Joel (R🎃cketCo)
@joel-rocketco.bsky.social
Disabled Virologist (MSc)🔬🧫& Teacher in Colorado| Animation (2d/particle systems) | Space & Biology Art/Nature Photography | Hummingbird Dad with @deggn.bsky.social 🌈| Cancer Survivor (3x) | Fibromyalgia 💥
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Hello! I'm Joel 👋. I'm excited to actually do #portfolioday! I'm a disabled/retired Virologist. In my free time, when not resting, I do molecular art (viral models), nature ( #birds & wildlife around my house), & #astrophotography
This will act as a new pinned intro organizing virology/art threads:
This will act as a new pinned intro organizing virology/art threads:
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"How do I deal with my conservative relatives at Thanksgiving dinner?"
Baby, your uncle isn't a conservative. He just doesn't like black people. That's a racist.
Baby, your uncle isn't a conservative. He just doesn't like black people. That's a racist.
November 26, 2025 at 8:43 PM
"How do I deal with my conservative relatives at Thanksgiving dinner?"
Baby, your uncle isn't a conservative. He just doesn't like black people. That's a racist.
Baby, your uncle isn't a conservative. He just doesn't like black people. That's a racist.
Books with it, music with covers made by it, everything that has genAI garbage in it makes the person look like they are incompetent.
I don’t know if anyone else notices or cares, but when I see a presentation in which the speaker uses obviously generated-AI images to illustrate their slides, it makes me immediately less confident in whatever other content they’re presenting.
November 28, 2025 at 4:35 PM
Books with it, music with covers made by it, everything that has genAI garbage in it makes the person look like they are incompetent.
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When RFK Jr posted a video on X saying the government would no longer recommend Covid-19 vaccination in pregnancy—despite the proven benefits of such vaccination & the risks of infection in pregnancy—2 physicians stood at his side, smiling & nodding, Drs Makary & Bhattacharya. It was frustrating 😡
NEW: A Harvard study found that the children of women who contracted COVID-19 while pregnant may be at an increased risk for autism and other neurodevelopmental diagnoses, raising new concerns about the CDC’s decision to stop recommending the vaccine to pregnant women.
Amid Confusing CDC Guidance About Vaccines, Study Highlights New Risk of COVID-19 During Pregnancy
A Harvard study found that the children of women who contracted COVID-19 while pregnant may be at an increased risk for autism and other diagnoses, raising new concerns about the CDC’s decision to stop recommending the vaccine to pregnant women.
www.propublica.org
November 27, 2025 at 1:10 PM
When RFK Jr posted a video on X saying the government would no longer recommend Covid-19 vaccination in pregnancy—despite the proven benefits of such vaccination & the risks of infection in pregnancy—2 physicians stood at his side, smiling & nodding, Drs Makary & Bhattacharya. It was frustrating 😡
He just had an 8 week vacation he should shut the fuck up and let it crush him as far as I'm concerned.
Speaker 'barely holding it together' and 'crushed by his workload': NYT
Speaker 'barely holding it together' and 'crushed by his workload': NYT
House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) made several revealing admissions about the stressful and chaotic nature of his job, according to a recent New York Times report.The Times' Annie Karni wrote in a Wednesday article that Johnson turned what was meant to be an easy interview with a friendly podcast h...
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November 27, 2025 at 12:48 PM
He just had an 8 week vacation he should shut the fuck up and let it crush him as far as I'm concerned.
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I'm an "A.i." abolitionist.
No consumer-facing LLMs or generative "A.i." in anything.
Sure, machine learning in science and a few other limited applications is fine.
But consumer-facing LLMs and generative "A.i." that are based on theft, push disinfo, and can be manipulated by billionaires?
No.
No consumer-facing LLMs or generative "A.i." in anything.
Sure, machine learning in science and a few other limited applications is fine.
But consumer-facing LLMs and generative "A.i." that are based on theft, push disinfo, and can be manipulated by billionaires?
No.
July 8, 2025 at 11:53 PM
I'm an "A.i." abolitionist.
