Rupert Koopman
@rkct.bsky.social
Botanist, plant conservation in the fynbos, husband, dad
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Rupert Koopman
@rkct.bsky.social
· Dec 5
Hi all, I'm a botanist into the fynbos vegetation of South Africa's Cape region. Also onto extremely niche plant humour.
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watching these racist losers freak out about Bad Bunny, i'm reminded that one of the gifts i received in 12 step recovery is "the ability to contemplate a world that goes on without me"
February 11, 2026 at 3:06 AM
watching these racist losers freak out about Bad Bunny, i'm reminded that one of the gifts i received in 12 step recovery is "the ability to contemplate a world that goes on without me"
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FISH HELL IS OVER I SENT THE INVOICE
because people keep asking what fish hell is, here's a quick visual sample of my suffering
February 11, 2026 at 5:37 AM
FISH HELL IS OVER I SENT THE INVOICE
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looking SPECIFICALLY for:
1. someone experienced with the Zoom livestream feature
2. someone who can throw together a logo / graphics pretty quickly
3. someone who can get a web landing page set up pretty quickly
4. 1-3 people to tally donations the night of
if that's you, please holler! 💖
1. someone experienced with the Zoom livestream feature
2. someone who can throw together a logo / graphics pretty quickly
3. someone who can get a web landing page set up pretty quickly
4. 1-3 people to tally donations the night of
if that's you, please holler! 💖
February 11, 2026 at 4:47 AM
looking SPECIFICALLY for:
1. someone experienced with the Zoom livestream feature
2. someone who can throw together a logo / graphics pretty quickly
3. someone who can get a web landing page set up pretty quickly
4. 1-3 people to tally donations the night of
if that's you, please holler! 💖
1. someone experienced with the Zoom livestream feature
2. someone who can throw together a logo / graphics pretty quickly
3. someone who can get a web landing page set up pretty quickly
4. 1-3 people to tally donations the night of
if that's you, please holler! 💖
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"Yes. I told my wife, hey, we're in Jeff's neighborhood! You know, the guy who plead guilty to soliciting a minor for sex? I bet the kids would love to meet him!"
VAN HOLLEN: Did you in fact make the visit to Epstein's private island?
LUTNICK: I did have lunch w/ him as I was on a boat going across on a family vacation. My wife was with me as were my 4 children and nannies. We had lunch on the island. That's true. For an hour. We left with all of my children
LUTNICK: I did have lunch w/ him as I was on a boat going across on a family vacation. My wife was with me as were my 4 children and nannies. We had lunch on the island. That's true. For an hour. We left with all of my children
February 10, 2026 at 6:37 PM
"Yes. I told my wife, hey, we're in Jeff's neighborhood! You know, the guy who plead guilty to soliciting a minor for sex? I bet the kids would love to meet him!"
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Just because good news is worth celebrating:
There is now a Prep medication that is an *every six month* injection.
HIV has, effectively, a vaccination.
There is now a Prep medication that is an *every six month* injection.
HIV has, effectively, a vaccination.
February 7, 2026 at 12:12 AM
Just because good news is worth celebrating:
There is now a Prep medication that is an *every six month* injection.
HIV has, effectively, a vaccination.
There is now a Prep medication that is an *every six month* injection.
HIV has, effectively, a vaccination.
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Trust me, the woman of academia are not at all surprised by the number of academic men orbiting Epstein.
February 7, 2026 at 1:19 PM
Trust me, the woman of academia are not at all surprised by the number of academic men orbiting Epstein.
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hard to think of a better example of "you may not believe in class war, but billionaires know they're in one" than this
This is bleak: Jes Staley, currently CEO of Barclays, reassuring Epstein that popular revolt against financial elites is unlikely because capitalism and pop culture have defanged social movements, leaving people more invested in consumption than justice.
