Mike Boylan-Kolchin
@mbkplus.bsky.social
Dad, husband, astrophysicist, dog herder. Samuel T. and Fern Yanagisawa Regents Professor in Astronomy at UT Austin. This is a personal account and the views expressed in my posts here are mine. https://mrbk.github.io
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Mike Boylan-Kolchin
@mbkplus.bsky.social
· Sep 13
Mike Boylan-Kolchin
mrbk.github.io
New (academic) year, new me — well, new title, anyway. I promise to uphold the standards you’ve come to expect from the Samuel T. and Fern Yanagisawa Regents Professor in Astronomy.
Strong Luca Brasi vibes
November 25, 2025 at 1:25 PM
Strong Luca Brasi vibes
“The plot follows a bankrupt circus performer who disguises himself as a talking chimpanzee to make money, only to fall in love with a tightrope walker and become entangled in a love triangle”: you can’t make cinema like this anymore because of woke.
November 25, 2025 at 1:17 PM
“The plot follows a bankrupt circus performer who disguises himself as a talking chimpanzee to make money, only to fall in love with a tightrope walker and become entangled in a love triangle”: you can’t make cinema like this anymore because of woke.
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"We're going to prosecute you for sedition, but first...we'll do a uniform inspection!" is something out of Monty Python.
November 25, 2025 at 1:11 PM
"We're going to prosecute you for sedition, but first...we'll do a uniform inspection!" is something out of Monty Python.
No comment as to the rumors that Hegseth will require Kelly to get a prominent swastika tattoo if he is recalled (alt text added to image)
November 25, 2025 at 1:05 PM
No comment as to the rumors that Hegseth will require Kelly to get a prominent swastika tattoo if he is recalled (alt text added to image)
Time to write the script for a John Wick Christmas movie where he runs a small-town bakery. His brusque demeanor belies his delicate and delicious pâte à choux and he helps the locals find true love over hot chocolate and pâtisserie.
Kiefer Sutherland and Rebel Wilson charm in Tinsel Town, a winsome holiday comedy about a faded action hero learning to love the season again.
‘Tinsel Town’ Review: Kiefer Sutherland and Rebel Wilson Charm in an Overstuffed but Winsome Holiday Comedy
It’s that time of year again. The time of year when you can’t walk into a multiplex or turn on your television (especially the Hallmark Channel) without encountering a movie determined to make you feel good about the holidays. It can all make you feel as Scrooge-like as washed-up Hollywood action movie star Brad Mac, the protagonist in Chris Foggin’s new addition to the overcrowded genre. It’s no spoiler to reveal that by the end of Tinsel Town (a cute punning title), Brad has learned to embrace the holiday, even if it means having to appear in a British pantomime show.
bit.ly
November 25, 2025 at 12:55 PM
Time to write the script for a John Wick Christmas movie where he runs a small-town bakery. His brusque demeanor belies his delicate and delicious pâte à choux and he helps the locals find true love over hot chocolate and pâtisserie.
“our original crypto food delivery idea … [that] our friends claimed was genius” reads like an SNL bit
Founders on LinkedIn still seem to be struggling with the difference between telling people about their humble beginnings and admitting to straight up committing fraud.
November 25, 2025 at 12:23 PM
“our original crypto food delivery idea … [that] our friends claimed was genius” reads like an SNL bit
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Trump has brought a national chill to U.S. science. But what about state actions? 🚩🏛️
For @science.org, I spoke with researchers across disciplines, career stages, and geography to find out how being a red state researcher can stoke fear, and acts of resistance 🔬🏳️🌈: tinyurl.com/4yf8pf62
For @science.org, I spoke with researchers across disciplines, career stages, and geography to find out how being a red state researcher can stoke fear, and acts of resistance 🔬🏳️🌈: tinyurl.com/4yf8pf62
In red states, many academic researchers feel fear–and resolve
State-level mandates prompt changes and small acts of resistance at universities
www.science.org
November 21, 2025 at 5:38 AM
Trump has brought a national chill to U.S. science. But what about state actions? 🚩🏛️
For @science.org, I spoke with researchers across disciplines, career stages, and geography to find out how being a red state researcher can stoke fear, and acts of resistance 🔬🏳️🌈: tinyurl.com/4yf8pf62
For @science.org, I spoke with researchers across disciplines, career stages, and geography to find out how being a red state researcher can stoke fear, and acts of resistance 🔬🏳️🌈: tinyurl.com/4yf8pf62
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It’s just so outlandishly ridiculous yet perfectly in character for Bari Weiss to declare that she knows what the vast majority of Americans are actually like
November 25, 2025 at 4:05 AM
It’s just so outlandishly ridiculous yet perfectly in character for Bari Weiss to declare that she knows what the vast majority of Americans are actually like
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So far this year at #NIH, I had to
- cancel a visiting speaker I was hosting
- cancel a distinguished lecture I was giving at a midwest university
- cancel another seminar visit to talk about our work
- cancel my trip to the Society for Neuroscience meeting
- now cancel my trip to NeurIPS
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- cancel a visiting speaker I was hosting
- cancel a distinguished lecture I was giving at a midwest university
- cancel another seminar visit to talk about our work
- cancel my trip to the Society for Neuroscience meeting
- now cancel my trip to NeurIPS
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November 25, 2025 at 3:43 AM
So far this year at #NIH, I had to
- cancel a visiting speaker I was hosting
- cancel a distinguished lecture I was giving at a midwest university
- cancel another seminar visit to talk about our work
- cancel my trip to the Society for Neuroscience meeting
- now cancel my trip to NeurIPS
1/
- cancel a visiting speaker I was hosting
- cancel a distinguished lecture I was giving at a midwest university
- cancel another seminar visit to talk about our work
- cancel my trip to the Society for Neuroscience meeting
- now cancel my trip to NeurIPS
1/
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Well “I Wool Survive” wasn’t inspired by Gloria Straightnor
November 25, 2025 at 3:18 AM
Well “I Wool Survive” wasn’t inspired by Gloria Straightnor
It’s just so outlandishly ridiculous yet perfectly in character for Bari Weiss to declare that she knows what the vast majority of Americans are actually like
November 25, 2025 at 4:05 AM
It’s just so outlandishly ridiculous yet perfectly in character for Bari Weiss to declare that she knows what the vast majority of Americans are actually like
The vast majority of Americans are in the Epstein files and unable to purchase pierogies on Martha’s Vineyard?
