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Jon Phillips

@jowiph.bsky.social

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Historian of evolutionary biology and scientific racism who has somehow turned into a historian of the physical sciences. Expect lots of cat pictures and general miscellany. Marylandic.

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Jon Phillips @jowiph.bsky.social · 7d

The FBI may no longer be relying on SPLC, but their anti-extremist resources are still extremely worthwhile, especially these days. So in that spirit, time to re-up the thread of extremist profiles I wrote for them on scientific racists

Jon Phillips @jowiph.bsky.social · Jul 5

I’ve shared these a few times on the other site, but since everything is new again, here’s a thread of extremist profiles on prominent scientific racists I wrote for @SPLC roughly 10 years ago:

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Jon Phillips @jowiph.bsky.social · 47m

Revolving viziers

Jon Phillips @jowiph.bsky.social · 56m

Oh my god we did it

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Joel Zombied 🎃🦇 @velodus.bsky.social · 1h

That new Nike/Ken Griffey Jr. ad features a snippet of Bo Jackson running up the wall in 1990 and I think you could go all in if you wanted that this was the single coolest play in baseball history

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Heather @alainnfocail.bsky.social · 1h

Maybe playing a 15 inning game on the opposite coast two days ago is actually *better* than having three days off after playing a quick flight away.

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Jon Phillips @jowiph.bsky.social · 1h

God these ChatGPT commercials are so fucking bleak

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Jon Phillips @jowiph.bsky.social · 1h

I might have to indulge my masochistic curiosity at some point. I do hope the movie retained all the ridiculous quantum exposition

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Jon Phillips @jowiph.bsky.social · 1h

I have never seen the movie, and had even successfully suppressed the knowledge that there even was a movie until just now

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Jon Phillips @jowiph.bsky.social · 1h

Oh my god are we actually going to win game 1?

Jon Phillips @jowiph.bsky.social · 1h

I don't know what it was, but Timeline clicked for me in a way that most of his novels didn't, despite it being objectively Not Good

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Jon Phillips @jowiph.bsky.social · 1h

I wonder how many superstitions these stupid Google Cloud analytics ads are incepting

Jon Phillips @jowiph.bsky.social · 2h

The fates want what they want

Jon Phillips @jowiph.bsky.social · 2h

Cal Raleigh

Jon Phillips @jowiph.bsky.social · 2h

Absolutely

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Mina Kimes @minakimes.bsky.social · 2h

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Jon Phillips @jowiph.bsky.social · 2h

I also cannot stress enough how much I love the fact that one of the greatest athletes in the world right now is this soft, schlubby-looking dude

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Jon Phillips @jowiph.bsky.social · 2h

DUMP IT, CAL

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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 2h

you can clearly see the influence of burton’s batman on the film (to say nothing of the elfman score). and i’ll say, in relation to the franchise dreck that passes for blockbuster films these days, DICK TRACY at least makes *choices*. it has a *vision*.

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Jon Phillips @jowiph.bsky.social · 2h

"This is feeling like old Mariners teams" Fuck you, that was uncalled for

Jon Phillips @jowiph.bsky.social · 2h

Needs more Weyouns

KLM @klm.bsky.social · Sep 10

who's your favorite Jeffrey? 🖖🏼 mine's Shran

Text banner that says, "Welcome to Star Trek. We have:" that is followed by nine pictures of characters played by Jeffrey Combs in different Trek shows. His name is under each one.

Jon Phillips @jowiph.bsky.social · 2h

❤️

Jon Phillips @jowiph.bsky.social · 2h

"There have been four men who have hit 60 home runs in the American League. Babe Ruth. Roger Maris. Aaron Judge. And The Dumper." I don't love this booth, but I have to give them the delivery on that one

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Jon Phillips @jowiph.bsky.social · 3h

It's almost disturbing how nostalgic the ads on Mariners radio make me feel

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Jon Phillips @jowiph.bsky.social · 3h

Likewise!

Jon Phillips @jowiph.bsky.social · 3h

Ah, shit, I wonder if that's it. I still haven't gotten my Manual of Approved Conduct for Large Accounts™️, so I might have violated the terms

Jon Phillips @jowiph.bsky.social · 3h

I'm still waiting for my follower dividend check. No idea why it's so delayed

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