Bill Flarsheim
@billflarsheim.bsky.social
Grandpa, Ph.D Chemical Engineer-Retired. Respect the person who cleans the corner office as much as the person in the corner office.
Further evidence that the correct use case for LLMs is “Nope!”
December 26, 2025 at 5:47 AM
Further evidence that the correct use case for LLMs is “Nope!”
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This is the key part. Only Christian Americans are allowed to confidently proclaim the truth of their beliefs, if anyone else does it they’re trying to “ram their beliefs down your throat.”
December 25, 2025 at 9:09 PM
This is the key part. Only Christian Americans are allowed to confidently proclaim the truth of their beliefs, if anyone else does it they’re trying to “ram their beliefs down your throat.”
Nice story. Good thought.
Things are Terrible, but this isn't.
Be weird.
Be weird.
December 25, 2025 at 11:38 PM
Nice story. Good thought.
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Merry Christmas, everyone!
Cardiff couple invited man in for Christmas, he stayed for 45 years
An arrangement Rob and Dianne Parsons thought would last a few days ended up changing their lives.
www.bbc.co.uk
December 25, 2025 at 7:24 AM
Merry Christmas, everyone!
Good numbers to know.
I see there’s a post about microplastics going around with a photo of drinking straws, so here is my semi-regular reminder that the 3 biggest sources of microplastics are tires (45%), synthetic clothing particles (35%) and paint (~10%).
Lay article attached:
Lay article attached:
One of the biggest microplastic pollution sources isn’t straws or grocery bags – it’s your tires
Every few years, the tires on your car wear thin and need to be replaced. But where does that lost tire material go? The answer, unfortunately, is often waterways, where the tiny microplastic particle...
www.pbs.org
December 24, 2025 at 5:06 AM
Good numbers to know.
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Laura is the best journalist of the MAGA because she actually listens to them with some empathy for their afflictions and treats them fairly and honestly.
Kelly said the Republican party, especially the youth, are changing their opinion about Israel
That there was a time when you weren't allowed to question Israel and she's sick of it
That she doesn't think Israel killed Kirk but she supports Candace Owens asking those questions
That there was a time when you weren't allowed to question Israel and she's sick of it
That she doesn't think Israel killed Kirk but she supports Candace Owens asking those questions
December 21, 2025 at 1:09 PM
Laura is the best journalist of the MAGA because she actually listens to them with some empathy for their afflictions and treats them fairly and honestly.
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You can also contact me via Signal. I will keep you anonymous. muellershewrote.23
Garcia: If you are a whistleblower at the FBI, at the DOJ, if you worked hard to put the files together and are seeing your work now being hidden by your own DOJ, contact the oversight committee. We have whistleblower protections.
December 21, 2025 at 7:33 PM
You can also contact me via Signal. I will keep you anonymous. muellershewrote.23
The last night. Chag sameach everyone.
December 22, 2025 at 1:23 AM
The last night. Chag sameach everyone.
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I found it. The Bari Weiss/CBS News town hall promo for feminism does indeed use a 1964 photo of Beatles fans.
December 19, 2025 at 4:38 PM
I found it. The Bari Weiss/CBS News town hall promo for feminism does indeed use a 1964 photo of Beatles fans.
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“They’re denying that any of her birth certificates, which are from Laurel, Maryland, her records of immunization, medical records — they’re denying the authenticity of them. It is something I’ve never encountered.” www.huffpost.com/entry/us-cit...
Trump Administration Says Maryland Woman's Birth Certificate Is Fake In Dystopian Move
Dulce Consuelo Diaz Morales was arrested on Sunday. ICE won’t release her despite extensive documentation of her citizenship, her attorneys told HuffPost.
www.huffpost.com
December 19, 2025 at 3:53 AM
“They’re denying that any of her birth certificates, which are from Laurel, Maryland, her records of immunization, medical records — they’re denying the authenticity of them. It is something I’ve never encountered.” www.huffpost.com/entry/us-cit...
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my favorite thing about the benoit blanc movies is that they aren't really about benoit blanc. he is not grappling with demons from his past. we are not getting flashbacks to the husband whose murder he never solved. he just shows up and does his job like mary poppins for homicides
December 14, 2025 at 1:24 PM
my favorite thing about the benoit blanc movies is that they aren't really about benoit blanc. he is not grappling with demons from his past. we are not getting flashbacks to the husband whose murder he never solved. he just shows up and does his job like mary poppins for homicides
Happy Chanukah
December 15, 2025 at 4:21 AM
Happy Chanukah
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@colbertlateshow.bsky.social . teamed up with Jesse Wells to destroy ICE. This is amazing!
Crank 🆙 the volume, and 🖕🏽🖕🏻🖕🏿🖕🏼🖕🏾ICE!
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Crank 🆙 the volume, and 🖕🏽🖕🏻🖕🏿🖕🏼🖕🏾ICE!
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December 13, 2025 at 9:33 PM
@colbertlateshow.bsky.social . teamed up with Jesse Wells to destroy ICE. This is amazing!
Crank 🆙 the volume, and 🖕🏽🖕🏻🖕🏿🖕🏼🖕🏾ICE!
🎥 voteinorout (IG)
Crank 🆙 the volume, and 🖕🏽🖕🏻🖕🏿🖕🏼🖕🏾ICE!