No consumer-facing LLMs or generative "A.i." in anything.
Sure, machine learning in science and a few other limited applications is fine.
But consumer-facing LLMs and generative "A.i." that are based on theft, push disinfo, and can be manipulated by billionaires?
No.
No consumer-facing LLMs or generative "A.i." in anything.
Sure, machine learning in science and a few other limited applications is fine.
But consumer-facing LLMs and generative "A.i." that are based on theft, push disinfo, and can be manipulated by billionaires?
No.
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Baby turkeys in a plum tree. Photo from the summer. Owyhee River dam area, OR, USA. #birds 🪶
November 27, 2025 at 2:48 AM
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Not only is food more expensive, it is much more likely to make you sick and harm you, or give your baby botulism
November 27, 2025 at 2:55 AM
Not only is food more expensive, it is much more likely to make you sick and harm you, or give your baby botulism
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A lovely butterfly that I found up above the Bribri community of Salitre in #CostaRica
I believe this is a Tracta Sister (Adelpha tracta)
#bugsky #butterflies #lepidoptera
I believe this is a Tracta Sister (Adelpha tracta)
#bugsky #butterflies #lepidoptera
November 27, 2025 at 1:36 AM
A lovely butterfly that I found up above the Bribri community of Salitre in #CostaRica
I believe this is a Tracta Sister (Adelpha tracta)
#bugsky #butterflies #lepidoptera
I believe this is a Tracta Sister (Adelpha tracta)
#bugsky #butterflies #lepidoptera
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I am a little tired of being yelled at for this but apparently not tired about: heroin addiction is not RFK’s problem. He’s a sociopath. Most addicts aren’t. Honestly, walk into an NA meeting, grab the first person with a few years to be head of HHS and they’d probably do a better job than Bobby.
This is what happens when you put a privileged, 14 year heroin addict in charge of health. Duh
November 27, 2025 at 12:15 AM
I am a little tired of being yelled at for this but apparently not tired about: heroin addiction is not RFK’s problem. He’s a sociopath. Most addicts aren’t. Honestly, walk into an NA meeting, grab the first person with a few years to be head of HHS and they’d probably do a better job than Bobby.
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Pediatricians say vaccines do not cause autism. A bear-eating heroin addict who fantasizes about sucking his own semen out of his lovers' orifices says they do. For busy parents, it can be hard to know who to trust.
November 26, 2025 at 5:14 PM
Pediatricians say vaccines do not cause autism. A bear-eating heroin addict who fantasizes about sucking his own semen out of his lovers' orifices says they do. For busy parents, it can be hard to know who to trust.
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VICTORY: A federal judge ruled that ICE cannot make warrantless arrests of people in Colorado without probable cause as required by law.
November 25, 2025 at 9:13 PM
VICTORY: A federal judge ruled that ICE cannot make warrantless arrests of people in Colorado without probable cause as required by law.
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It's not this platform. It's all of society that hates AI
November 26, 2025 at 6:04 PM
It's not this platform. It's all of society that hates AI
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fuck everyone involved in this decision. scum.
SCOOP: The Trump administration has instructed employees and grantees not to use U.S. funds to commemorate World AIDS Day — because the observance was started by the World Health Organization.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/26/h...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/26/h...
Trump Administration Cancels U.S. Observance of World AIDS Day
www.nytimes.com
November 26, 2025 at 7:22 PM
fuck everyone involved in this decision. scum.
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Good morning to Brazilian reporter Manuela Borges, who’s been waiting eleven years for this petty moment. ❤️ 🇧🇷
November 26, 2025 at 1:04 PM
Good morning to Brazilian reporter Manuela Borges, who’s been waiting eleven years for this petty moment. ❤️ 🇧🇷
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People need to understand how deeply eugenicist this is.
They’re insinuating that if you “take care of yourself” you will be healthy and should get affordable healthcare.
Disabled people can’t “healthy living” their way out of being disabled.
It’s not a moral failing.
