Colin Peters
@colinpeters.bsky.social
I write and draw and code. 本を書く。絵を描く。ソフトを作る。Post-Canadian living in Japan, failing to do most of the things I put in my bio. 日本語でもOK。Still not a DJ.
Avatar: My face in blurry closeup
Banner: My dog surfing the Net
Also on mastodon.social at colinpeters.
Avatar: My face in blurry closeup
Banner: My dog surfing the Net
Also on mastodon.social at colinpeters.
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We are in peak French heist season.
Thieves take €90,000 of snails meant for Michelin-starred restaurants
“It’s very surprising because they stole 450 kilos of snail meat.”
“It’s very surprising because they stole 450 kilos of snail meat.”
Thieves take €90,000 of snails meant for Michelin-starred restaurants
French police are on the trail of ‘experienced’ criminals who stole a whole year’s worth of produce from Jean-Mathieu Dauvergne’s L’Escargot des Grands Crus
stzl.ink
November 28, 2025 at 1:43 AM
We are in peak French heist season.
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to diminish the humanities is to miss out on a lot of little guys. that’s no way to live.
Netsuke of a Rat Grasping a Soybean Pod, 19th century Japan
November 28, 2025 at 5:41 AM
to diminish the humanities is to miss out on a lot of little guys. that’s no way to live.
As a person who has lived more than half his life in a country different from the one he was born in, I would like Stephen Miller to know that it absolutely is possible for individuals to adapt to living in another country.
This is an admission that their goal is explicit ethnic cleansing of America and genocide, and it should be seen as a direct threat to millions of American lives and billions of lives worldwide.
Stephen Miller is now arguing that assimilation is fundamentally impossible and that certain cultures are not compatible with Western civilization
November 28, 2025 at 8:24 AM
As a person who has lived more than half his life in a country different from the one he was born in, I would like Stephen Miller to know that it absolutely is possible for individuals to adapt to living in another country.
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November 27, 2025 at 10:55 PM
Wait, what if there was some way to trigger natural immunity without making you sick with the disease? Wouldn’t that be great?
💉 One thing I rarely see explained is how vaccination *is* "natural immunity".
The immunity is developed by your body not the vaccine. The vaccine itself doesn’t do the work.
I think the confusion partly comes from a phrase scientists use. 🧵⬇️
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The immunity is developed by your body not the vaccine. The vaccine itself doesn’t do the work.
I think the confusion partly comes from a phrase scientists use. 🧵⬇️
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RFK Jr.’s new CDC deputy director prefers “natural immunity” over vaccines
Ralph Abraham is “dangerous,” but somehow not the worst among those considered.
arstechnica.com
November 28, 2025 at 1:34 AM
Wait, what if there was some way to trigger natural immunity without making you sick with the disease? Wouldn’t that be great?
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A vaccine is a cheat sheet for your immune system.
💉 One thing I rarely see explained is how vaccination *is* "natural immunity".
The immunity is developed by your body not the vaccine. The vaccine itself doesn’t do the work.
I think the confusion partly comes from a phrase scientists use. 🧵⬇️
1/n
The immunity is developed by your body not the vaccine. The vaccine itself doesn’t do the work.
I think the confusion partly comes from a phrase scientists use. 🧵⬇️
1/n
RFK Jr.’s new CDC deputy director prefers “natural immunity” over vaccines
Ralph Abraham is “dangerous,” but somehow not the worst among those considered.
arstechnica.com
November 27, 2025 at 12:59 PM
A vaccine is a cheat sheet for your immune system.
Would be a bit of a bummer to have your mission cut short because your robot rover was struck by lightning, wouldn’t it.
A paper in Nature presents evidence of lightning on Mars, detected in sounds and electrical signals captured by NASA’s Perseverance rove. The observations indicate that Mars’s atmosphere is electrically active, which may have implications for future exploration. go.nature.com/49IbPpg 🔭 🧪
November 28, 2025 at 12:23 AM
Would be a bit of a bummer to have your mission cut short because your robot rover was struck by lightning, wouldn’t it.
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Netsuke of a Rat Grasping a Soybean Pod, 19th century Japan
November 26, 2025 at 3:28 PM
Netsuke of a Rat Grasping a Soybean Pod, 19th century Japan
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I feel much safer today knowing that we deported a Babson College student back to a country where she hasn't lived since childhood.
She wasn't even flying internationally. She was flying to Texas.
She wasn't even flying internationally. She was flying to Texas.
A Babson College student wanted to surprise her family for Thanksgiving. She was deported instead. - The Boston Globe
Any Lucia Lopez Belloza was at Logan to catch a flight to Texas when immigration authorities detained her as she was about to board the plane.
www.bostonglobe.com
November 27, 2025 at 10:47 AM
I feel much safer today knowing that we deported a Babson College student back to a country where she hasn't lived since childhood.
She wasn't even flying internationally. She was flying to Texas.
She wasn't even flying internationally. She was flying to Texas.
How do you like being called “Canada’s pants” Pete?
US Ambassador to Canada: But let me tell you, I go around the country and people will say, “Pete, you just don’t understand why we’re so mad about the 51st state.” And it’s kind of like, “Yeah, you’re right. I don’t.
November 27, 2025 at 7:44 AM
How do you like being called “Canada’s pants” Pete?
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via Jyoti Mishra
November 27, 2025 at 2:34 AM
via Jyoti Mishra
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One deeply underappreciated aspect of MAHA is how much it's often a fig leaf for domestic abuse. I'm not surprised doctors on the ground belive men are withholding kids' vaccines as a way to control and terrorize their wives. They obviously are!
