Parsons
@rocketparsons.bsky.social
Father, husband, helluva engineer. Other things too.
Opinions my own.
Opinions my own.
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Watching BRAZIL (1985, dir. Terry Gilliam) really prepared me for authoritarian cultists being proud of their tacky plastic surgery
December 17, 2025 at 9:47 PM
Watching BRAZIL (1985, dir. Terry Gilliam) really prepared me for authoritarian cultists being proud of their tacky plastic surgery
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The dismantling of NCAR should be the trending story on Bluesky, not the fucking Oscars leaving ABC for YouTube.
Trump moves to shut down Boulder climate research lab NCAR, drawing rebukes from Colorado officials
Federal lawmakers called the planned NCAR closure “deeply dangerous” and “blatantly retaliatory.” Gov. Jared Polis said: “If true, public safety is at risk and science…
www.denverpost.com
December 17, 2025 at 7:59 PM
The dismantling of NCAR should be the trending story on Bluesky, not the fucking Oscars leaving ABC for YouTube.
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we can kill them all if we just work together and ✨believe💫
December 15, 2025 at 5:11 PM
we can kill them all if we just work together and ✨believe💫
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I still can't wrap my brain around the Surgeon General for Trump 1.0 sounding like Paul Offit when it comes to vaccines and AOC with respect to universal health care.
December 9, 2025 at 2:30 PM
I still can't wrap my brain around the Surgeon General for Trump 1.0 sounding like Paul Offit when it comes to vaccines and AOC with respect to universal health care.
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“It’s really exciting to me that air quality improved throughout the entiremetro area,” said Fraser. “This tells us that congestion pricing didn’t simply relocate air pollution to the suburbs by rerouting traffic. Instead, folks are likely choosing cleaner transportation options altogether”
NYC’s congestion pricing cleaned the air. This is also what happened when EZ-Pass was put in place in NJ.
Congestion pricing improved air quality in NYC and suburbs | Cornell Chronicle
Cornell researchers tallied the environmental benefits of New York City’s congestion pricing program and found air pollution dropped by 22% in Manhattan, with additional declines across the city’s fiv...
news.cornell.edu
December 9, 2025 at 2:09 AM
“It’s really exciting to me that air quality improved throughout the entiremetro area,” said Fraser. “This tells us that congestion pricing didn’t simply relocate air pollution to the suburbs by rerouting traffic. Instead, folks are likely choosing cleaner transportation options altogether”
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Maybe instead of committing atrocities, we could just make the rich pay their fair share and have universal healthcare and affordable housing instead.
Idk, just spitballing here.
Idk, just spitballing here.
Palantir CEO Says Making War Crimes Constitutional Would Be Good for Business
Palantir CEO Says Making War Crimes Constitutional Would Be Good for Business
Alex Karp vows to use his "whole influence" on immigration and defense policy.
gizmodo.com
December 4, 2025 at 4:31 AM
Maybe instead of committing atrocities, we could just make the rich pay their fair share and have universal healthcare and affordable housing instead.
Idk, just spitballing here.
Idk, just spitballing here.
I named my fists Mass and Acceleration because together they bring the force that will be acting on your body.
I named my fists AUG and UGA because one starts it and the other finishes it.
I named my fists Master and Commander, because together they’re gonna send you to the far side of the world.
December 1, 2025 at 5:28 PM
I named my fists Mass and Acceleration because together they bring the force that will be acting on your body.
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"Strong floor, no ceiling" is very literally the basis of like every Gilded Age political cartoon
November 30, 2025 at 9:41 PM
"Strong floor, no ceiling" is very literally the basis of like every Gilded Age political cartoon
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Remember a few weeks ago when Trump brought in a couple bulldozers and demolished about a third of the White House? That was weird.
November 21, 2025 at 3:30 AM
Remember a few weeks ago when Trump brought in a couple bulldozers and demolished about a third of the White House? That was weird.
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i fucking hate these people so much. "i spent the time working, reading and thinking" so you want a train. you want the bus. get on fucking public transit you absolute coward. or are you afraid of being next to god forbid someone poorer than you??
November 19, 2025 at 9:56 PM
i fucking hate these people so much. "i spent the time working, reading and thinking" so you want a train. you want the bus. get on fucking public transit you absolute coward. or are you afraid of being next to god forbid someone poorer than you??
