Steve Potter
@sea-water.bsky.social
I practice guitar, drawing, photography and neurocritical care; read constantly (not just journal articles!) and write. That’s Kittery in the photo by my wife.
2025 year-end summary in 5 glorious seconds.
another robot highlight for 2025: man wearing humanoid mocap suit kicks himself in the balls
December 30, 2025 at 2:01 AM
2025 year-end summary in 5 glorious seconds.
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I didn’t know this speech, to my shame.
Remarkable reading today.
Remarkable reading today.
December 25, 2025 at 6:46 PM
I didn’t know this speech, to my shame.
Remarkable reading today.
Remarkable reading today.
“Havoc is a small price to pay for data.”
This will never not be funny.
When I find this card, I’m framing it.
This will never not be funny.
When I find this card, I’m framing it.
December 7, 2025 at 1:32 AM
“Havoc is a small price to pay for data.”
This will never not be funny.
When I find this card, I’m framing it.
This will never not be funny.
When I find this card, I’m framing it.
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Many such krasis
December 6, 2025 at 10:00 PM
Many such krasis
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The bastards really did it.
November 23, 2025 at 2:30 AM
The bastards really did it.
Listen to Todd Snider playing a Train Song, because he’s on the train to glory tonight :(
November 16, 2025 at 3:32 AM
Listen to Todd Snider playing a Train Song, because he’s on the train to glory tonight :(
Mr Covielo writes beautifully. The pull quote is only the beginning.
“After consulting w/ friends more media-seasoned than I, and exchanging emails w/ the reporter laying out what I was and wasn’t interested in speaking about, I agreed to an interview. I did this because, in ways you might think I have outgrown by now, I’m a fucking idiot”
lithub.com/maybe-dont-t...
lithub.com/maybe-dont-t...
Maybe Don’t Talk to the New York Times About Zohran Mamdani
It’s remarkable, the people you’ll hear from. Teach for even a little while at an expensive institution—the term they tend to prefer is “elite”—and odds are that eventually someone who was a studen…
lithub.com
November 9, 2025 at 2:11 PM
Mr Covielo writes beautifully. The pull quote is only the beginning.
Can’t call yourself a scientist unless you palpate Shelob’s abdomen!
I guess I need to apologize to the writers of Alien: Prometheus. it turns out scientists really do touch everything like that
World's biggest spiderweb discovered inside 'Sulfur Cave' with 111,000 arachnids living in pitch black.
www.livescience.com/animals/spid...
www.livescience.com/animals/spid...
November 8, 2025 at 7:13 PM
Can’t call yourself a scientist unless you palpate Shelob’s abdomen!
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Omg. Ok folks. You need to do this—big feeds, please amplify ( @kevinmkruse.bsky.social maybe you can too)
Wondering why no one likes your posts anymore, even among your friends? It's because @jay.bsky.team and team have decided to hide a huge amount of content from all of our feeds by default.
Here's how to turn it off.
First go to the hamburger menu in the upper left corner
Here's how to turn it off.
First go to the hamburger menu in the upper left corner
November 7, 2025 at 1:01 PM
Omg. Ok folks. You need to do this—big feeds, please amplify ( @kevinmkruse.bsky.social maybe you can too)
Best part of this for me is that I was born in that blue Lego block in the middle of the upper East side desert.
This NYT map of election results is gorgeous, reader-friendly, and in the case of this 🎁 link, free.
If you've ever lived in NYC, visited it, or watched an episode of Seinfeld or Friends, you'll want to spend time clicking around
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
If you've ever lived in NYC, visited it, or watched an episode of Seinfeld or Friends, you'll want to spend time clicking around
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
November 5, 2025 at 4:42 PM
Best part of this for me is that I was born in that blue Lego block in the middle of the upper East side desert.
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Delighted to report that I have successfully deployed Fish In The Car against chuggers in Dorchester town centre.
November 4, 2025 at 10:55 AM
Delighted to report that I have successfully deployed Fish In The Car against chuggers in Dorchester town centre.
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Rachel Dratch
"Sharing this moment of peace and beauty on the Connecticut River at sunrise. Listen in and calm your spirit! More to follow of this special weekend, but this was a true highlight."
"Sharing this moment of peace and beauty on the Connecticut River at sunrise. Listen in and calm your spirit! More to follow of this special weekend, but this was a true highlight."
October 25, 2025 at 11:30 AM
Rachel Dratch
"Sharing this moment of peace and beauty on the Connecticut River at sunrise. Listen in and calm your spirit! More to follow of this special weekend, but this was a true highlight."
"Sharing this moment of peace and beauty on the Connecticut River at sunrise. Listen in and calm your spirit! More to follow of this special weekend, but this was a true highlight."
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It’s a snores d’oeuvres or a snooze-bouche
October 14, 2025 at 3:43 PM
It’s a snores d’oeuvres or a snooze-bouche
Dotor eek supplies the antidote to this ridiculous clickbait with a chuckle. Seethe comments on her post to learn how the data should have been collected and properly used.
