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Porter is what my wife calls me- I do for my son. Former Biology tech. In the field= Wolves, Badgers, Turtles, Mice, Voles; in the lab an Igor=mice, rats, NPH... Phd's ;-), mostly MRI. Underemployed. Middle-aged. Depressed. Atheist

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Have the cops just stopped pulling over speeders on interstates?

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Worst. Episode. EVER.

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An online company is published videos showing 9-year-old children how to dance to backstreet boy songs. Can I sue? #notRico

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Historians (esp medieval historians) this is a heads up 🧵 for work that’s going to be released in the next few weeks—my late mother-in-law, Treasa McKernan’s magnum opus, ‘From Out of Her Bounds’ a study of medieval women’s lives thru an unusual lens (keep reading)—buckle up this is a long story. 1/

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Did you read my thread about my mother-in-law’s book (@bmckastro.bsky.social‘s mum)? Did you read her actual book? Do you wanna come to an event celebrating her book & life??? Well, come to this event @sarannmcd.bsky.social has organized!!

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being 24 is insane because what the hell do you mean i had a full day at work, spent a few hours at an amusement park, spent a few hours at a rave, and now am planning to get breakfast again 22 hours after waking up originally. with no substances at all.

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there’s emergency beer or emergency pizza, but what we need right now is an emergency caturday

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Big Bird on steroids

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British Antarctic Survey From the new Private Eye, out now.

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Few weeks ago somebody asked about use of a clown horn... To Just shut down stupid talk When someone says something as stupid as "Trump business acumen" Is the horn appropriate? Or should I just start printing out cards? (Sorry Bill.) H/t @goobermunch.bsky.social

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I learned something cool today.

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The average battleground recruit for democrats in 2006 was a veteran who talked about spending money "on the local fire station instead of Baghdad" and hated bush in 2026 the equivalent is probably gonna be an recent laid off federal employee waving the bloody shirt

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If we survive this fucking administration. Is there going to be anything left to rebuild? Fuck you John Roberts. And fuck you Mitch McConnell. @schumer.senate.gov Hope you had a nice 4-day weekend.

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The fact that this is a common occurrence or risk every family faces is just smack to the face of those who think America is the greatest country. France gets this right for Christ sakes

Have the cops just stopped pulling over speeders on interstates?

Worst. Episode. EVER.

An online company is published videos showing 9-year-old children how to dance to backstreet boy songs. Can I sue? #notRico

Did you read my thread about my mother-in-law’s book (@bmckastro.bsky.social‘s mum)? Did you read her actual book? Do you wanna come to an event celebrating her book & life??? Well, come to this event @sarannmcd.bsky.social has organized!!

being 24 is insane because what the hell do you mean i had a full day at work, spent a few hours at an amusement park, spent a few hours at a rave, and now am planning to get breakfast again 22 hours after waking up originally. with no substances at all.

there’s emergency beer or emergency pizza, but what we need right now is an emergency caturday

Big Bird on steroids

British Antarctic Survey From the new Private Eye, out now.

Few weeks ago somebody asked about use of a clown horn... To Just shut down stupid talk When someone says something as stupid as "Trump business acumen" Is the horn appropriate? Or should I just start printing out cards? (Sorry Bill.) H/t @goobermunch.bsky.social

I learned something cool today.

The average battleground recruit for democrats in 2006 was a veteran who talked about spending money "on the local fire station instead of Baghdad" and hated bush in 2026 the equivalent is probably gonna be an recent laid off federal employee waving the bloody shirt

If we survive this fucking administration. Is there going to be anything left to rebuild? Fuck you John Roberts. And fuck you Mitch McConnell. @schumer.senate.gov Hope you had a nice 4-day weekend.

The fact that this is a common occurrence or risk every family faces is just smack to the face of those who think America is the greatest country. France gets this right for Christ sakes

Oh my God if this is true

My personal Tree of Life. At @ucdavis.bsky.social.

What the... kind of monster shit is this. Empathy is not a sin