Paul
@snoofleglax.bsky.social
Professor of physics and astronomy at a SUNY community college. Ph.D., RPI, 2019. I study the structure of the Milky Way. He/Him. Zero tolerance for right wing assholes. Closet metalhead. Opinions entirely my own.
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VP Cheney will be honoured with a 21 gun salute accidentally aimed directly at 21 of his friends
November 4, 2025 at 11:42 AM
VP Cheney will be honoured with a 21 gun salute accidentally aimed directly at 21 of his friends
Anyone want to start a betting pool on the next OceanGate-style safety disaster? Who's gonna be the first SV venture capitalist to kill themselves via massive radiation poisoning?
“nuclear startups” are gonna polarize me into anti-nuke
October 30, 2025 at 9:42 PM
Anyone want to start a betting pool on the next OceanGate-style safety disaster? Who's gonna be the first SV venture capitalist to kill themselves via massive radiation poisoning?
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Even if we accept that "reliable and authentic centrist" was the trick, racism and misogyny have a lot to do with whether you are perceived as a reliable and authentic centrist.
Our co-founder, Lauren Harper Pope, made clear why Kamala Harris lost the 2024 election.
Hopefully the next two years will give Democrats plenty of time to “recenter and recalibrate” the party’s future.
Hopefully the next two years will give Democrats plenty of time to “recenter and recalibrate” the party’s future.
October 27, 2025 at 9:56 PM
Even if we accept that "reliable and authentic centrist" was the trick, racism and misogyny have a lot to do with whether you are perceived as a reliable and authentic centrist.
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Nazi tat affair useful because anyone doing bizarre prevarications atm re how its totally normal to have a Nazi tattoo, good actually, not a big deal that'd matter in an election, if anything its cringe you care, etc etc, has revealed you never need to take their politics opinions seriously again.
October 22, 2025 at 5:48 AM
Nazi tat affair useful because anyone doing bizarre prevarications atm re how its totally normal to have a Nazi tattoo, good actually, not a big deal that'd matter in an election, if anything its cringe you care, etc etc, has revealed you never need to take their politics opinions seriously again.
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*very loud incorrect buzzer*
sums it up. headlines on crowd sizes and the feeling that maybe something happens (somewhere else) aren’t action, and getting a bunch of people to show up to a party for nothing isn’t organizing.
find your people and build something real.
find your people and build something real.
October 20, 2025 at 9:39 AM
*very loud incorrect buzzer*
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walking around the no-kings protest smirking at all the earnest retired schoolteachers carrying American flags: “actually you’re not fighting fascism. dunces. rubes. fools.”
October 4, 2025 at 5:30 PM
walking around the no-kings protest smirking at all the earnest retired schoolteachers carrying American flags: “actually you’re not fighting fascism. dunces. rubes. fools.”
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So um. This is what's been up with me for the last year. I hate hate hate asking but very much appreciate your support. www.gofundme.com/f/fund-me-if...
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September 19, 2025 at 5:53 PM
So um. This is what's been up with me for the last year. I hate hate hate asking but very much appreciate your support. www.gofundme.com/f/fund-me-if...
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this is completely false. the "unanimous" vote consisted of one person, Rick Scott, voting. The chamber was entirely empty except for him and Tommy Tuberville, & both of them had to be prompted as to how to execute the vote:
September 19, 2025 at 3:04 PM
this is completely false. the "unanimous" vote consisted of one person, Rick Scott, voting. The chamber was entirely empty except for him and Tommy Tuberville, & both of them had to be prompted as to how to execute the vote:
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or to put it another way
September 18, 2025 at 1:38 PM
or to put it another way
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I'm sure you can find plenty of unhinged leftists because it's a really big country, but equating that with Fox News inching ever closer to the full Radio Rwanda experience is shameful so spare me anymore bothsides nonsense.
September 15, 2025 at 11:37 PM
I'm sure you can find plenty of unhinged leftists because it's a really big country, but equating that with Fox News inching ever closer to the full Radio Rwanda experience is shameful so spare me anymore bothsides nonsense.
Not just NYC, but NYS too. Last week CVS wouldn't make an appointment for me (near Albany) but I was able to make one just fine last night.
Hey NYC people: As of today the governor’s override of federal guidance means you can officially get your new COVID vaccine. I’m getting mine at CVS right now
September 9, 2025 at 5:09 PM
Not just NYC, but NYS too. Last week CVS wouldn't make an appointment for me (near Albany) but I was able to make one just fine last night.
Yes, yes it does. And the more I can make them visibly cringe, the more amazing it feels.
i bet it feels amazing to be a middle aged college professor and say stuff like "napoleon wouldn't stay in his lane so the duke of wellington locked in" to a survey course of a hundred bored 18 year olds
September 8, 2025 at 12:19 PM
Yes, yes it does. And the more I can make them visibly cringe, the more amazing it feels.
