BJ Nicholls
@bjn2.bsky.social
Retired graphic designer and marketing consultant. Volunteer fossil preparator. I love deep time and geoscience, but my curiosity is ecelectic. He/him.
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This PSA to active Military Dems put out: bsky.app/profile/slot...
We want to speak directly to members of the Military and the Intelligence Community.
The American people need you to stand up for our laws and our Constitution.
Don’t give up the ship.
The American people need you to stand up for our laws and our Constitution.
Don’t give up the ship.
November 20, 2025 at 3:33 PM
This PSA to active Military Dems put out: bsky.app/profile/slot...
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Remember the plastic surgeon in Utah who threw away Covid-19 vaccines, giving kids saline shots instead, and selling faked vax cards?
Pam Bondi just dismissed all charges. RFK Jr. says the guy deserves a medal for his "commitment to healing!"
More ignorance and broken oaths.
Pam Bondi just dismissed all charges. RFK Jr. says the guy deserves a medal for his "commitment to healing!"
More ignorance and broken oaths.
November 19, 2025 at 12:02 AM
Remember the plastic surgeon in Utah who threw away Covid-19 vaccines, giving kids saline shots instead, and selling faked vax cards?
Pam Bondi just dismissed all charges. RFK Jr. says the guy deserves a medal for his "commitment to healing!"
More ignorance and broken oaths.
Pam Bondi just dismissed all charges. RFK Jr. says the guy deserves a medal for his "commitment to healing!"
More ignorance and broken oaths.
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More than 2 million oil and gas wells sit unplugged in the U.S., many leaking contaminants into waterways, farmland and neighborhoods.
Time and time again, oil companies have walked away — leaving taxpayers to pay for cleanup. Here’s how.
(Published Dec. 2024)
Time and time again, oil companies have walked away — leaving taxpayers to pay for cleanup. Here’s how.
(Published Dec. 2024)
The American Oil Industry’s Playbook, Illustrated: How Drillers Offload Costly Cleanup Onto the Public
Oil executive Tom Ragsdale walked away from his old wells, making the pollution left behind the state of New Mexico’s problem. His tactics, however, are ubiquitous in the industry.
www.propublica.org
November 16, 2025 at 4:00 PM
More than 2 million oil and gas wells sit unplugged in the U.S., many leaking contaminants into waterways, farmland and neighborhoods.
Time and time again, oil companies have walked away — leaving taxpayers to pay for cleanup. Here’s how.
(Published Dec. 2024)
Time and time again, oil companies have walked away — leaving taxpayers to pay for cleanup. Here’s how.
(Published Dec. 2024)
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Del Toro's new Frankenstein adaption reimagines Mary Shelley's 1818 Gothic novel. Frankenstein was like a tech bro: "creating something without considering the consequences," he explains.
Filmmaker Guillermo del Toro says 'I'd rather die' than use generative AI
Del Toro's new Frankenstein adaption reimagines Mary Shelley's 1818 Gothic novel. Frankenstein was like a tech bro: "creating something without considering the consequences," he explains.
n.pr
October 26, 2025 at 3:06 PM
Del Toro's new Frankenstein adaption reimagines Mary Shelley's 1818 Gothic novel. Frankenstein was like a tech bro: "creating something without considering the consequences," he explains.
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This #fossilfriday, we move in time to the #Permian when the #amphibian Seymouria sanjuanensis lived in what is New Mexico today. Clusters of large animals like this one are rarely found in the #fossil record, especially this well preserved.
Photo: Amy Henrici
Photo: Amy Henrici
October 24, 2025 at 6:17 PM
This #fossilfriday, we move in time to the #Permian when the #amphibian Seymouria sanjuanensis lived in what is New Mexico today. Clusters of large animals like this one are rarely found in the #fossil record, especially this well preserved.
