Brian Schefke
@brianschefke.bsky.social
Historian of biology. Native NCS speaker.
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Brian Schefke
@brianschefke.bsky.social
· Sep 21
So I screwed up my old Bluesky account (don't ask) and now I'm starting over on this one.
January 3, 2026 at 2:18 AM
Maybe it’s slop because your product sucks?
Among other things.
Among other things.
Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella says people should move beyond calling AI 'slop'
"We need to get beyond the arguments of slop vs sophistication and develop a new equilibrium ... that accounts for humans being equipped with these new cognitive amplifier tools as we relate to each other"
"We need to get beyond the arguments of slop vs sophistication and develop a new equilibrium ... that accounts for humans being equipped with these new cognitive amplifier tools as we relate to each other"
January 3, 2026 at 2:15 AM
Maybe it’s slop because your product sucks?
Among other things.
Among other things.
The billionaires know what side their bread is buttered on.
Elon Musk indicates he’s ‘going all in’ on financing the GOP again ahead of midterms
Elon Musk indicates he’s ‘going all in’ on financing the GOP again ahead of midterms
Elon Musk indicates he’s ‘going all in’ on financing the GOP again ahead of midterms
www.independent.co.uk
January 2, 2026 at 3:48 AM
The billionaires know what side their bread is buttered on.
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Special issue on the Sociobiology Debate at fifty. Important new archival discoveries. No paywall.
online.ucpress.edu/hsns/issue/5...
online.ucpress.edu/hsns/issue/5...
Volume 55 Issue 1 | Historical Studies in the Natural Sciences | University of California Press
online.ucpress.edu
January 1, 2026 at 7:23 AM
Special issue on the Sociobiology Debate at fifty. Important new archival discoveries. No paywall.
online.ucpress.edu/hsns/issue/5...
online.ucpress.edu/hsns/issue/5...
Join the American, um, protection squadron.
Exclusive: ICE officials plan to spend $100 million to recruit gun-rights supporters and military enthusiasts through online influencers and a geo-targeted ad campaign, part of what the agency called a “wartime recruitment” strategy to hire thousands of officers, according to an internal document.
ICE plans $100 million ‘wartime recruitment’ push targeting gun shows, military fans
An internal ICE document shared among immigration officials details plans to use influencers and geo-targeted ads to rapidly hire thousands of deportation officers.
www.washingtonpost.com
December 31, 2025 at 3:13 PM
Join the American, um, protection squadron.
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RFK Jr., his boss, Trump, and the GOP that placed both of them at the pinnacle of power are already killing kids.
Kennedy is on track to radically boost the bodycount; Trump and the GOP will again be his co-conspirators.
It's all based on old and oft-debunked lies. Don't believe me? Read this.
Kennedy is on track to radically boost the bodycount; Trump and the GOP will again be his co-conspirators.
It's all based on old and oft-debunked lies. Don't believe me? Read this.
Opinion | This Is the Damage Kennedy Has Done in Less Than a Year
www.nytimes.com
December 30, 2025 at 10:27 PM
RFK Jr., his boss, Trump, and the GOP that placed both of them at the pinnacle of power are already killing kids.
Kennedy is on track to radically boost the bodycount; Trump and the GOP will again be his co-conspirators.
It's all based on old and oft-debunked lies. Don't believe me? Read this.
Kennedy is on track to radically boost the bodycount; Trump and the GOP will again be his co-conspirators.
It's all based on old and oft-debunked lies. Don't believe me? Read this.
Always know what your target is, and what is *behind it*.
An Oklahoma man doing target practice with a handgun fatally shot a woman who was sitting with two children on a neighboring front porch on Thursday, the authorities said.
Man Charged in Fatal Shooting During Backyard Target Practice
The Oklahoma man had bought himself a Glock .45 handgun for Christmas and was shooting at an energy drink can when a woman nearby was fatally struck, officials said.
nyti.ms
December 28, 2025 at 7:15 PM
Always know what your target is, and what is *behind it*.
These threats to move have proven hollow enough that it's time to just ignore them.
A) They’re not going to do this.
B) If you’re not going to buy into the social contract then don’t expect to be protected by it. This is something past elites at least slightly acknowledged. If today’s elite think they can live apart from the social contract, well, good luck to them I guess.
B) If you’re not going to buy into the social contract then don’t expect to be protected by it. This is something past elites at least slightly acknowledged. If today’s elite think they can live apart from the social contract, well, good luck to them I guess.