Also, I'm stealing ff :)
Also, I'm stealing ff :)
i looked at the methodology for this and it is
a. sex addiction counseling group in texas did a surveymonkey and extrapolated the results to the entire us population which is the sort of research design that earns you an ff on an intro methods class (the extra f is for extra effort), and
b. p-hacked
a. sex addiction counseling group in texas did a surveymonkey and extrapolated the results to the entire us population which is the sort of research design that earns you an ff on an intro methods class (the extra f is for extra effort), and
b. p-hacked
Nearly a third of Americans have had a ‘romantic relationship’ with an AI bot, new survey says
October 3, 2025 at 7:19 PM
Dotor eek supplies the antidote to this ridiculous clickbait with a chuckle. Seethe comments on her post to learn how the data should have been collected and properly used.
Also, I'm stealing ff :)
Also, I'm stealing ff :)
I think New England missed the fall equinox this year.
October 2, 2025 at 3:36 PM
I think New England missed the fall equinox this year.
Turns out heaven is on earth--here's a piece of it in Rio!
Royal Portuguese reading room, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. It opened to the public in 1883.
October 2, 2025 at 2:16 PM
Turns out heaven is on earth--here's a piece of it in Rio!
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KOKO THE GORILLA: Koko birkin bag. Practical Koko possession bag
RESEARCHER: No, Koko. You can’t have a Birkin bag.
KOKO: Good Birkin good Koko give beautiful Koko deserve gorilla
RESEARCHER: Koko, we simply can’t afford a Birkin bag. It is an unjustifiable expense.
KOKO: jealousy professor
RESEARCHER: No, Koko. You can’t have a Birkin bag.
KOKO: Good Birkin good Koko give beautiful Koko deserve gorilla
RESEARCHER: Koko, we simply can’t afford a Birkin bag. It is an unjustifiable expense.
KOKO: jealousy professor
July 17, 2023 at 3:57 AM
KOKO THE GORILLA: Koko birkin bag. Practical Koko possession bag
RESEARCHER: No, Koko. You can’t have a Birkin bag.
KOKO: Good Birkin good Koko give beautiful Koko deserve gorilla
RESEARCHER: Koko, we simply can’t afford a Birkin bag. It is an unjustifiable expense.
KOKO: jealousy professor
RESEARCHER: No, Koko. You can’t have a Birkin bag.
KOKO: Good Birkin good Koko give beautiful Koko deserve gorilla
RESEARCHER: Koko, we simply can’t afford a Birkin bag. It is an unjustifiable expense.
KOKO: jealousy professor
Absolutely nailed by two guys, a guitar & a tambourine. 🏴
September 30, 2025 at 6:28 AM
Absolutely nailed by two guys, a guitar & a tambourine. 🏴
Every time I hear “Rapture,” I think of Debbie Harry. Now I’ll think of Debbie Harry and a big hole in the house roof with the neighbors saying “Margie knew it was Tuesday…guess she overslept.”
Happy rapture day! Please aim yourself at the sky in an orderly fashion so the rest of us can inherit your house
September 23, 2025 at 3:12 PM
Every time I hear “Rapture,” I think of Debbie Harry. Now I’ll think of Debbie Harry and a big hole in the house roof with the neighbors saying “Margie knew it was Tuesday…guess she overslept.”
Huge spike in papers coming from FAERS and NHANES—most of it scientifically meaningless. Ugh.
September 17, 2025 at 12:27 PM
Huge spike in papers coming from FAERS and NHANES—most of it scientifically meaningless. Ugh.
Morning laugh.
Some pockets near Boston: KTonic Demon Hunters
September 12, 2025 at 2:30 PM
Morning laugh.
I never need to buy another birthday card!
September 11, 2025 at 1:20 PM
I never need to buy another birthday card!
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Elle Cordova
@ellecordova.bsky.social
@ellecordova.bsky.social
September 5, 2025 at 7:31 PM
Elle Cordova
@ellecordova.bsky.social
@ellecordova.bsky.social
From Nature, with links to RFK Jr’s opinion piece and the Danish author’s response.
The original research is comprehensive and important. The vitriol and nonsense in RFK Jr’s opinion piece, astonishing. The precision and restraint in the author’s response, admirable.
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
The original research is comprehensive and important. The vitriol and nonsense in RFK Jr’s opinion piece, astonishing. The precision and restraint in the author’s response, admirable.
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
RFK Jr demanded a vaccine study be retracted — the journal said no
In a rare move for a US public official, health secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr called for a Danish paper finding no link between aluminium in vaccines and disease to be retracted.
www.nature.com
August 26, 2025 at 6:13 PM
From Nature, with links to RFK Jr’s opinion piece and the Danish author’s response.
The original research is comprehensive and important. The vitriol and nonsense in RFK Jr’s opinion piece, astonishing. The precision and restraint in the author’s response, admirable.
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
The original research is comprehensive and important. The vitriol and nonsense in RFK Jr’s opinion piece, astonishing. The precision and restraint in the author’s response, admirable.
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
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have never clicked a headline so fast www.nature.com/articles/d41...
August 20, 2025 at 6:01 PM
have never clicked a headline so fast www.nature.com/articles/d41...