Phil Rabbat
@philrabbat.bsky.social
🇨🇦 in NJ. Cyclist, skier, cat dad, lapsed chemist
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It's odd how people feel so strongly about putting solar panels on good agricultural land, but think nothing of all the land set aside so rich people can graze their horses, play golf, and shoot pheasants
Almost like they've been sold a narrative
Almost like they've been sold a narrative
December 12, 2025 at 12:53 PM
It's odd how people feel so strongly about putting solar panels on good agricultural land, but think nothing of all the land set aside so rich people can graze their horses, play golf, and shoot pheasants
Almost like they've been sold a narrative
Almost like they've been sold a narrative
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I think it says a lot about the current moment that we chose molecule that is surprisingly holding itself together despite a thermodynamic incentive to break down...
We asked, you voted! Hexanitrogen is your 2025 Molecule of the Year! To get all the details on the spectacular finalists, check out our full coverage at cen.acs.org/synthesis/Mo...
#chemsky 🧪
#chemsky 🧪
December 10, 2025 at 9:00 PM
I think it says a lot about the current moment that we chose molecule that is surprisingly holding itself together despite a thermodynamic incentive to break down...
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With 7 months left to go in the fiscal year, the City of LA has already spent $90 MILLION or 48% of it's annual liability budget.
At this rate, the City will surpass $200 million in liability payouts (like last two fiscal years). It's a BIG REASON why the City is in bad $ shape.
At this rate, the City will surpass $200 million in liability payouts (like last two fiscal years). It's a BIG REASON why the City is in bad $ shape.
December 11, 2025 at 4:33 AM
With 7 months left to go in the fiscal year, the City of LA has already spent $90 MILLION or 48% of it's annual liability budget.
At this rate, the City will surpass $200 million in liability payouts (like last two fiscal years). It's a BIG REASON why the City is in bad $ shape.
At this rate, the City will surpass $200 million in liability payouts (like last two fiscal years). It's a BIG REASON why the City is in bad $ shape.
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BREAKING: A federal judge ordered the government to restore Rümeysa Öztürk's SEVIS student record after it was wrongfully terminated in retaliation for exercising her freedom of speech.
This allows her to fully engage with the opportunities of her PhD program.
This allows her to fully engage with the opportunities of her PhD program.
December 8, 2025 at 10:36 PM
BREAKING: A federal judge ordered the government to restore Rümeysa Öztürk's SEVIS student record after it was wrongfully terminated in retaliation for exercising her freedom of speech.
This allows her to fully engage with the opportunities of her PhD program.
This allows her to fully engage with the opportunities of her PhD program.
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It's the 160th anniversary of the United States' refounding, the ratification of the 13th Amendment.
December 6, 2025 at 12:38 PM
It's the 160th anniversary of the United States' refounding, the ratification of the 13th Amendment.
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Maybe, just maybe, if the FBI counterterrorism desk hadn't been retasked to chasing abuelitas, somebody might've followed up on the tips...
Suspect in National Guard attack struggled with 'dark isolation' as community raised concerns
Emails obtained by the Associated Press show that the Afghan man accused of shooting two National Guard members near the White House had been unraveling for years.
www.latimes.com
December 1, 2025 at 4:30 PM
Maybe, just maybe, if the FBI counterterrorism desk hadn't been retasked to chasing abuelitas, somebody might've followed up on the tips...
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Duterte stays in custody.
November 28, 2025 at 10:21 AM
Duterte stays in custody.
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tbh having gone to business school is why I do not believe ethics classes in computer science programs will accomplish,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,anything
I once knew a Federal bank examiner, and one time someone asked him why we had to KEEP inspecting banks over and over. He basically said every new batch of business school grads invents bank fraud from first principles.
AirBnB CEO calling it “vibe revenue” just 👨🍳 😘
The underlying cause of every bubble - debt masquerading as financial innovation - depends on not just short financial memory & speculative neophytism, but reinventing jargon of finance, like how each generation of kids has new ways to say same things.
The underlying cause of every bubble - debt masquerading as financial innovation - depends on not just short financial memory & speculative neophytism, but reinventing jargon of finance, like how each generation of kids has new ways to say same things.
November 23, 2025 at 12:21 AM
tbh having gone to business school is why I do not believe ethics classes in computer science programs will accomplish,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,anything
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They line up perfectly.
November 22, 2025 at 2:32 AM
They line up perfectly.
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I've had a missile blow up next to my airplane, been shot at dozens of times by anti-aircraft fire, and launched into orbit — all for my country. I never thought I'd see a President call for my execution.
Trump doesn’t understand the Constitution, and we're all less safe for it.
Trump doesn’t understand the Constitution, and we're all less safe for it.
November 20, 2025 at 8:40 PM
I've had a missile blow up next to my airplane, been shot at dozens of times by anti-aircraft fire, and launched into orbit — all for my country. I never thought I'd see a President call for my execution.
