Scott Oliver
@scottoliver.bsky.social
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Reminder that years ago it was found out that the FBI straight up made up a whole bunch of fake forensic sciences, plural. People have gone to jail and been executed due to literally pseudoscience.
Hair forensics, for instance, is totally nonsense.
They admitted it.
slate.com/news-and-pol...
Hair forensics, for instance, is totally nonsense.
They admitted it.
slate.com/news-and-pol...
The FBI Faked an Entire Field of Forensic Science
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December 30, 2025 at 12:07 AM
Reminder that years ago it was found out that the FBI straight up made up a whole bunch of fake forensic sciences, plural. People have gone to jail and been executed due to literally pseudoscience.
Hair forensics, for instance, is totally nonsense.
They admitted it.
slate.com/news-and-pol...
Hair forensics, for instance, is totally nonsense.
They admitted it.
slate.com/news-and-pol...
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pardon me, just gotta analyze this lifespring 🚚 #ff7rebirth
December 30, 2025 at 3:17 AM
pardon me, just gotta analyze this lifespring 🚚 #ff7rebirth
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In September 2023, Lilian Weng, then Head of "Safety" at OpenAI, used her public Twitter account to announce how ChatGPT could be used as a therapist, and encouraged users to also use it as such.
December 28, 2025 at 7:49 PM
In September 2023, Lilian Weng, then Head of "Safety" at OpenAI, used her public Twitter account to announce how ChatGPT could be used as a therapist, and encouraged users to also use it as such.
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I urge people to note that when they say “politics” they mean “continuing to enforce the Thatcherite consensus with a thin veneer of public consent”; that these things are the same thing, to them, and that a lot of very nasty people have big ideas about what must be done, if “politics is broken”.
December 30, 2025 at 9:28 AM
I urge people to note that when they say “politics” they mean “continuing to enforce the Thatcherite consensus with a thin veneer of public consent”; that these things are the same thing, to them, and that a lot of very nasty people have big ideas about what must be done, if “politics is broken”.
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another day volunteering at the artificial mouth research lab. everyone keeps asking me
This is an artificial mouth created by Japanese researchers. It uses artificial vocal cords, a trachea system, and a flexible silicone mouth that moves and shapes sound in real time.
It sounds so human-like!
It sounds so human-like!
December 29, 2025 at 2:43 AM
another day volunteering at the artificial mouth research lab. everyone keeps asking me
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This is just going to always be my go-to response to this kind of thing anthonymoser.github.io/writing/ai/h...
December 28, 2025 at 4:39 PM
This is just going to always be my go-to response to this kind of thing anthonymoser.github.io/writing/ai/h...
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another robot highlight for 2025: man wearing humanoid mocap suit kicks himself in the balls
December 27, 2025 at 5:27 PM
another robot highlight for 2025: man wearing humanoid mocap suit kicks himself in the balls
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SCROOGE: you there! what day is today?
BOY: today? it's Christmas Day
SCROOGE: the spirits did it all in one night!
BOY: NINETEEN SEVENTY THREE
[Life on Mars plays, a Ford Cortina suddenly crashes into Scrooge's front room]
GENE HUNT: OI, DI Scrooge, get in, we've got a nonce in Didsbury to bust
BOY: today? it's Christmas Day
SCROOGE: the spirits did it all in one night!
BOY: NINETEEN SEVENTY THREE
[Life on Mars plays, a Ford Cortina suddenly crashes into Scrooge's front room]
GENE HUNT: OI, DI Scrooge, get in, we've got a nonce in Didsbury to bust
December 25, 2025 at 10:59 AM
SCROOGE: you there! what day is today?
BOY: today? it's Christmas Day
SCROOGE: the spirits did it all in one night!
BOY: NINETEEN SEVENTY THREE
[Life on Mars plays, a Ford Cortina suddenly crashes into Scrooge's front room]
GENE HUNT: OI, DI Scrooge, get in, we've got a nonce in Didsbury to bust
BOY: today? it's Christmas Day
SCROOGE: the spirits did it all in one night!
BOY: NINETEEN SEVENTY THREE
[Life on Mars plays, a Ford Cortina suddenly crashes into Scrooge's front room]
GENE HUNT: OI, DI Scrooge, get in, we've got a nonce in Didsbury to bust
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“JC Denton. 23 years old. No residence. No ancestors. No employer. Here is your 2025 Year in Review: Your number one song is Espresso by Sabrina Carpenter”
December 17, 2025 at 7:17 PM
“JC Denton. 23 years old. No residence. No ancestors. No employer. Here is your 2025 Year in Review: Your number one song is Espresso by Sabrina Carpenter”
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Happy almost christmas~
December 24, 2025 at 6:22 PM
Happy almost christmas~
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Until 1990 (NINETEEN-NINETY) a man could not be convicted of raping his wife in Scotland
Until the mid-1970’s, a man could not be convicted of rape in New York State based solely on the testimony of the woman he raped. A second witness was required because the female rape victim was deemed unreliable.
