cornpro
@cornpro.bsky.social
She/Her // Interests include knitting, weightlifting, crying about LOTR, adding new hobbies I don't have time for, and overthinking
Same, this makes my skin crawl. It's so off-putting and I can't imagine ever wanting that
I truly don’t understand how anyone can stand the repulsive sycophantic way LLMs are programmed to talk. Who knew so many people had been waiting all their lives for a personal toady?
February 11, 2026 at 8:05 PM
Same, this makes my skin crawl. It's so off-putting and I can't imagine ever wanting that
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drowning is impossible. your body is 2/3 water
Burgum: "CO2 was never a pollutant. When we breathe, we emit CO2. Plants need CO2 to survive and grow. They thrive with more CO2. So the whole endangerment thing opens up an opportunity for the revival of clean, beautiful, American coal."
February 11, 2026 at 3:26 PM
drowning is impossible. your body is 2/3 water
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I tried to take a photo of a grasshopper on my windshield, but now it looks like a gigantic bug destroying the town.
February 10, 2026 at 6:10 AM
I tried to take a photo of a grasshopper on my windshield, but now it looks like a gigantic bug destroying the town.
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Sauron takes a new fair form (news story from 2023).
"BBC: Butterfly species named after Lord of the Rings villain Sauron"
#TolkienTrewsday #TolkienTuesday #Tolkien - theme is “All of them, deceived” (Week 154: 10/02/26)
www.bbc.co.uk/news/science...
"BBC: Butterfly species named after Lord of the Rings villain Sauron"
#TolkienTrewsday #TolkienTuesday #Tolkien - theme is “All of them, deceived” (Week 154: 10/02/26)
www.bbc.co.uk/news/science...
Butterfly species named after Lord of the Rings villain Sauron
The genus is named Saurona, as marks on the insect's wings look like the all-seeing eye in Tolkien's books.
www.bbc.co.uk
February 10, 2026 at 6:49 AM
Sauron takes a new fair form (news story from 2023).
"BBC: Butterfly species named after Lord of the Rings villain Sauron"
#TolkienTrewsday #TolkienTuesday #Tolkien - theme is “All of them, deceived” (Week 154: 10/02/26)
www.bbc.co.uk/news/science...
"BBC: Butterfly species named after Lord of the Rings villain Sauron"
#TolkienTrewsday #TolkienTuesday #Tolkien - theme is “All of them, deceived” (Week 154: 10/02/26)
www.bbc.co.uk/news/science...
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Stormcrow - ink & watercolor
Prints available - www.wizardtoothpress.com/shop/p/storm...
#tolkientuesday #tolkientrewsday
Prints available - www.wizardtoothpress.com/shop/p/storm...
#tolkientuesday #tolkientrewsday
February 3, 2026 at 3:24 PM
Stormcrow - ink & watercolor
Prints available - www.wizardtoothpress.com/shop/p/storm...
#tolkientuesday #tolkientrewsday
Prints available - www.wizardtoothpress.com/shop/p/storm...
#tolkientuesday #tolkientrewsday
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Commenting on energy injustice is now the floor for any halftime act.
February 9, 2026 at 1:33 AM
Commenting on energy injustice is now the floor for any halftime act.
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Remember that under the first Trump administration, Puerto Rico had to suffer through the longest power blackout in U.S. history bsky.app/profile/cost...
During his Administration, Hurricane Maria knocked out power to 1.5 million people in Puerto Rico and it didn’t get restored for ABOUT A YEAR! It was the largest blackout in U.S. history. This should be line one of any hurricane recovery political coverage. www.vox.com/identities/2...
February 9, 2026 at 1:38 AM
Remember that under the first Trump administration, Puerto Rico had to suffer through the longest power blackout in U.S. history bsky.app/profile/cost...
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thank you bad bunny for highlighting the importance of critical power distribution infrastructure bsky.app/profile/cost...
It’s the weekend everyone, so you know what that means. Time to drink two polar seltzers and do a thread on the power transformer shortage. Without transformers, we don’t get a clean energy transition. And as energysky knows, there’s been a shortage due to covid, supply chain, & labor constraints 🔌🔋
February 9, 2026 at 1:35 AM
thank you bad bunny for highlighting the importance of critical power distribution infrastructure bsky.app/profile/cost...
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power transformers mentioned in halftime show ⚡️
February 9, 2026 at 1:30 AM
power transformers mentioned in halftime show ⚡️
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I finally got what I wanted, a chart that shows how much of a given year a heat pump is suitable for a given climate.
I find that I can get heat pumps to work pretty well in most houses down to 25° or so.
I find that I can get heat pumps to work pretty well in most houses down to 25° or so.
February 8, 2026 at 10:00 PM
I finally got what I wanted, a chart that shows how much of a given year a heat pump is suitable for a given climate.
I find that I can get heat pumps to work pretty well in most houses down to 25° or so.
I find that I can get heat pumps to work pretty well in most houses down to 25° or so.
