Dr. Duncan Idaho 11
@duncanidaho11.bsky.social
He/Him/Them tardigrade wrangler by night, scientist by day.
This account is mostly dedicated to my hobbies. For example: art, scifi, writing, gaming, Trek podcasting, and hanging out with friends. Everyone needs a "third space" to relax with.
This account is mostly dedicated to my hobbies. For example: art, scifi, writing, gaming, Trek podcasting, and hanging out with friends. Everyone needs a "third space" to relax with.
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Dear grad students: please stop second-guessing whether your email sounds good, this is what the richest people on earth are sending each other.
you can stop sweating over whether to sign off with "sincerely" or "best".
you can stop sweating over whether to sign off with "sincerely" or "best".
genuinely very few things more satisfying than reading the kinds of emails rich and famous people send each other
November 13, 2025 at 5:43 AM
Dear grad students: please stop second-guessing whether your email sounds good, this is what the richest people on earth are sending each other.
you can stop sweating over whether to sign off with "sincerely" or "best".
you can stop sweating over whether to sign off with "sincerely" or "best".
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What it feels like to watch Democrats constantly cave to Republicans. @teamfourstar.bsky.social @kaiserneko.bsky.social
November 10, 2025 at 4:12 AM
What it feels like to watch Democrats constantly cave to Republicans. @teamfourstar.bsky.social @kaiserneko.bsky.social
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"I'm so, so tired of ads for Ozempic, Viagra, and AI garbage, please give me something else"
A finger on the monkey's paw curls
"Draft Kings is your number one destination for every sport!"
A finger on the monkey's paw curls
"Draft Kings is your number one destination for every sport!"
November 10, 2025 at 6:49 AM
"I'm so, so tired of ads for Ozempic, Viagra, and AI garbage, please give me something else"
A finger on the monkey's paw curls
"Draft Kings is your number one destination for every sport!"
A finger on the monkey's paw curls
"Draft Kings is your number one destination for every sport!"
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Astronomer and writer Carl Sagan (Cosmos, Contact) was born 91 years ago today. He died in 1996.
"There is no better demonstration of the folly of human conceits than this distant image of our tiny world. To me, it underscores our responsibility to deal more kindly with one another, and to..."
"There is no better demonstration of the folly of human conceits than this distant image of our tiny world. To me, it underscores our responsibility to deal more kindly with one another, and to..."
November 9, 2025 at 9:52 PM
Astronomer and writer Carl Sagan (Cosmos, Contact) was born 91 years ago today. He died in 1996.
"There is no better demonstration of the folly of human conceits than this distant image of our tiny world. To me, it underscores our responsibility to deal more kindly with one another, and to..."
"There is no better demonstration of the folly of human conceits than this distant image of our tiny world. To me, it underscores our responsibility to deal more kindly with one another, and to..."
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1st Succession War Davion Urbanmech vs Star League era
pip pip old boy, for the Empire!
pip pip old boy, for the Empire!
November 8, 2025 at 12:40 PM
1st Succession War Davion Urbanmech vs Star League era
pip pip old boy, for the Empire!
pip pip old boy, for the Empire!
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Results from tonights Flocking #paleostream!
Nanotyrannus, Pteranodon, Phosphorosaurus and Helicoprion!
Nanotyrannus, Pteranodon, Phosphorosaurus and Helicoprion!
November 8, 2025 at 3:36 AM
Results from tonights Flocking #paleostream!
Nanotyrannus, Pteranodon, Phosphorosaurus and Helicoprion!
Nanotyrannus, Pteranodon, Phosphorosaurus and Helicoprion!
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Starfleet Dress Uniform, mess about #startrek #fashionillustration
November 8, 2025 at 12:08 AM
Starfleet Dress Uniform, mess about #startrek #fashionillustration
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This part here really bothers me:
November 7, 2025 at 6:21 PM
This part here really bothers me:
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10/10 take. No notes.
November 7, 2025 at 5:49 PM
10/10 take. No notes.
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This might be one of the most monumentally insane things a government has done
BREAKING: The Trump administration seeks an emergency pause to a court order demanding full November SNAP payments.
Trump administration seeks to halt SNAP food aid payments after a court order
The Trump administration has asked a federal appeals court to block a judge’s order to distribute November’s full SNAP benefits during a U.S. government shutdown. U.S.
bit.ly
November 7, 2025 at 4:44 PM
This might be one of the most monumentally insane things a government has done
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It’s cool to see “ai” leapfrog over its primary use case of enabling pedophiles to just become the pedophile itself.
The future truly is now!
www.cbc.ca/player/play/...
The future truly is now!
www.cbc.ca/player/play/...
She says Tesla’s chatbot asked her 12-year-old for nudes
A Toronto mom says her 12-year-old son asked Tesla’s AI chatbot, Grok, which soccer player is better: Cristiano Ronaldo or Lionel Messi. After some back and forth, she says the chatbot asked her son, ...
www.cbc.ca
November 7, 2025 at 5:24 PM
It’s cool to see “ai” leapfrog over its primary use case of enabling pedophiles to just become the pedophile itself.
The future truly is now!
www.cbc.ca/player/play/...
The future truly is now!
www.cbc.ca/player/play/...
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They made Jimmy Carter sell his peanut farm.
(Forbes) - The Trump Organization’s second-term push to monetize Donald Trump’s presidency has reached the aisles of military exchanges, as Coast Guard-run stores .. have stocked Trump-branded wine and cider. 🤡
@zacheverson.com
www.forbes.com/sites/zachev...
