Derrick Flakoll
@dflakoll.bsky.social
Policy @BloombergNEF - US and Canadian industrial strategy, trade, regulations, etc. UNC and @harvardkennedy.bsky.social
alum. Category-5 brainstormer. Views are my own, likes & reposts are not endorsements, etc.
alum. Category-5 brainstormer. Views are my own, likes & reposts are not endorsements, etc.
Are there different rates of differential partisan turnout between off-year/special elections and midterm elections?
December 3, 2025 at 6:18 AM
Are there different rates of differential partisan turnout between off-year/special elections and midterm elections?
Dangit, yet another reminder that I need to get back to the claw of the conciliator, and probably start the whole book of the new sun over again
December 3, 2025 at 6:02 AM
Dangit, yet another reminder that I need to get back to the claw of the conciliator, and probably start the whole book of the new sun over again
Reposted by Derrick Flakoll
We can date the Polynesian settlement of Aotearoa/New Zealand to c.1267–1327 because they burned so much forest that there are layers of charcoal ash with traceable pollen in it buried in snow layers in the Antarctic Peninsula south of Tiera del Fuego
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Hemispheric black carbon increase after the 13th-century Māori arrival in New Zealand - Nature
Antarctic ice-core records and atmospheric transport modelling used here show that the 13th-century rise of Māori culture in New Zealand led to a threefold increase of atmospheric black carbon.
www.nature.com
June 24, 2025 at 2:09 PM
We can date the Polynesian settlement of Aotearoa/New Zealand to c.1267–1327 because they burned so much forest that there are layers of charcoal ash with traceable pollen in it buried in snow layers in the Antarctic Peninsula south of Tiera del Fuego
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Wow I didn’t know they had a whole Changi Jewel doppelgänger in there
December 2, 2025 at 6:16 AM
Wow I didn’t know they had a whole Changi Jewel doppelgänger in there
Then again I suppose you can’t spell Timeless without Timless. Plus an E, strategically deployed.
December 2, 2025 at 4:32 AM
Then again I suppose you can’t spell Timeless without Timless. Plus an E, strategically deployed.
Or time has been bent by Tim. Or we somehow have timelessness while being Timless.
December 2, 2025 at 4:31 AM
Or time has been bent by Tim. Or we somehow have timelessness while being Timless.
Reposted by Derrick Flakoll
every innovation in communication or transportation enables new types of betrayal
December 1, 2025 at 5:41 PM
every innovation in communication or transportation enables new types of betrayal
I prefer reed richards
November 30, 2025 at 8:57 PM
I prefer reed richards
Bioreactors are a cruel mistress
November 30, 2025 at 7:45 PM
Bioreactors are a cruel mistress
But were they also worn by Sargon, Hammurabi, and Gilgamesh? www.youtube.com/watch?v=jAMR...
They Might Be Giants - The Mesopotamians (official TMBG video)
YouTube video by ParticleMen
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November 26, 2025 at 9:17 AM
But were they also worn by Sargon, Hammurabi, and Gilgamesh? www.youtube.com/watch?v=jAMR...
Unless they were shoes of subpar quality from Ea-Nasir’s Copper and General Store
November 26, 2025 at 9:12 AM
Unless they were shoes of subpar quality from Ea-Nasir’s Copper and General Store
Whens and wheres?
November 19, 2025 at 5:50 AM
Whens and wheres?
Reposted by Derrick Flakoll
you see, I have this need to scream into the void. physically incapable of shutting the fuck up. I do not enjoy the void screaming back
November 19, 2025 at 3:31 AM
you see, I have this need to scream into the void. physically incapable of shutting the fuck up. I do not enjoy the void screaming back