bonque, ben
@kwstzhaderbonch.bsky.social
They/them
Bi enough
Statistician/mathematician with physics and Xtian theology experience
CIO of Jacurutu's Municipal Water Utility
My hyperfixation is Shaul ha Melekh, who did NOTHING WRONG
Bi enough
Statistician/mathematician with physics and Xtian theology experience
CIO of Jacurutu's Municipal Water Utility
My hyperfixation is Shaul ha Melekh, who did NOTHING WRONG
Pinned
ויי אזוי זאגט דאך גוטער בוכ, "כי מלאכיו יצוה-לך": דו געפינסט שטענדיק דעם ציטאט *נאכדעם* וואס דו פובליקירסט
Gut (bald) Shabbos, and I don't think this one is my fault, @theradr.bsky.social
www.thetorah.com/article/amal...
Gut (bald) Shabbos, and I don't think this one is my fault, @theradr.bsky.social
www.thetorah.com/article/amal...
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Happy thanksgiving. Boat stuck.
November 27, 2025 at 4:00 PM
Happy thanksgiving. Boat stuck.
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You might want to start thawing your frozen turkey now.
November 27, 2025 at 5:15 PM
You might want to start thawing your frozen turkey now.
People will go on Al Gore's BlueSky and be fucking weird to strangers.
November 27, 2025 at 4:54 PM
People will go on Al Gore's BlueSky and be fucking weird to strangers.
My mom is autistic. She didn't know until she was about 68 (a year ago). Anywho, she was constantly getting in trouble as a teacher for letting slip that Santa isn't real, because it has never occurred to her in her entire life that anyone actually thinks he is real.
November 27, 2025 at 4:38 PM
My mom is autistic. She didn't know until she was about 68 (a year ago). Anywho, she was constantly getting in trouble as a teacher for letting slip that Santa isn't real, because it has never occurred to her in her entire life that anyone actually thinks he is real.
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If you say "Bah, humbug" to Christmas, you may be visited by three ghosts, each with an important lesson to teach.
If you say "Bah, humbug" to Hanukkah, Judah Maccabee's gonna come teach you a lesson personally
If you say "Bah, humbug" to Hanukkah, Judah Maccabee's gonna come teach you a lesson personally
Hanukkah already has a mascot: Judah Maccabee, the friendly violent religious extremist
November 27, 2025 at 4:24 PM
If you say "Bah, humbug" to Christmas, you may be visited by three ghosts, each with an important lesson to teach.
If you say "Bah, humbug" to Hanukkah, Judah Maccabee's gonna come teach you a lesson personally
If you say "Bah, humbug" to Hanukkah, Judah Maccabee's gonna come teach you a lesson personally
This reminds me of the time I thought of a banger stats problem and suggested it to my old professor as a qual problem, and he wrote back that it was a bit much for the qualifier, but he'd added it to the comprehensive
Oh! A Latin text with both a special deponent verb taking an ablative object *and* a purpose clause.
*Perfect* for my Latin 102s to review with!
*Perfect* for my Latin 102s to review with!
Full text and translation here (romaninscriptionsofbritain.org/inscriptions...) including the fact that they didn't throw javelins when mounted (or use swords).
November 27, 2025 at 4:14 PM
This reminds me of the time I thought of a banger stats problem and suggested it to my old professor as a qual problem, and he wrote back that it was a bit much for the qualifier, but he'd added it to the comprehensive
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In Michigan, “Up North” starts north of wherever you happen to live.
When I visited my son at Michigan Tech, a resident of Houghton told me “up north” means Calumet or Copper Harbor.
When I visited my son at Michigan Tech, a resident of Houghton told me “up north” means Calumet or Copper Harbor.
Dreading the political fights over Thanksgiving dinner?
This Thanksgiving, we bring you ten things to argue about instead:
This Thanksgiving, we bring you ten things to argue about instead:
November 27, 2025 at 4:04 PM
In Michigan, “Up North” starts north of wherever you happen to live.
When I visited my son at Michigan Tech, a resident of Houghton told me “up north” means Calumet or Copper Harbor.
When I visited my son at Michigan Tech, a resident of Houghton told me “up north” means Calumet or Copper Harbor.
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Real tough decision as to which part of this is the worst
November 27, 2025 at 3:29 PM
Real tough decision as to which part of this is the worst
On that note, don't forget your meds today, and make sure you bring anti-anxiety meds for yourself and extra for that family member who hasn't figured out what anxiety is but experiences it every time they're around that other family member
Everyone knows the sin of Gomorrah was saying Rogue One was the best pie
Anyone else smell burnt toast rn?
Anyone else smell burnt toast rn?
The sin of Sodom was arrogance. What was the sin of Gomorrah?
Wrong answers only.
Wrong answers only.
November 27, 2025 at 3:27 PM
On that note, don't forget your meds today, and make sure you bring anti-anxiety meds for yourself and extra for that family member who hasn't figured out what anxiety is but experiences it every time they're around that other family member
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elmo should be thankful it’s not isaac chotiner asking the questions
Once again, it’s weird that our media conducts interviews with Muppets as if they are autonomous individuals. Also, my lawn is something you should get off
November 27, 2025 at 2:49 PM
elmo should be thankful it’s not isaac chotiner asking the questions
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CHOTINER: You have often expressed your love for everyone. One could say it’s the focus of your work?
