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Philly dad. Climbing, hiking, birds, reading, programming, science, education, urbanism.
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This is hands down my favourite #SolarFlare in recent years, an event from September 2024. The flare persisted for several hours, giving us a jaw-dropping view of ‘coronal rain’ (seen in the yellow structure) and ‘supra-arcade downflows’ (seen in the cyan structure). A beauty!
December 23, 2025 at 10:49 PM
This is hands down my favourite #SolarFlare in recent years, an event from September 2024. The flare persisted for several hours, giving us a jaw-dropping view of ‘coronal rain’ (seen in the yellow structure) and ‘supra-arcade downflows’ (seen in the cyan structure). A beauty!
I read this (extremely good) piece a few months ago and went back to listen to The Wall for the first time in years, paying attention to it much more carefully than I have done before. Highly recommend reading it.
My @flaminghydra.com essay on Harvard, Pink Floyd, and the immature allure of fascism:
Mother, Should I Build a Wall?
By my sophomore year at Harvard, I was studying the social sciences, editing for the school newspaper, participating in a Jewish fellowship, keeping up a busy social schedule, and feeling so dedicated...
flaminghydra.com
December 24, 2025 at 2:34 PM
I read this (extremely good) piece a few months ago and went back to listen to The Wall for the first time in years, paying attention to it much more carefully than I have done before. Highly recommend reading it.
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The team behind Google’s tool for predicting how proteins “fold” won a 2024 Nobel Prize in chemistry. Here's the state of that tech and how it’s being used in health research today. ⬇️
How Alphafold Has Changed Biology Research, 5 Years On
Google's tool for predicting how proteins “fold” turns 5 this year. How is it fitting into biological research—and where is it going?
buff.ly
November 29, 2025 at 1:51 AM
The team behind Google’s tool for predicting how proteins “fold” won a 2024 Nobel Prize in chemistry. Here's the state of that tech and how it’s being used in health research today. ⬇️
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"Things happen" sometimes, like when you walk into an embassy to apply for your marriage license while your bride-to-be waits outside, but then you get bonesawed to pieces for having exercised freedom of speech as an US-based journalist and have to be carried out in a series of suitcases.
Trump suggests Khashoggi had it coming: "You're mentioning someone that was extremely controversial. A lot of people didn't like that gentleman that you're talking about. Whether you like him or didn't like him, things happen. But he knew nothing about it. You don't have to embarrass our guest."
November 18, 2025 at 11:18 PM
"Things happen" sometimes, like when you walk into an embassy to apply for your marriage license while your bride-to-be waits outside, but then you get bonesawed to pieces for having exercised freedom of speech as an US-based journalist and have to be carried out in a series of suitcases.
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If women are underrepresented in STEM, it's at least partly because men like this offer mentoring, then embarrass themselves by assuming their mentees must be into them, then decide the best solution is to cut ties, which sends the signal to other faculty that the mentee must not be good enough.
The emails have Summers reporting to Epstein about his attempts to date a Harvard economics student & to hit on her during a seminar she was giving.
November 16, 2025 at 12:13 AM
If women are underrepresented in STEM, it's at least partly because men like this offer mentoring, then embarrass themselves by assuming their mentees must be into them, then decide the best solution is to cut ties, which sends the signal to other faculty that the mentee must not be good enough.
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All day, many of you have been asking for a Cheney obituary from me. Get ready:
His Works Completed, Dick Cheney, Mass Murderer of Iraqis and American Democracy, Dies
As much as the Trumpists claim to disavow the War on Terror, they walk a path paved by the most powerful vice president in U.S. history.
www.thenation.com
November 4, 2025 at 5:55 PM
All day, many of you have been asking for a Cheney obituary from me. Get ready:
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This isn't a closing election argument, it's Vidkun Quisling explaining why surrender is better than resistance.
November 4, 2025 at 3:00 AM
This isn't a closing election argument, it's Vidkun Quisling explaining why surrender is better than resistance.
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“Tell your children who the cowards were.”
October 27, 2025 at 10:19 PM
“Tell your children who the cowards were.”
I was watching some YouTube today and was being served AI slop ads for medicinal honey, blueberries, and other kinds of snake oil, featuring fake astronauts, doctors, moms, etc. Seemingly there's no regard for truth or credibility.
October 25, 2025 at 3:48 PM
I was watching some YouTube today and was being served AI slop ads for medicinal honey, blueberries, and other kinds of snake oil, featuring fake astronauts, doctors, moms, etc. Seemingly there's no regard for truth or credibility.
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More than that. "The FBI ***recorded*** Tom Homan taking the money "after indicating he could help the agents — who were posing as business executives — win government contracts in a second Trump administration."
