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Mike Boylan-Kolchin
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Dad, husband, astrophysicist, dog herder. Samuel T. and Fern Yanagisawa Regents Professor in Astronomy at UT Austin. This is a personal account and the views expressed in my posts here are mine. https://mrbk.github.io
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the ONION America's Finest News Source Monday, November 24, 2025 Commentary Fuck Everything, We're Doing Five LOKOS
November 25, 2025 at 12:12 AM
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This is the complaint of a child who has been given every gift imaginable for Christmas but is still not happy
In Mr. Rowan's view, that world had grown unaccountable and unchecked. Even university power brokers like himself, Mr. Rowan explained during his synagogue speech, had been "too cowed to say anything because we didn't want to offend women, people of color, people of minority status, of different sexual orientations or anything else."
November 24, 2025 at 6:48 PM
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Thinking once again of that famous and sadly prescient passage from Jurassic Park:
Hammond sighed, and sat down heavily. "Damn it all," he said, shaking his head. "It must surely not have escaped your notice that at heart what we are attempting here is an extremely simple idea. My colleagues and I determined, several years ago, that it was possible to clone the DNA of an extinct animal, and to grow it. That seemed to us a wonderful idea, it was a kind of time travel-the only time travel in the world. Bring them back alive, so to speak. And since it was so exciting, and since it was possible to do it, we decided to go forward. We got this island, and we proceeded. It was all very simple." "Simple?" Malcolm said. Somehow he found the energy to sit up in the bed. "Simple? You're a bigger fool than ! thought you were. And I thought you were a very substantial fool." "What is that, going on out there?" he said. "That's your simple idea. Simple. You create new life-forms, about which you know nothing at all. Your Dr. Wu does not even know the names of the things he is creating. He cannot be bothered with such details as what the thing is called, let alone what it is. You create many of them in a very short time, you never learn anything about them, yet you expect them to do your bidding, because you made them and you therefore think you own them; you forget that they are alive, they have an intelligence of their own, and they may not do your bidding, and you forget how little you know about them, how incompetent you are to do the things that you so frivolously call simple.... Dear God ..." "And because you can stand on the shoulders of giants, you can accomplish something quickly. You don't even know exactly what you have done, but already you have reported it, patented it, and sold it. And the buyer will have even less discipline than you. The buyer simply purchases the power, like any commodity. The buyer doesn't even conceive that any discipline might be necessary."
November 24, 2025 at 4:46 PM
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Another heart-pounding day for Odie

(In his defense, he was doing some sprints earlier)
Odie, a big tan dog, lies sleeping on a dog bed
November 23, 2025 at 9:16 PM
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Incredible things happening here.
Will Stancil @whstancil.bsky.social • 15h This is a fake tweet and I have no idea what's happening here. This is a parody account right? I don't have the mental energy to fight with Talib Kweli right now Talib Kweli @talibkweli.bsky.... • 16h @whstancil.bsky.social Did you write this? Will Stancil @whstancil.bsky.social + Follow Talib Kweli? He's a rapper? I'm really big into rap and I've never heard of him. Either way it's sad to see him crashing out so hard. A failed career doesn't mean he has to fail here too. Will Stancil @whstancil.bsky.social Oh no somehow I actually am fighting with Talib Kweli! I promise I had no such intent!! Talib Kweli @talibkweli.bsky.social • 15h @whstancil.bsky.social You could have just said no and wished me well, seeing as someone is trying to weaponize you against me in the name of racism, instead of implying ! came here to "fight" you. A Black person asking you a question is not an invitation to "fight." Nov 23, 2025 at 2:11 AM 2 reposts 100 likes 1 save 12 • 100. Will Stancil @whstancil.bsky.social •4m Okay I thought this whole thing was obviously funny but people are taking it extremely seriously. Guys no stop
November 23, 2025 at 7:11 PM
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Once again we find ourselves picking up smoked meats
Faded “Franklin Barbecue” sign
November 23, 2025 at 5:17 PM
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Will Smith from MiB will a neuralyzer
November 22, 2025 at 11:51 AM
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Pacific Rim Kaiju Double Event meme: In the beginning there WAS WEEKLY DISCOURSE THEN IT MOVED TO DAILY Now we are getting DISCOURSE HAPPENING EVERY HOUR WE SHOULD WITNESS A DOUBLE event WITHIN THE NEXT SEVEN DAYS
November 22, 2025 at 2:35 AM
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Ol’ Turd Blossom’s take — less than 24 hours old — is aging splendidly
Karl Rove @wsj: Is Trump Starting to Correct His Course?
