Pete Simko
@smugzilla.bsky.social
Some guitar, some astrophotography, some travel. As much justice as I can manage. PhD in something or other. He/him
I want to see season 1 of Fester a lot more than I want to see season 3 of Wednesday
November 2, 2025 at 1:20 AM
I want to see season 1 of Fester a lot more than I want to see season 3 of Wednesday
I'm still not resubbing to Disney+ though
September 22, 2025 at 9:16 PM
I'm still not resubbing to Disney+ though
@michaelstivic.bsky.social making the soup the weekend
March 6, 2025 at 2:50 AM
@michaelstivic.bsky.social making the soup the weekend
Cut myself shaving in an epically stupid way tonight and spent the next two and half HOURS applying ice and pressure to my fucking FINGERTIP and maybe just maybe I won't need to go to urgent care tonight. Fffffuuuuuuuuuuuuu.
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March 6, 2025 at 2:32 AM
Cut myself shaving in an epically stupid way tonight and spent the next two and half HOURS applying ice and pressure to my fucking FINGERTIP and maybe just maybe I won't need to go to urgent care tonight. Fffffuuuuuuuuuuuuu.
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The wife gave me a plushy Tullimonstrum Gregarium for my birthday! Am I holding it upside-down? Who knows!
March 3, 2025 at 3:16 AM
The wife gave me a plushy Tullimonstrum Gregarium for my birthday! Am I holding it upside-down? Who knows!
I've read Founding Myth plus a couple of other similar books by other authors. @andrewlseidel.bsky.social understands our predicament and explains it very well
If you want to understand how we got here, you have to understand Christian Nationalism. It's the permission structure that justifies all of this harm and hate in the minds of so many Americans. Here's a reading list to get you started: bookshop.org/lists/unders...
February 23, 2025 at 10:37 PM
I've read Founding Myth plus a couple of other similar books by other authors. @andrewlseidel.bsky.social understands our predicament and explains it very well
This dog's head must weigh 60 pounds. My toes are going numb but if I move my foot I'll wake her up
February 22, 2025 at 2:40 AM
This dog's head must weigh 60 pounds. My toes are going numb but if I move my foot I'll wake her up
I'd love to read the article but TBH I probably wouldn't be able to follow past the abstract
In a feat of impeccable timing, the wonderful editors at the Lewis & Clark Law Review have finished their work on my article, "Is Originalism Bullshit?" The final version is now online at SSRN: papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
February 21, 2025 at 8:50 PM
I'd love to read the article but TBH I probably wouldn't be able to follow past the abstract
Are plane crashes the new school shootings?
February 19, 2025 at 7:50 PM
Are plane crashes the new school shootings?
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I've noted some of the procedural things Democrats could be doing in Congress, but this point from @edgeofsports.bsky.social's great piece in the Nation deserves emphasis.
This is basic politics, and it's baffling that every Democrat isn't doing it every day.
www.thenation.com/article/poli...
This is basic politics, and it's baffling that every Democrat isn't doing it every day.
www.thenation.com/article/poli...
February 19, 2025 at 1:32 PM
I've noted some of the procedural things Democrats could be doing in Congress, but this point from @edgeofsports.bsky.social's great piece in the Nation deserves emphasis.
This is basic politics, and it's baffling that every Democrat isn't doing it every day.
www.thenation.com/article/poli...
This is basic politics, and it's baffling that every Democrat isn't doing it every day.
www.thenation.com/article/poli...
Missing @daveoutloud.bsky.social lately. Hope you're finding peace.
February 19, 2025 at 12:46 AM
Missing @daveoutloud.bsky.social lately. Hope you're finding peace.
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"Law and order" in the Trump era: if you bow down to the head of the U.S. government, he may help you - whether you're awaiting trial for sex crimes in Europe or doing time in the USA for physically assaulting police.
February 18, 2025 at 2:45 AM
"Law and order" in the Trump era: if you bow down to the head of the U.S. government, he may help you - whether you're awaiting trial for sex crimes in Europe or doing time in the USA for physically assaulting police.
