Rupert Clayton
@rupertclayton.bsky.social
IBM Software Architect at CDW · likes: science, satire and the big outdoors
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Better batten down the hatches. Ted Cruz is getting on a plane to Laguna Beach in winter.
January 21, 2026 at 6:15 AM
Better batten down the hatches. Ted Cruz is getting on a plane to Laguna Beach in winter.
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Texas' very own Punxsutawney Phil
January 23, 2026 at 12:42 AM
Texas' very own Punxsutawney Phil
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Help us make hope normal again.
Join the Green Party now.
Join the Green Party now.
January 22, 2026 at 7:07 PM
Help us make hope normal again.
Join the Green Party now.
Join the Green Party now.
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reminds me of this thing I made a year ago
January 19, 2026 at 4:45 AM
reminds me of this thing I made a year ago
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Am I the only one that thinks this cartoon by Charles Addams (the guy who created the Addams family) is legitimately creepy?
January 19, 2026 at 2:27 AM
Am I the only one that thinks this cartoon by Charles Addams (the guy who created the Addams family) is legitimately creepy?
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I’ll never get tired of this ad at our local indie theater 😂
January 19, 2026 at 1:45 AM
I’ll never get tired of this ad at our local indie theater 😂
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January 19, 2026 at 2:36 AM
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💩🥬this is why I can't pass up little turds on leaves - they could be frass mimics! 😰
mating Exema sp "warty leaf beetles", Oklahoma
Publilia reticulata treehopper, OK
Bolbonota sp treehoppers, Costa Rica
Beata sp jumping spider, Peru
mating Exema sp "warty leaf beetles", Oklahoma
Publilia reticulata treehopper, OK
Bolbonota sp treehoppers, Costa Rica
Beata sp jumping spider, Peru
January 19, 2026 at 8:04 PM
💩🥬this is why I can't pass up little turds on leaves - they could be frass mimics! 😰
mating Exema sp "warty leaf beetles", Oklahoma
Publilia reticulata treehopper, OK
Bolbonota sp treehoppers, Costa Rica
Beata sp jumping spider, Peru
mating Exema sp "warty leaf beetles", Oklahoma
Publilia reticulata treehopper, OK
Bolbonota sp treehoppers, Costa Rica
Beata sp jumping spider, Peru
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“So glad you’re back mam! The Master is trying cook one Ottolenghi’s recipes and he’s blown the entire housekeeping budget on pomegranate molasses!”
January 18, 2026 at 6:31 PM
“So glad you’re back mam! The Master is trying cook one Ottolenghi’s recipes and he’s blown the entire housekeeping budget on pomegranate molasses!”
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My latest in the @theguardian.com on how the Trump admins latest immigrant visa ban takes us back to the racial quotas abolished in the wake of the Civil Rights Movement. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Racial quotas for immigration are back | Heba Gowayed
The Trump administration’s immigration policies hearken back to the racist 1924 Immigration Act, meant to whiten the US
www.theguardian.com
January 17, 2026 at 2:21 PM
My latest in the @theguardian.com on how the Trump admins latest immigrant visa ban takes us back to the racial quotas abolished in the wake of the Civil Rights Movement. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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I'm happy to award President Trump my Blue Peter badge, as long as he agrees to stop killing Americans and doesn't invade a NATO country.
I hope that might be of some help.
I hope that might be of some help.
January 16, 2026 at 3:25 PM
I'm happy to award President Trump my Blue Peter badge, as long as he agrees to stop killing Americans and doesn't invade a NATO country.
I hope that might be of some help.
I hope that might be of some help.
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Ruben Bolling, Tom the Dancing Bug
January 16, 2026 at 4:21 AM
Ruben Bolling, Tom the Dancing Bug
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Ants and plants are both dominant, abundant forms of life on our planet. It's entirely fitting that evolution has repeatedly intertwined their biology.
Here's a gallery of plant-ants, and ant-plants:
Here's a gallery of plant-ants, and ant-plants:
Ants and Plants - Alex Wild
Images of interactions among ants and plants, two of the most dominant terrestrial organisms.
www.alexanderwild.com
January 14, 2026 at 1:21 PM
Ants and plants are both dominant, abundant forms of life on our planet. It's entirely fitting that evolution has repeatedly intertwined their biology.
Here's a gallery of plant-ants, and ant-plants:
Here's a gallery of plant-ants, and ant-plants:
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I managed to finish my year as President and am now enjoying a long awaited holiday.
January 6, 2026 at 2:18 PM
I managed to finish my year as President and am now enjoying a long awaited holiday.
