Transitional Fossil
@transitfossil.bsky.social
retired mechanical engineer and computer scientist. avid swimmer. amateur classical guitar player. atheist. liberal. feminist. anti-fascist. never trump.
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I know most of the focus is on RFK Jr.'s weird horny texts, but the news that he used to spam Bill Nye with anti-vax weirdness and Bill was like, "Dude, you're you're confusing correlation for causation" is the only RFK text-message news I will ever need.
November 27, 2025 at 1:15 AM
I know most of the focus is on RFK Jr.'s weird horny texts, but the news that he used to spam Bill Nye with anti-vax weirdness and Bill was like, "Dude, you're you're confusing correlation for causation" is the only RFK text-message news I will ever need.
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If you had liked drawing and painting, or writing and making music enough then you would’ve done it all along from childhood until you were good at it. Getting robots to do it and bragging about “democratizing creativity” is one of the stupidest ideas humanity has ever come up with.
November 27, 2025 at 12:51 AM
If you had liked drawing and painting, or writing and making music enough then you would’ve done it all along from childhood until you were good at it. Getting robots to do it and bragging about “democratizing creativity” is one of the stupidest ideas humanity has ever come up with.
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U.S. layoff notices are surging at a recession pace. We all know that Trump is driving us straight off a cliff. No matter how many times he says we have the "hottest economy" on earth.
U.S. layoff notices are surging at a recession pace. We all know that Trump is driving us straight off a cliff. No matter how many times he says we have the "hottest economy" on earth.
November 26, 2025 at 3:56 AM
other98
U.S. layoff notices are surging at a recession pace. We all know that Trump is driving us straight off a cliff. No matter how many times he says we have the "hottest economy" on earth.
U.S. layoff notices are surging at a recession pace. We all know that Trump is driving us straight off a cliff. No matter how many times he says we have the "hottest economy" on earth.
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This is Lizzy Nuzzi, nee Olivia Nuzzi was when she was 16 yo.
What has changed?
She'll do anything for attention, including crazy old men...
What has changed?
She'll do anything for attention, including crazy old men...
November 27, 2025 at 1:35 AM
This is Lizzy Nuzzi, nee Olivia Nuzzi was when she was 16 yo.
What has changed?
She'll do anything for attention, including crazy old men...
What has changed?
She'll do anything for attention, including crazy old men...
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I would like a massive moratorium on batshit tech bros naming their companies after Tolkien things. Y'all are nuts and he would have HATED you. A lot.
November 26, 2025 at 1:08 PM
I would like a massive moratorium on batshit tech bros naming their companies after Tolkien things. Y'all are nuts and he would have HATED you. A lot.
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Biochemist Dr. Elizabeth Blackburn was born #OTD in 1948.
She shared the 2009 #Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for the discovery of the enzyme telomerase & how chromosomes are protected by telomeres. This has 𝘮𝘰𝘯𝘶𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘢𝘭 implications for the fields of #aging and #cancer research. #WomenInSTEM
She shared the 2009 #Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for the discovery of the enzyme telomerase & how chromosomes are protected by telomeres. This has 𝘮𝘰𝘯𝘶𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘢𝘭 implications for the fields of #aging and #cancer research. #WomenInSTEM
November 26, 2025 at 11:11 PM
Biochemist Dr. Elizabeth Blackburn was born #OTD in 1948.
She shared the 2009 #Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for the discovery of the enzyme telomerase & how chromosomes are protected by telomeres. This has 𝘮𝘰𝘯𝘶𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘢𝘭 implications for the fields of #aging and #cancer research. #WomenInSTEM
She shared the 2009 #Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for the discovery of the enzyme telomerase & how chromosomes are protected by telomeres. This has 𝘮𝘰𝘯𝘶𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘢𝘭 implications for the fields of #aging and #cancer research. #WomenInSTEM
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November 26, 2025 at 11:03 PM
highest paid employees in every state are football and basketball coaches.
so many are paid to not coach after doing a lousy job and being fired before their contracts are up.
so many are paid to not coach after doing a lousy job and being fired before their contracts are up.
Universities: “Take 54 million American dollars for being a lousy coach”
Also universities: “You turned in this one form an hour late and you will not be reimbursed $57.16”
Also universities: “You turned in this one form an hour late and you will not be reimbursed $57.16”
November 27, 2025 at 1:16 AM
highest paid employees in every state are football and basketball coaches.
so many are paid to not coach after doing a lousy job and being fired before their contracts are up.
so many are paid to not coach after doing a lousy job and being fired before their contracts are up.
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Universities: “Take 54 million American dollars for being a lousy coach”
Also universities: “You turned in this one form an hour late and you will not be reimbursed $57.16”
Also universities: “You turned in this one form an hour late and you will not be reimbursed $57.16”
November 27, 2025 at 12:29 AM
Universities: “Take 54 million American dollars for being a lousy coach”
Also universities: “You turned in this one form an hour late and you will not be reimbursed $57.16”
Also universities: “You turned in this one form an hour late and you will not be reimbursed $57.16”
I'd like to know why the West Virginia national guard didn't refuse to be deployed to DC? they shouldn't be deployed outside their state.
isn't deployment outside their own state an illegal order?
isn't deployment outside their own state an illegal order?
November 27, 2025 at 1:15 AM
I'd like to know why the West Virginia national guard didn't refuse to be deployed to DC? they shouldn't be deployed outside their state.
isn't deployment outside their own state an illegal order?
isn't deployment outside their own state an illegal order?
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Great win for the Celtics. One of the best of the year, so far, if not the best.
Pistons are for real. That team is really, really tough. Could use one more shooter to open up the floor.
Pistons are for real. That team is really, really tough. Could use one more shooter to open up the floor.