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Kyle Kingsbury is not a journalist. He is not an op-ed writer.
He is a computer safety researcher.
And he has written one of the most compelling, comprehensive accounts of the ongoing hell in Chicago that you could possibly imagine.
In under 1600 words.
aphyr.com/posts/397-i-...
He is a computer safety researcher.
And he has written one of the most compelling, comprehensive accounts of the ongoing hell in Chicago that you could possibly imagine.
In under 1600 words.
aphyr.com/posts/397-i-...
November 9, 2025 at 8:49 PM
Kyle Kingsbury is not a journalist. He is not an op-ed writer.
He is a computer safety researcher.
And he has written one of the most compelling, comprehensive accounts of the ongoing hell in Chicago that you could possibly imagine.
In under 1600 words.
aphyr.com/posts/397-i-...
He is a computer safety researcher.
And he has written one of the most compelling, comprehensive accounts of the ongoing hell in Chicago that you could possibly imagine.
In under 1600 words.
aphyr.com/posts/397-i-...
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Senator Schumer is no longer effective and should be replaced. If you can’t lead the fight to stop healthcare premiums from skyrocketing for Americans, what will you fight for?
November 10, 2025 at 2:25 AM
Senator Schumer is no longer effective and should be replaced. If you can’t lead the fight to stop healthcare premiums from skyrocketing for Americans, what will you fight for?
@schiff.senate.gov and @padilla.senate.gov
Please do not cave on the shutdown. Healthcare is a human right!
Please do not cave on the shutdown. Healthcare is a human right!
November 10, 2025 at 2:03 AM
@schiff.senate.gov and @padilla.senate.gov
Please do not cave on the shutdown. Healthcare is a human right!
Please do not cave on the shutdown. Healthcare is a human right!
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Voters in California: Please vote YES on Proposition 50, the temporary redistricting measure that will fight fire with fire against cheating by the radical right in other states. Deadline to vote and to send in your ballot is Tuesday, Nov 4).
October 15, 2025 at 5:14 AM
Voters in California: Please vote YES on Proposition 50, the temporary redistricting measure that will fight fire with fire against cheating by the radical right in other states. Deadline to vote and to send in your ballot is Tuesday, Nov 4).
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BREAKING: President Obama comes out in favor of Prop 50 in California.
California, help protect democracy and return your ballots today!
California, help protect democracy and return your ballots today!
October 14, 2025 at 1:01 PM
BREAKING: President Obama comes out in favor of Prop 50 in California.
California, help protect democracy and return your ballots today!
California, help protect democracy and return your ballots today!
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It's time again as a notable Italian-American to note Christopher Columbus was an absolute piece of shit human who didn't land anywhere near this actual country so why the fuck should he stop the mail for the whole day
Anyway, Happy Indigenous People's Day, y'all
Anyway, Happy Indigenous People's Day, y'all
October 13, 2025 at 1:40 PM
It's time again as a notable Italian-American to note Christopher Columbus was an absolute piece of shit human who didn't land anywhere near this actual country so why the fuck should he stop the mail for the whole day
Anyway, Happy Indigenous People's Day, y'all
Anyway, Happy Indigenous People's Day, y'all
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Decades from now, what will we tell our children?
We are history's architects now.
Vote YES on Prop 50.
#Yeson50
Meme by Laguna Beach Democratic Party Club.
We are history's architects now.
Vote YES on Prop 50.
#Yeson50
Meme by Laguna Beach Democratic Party Club.
October 14, 2025 at 3:17 AM
Decades from now, what will we tell our children?
We are history's architects now.
Vote YES on Prop 50.
#Yeson50
Meme by Laguna Beach Democratic Party Club.
We are history's architects now.
Vote YES on Prop 50.
#Yeson50
Meme by Laguna Beach Democratic Party Club.
To all my friends and former JPL colleagues: 🤞 for you and you can already reach out to me if you need anything.
NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory to lay off about 550 workers reut.rs/4302N2L
NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory to lay off about 550 workers
NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory said on Monday it will cut nearly 550 jobs as part of a restructuring, not related to the current U.S. government shutdown.
reut.rs
October 13, 2025 at 10:22 PM
To all my friends and former JPL colleagues: 🤞 for you and you can already reach out to me if you need anything.