Photo: Amy Henrici
Photo: Amy Henrici
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For #fossilfriday here is the Golden Gate walrus - a partial snout and tusk of a walrus dredged from late Pleistocene sediments on the seafloor below the Golden Gate Bridge in San Francisco! This is the southernmost record of modern walrus in the eastern Pacific. On display @calacademy.bsky.social
October 24, 2025 at 3:53 PM
For #fossilfriday here is the Golden Gate walrus - a partial snout and tusk of a walrus dredged from late Pleistocene sediments on the seafloor below the Golden Gate Bridge in San Francisco! This is the southernmost record of modern walrus in the eastern Pacific. On display @calacademy.bsky.social
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Worth listening to @techwontsave.us on how news is increasingly consumed through social media and now "AI" platforms www.techwontsave.us/episode/288_... and then reading this BBC piece...
October 24, 2025 at 2:38 AM
Worth listening to @techwontsave.us on how news is increasingly consumed through social media and now "AI" platforms www.techwontsave.us/episode/288_... and then reading this BBC piece...
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mRNA 🧬 vaccines - but not other kinds - trigger an innate response that can allow the immune system to 'see' and attack tumours, animal studies suggest 🧪
If true, the covid vaccines should do this - and now we have the first evidence this is so
www.newscientist.com/article/2500...
If true, the covid vaccines should do this - and now we have the first evidence this is so
www.newscientist.com/article/2500...
mRNA covid vaccines spark immune response that may aid cancer survival
An analysis of patient records suggests that mRNA covid-19 vaccines boost the immune response to cancerous tumours when given soon after people start a type of immunotherapy, extending their lives
www.newscientist.com
October 19, 2025 at 1:53 PM
mRNA 🧬 vaccines - but not other kinds - trigger an innate response that can allow the immune system to 'see' and attack tumours, animal studies suggest 🧪
If true, the covid vaccines should do this - and now we have the first evidence this is so
www.newscientist.com/article/2500...
If true, the covid vaccines should do this - and now we have the first evidence this is so
www.newscientist.com/article/2500...
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It's a good time to lean into using Wikipedia as your first point of call for researching stuff. It certainly shouldn't be your last, but it's always a great jumping-off point, with links aplenty.
So for-profit AI companies have trained on the world's largest collaborative volunteer project and a precious free resource, to make money for their for-profit enterprises. They have crushed traffic to the volunteer project, starving it of donors and volunteers
www.404media.co/wikipedia-sa...
www.404media.co/wikipedia-sa...
Wikipedia Says AI Is Causing a Dangerous Decline in Human Visitors
“With fewer visits to Wikipedia, fewer volunteers may grow and enrich the content, and fewer individual donors may support this work.”
www.404media.co
October 18, 2025 at 1:13 PM
It's a good time to lean into using Wikipedia as your first point of call for researching stuff. It certainly shouldn't be your last, but it's always a great jumping-off point, with links aplenty.
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Instead of standing on the sidewalk waving a sign, Hubs and I went about our morning spreading the word at a packed local breakfast joint and busy grocery store. Quite a few side-eyed looks and muttered disapprovals. HA! Here’s to making those who avoided the protest downtown see me!! #NoKings
October 18, 2025 at 9:08 PM
Instead of standing on the sidewalk waving a sign, Hubs and I went about our morning spreading the word at a packed local breakfast joint and busy grocery store. Quite a few side-eyed looks and muttered disapprovals. HA! Here’s to making those who avoided the protest downtown see me!! #NoKings
Axolotls for democracy. #nokings #saltlakecity
October 18, 2025 at 6:24 PM
Axolotls for democracy. #nokings #saltlakecity
October 18, 2025 at 4:56 PM
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Just so we’re clear…
October 14, 2025 at 1:02 AM
Just so we’re clear…
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Damnation, why did I only just see this *today*, Brian.
September 23, 2025 at 10:57 PM
Damnation, why did I only just see this *today*, Brian.
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I'm not making this up.
LLMs always will. Says the math.
LLMs always will. Says the math.
"In a landmark study, OpenAI researchers reveal that large language models will always produce plausible but false outputs, even with perfect data, due to fundamental statistical and computational limits."
www.computerworld.com/article/4059...
www.computerworld.com/article/4059...
