Lzvolk
@lzvolk.bsky.social
Retired biologist (pathology). Living in an intellectual desert, interested in everything. Citizen of Pangea. Aspie.
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Lzvolk
@lzvolk.bsky.social
· Mar 18
Things to consider: losing scientists in US means ⬇️ science projects begun & finished. ⬇️ publications by US scientists, ⬇️ opportunities for future scientists.
Science in this country will come to a halt. Public health & quality of life will ⬇️ & loss of life will ⬆️.
It’s our present & future.
Science in this country will come to a halt. Public health & quality of life will ⬇️ & loss of life will ⬆️.
It’s our present & future.
I’ve an academic curiosity why I have very little to none tolerance for anything capsaicin, but smearing wasabi on my tongue is ecstatic.
I’m known as a #capsaicin weenie.
I’m known as a #capsaicin weenie.
November 11, 2025 at 8:43 PM
I’ve an academic curiosity why I have very little to none tolerance for anything capsaicin, but smearing wasabi on my tongue is ecstatic.
I’m known as a #capsaicin weenie.
I’m known as a #capsaicin weenie.
My first response to headline ‘A bright future for solar power’.
“Not in this country (US)!! The future here is like ‘Blade Runner’.”
“Not in this country (US)!! The future here is like ‘Blade Runner’.”
November 10, 2025 at 5:13 PM
My first response to headline ‘A bright future for solar power’.
“Not in this country (US)!! The future here is like ‘Blade Runner’.”
“Not in this country (US)!! The future here is like ‘Blade Runner’.”
Increasing energy supply > decreasing energy consumption.
Two principle components in this equation. Yet nearly most attention & resources are on the L side of equation. The R side comprises the Three Monkeys: deaf, mute, and blind. 1/2
Two principle components in this equation. Yet nearly most attention & resources are on the L side of equation. The R side comprises the Three Monkeys: deaf, mute, and blind. 1/2
November 10, 2025 at 5:00 PM
Increasing energy supply > decreasing energy consumption.
Two principle components in this equation. Yet nearly most attention & resources are on the L side of equation. The R side comprises the Three Monkeys: deaf, mute, and blind. 1/2
Two principle components in this equation. Yet nearly most attention & resources are on the L side of equation. The R side comprises the Three Monkeys: deaf, mute, and blind. 1/2
This is so spot on.
Welcome to the Age of Enshittification.
Welcome to the Age of Enshittification.
November 10, 2025 at 4:38 PM
This is so spot on.
Welcome to the Age of Enshittification.
Welcome to the Age of Enshittification.
I feel for the little guy.
When I was about six or seven, my father threw me in the lake from the dock. Twice.
“ I showed you how to swim! Do it!”
When I was about six or seven, my father threw me in the lake from the dock. Twice.
“ I showed you how to swim! Do it!”
November 9, 2025 at 10:22 PM
I feel for the little guy.
When I was about six or seven, my father threw me in the lake from the dock. Twice.
“ I showed you how to swim! Do it!”
When I was about six or seven, my father threw me in the lake from the dock. Twice.
“ I showed you how to swim! Do it!”
This exact fact has been bugging me for several years. I distinctly remember all the ruckus Obama had to go through for this.
It shocks the hell out of me that so many people have forgotten that or just don’t know. Neither is any excuse.
It shocks the hell out of me that so many people have forgotten that or just don’t know. Neither is any excuse.
How do so many democrats still not understand that the ACA *was* the compromise.
November 9, 2025 at 10:17 PM
This exact fact has been bugging me for several years. I distinctly remember all the ruckus Obama had to go through for this.
It shocks the hell out of me that so many people have forgotten that or just don’t know. Neither is any excuse.
It shocks the hell out of me that so many people have forgotten that or just don’t know. Neither is any excuse.
And it’s a hard rain falling.
Not much has changed since Dylan wrote and sang this…. except that the rain is falling harder now.
I vividly remember folks in the audience (1969) around me in tears and singing along with him. Now we are deaf.
youtu.be/ehXn9ZKPx6CYe
Not much has changed since Dylan wrote and sang this…. except that the rain is falling harder now.