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democrats won’t admit it, but my family’s economic outlook has gotten a LOT better since Trump took office. but what do i know? i don’t have a fancy economics degree, i’m just a regular guy who runs an airplane scrapyard
February 18, 2025 at 12:23 AM
democrats won’t admit it, but my family’s economic outlook has gotten a LOT better since Trump took office. but what do i know? i don’t have a fancy economics degree, i’m just a regular guy who runs an airplane scrapyard
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If you think Musk wants all this data in order to root out fraud and marginally improve government efficiency, I have several bridges to sell you.
www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
Top Social Security official exits after clash with Musk’s DOGE over data
Yet another top career staffer is leaving the administration amid a disagreement over a request by Elon Musk’s team for sensitive government information.
www.washingtonpost.com
February 18, 2025 at 12:36 AM
If you think Musk wants all this data in order to root out fraud and marginally improve government efficiency, I have several bridges to sell you.
www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
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Remember when Republicans were in the minority back in 2009 and they famously managed to do nothing at all to confront Obama?
Me neither.
Me neither.
February 17, 2025 at 9:16 PM
Remember when Republicans were in the minority back in 2009 and they famously managed to do nothing at all to confront Obama?
Me neither.
Me neither.
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Just hit me why AOC is so good and brilliant at being the adult in the room with all the trashy losers making terrible choices around her. She used to be a bartender.
January 26, 2025 at 4:51 PM
Just hit me why AOC is so good and brilliant at being the adult in the room with all the trashy losers making terrible choices around her. She used to be a bartender.
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If you are reading this from a country that is still a democracy:
Regulate all social media now.
Make platforms legally responsible for the content they platform.
70 million people here think Trump was innocent & had an election stolen from him
Regulate all social media now.
Make platforms legally responsible for the content they platform.
70 million people here think Trump was innocent & had an election stolen from him
January 25, 2025 at 6:13 PM
If you are reading this from a country that is still a democracy:
Regulate all social media now.
Make platforms legally responsible for the content they platform.
70 million people here think Trump was innocent & had an election stolen from him
Regulate all social media now.
Make platforms legally responsible for the content they platform.
70 million people here think Trump was innocent & had an election stolen from him
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Let me repeat a few points.
1) There are in France tenured research positions that do not have conditions of citizenship (at CNRS, INSERM, INRIA etc.).
The deadline for 2025 has passed at CNRS and INSERM but is February 10 for INRIA. There will (normally) be positions in 2026 too.
1) There are in France tenured research positions that do not have conditions of citizenship (at CNRS, INSERM, INRIA etc.).
The deadline for 2025 has passed at CNRS and INSERM but is February 10 for INRIA. There will (normally) be positions in 2026 too.
January 25, 2025 at 3:53 PM
Let me repeat a few points.
1) There are in France tenured research positions that do not have conditions of citizenship (at CNRS, INSERM, INRIA etc.).
The deadline for 2025 has passed at CNRS and INSERM but is February 10 for INRIA. There will (normally) be positions in 2026 too.
1) There are in France tenured research positions that do not have conditions of citizenship (at CNRS, INSERM, INRIA etc.).
The deadline for 2025 has passed at CNRS and INSERM but is February 10 for INRIA. There will (normally) be positions in 2026 too.
16 hours of LRGB data on the Western Veil from bortle 7 outside Boston, USA. I didn't expect to pick up the IFN so I spent a few hours trying to remove it in Pixinsight 😆
#astrophotography
#astrophotography
December 7, 2024 at 3:24 PM
16 hours of LRGB data on the Western Veil from bortle 7 outside Boston, USA. I didn't expect to pick up the IFN so I spent a few hours trying to remove it in Pixinsight 😆
#astrophotography
#astrophotography
Least favorite Christmas carol: go! Mine's The Little Drummer Boy
December 6, 2024 at 12:13 AM
Least favorite Christmas carol: go! Mine's The Little Drummer Boy
Dive bar gig at the Pelican, Lynn Massachusetts
November 17, 2024 at 2:35 AM
Dive bar gig at the Pelican, Lynn Massachusetts