randal
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reader, hiker, fisher, worry about politics too much.
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My latest article for @forbes.com is about MOCHI....nope, not the rice cake. A new class of materials that could transform windows. MOCHI is as thermally insulating as walls but more optically transparent than glass 🤯 I interviewed the lead scientist to learn more 🧪⚛️👩🔬
www.forbes.com/sites/laurie...
www.forbes.com/sites/laurie...
December 19, 2025 at 10:52 AM
My latest article for @forbes.com is about MOCHI....nope, not the rice cake. A new class of materials that could transform windows. MOCHI is as thermally insulating as walls but more optically transparent than glass 🤯 I interviewed the lead scientist to learn more 🧪⚛️👩🔬
www.forbes.com/sites/laurie...
www.forbes.com/sites/laurie...
We have big glass view windows on the view side of this little place I built - and we got insulating curtains which made the window area have about R8 insulation values - this article describes transparent R15 windows! www.forbes.com/sites/laurie...
www.forbes.com
December 19, 2025 at 4:25 PM
We have big glass view windows on the view side of this little place I built - and we got insulating curtains which made the window area have about R8 insulation values - this article describes transparent R15 windows! www.forbes.com/sites/laurie...
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Critics say that Trump law enforcement appointees have no FBI experience. But Kash Patel and others counter that they are in fact longtime Female Body Inspectors.
December 18, 2025 at 3:51 AM
Critics say that Trump law enforcement appointees have no FBI experience. But Kash Patel and others counter that they are in fact longtime Female Body Inspectors.
So now I'm up for watching a lot of Rob Reiner movies. Which the watching of is Sad, but also Fun, cuz they are the best. As you Wish - life should be .
December 16, 2025 at 7:03 AM
So now I'm up for watching a lot of Rob Reiner movies. Which the watching of is Sad, but also Fun, cuz they are the best. As you Wish - life should be .
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this is a deeply unsettling fact to have learned at 1am
Additionally, hippos - despite being massive - have almost no fat on them. All of that impressive bulk is muscle.
2% body fat. Compare that to Elephants, which are around 8-10%, or rhinos, which are 10-20%.
The average human is around 20-40%, for reference.
They're *all* muscle.
2% body fat. Compare that to Elephants, which are around 8-10%, or rhinos, which are 10-20%.
The average human is around 20-40%, for reference.
They're *all* muscle.
November 20, 2025 at 5:55 AM
this is a deeply unsettling fact to have learned at 1am
Just putting this here, for remembrance.
November 17, 2025 at 7:39 PM
Just putting this here, for remembrance.
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I am honestly a little shocked that I haven't heard more pundits and interview subjects pointing back to the Trump/Miss Teen USA stuff from 2016, in light of all the once-again-increased Epstein scrutiny. I mean, it's right there. www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...
A Timeline of Donald Trump's Creepiness While He Owned Miss Universe
From walking into a teen dressing room to joking about his obligation to sleep with contestants, Donald Trump is a storied pageant creep.
www.rollingstone.com
November 14, 2025 at 10:11 PM
I am honestly a little shocked that I haven't heard more pundits and interview subjects pointing back to the Trump/Miss Teen USA stuff from 2016, in light of all the once-again-increased Epstein scrutiny. I mean, it's right there. www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...
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Rep. Yassamin Ansari has set up a table and this sign outside Speaker Johnson’s office.
November 6, 2025 at 6:22 PM
Rep. Yassamin Ansari has set up a table and this sign outside Speaker Johnson’s office.
Getting a collection of signage
October 19, 2025 at 3:32 AM
Getting a collection of signage
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Post this everywhere‼️
-and-
RELEASE THE EPSTEIN FILES
-and-
RELEASE THE EPSTEIN FILES
October 10, 2025 at 6:39 AM
Post this everywhere‼️
-and-
RELEASE THE EPSTEIN FILES
-and-
RELEASE THE EPSTEIN FILES
This does kinda explain lots of the disfunction . All 4 seem to be breaking rule-of-law.
One of the truly disconcerting parts about this government is that none of these four work in concert with one another, and you can see this because whoever gets Trump's ear suddenly becomes the main focus in the media for a little bit because Trump's tweeting insane shit from them
Reminder that I generally view the Trump government as four distinct governments:
1.) Miller/Hegseth/Noem (plus Vance)
2.) Lutnick/Bessent/Wiles + Congress Liasons
3.) Vought/DOGE
4.) Kennedy/Oz HHS
1.) Miller/Hegseth/Noem (plus Vance)
2.) Lutnick/Bessent/Wiles + Congress Liasons
3.) Vought/DOGE
4.) Kennedy/Oz HHS
October 5, 2025 at 4:18 PM
This does kinda explain lots of the disfunction . All 4 seem to be breaking rule-of-law.