February 7, 2026 at 3:53 AM
hard to think of a better example of "you may not believe in class war, but billionaires know they're in one" than this
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man I’m sorry to be all corny here but when I see a “the city is beautiful! There’s more to it than homeless people!” I gotta say you know who’s also beautiful? People who have no place to live & are trying to get by in a system that has turned its back on them & if you don’t see that that’s on you
February 8, 2026 at 4:42 AM
man I’m sorry to be all corny here but when I see a “the city is beautiful! There’s more to it than homeless people!” I gotta say you know who’s also beautiful? People who have no place to live & are trying to get by in a system that has turned its back on them & if you don’t see that that’s on you
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I am ready to shove these guys in a dumpster and so is everyone else and “well we’ve got it in the bag so I’ll stay home” is just not going to be a problem
we all want to spike the football here
we all want to spike the football here
February 8, 2026 at 4:06 AM
I am ready to shove these guys in a dumpster and so is everyone else and “well we’ve got it in the bag so I’ll stay home” is just not going to be a problem
we all want to spike the football here
we all want to spike the football here
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Been thinking a bit about the way that John Brockman acted as Epstein's scientist collector and would organize dinners where Epstein would just happen to show up and I think a lesson here for *white scientists* is if you're being invited to all-white events, that might be actively intentional 🧪
February 7, 2026 at 3:56 PM
Been thinking a bit about the way that John Brockman acted as Epstein's scientist collector and would organize dinners where Epstein would just happen to show up and I think a lesson here for *white scientists* is if you're being invited to all-white events, that might be actively intentional 🧪
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They wrote their emails thinking they were never going to be caught.
They write their excuses because they are sorry they got caught.
They write their excuses because they are sorry they got caught.
The biggest privilege afforded to men in positions of power is that of being dumb.
There are people willing to accept the excuse that a world-class researcher neglected to do a 10-minute Google search on a sponsor, in the 2010s, as part of the process for accepting research funding.
There are people willing to accept the excuse that a world-class researcher neglected to do a 10-minute Google search on a sponsor, in the 2010s, as part of the process for accepting research funding.
February 7, 2026 at 9:47 AM
They wrote their emails thinking they were never going to be caught.
They write their excuses because they are sorry they got caught.
They write their excuses because they are sorry they got caught.
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the Epstein files are really devastating because they remind me of how many girls and women miss out on professional opportunities, mentorship and careers because of how many powerful, rich and influential men only view girls and women — and interactions with them — through the lens of sex
February 5, 2026 at 5:05 PM
the Epstein files are really devastating because they remind me of how many girls and women miss out on professional opportunities, mentorship and careers because of how many powerful, rich and influential men only view girls and women — and interactions with them — through the lens of sex
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The thing I struggle with the most is that they just have no fucking integrity at all
No concept of it
And I cannot intuit living that way
No concept of it
And I cannot intuit living that way
February 3, 2026 at 8:28 PM
The thing I struggle with the most is that they just have no fucking integrity at all
No concept of it
And I cannot intuit living that way
No concept of it
And I cannot intuit living that way
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the speed at which these guys have broken everything has given a lot of folks who should know better the impression that they are an unstoppable force and the only option is to negotiate the terms of surrender
just because the clown car goes very fast does not mean it isn’t full of clowns
just because the clown car goes very fast does not mean it isn’t full of clowns
Whatever the immediate fallout of the scandal, what is going to stick around is the impression it gives, of hapless idiots doing ridiculous things. And I think that seriously reduces the appeal of capitulating to these jokers.
March 25, 2025 at 3:58 PM
the speed at which these guys have broken everything has given a lot of folks who should know better the impression that they are an unstoppable force and the only option is to negotiate the terms of surrender
just because the clown car goes very fast does not mean it isn’t full of clowns
just because the clown car goes very fast does not mean it isn’t full of clowns
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Same game that gold mining companies have been playing in South Africa for decades
What the New Mexico AG calls "a fraudulent scheme" by three oil execs to profit from hundreds of oil and gas wells and then dump the clean up costs on the state and its taxpayers is a pretty good microcosm of what the fossil fuel industry is doing to America (and the planet).
NEW: New Mexico’s lawsuit accuses three Texas oil executives of pocketing revenue from oil and gas wells and offloading cleanup costs to the public.
A 2024 ProPublica and @capitalandmain.bsky.social investigation uncovered some of their companies’ business dealings.
A 2024 ProPublica and @capitalandmain.bsky.social investigation uncovered some of their companies’ business dealings.
January 22, 2026 at 1:55 PM
Same game that gold mining companies have been playing in South Africa for decades
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The first time I saw a rendering of The Line all I could think about was how many birds it would kill and how the vast majority of architects either don't give a damn about window kills or can't be bothered to learn about them
"The Line’s reflective surface and wind-turbine farm basically created a bird-slaughtering machine along one of the world’s most important migratory route"
Such a good piece on the NEOM nightmare -->>>
www.thenation.com/article/worl...
Such a good piece on the NEOM nightmare -->>>
www.thenation.com/article/worl...