Billionaires are considering cutting or reducing their ties to California by the end of the year because of a proposed ballot measure that could tax the state’s wealthiest residents.
December 28, 2025 at 4:14 PM
These threats to move have proven hollow enough that it's time to just ignore them.
Plus "seiche" is a cool word to say.
Get your galoshes out Eastern Lake Erie! From Toledo OH Meteorologist 🌊
December 28, 2025 at 3:35 PM
Plus "seiche" is a cool word to say.
Just read something, guys. Doesn't have to be "high" literature. Just something.
Couple next to me on a first coffee date. She showed him a pic of her “books to read”pile. He said he doesn’t read. Immediate mood change. Dude, you’re toast.
December 28, 2025 at 3:27 PM
Just read something, guys. Doesn't have to be "high" literature. Just something.
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American illiberalism (in all of its forms) is very much a deeply-rooted force in US politics, but it is not some inert backdrop...it is constantly being renewed and remade by new generations of rhetorically savvy haters like John Kasper...haters of diversity, haters of equity, haters of inclusion.
December 27, 2025 at 4:27 PM
American illiberalism (in all of its forms) is very much a deeply-rooted force in US politics, but it is not some inert backdrop...it is constantly being renewed and remade by new generations of rhetorically savvy haters like John Kasper...haters of diversity, haters of equity, haters of inclusion.
Make a Bond movie academic:
From the Archives With Love
From the Archives With Love
Make a Bond movie academic:
The Grant Is Not Enough
The Grant Is Not Enough
make a Bond movie academic
The Spy Who Loved Me: Birthright Citizenship and the Law of Alien Enemies
The Spy Who Loved Me: Birthright Citizenship and the Law of Alien Enemies
December 27, 2025 at 3:40 PM
Make a Bond movie academic:
From the Archives With Love
From the Archives With Love
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The days between December 25 and January 1 are the Lanthanides and Actinides of the Gregorian calendar
December 26, 2025 at 6:32 PM
The days between December 25 and January 1 are the Lanthanides and Actinides of the Gregorian calendar
Six. Fucking. Turnovers.
Six.
Six.
December 26, 2025 at 12:37 AM
Six. Fucking. Turnovers.
Six.
Six.
I see that I’m not the only one who noticed that.
Interesting how 50%+1 politics went in a decade from “don’t alienate the 1“ to ”say the wildest things possible about the 49 to maximize libidinal glee”
December 26, 2025 at 12:11 AM
I see that I’m not the only one who noticed that.
That’s rude even in my neck of the woods !
We're now 'zwischen den Jahren' (between the years), the period during which in Germany it's considered rude to give someone new work. I'm looking at you, journal editors.
December 25, 2025 at 11:33 PM
That’s rude even in my neck of the woods !
Er, holy shit, I mean
December 25, 2025 at 11:05 PM
Er, holy shit, I mean
Holy shot does every commercial this game have Stranger Things tie ins?
December 25, 2025 at 11:04 PM
Holy shot does every commercial this game have Stranger Things tie ins?
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Merriam Christmas
December 25, 2025 at 2:50 PM
Merriam Christmas
Absolutely. It will take longer than it should, but better late than never.
When the history of this cruel era is written, the shame should be no less than the shame we now feel about the roundups and detention of Japanese Americans in World War II. https://robertreich.substack.com/p/the-brazen-cruelty-of-the-trump-regime
December 25, 2025 at 7:10 PM
Absolutely. It will take longer than it should, but better late than never.
Would also leave out a pint of Rat City IPA (9%!), but that is sadly no longer in production.
Seattle Man Leaves Out Plate of Cheese for When St. Rat Comes Up Through Toilet Tonight: tinyurl.com/nhf8cr8s
December 25, 2025 at 7:08 PM
Would also leave out a pint of Rat City IPA (9%!), but that is sadly no longer in production.
They've done it again.
December 25, 2025 at 6:03 PM
They've done it again.
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Persefone opening the early flatbed scanner, holding the book and her hands into it, making the first #scanninghands of human digital history. I ❤️ it, #skystorians
Despite frequent remonstrations from digital archivists, Persephone never accepted that she could not photocopy a whole book in one go.
December 24, 2025 at 12:04 PM
Persefone opening the early flatbed scanner, holding the book and her hands into it, making the first #scanninghands of human digital history. I ❤️ it, #skystorians
When you have to have a first down, go to Jesus in the slot.
spent twenty minutes of my christmas morning putting together my starting 22 of beloved christmas characters
December 25, 2025 at 4:24 PM
When you have to have a first down, go to Jesus in the slot.