The greasiest spoon in my hometown would be ashamed to serve shit like this.
July 31, 2025 at 11:49 PM
The greasiest spoon in my hometown would be ashamed to serve shit like this.
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everything is terrible so here’s the swedish chef doing rapper’s delight
July 11, 2025 at 3:28 AM
everything is terrible so here’s the swedish chef doing rapper’s delight
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never change, jon stewart [extremely derogatory]
Dems tried to stop Trump’s Big Beautiful Bill with their go-to strategy: toothlessness
July 9, 2025 at 4:32 PM
never change, jon stewart [extremely derogatory]
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Forgot to post this yesterday, but:
Happy Effete, Liberal College Professor Saves The Union Day to all who celebrate
Happy Effete, Liberal College Professor Saves The Union Day to all who celebrate
July 3, 2025 at 3:31 PM
Forgot to post this yesterday, but:
Happy Effete, Liberal College Professor Saves The Union Day to all who celebrate
Happy Effete, Liberal College Professor Saves The Union Day to all who celebrate
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With regard to these terrible Court decisions:
It is *CRITICAL* to resist the urge to give in to doomerism and declare that things not directly accomplished by the decision - removal of books from classrooms, age verification expanding to medical websites, and so on - are now the law.
It is *CRITICAL* to resist the urge to give in to doomerism and declare that things not directly accomplished by the decision - removal of books from classrooms, age verification expanding to medical websites, and so on - are now the law.
June 27, 2025 at 4:08 PM
With regard to these terrible Court decisions:
It is *CRITICAL* to resist the urge to give in to doomerism and declare that things not directly accomplished by the decision - removal of books from classrooms, age verification expanding to medical websites, and so on - are now the law.
It is *CRITICAL* to resist the urge to give in to doomerism and declare that things not directly accomplished by the decision - removal of books from classrooms, age verification expanding to medical websites, and so on - are now the law.
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The left better start figuring out how to weaponize today's decision rather than just (rightfully) criticizing it.
- Go back into Judge Kaczmaryk's court to dissolve all of his nationwide orders.
- Pass gun bans and insist any order applies only to plaintiffs.
- Go back into Judge Kaczmaryk's court to dissolve all of his nationwide orders.
- Pass gun bans and insist any order applies only to plaintiffs.
June 27, 2025 at 2:27 PM
The left better start figuring out how to weaponize today's decision rather than just (rightfully) criticizing it.
- Go back into Judge Kaczmaryk's court to dissolve all of his nationwide orders.
- Pass gun bans and insist any order applies only to plaintiffs.
- Go back into Judge Kaczmaryk's court to dissolve all of his nationwide orders.
- Pass gun bans and insist any order applies only to plaintiffs.
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People who believe not voting 2024 makes them morally superior because they're not "murdering children" should be constantly reminded that they helped elect Trump, who destroyed USAID - an act that's now murdering children around the world.
www.bu.edu/sph/news/art...
www.bu.edu/sph/news/art...
Tracking Anticipated Deaths from USAID Funding Cuts
Brooke Nichols has launched online tracking tools that capture estimated increases in mortality and disease spread for HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis, malaria, and other diseases as a result of the near-total...
www.bu.edu
June 25, 2025 at 1:26 PM
People who believe not voting 2024 makes them morally superior because they're not "murdering children" should be constantly reminded that they helped elect Trump, who destroyed USAID - an act that's now murdering children around the world.
www.bu.edu/sph/news/art...
www.bu.edu/sph/news/art...
Lots of people talking about New York politics who clearly haven't set foot in the city *or* state in their entire lives.
June 25, 2025 at 3:31 AM
Lots of people talking about New York politics who clearly haven't set foot in the city *or* state in their entire lives.
As someone who grew up in the tri-state area and has lived in New York State all my life, pretty nice to see that NYC might finally have a mayor that *doesn't* suck shit. I don't have *much* skin in the game since I'm upstate now, but NYC drives NYS politics, so this is a good result for everyone!
June 25, 2025 at 2:07 AM
As someone who grew up in the tri-state area and has lived in New York State all my life, pretty nice to see that NYC might finally have a mayor that *doesn't* suck shit. I don't have *much* skin in the game since I'm upstate now, but NYC drives NYS politics, so this is a good result for everyone!
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It's critical to remember that today’s ruling neither removes nor affects New York State’s protections for trans people and their right to access gender-affirming care in our state.
Anyone who comes to our state has the fundamental right to get the care they deserve.
Anyone who comes to our state has the fundamental right to get the care they deserve.
June 18, 2025 at 3:47 PM
It's critical to remember that today’s ruling neither removes nor affects New York State’s protections for trans people and their right to access gender-affirming care in our state.
Anyone who comes to our state has the fundamental right to get the care they deserve.
Anyone who comes to our state has the fundamental right to get the care they deserve.