I vividly remember folks in the audience (1969) around me in tears and singing along with him. Now we are deaf.
youtu.be/ehXn9ZKPx6CYe
Bob Dylan A Hard Rain's A Gonna Fall
YouTube video by Mridul Chitranshi
youtu.be
November 9, 2025 at 8:22 PM
And it’s a hard rain falling.
Not much has changed since Dylan wrote and sang this…. except that the rain is falling harder now.
I vividly remember folks in the audience (1969) around me in tears and singing along with him. Now we are deaf.
youtu.be/ehXn9ZKPx6CYe
Not much has changed since Dylan wrote and sang this…. except that the rain is falling harder now.
I vividly remember folks in the audience (1969) around me in tears and singing along with him. Now we are deaf.
youtu.be/ehXn9ZKPx6CYe
Exactly
people who can compartmentalize elon musk’s actions and are able to keep using his app must better at navigating social realities than i’ll ever be
One analytical model shows that, as of November 5th, the dismantling of U.S.A.I.D. has already caused the deaths of 600,000 people, two-thirds of them children. https://newyorkermag.visitlink.me/jUzNSc
November 8, 2025 at 12:40 AM
Exactly
Reposted by Lzvolk
Priorities. [Cartoon by Michael de Adder]
November 7, 2025 at 10:15 PM
Priorities. [Cartoon by Michael de Adder]
How does everyone cope with all the nightmarish crap going on in this #USclusterfuck?
Sometimes I pinch myself hoping I’m just having a nightmare.
Sometimes I pinch myself hoping I’m just having a nightmare.
November 3, 2025 at 4:28 PM
How does everyone cope with all the nightmarish crap going on in this #USclusterfuck?
Sometimes I pinch myself hoping I’m just having a nightmare.
Sometimes I pinch myself hoping I’m just having a nightmare.
I learned quickly to answer “We do stuff” when asked about my research projects. Until I saw the movie “Osmosis Jones”. Then I created similar stories. 😁
Explaining the insulin-BG system was my fav, involving janitors, dump trucks, cell membrane door bells, recycling bins, etc.
Explaining the insulin-BG system was my fav, involving janitors, dump trucks, cell membrane door bells, recycling bins, etc.
November 3, 2025 at 4:24 PM
I learned quickly to answer “We do stuff” when asked about my research projects. Until I saw the movie “Osmosis Jones”. Then I created similar stories. 😁
Explaining the insulin-BG system was my fav, involving janitors, dump trucks, cell membrane door bells, recycling bins, etc.
Explaining the insulin-BG system was my fav, involving janitors, dump trucks, cell membrane door bells, recycling bins, etc.
That’s for freakin’ sure. People are buckling under electrical bills, avoiding turning their heat on, turning off their hot water heaters or eating out rather than cooking at home.
“The skyrocketing demands for rate increases that utilities are requesting at the state level are threatening higher residential prices...” says Member Scholar Uma Outka, of Kansas Law
time.com/7329055/ener...
time.com/7329055/ener...
Government Shutdown Puts Millions At Risk of Not Being Able to Heat Their Homes
The federal budget includes billions in funding for low-income Americans that might otherwise struggle to pay their energy bills.
time.com
October 29, 2025 at 8:31 PM
That’s for freakin’ sure. People are buckling under electrical bills, avoiding turning their heat on, turning off their hot water heaters or eating out rather than cooking at home.
Just read that there are 350 theories on #consciousness.
Which, to me, is ironic.
Shouldn’t that be “hypotheses”?
🤔
Which, to me, is ironic.
Shouldn’t that be “hypotheses”?
🤔
October 29, 2025 at 8:26 PM
Just read that there are 350 theories on #consciousness.
Which, to me, is ironic.
Shouldn’t that be “hypotheses”?
🤔
Which, to me, is ironic.
Shouldn’t that be “hypotheses”?
🤔
Reminds me of the classes downstairs at the gym. I bet Steve would be welcomed there but have a difficult time in the weight room. 🏋️♂️
October 29, 2025 at 7:33 PM
Reminds me of the classes downstairs at the gym. I bet Steve would be welcomed there but have a difficult time in the weight room. 🏋️♂️
“The essence of Carter’s coincidence is that humans evolved on a timescale approaching Earth’s total habitable lifespan — we have evolved close in time to the ultimate #extinction of all life on Earth.”