"elevate charismatic figures such as Alan Dershowitz"
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November 25, 2025 at 3:58 AM
The vast majority of Americans are in the Epstein files and unable to purchase pierogies on Martha’s Vineyard?
Well “I Wool Survive” wasn’t inspired by Gloria Straightnor
November 25, 2025 at 3:18 AM
Well “I Wool Survive” wasn’t inspired by Gloria Straightnor
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Notice the sleight of hand in the last post below where Sacks talks about AI’s contribution to GDP *growth* while hoping people will misinterpret it as total GDP.
November 25, 2025 at 1:55 AM
Notice the sleight of hand in the last post below where Sacks talks about AI’s contribution to GDP *growth* while hoping people will misinterpret it as total GDP.
Notice the sleight of hand in the last post below where Sacks talks about AI’s contribution to GDP *growth* while hoping people will misinterpret it as total GDP.
November 25, 2025 at 1:55 AM
Notice the sleight of hand in the last post below where Sacks talks about AI’s contribution to GDP *growth* while hoping people will misinterpret it as total GDP.
3 Musketeers is one of those things where you eat it and it’s not terrible but it’s just glaringly obvious that something is missing, and that feels like an insult
One of the things that is still bugging me about Halloween is that the shitty candy should cost less than the good candy but a 3 Musketeers costs the same as a Snickers. Upside down world.
November 25, 2025 at 12:02 AM
3 Musketeers is one of those things where you eat it and it’s not terrible but it’s just glaringly obvious that something is missing, and that feels like an insult
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<sees a guy with a sunburn> extractive capitalist pig!
Anti-solar NIMBYs aren't beating the accusations of being pretty dim bulbs. "Extracting from the sky" is a good one
November 24, 2025 at 10:13 PM
<sees a guy with a sunburn> extractive capitalist pig!
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How could Elon think that an AI will be great at roasting people at public events when the genre has already been conquered by the 1989 movie Major League?
a baseball player is swinging a bat at a ball while a catcher looks on .
Alt: a baseball player is swinging a bat at a ball while a catcher looks on. The batter says “how’s your wife and my kids?”
media.tenor.com
November 24, 2025 at 9:06 PM
How could Elon think that an AI will be great at roasting people at public events when the genre has already been conquered by the 1989 movie Major League?
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“We’re bigger than Enron! Too big, we would argue, to not succeed!”
it's happening dot gif
November 24, 2025 at 9:08 PM
“We’re bigger than Enron! Too big, we would argue, to not succeed!”
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“Aggressive accounting” is a five-alarm fire on the BS meter
AI Meets Aggressive Accounting at Meta’s Gigantic New Data Center
Favorable treatment off the balance sheet hinges on some convenient assumptions.
www.wsj.com
November 24, 2025 at 3:52 PM
“Aggressive accounting” is a five-alarm fire on the BS meter
<sees a guy with a sunburn> extractive capitalist pig!
Anti-solar NIMBYs aren't beating the accusations of being pretty dim bulbs. "Extracting from the sky" is a good one
November 24, 2025 at 10:13 PM
<sees a guy with a sunburn> extractive capitalist pig!
“We’re bigger than Enron! Too big, we would argue, to not succeed!”
it's happening dot gif
November 24, 2025 at 9:08 PM
“We’re bigger than Enron! Too big, we would argue, to not succeed!”
How could Elon think that an AI will be great at roasting people at public events when the genre has already been conquered by the 1989 movie Major League?
a baseball player is swinging a bat at a ball while a catcher looks on .
Alt: a baseball player is swinging a bat at a ball while a catcher looks on. The batter says “how’s your wife and my kids?”
media.tenor.com
November 24, 2025 at 9:06 PM
How could Elon think that an AI will be great at roasting people at public events when the genre has already been conquered by the 1989 movie Major League?
How about airlines honor our country by not treating air travelers like crap?
Duffy on his demand that air travelers not wear slippers or pajamas: "It honors our country ... don't take your shoes off and put your feet on the chair ahead of you"
November 24, 2025 at 8:51 PM
How about airlines honor our country by not treating air travelers like crap?