Paul, on the Outer Banks
@p-parris.bsky.social
Retired Professor of Physics, enjoying life on the Outer Banks of North Carolina,…, WHEN not worrying about the state of the union.
Often reposts cute animal videos.
Won’t raise hand or repost when told to.
💙 🦋 🏳️🌈 🏳️⚧️ Yaay Pride! 🇺🇦 Slava Ukraini
Often reposts cute animal videos.
Won’t raise hand or repost when told to.
💙 🦋 🏳️🌈 🏳️⚧️ Yaay Pride! 🇺🇦 Slava Ukraini
2026 coming up. Just remembering stuff from the last decade and girding my loins for the next. Here is an inspiring image I came across, with a slightly updated caption.
December 27, 2025 at 7:01 PM
2026 coming up. Just remembering stuff from the last decade and girding my loins for the next. Here is an inspiring image I came across, with a slightly updated caption.
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A twenty-five year old leather wallet that has slid in and out of your back pocket every day for twenty-five years is a really beautiful thing. It has a lustre that’s hard to describe. Ancient artisans understood this.
December 23, 2025 at 1:45 AM
A twenty-five year old leather wallet that has slid in and out of your back pocket every day for twenty-five years is a really beautiful thing. It has a lustre that’s hard to describe. Ancient artisans understood this.
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President Trump’s spiteful defamation suit against the Pulitzer Prize Board may backfire, as the latter is now demanding Trump’s psychological records, prescription medication records, and tax returns in the discovery process. trib.al/qgeXZca
December 21, 2025 at 10:33 PM
President Trump’s spiteful defamation suit against the Pulitzer Prize Board may backfire, as the latter is now demanding Trump’s psychological records, prescription medication records, and tax returns in the discovery process. trib.al/qgeXZca
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He's more "complicated" than this
Know what I mean, honey cat?
Know what I mean, honey cat?
December 21, 2025 at 4:26 PM
He's more "complicated" than this
Know what I mean, honey cat?
Know what I mean, honey cat?
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Here come the dropouts.
BREAKING: Elise Stefanik DROPS OUT of race for New York Governor and will NOT be seeking reelection in Congress
December 19, 2025 at 9:11 PM
Here come the dropouts.
I bought a pedometer app for my smartwatch, but it keeps making a loud beeping noise whenever I hear or see Trump talking on TV.
December 19, 2025 at 8:14 PM
I bought a pedometer app for my smartwatch, but it keeps making a loud beeping noise whenever I hear or see Trump talking on TV.
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Tweet from Maria Shriver
December 18, 2025 at 9:21 PM
Tweet from Maria Shriver
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Brooks should be driven out of public life. The fact that he knew there were photographs of himself with Epstein and he didn't disclose that while also telling people that they should move on is just straight up unethical.
December 18, 2025 at 5:44 PM
Brooks should be driven out of public life. The fact that he knew there were photographs of himself with Epstein and he didn't disclose that while also telling people that they should move on is just straight up unethical.
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SCOOP: House Democrats suspected a few in their caucus would support a bill criminalizing gender-affirming care for trans youth
So Sarah McBride reached out to Republicans
Four Rs — Fitzpatrick, Lawler, Kennedy, Evans — joined Dems in opposing the bill
www.notus.org/congress/mcb...
So Sarah McBride reached out to Republicans
Four Rs — Fitzpatrick, Lawler, Kennedy, Evans — joined Dems in opposing the bill
www.notus.org/congress/mcb...
Sarah McBride Lobbied Some Republicans to Vote Against an Anti-Trans Bill
When House Democrats suspected a few members in their caucus would support a bill criminalizing gender-affirming care for trans youth, McBride reached out to some Republicans who went on to oppose the...
www.notus.org
December 18, 2025 at 10:59 PM
SCOOP: House Democrats suspected a few in their caucus would support a bill criminalizing gender-affirming care for trans youth
So Sarah McBride reached out to Republicans
Four Rs — Fitzpatrick, Lawler, Kennedy, Evans — joined Dems in opposing the bill
www.notus.org/congress/mcb...
So Sarah McBride reached out to Republicans
Four Rs — Fitzpatrick, Lawler, Kennedy, Evans — joined Dems in opposing the bill
www.notus.org/congress/mcb...
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Gender affirming care for trans people is safe, effective, and has a lower regret rate (4%) than almost any major medical procedure. It saves lives. These are facts. The right's talking-points are recycled "they are coming for your children!" scare tactics well over fifty years old at this point.
New research finds trans teens have high satisfaction with gender care
The survey published in JAMA Pediatrics showed that trans teens taking puberty blockers or hormones had very low rates of regret.
www.npr.org
December 18, 2025 at 4:56 PM
Gender affirming care for trans people is safe, effective, and has a lower regret rate (4%) than almost any major medical procedure. It saves lives. These are facts. The right's talking-points are recycled "they are coming for your children!" scare tactics well over fifty years old at this point.
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I take some comfort from this description. Particularly the part about his successors erasing him from history.
December 18, 2025 at 6:36 PM
I take some comfort from this description. Particularly the part about his successors erasing him from history.
