Protik Islam-Jakobsson
@protik.bsky.social
Sometimes I think; sometimes I am.
Swedish dad, neurologist, giraffe rotator. PhD candidate researching atypical parkinsonian disorders and methods of procrastination.
Pluralist in the streets // atheist in the sheets.
we stan Kant
Swedish dad, neurologist, giraffe rotator. PhD candidate researching atypical parkinsonian disorders and methods of procrastination.
Pluralist in the streets // atheist in the sheets.
we stan Kant
Pinned
they should do a network meta analysis to compare deities
November 11, 2025 at 11:23 AM
they should do a network meta analysis to compare deities
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Day191 of badly photoshopping @lastweektonight.com's #JohnOliver with fossils in the hopes that he saves the Paleontological Research Institution
John(H. sapiens) seems very at home as a trilobite(Dipleura dekayi;PRI50318)
Donations still needed!
#JohnOliverCoprolitasticShed
#trilobiteTuesday 🧪⚒️
John(H. sapiens) seems very at home as a trilobite(Dipleura dekayi;PRI50318)
Donations still needed!
#JohnOliverCoprolitasticShed
#trilobiteTuesday 🧪⚒️
November 11, 2025 at 4:03 AM
Day191 of badly photoshopping @lastweektonight.com's #JohnOliver with fossils in the hopes that he saves the Paleontological Research Institution
John(H. sapiens) seems very at home as a trilobite(Dipleura dekayi;PRI50318)
Donations still needed!
#JohnOliverCoprolitasticShed
#trilobiteTuesday 🧪⚒️
John(H. sapiens) seems very at home as a trilobite(Dipleura dekayi;PRI50318)
Donations still needed!
#JohnOliverCoprolitasticShed
#trilobiteTuesday 🧪⚒️
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Today the Supreme Court granted review in an important case for the outcome of the 2026 elections. At stake is the fate of tens or even hundreds of thousands of mail-in ballots. No one is covering this as completely as Democracy Docket. Please support its work by subscribing today. hubs.ly/Q03M8rql0
November 11, 2025 at 3:39 AM
Today the Supreme Court granted review in an important case for the outcome of the 2026 elections. At stake is the fate of tens or even hundreds of thousands of mail-in ballots. No one is covering this as completely as Democracy Docket. Please support its work by subscribing today. hubs.ly/Q03M8rql0
I promise you brownshirts are not ready for the post-Trump future
we are going to win
NEW: Dems easily flipped the sheriff's office in Pennsylvania's Bucks County, a big swing county in the Philly suburbs.
So? The incumbent GOP sheriff had contracted with ICE. His Dem challenger promised to end the contract.
Now he wants other swing-state Dems to look at his victory as a lesson:
So? The incumbent GOP sheriff had contracted with ICE. His Dem challenger promised to end the contract.
Now he wants other swing-state Dems to look at his victory as a lesson:
November 11, 2025 at 9:07 AM
I promise you brownshirts are not ready for the post-Trump future
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Anytime I mention this story theres a few dozen people who never heard about it, so for those unaware
Tesla engineer was concerned about known thermal runaway problems in the batteries, elon and his head of security concoted a mass shooter threat pretending to be him, leaked it to the press and got a bolo issued to tried to get him swatted, Elon then stiffed his head of security
November 11, 2025 at 4:07 AM
Anytime I mention this story theres a few dozen people who never heard about it, so for those unaware
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Tesla engineer was concerned about known thermal runaway problems in the batteries, elon and his head of security concoted a mass shooter threat pretending to be him, leaked it to the press and got a bolo issued to tried to get him swatted, Elon then stiffed his head of security
November 11, 2025 at 4:02 AM
Tesla engineer was concerned about known thermal runaway problems in the batteries, elon and his head of security concoted a mass shooter threat pretending to be him, leaked it to the press and got a bolo issued to tried to get him swatted, Elon then stiffed his head of security
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In a rare case of Substack notes usefulness, I just learned that Sarah Kendzior (author of They Knew and a brilliant writer) got bounced from Bluesky. What the hell? new @sarahkendzior.bsky.social
November 11, 2025 at 4:09 AM
In a rare case of Substack notes usefulness, I just learned that Sarah Kendzior (author of They Knew and a brilliant writer) got bounced from Bluesky. What the hell? new @sarahkendzior.bsky.social
I don't remember when this changed but i def remember starting out feeling this way and then changing my mind
anyway the ending is terrific
anyway the ending is terrific
Man The Blacklist would be such a really great show if it wasn’t for how poorly written Elizabeth Keen is in every way. Megan Boone is great, but they made her the most insufferable character in network tv since the Big Bang Theory.
November 11, 2025 at 5:53 AM
I don't remember when this changed but i def remember starting out feeling this way and then changing my mind
anyway the ending is terrific
anyway the ending is terrific
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an underrated part of this turducken of garbage is Elon posting an image of the Odyssey while discussing the Iliad, but it's all so terribly, terribly pathetic
*maximum alpha at 1.25x speed* continuously lives on in my head, unfortunately.
November 11, 2025 at 1:48 AM
an underrated part of this turducken of garbage is Elon posting an image of the Odyssey while discussing the Iliad, but it's all so terribly, terribly pathetic
a hundred Twitter engineers are desperately trying to create a JCO simulacrum for him rn
November 11, 2025 at 5:44 AM
a hundred Twitter engineers are desperately trying to create a JCO simulacrum for him rn
in England this is known as squirty-creaming
don't believe me? ask literally any serious English person you know
don't believe me? ask literally any serious English person you know
NEVER FORGET: If you keep a can of reddiwhip (or whatever equiv you like) in your fridge you can just grab it and have a quick bit of whipped cream whenever you like. It's just a thing you can do.
