Wandering Scientist
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Still straining against the 2nd law of thermodynamics
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A quite startling overperformance for Democrats in tonight's special election for a state Senate seat in Kentucky:
Democrat Gary Clemons won 72% to 25%.
He was defending a Dem-held seat where Kamala Harris beat Trump by 5% last year.
Democrat Gary Clemons won 72% to 25%.
He was defending a Dem-held seat where Kamala Harris beat Trump by 5% last year.
December 17, 2025 at 12:31 AM
A quite startling overperformance for Democrats in tonight's special election for a state Senate seat in Kentucky:
Democrat Gary Clemons won 72% to 25%.
He was defending a Dem-held seat where Kamala Harris beat Trump by 5% last year.
Democrat Gary Clemons won 72% to 25%.
He was defending a Dem-held seat where Kamala Harris beat Trump by 5% last year.
10/12
That was fun!
That was fun!
December 16, 2025 at 2:05 PM
10/12
That was fun!
That was fun!
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I’m guessing most Americans don’t know this, but because I lived in the UK for 8 years and still watch the BBC via VPN, I can tell you that the BBC iPlayer’s volume dial goes to eleven.
December 16, 2025 at 1:10 AM
I’m guessing most Americans don’t know this, but because I lived in the UK for 8 years and still watch the BBC via VPN, I can tell you that the BBC iPlayer’s volume dial goes to eleven.
In a lyft on my way to my company holiday party and the driver is playing 50s crooners and I don't hate it
But also ouch how old does he think I am?
But also ouch how old does he think I am?
December 15, 2025 at 10:15 PM
In a lyft on my way to my company holiday party and the driver is playing 50s crooners and I don't hate it
But also ouch how old does he think I am?
But also ouch how old does he think I am?
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For #ArtAdventCalendar Day 13
Forward Under Shared Skies
60×98″ 152x250cm
Mixed media (oil paint, canvas, birch panel, collage)
2019
A collaboration w Cree-Metis artist Dawn Marie Marchand focusing on the sharing of artistic space and ideas between a non-Indigenous and Indigenous artist
Forward Under Shared Skies
60×98″ 152x250cm
Mixed media (oil paint, canvas, birch panel, collage)
2019
A collaboration w Cree-Metis artist Dawn Marie Marchand focusing on the sharing of artistic space and ideas between a non-Indigenous and Indigenous artist
December 13, 2025 at 8:17 PM
For #ArtAdventCalendar Day 13
Forward Under Shared Skies
60×98″ 152x250cm
Mixed media (oil paint, canvas, birch panel, collage)
2019
A collaboration w Cree-Metis artist Dawn Marie Marchand focusing on the sharing of artistic space and ideas between a non-Indigenous and Indigenous artist
Forward Under Shared Skies
60×98″ 152x250cm
Mixed media (oil paint, canvas, birch panel, collage)
2019
A collaboration w Cree-Metis artist Dawn Marie Marchand focusing on the sharing of artistic space and ideas between a non-Indigenous and Indigenous artist
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This is beautiful
This week’s newsletter is heavy, and in hindsight probably should’ve come with a content warning? I dunno. I'm on a flight to bury my father. buttondown.com/monteiro/arc...
How to bury your father
This week’s question comes to us anonymously: How do you lovingly care for an aging parent who treated you like shit? This question has been sitting in my...
buttondown.com
December 13, 2025 at 5:02 PM
This is beautiful
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This is my friend's cat. Its name is Cookie Swirl, and it disappeared in the American section of Charlotte airport on 11/10. We're asking for your help. She doesn't have any other socials, so if you can post it widely to see if anyone knows where it is. It's a little thing, but matters a lot to her.
December 12, 2025 at 10:22 PM
This is my friend's cat. Its name is Cookie Swirl, and it disappeared in the American section of Charlotte airport on 11/10. We're asking for your help. She doesn't have any other socials, so if you can post it widely to see if anyone knows where it is. It's a little thing, but matters a lot to her.