OpenAI admits AI hallucinations are mathematically inevitable, not just engineering flaws
In a landmark study, OpenAI researchers reveal that large language models will always produce plausible but false outputs, even with perfect data, due to fundamental statistical and computational limi...
www.computerworld.com
September 21, 2025 at 4:50 PM
I'm not making this up.
LLMs always will. Says the math.
LLMs always will. Says the math.
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The antivax destruction coming from RFK Jr is unspeakably bad.
Many many people will die. Babies will be harmed for life.
Unspeakably. Bad.
Impeach RFK before it’s too late, Congress.
Many many people will die. Babies will be harmed for life.
Unspeakably. Bad.
Impeach RFK before it’s too late, Congress.
This isn't even a slight exaggeration. He is actively working on destroying the US's entire vaccine infrastructure. The HepB vote will be tomorrow, where they will get rid of the birth dose and recommend it at 30 days, dooming a bunch of infants to chronic infection ft. cirrhosis, cancer, and death.
RFK Jr. is objectively pro-disease, pro-illness and pro-child death.
September 18, 2025 at 11:38 PM
The antivax destruction coming from RFK Jr is unspeakably bad.
Many many people will die. Babies will be harmed for life.
Unspeakably. Bad.
Impeach RFK before it’s too late, Congress.
Many many people will die. Babies will be harmed for life.
Unspeakably. Bad.
Impeach RFK before it’s too late, Congress.
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They seem to think we recruit, indoctrinate, train and meet every other weekend to dress up in tactical gear and engage in exercises to prep to kill fellow Americans
We apparently even have membership lists and strict lines of authority
That’s not Antifa. That’s Trump’s idiot America
We apparently even have membership lists and strict lines of authority
That’s not Antifa. That’s Trump’s idiot America
September 18, 2025 at 7:06 AM
They seem to think we recruit, indoctrinate, train and meet every other weekend to dress up in tactical gear and engage in exercises to prep to kill fellow Americans
We apparently even have membership lists and strict lines of authority
That’s not Antifa. That’s Trump’s idiot America
We apparently even have membership lists and strict lines of authority
That’s not Antifa. That’s Trump’s idiot America
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Charlie Company
stevebrodner.substack.com
stevebrodner.substack.com
September 16, 2025 at 2:54 PM
Charlie Company
stevebrodner.substack.com
stevebrodner.substack.com
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Not to mention, it's a crime against the First and Fourteenth Amendments to dehumanize people, and restrict their access to social media without the consent of platform owners.
what we’ve seen from the right is the most insane case of cancel culture i’ve ever witnessed. the left has never even done close to a fraction of a fraction of what they want to do now
September 14, 2025 at 7:40 AM
Not to mention, it's a crime against the First and Fourteenth Amendments to dehumanize people, and restrict their access to social media without the consent of platform owners.
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A deep dive into the destruction of US cancer research by @jonathanmahler.bsky.social “It’s an absolutely unmitigated disaster,” a former top official at NIH told him. “It will take decades to recover from this, if we ever do.” Gift link: nyti.ms/48iH3Cr
nyti.ms
September 14, 2025 at 2:44 PM
A deep dive into the destruction of US cancer research by @jonathanmahler.bsky.social “It’s an absolutely unmitigated disaster,” a former top official at NIH told him. “It will take decades to recover from this, if we ever do.” Gift link: nyti.ms/48iH3Cr
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"Free speech advocates are sounding the alarm about a bill in the US House of Representatives that they fear could allow Secretary of State Marco Rubio to strip US citizens of their passports based purely on political speech."
New Bill Would Allow Rubio to Strip US Citizens’ Passports Over Political Speech
The legislation would allow the Secretary of State to strip anyone’s US passport with no legal due process.
truthout.org
September 14, 2025 at 2:43 PM
"Free speech advocates are sounding the alarm about a bill in the US House of Representatives that they fear could allow Secretary of State Marco Rubio to strip US citizens of their passports based purely on political speech."
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September 13, 2025 at 9:52 PM