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Peter Wagner (a Real Dr., not a surgeon-barber/body-tech/golfer)

@peterjwagner3.bsky.social

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Computational Paleobiologist, Lord of Chaos & Entropy, Cubs Fan, Estranged Lover of 🐌 & self-proclaimed Bilbo Baggins of Paleontology. Opinions & sarcasm mine & mine alone, but model-based. I block apologists for the South, MAGA, etc. He/Him.

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Peter Wagner (a Real Dr., not a surgeon-barber/body-tech/golfer) @peterjwagner3.bsky.social · Nov 10

From Darwins' Day 2019:
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Peter Wagner (a Real Dr., not a surgeon-barber/body-tech/golfer) @peterjwagner3.bsky.social · 9h

Wasn’t she one of Keith Richards’ grandkids?

Peter Wagner (a Real Dr., not a surgeon-barber/body-tech/golfer) @peterjwagner3.bsky.social · 9h

I'm afraid that your liver might have to take a few more hits for the team.

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Peter Wagner (a Real Dr., not a surgeon-barber/body-tech/golfer) @peterjwagner3.bsky.social · 9h

And now it's back to ~50:50. Hopefully the extra day of rest will help Shota.

Peter Wagner (a Real Dr., not a surgeon-barber/body-tech/golfer) @peterjwagner3.bsky.social · 9h

I am enthralled…

Amy @lolennui.bsky.social · 1d

oh hell yeah youtu.be/nGZOFyLrCwk?...

Slug Eating Spaghetti Time Lapse (With Stopwatch Timer)

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Peter Wagner (a Real Dr., not a surgeon-barber/body-tech/golfer) @peterjwagner3.bsky.social · 9h

Evamgelicals, really: and although they call themselves “Protestant,” the mainline Protestants disown them.

Peter Wagner (a Real Dr., not a surgeon-barber/body-tech/golfer) @peterjwagner3.bsky.social · 10h

Well, the home team always gets 27 outs at least! 😎

Peter Wagner (a Real Dr., not a surgeon-barber/body-tech/golfer) @peterjwagner3.bsky.social · 10h

I was wondering about that!

Peter Wagner (a Real Dr., not a surgeon-barber/body-tech/golfer) @peterjwagner3.bsky.social · 12h

Let's hope that Peralta keeps throwing recognizable pitches!

Peter Wagner (a Real Dr., not a surgeon-barber/body-tech/golfer) @peterjwagner3.bsky.social · 17h

a cartoon character says i 'm shocked in front of a fence

ALT: a cartoon character says i 'm shocked in front of a fence

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Peter Wagner (a Real Dr., not a surgeon-barber/body-tech/golfer) @peterjwagner3.bsky.social · 18h

Haven't you ever witness the "Good Christian Pop?"

It's sort of like that exploding whale, but grosser.

Peter Wagner (a Real Dr., not a surgeon-barber/body-tech/golfer) @peterjwagner3.bsky.social · 18h

There are very few occasions in which I think that the phrase "I'd rather put a gun in my mouth" is really appropriate, but this is one of them.

Peter Wagner (a Real Dr., not a surgeon-barber/body-tech/golfer) @peterjwagner3.bsky.social · 19h

After all, there is nothing a batter can do to make a pitcher throw a pitch that the batter can instantly recognize.

Peter Wagner (a Real Dr., not a surgeon-barber/body-tech/golfer) @peterjwagner3.bsky.social · 19h

Having been watching baseball for nearly as long, that's how it's been all the while I've been watching. A team lights up one pitcher, or a starter loses it for one inning, and then the next reliever comes in or the starter figures out how he was tipping his pitches, and the batters get blown away.

Peter Wagner (a Real Dr., not a surgeon-barber/body-tech/golfer) @peterjwagner3.bsky.social · 19h

The only momentum in baseball is next inning's pitcher, and Milwaukee's pitching other than Priester's was great. This was a game where one pitcher's bad performance cost his team the victory.

Peter Wagner (a Real Dr., not a surgeon-barber/body-tech/golfer) @peterjwagner3.bsky.social · 20h

Dumb moves by both managers. But it’s probably dumber from Counsell (but still stupid from Murphy): either teams’ #4 starters probably would have pitches better than either Boyd or Peralta will.

Peter Wagner (a Real Dr., not a surgeon-barber/body-tech/golfer) @peterjwagner3.bsky.social · 20h

Rea should have started Game 1. Over postseason history, #4 starters have done better than have #1 starters on short rest, and Rea has been better than your average #4 starters all year.

(That might sound like a backhanded compliment, but it really is not!)

Peter Wagner (a Real Dr., not a surgeon-barber/body-tech/golfer) @peterjwagner3.bsky.social · 20h

One of the reason why we are in this mess is that the vast majority of Americans see no problem with this statement.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 21h

RFK Jr on Tylenol and autism: "It is not proof. We're doing the studies to make the proof."

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Peter Wagner (a Real Dr., not a surgeon-barber/body-tech/golfer) @peterjwagner3.bsky.social · 22h

Meanwhile, a huge proportion of Dodgers’ fans think that last night was LA’s only chance to win their series: they’ve already pencilled in loses in Games 4 & 5.

Baseball fans are hysterical… 😎

Peter Wagner (a Real Dr., not a surgeon-barber/body-tech/golfer) @peterjwagner3.bsky.social · 23h

If only Hoyer had acquired one of those big name starters that was not actually on the trade block and who did not pitch all that well after the trade deadline….

Peter Wagner (a Real Dr., not a surgeon-barber/body-tech/golfer) @peterjwagner3.bsky.social · 23h

Ned Flanders pointed out that he did, including the parts of the Bible that contradicted other parts of the Bible! 🤡

Peter Wagner (a Real Dr., not a surgeon-barber/body-tech/golfer) @peterjwagner3.bsky.social · 1d

I always like to call the Union Army the original Antifa, personally… 😈

Peter Wagner (a Real Dr., not a surgeon-barber/body-tech/golfer) @peterjwagner3.bsky.social · 1d

I’d like the Quakers if it weren’t for the whole “no booze” thing. Of course, they aren’t strictly trinitarian, so maybe they got kicked out of Christianity the way that the Unitarians seem to have been?

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Peter Wagner (a Real Dr., not a surgeon-barber/body-tech/golfer) @peterjwagner3.bsky.social · 1d

And they now have a ~25% chance of getting to the LCS.

Peter Wagner (a Real Dr., not a surgeon-barber/body-tech/golfer) @peterjwagner3.bsky.social · 1d

… religions spawn "Baptists" who just randomly grab whatever they want plus what they want to be there.

Peter Wagner (a Real Dr., not a surgeon-barber/body-tech/golfer) @peterjwagner3.bsky.social · 1d

I've read theologists state that the new testament provides the basis for 3 distinct religions (corresponding roughly to Lutheranism, Arminianism and Calvinism), plus any number of religions that try to juggle the three (e.g., Anglicanism, Catholicism, Orthodox, Coptic, etc.). And, of course, all…