Just watch the whole thing
December 12, 2025 at 11:43 PM
Just watch the whole thing
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BREAKING: Democrats have *flipped* a seat in Georgia's state House tonight.
Democrat Eric Gisler has won the seat, which was previously held by a Republican who resigned this fall.
This is a red territory: Trump won the district by 13% in 2024.
Democrat Eric Gisler has won the seat, which was previously held by a Republican who resigned this fall.
This is a red territory: Trump won the district by 13% in 2024.
December 10, 2025 at 2:06 AM
BREAKING: Democrats have *flipped* a seat in Georgia's state House tonight.
Democrat Eric Gisler has won the seat, which was previously held by a Republican who resigned this fall.
This is a red territory: Trump won the district by 13% in 2024.
Democrat Eric Gisler has won the seat, which was previously held by a Republican who resigned this fall.
This is a red territory: Trump won the district by 13% in 2024.
This is tragic www.usatoday.com/story/news/n...
Child dies, siblings hospitalized after 'alkaline diet,' parents charged
Phoenix police found a 5-month old boy dead after his mother called 911. Prosecutors blame parents for the death and for illnesses of other children.
www.usatoday.com
December 9, 2025 at 5:09 PM
This is tragic www.usatoday.com/story/news/n...
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And then there are all those "special places in hell" for various groups of people.
....
Wait a minute
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Is hell an airport?
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Wait a minute
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Is hell an airport?
Why do people think the road to hell is paved at all? Are you planning to drive there?
More specifically, the road to hell is paved with the intention to make good things last.
December 9, 2025 at 1:47 PM
And then there are all those "special places in hell" for various groups of people.
....
Wait a minute
....
Is hell an airport?
....
Wait a minute
....
Is hell an airport?
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Wait I’ve spoken French for 30 years and am just learning that eggnog in French is called chicken milk?????
It’s everyone’s favourite time of year!
Milk of chicken time 🐓🥛
Milk of chicken time 🐓🥛
December 8, 2025 at 5:54 PM
Wait I’ve spoken French for 30 years and am just learning that eggnog in French is called chicken milk?????
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UPDATE: Another Chicago-area church has put up an immigration-themed Nativity scene.
A church member at Urban Village Church sent this one along, where Mary, Joseph and Jesus are gone and replaced with a sign that reads: “Due to ICE activity in our community, the Holy Family is in hiding.”
A church member at Urban Village Church sent this one along, where Mary, Joseph and Jesus are gone and replaced with a sign that reads: “Due to ICE activity in our community, the Holy Family is in hiding.”
December 7, 2025 at 10:31 PM
UPDATE: Another Chicago-area church has put up an immigration-themed Nativity scene.
A church member at Urban Village Church sent this one along, where Mary, Joseph and Jesus are gone and replaced with a sign that reads: “Due to ICE activity in our community, the Holy Family is in hiding.”
A church member at Urban Village Church sent this one along, where Mary, Joseph and Jesus are gone and replaced with a sign that reads: “Due to ICE activity in our community, the Holy Family is in hiding.”
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I can’t tell you how glad I am to be released from the disgrace of Temu ACIP.
I made a commitment to watch and comment on these proceedings. Not sure I’ll do it again.
In summary, ACIP is no longer a legitimate scientific body.
Every U.S. state needs to decouple their vaccine policy from ACIP.
I made a commitment to watch and comment on these proceedings. Not sure I’ll do it again.
In summary, ACIP is no longer a legitimate scientific body.
Every U.S. state needs to decouple their vaccine policy from ACIP.
December 5, 2025 at 8:37 PM
I can’t tell you how glad I am to be released from the disgrace of Temu ACIP.
I made a commitment to watch and comment on these proceedings. Not sure I’ll do it again.
In summary, ACIP is no longer a legitimate scientific body.
Every U.S. state needs to decouple their vaccine policy from ACIP.
I made a commitment to watch and comment on these proceedings. Not sure I’ll do it again.