ELMO: Yes! Elmo lives everyone!
CHOTINER: But there was also your public falling-out with Zoe over your favorite blank—
ELMO: Elmo’s passions sometimes get the better of him
ELMO: Yes! Elmo lives everyone!
CHOTINER: But there was also your public falling-out with Zoe over your favorite blank—
ELMO: Elmo’s passions sometimes get the better of him
chotiner: but elmo, is it not true you were caught red-handed?
elmo:
elmo:
November 27, 2025 at 3:09 PM
CHOTINER: You have often expressed your love for everyone. One could say it’s the focus of your work?
ELMO: Yes! Elmo lives everyone!
CHOTINER: But there was also your public falling-out with Zoe over your favorite blank—
ELMO: Elmo’s passions sometimes get the better of him
ELMO: Yes! Elmo lives everyone!
CHOTINER: But there was also your public falling-out with Zoe over your favorite blank—
ELMO: Elmo’s passions sometimes get the better of him
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chotiner: but elmo, is it not true you were caught red-handed?
elmo:
elmo:
November 27, 2025 at 3:00 PM
chotiner: but elmo, is it not true you were caught red-handed?
elmo:
elmo:
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Chicken of the Lab, I hope you take off. 🧪🍄
Scientists used #CRISPR to turn a simple #fungus into a fast-growing, meatlike #protein with a much smaller #climate & #environment footprint that outperforms (even) #chicken farming in #landuse & water impact: www.sciencedaily.com/releases/202... #plantbreeding #geneediting #fungi #meat
This engineered fungus cuts emissions and tastes like meat
Scientists used CRISPR to boost the efficiency and digestibility of a fungus already known for its meatlike qualities. The modified strain grows protein far more quickly and with much less sugar while...
www.sciencedaily.com
November 27, 2025 at 3:22 PM
Chicken of the Lab, I hope you take off. 🧪🍄
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Kate Beckinsale would never lie to me. I believe this.
November 27, 2025 at 3:16 PM
Kate Beckinsale would never lie to me. I believe this.
He looks like he's in the middle of a belly flop that's going to leave more widows that the Edmund Fitzgerald
November 27, 2025 at 3:15 PM
He looks like he's in the middle of a belly flop that's going to leave more widows that the Edmund Fitzgerald
We're doing treble loyalty today
November 27, 2025 at 3:14 PM
We're doing treble loyalty today
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“.. the Witkoff-Dmitriev plan” demands that a substantial share of $300 billion of frozen Russian state assets “be carved up between Washington and Moscow .. This has apparently disappeared from subsequent versions, but there’s no mistaking the intent.”
www.bloomberg.com/opinion/arti...
www.bloomberg.com/opinion/arti...
November 26, 2025 at 11:21 AM
“.. the Witkoff-Dmitriev plan” demands that a substantial share of $300 billion of frozen Russian state assets “be carved up between Washington and Moscow .. This has apparently disappeared from subsequent versions, but there’s no mistaking the intent.”
www.bloomberg.com/opinion/arti...
www.bloomberg.com/opinion/arti...
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“I can see why all these people without heads wouldn’t be good for a community." www.science.org/content/arti...
Headless bodies hint at why Europe’s first farmers vanished
Wave of mass brutality accompanied the collapse of the first pan-European culture
www.science.org
November 27, 2025 at 3:09 PM
“I can see why all these people without heads wouldn’t be good for a community." www.science.org/content/arti...
This is objectively incorrect. I don't know of a single country on earth where thinking about how much worse the Brits are than us doesn't bring a smile to our faces and a dent to our therapist's bottom line
Literally nobody on earth cares what the british think about othet people.
November 27, 2025 at 3:01 PM
This is objectively incorrect. I don't know of a single country on earth where thinking about how much worse the Brits are than us doesn't bring a smile to our faces and a dent to our therapist's bottom line
Jamshid is such a striking boy imo
November 27, 2025 at 2:58 PM
Jamshid is such a striking boy imo
This isn't shooting yourself in the foot. No, this is Uncle Frank ("Die My Love") shooting himself up the ass in terms of how much work they're doing to destroy their prospects.
PM describes net migration of 205k as "a step in the right direction". His govt has no public position on a sustainable level of immigration is, nor any known process to decide what, why & how. Starmer is now implying he wants it significantly lower
www.standard.co.uk/news/politic...
www.standard.co.uk/news/politic...
Net migration drop ‘step in the right direction’ – Starmer
Net migration peaked at a record 944,000 in the year to March 2023 but has fallen sharply since then.
www.standard.co.uk
November 27, 2025 at 2:56 PM
This isn't shooting yourself in the foot. No, this is Uncle Frank ("Die My Love") shooting himself up the ass in terms of how much work they're doing to destroy their prospects.
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Happy Thanksgiving
November 27, 2025 at 2:23 PM
Happy Thanksgiving