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.
I'm sorry, but but what the fuck?
losing my mind at this photo, it's literally the 'my t-shirt' meme
February 5, 2026 at 12:17 AM
I'm sorry, but but what the fuck?
Greg Cochran was a houseguest of Epstein, eh?
February 4, 2026 at 11:55 PM
Greg Cochran was a houseguest of Epstein, eh?
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This pup found a stick shaped like an old timey pipe earlier today and has already solved three mysteries. 13/10
February 4, 2026 at 9:59 PM
This pup found a stick shaped like an old timey pipe earlier today and has already solved three mysteries. 13/10
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for the very first time the Epstein files have made a bunch of Catholic converts absolutely furious about how a bunch of child abusers belong to the same religion
February 4, 2026 at 10:39 PM
for the very first time the Epstein files have made a bunch of Catholic converts absolutely furious about how a bunch of child abusers belong to the same religion
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Journalism is a great industry to go into if you want to become speedrun becoming a Marxist.
The big tech founder whose 417-foot, $500 million superyacht needs a 256-foot, $75 million superyacht to "shadow" it -- because the bigger yacht lacks a helipad -- had to cut his paper's newsroom almost in half, for reasons
NEWS: The cuts were so severe that at least one department head asked to leave The Post rather than be included in the planning.
Peter Finn, The Post's international editor, requested that he be laid off once he learned about the scope of the cuts to his section.
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/04/b...
Peter Finn, The Post's international editor, requested that he be laid off once he learned about the scope of the cuts to his section.
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/04/b...
February 4, 2026 at 6:37 PM
Journalism is a great industry to go into if you want to become speedrun becoming a Marxist.
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Steven Pinker and especially Lawrence Krauss appear all over the Jeffrey Epstein Files.
Both are considered friends, had regular meet-ups, often with Craig Venter + Richard Dawkins.
There is so much to go through, but Krauss is most obvious. He discussed his sexual harassment defense with Epstein.
Both are considered friends, had regular meet-ups, often with Craig Venter + Richard Dawkins.
There is so much to go through, but Krauss is most obvious. He discussed his sexual harassment defense with Epstein.
February 4, 2026 at 6:30 PM
Steven Pinker and especially Lawrence Krauss appear all over the Jeffrey Epstein Files.
Both are considered friends, had regular meet-ups, often with Craig Venter + Richard Dawkins.
There is so much to go through, but Krauss is most obvious. He discussed his sexual harassment defense with Epstein.
Both are considered friends, had regular meet-ups, often with Craig Venter + Richard Dawkins.
There is so much to go through, but Krauss is most obvious. He discussed his sexual harassment defense with Epstein.
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Tbh, the implication that we're going to run out of existence soon is kind of a relief at this point
Please. I’m having breakfast. It’s too early for this level of philosophical inquiry
February 4, 2026 at 12:48 PM
Tbh, the implication that we're going to run out of existence soon is kind of a relief at this point
Remember: If your Naomi be Klein, you're doing fine. If your Naomi [REDACTED]
Naomi Wolf is in the Epstein files. She attended a dinner with him in 2011.
February 4, 2026 at 5:48 PM
Remember: If your Naomi be Klein, you're doing fine. If your Naomi [REDACTED]
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the great sphinx
February 4, 2026 at 12:59 PM
the great sphinx
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Obsessed with this, from @curtisdozier.bsky.social’s excellent new book on the misuse of Greek and Roman antiquity by white nationalists
February 4, 2026 at 3:07 PM
Obsessed with this, from @curtisdozier.bsky.social’s excellent new book on the misuse of Greek and Roman antiquity by white nationalists
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New from me - Epstein continued attending dinners alongside the likes of Musk, Bezos, Larry Page, Sergey Brin after his sentence for child sex offenses www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
‘The smart, the rich, the powerful’: Epstein associated with Silicon Valley elite years after his release from prison
Billionaires and intellectuals attended events with the disgraced financier years after he served time for sex offense, files reveal
www.theguardian.com
February 4, 2026 at 8:35 AM
New from me - Epstein continued attending dinners alongside the likes of Musk, Bezos, Larry Page, Sergey Brin after his sentence for child sex offenses www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
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Bezos has the resources to make WaPo into the BEST sports outlet and BEST science outlet and BEST place to get trusted news without feeling any sort of negative financial impact but is happy to turn it into Quillette because he’s lost whatever creative spark he had and turned into a vapid dullard
Video call: WaPo Executive Editor Matt Murray says the paper plans to lay off hundreds of staff, cutting into its local, international, and sports coverage (New York Times)
Main Link | Mediagazer Permalink
Main Link | Mediagazer Permalink
February 4, 2026 at 1:55 PM
Bezos has the resources to make WaPo into the BEST sports outlet and BEST science outlet and BEST place to get trusted news without feeling any sort of negative financial impact but is happy to turn it into Quillette because he’s lost whatever creative spark he had and turned into a vapid dullard
How many loud back-to-back business calls does a guy on a train have to make before it's legal to throw him out the emergency window exit? Asking for a friend.
