John B. Cole
@johnbcole.com
Dairy cattle geneticist, mediocre Python programmer, eccentric cat gentleman, Irish bouzouki owner, LSMSA, LSU.
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[To the tune of Pretty Woman by Roy Orbison]
🎵Baba Yaga
🎵Walking down the street
🎵Baba Yaga
🎵House with chicken feet
🎵Baba Yaga
🎵Baba Yaga
🎵Walking down the street
🎵Baba Yaga
🎵House with chicken feet
🎵Baba Yaga
November 14, 2025 at 1:24 PM
[To the tune of Pretty Woman by Roy Orbison]
🎵Baba Yaga
🎵Walking down the street
🎵Baba Yaga
🎵House with chicken feet
🎵Baba Yaga
🎵Baba Yaga
🎵Walking down the street
🎵Baba Yaga
🎵House with chicken feet
🎵Baba Yaga
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'no kings' includes draft kings, as far as i am concerned
November 16, 2025 at 7:50 PM
'no kings' includes draft kings, as far as i am concerned
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Whether it’s Barack Obama, appearing in a tan suit or Donald Trump appearing 1700 times in Jeffrey Epstein‘s emails, both presidents made some highly controversial appearances.
November 15, 2025 at 7:27 PM
Whether it’s Barack Obama, appearing in a tan suit or Donald Trump appearing 1700 times in Jeffrey Epstein‘s emails, both presidents made some highly controversial appearances.
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You can disagree and argue as much as you like but the point of evaluating something scientifically is that not every statement should be given equal credence because evidence matters
JD Vance: "Science as practiced in its best form is that if you disagree with it, then you ought to criticize it and you ought to argue against it."
November 13, 2025 at 7:36 PM
You can disagree and argue as much as you like but the point of evaluating something scientifically is that not every statement should be given equal credence because evidence matters
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"Teenage Wasteland" is maybe the best two-word phrase in rock history and frickin Pete Townshend had to name the song "Baba O'Riley"
November 13, 2025 at 6:58 PM
"Teenage Wasteland" is maybe the best two-word phrase in rock history and frickin Pete Townshend had to name the song "Baba O'Riley"
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i’ve said this before and i remain convinced it’s true, the 2028 platform that would deliver obama 08 results is “i am gonna
bring the hammer down on the corrupt self-dealing politicians and their rich friends and there are no sacred cows id give a pass”
bring the hammer down on the corrupt self-dealing politicians and their rich friends and there are no sacred cows id give a pass”
November 13, 2025 at 2:07 PM
i’ve said this before and i remain convinced it’s true, the 2028 platform that would deliver obama 08 results is “i am gonna
bring the hammer down on the corrupt self-dealing politicians and their rich friends and there are no sacred cows id give a pass”
bring the hammer down on the corrupt self-dealing politicians and their rich friends and there are no sacred cows id give a pass”
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I wish I could remember who said it, but I recently heard the phrase, “They’re encouraging a culture war so that nobody notices the class war.”
November 13, 2025 at 12:51 AM
I wish I could remember who said it, but I recently heard the phrase, “They’re encouraging a culture war so that nobody notices the class war.”
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Tax the rich. Billionaire tears not pictured.
November 13, 2025 at 12:58 PM
Tax the rich. Billionaire tears not pictured.
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What you want from a functional, thriving superpower is every reporter in the country spending all day combing through a cache of documents that all say, more or less, “hi [rich ruling class person], it was good seeing you last week for all the child sex crimes!”
November 13, 2025 at 3:13 AM
What you want from a functional, thriving superpower is every reporter in the country spending all day combing through a cache of documents that all say, more or less, “hi [rich ruling class person], it was good seeing you last week for all the child sex crimes!”
Solidarity.
As of this morning, Starbucks workers across the country are officially ON STRIKE. And we're prepared for this to become the biggest and longest ULP strike in Starbucks history.
Say #NoContractNoCoffee with us: DON'T BUY STARBUCKS for the duration of our open-ended ULP strike! $SBUX
Say #NoContractNoCoffee with us: DON'T BUY STARBUCKS for the duration of our open-ended ULP strike! $SBUX
November 13, 2025 at 2:11 PM
Solidarity.
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This is not how science works. At all. If you disagree with it, you actually have to do the work of *showing why, with actual data* that supports your alternative hypothesis.
Simply criticizing it may mean you have opinions, but they wouldn’t be informed opinions—or scientific ones.
Simply criticizing it may mean you have opinions, but they wouldn’t be informed opinions—or scientific ones.
JD Vance: "Science as practiced in its best form is that if you disagree with it, then you ought to criticize it and you ought to argue against it."
November 12, 2025 at 7:07 PM
This is not how science works. At all. If you disagree with it, you actually have to do the work of *showing why, with actual data* that supports your alternative hypothesis.
Simply criticizing it may mean you have opinions, but they wouldn’t be informed opinions—or scientific ones.
Simply criticizing it may mean you have opinions, but they wouldn’t be informed opinions—or scientific ones.
It's humbling how kind everyone is to me as I navigate Uberlândia with my terrible Portuguese.
November 12, 2025 at 4:13 PM
It's humbling how kind everyone is to me as I navigate Uberlândia with my terrible Portuguese.
