Dan Yocum. Ugh, but 🐸.
@yocum137.bsky.social
Polymath. Linux. Physics. Astronomy. Airplanes. Music. Human rights for everyone. Not in that order.
Bad Takes R Us
Be Better. Do Better.
He/Him
Bad Takes R Us
Be Better. Do Better.
He/Him
Pinned
Trump tears down the East Wing of the White House?
#ReleaseTheEpsteinFiles
Congress remains shutdown and Johnson won't swear in Grijalva.
#ReleaseTheEpsteinFiles
ICE invades Chicago? (Fuck ICE!)
#ReleaseTheEpsteinFiles
Stay focused. Ignore the distractions. Demand the Epstein files.
#ReleaseTheEpsteinFiles
Congress remains shutdown and Johnson won't swear in Grijalva.
#ReleaseTheEpsteinFiles
ICE invades Chicago? (Fuck ICE!)
#ReleaseTheEpsteinFiles
Stay focused. Ignore the distractions. Demand the Epstein files.
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When stranger things first came out america was cringe. Now America is hungry rats eating the eyes out of a dead dog so it doesn’t really hit the same anymore
December 15, 2025 at 11:29 PM
When stranger things first came out america was cringe. Now America is hungry rats eating the eyes out of a dead dog so it doesn’t really hit the same anymore
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I think it's kind of beautiful that this was Rob Reiner's final line on television
December 15, 2025 at 10:52 PM
I think it's kind of beautiful that this was Rob Reiner's final line on television
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"Catch These Fists" by Wet Leg
Album: "moisturizer"
Time: 5:31 pm
Album: "moisturizer"
Time: 5:31 pm
December 15, 2025 at 11:32 PM
"Catch These Fists" by Wet Leg
Album: "moisturizer"
Time: 5:31 pm
Album: "moisturizer"
Time: 5:31 pm
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Less than 48 hours after the deadly attack at Sydney's Bondi Beach that left more than a dozen dead, Australian authorities announced proposals for sweeping new gun laws. n.pr/48UTa7g
Australia announces strict new gun laws. Here's how it can act so swiftly
Less than 48 hours after the deadly attack at Sydney's Bondi Beach that left more than a dozen dead, Australian authorities announced proposals for sweeping new gun laws.
n.pr
December 15, 2025 at 9:41 PM
Less than 48 hours after the deadly attack at Sydney's Bondi Beach that left more than a dozen dead, Australian authorities announced proposals for sweeping new gun laws. n.pr/48UTa7g
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Two beautiful human beings
December 15, 2025 at 11:09 PM
Two beautiful human beings
Ugh
NEW: The most symbolic thing ever just happened in Guaíba, Brazil.
December 15, 2025 at 9:30 PM
Ugh
How many people were impacted? How many families torn asunder? How many CITIZENS kidnapped and deported?
December 15, 2025 at 9:29 PM
How many people were impacted? How many families torn asunder? How many CITIZENS kidnapped and deported?
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Is memory a property of all cells, not just neurons? This is what writer Claire L. Evans explores in her philosophical journey through the long-forgotten, and recently revived, history of biologists studying “aneural memory” — memory without a brain. www.quantamagazine.org/what-can-a-c...
What Can a Cell Remember? | Quanta Magazine
A small but enthusiastic group of neuroscientists is exhuming overlooked experiments and performing new ones to explore whether cells record past experiences — fundamentally challenging what memory is...
www.quantamagazine.org
December 15, 2025 at 9:28 PM
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A 3200-megapixel eye to the sky for the first time! 👀
On April 15, the LSST Camera captured its first images of the night sky. Hundreds of staff watched as the very first pixels from a complete NSF–DOE Rubin Observatory appeared on screen! 🎉 #RubinRecap2025 🔭🧪
On April 15, the LSST Camera captured its first images of the night sky. Hundreds of staff watched as the very first pixels from a complete NSF–DOE Rubin Observatory appeared on screen! 🎉 #RubinRecap2025 🔭🧪
December 15, 2025 at 9:20 PM
A 3200-megapixel eye to the sky for the first time! 👀
On April 15, the LSST Camera captured its first images of the night sky. Hundreds of staff watched as the very first pixels from a complete NSF–DOE Rubin Observatory appeared on screen! 🎉 #RubinRecap2025 🔭🧪
On April 15, the LSST Camera captured its first images of the night sky. Hundreds of staff watched as the very first pixels from a complete NSF–DOE Rubin Observatory appeared on screen! 🎉 #RubinRecap2025 🔭🧪
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Posting this again because I've been getting questions: at this moment there is no licensed merch for Murderbot or Sanctuary Moon except what is on Worldbuilders Market worldbuildersmarket.com/collections/... where it's sold for charity fundraising. And they are getting a new t-shirt design soon.