Feminism has not failed women.
Feminism has not failed women.
December 24, 2025 at 12:38 AM
Until 1990 (NINETEEN-NINETY) a man could not be convicted of raping his wife in Scotland
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This video almost single-handedly justifies TikTok
December 24, 2025 at 8:05 AM
This video almost single-handedly justifies TikTok
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In his first hundred years of business in Scotland, Santa Claus delivered to children on Hogmanay (31st Dec), not Christmas Eve.
By the 1960s, he had fully synchronised his visits and Scotland ran on the same timetable as the US and England.
#OldWeirdScotland
By the 1960s, he had fully synchronised his visits and Scotland ran on the same timetable as the US and England.
#OldWeirdScotland
December 24, 2025 at 10:21 AM
In his first hundred years of business in Scotland, Santa Claus delivered to children on Hogmanay (31st Dec), not Christmas Eve.
By the 1960s, he had fully synchronised his visits and Scotland ran on the same timetable as the US and England.
#OldWeirdScotland
By the 1960s, he had fully synchronised his visits and Scotland ran on the same timetable as the US and England.
#OldWeirdScotland
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Happy Not Christmas Day, to those that celebrate.
December 24, 2025 at 8:19 AM
Happy Not Christmas Day, to those that celebrate.
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Sorry for putting Rogan & Weiss on your TL, but there's a delicious irony in their ignorance & exploration of "toady."
The original term was "TOAD-EATER": an *actual profession* in Georgian England.
The "toady" would eat a 'poisonous' toad & then be 'cured' by a charlatan selling miracle cures.
The original term was "TOAD-EATER": an *actual profession* in Georgian England.
The "toady" would eat a 'poisonous' toad & then be 'cured' by a charlatan selling miracle cures.
December 23, 2025 at 12:08 PM
Sorry for putting Rogan & Weiss on your TL, but there's a delicious irony in their ignorance & exploration of "toady."
The original term was "TOAD-EATER": an *actual profession* in Georgian England.
The "toady" would eat a 'poisonous' toad & then be 'cured' by a charlatan selling miracle cures.
The original term was "TOAD-EATER": an *actual profession* in Georgian England.
The "toady" would eat a 'poisonous' toad & then be 'cured' by a charlatan selling miracle cures.
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This is the most accurate description of the AVATAR franchise (and, implicitly, the entire James Cameron corpus) I have ever read, and it can only be appreciated if you see both skeets at once
(sorry to gank, @headfallsoff.com)
bsky.app/profile/head...
(sorry to gank, @headfallsoff.com)
bsky.app/profile/head...
December 22, 2025 at 5:21 PM
This is the most accurate description of the AVATAR franchise (and, implicitly, the entire James Cameron corpus) I have ever read, and it can only be appreciated if you see both skeets at once
(sorry to gank, @headfallsoff.com)
bsky.app/profile/head...
(sorry to gank, @headfallsoff.com)
bsky.app/profile/head...
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Reminder that Dachau was opened on 22 March 1933, even before Hindenburg died.
Most people don't know it was finally closed down in 1960.
Most people don't know it was finally closed down in 1960.
April 14, 2025 at 7:57 PM
Reminder that Dachau was opened on 22 March 1933, even before Hindenburg died.
Most people don't know it was finally closed down in 1960.
Most people don't know it was finally closed down in 1960.
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muppet christmas carol (happy holidays!)
December 21, 2025 at 7:56 PM
muppet christmas carol (happy holidays!)
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If there only was a word for a governing system in which one set of laws applied to people of a specific race, and a completely different and much harsher set of laws applied to those of another race...
www.cbc.ca/news/world/i...
www.cbc.ca/news/world/i...
December 21, 2025 at 3:23 AM
If there only was a word for a governing system in which one set of laws applied to people of a specific race, and a completely different and much harsher set of laws applied to those of another race...
www.cbc.ca/news/world/i...
www.cbc.ca/news/world/i...
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A streamer scared for his life while a guy wearing Polymarket trunks beats his ass is too perfect
December 20, 2025 at 5:39 AM
A streamer scared for his life while a guy wearing Polymarket trunks beats his ass is too perfect