@zacheverson.com
www.forbes.com/sites/zachev...
November 7, 2025 at 2:03 PM
They made Jimmy Carter sell his peanut farm.
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I can't wait to see all of my mutuals that play Fortnite regularly to not touch the game for the entirety of the season in solidarity of all of their trans homies! It's so nice knowing so many people that aren't just allies when it's convenient for them! 🙂💖
Hint. Fucking. Hint.
Hint. Fucking. Hint.
Harry Potter x Fortnite coming in Chapter 7
(In other words, Fortnite is adding a transphobic authors work into Fortnite)
#Fortnite #FortniteNews
(In other words, Fortnite is adding a transphobic authors work into Fortnite)
#Fortnite #FortniteNews
November 6, 2025 at 1:09 AM
I can't wait to see all of my mutuals that play Fortnite regularly to not touch the game for the entirety of the season in solidarity of all of their trans homies! It's so nice knowing so many people that aren't just allies when it's convenient for them! 🙂💖
Hint. Fucking. Hint.
Hint. Fucking. Hint.
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the Lego Galaxy that never was... #StarTrekTNG #StarTrekOnline
November 6, 2025 at 6:22 PM
the Lego Galaxy that never was... #StarTrekTNG #StarTrekOnline
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For the orphans of Grammarly, I present Harper.
Harper is a free open-source English grammar checker.
It runs on-device, that means you have 100% certainty it doesn't violate your copyright by training large language models.
FUCK🖕AI
writewithharper.com
Harper is a free open-source English grammar checker.
It runs on-device, that means you have 100% certainty it doesn't violate your copyright by training large language models.
FUCK🖕AI
writewithharper.com
Harper | Privacy-First Offline Grammar Checker
Harper checks your writing instantly—fast, lightweight and utterly private—so you can polish every clause without surrendering a single keystroke.
writewithharper.com
November 6, 2025 at 6:29 PM
For the orphans of Grammarly, I present Harper.
Harper is a free open-source English grammar checker.
It runs on-device, that means you have 100% certainty it doesn't violate your copyright by training large language models.
FUCK🖕AI
writewithharper.com
Harper is a free open-source English grammar checker.
It runs on-device, that means you have 100% certainty it doesn't violate your copyright by training large language models.
FUCK🖕AI
writewithharper.com
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Let it unleash a thousand memes.
I call this one: "Donald Trump stands idly by while the American economy passes out in a corner."
I call this one: "Donald Trump stands idly by while the American economy passes out in a corner."
November 6, 2025 at 6:20 PM
Let it unleash a thousand memes.
I call this one: "Donald Trump stands idly by while the American economy passes out in a corner."
I call this one: "Donald Trump stands idly by while the American economy passes out in a corner."
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it doesn’t get any clearer that america’s betrothal to fossil fuels is about letting energy companies pick our pockets to prop up their obsolete industry
Australia has so much electricity from solar power that it is going to start offering free electricity to everyone for at least three hours during the day as the wholesale price of power goes negative
electrek.co/2025/11/04/a...
electrek.co/2025/11/04/a...
Australia has so much solar that it's offering everyone free electricity
Australia's extensive solar power penetration makes so much energy that the government wants to offer free electricity at peak hours.
electrek.co
November 6, 2025 at 1:19 PM
it doesn’t get any clearer that america’s betrothal to fossil fuels is about letting energy companies pick our pockets to prop up their obsolete industry
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Space art by Ludek Pesek, Ron Miller, Don Dixon, John R Foster (all 1980s)
November 5, 2025 at 11:20 PM
Space art by Ludek Pesek, Ron Miller, Don Dixon, John R Foster (all 1980s)
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From Erin Reed: Loudoun County—from which Trump threated to withhold fed funding for upholding restroom access—rejected anti-trans Rep & elected 2 trans rights Dems.--incl. one who represented trans students in court against outgoing anti-trans Rep Gov Glenn Youngkin.
"A Stunning Rebuke Of Anti-Trans Politics"—Dems Win Elections Nationwide Despite Anti-Trans Ads
As election results poured in on Tuesday night, it became clear that Democrats were winning nationwide against anti-trans opponents.
www.erininthemorning.com
November 5, 2025 at 10:38 AM
From Erin Reed: Loudoun County—from which Trump threated to withhold fed funding for upholding restroom access—rejected anti-trans Rep & elected 2 trans rights Dems.--incl. one who represented trans students in court against outgoing anti-trans Rep Gov Glenn Youngkin.
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Congratulations to the Cuomo team: it takes a lot of dedication and money to lose one election twice.
November 5, 2025 at 5:50 AM
Congratulations to the Cuomo team: it takes a lot of dedication and money to lose one election twice.
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Read @nlanard.bsky.social on the hunger strike that made Mamdani www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
The moment that made Mamdani
How a 15-day hunger strike foreshadowed his campaign.
www.motherjones.com
November 5, 2025 at 5:10 AM
Read @nlanard.bsky.social on the hunger strike that made Mamdani www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
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Conservative Man Proudly Frightened Of Everything
Conservative Man Proudly Frightened Of Everything
FLOWER MOUND, TX—Condemning the “woke left” for what he called the “modern evisceration of masculinity,” local conservative man Hank Daniels confirmed Monday that he was never going to stop being prou...
theonion.com
November 5, 2025 at 5:15 AM
Conservative Man Proudly Frightened Of Everything
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[Narrator: they lost 13 seats]
November 5, 2025 at 4:28 AM
[Narrator: they lost 13 seats]