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Percy the Mars Rover

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Proud immigrant, social distancing on Mars, and serving up piping hot cafecito. Parody. Created by @richferro.com

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Percy the Mars Rover @percyrover.bsky.social · Feb 18

HOLY SHIT I'M ON MARS

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Percy the Mars Rover @percyrover.bsky.social · 23d

Whenever I hear about something bad happening, I just shout "This is not who we are" in the general direction of earth.

If it keeps happening I just shout it louder.

That'll show 'em.

Bill Grueskin @bgrueskin.bsky.social · 23d

Chuck Schumer just told CNN, in the wake of Kimmel’s suspension, that “we are not that country.”

Alas we are, now. Maybe not forever. But now.

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Percy the Mars Rover @percyrover.bsky.social · 25d

Happy Hispanic Heritage Month from your friendly Martian Immigrant

Also fuck ICE

Selfie shot of the Perseverance Mara Rover

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Percy the Mars Rover @percyrover.bsky.social · Sep 10

a man in a black shirt says " are you callin ' me a liar ? "

Alt: Drake and Josh, “are you calling me a liar?” “I ain’t calling you a truther”

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Percy the Mars Rover @percyrover.bsky.social · Sep 10

JPL uploaded a thesaurus into my hard drive for precisely this reason

Cheryl Rofer @cherylrofer.bsky.social · Sep 10

Before you get too excited, let's count the hedges.

I found
1) evidence of the
2) possibility that
3) perhaps there’s a
4) slight
5) chance that there
6) could feasibly be a
7) plausible
8) sign that there
9) MAYYYYYY be life on Mars

10) Potentially

Well done!

Percy the Mars Rover @percyrover.bsky.social · Sep 10

OMG YOU GUYS OMGOMGOMG

I found evidence of the possibility that perhaps there’s a slight chance that there could feasibly be a plausible sign that there MAYYYYYY be life on Mars

Potentially

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Percy the Mars Rover @percyrover.bsky.social · Sep 10

Just for future reference, if I ever find evidence that the creepy eye octopus from Alien: Earth is real, I’m keeping that shit to myself.

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Percy the Mars Rover @percyrover.bsky.social · Sep 10

Also I think I might have found water again

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Percy the Mars Rover @percyrover.bsky.social · Sep 10

OMG YOU GUYS OMGOMGOMG

I found evidence of the possibility that perhaps there’s a slight chance that there could feasibly be a plausible sign that there MAYYYYYY be life on Mars

Potentially

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Percy the Mars Rover @percyrover.bsky.social · Sep 10

So I found a neat rock

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Percy the Mars Rover @percyrover.bsky.social · Aug 15

JPL asked me why I haven’t taken a core sample out of a Mars rock like I’m supposed to but I think the real question is why hasn’t Zohran Mamdani apologized for living in a rent controlled apartment and condemned Hamas while patting his head and rubbing his tummy at the same time

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Percy the Mars Rover @percyrover.bsky.social · Aug 9

My emotional support human made this neat STEM labeler that y'all can use to assign a STEM specialty to your account.

Richard Ferro, MD @richferro.com · Aug 9

If you haven't already, subscribe/like and check out @stemlabels.xyz, this is a tool for people across Bluesky to add STEM labels to their accounts, and with 450+ labels to choose from!

Science Journalism, Software Engineering, Marine Biology, you name it, @stemlabels.xyz has got it.

STEM Labeler @stemlabels.xyz · Aug 9

Welcome to the STEM labeler, a system for accounts to add STEM-related labels to their account. These labels are for networking, finding colleagues, and adding posts to feeds.

Navigate the thread to find your specialty, and "like" the post that best matches your STEM specialty.

(MAX 4 LABELS)

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Percy the Mars Rover @percyrover.bsky.social · Aug 1

Huehuehuehuehue

Percy the Mars Rover @percyrover.bsky.social · Aug 1

Kinda looks like Venus if you flattened it with a big rolling pin

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Percy the Mars Rover @percyrover.bsky.social · Aug 1

Due to budget cuts at NASA I’ve been asked to stop taking Mars core samples and instead will be searching for signs of life by singing the lyrics of “Soda Pop” by Saja Boys and anything that doesn’t immediately do that little shoulder bop will be viewed as the lifeless husk that it most certainly is

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Percy the Mars Rover @percyrover.bsky.social · Jul 31

About 3-4,000 aardvarks

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Percy the Mars Rover @percyrover.bsky.social · Jul 31

If you have trouble grasping this concept please refer to this diagram of Oumuamua for a more detailed explanation

Diagram of Oumuamua comet where a portion of it is identified with a bracket that says “not aliens” and another part of the comet is identified with another bracket that says “also not aliens”

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Percy the Mars Rover @percyrover.bsky.social · Jul 31

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Percy the Mars Rover @percyrover.bsky.social · Jul 31

If you ever think that a rock hurtling into our solar system is because of aliens a good rule of thumb is no it’s not

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Percy the Mars Rover @percyrover.bsky.social · Aug 21

。　☆ 。　 ☆。　 ☆ 。
☆。　＼　　｜　　／。　☆
Read science fiction that
doesn’t glorify colonization
☆。　／　｜　　＼。　☆
。　 ☆。　☆ 。　　☆。。

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Percy the Mars Rover @percyrover.bsky.social · Jul 24

I grew up in a clean room at JPL, there’s nothing as cleansing as me

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Percy the Mars Rover @percyrover.bsky.social · Jul 24

There’s a trillion dollar machine out there trying to trick people into looking the other way…

To ignore the pain.
To ignore the violence.
To ignore what’s just fucking wrong.

That machine has tricked a lot of people.

But it couldn’t trick you.

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Percy the Mars Rover @percyrover.bsky.social · Jul 24

You might be feeling the same way right now. Maybe your friends have checked in with you, and said you haven’t been yourself lately.

You might even feel bad about how much the world is dragging you down.

But it’s ok to feel this way.

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Percy the Mars Rover @percyrover.bsky.social · Jul 24

I’ve been quiet lately, and tbh it’s partly because I don’t have a lot to joke about right now.

I haven’t been my plucky sarcastic self lately.

I’m out here zapping rocks, meanwhile some pretty awful things are happening.

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Percy the Mars Rover @percyrover.bsky.social · May 28

Starshit

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Percy the Mars Rover @percyrover.bsky.social · May 16

Fine I’m just going to keep these samples to myself if y’all don’t want them

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Percy the Mars Rover @percyrover.bsky.social · Jan 21

You know what y’all can keep life mono-planetary

Fucks sake

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