Patrick Crotty
@patrickrcrotty.bsky.social
Physics prof. Basic philosophy: Data > Theory, Facts > Narrative. MAGAs, bigots, doomers, people with a hammer-and-sickle in their nym, and other obnoxious rabble get instablocked. Posts are my personal views and I don’t speak for any institution etc.
But if you like prose, Julius Caesar’s Gallic Wars is testosterone-enhancing too:
November 11, 2025 at 2:07 AM
But if you like prose, Julius Caesar’s Gallic Wars is testosterone-enhancing too:
The most alpha, manly poem in existence is Virgil’s Aeneid:
November 11, 2025 at 2:06 AM
The most alpha, manly poem in existence is Virgil’s Aeneid:
James Clerk Maxwell would like a word
November 10, 2025 at 9:13 PM
James Clerk Maxwell would like a word
This is Audie Murphy, who has a legitimate, quantifiable claim to being the most badass badass to have ever served in any branch of the United States military since the founding of the Republic. I have no doubt these guys would look at that photo and think "low-T beta"
November 9, 2025 at 7:28 PM
This is Audie Murphy, who has a legitimate, quantifiable claim to being the most badass badass to have ever served in any branch of the United States military since the founding of the Republic. I have no doubt these guys would look at that photo and think "low-T beta"
Or this one from POUM, the 30s-era Spanish Marxist party:
October 26, 2025 at 4:11 PM
Or this one from POUM, the 30s-era Spanish Marxist party:
Your federal taxes continue to pay the salary and benefits of this malevolent little rat, who continues to refuse to convene the House of Congress he leads, or seat the duly-elected Representative from Arizona’s 7th District:
October 17, 2025 at 4:31 PM
Your federal taxes continue to pay the salary and benefits of this malevolent little rat, who continues to refuse to convene the House of Congress he leads, or seat the duly-elected Representative from Arizona’s 7th District:
Honestly the first word that comes to mind when I see this pic is "bitch"
September 26, 2025 at 11:46 AM
Honestly the first word that comes to mind when I see this pic is "bitch"
I was thinking Streicher:
September 26, 2025 at 2:58 AM
I was thinking Streicher:
The mustache makes him look more like Julius Streicher than Adolf Hitler:
September 26, 2025 at 2:56 AM
The mustache makes him look more like Julius Streicher than Adolf Hitler:
I’m not denying that there are a lot of ignorant people in America or that we currently have a shit president, but you’re throwing stones from a very glassy house. To wit:
August 19, 2025 at 9:38 PM
I’m not denying that there are a lot of ignorant people in America or that we currently have a shit president, but you’re throwing stones from a very glassy house. To wit:
This is one of the most shameful days in American history.
August 15, 2025 at 7:44 PM
This is one of the most shameful days in American history.
He looks to be a fake tough guy in the same vein as Markwayne Mullin. The kind who postures like some kind of badass, but when the chips are actually down,
August 6, 2025 at 2:44 PM
He looks to be a fake tough guy in the same vein as Markwayne Mullin. The kind who postures like some kind of badass, but when the chips are actually down,
Sure is a good thing we’ve finally got a cognitively normal president who won’t embarrass the country with bizarre behavior
August 5, 2025 at 3:46 PM
Sure is a good thing we’ve finally got a cognitively normal president who won’t embarrass the country with bizarre behavior
Even on Bluesky, it’s hard to have intelligent discussions that don’t get polluted by random assholes
August 4, 2025 at 3:25 PM
Even on Bluesky, it’s hard to have intelligent discussions that don’t get polluted by random assholes
Going forward, no CEO, investor, or economist should trust the veracity of a single thing the Trump Administration says about the state of the economy.
August 1, 2025 at 6:33 PM
Going forward, no CEO, investor, or economist should trust the veracity of a single thing the Trump Administration says about the state of the economy.
I don't want the Democrats to violate the law or the Constitution, but I do want them to condemn Trump and the GOP as the anti-American goons they are, every chance they get, and use every parliamentary trick in the book to fuck up his agenda.
Absolutely *nobody* respects something like this:
Absolutely *nobody* respects something like this:
July 9, 2025 at 1:28 AM
I don't want the Democrats to violate the law or the Constitution, but I do want them to condemn Trump and the GOP as the anti-American goons they are, every chance they get, and use every parliamentary trick in the book to fuck up his agenda.
Absolutely *nobody* respects something like this:
Absolutely *nobody* respects something like this:
So you'd be cool with "revolutionary acts" like this too, if things progress to that point?
As for the word-policing, not engaging.
As for the word-policing, not engaging.
June 13, 2025 at 5:06 PM
So you'd be cool with "revolutionary acts" like this too, if things progress to that point?
As for the word-policing, not engaging.
As for the word-policing, not engaging.
The scene below isn't someone preventing injustice. It's a vile little thug reveling in nihilistic destruction.
Normal people are repelled by this kind of image. And it will be used -- unfairly, but effectively -- against the protesters acting like civilized humans.
Normal people are repelled by this kind of image. And it will be used -- unfairly, but effectively -- against the protesters acting like civilized humans.
June 13, 2025 at 4:59 PM
The scene below isn't someone preventing injustice. It's a vile little thug reveling in nihilistic destruction.
Normal people are repelled by this kind of image. And it will be used -- unfairly, but effectively -- against the protesters acting like civilized humans.
Normal people are repelled by this kind of image. And it will be used -- unfairly, but effectively -- against the protesters acting like civilized humans.