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We Might Not Be So Strange
We Might Not Be So Strange: Perhaps intelligent life wasn’t so unlikely after all.
nautil.us
October 26, 2025 at 12:35 PM
“The essence of Carter’s coincidence is that humans evolved on a timescale approaching Earth’s total habitable lifespan — we have evolved close in time to the ultimate #extinction of all life on Earth.”
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About sums it up for yesterday.
October 25, 2025 at 11:37 AM
About sums it up for yesterday.
Today I am following the same route.........
October 24, 2025 at 1:14 PM
Today I am following the same route.........
One summer while working at a wildlife refuge my escape & grounding was sitting on the bank of a giant pond watching a family of otters. Never knew they could be such clowns, they seemed to like having an audience.
This is my new escape. 🦦😁
This is my new escape. 🦦😁
Brad has bet Steve a fiver he can't somersault all the way from our house to the pub. He's not out of the kitchen yet.
October 23, 2025 at 8:11 PM
One summer while working at a wildlife refuge my escape & grounding was sitting on the bank of a giant pond watching a family of otters. Never knew they could be such clowns, they seemed to like having an audience.
This is my new escape. 🦦😁
This is my new escape. 🦦😁
Shouldn't the American people at large be outraged????
What's wrong with this country?!
Congress doesn't give a shit that he's destroying everything.
💥💣🤯
What's wrong with this country?!
Congress doesn't give a shit that he's destroying everything.
💥💣🤯
Congress is letting damn near everything happen
The president is establishing the principle that he can order the murder of anyone he deems a threat.
And Congress is letting it happen.
And Congress is letting it happen.
October 23, 2025 at 11:37 AM
Shouldn't the American people at large be outraged????
What's wrong with this country?!
Congress doesn't give a shit that he's destroying everything.
💥💣🤯
What's wrong with this country?!
Congress doesn't give a shit that he's destroying everything.
💥💣🤯
Reposted by Lzvolk
“.. It’s not his house. It’s your house. And he’s destroying it.”
@politico.com
www.politico.com/news/2025/10...
@politico.com
www.politico.com/news/2025/10...
October 22, 2025 at 7:11 PM
“.. It’s not his house. It’s your house. And he’s destroying it.”
@politico.com
www.politico.com/news/2025/10...
@politico.com
www.politico.com/news/2025/10...
JFC!!!!!!!!!!!!!
What a fu#king egomaniac!!!!
He is truly destroying this country as if it is his own playground! AND WITH OUR FUCKING TAX DOLLARS!
#trumpdestruction
What a fu#king egomaniac!!!!
He is truly destroying this country as if it is his own playground! AND WITH OUR FUCKING TAX DOLLARS!
#trumpdestruction
October 22, 2025 at 11:09 PM
JFC!!!!!!!!!!!!!
What a fu#king egomaniac!!!!
He is truly destroying this country as if it is his own playground! AND WITH OUR FUCKING TAX DOLLARS!
#trumpdestruction
What a fu#king egomaniac!!!!
He is truly destroying this country as if it is his own playground! AND WITH OUR FUCKING TAX DOLLARS!
#trumpdestruction
Ahem…. People!! Don’t post links to NY Times, WSJ, etc assuming that everyone has a subscription, which is usually required to read them!!
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October 22, 2025 at 6:04 PM
Ahem…. People!! Don’t post links to NY Times, WSJ, etc assuming that everyone has a subscription, which is usually required to read them!!
😡😡
😡😡
Anyone who didn’t foresee this coming as a result of his gaining the Presidency is blind and in denial.
I would take this even a bit further and say that the death cult Trump now leads is on a glide path to forever power and the end of American democracy. In other words, if nothing changes from how things are going right now, it is highly unlikely America will be *any* sort of democracy by early 2027.
Trump and GOP are planning on forever power. I still don't think people realize it. You need Democrats who are willing to step up and fight.
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/21/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/21/u...
October 21, 2025 at 3:57 PM
Anyone who didn’t foresee this coming as a result of his gaining the Presidency is blind and in denial.
The divide grows bigger.
New w/ @bencasselman.bsky.social: Wealthy Americans, buoyed by a booming stock market, are spending freely. Lower-income households, stung by inflation and a slowing labor market, are pulling back
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/19/b... @nytimes.com
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/19/b... @nytimes.com
October 20, 2025 at 4:03 PM
The divide grows bigger.