Ryan Kirkbride
@rkirkbride.bsky.social
Plant biologist and geek at UT Austin. You can find me as @rkirkbride on all the things. Except twitter. Good riddance to bad rubbish.
Finally! Bonus for the end of my week!
October 18, 2025 at 3:08 AM
Finally! Bonus for the end of my week!
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this is, hands down, the best video I've seen on men's influencer content and it's not close either
September 14, 2025 at 1:50 AM
this is, hands down, the best video I've seen on men's influencer content and it's not close either
Nothing like the confusion preceding the realization that record you just put on is actually a 12" 45.
August 30, 2025 at 3:42 AM
Nothing like the confusion preceding the realization that record you just put on is actually a 12" 45.
I missed a description while listening to the audiobook of the new Michael Connelly novel 'Nightshade'. Decided to do my periodic check on ChatGPT performance. Turns out, still a confidently idiotic bullshit engine.
July 25, 2025 at 6:52 PM
I missed a description while listening to the audiobook of the new Michael Connelly novel 'Nightshade'. Decided to do my periodic check on ChatGPT performance. Turns out, still a confidently idiotic bullshit engine.
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RIP fuel pump :/ Oh well, after 24 years, I'm just gonna call it the Truck of Theseus.
July 3, 2025 at 8:51 PM
RIP fuel pump :/ Oh well, after 24 years, I'm just gonna call it the Truck of Theseus.
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Texas thunderstorm knocked out the power. Now the eternal question, wait for the fix, or do I break out the Coleman to cook dinner.
May 29, 2025 at 12:12 AM
Texas thunderstorm knocked out the power. Now the eternal question, wait for the fix, or do I break out the Coleman to cook dinner.
It isn’t a backlog, it was/is an investment in my present/future self. A mix of new and 20+ year old minis, mostly grimdark canibal space chickens. Including my beloved 2001 Gameday mini I got off eBay circa 2003. I’m reasonably sure I own every Kroot model ever cast, outside the Forgeworld stuff.
May 18, 2025 at 4:14 AM
It isn’t a backlog, it was/is an investment in my present/future self. A mix of new and 20+ year old minis, mostly grimdark canibal space chickens. Including my beloved 2001 Gameday mini I got off eBay circa 2003. I’m reasonably sure I own every Kroot model ever cast, outside the Forgeworld stuff.
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The world is aflame, but that doesn't mean we can't make time for the best seasonal tumbler page of all time:
poopingonbluebonnets.tumblr.com
poopingonbluebonnets.tumblr.com
Pooping on Bluebonnets
It's that season in Texas when people take pictures of themselves pooping on bluebonnets.
poopingonbluebonnets.tumblr.com
April 12, 2025 at 11:42 PM
The world is aflame, but that doesn't mean we can't make time for the best seasonal tumbler page of all time:
poopingonbluebonnets.tumblr.com
poopingonbluebonnets.tumblr.com
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Man after my own heart
April 6, 2025 at 12:12 AM
Man after my own heart
Get wrecked Elon you unctuous toad.
April 2, 2025 at 2:21 AM
Get wrecked Elon you unctuous toad.
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every college, corporate, and nonprofit president right now
March 22, 2025 at 2:27 PM
every college, corporate, and nonprofit president right now
My first attempt at Anpan: Japanese bun filled with sweetened red bean paste. Only 2/8 were perfect, the rest had leakage or were full on disasters which I was able to hide on camera.
March 17, 2025 at 12:58 AM
My first attempt at Anpan: Japanese bun filled with sweetened red bean paste. Only 2/8 were perfect, the rest had leakage or were full on disasters which I was able to hide on camera.
Well, if HEB is going to bollox up my home grocery delivery at least I got some quality stuff out of it. Two dozen free eggs! Such wealth!
(Correct half of order on the left, randos half on the right)
(Correct half of order on the left, randos half on the right)
March 12, 2025 at 11:35 PM
Well, if HEB is going to bollox up my home grocery delivery at least I got some quality stuff out of it. Two dozen free eggs! Such wealth!