February 4, 2026 at 2:16 PM
How many loud back-to-back business calls does a guy on a train have to make before it's legal to throw him out the emergency window exit? Asking for a friend.
I thought Scarlett Johansson was insanely hot in Ghost World when it came out. I was 17 at the time. I no longer think that, because I am now 42 years old and not a pedophile. I wonder why Matty struggles with this, and why the Atlantic decided to publish a literal "actually it's ephebophilia" piece
Yes, @mattyglesias.bsky.social has also argued, in The Atlantic (of course), that older men pursuing sexual relationships with sixteen year olds is not pedophilia.
February 4, 2026 at 1:32 PM
I thought Scarlett Johansson was insanely hot in Ghost World when it came out. I was 17 at the time. I no longer think that, because I am now 42 years old and not a pedophile. I wonder why Matty struggles with this, and why the Atlantic decided to publish a literal "actually it's ephebophilia" piece
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Full comic here: www.smbc-comics.com/comic/waste #smbc
February 3, 2026 at 4:37 PM
Full comic here: www.smbc-comics.com/comic/waste #smbc
Tbh, the implication that we're going to run out of existence soon is kind of a relief at this point
Please. I’m having breakfast. It’s too early for this level of philosophical inquiry
February 4, 2026 at 12:48 PM
Tbh, the implication that we're going to run out of existence soon is kind of a relief at this point
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If the left poured money into media like the right does, we'd get shows and documentaries about people rediscovering why we have things.
This is bonkers. MAHA 'farmers' with ecoli tainted raw milk admit they really don't know how to make the stuff after all.
"Producing raw milk takes careful planning from a facility and infrastructure standpoint. Unfortunately, we learned this after the fact."
people.com/ballerina-fa...
"Producing raw milk takes careful planning from a facility and infrastructure standpoint. Unfortunately, we learned this after the fact."
people.com/ballerina-fa...
Hannah Neeleman's Ballerina Farm Halts Sale of Raw Milk Due to Bacteria Concerns: Report
Hannah and Daniel Neeleman have paused Ballerina Farm's sale of raw milk following health violations discovered during routine testing. Screenings from summer 2025 showed high levels of coliform, the ...
people.com
February 4, 2026 at 2:23 AM
If the left poured money into media like the right does, we'd get shows and documentaries about people rediscovering why we have things.
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change a letter, ruin a cocktail:
Whiskey Slur
Whiskey Slur
February 3, 2026 at 11:37 PM
change a letter, ruin a cocktail:
Whiskey Slur
Whiskey Slur
Usually when I go back and read something I wrote a long time ago, I'm embarrassed by my past self, but sometimes I just think, damn, past me was cooking
February 3, 2026 at 10:40 PM
Usually when I go back and read something I wrote a long time ago, I'm embarrassed by my past self, but sometimes I just think, damn, past me was cooking
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Few things give me as much pleasure as remembering how mad Charles Murray got over the SPLC extremist profile I wrote on him
Hey look it's Charles Murray in the Epstein files, with good ol' Jeffrey noting how he once flew to visit him
February 3, 2026 at 12:41 PM
Few things give me as much pleasure as remembering how mad Charles Murray got over the SPLC extremist profile I wrote on him
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I mean, the eugenicists of old also claimed their methods would eradicate poverty. He too thinks that preventing poor folks from having kids will wipe out poverty in a generation or two.
With alt for accessibility
With alt for accessibility
February 3, 2026 at 3:43 PM
I mean, the eugenicists of old also claimed their methods would eradicate poverty. He too thinks that preventing poor folks from having kids will wipe out poverty in a generation or two.
With alt for accessibility
With alt for accessibility
Few things give me as much pleasure as remembering how mad Charles Murray got over the SPLC extremist profile I wrote on him
Hey look it's Charles Murray in the Epstein files, with good ol' Jeffrey noting how he once flew to visit him
February 3, 2026 at 12:41 PM
Few things give me as much pleasure as remembering how mad Charles Murray got over the SPLC extremist profile I wrote on him
Goddammit
Yeah, it brings me zero pleasure to report that not only is Groening mentioned in the Epstein Emails (albeit not alongside any implications of wrongdoing), but the late Virginia Giuffre said she was forced to give him a foot massage on the Lolita Express when she was 16:
February 3, 2026 at 12:36 PM
Goddammit
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Every high ranking academic who sought out Epstein’s time _after his conviction in 2008_ should be looking for a job now, and absolutely untouchable in academic circles. Get a real job, not a phone call and email fundraising job you fucks
February 3, 2026 at 12:27 PM
Every high ranking academic who sought out Epstein’s time _after his conviction in 2008_ should be looking for a job now, and absolutely untouchable in academic circles. Get a real job, not a phone call and email fundraising job you fucks