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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@saspist.bsky.social Probably Fahr syndrome. Parathyroid was normal at least according to the chart, but it does say “vitamin D deficiency,” and also “hypothyroid.” CT from today, the MRI from a few years ago.
January 29, 2026 at 8:56 PM
@saspist.bsky.social Probably Fahr syndrome. Parathyroid was normal at least according to the chart, but it does say “vitamin D deficiency,” and also “hypothyroid.” CT from today, the MRI from a few years ago.
Yes because they consider Lake Michigan a “national border,” lCE tries to justify invading places like Chicago. But tbh the only threat to the tranquility of our beaches are actually wealthy white guys with yachts, & I wonder if lCE will be here come summer to handcuff them & slam them to the ground
January 29, 2026 at 7:51 PM
Yes because they consider Lake Michigan a “national border,” lCE tries to justify invading places like Chicago. But tbh the only threat to the tranquility of our beaches are actually wealthy white guys with yachts, & I wonder if lCE will be here come summer to handcuff them & slam them to the ground
Natural weaponry. Low cost. No license or background check needed.
January 29, 2026 at 6:48 PM
Natural weaponry. Low cost. No license or background check needed.
Just a few cut-up tree trunks covered with some snow, glistening a little bit in the sunshine. Still below freezing, but feels much warmer than the last few days. The sun is super nice.
January 29, 2026 at 6:46 PM
Just a few cut-up tree trunks covered with some snow, glistening a little bit in the sunshine. Still below freezing, but feels much warmer than the last few days. The sun is super nice.
Just a fairly simple concept of radiographic magnification, shown by these earrings on a side-view xray. Of course both hoops are identical size, but the one furthest away from the detector looks larger. Think of making “animal shadows” with your hands using a flashlight. Keeping the flashlight at a
January 29, 2026 at 5:09 PM
Just a fairly simple concept of radiographic magnification, shown by these earrings on a side-view xray. Of course both hoops are identical size, but the one furthest away from the detector looks larger. Think of making “animal shadows” with your hands using a flashlight. Keeping the flashlight at a
Senator Tammy Duckworth is both principled and indefatigable. Too bad she isn’t the current Senate minority leader.
www.npr.org/2026/01/29/n...
www.npr.org/2026/01/29/n...
Sen. Tammy Duckworth on why Democrats oppose funding DHS without restrictions for ICE
NPR's Steve Inskeep asks Democratic Sen. Tammy Duckworth of Illinois about her party's intensifying opposition to funding the Department of Homeland Security without guardrails for ICE.
www.npr.org
January 29, 2026 at 1:31 PM
Senator Tammy Duckworth is both principled and indefatigable. Too bad she isn’t the current Senate minority leader.
www.npr.org/2026/01/29/n...
www.npr.org/2026/01/29/n...
“My grandfather didn’t run shine through these hollers for us to become bootlickers.”
Appalachia, ICE, and the Rot of Selective Obedience.
ridgeandrailing.substack.com/p/our-grandd...
via @annelibby.bsky.social
Appalachia, ICE, and the Rot of Selective Obedience.
ridgeandrailing.substack.com/p/our-grandd...
via @annelibby.bsky.social
January 29, 2026 at 4:07 AM
“My grandfather didn’t run shine through these hollers for us to become bootlickers.”
Appalachia, ICE, and the Rot of Selective Obedience.
ridgeandrailing.substack.com/p/our-grandd...
via @annelibby.bsky.social
Appalachia, ICE, and the Rot of Selective Obedience.
ridgeandrailing.substack.com/p/our-grandd...
via @annelibby.bsky.social
Probably the worst claw game ever
January 29, 2026 at 2:35 AM
Probably the worst claw game ever
Saw an unexpected perfect circle in the snow up ahead, no idea what it was, turns out it’s a piece of dry grass whipped round and round by the wind, kind of like nature’s Etch-A-Sketch
January 28, 2026 at 10:14 PM
Saw an unexpected perfect circle in the snow up ahead, no idea what it was, turns out it’s a piece of dry grass whipped round and round by the wind, kind of like nature’s Etch-A-Sketch
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Dr. Dain L. Tasker, radiologist, Floral X-ray, 1930s
January 28, 2026 at 6:07 PM
Dr. Dain L. Tasker, radiologist, Floral X-ray, 1930s
@saspist.bsky.social Answer key to the word puzzle from a couple days ago. The ones without a check are the ones I didn’t find. I almost feel like I should resign in light of this gross negligence.
January 28, 2026 at 5:06 PM
@saspist.bsky.social Answer key to the word puzzle from a couple days ago. The ones without a check are the ones I didn’t find. I almost feel like I should resign in light of this gross negligence.
@funranium.bsky.social they probably are believers of radiation hormesis
January 28, 2026 at 4:20 PM
@funranium.bsky.social they probably are believers of radiation hormesis
Until I became a radiologist I had no idea how often people fell or were pulled to the ground while walking their dog.