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This is my friend's cat. Its name is Cookie Swirl, and it disappeared in the American section of Charlotte airport on 11/10. We're asking for your help. She doesn't have any other socials, so if you can post it widely to see if anyone knows where it is. It's a little thing, but matters a lot to her.
December 12, 2025 at 10:22 PM
This is my friend's cat. Its name is Cookie Swirl, and it disappeared in the American section of Charlotte airport on 11/10. We're asking for your help. She doesn't have any other socials, so if you can post it widely to see if anyone knows where it is. It's a little thing, but matters a lot to her.
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Teressa found herself raging at what she labeled the insurance company’s “weaponized incompetence.”
Fax numbers were wrong.
Key records were no longer available online.
The insurer wouldn’t even give her access to her husband’s medical records.
(Published Sept. 2025)
Fax numbers were wrong.
Key records were no longer available online.
The insurer wouldn’t even give her access to her husband’s medical records.
(Published Sept. 2025)
“Just Let Me Die”: After Insurance Repeatedly Denied a Couple’s Claims, One Psychiatrist Was Their Last Hope
After a North Carolina man attempted suicide twice, his wife tried to get him help at an inpatient clinic. But their insurance provider refused to cover the treatment, deeming it “not medically necess...
www.propublica.org
December 5, 2025 at 1:15 AM
Teressa found herself raging at what she labeled the insurance company’s “weaponized incompetence.”
Fax numbers were wrong.
Key records were no longer available online.
The insurer wouldn’t even give her access to her husband’s medical records.
(Published Sept. 2025)
Fax numbers were wrong.
Key records were no longer available online.
The insurer wouldn’t even give her access to her husband’s medical records.
(Published Sept. 2025)
Good stuff!
“Engineers at Cornell University have created the blackest fabric on record, finding it absorbs 99.87 percent of all light that dares to illuminate its surface.”
#scicomm
www.sciencealert.com/blackest-fab...
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#scicomm
www.sciencealert.com/blackest-fab...
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Blackest Fabric Ever Made Absorbs 99.87% of All Light That Hits It
If you want to stand out at your next metal gig, don't settle for a spot of color in a sea of black – go ultrablack instead.
www.sciencealert.com
December 5, 2025 at 1:50 AM
Good stuff!
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When the Trads talk about how happy women were before and what feminism "took away"..
December 3, 2025 at 2:31 AM
When the Trads talk about how happy women were before and what feminism "took away"..
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the true reason for the season: as a species, we give thanks for the asteroid that liberated us from the tyranny of the dinosaurs by roasting and eating one of them fuckers.
November 27, 2025 at 4:56 PM
the true reason for the season: as a species, we give thanks for the asteroid that liberated us from the tyranny of the dinosaurs by roasting and eating one of them fuckers.
A new Thanksgiving record for the family. Thanks to my wife and daughter, we have 8 pies, 2 pecan, 2 pumpkin, 1 cherry, 1 apple, and 2 chocolate cream. This is for 11 people, four of whom are under the age of 8. We like pie. Happy Thanksgiving everyone.
November 27, 2025 at 5:07 AM
A new Thanksgiving record for the family. Thanks to my wife and daughter, we have 8 pies, 2 pecan, 2 pumpkin, 1 cherry, 1 apple, and 2 chocolate cream. This is for 11 people, four of whom are under the age of 8. We like pie. Happy Thanksgiving everyone.
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Natural fibers and good shoes will help you escape the flaming wreckage due to a mistake by an overworked and underpayed ATC staffer?
November 24, 2025 at 8:04 PM
Natural fibers and good shoes will help you escape the flaming wreckage due to a mistake by an overworked and underpayed ATC staffer?
Jakarta Shoots to No. 1 in World Population Ranking From No. 33. How?
www.nytimes.com
November 27, 2025 at 1:23 AM
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Someone needs to set up a camera so we'll know when Pete Hegseth orders this plaque removed from West Point.
Here’s the plaque at West Point with the relevant text highlighted
November 24, 2025 at 11:03 PM
Someone needs to set up a camera so we'll know when Pete Hegseth orders this plaque removed from West Point.
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You know, I'm not sure I ever really read the Pond Rules at our local nature preserve all that closely before
November 25, 2025 at 1:24 AM
You know, I'm not sure I ever really read the Pond Rules at our local nature preserve all that closely before
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Today, after months of requests, I toured the Broadview ICE Processing Facility. I want to share what I saw.
The facility has no food vendor, no medical care, and detainees have to use toilets in the middle of shared cells. These are in no way suitable conditions to be holding anyone — period.
The facility has no food vendor, no medical care, and detainees have to use toilets in the middle of shared cells. These are in no way suitable conditions to be holding anyone — period.
November 25, 2025 at 12:57 AM
Today, after months of requests, I toured the Broadview ICE Processing Facility. I want to share what I saw.
The facility has no food vendor, no medical care, and detainees have to use toilets in the middle of shared cells. These are in no way suitable conditions to be holding anyone — period.
The facility has no food vendor, no medical care, and detainees have to use toilets in the middle of shared cells. These are in no way suitable conditions to be holding anyone — period.
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i’m not crying you’re crying
xkcd: Fifteen Years
xkcd: Fifteen Years
Fifteen Years
xkcd.com
November 25, 2025 at 1:58 AM
i’m not crying you’re crying
xkcd: Fifteen Years
xkcd: Fifteen Years