David Ralin
@davidralin.bsky.social
juman with volvo 240 Stockholm syndrome, anarchisht, macaroni art peacenik
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Commitment to Biofilm Formation
Pseudomonas aeruginosa start biofilm formation using mechanosensitive appendages.
Pseudomonas aeruginosa start biofilm formation using mechanosensitive appendages.
Commitment to Biofilm Formation
Pseudomonas aeruginosa start biofilm formation using mechanosensitive appendages.
smallthingsconsidered.blog
November 27, 2025 at 9:00 AM
Commitment to Biofilm Formation
Pseudomonas aeruginosa start biofilm formation using mechanosensitive appendages.
Pseudomonas aeruginosa start biofilm formation using mechanosensitive appendages.
In my professional bubble, it’s a war. The technical folks hate it because being 2/3 right is killing someone the other third of the time, and the marketing folks love it because they hate writing, writers, real work, and the truth.
this is a bluesky bubble opinion. 800M+ people use chatgpt every week. I hate Facebook and Instagram and I wish they didn’t exist, but 3B and 2B people use them every month, respectively. it’s very hard to picture a mass or even a niche left backlash against them
i think tech and ai positive people are going to be in for a big shock when anti tech and anti ai sentiment becomes a major part of leftwing politics going forward especially as datacenters continue to destroy communities and raise electricity bills
November 26, 2025 at 11:12 PM
In my professional bubble, it’s a war. The technical folks hate it because being 2/3 right is killing someone the other third of the time, and the marketing folks love it because they hate writing, writers, real work, and the truth.
Omfg I hate driving on the South Bay of LA
November 26, 2025 at 5:51 PM
Omfg I hate driving on the South Bay of LA
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[Staring into the middle distance with a cigarette cupped in my hand to hide the ember] poultry... poultry never changes
November 26, 2025 at 4:47 PM
[Staring into the middle distance with a cigarette cupped in my hand to hide the ember] poultry... poultry never changes
“isn’t it hard to cut the back out?”
Nothing a pair of Italian kitchen shears and a Mora knife can’t do in the kitchen.
Nothing a pair of Italian kitchen shears and a Mora knife can’t do in the kitchen.
Account rep on my only call of the day asked how I cook my turkey and I rattled off "spatchcock, brine for 36 hours, 450 for 30 minutes then 375 for 2 hours rest covered for 1 hour" like I was calling in coordinates for an air strike
November 26, 2025 at 4:57 PM
“isn’t it hard to cut the back out?”
Nothing a pair of Italian kitchen shears and a Mora knife can’t do in the kitchen.
Nothing a pair of Italian kitchen shears and a Mora knife can’t do in the kitchen.
Guess I’m going to CostCo.
November 26, 2025 at 6:45 AM
Guess I’m going to CostCo.
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I’m not spiraling, I’m a master of spin.
November 25, 2025 at 5:25 PM
I’m not spiraling, I’m a master of spin.
Toasted pecans can do anything
I think Pecan Pie is one of those things that is divisive now because it’s just a blob of sugar with nuts on it but to someone 150 years ago who ate shoes it was probably like having 12 orgasms at once
November 26, 2025 at 6:06 AM
Toasted pecans can do anything
Why this brings to mind the tidily dressed middle class professional dads of my friends in Atlanta?
I have long posited that Daniel Craig's accent in Glass Onion is better than Knives Out because in Knives Out he is trying to do a real Southern accent and is bad at it but in Glass Onion he is just talking like Foghorn Leghorn, which is something a real gay Southern weirdo would do.
November 26, 2025 at 6:05 AM
Why this brings to mind the tidily dressed middle class professional dads of my friends in Atlanta?
Oh the times had to this one.
Second only to Cocteau Twins’ Pink Opaque.
Second only to Cocteau Twins’ Pink Opaque.
"Spleen and Ideal", the second studio album from #DeadCanDance, released on this day 40 years ago.
November 26, 2025 at 5:55 AM
Oh the times had to this one.
Second only to Cocteau Twins’ Pink Opaque.
Second only to Cocteau Twins’ Pink Opaque.
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A package hasn't "shipped" if you've only "created the label"
November 25, 2025 at 3:02 PM
A package hasn't "shipped" if you've only "created the label"
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one of the coolest things about ChatGPT is how you can actually just never use it. you can fill your whole entire life with simply not once using it. it's incredible.