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Please let me be Black in every lifetime 🤣😍
October 4, 2025 at 3:16 PM
Please let me be Black in every lifetime 🤣😍
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everything is terrible so here's the Muppets channeling Hamilton and bringing me untold joy (via the brilliant brettevansmafrog on insta)
October 3, 2025 at 1:13 AM
everything is terrible so here's the Muppets channeling Hamilton and bringing me untold joy (via the brilliant brettevansmafrog on insta)
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1/ My Jane Goodall story: I had heard speak when I was a kid; I don't remember if my parents took me up to meet her after the talk.
A few years later I was 14 and we were visiting my uncle at his farm on Salisbury plain in Hampshire.
One afternoon we were summoned into the sitting room for tea...
A few years later I was 14 and we were visiting my uncle at his farm on Salisbury plain in Hampshire.
One afternoon we were summoned into the sitting room for tea...
October 1, 2025 at 7:50 PM
1/ My Jane Goodall story: I had heard speak when I was a kid; I don't remember if my parents took me up to meet her after the talk.
A few years later I was 14 and we were visiting my uncle at his farm on Salisbury plain in Hampshire.
One afternoon we were summoned into the sitting room for tea...
A few years later I was 14 and we were visiting my uncle at his farm on Salisbury plain in Hampshire.
One afternoon we were summoned into the sitting room for tea...
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Fat Man and Little Boy bombed.
October 1, 2025 at 12:59 AM
Fat Man and Little Boy bombed.
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For 26 but especially 2028 it's time for Democrats to make clear that the current Supreme Court will have to be reformed (expanded in number, reformed in structure) to allow popular govt to continue in the United States. Not so much a litmus test as precondition for any other promise to be credible.
September 27, 2025 at 3:38 PM
For 26 but especially 2028 it's time for Democrats to make clear that the current Supreme Court will have to be reformed (expanded in number, reformed in structure) to allow popular govt to continue in the United States. Not so much a litmus test as precondition for any other promise to be credible.
So, now I have to figure out how to UnCancel my Disney+ thing? Maybe wait a bit. I do wanna finish that Andor show.
September 22, 2025 at 10:30 PM
So, now I have to figure out how to UnCancel my Disney+ thing? Maybe wait a bit. I do wanna finish that Andor show.
More this less bad news
September 17, 2025 at 8:29 PM
More this less bad news
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last night as i was trying to wind down for bed i had a unified theory of what the fuck just happened, and i wrote it down, and filed it under "well, i can't talk about this on main without sounding insane until and unless the perp gets caught and is provably a groyper"
anyways, great news! (1/X)
anyways, great news! (1/X)
September 12, 2025 at 4:13 PM
last night as i was trying to wind down for bed i had a unified theory of what the fuck just happened, and i wrote it down, and filed it under "well, i can't talk about this on main without sounding insane until and unless the perp gets caught and is provably a groyper"
anyways, great news! (1/X)
anyways, great news! (1/X)
Update on my first greenhouse tomato jungle gardening season: this is the second harvest of this size , I expect a couple more
September 4, 2025 at 7:12 PM
Update on my first greenhouse tomato jungle gardening season: this is the second harvest of this size , I expect a couple more
Big bunch of salmon. Hoping one would ho in my little boaty
August 22, 2025 at 12:30 AM
Big bunch of salmon. Hoping one would ho in my little boaty
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Norwegian home invasion.
August 17, 2025 at 5:40 AM
Norwegian home invasion.
Well when shit starts going down, Imma arm myself with baloney and pickle sammies and WATCH OUT !
The DC sandwich guy has been charged with assault for shouting at a CBP officer, throwing a sub into his chest, and then running off.
"I did it. I threw the sandwich," he said while he was being processed.
"I did it. I threw the sandwich," he said while he was being processed.
August 14, 2025 at 4:43 AM
Well when shit starts going down, Imma arm myself with baloney and pickle sammies and WATCH OUT !
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Look at this crocheted crab pouch our lab tech made me ahhhh! 🦀🦑
August 11, 2025 at 8:46 PM
Look at this crocheted crab pouch our lab tech made me ahhhh! 🦀🦑