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Copy Editing Matters, from HHS's release on the new childhood vaccine schedule: All the diseases will still be available to anyone who wants them
January 6, 2026 at 1:12 AM
Copy Editing Matters, from HHS's release on the new childhood vaccine schedule: All the diseases will still be available to anyone who wants them
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Please take some time to look through some of the discoveries photographed in 2025. It should interest some invertebrate enthusiasts. yes? yes?
bit.ly/nickybay2025
bit.ly/nickybay2025
Macro Highlights – The Best of 2025 - Macro Photography by Nicky Bay
After years of trudging through forests and peering into the hidden lives of tiny creatures, the number of lifers I get should rightfully decline but 2025 proved to be remarkably defiant. This year de...
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December 31, 2025 at 3:30 AM
Please take some time to look through some of the discoveries photographed in 2025. It should interest some invertebrate enthusiasts. yes? yes?
bit.ly/nickybay2025
bit.ly/nickybay2025
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“Mr. Meyer and Glass got the idea for Mouse Trap from a labyrinthine Rube Goldberg cartoon called ‘How to Remove the Cotton Out of a Bottle of Aspirin,’ according to the book ‘It’s All a Game: A Short History of Board Games.’”
Also was an #illinoistech alum!
chicago.suntimes.com/obituaries/2...
Also was an #illinoistech alum!
chicago.suntimes.com/obituaries/2...
Burt Meyer, Chicago toymaker behind classics like Lite-Brite, Rock ’Em Sock ’Em Robots, has died at 99
Mainly working for Marvin Glass & Associates, he contributed to Chicago becoming a vibrant center of toy design. In an age before video games, he also helped bring the world Mouse Trap.
chicago.suntimes.com
December 27, 2025 at 3:14 AM
“Mr. Meyer and Glass got the idea for Mouse Trap from a labyrinthine Rube Goldberg cartoon called ‘How to Remove the Cotton Out of a Bottle of Aspirin,’ according to the book ‘It’s All a Game: A Short History of Board Games.’”
Also was an #illinoistech alum!
chicago.suntimes.com/obituaries/2...
Also was an #illinoistech alum!
chicago.suntimes.com/obituaries/2...
Yay for the San Francisco Community Land Trust, savior to many a tenant!
It's a little Christmas miracle: 12 Mission District tenants will be able to stay in their homes after a nonprofit bought their building last week.
"Over the years we always thought ‘What if somebody sells our building?' This really means a lot.”
missionlocal.org/2025/12/sf-m...
"Over the years we always thought ‘What if somebody sells our building?' This really means a lot.”
missionlocal.org/2025/12/sf-m...
Mission District miracle: S.F. nonprofit buys building, and its tenants breathe a little easier
Mission District tenants worried their building's sale could result in displacement. Then the San Francisco Community Land Trust stepped in.
missionlocal.org
December 26, 2025 at 3:01 AM
Yay for the San Francisco Community Land Trust, savior to many a tenant!
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“Harold, you fool! … The arrow goes the other way! … WE’RE DOOMED!”
December 16, 2025 at 5:07 PM
“Harold, you fool! … The arrow goes the other way! … WE’RE DOOMED!”
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A large region of showers & thunderstorms, which may be strong to severe, is swirling toward SF Bay Area from the S/SW. There are multiple areas of strong low-level storm rotation offshore (blue outline), suggestive of waterspouts that could move inland as brief tornadoes. #CAwx
December 25, 2025 at 1:27 AM
A large region of showers & thunderstorms, which may be strong to severe, is swirling toward SF Bay Area from the S/SW. There are multiple areas of strong low-level storm rotation offshore (blue outline), suggestive of waterspouts that could move inland as brief tornadoes. #CAwx
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Closing out my year with a journal editor shocker 🧵
Checking new manuscripts today I reviewed a paper attributing 2 papers to me I did not write. A daft thing for an author to do of course. But intrigued I web searched up one of the titles and that's when it got real weird...
Checking new manuscripts today I reviewed a paper attributing 2 papers to me I did not write. A daft thing for an author to do of course. But intrigued I web searched up one of the titles and that's when it got real weird...
December 19, 2025 at 5:20 PM
Closing out my year with a journal editor shocker 🧵
Checking new manuscripts today I reviewed a paper attributing 2 papers to me I did not write. A daft thing for an author to do of course. But intrigued I web searched up one of the titles and that's when it got real weird...
Checking new manuscripts today I reviewed a paper attributing 2 papers to me I did not write. A daft thing for an author to do of course. But intrigued I web searched up one of the titles and that's when it got real weird...
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I don't know, Aaron. I think we need to take this seriously. In fact, after surveying hundreds of years of history in the past few days, I've written an article assessing the originalist case here:
papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
December 16, 2025 at 3:58 AM
I don't know, Aaron. I think we need to take this seriously. In fact, after surveying hundreds of years of history in the past few days, I've written an article assessing the originalist case here:
papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
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Here's a long shot: a big orphan pebble collection from the USGS, yours if you can take and treasure it. See alt text
December 11, 2025 at 4:10 AM
Here's a long shot: a big orphan pebble collection from the USGS, yours if you can take and treasure it. See alt text