January 22, 2026 at 2:03 PM
The first time I saw a rendering of The Line all I could think about was how many birds it would kill and how the vast majority of architects either don't give a damn about window kills or can't be bothered to learn about them
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checking every couple minutes to make sure nobody has definitively ruled It out because having hope is a beautiful thing
January 21, 2026 at 5:54 AM
checking every couple minutes to make sure nobody has definitively ruled It out because having hope is a beautiful thing
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Good morning from Greece - Lake Kerkini in the north to be more precise.
Our guests are currently enjoying a chilly boat trip on the lake - keeping warm being mesmerised by the Dalmatian Pelicans they're there to see & photograph.
Our guests are currently enjoying a chilly boat trip on the lake - keeping warm being mesmerised by the Dalmatian Pelicans they're there to see & photograph.
January 21, 2026 at 7:23 AM
Good morning from Greece - Lake Kerkini in the north to be more precise.
Our guests are currently enjoying a chilly boat trip on the lake - keeping warm being mesmerised by the Dalmatian Pelicans they're there to see & photograph.
Our guests are currently enjoying a chilly boat trip on the lake - keeping warm being mesmerised by the Dalmatian Pelicans they're there to see & photograph.
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Decided in this moment to reread some Galeano. First page: “The more freedom is extended to business, the more prisons have to be built for those who suffer from that business.”
February 15, 2025 at 7:45 PM
Decided in this moment to reread some Galeano. First page: “The more freedom is extended to business, the more prisons have to be built for those who suffer from that business.”
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I also feel like his body of work really disproves the persistent claim that joyful, hopeful, funny, romantic or lighthearted stories are inherently intellectually lesser and can't be Real Art
Taking a break from the sickening tragedy to focus on the beauty for a moment. Rob Reiner achieved something so rare and coveted that artists and entertainers dream of and rarely achieve: cultural permanence. How many times have you made a reference to something going to 11? Shouted "Inconceivable"?
December 15, 2025 at 8:06 AM
I also feel like his body of work really disproves the persistent claim that joyful, hopeful, funny, romantic or lighthearted stories are inherently intellectually lesser and can't be Real Art
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“No one respects women more than I do. No one.” — Trump, 2016 when confronted with the numerous sexual assault allegations.
"When an off-camera female reporter... began to ask if there was anything 'incriminating' in the Epstein emails, Trump pointed a finger in her face. 'Quiet. Quiet, Piggy,' he said menacingly."
Tell me again how it's women who are ruining the workplace?
people.com/donald-trump...
Tell me again how it's women who are ruining the workplace?
people.com/donald-trump...
Donald Trump Snaps at Female Reporter Who Asks About Epstein Files: 'Quiet Piggy'
Donald Trump Says 'Quiet Piggy' to Female Reporter Asking About Epstein Files
people.com
November 18, 2025 at 12:59 PM
“No one respects women more than I do. No one.” — Trump, 2016 when confronted with the numerous sexual assault allegations.
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AI is like this giant fucking boat we all were forced to get on, and it's a boat they stole, and also it barely floats, and also it's not going anywhere good. So it either takes us somewhere we hate, or it fucking sinks, so either way, fuck AI.
So if AI succeeds loads of people lose their jobs as they're replaced by AI, and if AI fails, loads of people lose their jobs as the economy crashes?
It’s amazing how this story has gone from 0 to 60 in UK press. There’s been no mainstream coverage to date but this morning the story is leading BBC News site & bulletins.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
November 18, 2025 at 1:07 PM
AI is like this giant fucking boat we all were forced to get on, and it's a boat they stole, and also it barely floats, and also it's not going anywhere good. So it either takes us somewhere we hate, or it fucking sinks, so either way, fuck AI.
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In April 2009, the Washington Post asked 10 writers to make the case for something that deserves to be tossed out as part of "spring cleaning."
I chose Larry Summers.
Better late than never.
Unlocked version of my 16-year-old article below.
naomiklein.org/why-we-shoul...
I chose Larry Summers.
Better late than never.
Unlocked version of my 16-year-old article below.
naomiklein.org/why-we-shoul...
November 18, 2025 at 6:20 AM
In April 2009, the Washington Post asked 10 writers to make the case for something that deserves to be tossed out as part of "spring cleaning."
I chose Larry Summers.
Better late than never.
Unlocked version of my 16-year-old article below.
naomiklein.org/why-we-shoul...
I chose Larry Summers.
Better late than never.
Unlocked version of my 16-year-old article below.
naomiklein.org/why-we-shoul...