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Every Super Bowl ad is for the door in the forest. It’s annoying. “You must walk through the door.” Yeah thanks, I know that already. I dream of the door every night
February 9, 2026 at 12:38 AM
Every Super Bowl ad is for the door in the forest. It’s annoying. “You must walk through the door.” Yeah thanks, I know that already. I dream of the door every night
Why yes I will be going out to buy nerds juicy gummy clusters after this. The Nerds people are flying closer and closer to the sun but it might be so beautiful up there
February 9, 2026 at 12:45 AM
Why yes I will be going out to buy nerds juicy gummy clusters after this. The Nerds people are flying closer and closer to the sun but it might be so beautiful up there
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I was told Green Day had been eliminated in the playoffs wtf is this
February 8, 2026 at 11:39 PM
I was told Green Day had been eliminated in the playoffs wtf is this
Trying a new thing this year where I actually watch the Super Bowl. I'm in something called a "pool"
February 8, 2026 at 11:43 PM
Trying a new thing this year where I actually watch the Super Bowl. I'm in something called a "pool"
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Concentration camps:
“For 280 days we haven’t eaten a single piece of fruit, banana, apple, orange, or anything fresh. We are all in one big room with no doors or windows. We can’t see any grass or trees. We are all constantly sick."
“For 280 days we haven’t eaten a single piece of fruit, banana, apple, orange, or anything fresh. We are all in one big room with no doors or windows. We can’t see any grass or trees. We are all constantly sick."
Exclusive: Detention Center Captives Are Throwing Lotion Bottles Wrapped With Notes to Organizers Outside Otay Mesa Facility ~ L.A. TACO
“For 280 days we haven’t eaten a single piece of fruit, banana, apple, orange, or anything fresh," an Otay Mesa captive communicated through handwritten note. "We are all in one big room with no doors...
lataco.com
February 8, 2026 at 2:24 AM
Concentration camps:
“For 280 days we haven’t eaten a single piece of fruit, banana, apple, orange, or anything fresh. We are all in one big room with no doors or windows. We can’t see any grass or trees. We are all constantly sick."
“For 280 days we haven’t eaten a single piece of fruit, banana, apple, orange, or anything fresh. We are all in one big room with no doors or windows. We can’t see any grass or trees. We are all constantly sick."
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This galaxy is VERY tiny—much much smaller than our own Milky Way—& incredibly distant. But we can see it AND distinguish its shape!
How?
The light we see from it is from SO LONG AGO that the Universe was MUCH smaller at the time: we see it as it was when it was close enough to us to look big!! 🤯
How?
The light we see from it is from SO LONG AGO that the Universe was MUCH smaller at the time: we see it as it was when it was close enough to us to look big!! 🤯
This is what the most distant confirmed galaxy looks like. The light we're receiving was emitted when the Universe was ~15x smaller in linear size than today, and right now it's ~30 billion light-years away from us. The light was emitted when the Universe was <300 million years old. Pretty amazing!
News from the edge of the visible universe:
JWST has confirmed this galaxy, MoM-z14, as the most distant one yet studied. We're seeing it as it was 13.5 billion years ago, 98% of the way back to the beginning of time.
(MoM stands for "miracle or mirage.") 🧪🔭
science.nasa.gov/missions/web...
JWST has confirmed this galaxy, MoM-z14, as the most distant one yet studied. We're seeing it as it was 13.5 billion years ago, 98% of the way back to the beginning of time.
(MoM stands for "miracle or mirage.") 🧪🔭
science.nasa.gov/missions/web...
February 7, 2026 at 2:28 AM
This galaxy is VERY tiny—much much smaller than our own Milky Way—& incredibly distant. But we can see it AND distinguish its shape!
How?
The light we see from it is from SO LONG AGO that the Universe was MUCH smaller at the time: we see it as it was when it was close enough to us to look big!! 🤯
How?
The light we see from it is from SO LONG AGO that the Universe was MUCH smaller at the time: we see it as it was when it was close enough to us to look big!! 🤯
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straight up bawling on my couch with two pups snoozin on me
February 7, 2026 at 12:29 AM
straight up bawling on my couch with two pups snoozin on me
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Ladies and gentlemen... the weekend. (also: you are important and are not alone 🧡)
February 7, 2026 at 12:00 AM
Ladies and gentlemen... the weekend. (also: you are important and are not alone 🧡)
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one thing that would be cool, when prominent creators turn out to be terrible people, would be if we didn't have to go through this performative dance of insisting that their work was never good in the first place.
February 2, 2026 at 9:48 PM
one thing that would be cool, when prominent creators turn out to be terrible people, would be if we didn't have to go through this performative dance of insisting that their work was never good in the first place.
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I recently heard someone say the key to recovering from deep burnout is becoming comfortable with being unremarkable, which I think is really good advice for former academics coming from spaces where the primary currency is individual accolades within an interminable productivity arms race.
February 3, 2026 at 3:30 AM
I recently heard someone say the key to recovering from deep burnout is becoming comfortable with being unremarkable, which I think is really good advice for former academics coming from spaces where the primary currency is individual accolades within an interminable productivity arms race.
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It's wrong that they won't let me live in a 55+ community simply due to my age. They should let you in if you match the "general vibe"
February 3, 2026 at 2:05 AM
It's wrong that they won't let me live in a 55+ community simply due to my age. They should let you in if you match the "general vibe"
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A bill that would set up a framework for siting solar projects that localities could follow and that prohibits the premature rejection of solar infrastructure development has passed the Virginia Senate. virginiamercury.com/2026/02/02/v...
Va. bill to boost local approvals of solar projects advances • Virginia Mercury
A bill that would set up a framework for siting solar projects that localities could follow and that prohibits the blocking solar projects.
virginiamercury.com
February 2, 2026 at 9:46 PM
A bill that would set up a framework for siting solar projects that localities could follow and that prohibits the premature rejection of solar infrastructure development has passed the Virginia Senate. virginiamercury.com/2026/02/02/v...
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does anyone want to be kind and gentle in a world that rewards cruelty with me later
February 2, 2026 at 9:50 PM
does anyone want to be kind and gentle in a world that rewards cruelty with me later