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@bowlerhatscience.org
Science writer, journalist, physicist, hat man, cat man, queer. Pfp by @makinaro.com . See my pinned posts if you're wondering why I disappeared and reappeared. Signal: BowlerHatScience.51
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Reintroduction post! I am a science writer/journalist who also writes science comics in collaboration with @makinaro.com . My cats are Callisto and Nebula. I post about science, music, comics, politics, cats, porg karaoke, and human rights. Racists, anti-trans/anti-queer bigots, etc. will be blocked
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hi, can you do me a favor?
take a picture of your pet and then take a picture again while you sing to them
thank you, this is for science
here is my contribution
take a picture of your pet and then take a picture again while you sing to them
thank you, this is for science
here is my contribution
November 10, 2025 at 11:25 PM
hi, can you do me a favor?
take a picture of your pet and then take a picture again while you sing to them
thank you, this is for science
here is my contribution
take a picture of your pet and then take a picture again while you sing to them
thank you, this is for science
here is my contribution
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Don't have much to add about the feckless Senate Dems, except that I find it impossible to say "Jeanne Shaheen" without doing it in a Gomer Pyle voice.
November 10, 2025 at 11:17 PM
Don't have much to add about the feckless Senate Dems, except that I find it impossible to say "Jeanne Shaheen" without doing it in a Gomer Pyle voice.
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be there or be square!
me:
me:
November 10, 2025 at 9:16 PM
be there or be square!
me:
me:
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Middle-aged dad. I helped my daughter with her homework, researching Arthropleura, a millipede-like animal that could grow to over 2.5m long. I've been having nightmares about it for the last two nights. I know they're extinct but my dreams don't.
November 10, 2025 at 11:20 PM
Middle-aged dad. I helped my daughter with her homework, researching Arthropleura, a millipede-like animal that could grow to over 2.5m long. I've been having nightmares about it for the last two nights. I know they're extinct but my dreams don't.
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In the most predictable development ever, Mike Johnson is not committing to hold a House vote on ACA subsidies
November 10, 2025 at 10:45 PM
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I "stopped working for the day" over an hour ago, yet I keep tinkering with three different pieces of writing
November 10, 2025 at 10:41 PM
I "stopped working for the day" over an hour ago, yet I keep tinkering with three different pieces of writing
I do appreciate the lovingly rendered asshole on the cat in the top left image
November 10, 2025 at 10:34 PM
I do appreciate the lovingly rendered asshole on the cat in the top left image
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Which medieval cat are you tonight?
November 10, 2025 at 10:30 PM
Which medieval cat are you tonight?
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When choosing paint for
our parking deck's stripes, they asked
for squirrel tummy.
#SquirrelHaiku
Fox Squirrels in Ann Arbor at the University of Michigan on Nov. 5th, 2025 #flickr #Squirrels #SquirrelOfTheDay #SquirrelWisdom #Michigan #SquirrelDude #sqrlpix #squirrelsofbluesky
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our parking deck's stripes, they asked
for squirrel tummy.
#SquirrelHaiku
Fox Squirrels in Ann Arbor at the University of Michigan on Nov. 5th, 2025 #flickr #Squirrels #SquirrelOfTheDay #SquirrelWisdom #Michigan #SquirrelDude #sqrlpix #squirrelsofbluesky
flic.kr/p/2rEvE1V
November 10, 2025 at 1:51 AM
When choosing paint for
our parking deck's stripes, they asked
for squirrel tummy.
#SquirrelHaiku
Fox Squirrels in Ann Arbor at the University of Michigan on Nov. 5th, 2025 #flickr #Squirrels #SquirrelOfTheDay #SquirrelWisdom #Michigan #SquirrelDude #sqrlpix #squirrelsofbluesky
flic.kr/p/2rEvE1V
our parking deck's stripes, they asked
for squirrel tummy.
#SquirrelHaiku
Fox Squirrels in Ann Arbor at the University of Michigan on Nov. 5th, 2025 #flickr #Squirrels #SquirrelOfTheDay #SquirrelWisdom #Michigan #SquirrelDude #sqrlpix #squirrelsofbluesky
flic.kr/p/2rEvE1V
as we know, cats can dynamically adjust their inertia. If Sandal does not want to be moved, he will not be moved.
an absolute tank of a cat. nothing short of an enriched uranium shell could knock this solid boy over
November 10, 2025 at 10:25 PM
as we know, cats can dynamically adjust their inertia. If Sandal does not want to be moved, he will not be moved.
