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Scientist & engineer: ❤️ Theater, music, books, film, comedy, comics, cooking, art, history, social justice & a pluralistic democracy.

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DocDanPgh @docdanpgh.bsky.social · Nov 27
Microwaving is the best way to cook corn. It steams in the husk w/o boiling away sugars, the silk slides off w/o having to be picked off in strands & anyone watching is impressed AF.
Up to 3 fit in a triangle at once. Use 3-4 minutes an ear, rotating them along their axis once so they cook evenly.
docdanpgh.bsky.social
Me, an old hetero white male engineer eagerly discussing and recommending romance novels without shame if they’re by Mia Sosa, Emily Henry, Abby Jimenez, Talia Hibbert or Lily Chu.

Cara Bastone? I read’em but
docdanpgh.bsky.social DocDanPgh @docdanpgh.bsky.social · 9h
I also like some novels by Cara Bastone but I can never recommend any of her books because the titles are always so shmaltzy and stereotypical that they’re too embarrassing to mention.
November 30, 2025 at 3:39 AM
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justinwolfers.bsky.social
"No one's going to build a factory based on a tariff that's on on Monday, off on... Tuesday, the president's changed his mind by Wednesday, he gets hormonal by Thursday and someone says something nasty in the middle school cafeteria on Friday and they're back on again."
November 29, 2025 at 12:52 PM
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moviessilently.bsky.social
Remember, the big argument for AI in the arts is that these “artists” have ideas, hundreds of ideas, thousands, all that was stopping them was the hoards of gatekeeping musicians, writers, illustrators… and not that they were lazy and didn’t want to put in the work.
November 29, 2025 at 8:42 PM
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greenarrowcore.bsky.social
3. Detective Comics #551
November 30, 2025 at 12:55 AM
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mrsbettybowers.bsky.social
In case you’re in the mood for some good news . . .
November 29, 2025 at 10:14 PM
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authoremmabarry.bsky.social
So I've been teaching a themed intro to literature course on romance novels, and I want to set up a lending library in my office because my institution's romance holdings are terrible.

I'm hitting a used book store today to stock up. What is the one book I MUST add to my list?
November 29, 2025 at 2:51 PM
docdanpgh.bsky.social
Name a fantasy movie without mentioning The Lord of the Rings.

The 1962 Czech film Baron Prasil (The Fabulous Baron Munchausen)
Baron Munchausen riding on a huge cannonball
November 29, 2025 at 11:39 PM
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moviessilently.bsky.social
It wasn’t even the first film adaptation of the Clansmen
November 29, 2025 at 11:19 PM
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juliametraux.bsky.social
Unvaccinated infants are the second most likely group to get hospitalized for Covid after older adults. Any effort to minimize the effectiveness for kids is evil.
November 29, 2025 at 10:10 PM
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kissphoria.bsky.social
idk not to mention how very nuanced and normal the actual response here was
Trans Professors comment Mel Curth (She/They) November 16, 2025 at 2:04 PM Please note that I am not deducting points because you have certain beliefs, but instead I am deducting point for you posting a reaction paper that does not answer the questions for this assignment, contradicts itself, heavily uses personal ideology over empirical evidence in a scientific class, and is at times offensive. While you are entitled to your own personal beliefs, there is an appropriate time or place to implement them in your reflections. I encourage all students to question or challenge the course material with other empirical findings or testable hypotheses, but using your own personal beliefs to argue against the findings of not only this article, but the findings of countless articles across psychology, biology, sociology, etc. is not best practice. You argue that abiding by normative gender roles is beneficial (it is perfectly fine to believe this. but to then say that evervone should act TPUSA OU Trans Professors comment the same, while also saying that people aren't pressured into gendered expectations is contradictory, especially since your arguments reflect a religious pressure to act in gender-stereotypical ways. You can say that strict gender norms don't create gender stereotypes, but that isn't true by definition of what a stereotype is. Please note that acknowledging gender stereotypes does not immediately denote a negative connotation, a nuance this article discusses. Additionally, to call an entire group of people "demonic" is highly offensive, especially a minoritized population. You are entitled to your own beliefs, but this isn't a vague narrative of "society pushes lies," but instead the result of countless years developing psychological and scientific evidence for these claims and directly interacting with the communities involved. You may personally disagree with this, but that TPUSA OU 2 Trans Professors comment doesn't change the fact that every major psychological, medical, pediatric, and psychiatric association in the United States acknowledges that, biologically and psychologically, sex and gender is neither binary nor fixed. I implore you apply some more perspective and empathy in your work. If you personally disagree with the findings, then by all means share your criticisms, but make sure to do so in a way that is appropriate and using the methodology of empirical psychology, as aligned with the learning goals in this class. If you have any additional questions or concerns about this or would like some additional educational resources, I would be happy to discuss this further and provide you with them. 3 TPUSA OU Additional professor Megan Waldron (She/Her/Hers) November 16, 2025 at 3:09 PM Samantha, I am the other instructor for this course, and I have also taken the time to read your paper. I concur with Mel on the grade you received. This paper should not be considered as a completion of the assignment. Everyone has different ways in which they see the world, but in an academic course such as this you are being asked to support your ideas with empirical evidence and higher-level reasoning. I find it concerning that you state at the beginning of your paper that you do not think bullying ("teasing") is a bad thing. In addition, your paper directly and harshly criticizes your peers and their opinions, which are just as valuable as yours. Disagreeing with others is fine, but there is a respectful way to go about it. That goes for discussion posts as well as reaction papers. Please employ more thoughtfulness in your future assignments TPUSA OU
November 29, 2025 at 3:45 PM
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rocinante.bsky.social
Noting you approve of teasing to enforce certain norms and then flipping the fuck out and crying discrimination when you are challenged in perhaps the most kind way possible is so much of their entire ethos in one distilled bit.
November 29, 2025 at 5:12 PM
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msemilyedwards.bsky.social
Nick & Nora / Gomez & Morticia are absolute proof that what the audiences hunger for are two married people who flirt shamelessly and relentlessly and I don’t know how come Hollywood can’t just give us that again
November 28, 2025 at 7:11 PM
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silverseafoam.cryptoanarchy.network
Here ya go:
archive.is/vF1Cs
archive.is
November 28, 2025 at 1:33 PM
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tressiemcphd.bsky.social
Saving to read
rtraister.bsky.social Rebecca Traister @rtraister.bsky.social · 1d
“There are no clean demarcations between feminism and its backlash and the backlash to the backlash, between progress and regress. It was always fanciful to conceive of progressive victories as permanent, just as it was a shortsighted fantasy that edgelord heterodoxy would remain cool.”
Me Too Forever
Why the backlash was so short-lived.
www.thecut.com
November 28, 2025 at 3:40 PM
docdanpgh.bsky.social
Literally a Jewish Nazi 🤦‍♂️
publius24.bsky.social John Q. Public @publius24.bsky.social · 2d
Stephen Miller is now arguing that assimilation is fundamentally impossible and that certain cultures are not compatible with Western civilization
November 28, 2025 at 2:25 PM
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williamadler78.bsky.social
This is almost word for word what xenophobes in the 1930s and 1940s said about Miller's Jewish ancestors and relatives. He's so hateful he couldn't possibly recognize that of course.
publius24.bsky.social John Q. Public @publius24.bsky.social · 2d
Stephen Miller is now arguing that assimilation is fundamentally impossible and that certain cultures are not compatible with Western civilization
November 28, 2025 at 1:01 PM
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translatormonkey.bsky.social
November 27, 2025 at 10:13 AM
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moviessilently.bsky.social
I think I like the cinnamon-less pumpkin pie better than the cinnamony one.

