stephon in nm here
@stephonnm.bsky.social
I'm tired, boss. I'm tired of folks being greedy and ugly and mean.
Best buckle up, it's gonna be a rough ride for everyone, even if some of us don't realize it yet.
Best buckle up, it's gonna be a rough ride for everyone, even if some of us don't realize it yet.
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stephon in nm here
@stephonnm.bsky.social
· Dec 11
My Personal Pantheon: G. Carlin. U. LeGuin. T. Pratchett. O. Butler. R. Serling. C. Sagan. B. Hicks. J. Henson. R. Williams. All those folks who tried to show us how to be better humans, only to be ignored when it counted.
You bet I'm bitter.
You bet I'm bitter.
Every damned time.
America is a country that will test UBI hundreds of times, get the same radically positive results each time, and still look at it askance, but will also put untested robotaxis on the road because a billionaire threw a shit fit.
An Oregon pilot program giving cash to homeless youths sees a staggering reduction in homelessness. The program gave participants $1,000 cash payments each month for two years, and at the end of the project's first phase, 91% of participants reported being in stable housing.
December 3, 2025 at 6:08 PM
Every damned time.
The old lady in front of me in the checkout waits until cashier has rung up everything in her cart & handed over all the bags to her, THEN finally opens her purse, digs out her wallet, and pulls out her card. I'm mystified by this. /1
December 2, 2025 at 7:14 PM
The old lady in front of me in the checkout waits until cashier has rung up everything in her cart & handed over all the bags to her, THEN finally opens her purse, digs out her wallet, and pulls out her card. I'm mystified by this. /1
Damn. Those Denver Broncos uniforms are ORANGE. Like, needlessly, aggressively orange. Like "might need to adjust my tv" orange.
December 1, 2025 at 2:24 AM
Damn. Those Denver Broncos uniforms are ORANGE. Like, needlessly, aggressively orange. Like "might need to adjust my tv" orange.
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From the Larchives. Wishing my American friends a Thanksgiving dinner that can't be beat! Maybe two!
November 27, 2025 at 4:40 PM
From the Larchives. Wishing my American friends a Thanksgiving dinner that can't be beat! Maybe two!
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This is the first Thanksgiving for Sophie & Colin Hortman without their parents, Minnesota state Rep. Melissa Hortman and Mark Hortman who were assassinated along with the family dog in an act of political murder. National guards troops were not deployed to the state in response.
November 27, 2025 at 5:24 PM
This is the first Thanksgiving for Sophie & Colin Hortman without their parents, Minnesota state Rep. Melissa Hortman and Mark Hortman who were assassinated along with the family dog in an act of political murder. National guards troops were not deployed to the state in response.
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"Uncle Bob, the only reason you got your ozempic is because a scientist was curious about Gila monster venom." 🧪🩺🌱🐀🐙💅
... And more found here.
... And more found here.
Every year around Thanksgiving, I see tons of grad students post heartbreaking messages on social media about how their loved ones don’t understand or support their decision to study what seems like something pointless or silly.
Perhaps my American Scientist essay can help!
🧪🌎🦑 #SciComm
Perhaps my American Scientist essay can help!
🧪🌎🦑 #SciComm
“Why Are We Funding This?”
Long-standing myths about “silly science” have contributed to the reckless slashing of government-supported research.
www.americanscientist.org
November 26, 2025 at 3:21 PM
"Uncle Bob, the only reason you got your ozempic is because a scientist was curious about Gila monster venom." 🧪🩺🌱🐀🐙💅
... And more found here.
... And more found here.
My connection: Spouse works there.
Also, I suspect they were filming something at the abandoned battery plant/Superfund site here in Socorro last week (yikes! 😬)
Wonder if they have waivers for that signed?
Also, I suspect they were filming something at the abandoned battery plant/Superfund site here in Socorro last week (yikes! 😬)
Wonder if they have waivers for that signed?
Watched the first five minutes of Pluribus and oh hi it’s the Very Large Array! I haven’t seen it show up in media in a while. You may remember it from Contact, which had essentially the same “we found a pattern” plot. It’s 27 dishes (radio antennas) in a Y shape across 22 miles. A very cool place!
Very Large Array (VLA) | Britannica
Very Large Array (VLA), radio telescope system situated on the plains of San Agustin near Socorro, New Mexico, U.S. The VLA went into operation in 1980 and is the most powerful radio telescope in the ...
www.britannica.com
November 16, 2025 at 6:58 PM
My connection: Spouse works there.
Also, I suspect they were filming something at the abandoned battery plant/Superfund site here in Socorro last week (yikes! 😬)
Wonder if they have waivers for that signed?
Also, I suspect they were filming something at the abandoned battery plant/Superfund site here in Socorro last week (yikes! 😬)
Wonder if they have waivers for that signed?
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Christmas is invading October (and even September in some stores!) in Australia, and I find it so demoralizing.
November 16, 2025 at 2:10 AM
Christmas is invading October (and even September in some stores!) in Australia, and I find it so demoralizing.
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A reminder that when Christian Nationalists in the Republican Party lecture you about the importance of "religious freedom," they are not talking about YOUR religion or YOUR freedom. They are talking about THEIR freedom to impose THEIR religion on you.