Trump doesn’t understand the Constitution, and we're all less safe for it.
Trump doesn’t understand the Constitution, and we're all less safe for it.
Looks like the Ninth Circuit hit the pause button on implementation of SB 261: www.esgdive.com/news/ninth-c...
Federal appeals court halts implementation of California’s climate law SB 261
The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals has temporarily stopped enforcement of a law that requires large businesses operating in California to publicly disclose their climate-related financial risks.
www.esgdive.com
November 18, 2025 at 10:48 PM
Looks like the Ninth Circuit hit the pause button on implementation of SB 261: www.esgdive.com/news/ninth-c...
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I just feel like people should know about this as we move into some of the busiest travel weekends of the year, no reason.
www.reuters.com/world/us-dro...
www.reuters.com/world/us-dro...
www.reuters.com
November 17, 2025 at 11:04 PM
I just feel like people should know about this as we move into some of the busiest travel weekends of the year, no reason.
www.reuters.com/world/us-dro...
www.reuters.com/world/us-dro...
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The Democratic party needs change. It is time for a new generation of leaders to stand up to Trump, and to all those complicit in sabotaging the American Dream. Our country needs a comeback. Americans deserve better, and if the Democratic Party is to deliver, new leaders must rise, stand, and fight.
November 13, 2025 at 1:58 AM
The Democratic party needs change. It is time for a new generation of leaders to stand up to Trump, and to all those complicit in sabotaging the American Dream. Our country needs a comeback. Americans deserve better, and if the Democratic Party is to deliver, new leaders must rise, stand, and fight.
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Canada is the only G7 country whose greenhouse gas emissions have increased since 1990.
thetyee.ca/Analysis/202...
thetyee.ca/Analysis/202...
How Canada Thumbs Its Nose at the Global Climate Summit | The Tyee
We used to pledge lower emissions. Now we push for higher oil production.
thetyee.ca
November 12, 2025 at 5:46 PM
Canada is the only G7 country whose greenhouse gas emissions have increased since 1990.
thetyee.ca/Analysis/202...
thetyee.ca/Analysis/202...
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Important to understand the Epstein stuff and the fascism and the corruption are, in a lot of ways, really all the same story from different angles: powerful men who can and do abuse vulnerable people around them because they can, and because systems of elite accountability catastrophically failed
November 12, 2025 at 9:14 PM
Important to understand the Epstein stuff and the fascism and the corruption are, in a lot of ways, really all the same story from different angles: powerful men who can and do abuse vulnerable people around them because they can, and because systems of elite accountability catastrophically failed
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Went to the dentist wearing a red and white striped jumper. When I got up to leave, a little girl loudly whispered to her mother "Found him!"
November 12, 2025 at 7:45 AM
Went to the dentist wearing a red and white striped jumper. When I got up to leave, a little girl loudly whispered to her mother "Found him!"
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November 10, 2025 at 12:38 AM
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Me on my bike
November 6, 2025 at 11:46 AM
Me on my bike
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Wonder why this scene looks so familiar...
#WildlifeWednesday 🐦🐕
#WildlifeWednesday 🐦🐕
November 5, 2025 at 6:57 AM
Wonder why this scene looks so familiar...
#WildlifeWednesday 🐦🐕
#WildlifeWednesday 🐦🐕
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Has New York Democratic Party chairman Jay Jacobs resigned over Mamdani yet? I hope he hasn't, so that he can instead resign over *improving Republican margins over Trump 2024 in an anti-Republican wave election*. Trump won Nassau by just 4%—now look at this bloodbath
November 5, 2025 at 1:42 PM
Has New York Democratic Party chairman Jay Jacobs resigned over Mamdani yet? I hope he hasn't, so that he can instead resign over *improving Republican margins over Trump 2024 in an anti-Republican wave election*. Trump won Nassau by just 4%—now look at this bloodbath
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I will aggressively ignore all changes to the timeline until they pry the following feed from my cold dead hands
give me reverse chronological or give me death
give me reverse chronological or give me death
October 31, 2025 at 10:45 PM
I will aggressively ignore all changes to the timeline until they pry the following feed from my cold dead hands
give me reverse chronological or give me death
give me reverse chronological or give me death
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Algorithmic timelines that reward/punish certain gameable behaviors were the beginning of the end on twitter.
I will aggressively ignore all changes to the timeline until they pry the following feed from my cold dead hands
give me reverse chronological or give me death
give me reverse chronological or give me death
October 31, 2025 at 10:50 PM
Algorithmic timelines that reward/punish certain gameable behaviors were the beginning of the end on twitter.
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If the DOJ gets deference from courts on this point, it would be disappointing. If the DOJ doesn’t want to be so busy, then federal agents should stop violating the law.
October 31, 2025 at 8:31 PM
If the DOJ gets deference from courts on this point, it would be disappointing. If the DOJ doesn’t want to be so busy, then federal agents should stop violating the law.