November 20, 2025 at 5:10 PM
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Me when someone schedules a meeting at 4pm on a Friday:
+ Donald J. Trump @realDonaldTrump SEDITIOUS BEHAVIOR, punishable by DEATH! 21 ReTruths 72 Likes 11/20/25, 7:21 AM
November 20, 2025 at 4:16 PM
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i ain't reading all that i'm happy for u tho or sorry that happened
November 20, 2025 at 1:52 AM
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Vizzini from the Princess Bride: HAVE YOU EVER HEARD OF PLATO, ARISTOTLE, SOCRATES? MORONS!
November 20, 2025 at 1:15 AM
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This dissent reads like a real-life version of the It's Always Sunny conspiracy meme:
Charlie day, wearing a tie and short sleeve shirt, eyes bulging, in front of a conspiracy theory board
November 19, 2025 at 9:36 PM
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be like Karl
November 19, 2025 at 7:53 PM
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Any time Olivia Nuzzi is trending:
Darren Rovell @darrenrovell Follow i feel bad for our country. But this is tremendous content.
November 19, 2025 at 3:15 PM
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Bill Murray in Groundhog Day. He’s wearing a tie, overcoat, scarf, and a displeased look
November 19, 2025 at 12:11 PM
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End of an era: last bottle from a mammoth purchase (15 cases because it was 66% off) that I coordinated over ~12 people. (Lars Hernquist drove down from Boston to Silver Spring and shlepped ~6 cases up to Boston for distribution.) It’s really mellowed over the years and is drinking really well.
A bottle of Mollydooker “carnival of love” Shiraz (2011)
November 19, 2025 at 12:02 AM
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olivia nuzzi with a speech bubble
November 18, 2025 at 7:35 PM
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me at the world cup:
a man (robert redford) in a suit and tie with text MY VOICE IS MY PASSPORT, VERIFY ME
November 18, 2025 at 4:48 PM
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reported for threatening behavior:
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November 18, 2025 at 4:29 PM
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lol this is Olbermann 14 hours ago:
Olberman posting a gif of Neo dodging bullets and saying "This is me"
November 18, 2025 at 3:59 PM
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Alan Rickman standing in front of window blinds at night. His face is somewhat illuminated by lights from below. He is talking into a walkie talkie and says "Thank you, Mr. Cowboy. I'll take it under advisement" (from Die Hard)
November 18, 2025 at 2:46 PM
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As your attorney, Keith, I advise you to continue posting through it.
Keith Olbermann • @olbermann.bsky.social + Follow Btw about this from Lizza's reply: Olivia and | lived together for 4+ years (4 b'days, 4 Xmases, 4 anniversaries). That's like $1250 of jewelry per celebration. And her apartment was a writing studio. And I made an f- ton then. What was I supposed to do? Get her a lot of Gift Certificates from Kmart? paid for her to attend college, outfitted her in Tom Ford and Hervé Léger dresses and some $15,000 worth of Cartier jewelry. Later, he covered her rent and furnished her apartment in a doorman building in the West Village. While Keith, who was 34 years older, was generous, there were strings attached. Olivia November 18, 2025 at 6:53 AM 13 reposts 5 saves 55 quotes 90 likes
November 18, 2025 at 2:13 PM
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Calvin and Hobbes cartoon: THE TV LISTINGS SAY THIS MOVIE HAS "ADULT SITUATIONS: WHAT ARE ADULT SITUATIONS? PROBABLY THINGS LIKE GOING TO WORK, PAYING BILLS AND TAXES, TAKING RESPONSIBILITIES... WOW, THEY DONT KID AROUND WHEN THEY SAY "FOR MATURE AUDIENCES. IVE NEVER UNDERSTOOD HOW THOSE MOVIES MAKE ANY MONEY
November 18, 2025 at 12:42 PM
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I know POSTERS who HAVE MUTED WORDS and they're all cowards
November 18, 2025 at 3:21 AM