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every single tech idea is like “soon our robots will be capable of playing catch with your kid, freeing you up to spend more time working on your employers’ spreadsheets”
October 11, 2025 at 2:07 PM
every single tech idea is like “soon our robots will be capable of playing catch with your kid, freeing you up to spend more time working on your employers’ spreadsheets”
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MAJOR NEWS: @GavinNewsom signed SB 79, my bill allowing more housing near public transit — rail, subway, rapid bus.
It’s a huge step for housing in California. It’ll create more homes, strengthen our transit systems & reduce traffic & carbon emissions.
Thank you, Governor!
It’s a huge step for housing in California. It’ll create more homes, strengthen our transit systems & reduce traffic & carbon emissions.
Thank you, Governor!
October 10, 2025 at 4:37 PM
MAJOR NEWS: @GavinNewsom signed SB 79, my bill allowing more housing near public transit — rail, subway, rapid bus.
It’s a huge step for housing in California. It’ll create more homes, strengthen our transit systems & reduce traffic & carbon emissions.
Thank you, Governor!
It’s a huge step for housing in California. It’ll create more homes, strengthen our transit systems & reduce traffic & carbon emissions.
Thank you, Governor!
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The following is REAL footage from Portland, 2025. Viewer discretion is advised.
October 9, 2025 at 8:23 PM
The following is REAL footage from Portland, 2025. Viewer discretion is advised.
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Six of the nine Nobel Prize winners this year work in the U.S.
Three of the six were born outside the U.S., which is the pattern most years. No country has benefited more from welcoming immigrants from around the world.
www.nobelprize.org
Three of the six were born outside the U.S., which is the pattern most years. No country has benefited more from welcoming immigrants from around the world.
www.nobelprize.org
The official website of the Nobel Prize - NobelPrize.org
The Nobel Prize rewards science, humanism and peace efforts. This is one of the central concepts in the will of Alfred Nobel, and it also permeates the outreach activities that have been developed for...
www.nobelprize.org
October 8, 2025 at 12:37 PM
Six of the nine Nobel Prize winners this year work in the U.S.
Three of the six were born outside the U.S., which is the pattern most years. No country has benefited more from welcoming immigrants from around the world.
www.nobelprize.org
Three of the six were born outside the U.S., which is the pattern most years. No country has benefited more from welcoming immigrants from around the world.
www.nobelprize.org
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Ballots are out, California!
Vote YES ON PROP 50!🗳️
Vote YES ON PROP 50!🗳️
October 6, 2025 at 6:44 PM
Ballots are out, California!
Vote YES ON PROP 50!🗳️
Vote YES ON PROP 50!🗳️
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Vote YES on Proposition 50
Protect your community’s voice.
Support fair ＆ accountable elections.
Help elect representatives who truly represent YOU.
Your YES ensures your neighborhood’s voice is heard in Congress. November 4. Vote YES on 50.
#YesOn50 #Voterizer social.fieldteam6.org/s/jdbo9oHK
Protect your community’s voice.
Support fair ＆ accountable elections.
Help elect representatives who truly represent YOU.
Your YES ensures your neighborhood’s voice is heard in Congress. November 4. Vote YES on 50.
#YesOn50 #Voterizer social.fieldteam6.org/s/jdbo9oHK
Vote YES on 50!
social.fieldteam6.org
October 5, 2025 at 7:00 PM
Vote YES on Proposition 50
Protect your community’s voice.
Support fair ＆ accountable elections.
Help elect representatives who truly represent YOU.
Your YES ensures your neighborhood’s voice is heard in Congress. November 4. Vote YES on 50.
#YesOn50 #Voterizer social.fieldteam6.org/s/jdbo9oHK
Protect your community’s voice.
Support fair ＆ accountable elections.
Help elect representatives who truly represent YOU.
Your YES ensures your neighborhood’s voice is heard in Congress. November 4. Vote YES on 50.
#YesOn50 #Voterizer social.fieldteam6.org/s/jdbo9oHK
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The Trump regime looked at these maps and thought that it's totally okay to defund USAID and kill 14 million people over the next 5 years (including 4.5 million children under five) because they're not white. Trump apparently also deserves the Nobel Peace Prize.
www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
October 3, 2025 at 2:01 PM
The Trump regime looked at these maps and thought that it's totally okay to defund USAID and kill 14 million people over the next 5 years (including 4.5 million children under five) because they're not white. Trump apparently also deserves the Nobel Peace Prize.
www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...