Martha Wells
Worldbuilders Market is the official online shop of Worldbuilders, a geek-centered nonprofit supporting humanitarian efforts worldwide. We carry a wide variety of officially licensed merchandise from ...
worldbuildersmarket.com
December 15, 2025 at 6:09 PM
Posting this again because I've been getting questions: at this moment there is no licensed merch for Murderbot or Sanctuary Moon except what is on Worldbuilders Market worldbuildersmarket.com/collections/... where it's sold for charity fundraising. And they are getting a new t-shirt design soon.
“The U.S. is over, but America continues: Welcome to the chaos and violence of the world after the Fall.”
America’s post-apocalyptic maps reveal eerily familiar fault lines
As these maps show, post-apocalyptic fiction is a particularly fertile genre, and a particularly American one.
bigthink.com
December 15, 2025 at 9:25 PM
“The U.S. is over, but America continues: Welcome to the chaos and violence of the world after the Fall.”
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Lonely Island music video
what would be the funniest way to find out It happened
like via Jeff Passan or something
like via Jeff Passan or something
December 15, 2025 at 5:49 PM
Lonely Island music video
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I'm worried I haven't pre-ordered enough fireworks.
December 15, 2025 at 3:22 PM
I'm worried I haven't pre-ordered enough fireworks.
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I do not think the right is remotely prepared for the scale of celebration that we’ll see When It Happens
December 15, 2025 at 5:44 PM
I do not think the right is remotely prepared for the scale of celebration that we’ll see When It Happens
If this isn’t 25th Amendment worthy, I don’t know what is.
I am totally serious about this: file articles of impeachment over this specifically
man.
December 15, 2025 at 6:17 PM
If this isn’t 25th Amendment worthy, I don’t know what is.
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Merriam-Webster’s human editors have chosen ‘slop’ as the 2025 Word of the Year.
December 15, 2025 at 2:07 PM
Merriam-Webster’s human editors have chosen ‘slop’ as the 2025 Word of the Year.
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Rob Reiner: “Silence in the face of authoritarianism is complicity. Speaking out is a patriotic act. Democracy doesn’t defend itself. It requires participation, vigilance, and courage from ordinary people."
December 15, 2025 at 1:41 PM
Rob Reiner: “Silence in the face of authoritarianism is complicity. Speaking out is a patriotic act. Democracy doesn’t defend itself. It requires participation, vigilance, and courage from ordinary people."
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I will donate $100 to the election campaign of the first democratic candidate to say “i dont care what it costs we’re bulldozing the ballroom on day 1 and for $1 you can enter into a raffle to drive the dozer for 15 minutes”
October 23, 2025 at 12:10 AM
I will donate $100 to the election campaign of the first democratic candidate to say “i dont care what it costs we’re bulldozing the ballroom on day 1 and for $1 you can enter into a raffle to drive the dozer for 15 minutes”
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i don't care how it happens. i hope it's funny, but more importantly, for the good of the world, i hope it's soon
December 15, 2025 at 3:54 PM
i don't care how it happens. i hope it's funny, but more importantly, for the good of the world, i hope it's soon
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i think we should all commit ourselves to, at minimum, a national 3 day party When It Happens. one bottle of champagne in the back of your closet is no longer adequate. be prepared
December 15, 2025 at 3:11 PM
i think we should all commit ourselves to, at minimum, a national 3 day party When It Happens. one bottle of champagne in the back of your closet is no longer adequate. be prepared
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Macaroni and Cheese.
December 14, 2025 at 1:50 PM
Macaroni and Cheese.
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heck yeah, look at that
Traveling soon? Stay protected during the COVID-19 surge by wearing a high-quality mask in crowded or indoor spaces like an N95, KN95 or KF94. Learn more: www.cdph.ca.gov/Programs/CID...
December 13, 2025 at 7:12 PM
heck yeah, look at that
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December 12, 2025 at 8:00 AM