(Correct half of order on the left, randos half on the right)
(Correct half of order on the left, randos half on the right)
Digging through old boxes I found what I think is my first bottle of hobby paint. Suddenly I’m back in my Bowles Hall single. It is 1997, I’m a sophomore at Cal, and I am listening to the Babylon 5 soundtrack for Severed Dreams.
Floored this isn’t petrified solid. It shall be a relic of my people.
Floored this isn’t petrified solid. It shall be a relic of my people.
March 9, 2025 at 5:27 PM
Digging through old boxes I found what I think is my first bottle of hobby paint. Suddenly I’m back in my Bowles Hall single. It is 1997, I’m a sophomore at Cal, and I am listening to the Babylon 5 soundtrack for Severed Dreams.
Floored this isn’t petrified solid. It shall be a relic of my people.
Floored this isn’t petrified solid. It shall be a relic of my people.
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Yesterday at the Texas Capitol #standupforscience2025
March 8, 2025 at 2:41 PM
Yesterday at the Texas Capitol #standupforscience2025
The latest news from the bespoke lettuce front: luxurylaunches.com/other_stuff/...
Larry Ellison spent $500 million on his grand plan to feed the world by growing lettuce on his private island in Hawaii. Forget the world; the Oracle billionaire’s plan has been an utter failure, as h...
luxurylaunches.com
March 3, 2025 at 7:45 PM
The latest news from the bespoke lettuce front: luxurylaunches.com/other_stuff/...
Been a bit of a week (most of them are these days), and wanted some comfort food. So I made my first attempt at beef bourguignon. Great success if I do say so myself.
March 2, 2025 at 4:12 AM
Been a bit of a week (most of them are these days), and wanted some comfort food. So I made my first attempt at beef bourguignon. Great success if I do say so myself.
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HEY EVERYONE REMEMBER WHEN TRUMP WAS IMPEACHED FOR DENYING AID TO UKRAINE BECAUSE HE WANTED ZELENSKY TO LIE AND SAY BAD THINGS ABOUT BIDEN AND ZELENKSY WOULDN’T DO IT?
Maybe literally one fucking American newspapers could mention this in their, “think pieces,” about what happened yesterday.
Maybe literally one fucking American newspapers could mention this in their, “think pieces,” about what happened yesterday.
March 1, 2025 at 6:33 PM
HEY EVERYONE REMEMBER WHEN TRUMP WAS IMPEACHED FOR DENYING AID TO UKRAINE BECAUSE HE WANTED ZELENSKY TO LIE AND SAY BAD THINGS ABOUT BIDEN AND ZELENKSY WOULDN’T DO IT?
Maybe literally one fucking American newspapers could mention this in their, “think pieces,” about what happened yesterday.
Maybe literally one fucking American newspapers could mention this in their, “think pieces,” about what happened yesterday.
Saw a clip of the Go-Go's today. "That guitarist looks like Joan of Arc from Bill and Ted's excellent adventure"
*googles*
"It IS Joan of Arc from Bill and Ted. AND she was the singing telegram girl from Clue?" BANG!
How are all these people I like the same person?! Rock on Jane Wiedlin.
*googles*
"It IS Joan of Arc from Bill and Ted. AND she was the singing telegram girl from Clue?" BANG!
How are all these people I like the same person?! Rock on Jane Wiedlin.
February 22, 2025 at 12:40 AM
Saw a clip of the Go-Go's today. "That guitarist looks like Joan of Arc from Bill and Ted's excellent adventure"
*googles*
"It IS Joan of Arc from Bill and Ted. AND she was the singing telegram girl from Clue?" BANG!
How are all these people I like the same person?! Rock on Jane Wiedlin.
*googles*
"It IS Joan of Arc from Bill and Ted. AND she was the singing telegram girl from Clue?" BANG!
How are all these people I like the same person?! Rock on Jane Wiedlin.
My most recent Lego kit. Shackleton’s Endurance. Good times. The sails are kicking around somewhere, but I prefer it with the sails unrigged.
February 18, 2025 at 1:52 AM
My most recent Lego kit. Shackleton’s Endurance. Good times. The sails are kicking around somewhere, but I prefer it with the sails unrigged.