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They booked a bunch of 14 year old models to come to a Mar A Lago party, told them to dress sexy and tried to ply them with alcohol.
These are the people who are willing to go on the record.
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/18/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/18/u...
December 18, 2025 at 5:58 PM
They booked a bunch of 14 year old models to come to a Mar A Lago party, told them to dress sexy and tried to ply them with alcohol.
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These are the people who are willing to go on the record.
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/18/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/18/u...
December 18, 2025 at 5:26 PM
These are the people who are willing to go on the record.
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/18/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/18/u...
I take some comfort from this description. Particularly the part about his successors erasing him from history.
December 18, 2025 at 6:36 PM
I take some comfort from this description. Particularly the part about his successors erasing him from history.
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When my kids were born, we used to get Christmas tree ornaments that said “Elizabeth’s First Christmas”, and “Jennifer’s First Christmas”.
How long can it be before my grandkids gift me with a Christmas tree ornament that says “Grandpa’s Last Christmas”?
How long can it be before my grandkids gift me with a Christmas tree ornament that says “Grandpa’s Last Christmas”?
December 17, 2025 at 12:09 AM
When my kids were born, we used to get Christmas tree ornaments that said “Elizabeth’s First Christmas”, and “Jennifer’s First Christmas”.
How long can it be before my grandkids gift me with a Christmas tree ornament that says “Grandpa’s Last Christmas”?
How long can it be before my grandkids gift me with a Christmas tree ornament that says “Grandpa’s Last Christmas”?
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The funniest bit on All in the Family. Carol O’Connor and Rob Reiner channel Abbott and Costello.
All in the Family - Sock and a Sock, Shoe and a Shoe
YouTube video by Scarlett OHara
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December 16, 2025 at 10:39 PM
The funniest bit on All in the Family. Carol O’Connor and Rob Reiner channel Abbott and Costello.
Anybody surprised?
December 16, 2025 at 6:30 PM
Anybody surprised?
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🔥 BREAKING: Shareholders of Cisco voted today to reject an anti-DEI proposal presented at its annual meeting, by a tally of 99-1% of voting shares. Trump tirade against DEI turns to proxy advisors and shareholder democracy.
www.impactivize.org/impactivizer...
www.impactivize.org/impactivizer...
BREAKING: Cisco shareholders vote to reject anti-DEI proposal, 99-1 percent -
Cisco shareholders join investors in 31 out of 31 corporations that voted overwhelmingly to reject anti-DEI proposals in 2025, as Trump tirade against DEI turns to proxy advisors and shareholder democ...
www.impactivize.org
December 16, 2025 at 4:19 PM
🔥 BREAKING: Shareholders of Cisco voted today to reject an anti-DEI proposal presented at its annual meeting, by a tally of 99-1% of voting shares. Trump tirade against DEI turns to proxy advisors and shareholder democracy.
www.impactivize.org/impactivizer...
www.impactivize.org/impactivizer...
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On MS NOW,
CHYRON on the Rachel Maddow show :
“2 Killed on Brown University Campus”
“… Suspect Still at Large”
Surely, this should be
“… Killer Still at Large”.
These people are afraid of their own shadow. How can we trust them to tell us what is actually going on.
CHYRON on the Rachel Maddow show :
“2 Killed on Brown University Campus”
“… Suspect Still at Large”
Surely, this should be
“… Killer Still at Large”.
These people are afraid of their own shadow. How can we trust them to tell us what is actually going on.
December 16, 2025 at 2:58 AM
On MS NOW,
CHYRON on the Rachel Maddow show :
“2 Killed on Brown University Campus”
“… Suspect Still at Large”
Surely, this should be
“… Killer Still at Large”.
These people are afraid of their own shadow. How can we trust them to tell us what is actually going on.
CHYRON on the Rachel Maddow show :
“2 Killed on Brown University Campus”
“… Suspect Still at Large”
Surely, this should be
“… Killer Still at Large”.
These people are afraid of their own shadow. How can we trust them to tell us what is actually going on.
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Hanging in our United Nations which are not so united anymore
A Norman Rockwell painting depicts the worlds peoples together with no boundaries, no walls, no hatred or bigotry, no narcissistic abusers
I guess Felon47 doesn't know this or he'd be trying to confiscate it for his 'Private Collection'
A Norman Rockwell painting depicts the worlds peoples together with no boundaries, no walls, no hatred or bigotry, no narcissistic abusers
I guess Felon47 doesn't know this or he'd be trying to confiscate it for his 'Private Collection'
December 16, 2025 at 1:04 AM
Hanging in our United Nations which are not so united anymore
A Norman Rockwell painting depicts the worlds peoples together with no boundaries, no walls, no hatred or bigotry, no narcissistic abusers
I guess Felon47 doesn't know this or he'd be trying to confiscate it for his 'Private Collection'
A Norman Rockwell painting depicts the worlds peoples together with no boundaries, no walls, no hatred or bigotry, no narcissistic abusers
I guess Felon47 doesn't know this or he'd be trying to confiscate it for his 'Private Collection'