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From a Washington Post story titled "How women feel about Trump’s presidency"
November 11, 2025 at 5:42 PM
From a Washington Post story titled "How women feel about Trump’s presidency"
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My book 'The Tree of Life' is published in the USA and Canada today.
Available as book, on kindle and as audio.
I would be really grateful for reposts.
www.amazon.com/Tree-Life-So...
www.amazon.ca/Tree-Life-So...
Available as book, on kindle and as audio.
I would be really grateful for reposts.
www.amazon.com/Tree-Life-So...
www.amazon.ca/Tree-Life-So...
November 11, 2025 at 12:01 PM
My book 'The Tree of Life' is published in the USA and Canada today.
Available as book, on kindle and as audio.
I would be really grateful for reposts.
www.amazon.com/Tree-Life-So...
www.amazon.ca/Tree-Life-So...
Available as book, on kindle and as audio.
I would be really grateful for reposts.
www.amazon.com/Tree-Life-So...
www.amazon.ca/Tree-Life-So...
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"We’re done waiting for Dems to find their spine. We can’t afford a weak & cowardly Democratic Party while the authoritarians invade our cities, terrorize our communities, & threaten our democracy. We get the party we demand, & we intend to demand a Democratic Party that fights.” — @indivisible.org
Indivisible Launches its Largest Primary Program in Response to Senate Democrats Surrendering on the Shutdown Vote
indivisible.org
November 10, 2025 at 11:08 PM
"We’re done waiting for Dems to find their spine. We can’t afford a weak & cowardly Democratic Party while the authoritarians invade our cities, terrorize our communities, & threaten our democracy. We get the party we demand, & we intend to demand a Democratic Party that fights.” — @indivisible.org
Why would anyone believe any Republican, about anything, ever? You gave up your leverage, now you're just an impotent sucker, Mr. Durbin.
Whoa -- Sen. Durbin went to up Leader Thune during the vote last night to tell him that on the shutdown vote and ACA promise that "8 of us are sticking our neck out that you're going to keep your word. I hope you will. He said 'I assure you I will,'" Durbin says just now
November 10, 2025 at 8:53 PM
Why would anyone believe any Republican, about anything, ever? You gave up your leverage, now you're just an impotent sucker, Mr. Durbin.
Senator Shaheen is astonishingly naïve. It's basically unbelievable.
Shaheen: "We've heard from a number of our colleagues on the other side of the aisle that they're willing to come to the table, they're willing to work with us once the govt is open to get this done. We've heard the same thing from the White House. So now we'll see if they're really gonna work w/us"
November 10, 2025 at 8:51 PM
Senator Shaheen is astonishingly naïve. It's basically unbelievable.
Just idiots and cowards throughout party leadership [sic].
Trump is 30 points underwater. Dems swept the special elections. People know the GOP is responsible for the shutdown. So the Dem Senators pulled out their big guns... and shot themselves in the foot.
November 10, 2025 at 2:16 PM
Just idiots and cowards throughout party leadership [sic].
He's laughing in your faces, @baldwin.senate.gov. Don't let Chuck Schumer's political cowardice undo what you've accomplished over the last 40 days.
Trump: "We'll never agree to give any substantial money or any money to prisoners, illegals. And I think the Democrats understand that. And it looks like we're getting close to the shutdown ending."
November 10, 2025 at 1:23 AM
He's laughing in your faces, @baldwin.senate.gov. Don't let Chuck Schumer's political cowardice undo what you've accomplished over the last 40 days.
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Last night, the Trump Administration sent a letter suggesting Wisconsin should return our FoodShare payments.
My response ⬇️
My response ⬇️
November 9, 2025 at 5:05 PM
Last night, the Trump Administration sent a letter suggesting Wisconsin should return our FoodShare payments.
My response ⬇️
My response ⬇️
@baldwin.senate.gov a promise of a vote is meaningless, even if the opposition was trustworthy, which it's not. Please encourage your colleagues to continue standing strong. Don't throw away your leverage for nothing tangible in return.
November 9, 2025 at 9:02 PM
@baldwin.senate.gov a promise of a vote is meaningless, even if the opposition was trustworthy, which it's not. Please encourage your colleagues to continue standing strong. Don't throw away your leverage for nothing tangible in return.
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the OTHER thing is that no filibuster defender has yet to articulate why it is that people who happen to live in low density states not only deserve additional representation but also deserve to exercise a veto *on top of that*
November 8, 2025 at 10:21 PM
the OTHER thing is that no filibuster defender has yet to articulate why it is that people who happen to live in low density states not only deserve additional representation but also deserve to exercise a veto *on top of that*
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I understand why we shut down American airspace for a few days after 9-11 to avoid a repeat attack but imagine shutting down American airspace to avoid releasing the Epstein files.
November 7, 2025 at 11:03 PM
I understand why we shut down American airspace for a few days after 9-11 to avoid a repeat attack but imagine shutting down American airspace to avoid releasing the Epstein files.
There's no Pappadeaux in Terminal C? WTF, IAH?!
November 8, 2025 at 12:04 AM
There's no Pappadeaux in Terminal C? WTF, IAH?!
Chuck Schumer has just the worst political instincts.
November 7, 2025 at 10:14 PM
Chuck Schumer has just the worst political instincts.