Alan
@gammacounter.bsky.social
Radiologist. Broadly enthusiastic. Science, outdoors/nature, travel. Lakes, coasts. Home experiments. Local environments. Many photos of slightly oddball things. Not seeking unsolicited advice.
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"Noem has complained to others that she feels she's being hung out to dry over the episode and has made sure to emphasize she took direction from Miller and the president"
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Scoop: Stephen Miller behind misleading claim that Alex Pretti wanted to "massacre" agents
The episode illustrates the sheer power of Miller, Trump's close and longest-serving political adviser
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January 27, 2026 at 8:57 PM
"Noem has complained to others that she feels she's being hung out to dry over the episode and has made sure to emphasize she took direction from Miller and the president"
www.axios.com/2026/01/27/t...
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even the salt stains on the sidewalk are angry at the world
January 27, 2026 at 9:52 PM
even the salt stains on the sidewalk are angry at the world
Weird post, but here are some weird old nails from the basement timbers of my house. A frame house built around 1880, & I found few of these are in the crawl space (similar to ones driven into the timbers). The shafts are rectangular in cross-section rather than circular as with modern wire nails, &
January 27, 2026 at 9:40 PM
Weird post, but here are some weird old nails from the basement timbers of my house. A frame house built around 1880, & I found few of these are in the crawl space (similar to ones driven into the timbers). The shafts are rectangular in cross-section rather than circular as with modern wire nails, &
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Noem is certainly indirectly responsible for these slayings. But she compounded that guilt with actions for which she is directly, individually responsible: Viciously slandering the victims as terrorists, not just in advance of the evidence, but in brazen contradiction of all available evidence.
146 House Democrats back the articles of impeachment I introduced against Secretary Noem.
Secretary Noem has blood on her hands. Under her leadership, Alex Pretti and Renee Nicole Good were murdered.
Impeach Noem. Get ICE out of our cities.
www.nbcnews.com/politics/imm...
Secretary Noem has blood on her hands. Under her leadership, Alex Pretti and Renee Nicole Good were murdered.
Impeach Noem. Get ICE out of our cities.
www.nbcnews.com/politics/imm...
Democrats grow louder on calls for Kristi Noem to resign or face impeachment
Eight more Democrats have joined an impeachment resolution against Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem after the latest fatal shooting by a federal agent.
www.nbcnews.com
January 27, 2026 at 8:02 PM
Noem is certainly indirectly responsible for these slayings. But she compounded that guilt with actions for which she is directly, individually responsible: Viciously slandering the victims as terrorists, not just in advance of the evidence, but in brazen contradiction of all available evidence.
Fence is not coyote-proof
January 27, 2026 at 6:58 PM
Fence is not coyote-proof
Just an abandoned birds nest, covered with some snow.
January 27, 2026 at 6:40 PM
Just an abandoned birds nest, covered with some snow.
More coyote tracks across the frozen lake.
January 27, 2026 at 6:39 PM
More coyote tracks across the frozen lake.
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The First Pizza Ordered by Computer, 1974
The First Pizza Ordered by Computer, 1974
By the late 1960s, technologists were already inventing the future we now inhabit. Arthur C.
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January 26, 2026 at 1:04 AM
The First Pizza Ordered by Computer, 1974
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I love the free market
Exclusive: A recent deal by Canada to allow tens of thousands of inexpensive Chinese EVs into the country is a risk to North American auto manufacturing, GM’s CEO says.
Canada’s Move to Import Cheap Chinese EVs is ‘Slippery Slope,’ GM CEO Says
Thousands of electric vehicles from Chinese automakers can enter Canada this year at new low tariff rate
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January 27, 2026 at 5:47 PM
I love the free market
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Honored that in his last days of fame and fortune at CBP the disgraced Gregory Bovino chose to attack, among others, me.
January 27, 2026 at 2:25 AM
Honored that in his last days of fame and fortune at CBP the disgraced Gregory Bovino chose to attack, among others, me.
Uranus may have become my favorite planet
January 27, 2026 at 5:55 PM
Uranus may have become my favorite planet
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For the geeks, the gallery-lates folk, and the quantum-curious. I'm talking physics and pop culture at Science Gallery this Friday eve, in this very timeline, with King's Philosophy of Science senior lecturer Alex Franklin and SCI-FI London's Louis Savy london.sciencegallery.com/sgl-events/f...
Friday Late: Tales of Entanglement — Science Gallery London
Experience quantum after dark at Science Gallery London. Shake up your relationship with the universe through the power of quantum stories.
london.sciencegallery.com
January 27, 2026 at 5:11 PM
For the geeks, the gallery-lates folk, and the quantum-curious. I'm talking physics and pop culture at Science Gallery this Friday eve, in this very timeline, with King's Philosophy of Science senior lecturer Alex Franklin and SCI-FI London's Louis Savy london.sciencegallery.com/sgl-events/f...
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Three storms in a row in Cornwall, the roads here are all some combination of blocked by a tree or flooded with some very exciting new potholes. On the plus side, I'm quite pleased with this picture of the waves crashing against the Greenbank Hotel in Falmouth:
January 27, 2026 at 5:06 PM
Three storms in a row in Cornwall, the roads here are all some combination of blocked by a tree or flooded with some very exciting new potholes. On the plus side, I'm quite pleased with this picture of the waves crashing against the Greenbank Hotel in Falmouth:
@saspist.bsky.social I don’t think ever seen such a fixation. Tiny plates with tiny screws along multiple sequential right facet joints. What are they aiming to accomplish/treat?
