Pairko
@pairko.bsky.social
🇺🇸 Florida native. Mississippi denizen. #Esperanto bonulo! Retired #MedicalPhysicist. Opinions are #CreativeCommons & shared with many thoughtful people. RTs must be passed on like a chain-letter, lest misfortune befall you.
19th century solutions won't solve 21st century problems.
January 9, 2026 at 4:07 PM
19th century solutions won't solve 21st century problems.
Reposted by Pairko
As a Member of Congress, I swore an oath to defend the Constitution against all enemies, foreign and domestic. I will continue to honor that oath, because as far as I am concerned, the danger remains clear and present, and it happens to be sitting in the Oval Office.
January 7, 2026 at 3:45 PM
As a Member of Congress, I swore an oath to defend the Constitution against all enemies, foreign and domestic. I will continue to honor that oath, because as far as I am concerned, the danger remains clear and present, and it happens to be sitting in the Oval Office.
Adapted from, but in no way, shape, manner, fashion or form endorsed by @xkcd.com. Thanks for the @creativecommons.bsky.social usage.
![Self-governing democratic republic not controlled by oligarchs.
[help up by]
Anti-trust-enforcement.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:zqmwydrnq5cnv74rbmteiq6p/bafkreiev7vpvnxgknk7sr4hfz3p47bahbqepy5q5dxedeyqnp6453p4jqy@jpeg)
January 6, 2026 at 8:03 PM
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That Elon Musk is not entirely wrong about Wikipedia was an unpleasant realization.
January 5, 2026 at 1:36 PM
That Elon Musk is not entirely wrong about Wikipedia was an unpleasant realization.
"What Kind of Peace" by JFK
What kind of peace do I mean?
kingrpaul.github.io
January 5, 2026 at 12:54 AM
It's all flowers and sunshine this year, guaranteed.
January 1, 2026 at 6:00 PM
It's all flowers and sunshine this year, guaranteed.
"#Christmas in Biloxi #Mississippi"
Very short dual-language work of creative non-fiction.
Very short dual-language work of creative non-fiction.
Christmas in Biloxi
Christmas in Biloxi
kingrpaul.github.io
December 29, 2025 at 5:54 PM
"#Christmas in Biloxi #Mississippi"
Very short dual-language work of creative non-fiction.
Very short dual-language work of creative non-fiction.
If you train one LLM on the output from another LLM, is that inbreeding or cannibalism?
December 7, 2025 at 4:43 PM
If you train one LLM on the output from another LLM, is that inbreeding or cannibalism?
Sambo and Snitch, Illustrations
kingrpaul.github.io
November 30, 2025 at 12:58 AM
Novel by Algernon Blackwood (1929), now on @wikisource.bsky.social.
Dudley & Gilderoy by Algernon Blackwood
A Novel.
kingrpaul.github.io
November 21, 2025 at 9:02 PM
Novel by Algernon Blackwood (1929), now on @wikisource.bsky.social.
Lovecraft talking smack about Cotton Mather. Washington Irving also talking smack about Cotton Mather. Consensus emerges.
November 21, 2025 at 5:34 PM
Lovecraft talking smack about Cotton Mather. Washington Irving also talking smack about Cotton Mather. Consensus emerges.
"Alien: Earth" by Noah Hawley
Any revival of a reboot of a spinoff of a sequel …
kingrpaul.github.io
November 17, 2025 at 12:42 AM
Not all heroes are dressed with mustard.
November 13, 2025 at 11:07 PM
Not all heroes are dressed with mustard.
Why would a man with a drill want to cut round holes with a chisel? #QuantumComputing
Physicists Take the Imaginary Numbers Out of Quantum Mechanics | Quanta Magazine
Quantum mechanics has at last been formulated exclusively with real numbers, bringing a mathematical puzzle at the heart of the theory into a new era of inquiry.
www.quantamagazine.org
November 7, 2025 at 9:20 PM
Why would a man with a drill want to cut round holes with a chisel? #QuantumComputing
The Blackmailers by Algernon Blackwood
A supernatural crime story.
kingrpaul.github.io
October 10, 2025 at 6:00 PM