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/25/o...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/25/o...
November 27, 2025 at 2:14 AM
One deeply underappreciated aspect of MAHA is how much it's often a fig leaf for domestic abuse. I'm not surprised doctors on the ground belive men are withholding kids' vaccines as a way to control and terrorize their wives. They obviously are!
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/25/o...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/25/o...
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SCOOP—In August, nearly 200 current/former FEMA staffers published the Katrina Declaration, a whistleblower letter detailing all the dangers posed by current leadership.
All current employees were put on indefinite leave, and now I've learned one has been fired in violation of federal protections:
All current employees were put on indefinite leave, and now I've learned one has been fired in violation of federal protections:
FEMA employee terminated for signing whistleblower letter
It appears to be a major violation of federal whistleblower protections and constitutional rights.
www.thehandbasket.co
November 26, 2025 at 7:58 PM
SCOOP—In August, nearly 200 current/former FEMA staffers published the Katrina Declaration, a whistleblower letter detailing all the dangers posed by current leadership.
All current employees were put on indefinite leave, and now I've learned one has been fired in violation of federal protections:
All current employees were put on indefinite leave, and now I've learned one has been fired in violation of federal protections:
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"Interesterification" does not, regrettably, refer to something becoming more interesting but to a chemical reaction that requires breaking and reforming ester bonds
November 26, 2025 at 11:22 AM
"Interesterification" does not, regrettably, refer to something becoming more interesting but to a chemical reaction that requires breaking and reforming ester bonds
Screenshot because I don’t want to bother the person about a typo, but I really did stare at this for about ten seconds thinking about how you would comment on someone’s speciation as news.
November 27, 2025 at 1:53 AM
Screenshot because I don’t want to bother the person about a typo, but I really did stare at this for about ten seconds thinking about how you would comment on someone’s speciation as news.
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The only way to save humanity and unite the people is more Sword & Sorcery paintings on the side of vans.
November 25, 2025 at 5:56 PM
The only way to save humanity and unite the people is more Sword & Sorcery paintings on the side of vans.
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The latest @gallup.com poll:
- "In 2025, 40% of women aged 15 to 44 say they would move abroad permanently if they had the opportunity."
news.gallup.com/poll/697382/...
- "In 2025, 40% of women aged 15 to 44 say they would move abroad permanently if they had the opportunity."
news.gallup.com/poll/697382/...
November 19, 2025 at 5:42 PM
The latest @gallup.com poll:
- "In 2025, 40% of women aged 15 to 44 say they would move abroad permanently if they had the opportunity."
news.gallup.com/poll/697382/...
- "In 2025, 40% of women aged 15 to 44 say they would move abroad permanently if they had the opportunity."
news.gallup.com/poll/697382/...
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'In anticipation of the proposed cuts – 25% overall and, crucially, a 47% cut to NASA’s science spending – NASA has flagged 40 major projects, including 23 active missions, for closure.'
🧪 🔭
🧪 🔭
Who will take the lead in space research as NASA cuts bite?
Proposed cuts to the NASA budget, which threaten US university-based space research programmes as well as joint space missions, have left internationa...
www.universityworldnews.com
November 26, 2025 at 10:25 PM
'In anticipation of the proposed cuts – 25% overall and, crucially, a 47% cut to NASA’s science spending – NASA has flagged 40 major projects, including 23 active missions, for closure.'
🧪 🔭
🧪 🔭
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CNBC is tossing softballs at the Butterball rep. They asked "How big is the average Butterball turkey?" And the rep evaded! What is she hiding!
November 26, 2025 at 12:23 PM
CNBC is tossing softballs at the Butterball rep. They asked "How big is the average Butterball turkey?" And the rep evaded! What is she hiding!
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Last month was the hottest October on record for North America in this dataset... yet another extreme event
Data from @noaa.gov: www.ncei.noaa.gov/products/lan...
Data from @noaa.gov: www.ncei.noaa.gov/products/lan...
November 26, 2025 at 12:39 PM
Last month was the hottest October on record for North America in this dataset... yet another extreme event
Data from @noaa.gov: www.ncei.noaa.gov/products/lan...
Data from @noaa.gov: www.ncei.noaa.gov/products/lan...
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also stop calling us "mainstream scientists" like there's a cooler bunch of hipster scientists out there
November 25, 2025 at 8:19 PM
also stop calling us "mainstream scientists" like there's a cooler bunch of hipster scientists out there
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tfw u need seven samurai
November 26, 2025 at 1:42 AM
tfw u need seven samurai
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Me: (pointing at oatmeal box) the outlier is Spice. You get fewer packets probably because it’s rare. Because it’s from Arrakis
Wife:…
Me: you know, from Dune. Where the spice must flow
Wife:…(sighs and walks away)
Me: you know fear is the mind killer!
Wife:…
Me: you know, from Dune. Where the spice must flow
Wife:…(sighs and walks away)
Me: you know fear is the mind killer!
November 26, 2025 at 4:49 AM
Me: (pointing at oatmeal box) the outlier is Spice. You get fewer packets probably because it’s rare. Because it’s from Arrakis
Wife:…
Me: you know, from Dune. Where the spice must flow
Wife:…(sighs and walks away)
Me: you know fear is the mind killer!
Wife:…
Me: you know, from Dune. Where the spice must flow
Wife:…(sighs and walks away)
Me: you know fear is the mind killer!
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Sometimes I think it’s going to be the librarians who will save us all.
November 25, 2025 at 1:47 AM
Sometimes I think it’s going to be the librarians who will save us all.