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Nosferatu RBMK 🦇

@comraderobot.bsky.social

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equal parts physics, left politics, DIY science, and photos (space/birds/stuff). formerly astroparticle physics, now astrodynamicist. "dr" in certain extremely specific professional contexts. ohio for 3 decades then west coast (sfbay, now pdx). fuck gen ai

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Nosferatu RBMK 🦇 @comraderobot.bsky.social · Oct 17

okay we can pin stuff now and tons of people are pouring in from an X debacle… so

Hi! my name is Nathan

i post jokes and do a bunch of tedious but aesthetic stuff in my free time:

* space photos
* bird photos
* bouncing radio off the moon
* making gadgets
* using/programming old computers

Photos of jupiter, sun, and saturn/moon conjunction

selfie in front of my moonbounce antenna

bluebird on a fence looking over shoulder and kinda pissed?

my “radioactive dice” project that makes random numbers from Geiger clicks of uranium marbles

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Nosferatu RBMK 🦇 @comraderobot.bsky.social · 9h

the other day i was able to whip out with zero warning that it was gavrilo princip of the black hand society who killed archduke ferdinand and i think it was low key a scary experience for my gf

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thee Michael Whiteshoes @michaelwhiteshoes.bsky.social · 14h

since it's spooky season here's my favorite gravestone

a gray tombstone with an etching of a woman on an older portable phone. the tombstone reads:"Jesus Called And Kim Answered".

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Nosferatu RBMK 🦇 @comraderobot.bsky.social · 10h

okay but did you tell them i love them

Dr Perry Beasley-Hall @pbeasleyhall.bsky.social · 14h

Cooloola monsters are weird, chunky insects endemic to South East Queensland, Australia. They're probably related to king crickets (Anostostomatidae), but not much is known about their evolution. The wingless females live permanently underground. #EverydayEnsifera

📸: Visit Gympie Region

A pale insect with tiny eyes digging underground. It looks almost like a fat potato with legs.

Source: https://www.visitgympieregion.com.au/great-experiences/wildlife/

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Nosferatu RBMK 🦇 @comraderobot.bsky.social · 16h

this shit looks like someone’s about to shoot franz ferdinand

Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 16h

NVIDIA and OpenAi:

Concerns that their “increasingly complex and interconnected web of business transactions is artificially propping up the trillion-dollar AI boom.“

@bloomberg.com $NVDA 👀
www.bloomberg.com/news/feature...

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Nosferatu RBMK 🦇 @comraderobot.bsky.social · 11h

truck around and find out

Nosferatu RBMK 🦇 @comraderobot.bsky.social · 11h

all these DANGEROUS PROFESSIONAL ANTIFAS wear fragile inflatable frog suits

Nosferatu RBMK 🦇 @comraderobot.bsky.social · 11h

all this shit with the inflatable frog suit is fantastic. like the inflatable frog is literally winning the information war lol

Melissa Gira Grant @melissagiragrant.com · 15h

Incredible (via www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...)

A group of apparent armed agents assemble at the end of a street, as seen from the perspective of a person in inflatable frog costume, their frog’s eyes dominating the foreground. The Ice facility in downtown Portland on Monday. Photograph: Mathieu Lewis-Rolland/AFP/Getty Images

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Nosferatu RBMK 🦇 @comraderobot.bsky.social · 12h

HOLD THE LINE. HOLLLLLLLLLD

CNN @cnn.com · 12h

There will not be enough air traffic controllers in the tower at Chicago’s O’Hare International Airport, the FAA is warning.

Now on the seventh day of the government shutdown, the same scenario is playing out at FAA offices across the country, with ripple effects hitting flights almost everywhere.

Delays spread to major airports across the country, as the seventh day of government shutdown impacts travelers | CNN

There are not going to be enough air traffic controllers in the tower at Chicago’s O’Hare International Airport Tuesday night, the Federal Aviation Administratoin is warning. In Nashville, so many are...

www.cnn.com

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Nosferatu RBMK 🦇 @comraderobot.bsky.social · 12h

yeah. that’s to code

Nosferatu RBMK 🦇 @comraderobot.bsky.social · 12h

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Microplastics Spookmelier @leastactionhero.bsky.social · 12h

living the dream

Picture from what appears to be 80's television of a white woman with feathered hair being interviewed in front of a brown horse.
Stephanie Green
Horse Owner

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Satchel Charge @satchelcharge.bsky.social · 17h

Times Physics Went Beast Mode and 10 others liked your post

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Nosferatu RBMK 🦇 @comraderobot.bsky.social · 14h

way more realistic goal than a general strike and we should do it

Laurel @l4ur3l.bsky.social · 14h

How about a week long spending strike?

Michelle likes democracy. @democracymichelle.bsky.social · 1d

We ready for a general strike yet?

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Nosferatu RBMK 🦇 @comraderobot.bsky.social · 15h

Yeah. We’re here already.

jeff computers @helldude.bsky.social · 15h

i do think any state governments that have a genuine belief in democracy should probably look into forming some sort of compact now

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Nosferatu RBMK 🦇 @comraderobot.bsky.social · 15h

we had bigger crowds at tesla takedown, which was in the same spot

Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 16h

Kristi Noem confronts enemy combatants in the Portland war zone today.

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Nosferatu RBMK 🦇 @comraderobot.bsky.social · 16h

this shit looks like someone’s about to shoot franz ferdinand

Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 16h

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Nosferatu RBMK 🦇 @comraderobot.bsky.social · 17h

even the fucking nazis didnt wear masks

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Nosferatu RBMK 🦇 @comraderobot.bsky.social · 17h

i have no mouth and i must run out of cyan

neongrey @neongrey.bsky.social · 1d

all discourse aside, there is one machine with consciousness. it's printers. they are alive and conscious and they hate you and they'd take your arm clean off if you let them. never trust a printer.

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die-hardbaby ✨🔵 @dumb.baby · 18h

sitewide discourse about whether or not spooky is a slur would fix us

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d.ly @dly.bsky.social · 20h

haha ok go off, my liege

You will not get any automated email henceforth.

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Nosferatu RBMK 🦇 @comraderobot.bsky.social · 19h

they don’t deserve burgerville. burgerville is for patriots only

Alex Zielinski @alexzee.bsky.social · 19h

Apropos of nothing, Sec. Kristi Noem is currently praying over Burgerville with Portland ICE officials.

A screenshot of a video of Noem praying at a conference table with other people wearing suits. Fast food bags and water bottles sit on the table.

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Emily Hunt @emily.space · 19h

This is tragic - UW is a great place for grad students. 🔭☄️

Do we know why? 🫤

Meg Schwamb @megschwamb.bsky.social · 19h

Sad to see the University of Washington Astronomy Department has suspended graduate admissions for the 2026-2027 Academic Year. astro.washington.edu/graduate-adm...

Graduate Admissions | Department of Astronomy | University of Washington

The Department of Astronomy has suspended graduate admissions for the 2026-2027 Academic Year. General Information for applying to UW Astronomy Graduate Program. Applications must be submitted using ...

astro.washington.edu