My spice selection was cloves, allspice, ginger, cardamom, mace, and nutmeg. I went for spices like a medieval social climber!
November 28, 2025 at 2:39 AM
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gmf1369.bsky.social
Foo Fighters - My Hero (Official HD Video)
YouTube video by foofightersVEVO
www.youtube.com
November 27, 2025 at 10:34 PM
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aplante.com
i know WHY this is but that just makes it even more of a kick in the pants lmao
screenshot of a tumblr post from user “wildmansters” The thing that really boils my potatoes about Al in general is that I have been a creative professional for over a decade now and the devil has ALWAYS been in the details. Big and small, I've had single-person businesses rip me to shreds over how their colors turned out on newsprint, and have worked with huge companies with THICK brand guidelines with every detail of their brand identity laid out and enforced with an iron fist. But I guess all of that stuff doesn't matter anymore? Who gives a fuck if this Al generated baby has six fingers, that mom-and-pop shop is still going to use it. That rug from Temu says Happy Thanksgivirg? Oh well haha it's just a silly funny thing now (nevermind that you never would have given a B-grade item from a craft show the same consideration). I don't actually care that the Al Coca-cola ad has a truck that changes size every scene, but I can't help but think about how, if it had been some poor underpaid artist, they would have been laughed out of the building. I don't really know how to put it in a succint way but it just feels all the more obvious how much more grace and flexibility has always been possible but never offered.
November 28, 2025 at 3:28 AM
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alexwild.bsky.social
You can’t reform this.
November 28, 2025 at 1:40 PM
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moritherapy.bsky.social
Then as now ...
A cartoon from May 21, 1960. Boy coming home from school saying "our current events teacher keeps bursting into tears." Artist: Chon Day
November 27, 2025 at 8:49 PM
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luxalptraum.com
Where’s the assistant loudly whispering into Miller’s ears that he’s talking about his own ancestors
November 28, 2025 at 1:34 PM
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jamellebouie.net
this is just gutter racism
publius24.bsky.social John Q. Public @publius24.bsky.social · 2d
Stephen Miller is now arguing that assimilation is fundamentally impossible and that certain cultures are not compatible with Western civilization
November 28, 2025 at 12:59 PM
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kipwilliams.bsky.social
When I was in the chorus of The Mikado in 2000, my wife overheard a college student tell the guy next to him "This is more fun than getting wasted!"

I accepted this on behalf of the cast.
ldlewiswrites.blacksky.app L. D. Lewis, Sea Witch Apologist 🍂 @ldlewiswrites.blacksky.app · Oct 24
What is the best compliment you ever received? Putting aside whether or not you believed it.
November 27, 2025 at 3:32 PM