November 11, 2025 at 5:39 AM
in England this is known as squirty-creaming
don't believe me? ask literally any serious English person you know
don't believe me? ask literally any serious English person you know
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In the century leading up to 1975, nearly 6000 freighters went down in the Great Lakes.
The Edmund Fitzgerald was the last.
The last. In 50 years, not a single commercial freighter has been lost in the Great Lakes.
Why?
It's NOAA. Of course it's NOAA.
The Edmund Fitzgerald was the last.
The last. In 50 years, not a single commercial freighter has been lost in the Great Lakes.
Why?
It's NOAA. Of course it's NOAA.
November 11, 2025 at 1:50 AM
In the century leading up to 1975, nearly 6000 freighters went down in the Great Lakes.
The Edmund Fitzgerald was the last.
The last. In 50 years, not a single commercial freighter has been lost in the Great Lakes.
Why?
It's NOAA. Of course it's NOAA.
The Edmund Fitzgerald was the last.
The last. In 50 years, not a single commercial freighter has been lost in the Great Lakes.
Why?
It's NOAA. Of course it's NOAA.
unprecedented surge in guy behavior
does anyone else remember the way inception was sold as this super confusing movie? and that newspapers were printing visual guides on what the plot was? and then you saw the movie and it was actually really straight forward?
what was that about
what was that about
November 11, 2025 at 5:34 AM
unprecedented surge in guy behavior
that's a nice big handful of chickgarbanzos
What do you call these kind of beans? Settling a debate with @devingaffney.com
November 11, 2025 at 5:30 AM
that's a nice big handful of chickgarbanzos
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One of the reasons Trump is such a successful Republican is because he operates in the same information space as the average Republican voter. He doesn't even realize he's lying here because he gets all his information about the world from the same TV stations as his voters.
Trump on Newsom: "He did something even worse than that. He's now taking a big section of Palisades or some area and he's gonna build low income income where they used to have luxury housing."
November 11, 2025 at 12:38 AM
One of the reasons Trump is such a successful Republican is because he operates in the same information space as the average Republican voter. He doesn't even realize he's lying here because he gets all his information about the world from the same TV stations as his voters.
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Fantastic!
November 11, 2025 at 12:38 AM
Fantastic!
IF The Phantom Menace is "about trade" then that's both good and funny
November 11, 2025 at 12:39 AM
IF The Phantom Menace is "about trade" then that's both good and funny
good way to lower interest
asking the loan officer if i can pay down the 50 year mortgage in posts
November 11, 2025 at 12:19 AM
good way to lower interest
Every settler belongs on sanctions lists
I’ve been writing an essay that includes a discussion of the obsession that Israeli settlers have with destroying olive trees. By coincidence I found a video from 3 days ago of them doing that again.
www.instagram.com/reel/DQwTJJH...
www.instagram.com/reel/DQwTJJH...
November 11, 2025 at 12:17 AM
Every settler belongs on sanctions lists
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I’m still working on the essay but here’s a piece I wrote about the genocidal obsession with punishing the land. This is why it’s not sufficient for Israel to kill people. This is why they also go after animals, trees and the land itself www.hauntologies.net/p/punishing-...
Punishing the Land
Israeli symbolism during the Gaza genocide
www.hauntologies.net
November 11, 2025 at 12:13 AM
I’m still working on the essay but here’s a piece I wrote about the genocidal obsession with punishing the land. This is why it’s not sufficient for Israel to kill people. This is why they also go after animals, trees and the land itself www.hauntologies.net/p/punishing-...
Hate makes you forget your own humanity
I’ve been writing an essay that includes a discussion of the obsession that Israeli settlers have with destroying olive trees. By coincidence I found a video from 3 days ago of them doing that again.
www.instagram.com/reel/DQwTJJH...
www.instagram.com/reel/DQwTJJH...
November 11, 2025 at 12:16 AM
Hate makes you forget your own humanity
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Let's rephrase this: The President is going to unilaterally direct the distribution of funds out of the US Treasury without Congress's permission using taxes Congress did not authorize
November 11, 2025 at 12:02 AM
Let's rephrase this: The President is going to unilaterally direct the distribution of funds out of the US Treasury without Congress's permission using taxes Congress did not authorize
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AND UNCONSTITUTIONAL YOU FORGOT UNCONSTITUTIONAL
President Trump has again floated giving out rebates from tariff funds, but sending direct payments to Americans would be difficult and ultimately unlikely.
Here’s what’s going on with tariffs and the pledge of dividends:
Here’s what’s going on with tariffs and the pledge of dividends:
Trump floated tariff rebates for Americans. That faces many challenges.
President Trump's plan to give Americans tariff rebates faces significant challenges and may not happen.
www.washingtonpost.com
November 11, 2025 at 12:01 AM
AND UNCONSTITUTIONAL YOU FORGOT UNCONSTITUTIONAL
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Riding a transit system for the first time is a special thing, and I’m doing it.
Twin Cities light rail, woo!
Twin Cities light rail, woo!
November 11, 2025 at 12:12 AM
Riding a transit system for the first time is a special thing, and I’m doing it.
Twin Cities light rail, woo!
Twin Cities light rail, woo!
50 is a bigger number than 30
Nothing in this is surprising, but I still I guess have a difficult time imagining the subjective experience of being as fully stupid as Trump seems to be. It's like he operates without metacognitive awareness. www.politico.com/news/2025/11...
November 11, 2025 at 12:12 AM
50 is a bigger number than 30