Tom Homan was investigated for accepting $50,000 from undercover FBI agents. Trump's DOJ shut it down.
The FBI and Justice officials closed the investigation, which a Justice Department appointee had called a “deep state” probe in early 2025.
www.msnbc.com/msnbc/news/t...
The FBI and Justice officials closed the investigation, which a Justice Department appointee had called a “deep state” probe in early 2025.
www.msnbc.com/msnbc/news/t...
Tom Homan was investigated for accepting $50,000 from undercover FBI agents. Trump's DOJ shut it down.
The FBI and Justice officials closed the investigation, which a Justice Department appointee had called a “deep state” probe in early 2025.
www.msnbc.com
September 20, 2025 at 8:19 PM
More than that. "The FBI ***recorded*** Tom Homan taking the money "after indicating he could help the agents — who were posing as business executives — win government contracts in a second Trump administration."
Cancelled Disney+ and Hulu today
September 18, 2025 at 1:20 PM
Cancelled Disney+ and Hulu today
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"We beheld throngs of swaying bodies, caught up in some sort of blood-trance, all of them shimmying as if to some unheard music, circling a massive, formless statue, all intertwined in a seething mass of sweat-covered skin and beehived hair-dos that seemed to defy gravity."
H.P. Loveshack
When I recall that night so many years ago, among the foul mists and brackish fens of the Great Southern Swamp, a great wave of shame and guilt ris...
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August 22, 2025 at 1:00 AM
"We beheld throngs of swaying bodies, caught up in some sort of blood-trance, all of them shimmying as if to some unheard music, circling a massive, formless statue, all intertwined in a seething mass of sweat-covered skin and beehived hair-dos that seemed to defy gravity."
My 10 y.o. was telling me it would be cool if football players had mics in their helmets so they ask for a lateral or something. So I showed him the Randy Moss lateral and his eyes lit up. And I was like "yes it was exactly that awesome when I saw it too"
youtu.be/hXcGNVpblQ4?...
youtu.be/hXcGNVpblQ4?...
Randy Moss Lateral Behind The Back To Moe Williams For A Touchdown | NFL 100 Greatest Plays
YouTube video by Minnesota Vikings
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August 22, 2025 at 12:32 AM
My 10 y.o. was telling me it would be cool if football players had mics in their helmets so they ask for a lateral or something. So I showed him the Randy Moss lateral and his eyes lit up. And I was like "yes it was exactly that awesome when I saw it too"
youtu.be/hXcGNVpblQ4?...
youtu.be/hXcGNVpblQ4?...
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All because dude dared unfreeze illegally frozen federal funds that went towards helping people
NEW: A federal judge ordered the Trump administration to unfreeze federal funds.
Then the harassment began.
Pizzas sent to his home in the name of Judge Esther Salas’s murdered son, Daniel.
Six credible threats to his life.
More than 400 “vile” calls to his chambers—including this voicemail:
Then the harassment began.
Pizzas sent to his home in the name of Judge Esther Salas’s murdered son, Daniel.
Six credible threats to his life.
More than 400 “vile” calls to his chambers—including this voicemail:
August 1, 2025 at 3:29 AM
All because dude dared unfreeze illegally frozen federal funds that went towards helping people
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Trump’s Caddie magically drops a ball for him not in the deep stuff ⛳️
July 27, 2025 at 6:00 PM
Trump’s Caddie magically drops a ball for him not in the deep stuff ⛳️
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IMPORTANT: The Dutch invest €595 million annually on urban biking, resulting in €19 BILLION saved in public health care costs alone. That’s how smart govts do the math on investing in better mobility.
Let’s be clear— it wastes public money to NOT do it.
#CityMakingMath HT @modacitylife.bsky.social
Let’s be clear— it wastes public money to NOT do it.
#CityMakingMath HT @modacitylife.bsky.social
July 20, 2025 at 4:44 AM
IMPORTANT: The Dutch invest €595 million annually on urban biking, resulting in €19 BILLION saved in public health care costs alone. That’s how smart govts do the math on investing in better mobility.
Let’s be clear— it wastes public money to NOT do it.
#CityMakingMath HT @modacitylife.bsky.social
Let’s be clear— it wastes public money to NOT do it.
#CityMakingMath HT @modacitylife.bsky.social
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This is a travesty & a nightmare. The US was a founder of @gavi.org. It lowers global vaccine costs, has vaccinated 1B children, & averted 19M deaths. This pull out will cost 100s of thousands of children's lives a year - and RFK Jr will be personally responsible.
www.politico.com/news/2025/06...
www.politico.com/news/2025/06...