We need healthcare too
They’re insinuating that if you “take care of yourself” you will be healthy and should get affordable healthcare.
Disabled people can’t “healthy living” their way out of being disabled.
It’s not a moral failing.
We need healthcare too
Markwayne Mullin on healthcare: "What the president would like to do is say, hey, if you take care of yourself -- you don't smoke, you don't dip, you're not drinking, you're not overweight, you're working out -- then you should pay less than the guy that obviously is not taking care of himself."
November 25, 2025 at 9:28 PM
People need to understand how deeply eugenicist this is.
They’re insinuating that if you “take care of yourself” you will be healthy and should get affordable healthcare.
Disabled people can’t “healthy living” their way out of being disabled.
It’s not a moral failing.
We need healthcare too
They’re insinuating that if you “take care of yourself” you will be healthy and should get affordable healthcare.
Disabled people can’t “healthy living” their way out of being disabled.
It’s not a moral failing.
We need healthcare too
What the fuck? You can't just ignore HIV/AIDS. Microwave mel gibson has tried this for decades and it hasn't worked. It's not going to work now.
1/ ⚠️ Breaking: At CDC, we've been told the US Government will not officially commemorate World AIDS Day this year. No explanation given.
November 25, 2025 at 9:24 PM
What the fuck? You can't just ignore HIV/AIDS. Microwave mel gibson has tried this for decades and it hasn't worked. It's not going to work now.
It's fucking disgusting behavior. Disrespectful af.
Ignoring and not talking about AIDS does not make it go away Donny.
I cannot think of a single time where a country or multi-lateral entity has EVER chosen not to commemorate World AIDS Day.
But don't worry. We took care of those nasty seed oils.
I cannot think of a single time where a country or multi-lateral entity has EVER chosen not to commemorate World AIDS Day.
But don't worry. We took care of those nasty seed oils.
1/ ⚠️ Breaking: At CDC, we've been told the US Government will not officially commemorate World AIDS Day this year. No explanation given.
November 25, 2025 at 9:20 PM
It's fucking disgusting behavior. Disrespectful af.
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When ever one of those AI bros tires to tell you that artist are gatekeeping art remember that pros, armatures, hobbyist all stopped what they where doing to provide guidance to a newbie artist over the shared experience that "this one angle is hard to draw"
The "Frieren Looking Up" Art Trend attracted some Big Names in Animation! Excited for Season 2?
November 22, 2025 at 5:45 PM
When ever one of those AI bros tires to tell you that artist are gatekeeping art remember that pros, armatures, hobbyist all stopped what they where doing to provide guidance to a newbie artist over the shared experience that "this one angle is hard to draw"
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{meeting a gay couple}
So which one of you is the .MOV and which of you is the .MKV…?
So which one of you is the .MOV and which of you is the .MKV…?
June 13, 2024 at 12:38 PM
{meeting a gay couple}
So which one of you is the .MOV and which of you is the .MKV…?
So which one of you is the .MOV and which of you is the .MKV…?
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Broke: DOGE is dead
Woke: DOGE was specifically constructed in a way to avoid accountability partially by zombifying the USDS which still exists as an entity
Bespoke: Dead or not, there needs to be a blue ribbon committee and a massive internal cybersecurity review to root out all the damage.
Woke: DOGE was specifically constructed in a way to avoid accountability partially by zombifying the USDS which still exists as an entity
Bespoke: Dead or not, there needs to be a blue ribbon committee and a massive internal cybersecurity review to root out all the damage.
November 24, 2025 at 6:23 PM
Broke: DOGE is dead
Woke: DOGE was specifically constructed in a way to avoid accountability partially by zombifying the USDS which still exists as an entity
Bespoke: Dead or not, there needs to be a blue ribbon committee and a massive internal cybersecurity review to root out all the damage.
Woke: DOGE was specifically constructed in a way to avoid accountability partially by zombifying the USDS which still exists as an entity
Bespoke: Dead or not, there needs to be a blue ribbon committee and a massive internal cybersecurity review to root out all the damage.