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an absolute tank of a cat. nothing short of an enriched uranium shell could knock this solid boy over
November 10, 2025 at 10:20 PM
an absolute tank of a cat. nothing short of an enriched uranium shell could knock this solid boy over
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I heard about this at the Physics and Astronomy Conference. Undergraduates are rightly upset and so am I.
Those regional conferences made it so much more feasible for so many participants!
Those regional conferences made it so much more feasible for so many participants!
This is disappointing. The APS merged all of the regional Conferences for Undergraduate Women in Physics (CUWiP) into one conference in Colorado for 2026. This will make attendance for undergraduates a lot more expensive in terms of both money and time. ⚛️ 🎢 👩🔬 #WomenInPhysics
Attendees
Find mentors, explore education and career opportunities and network with and learn from fellow students with varied backgrounds and perspectives in physics.
www.aps.org
November 10, 2025 at 9:55 PM
I heard about this at the Physics and Astronomy Conference. Undergraduates are rightly upset and so am I.
Those regional conferences made it so much more feasible for so many participants!
Those regional conferences made it so much more feasible for so many participants!
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I’m going to be a HUGE asshole
Me when the AI bubble bursts.
November 10, 2025 at 9:51 PM
I’m going to be a HUGE asshole
the tiny birb couch cracks me up every time
November 10, 2025 at 9:51 PM
the tiny birb couch cracks me up every time
the deep sigh I sighped
Christine Pelosi, daughter of Nancy Pelosi, has announced she’s running for the California State Senate.
November 10, 2025 at 9:41 PM
the deep sigh I sighped
as a physicist, lemme say at least the ICP line was funnier
November 10, 2025 at 9:21 PM
as a physicist, lemme say at least the ICP line was funnier
it was right after he died, and I sang "If You Could Read My Mind" to the entire recovery room
not that song, but when I had a surgical procedure a few years ago, I evidently serenaded the nurses with a Lightfoot song as I came out from under anesthesia
November 10, 2025 at 9:05 PM
it was right after he died, and I sang "If You Could Read My Mind" to the entire recovery room
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Not to boast, but I've also read some books.
November 10, 2025 at 8:23 PM
Not to boast, but I've also read some books.
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Ah the scientific method and its 7 steps to being told you're wrong 🤔💭But being wrong is still important to the process!
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November 10, 2025 at 8:22 PM
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argh my brain is broken, I'm so close to finishing this draft and I'm out of steam
November 10, 2025 at 8:07 PM
argh my brain is broken, I'm so close to finishing this draft and I'm out of steam
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I got this useful bon mot from a middle school teacher recently.
In response to, “I DONT UNDERSTAND,” he calmly said, “okay what steps have you taken to understand?”
And that’s when I realized that a lot of folks have no steps.
In response to, “I DONT UNDERSTAND,” he calmly said, “okay what steps have you taken to understand?”
And that’s when I realized that a lot of folks have no steps.
November 10, 2025 at 6:05 PM
I got this useful bon mot from a middle school teacher recently.
In response to, “I DONT UNDERSTAND,” he calmly said, “okay what steps have you taken to understand?”
And that’s when I realized that a lot of folks have no steps.
In response to, “I DONT UNDERSTAND,” he calmly said, “okay what steps have you taken to understand?”
And that’s when I realized that a lot of folks have no steps.
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If only someone could have predicted this
November 10, 2025 at 6:16 PM
If only someone could have predicted this
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Trump take Pasta.
November 10, 2025 at 6:14 PM
Trump take Pasta.
Lucy assures Charlie Brown she will not pull the football away
Whoa -- Sen. Durbin went to up Leader Thune during the vote last night to tell him that on the shutdown vote and ACA promise that "8 of us are sticking our neck out that you're going to keep your word. I hope you will. He said 'I assure you I will,'" Durbin says just now
November 10, 2025 at 6:08 PM
Lucy assures Charlie Brown she will not pull the football away