Pairko
@pairko.bsky.social
🇺🇸 Florida native. Mississippi denizen. #Esperanto bonulo! Retired #MedicalPhysicist. Opinions are #CreativeCommons & shared with many thoughtful people. RTs must be passed on like a chain-letter, lest misfortune befall you.
Of late
Fate
Has been using a different finger
Fate
Has been using a different finger
January 18, 2026 at 3:28 PM
Of late
Fate
Has been using a different finger
Fate
Has been using a different finger
The spies of Mordor continue to plumb the depths of Western gullibility, and we rarely fail to reward their effort.
Bank of England must plan for financial crisis sparked by aliens
A former analyst at the central bank has urged governor Andrew Bailey to put contingencies in place to prevent collapse if alien life is confirmed
www.thetimes.com
January 18, 2026 at 3:17 PM
The spies of Mordor continue to plumb the depths of Western gullibility, and we rarely fail to reward their effort.
It is the way of things to get worse for as long as it is practical to do so. The surprising bit, is how much worsening turned out to be practical.
Alas, we are still waiting for the DNC Straw Man to grow a brain.
Alas, we are still waiting for the DNC Straw Man to grow a brain.
January 18, 2026 at 3:09 PM
It is the way of things to get worse for as long as it is practical to do so. The surprising bit, is how much worsening turned out to be practical.
Alas, we are still waiting for the DNC Straw Man to grow a brain.
Alas, we are still waiting for the DNC Straw Man to grow a brain.
Come on people now
Scowl on your brother
Everybody get together
Try to end one another
Right now
Scowl on your brother
Everybody get together
Try to end one another
Right now
January 18, 2026 at 3:02 PM
Come on people now
Scowl on your brother
Everybody get together
Try to end one another
Right now
Scowl on your brother
Everybody get together
Try to end one another
Right now
Seems unnatural for a #Florida native #Mississippi transplant to find inspiring, anything that goes on in the post-modern Babylon & root of (nearly) all evil, that is #NYC #NewYork (@mayor.nyc.gov).
Yet, here we are.
Taking away NFP is never wrong.
May God bless your work.
@theintercept.com
Yet, here we are.
Taking away NFP is never wrong.
May God bless your work.
@theintercept.com
New York Attorney General Slams Pro-Israel Group Betar U.S. for Biased Harassment of Arabs, Muslims
New York AG Letitia James slammed the pro-Israel group Betar U.S. for biased harassment and violence against Arabs, Muslims, and others.
theintercept.com
January 17, 2026 at 3:25 PM
Seems unnatural for a #Florida native #Mississippi transplant to find inspiring, anything that goes on in the post-modern Babylon & root of (nearly) all evil, that is #NYC #NewYork (@mayor.nyc.gov).
Yet, here we are.
Taking away NFP is never wrong.
May God bless your work.
@theintercept.com
Yet, here we are.
Taking away NFP is never wrong.
May God bless your work.
@theintercept.com
19th century solutions won't solve 21st century problems.
January 9, 2026 at 4:07 PM
19th century solutions won't solve 21st century problems.
Reposted by Pairko
As a Member of Congress, I swore an oath to defend the Constitution against all enemies, foreign and domestic. I will continue to honor that oath, because as far as I am concerned, the danger remains clear and present, and it happens to be sitting in the Oval Office.
January 7, 2026 at 3:45 PM
As a Member of Congress, I swore an oath to defend the Constitution against all enemies, foreign and domestic. I will continue to honor that oath, because as far as I am concerned, the danger remains clear and present, and it happens to be sitting in the Oval Office.
Adapted from, but in no way, shape, manner, fashion or form endorsed by @xkcd.com. Thanks for the @creativecommons.bsky.social usage.
![Self-governing democratic republic not controlled by oligarchs.
[help up by]
Anti-trust-enforcement.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:zqmwydrnq5cnv74rbmteiq6p/bafkreiev7vpvnxgknk7sr4hfz3p47bahbqepy5q5dxedeyqnp6453p4jqy@jpeg)
January 6, 2026 at 8:03 PM
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That Elon Musk is not entirely wrong about Wikipedia was an unpleasant realization.
January 5, 2026 at 1:36 PM
That Elon Musk is not entirely wrong about Wikipedia was an unpleasant realization.
"What Kind of Peace" by JFK
What kind of peace do I mean?
kingrpaul.github.io
January 5, 2026 at 12:54 AM
It's all flowers and sunshine this year, guaranteed.
January 1, 2026 at 6:00 PM
It's all flowers and sunshine this year, guaranteed.
"#Christmas in Biloxi #Mississippi"
Very short dual-language work of creative non-fiction.
Very short dual-language work of creative non-fiction.
Christmas in Biloxi
Christmas in Biloxi
kingrpaul.github.io
December 29, 2025 at 5:54 PM
"#Christmas in Biloxi #Mississippi"
Very short dual-language work of creative non-fiction.
Very short dual-language work of creative non-fiction.
If you train one LLM on the output from another LLM, is that inbreeding or cannibalism?
December 7, 2025 at 4:43 PM
If you train one LLM on the output from another LLM, is that inbreeding or cannibalism?
Sambo and Snitch, Illustrations
kingrpaul.github.io
November 30, 2025 at 12:58 AM
Novel by Algernon Blackwood (1929), now on @wikisource.bsky.social.
Dudley & Gilderoy by Algernon Blackwood
A Novel.
kingrpaul.github.io
November 21, 2025 at 9:02 PM
Novel by Algernon Blackwood (1929), now on @wikisource.bsky.social.
Lovecraft talking smack about Cotton Mather. Washington Irving also talking smack about Cotton Mather. Consensus emerges.
November 21, 2025 at 5:34 PM
Lovecraft talking smack about Cotton Mather. Washington Irving also talking smack about Cotton Mather. Consensus emerges.
"Alien: Earth" by Noah Hawley
Any revival of a reboot of a spinoff of a sequel …
kingrpaul.github.io
November 17, 2025 at 12:42 AM
Not all heroes are dressed with mustard.
November 13, 2025 at 11:07 PM
Not all heroes are dressed with mustard.
Why would a man with a drill want to cut round holes with a chisel? #QuantumComputing
Physicists Take the Imaginary Numbers Out of Quantum Mechanics | Quanta Magazine
Quantum mechanics has at last been formulated exclusively with real numbers, bringing a mathematical puzzle at the heart of the theory into a new era of inquiry.
www.quantamagazine.org
November 7, 2025 at 9:20 PM
Why would a man with a drill want to cut round holes with a chisel? #QuantumComputing