out next February, and the announcement has very funny comment from HBO chairman Casey Bloys that’s like “yeah, turns out if you just make a TV show like how we used to make TV shows you can have a 15+ episode season every year 🤷♂️”
February 2, 2026 at 7:26 PM
*from atop my hobby horse* We need a Star Trek that is a 24 episode season with the same budget as a season of Strange New Worlds
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Not now, enormous ball of nuclear fire.
CARRINGTON EVENT 👏 👏 👏👏👏
The sun is experiencing a violent solar storm, releasing one of the strongest solar flares seen in the past 30 years
February 2, 2026 at 6:52 PM
Not now, enormous ball of nuclear fire.
CARRINGTON EVENT 👏 👏 👏👏👏
The sun is experiencing a violent solar storm, releasing one of the strongest solar flares seen in the past 30 years
The sun just unleashed its most powerful solar flare in years
The sun is experiencing a violent solar storm, releasing one of the strongest solar flares seen in the past 30 years
www.scientificamerican.com
February 2, 2026 at 6:49 PM
CARRINGTON EVENT 👏 👏 👏👏👏
Hearing that Brewer's Art closed really sucks. So many fond memories of that place, even (especially) the dungeon seating downstairs
February 2, 2026 at 6:05 PM
Hearing that Brewer's Art closed really sucks. So many fond memories of that place, even (especially) the dungeon seating downstairs
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While we're on midtown/MV restaurant discourse, I cannot sufficiently convey how much that area needs Mount Vernon Marketplace to reopen as something similar (a food hall) but better-managed
February 2, 2026 at 5:57 PM
While we're on midtown/MV restaurant discourse, I cannot sufficiently convey how much that area needs Mount Vernon Marketplace to reopen as something similar (a food hall) but better-managed
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Also gotta give a shoutout to Gad Saad, who isn’t a sociobiologist or evopsychologist, but a marketing professor. He’s just a eugenicist for the love of the game
It’s wild how literally every big name sociobiologist and evopsychologist turns out to be a eugenicist and how many of them also are the types to go “ackshually it’s hebephilia”
yes, there is a lot of overlap between ppl who believe in Trivers' parental investment theory & those who believe 1) in things like scientific racism & eugenics (which favor those with supposed "good genes") & 2) sex with teenage girls shouldn't be considered statutory rape because they are fertile
February 2, 2026 at 6:02 PM
Also gotta give a shoutout to Gad Saad, who isn’t a sociobiologist or evopsychologist, but a marketing professor. He’s just a eugenicist for the love of the game
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HSS Dissertation Travel Grant to support travel to sources for PhD students in history of science and technology working on their dissertation. Grants may be up to US$2,500. Grad students from any university are eligible
Deadline Tuesday, March 31.
hssonline.org/page/dissert...
#HPS
Deadline Tuesday, March 31.
hssonline.org/page/dissert...
#HPS
February 2, 2026 at 12:26 PM
HSS Dissertation Travel Grant to support travel to sources for PhD students in history of science and technology working on their dissertation. Grants may be up to US$2,500. Grad students from any university are eligible
Deadline Tuesday, March 31.
hssonline.org/page/dissert...
#HPS
Deadline Tuesday, March 31.
hssonline.org/page/dissert...
#HPS
Heading up to Yale to talk oral history with @ayahnerd.bsky.social's students!
February 2, 2026 at 12:58 PM
Heading up to Yale to talk oral history with @ayahnerd.bsky.social's students!
Not sure how comfortable I am with a tent big enough to include the Bundys
Amon Bundy being anti-Trump is yet another sign that “has any real principles at all” is increasingly the most salient dividing line in politics.
February 2, 2026 at 12:18 PM
Not sure how comfortable I am with a tent big enough to include the Bundys
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Oh man it just hit me that our good friends and respected colleagues in the Gender Critical movement are gonna have to "broken clock" *Jeffrey Epstein* when it comes to whose ideas are actually orientated around protecting and advancing the interests of women and girls.
February 2, 2026 at 11:22 AM
Oh man it just hit me that our good friends and respected colleagues in the Gender Critical movement are gonna have to "broken clock" *Jeffrey Epstein* when it comes to whose ideas are actually orientated around protecting and advancing the interests of women and girls.
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ALL the charlatans, ALL the time...
It's hard to keep up, but did we already know Bjorn Lomborg was hanging out with Epstein?
February 2, 2026 at 11:24 AM
ALL the charlatans, ALL the time...
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read online that someone set-up a premium rate phone number where callers get charged $3.99/ min. then they posted flyers in their neighborhood that said "call this number to report illegal aliens," but the number just puts them on hold with music. so far, they've made $17,000
February 1, 2026 at 8:28 PM
read online that someone set-up a premium rate phone number where callers get charged $3.99/ min. then they posted flyers in their neighborhood that said "call this number to report illegal aliens," but the number just puts them on hold with music. so far, they've made $17,000
It's not just me. There are dozens of us!
The first time I heard his name and saw him I was like, “You cannot do that. You cannot call yourself Jelly Roll. We already have one and he’s better.”
My wife groaned, as she does at most of my shit.
My wife groaned, as she does at most of my shit.
February 2, 2026 at 2:44 AM
It's not just me. There are dozens of us!
I keep seeing people talk about a musician named Jelly Roll and apparently it's not Jelly Roll Morton?
February 2, 2026 at 2:38 AM
I keep seeing people talk about a musician named Jelly Roll and apparently it's not Jelly Roll Morton?
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from: [email protected]
Dear Strngbda, how do yuo tpye wiht boxign glovs on
Dear Strngbda, how do yuo tpye wiht boxign glovs on
February 2, 2026 at 2:19 AM
from: [email protected]
Dear Strngbda, how do yuo tpye wiht boxign glovs on
Dear Strngbda, how do yuo tpye wiht boxign glovs on
Skyrizzy can't hold a candle to Jardiance, the drug that according to the ads can cause potentially fatal taint rot, or Pluvicto, the drug that can cause you to irradiate your loved ones if you stand too close to them.
no shade to anyone with Crohn's disease but the "ask your doctor about Sky Rizzy" ads are the closest I've come to leaving the "we are going to win" energy and embracing doomerism about civilization
February 2, 2026 at 2:13 AM
Skyrizzy can't hold a candle to Jardiance, the drug that according to the ads can cause potentially fatal taint rot, or Pluvicto, the drug that can cause you to irradiate your loved ones if you stand too close to them.
Wait, I knew Kareem Abdul-Jabbar was an incredible essayist, but he wrote for Veronica Mars??? How did I not know this??
February 2, 2026 at 2:02 AM
Wait, I knew Kareem Abdul-Jabbar was an incredible essayist, but he wrote for Veronica Mars??? How did I not know this??
Honestly, she looks like a particularly risqué alien from Star Trek TNG
February 2, 2026 at 1:31 AM
Honestly, she looks like a particularly risqué alien from Star Trek TNG
Was just added to a blocklist for "uncouth" accounts, and I don't begrudge anyone using the moderation tools to make this place better for them, but I'm also really curious about that person's bluesky experience
February 1, 2026 at 8:08 PM
Was just added to a blocklist for "uncouth" accounts, and I don't begrudge anyone using the moderation tools to make this place better for them, but I'm also really curious about that person's bluesky experience
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Still life with cat
February 1, 2026 at 2:23 PM
Still life with cat