RFK Jr. says US won’t donate to global vaccine effort
Kennedy ripped into Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance, in a video address at its pledging summit.
www.politico.com
June 25, 2025 at 1:59 PM
This is a travesty & a nightmare. The US was a founder of @gavi.org. It lowers global vaccine costs, has vaccinated 1B children, & averted 19M deaths. This pull out will cost 100s of thousands of children's lives a year - and RFK Jr will be personally responsible.
www.politico.com/news/2025/06...
www.politico.com/news/2025/06...
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I know there’s a lot of news right now but this is really crazy. They’re booting the National Science Foundation out of its newish building with no plans for where 1800 people are going to go.
National Science Foundation Staff Booted From Headquarters - Eos
Staff at the National Science Foundation (NSF) were notified on 25 June that the agency’s office space, located in Alexandria, Va., will be taken over by Department of Housing and Urban Development (H...
eos.org
June 25, 2025 at 4:59 PM
I know there’s a lot of news right now but this is really crazy. They’re booting the National Science Foundation out of its newish building with no plans for where 1800 people are going to go.
I just bought a 3 billion year old piece of banded iron formation rock because I read about it in Richard Fortey's fantastic book "Earth", which in turn I read because I was so floored by John McPhee's "Annals of the Former World."
I got really into spices (which has completely changed my cooking and eating habits) because I read The Devil and the Dark Water, a murder mystery that takes place on a Dutch ship coming back from Batavia in 1634.
Why do I know about how California saved the French wine industry? I read Tim Powers. Why do I know as much as I do about Emperor Justinian and the Byzantine empire? Because of Guy Gavriel Kay
Am I an expert in these? Absolutely not, but I know more than the average bear.
Am I an expert in these? Absolutely not, but I know more than the average bear.
June 15, 2025 at 5:26 PM
I just bought a 3 billion year old piece of banded iron formation rock because I read about it in Richard Fortey's fantastic book "Earth", which in turn I read because I was so floored by John McPhee's "Annals of the Former World."
The comment period ends today, get your comments in!
If you do in fact want Covid boosters for yourself or anyone, you can submit public comment to the FDA here: www.regulations.gov/commenton/FD...
May 23, 2025 at 9:54 AM
The comment period ends today, get your comments in!
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You asked for it, you got it.
Biology is Bigger than Binaries is now on a shirt!
Designed by @franzanth.bsky.social, printed here in Philly on 100% cotton Next Level Tees.
We've got... ironically 2 colors to choose from lmao.
Pre-order open until May 31!
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Biology is Bigger than Binaries is now on a shirt!
Designed by @franzanth.bsky.social, printed here in Philly on 100% cotton Next Level Tees.
We've got... ironically 2 colors to choose from lmao.
Pre-order open until May 31!
squidfacts.bigcartel.com/product/bina...
May 14, 2025 at 6:24 PM
You asked for it, you got it.
Biology is Bigger than Binaries is now on a shirt!
Designed by @franzanth.bsky.social, printed here in Philly on 100% cotton Next Level Tees.
We've got... ironically 2 colors to choose from lmao.
Pre-order open until May 31!
squidfacts.bigcartel.com/product/bina...
Biology is Bigger than Binaries is now on a shirt!
Designed by @franzanth.bsky.social, printed here in Philly on 100% cotton Next Level Tees.
We've got... ironically 2 colors to choose from lmao.
Pre-order open until May 31!
squidfacts.bigcartel.com/product/bina...
Caught slippin
holy SHIT you need to watch this video
notice what happens about 14 seconds in
(trust me, you'll see it)
www.youtube.com/watch?v=77ub...
notice what happens about 14 seconds in
(trust me, you'll see it)
www.youtube.com/watch?v=77ub...
First fault movement ever filmed. M7.9 surface rupture filmed near Thazi, Myanmar
YouTube video by 2025 Sagaing Earthquake Archive
www.youtube.com
May 12, 2025 at 10:33 AM
Caught slippin
"Even to a woman." Hard times in 1349, indeed.
May 5, 2025 at 11:23 AM
"Even to a woman." Hard times in 1349, indeed.
This my senator, someone who I had supported early on. Senator Fetterman, you must resign. Pennsylvania deserves better representation.
‘Fetterman went on to make statements that shocked people. In opposing a cease-fire, he said, “Let’s get back to killing.” A person who heard the conversation told me, “He said, ‘Kill them all.’”’
John Fetterman’s Struggle
The senator insists he is in good health. But staffers past and present say they no longer recognize the man they once knew.
nymag.com
May 2, 2025 at 11:46 AM
This my senator, someone who I had supported early on. Senator Fetterman, you must resign. Pennsylvania deserves better representation.