In summary, ACIP is no longer a legitimate scientific body.
Every U.S. state needs to decouple their vaccine policy from ACIP.
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I so needed this thread, I think you do too!
What is the quintessential Onion headline? The strong contender that just randomly popped in my mind is "Hank Williams Jr. Honored by Institute For Football Preparedness"
December 4, 2025 at 2:35 AM
I so needed this thread, I think you do too!
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All opera plot summaries are like "Kunfre, driven to madness by the treachery of Zarnfig, flees her wedding to Bogaro and resolves to throw herself into the sea, before being stopped by an unnamed and irrelevant countertenor" and all ballet plot summaries are like "somewhere, a princess exists"
December 2, 2025 at 8:52 PM
All opera plot summaries are like "Kunfre, driven to madness by the treachery of Zarnfig, flees her wedding to Bogaro and resolves to throw herself into the sea, before being stopped by an unnamed and irrelevant countertenor" and all ballet plot summaries are like "somewhere, a princess exists"
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"the issue isn’t that we need more 'boy-friendly' reforms. It’s that boys are socialized to compete only with boys and to read girls’ success as illegitimate or emasculating. The result is dissonance, resentment, and disengagement for boys—and hostile climates for girls."
time.com/7335723/auto...
time.com/7335723/auto...
The Real Way Schools are Failing Boys
“If we really want boys to succeed, we need to ensure that they know how to both beat—and lose— to girls."
time.com
December 2, 2025 at 11:21 AM
"the issue isn’t that we need more 'boy-friendly' reforms. It’s that boys are socialized to compete only with boys and to read girls’ success as illegitimate or emasculating. The result is dissonance, resentment, and disengagement for boys—and hostile climates for girls."
time.com/7335723/auto...
time.com/7335723/auto...
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I am once again looking for cool 2026 calendars from small creators! Already have one from @sarahmackattack.bsky.social ready to go, but would welcome recommendations from other artists/photographers
Do you know of a small creator/artist/illustrator/photographer that makes calendars? I like to have a unique office calendar and desk calendar, obviously safe for work is a requirement.
December 2, 2025 at 3:26 PM
I am once again looking for cool 2026 calendars from small creators! Already have one from @sarahmackattack.bsky.social ready to go, but would welcome recommendations from other artists/photographers
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The moment you lose hope during a rotten travel day is so beautiful. there’s nothing to fight anymore. you live in transit now. you are free
December 2, 2025 at 2:10 AM
The moment you lose hope during a rotten travel day is so beautiful. there’s nothing to fight anymore. you live in transit now. you are free
I cannot fathom sending my child (and my tuition money!) somewhere that requires this sort of thing.
December 2, 2025 at 2:28 AM
I cannot fathom sending my child (and my tuition money!) somewhere that requires this sort of thing.
I have to fly somewhere cold for a business trip next week and I am so annoyed about it
I do not have the clothes for this! I have boots and a warm coat (bought for a previous business trip to real winter) but I do not have business outfits for cold outdoors and overheated indoors
I do not have the clothes for this! I have boots and a warm coat (bought for a previous business trip to real winter) but I do not have business outfits for cold outdoors and overheated indoors
December 1, 2025 at 5:58 AM
I have to fly somewhere cold for a business trip next week and I am so annoyed about it
I do not have the clothes for this! I have boots and a warm coat (bought for a previous business trip to real winter) but I do not have business outfits for cold outdoors and overheated indoors
I do not have the clothes for this! I have boots and a warm coat (bought for a previous business trip to real winter) but I do not have business outfits for cold outdoors and overheated indoors
My sister and I had a preview of this when my mom had some health issues last year. She has recovered now but that was a wake up call. There's not much you can do to prepare, but it is definitely worth doing what you can
November 30, 2025 at 3:44 PM
My sister and I had a preview of this when my mom had some health issues last year. She has recovered now but that was a wake up call. There's not much you can do to prepare, but it is definitely worth doing what you can