November 25, 2025 at 4:15 PM
one of the coolest things about ChatGPT is how you can actually just never use it. you can fill your whole entire life with simply not once using it. it's incredible.
Better catalog than The Replacements imo, not counting their 90s major label era.
Soul Asylum’s “While You Were Out” LP was released on this date in 1986. It’s nice that whoever runs the band’s social media is on top of this stuff, and they posted the photo below among several others.
November 26, 2025 at 5:10 AM
Better catalog than The Replacements imo, not counting their 90s major label era.
You know what helps when the head of a foreign government is plotting your assassination? Anti-psychotic medication.
sacre bleu 😱
November 25, 2025 at 4:23 PM
You know what helps when the head of a foreign government is plotting your assassination? Anti-psychotic medication.
$800k/yr, $2M lump sum, $200-400k for the rest of her life, CEO takes a three month leave, can someone good at government please tell me why LA is so broke and can’t get anything done?
laist.com/brief/news/l...
laist.com/brief/news/l...
County CEO goes on leave
Fesia Davenport says she’ll return early next year
laist.com
November 25, 2025 at 4:18 PM
$800k/yr, $2M lump sum, $200-400k for the rest of her life, CEO takes a three month leave, can someone good at government please tell me why LA is so broke and can’t get anything done?
laist.com/brief/news/l...
laist.com/brief/news/l...
Shining a light on the “cliffs” of income strata.
in which the Chief Strategist and Portfolio Manager for Simplify Asset Management discovers how anachronistic & damaging “the poverty line” metric is in the USA— www.yesigiveafig.com/p/part-1-my-...
Part 1: My Life Is a Lie
How a Broken Benchmark Quietly Broke America
www.yesigiveafig.com
November 25, 2025 at 3:50 PM
Shining a light on the “cliffs” of income strata.
What’s with the elaborate hair cope on NBC tonight? First DJ Khalid and his paint, now Cobie Smulders and this full chinstrap helmet assembly.
November 25, 2025 at 9:31 AM
What’s with the elaborate hair cope on NBC tonight? First DJ Khalid and his paint, now Cobie Smulders and this full chinstrap helmet assembly.
More than it takes to paint a hairline
and beard
and beard
It takes alot of paint to paint a fence. DJ Khaled
November 25, 2025 at 8:20 AM
More than it takes to paint a hairline
and beard
and beard
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This is ridiculous. laist.com/news/la-coun...
LA County’s $2M CEO payout was over claims she was harmed by ballot measure
Davenport requested the settlement for “reputational harm, embarrassment and physical, emotional and mental distress caused by the Measure G.”
laist.com
November 25, 2025 at 12:38 AM
This is ridiculous. laist.com/news/la-coun...
The vast majority of us are not with Alan Dershowitz in any sense.
"elevate charismatic figures such as Alan Dershowitz"
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November 25, 2025 at 5:30 AM
The vast majority of us are not with Alan Dershowitz in any sense.
Opinions differ: let’s hear the virus’s side
Chat is this good
Washington state resident dies of new H5N5 form of bird flu
November 25, 2025 at 5:08 AM
Opinions differ: let’s hear the virus’s side
“Won’t find nothing on me. I’m cleaner than prince Andrew’s search history.”
November 25, 2025 at 1:06 AM
“Won’t find nothing on me. I’m cleaner than prince Andrew’s search history.”
Against it. Wildfire mitigation is a multi-layered multi-entity enterprise, but the energy companies need to bear the full cost of maintaining and failing to maintain their equipment.
3/4 (?) of the deadliest and most costly fires of the past decade have been literally their damn fault?
3/4 (?) of the deadliest and most costly fires of the past decade have been literally their damn fault?
Some CA legislator should propose a bill to move wildfire mitigation costs out of electricity bills & into the general fund. It's more honest (the whole state is affected), more progressive (electricity bills are *extremely* regressive), & would, at a stroke, lower CA electric bills.
November 24, 2025 at 11:55 PM
Against it. Wildfire mitigation is a multi-layered multi-entity enterprise, but the energy companies need to bear the full cost of maintaining and failing to maintain their equipment.
3/4 (?) of the deadliest and most costly fires of the past decade have been literally their damn fault?
3/4 (?) of the deadliest and most costly fires of the past decade have been literally their damn fault?