November 27, 2025 at 12:47 AM
Great win for the Celtics. One of the best of the year, so far, if not the best.
Pistons are for real. That team is really, really tough. Could use one more shooter to open up the floor.
Pistons are for real. That team is really, really tough. Could use one more shooter to open up the floor.
good point.
he's an incompetent sociopath.
that's all that matters.
his heroin addiction, serial adultery, and driving his wife to suicide are immaterial to his denial of established science and all evidence.
he's an incompetent sociopath.
that's all that matters.
his heroin addiction, serial adultery, and driving his wife to suicide are immaterial to his denial of established science and all evidence.
I am a little tired of being yelled at for this but apparently not tired about: heroin addiction is not RFK’s problem. He’s a sociopath. Most addicts aren’t. Honestly, walk into an NA meeting, grab the first person with a few years to be head of HHS and they’d probably do a better job than Bobby.
This is what happens when you put a privileged, 14 year heroin addict in charge of health. Duh
November 27, 2025 at 1:12 AM
good point.
he's an incompetent sociopath.
that's all that matters.
his heroin addiction, serial adultery, and driving his wife to suicide are immaterial to his denial of established science and all evidence.
he's an incompetent sociopath.
that's all that matters.
his heroin addiction, serial adultery, and driving his wife to suicide are immaterial to his denial of established science and all evidence.
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Interesting and hopeful: some Republicans are not only retiring or quitting, but also planning to skip upcoming votes. A few are even talking about impeachment. Why don’t they just start doing their job?
November 25, 2025 at 9:56 PM
Interesting and hopeful: some Republicans are not only retiring or quitting, but also planning to skip upcoming votes. A few are even talking about impeachment. Why don’t they just start doing their job?
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Had my hair done today. I’ve been going to the same small-town stylist for a decade. Want to know the topic of conversation in the ENTIRE salon?
Insurance premiums. Every one of us has been impacted.
Insurance premiums. Every one of us has been impacted.
November 27, 2025 at 12:20 AM
Had my hair done today. I’ve been going to the same small-town stylist for a decade. Want to know the topic of conversation in the ENTIRE salon?
Insurance premiums. Every one of us has been impacted.
Insurance premiums. Every one of us has been impacted.
I love seeing Kendrick Perkins exposed as a fool running his mouth.
DWhite: 6 threes, 4 stocks, 7-7 FTs, **25 of his 27 points in second half.**
SUCK IT, PERK!
SUCK IT, PERK!
November 27, 2025 at 1:02 AM
I love seeing Kendrick Perkins exposed as a fool running his mouth.
November 27, 2025 at 12:59 AM
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If you think Kash Patel was bad, wait until you see the man they want to replace him with. Patel was the chaos. Bailey is the control. And control is always more dangerous.👇
www.jackhopkinsnow.com
www.jackhopkinsnow.com
November 26, 2025 at 1:47 AM
If you think Kash Patel was bad, wait until you see the man they want to replace him with. Patel was the chaos. Bailey is the control. And control is always more dangerous.👇
www.jackhopkinsnow.com
www.jackhopkinsnow.com
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It’s not that complicated, people.
November 26, 2025 at 9:14 PM
It’s not that complicated, people.
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This fraud is such a narcissist The right and far-left has been feeding his ego as a presidential candidate in 2028. My guess as a spoiler.🤮🤮🤮 Steven is so unattractive🐍
November 26, 2025 at 11:14 PM
This fraud is such a narcissist The right and far-left has been feeding his ego as a presidential candidate in 2028. My guess as a spoiler.🤮🤮🤮 Steven is so unattractive🐍
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We know that, for a ton of reasons, a lot of folks don't have as much to spend as they'd like this holiday season. Sooooooo, here's a thread of things you can do that will support your local indie bookstore or other business WITHOUT spending any more than you intended...
November 26, 2025 at 10:26 PM
We know that, for a ton of reasons, a lot of folks don't have as much to spend as they'd like this holiday season. Sooooooo, here's a thread of things you can do that will support your local indie bookstore or other business WITHOUT spending any more than you intended...
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A Natural Laboratory Of Spiralling Dust Shells
A Natural Laboratory Of Spiralling Dust Shells
The JWST has done it again. It's revealed new details hidden from lesser telescopes. The space telescope has detected four spiral dust shells around Apep, a triple star system about 15,000 light-years away.
www.universetoday.com
November 26, 2025 at 7:45 PM
A Natural Laboratory Of Spiralling Dust Shells
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Cutting-edge research shows language is not the same as intelligence. The entire AI bubble is built on ignoring it.
Read more from @benjaminriley.bsky.social: www.theverge.com/ai-artificia...
Read more from @benjaminriley.bsky.social: www.theverge.com/ai-artificia...
November 25, 2025 at 7:53 PM
Cutting-edge research shows language is not the same as intelligence. The entire AI bubble is built on ignoring it.
Read more from @benjaminriley.bsky.social: www.theverge.com/ai-artificia...
Read more from @benjaminriley.bsky.social: www.theverge.com/ai-artificia...
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Whether this was random street crime or targeted political violence, I think it was bad for the president to unnecessarily put the National Guard in harm’s way like this. They simply don’t need to be there.
November 26, 2025 at 8:41 PM
Whether this was random street crime or targeted political violence, I think it was bad for the president to unnecessarily put the National Guard in harm’s way like this. They simply don’t need to be there.
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National Guard members should never have been deployed in Washington, DC.
November 26, 2025 at 10:14 PM
National Guard members should never have been deployed in Washington, DC.
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one thing we *can* conclude at this point — those two national guards would not have been shot if trump had not abused his power to deploy them to DC
November 26, 2025 at 8:34 PM
one thing we *can* conclude at this point — those two national guards would not have been shot if trump had not abused his power to deploy them to DC