January 28, 2026 at 3:53 PM
Until I became a radiologist I had no idea how often people fell or were pulled to the ground while walking their dog.
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Hilariously, a coyote walked behind a San Francisco reporter as she was doing a segment on the mountain lion. 🤣
January 28, 2026 at 2:13 AM
Hilariously, a coyote walked behind a San Francisco reporter as she was doing a segment on the mountain lion. 🤣
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at the shipyard in Tacoma today
January 27, 2026 at 8:45 PM
at the shipyard in Tacoma today
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REPUBLICAN @SenThomTillis rips Noem & Stephen Miller — He says @KristiNoem is ignoring her job and the Trump regime isn’t helping Americans with disaster relief, and Stephen Miller “never fails to live up to my expectations of incompetence”
(From CNN)
(From CNN)
January 28, 2026 at 3:32 AM
REPUBLICAN @SenThomTillis rips Noem & Stephen Miller — He says @KristiNoem is ignoring her job and the Trump regime isn’t helping Americans with disaster relief, and Stephen Miller “never fails to live up to my expectations of incompetence”
(From CNN)
(From CNN)
Vincent over at IG with his “quartz watch.”
January 28, 2026 at 3:48 AM
Vincent over at IG with his “quartz watch.”
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I honestly have come to love this design on so many levels. The curvature of the mouthpiece. The overall shape. The incredibly hideous, painfully loud noise the produce.
Seldom has a single device of man achieved such beauty, in both form and substance.
Seldom has a single device of man achieved such beauty, in both form and substance.
January 28, 2026 at 3:40 AM
I honestly have come to love this design on so many levels. The curvature of the mouthpiece. The overall shape. The incredibly hideous, painfully loud noise the produce.
Seldom has a single device of man achieved such beauty, in both form and substance.
Seldom has a single device of man achieved such beauty, in both form and substance.
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Ilhan Omar is an American hero. www.nytimes.com/live/2026/01...
January 28, 2026 at 2:06 AM
Ilhan Omar is an American hero. www.nytimes.com/live/2026/01...
Gorgeous. It looks like Raymond Loewy designed a whistle.
Since it's come up, the whistles I'm printing are a slight variation on this model:
www.thingiverse.com/thing:2933021
I prefer the V1 model, with the sideways string hole, but I shrink them by about 10% across the aperture for print speed and material. And I add an embossed logo of my union.
www.thingiverse.com/thing:2933021
I prefer the V1 model, with the sideways string hole, but I shrink them by about 10% across the aperture for print speed and material. And I add an embossed logo of my union.
Extremely loud and compact emergency whistle by whistleblower
Rock-Solid and lightweight emergency whistle. Two chamber design. Painful loud, louder than the v29 and twice as loud as the "wannabe 129db" whistle.If you have stringing problems, this whistle will n...
www.thingiverse.com
January 28, 2026 at 3:25 AM
Gorgeous. It looks like Raymond Loewy designed a whistle.
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The "ban whistles" stuff is how you know whistles are working incredibly well
January 28, 2026 at 2:10 AM
The "ban whistles" stuff is how you know whistles are working incredibly well
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It's not quite the most pressing issue at the moment, but the American people absolutely have a right to know the names of the federal officials who shot and killed a man peacefully protesting, who was on his knees, prone in the street when they shot him in the back.
January 27, 2026 at 1:58 PM
It's not quite the most pressing issue at the moment, but the American people absolutely have a right to know the names of the federal officials who shot and killed a man peacefully protesting, who was on his knees, prone in the street when they shot him in the back.
Just some prints from earlier today. Probably squirrel. Love the little foot pads.
January 28, 2026 at 2:53 AM
Just some prints from earlier today. Probably squirrel. Love the little foot pads.
(I’m in this pizza place having a slice of pizza, just me and this guy about my age, and overhead they’re playing “Surfin’ USA,” and this guy is singing along like he owns the place, but somehow it’s not bothering me as much as I would expect it should.)
January 28, 2026 at 2:28 AM
(I’m in this pizza place having a slice of pizza, just me and this guy about my age, and overhead they’re playing “Surfin’ USA,” and this guy is singing along like he owns the place, but somehow it’s not bothering me as much as I would expect it should.)
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I was given this in change today by someone who I’m sure mistook it, as I did, for a Canadian $1 coin. It has no date. There are currently two of these on eBay, each with a buy-it-now of $700, which of course means nothing. Anyone have the app that looks at coins then identifies and evaluates them?
January 27, 2026 at 8:48 AM
I was given this in change today by someone who I’m sure mistook it, as I did, for a Canadian $1 coin. It has no date. There are currently two of these on eBay, each with a buy-it-now of $700, which of course means nothing. Anyone have the app that looks at coins then identifies and evaluates them?