Not the usual types of “cervical spine fusions” I’ve seen, and there are so many
Not the usual types of “cervical spine fusions” I’ve seen, and there are so many
January 27, 2026 at 3:29 PM
@saspist.bsky.social I don’t think ever seen such a fixation. Tiny plates with tiny screws along multiple sequential right facet joints. What are they aiming to accomplish/treat?
Not the usual types of “cervical spine fusions” I’ve seen, and there are so many
Not the usual types of “cervical spine fusions” I’ve seen, and there are so many
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TikTok users can't upload anti-ICE videos. The company blames tech issues https://www.cnn.com/2026/01/26/tech/tiktok-ice-censorship-glitch-cec (http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46779809)
January 27, 2026 at 3:03 PM
TikTok users can't upload anti-ICE videos. The company blames tech issues https://www.cnn.com/2026/01/26/tech/tiktok-ice-censorship-glitch-cec (http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46779809)
Left hip pain. The hip is fine but the pelvis is tilted. Structures on the one side are higher by about 1 cm. Patient is standing, so the tilt is real. One leg may be longer, or may have scoliosis. Or both. Probably the cause of the hip pain, not anything intrinsically wrong with the joint. The
January 27, 2026 at 3:10 PM
Left hip pain. The hip is fine but the pelvis is tilted. Structures on the one side are higher by about 1 cm. Patient is standing, so the tilt is real. One leg may be longer, or may have scoliosis. Or both. Probably the cause of the hip pain, not anything intrinsically wrong with the joint. The
“Artificial Intelligence Erodes Physician Skills.”
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mdwhistleblower.blogspot.com/2026/01/arti...
Artificial Intelligence Erodes Physician Skills
Blog featuring doctor-patient relationships advice, medical ethics, health care policy, medical malpractice and alternative medicine
mdwhistleblower.blogspot.com
January 27, 2026 at 5:22 AM
“Artificial Intelligence Erodes Physician Skills.”
mdwhistleblower.blogspot.com/2026/01/arti...
mdwhistleblower.blogspot.com/2026/01/arti...
“Taxi drivers — who frequently exercise the hippocampal regions of their brains for spatial navigation — were less likely to die of Alzheimer’s disease than people in any other profession.” magazine.hms.harvard.edu/articles/sur...
The Surprising Demographics of Physician Mortality
magazine.hms.harvard.edu
January 27, 2026 at 5:16 AM
“Taxi drivers — who frequently exercise the hippocampal regions of their brains for spatial navigation — were less likely to die of Alzheimer’s disease than people in any other profession.” magazine.hms.harvard.edu/articles/sur...
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Bovino’s retirement needs to be a cage. His command environment yielded Renee Good’s death, Alex Pretti’s death & Julio Sosa-Celis’ shooting. Failure to prosecute Bovino & everyone else materially responsible for these atrocities will be understood by ICE, CBP, etc as a green light for the next ones
January 27, 2026 at 1:53 AM
Bovino’s retirement needs to be a cage. His command environment yielded Renee Good’s death, Alex Pretti’s death & Julio Sosa-Celis’ shooting. Failure to prosecute Bovino & everyone else materially responsible for these atrocities will be understood by ICE, CBP, etc as a green light for the next ones
Empty bottle of Nuka Cola. Damn was it a good cola.
January 27, 2026 at 3:03 AM
Empty bottle of Nuka Cola. Damn was it a good cola.
“This could the the coldest temperature seen in several years for some places, and the longest duration of cold in several decades.”
IN SEVERAL DECADES
IN SEVERAL DECADES
Latest update on the dangerously cold temperatures impacting the eastern U.S. through this weekend.
January 27, 2026 at 2:42 AM
“This could the the coldest temperature seen in several years for some places, and the longest duration of cold in several decades.”
IN SEVERAL DECADES
IN SEVERAL DECADES
Someone on eBay wants $2000 for two bags of Doritos with what I would call a frameshift mutation.
But it looks weird, right? Too minimal. What bag of Doritos just says “Doritos” and has a picture of the chips. Thats it. Usually it says the flavor, net weight, and a lot more doesn’t it?
But it looks weird, right? Too minimal. What bag of Doritos just says “Doritos” and has a picture of the chips. Thats it. Usually it says the flavor, net weight, and a lot more doesn’t it?
January 26, 2026 at 11:10 PM
Someone on eBay wants $2000 for two bags of Doritos with what I would call a frameshift mutation.
But it looks weird, right? Too minimal. What bag of Doritos just says “Doritos” and has a picture of the chips. Thats it. Usually it says the flavor, net weight, and a lot more doesn’t it?
But it looks weird, right? Too minimal. What bag of Doritos just says “Doritos” and has a picture of the chips. Thats it. Usually it says the flavor, net weight, and a lot more doesn’t it?
I bought this little keyboard, and the box it came with has a kind of cut-out. I pushed it out, and thought maybe it’s meant to be some kind of insect or other critter. But when you put it together, turns out to be….
January 26, 2026 at 10:42 PM
I bought this little keyboard, and the box it came with has a kind of cut-out. I pushed it out, and thought maybe it’s meant to be some kind of insect or other critter. But when you put it together, turns out to be….
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January 25, 2026 at 5:19 PM