November 16, 2025 at 6:00 PM
A reminder that when Christian Nationalists in the Republican Party lecture you about the importance of "religious freedom," they are not talking about YOUR religion or YOUR freedom. They are talking about THEIR freedom to impose THEIR religion on you.
I'm glad that at least this crappy timeline is the one where we got to have the thagomizer be a real thing.
Gary Larson created the term Thagomizer in 1982.
In 1993, paleontologist Ken Carpenter was the first to use the term in a scientific context.
It is now widely accepted and used to describe the spikes on a stegosaur's tail.
In 1993, paleontologist Ken Carpenter was the first to use the term in a scientific context.
It is now widely accepted and used to describe the spikes on a stegosaur's tail.
November 14, 2025 at 5:38 AM
I'm glad that at least this crappy timeline is the one where we got to have the thagomizer be a real thing.
Ah, Democrats. Snatching defeat from the jaws of victory once again. Christ on a fucking pogo stick.
November 10, 2025 at 3:46 AM
Ah, Democrats. Snatching defeat from the jaws of victory once again. Christ on a fucking pogo stick.
(chef's kiss)
November 7, 2025 at 12:14 AM
(chef's kiss)
Watching Colbert from last night and watching him geek out with Robert Plant over Tolkien is hilarious. And that wasn't even the best part: his other guest was Michelle Obama.
November 5, 2025 at 4:22 PM
Watching Colbert from last night and watching him geek out with Robert Plant over Tolkien is hilarious. And that wasn't even the best part: his other guest was Michelle Obama.
I hope Mamdani has adamantium-level security in place already.
Those with power & money don't play nicely with anyone threatening to take either away, and they have deep pockets & dark connections.
(And please let me be 💯💯💯 wrong in my fears, but I remember the 60s too well.)
Those with power & money don't play nicely with anyone threatening to take either away, and they have deep pockets & dark connections.
(And please let me be 💯💯💯 wrong in my fears, but I remember the 60s too well.)
November 5, 2025 at 6:53 AM
I hope Mamdani has adamantium-level security in place already.
Those with power & money don't play nicely with anyone threatening to take either away, and they have deep pockets & dark connections.
(And please let me be 💯💯💯 wrong in my fears, but I remember the 60s too well.)
Those with power & money don't play nicely with anyone threatening to take either away, and they have deep pockets & dark connections.
(And please let me be 💯💯💯 wrong in my fears, but I remember the 60s too well.)
Why -- What -- WHO has gone off and left The Reality Dial set to 11?!
One of our country's greatest war criminals just died, the president is arguing with himself about whether or not to let 40 million people starve, and there is an actual courtroom drama about a five dollar footlong.
How are any of us supposed to maintain emotional regulation.
How are any of us supposed to maintain emotional regulation.
November 5, 2025 at 5:24 AM
Why -- What -- WHO has gone off and left The Reality Dial set to 11?!
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"Allow us to triple your health insurance premiums or we're going to ruin Thanksgiving" does not seem to be a winning political strategy, but who am I?
Transportation chief Sean Duffy threatened to ground all U.S. flights amid the ongoing shutdown, warning "we'll shut the whole airspace down."
Trump official threatens to ground all flights before Thanksgiving in shutdown standoff
Transportation chief Sean Duffy threatened to ground all U.S. flights amid the ongoing shutdown, warning "we'll shut the whole airspace down." As the stalemate drags into the second month, it's adding more potential risk to the aviation system and putting a further strain on air traffic control staf...
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November 3, 2025 at 9:26 PM
"Allow us to triple your health insurance premiums or we're going to ruin Thanksgiving" does not seem to be a winning political strategy, but who am I?
Exactly.
Very suspicious timing between the false claims being made, leading to a devaluation of the brand, back peddling on those false claims, followed by a quick purchase at the lower price. Smells a lot like collusion and market manipulation.
Tylenol, Kleenex, Band-Aid and more put under one roof in $48.7 billion consumer brands deal
Kimberly-Clark is buying Tylenol maker Kenvue in an approximately $48.7 billion cash-and-stock deal, creating a massive consumer health goods company.
apnews.com
November 3, 2025 at 11:26 PM
Exactly.
But of course.
Everything now is all about The Grift. S'what happens when billionaires and private equity run all the systems.
¯\_(ツ)_/¯
Everything now is all about The Grift. S'what happens when billionaires and private equity run all the systems.
¯\_(ツ)_/¯
Wait, the whole Tylenol lie was just another piece of wildly illegal market manipulation and insider trading?
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/03/b...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/03/b...
Kimberly-Clark Agrees to Buy Kenvue, Maker of Tylenol, for $40 Billion
www.nytimes.com
November 3, 2025 at 11:18 PM
But of course.
Everything now is all about The Grift. S'what happens when billionaires and private equity run all the systems.
¯\_(ツ)_/¯
Everything now is all about The Grift. S'what happens when billionaires and private equity run all the systems.
¯\_(ツ)_/¯
FWIW: Clooney can fuck all the way off, reach the edge of his fuckwittery, and then keep on fucking off.
This chaos? He's part and parcel of its creation.
This chaos? He's part and parcel of its creation.
November 3, 2025 at 11:16 PM
FWIW: Clooney can fuck all the way off, reach the edge of his fuckwittery, and then keep on fucking off.
This chaos? He's part and parcel of its creation.
This chaos? He's part and parcel of its creation.
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Video 2/2 Post 2/3
We have not been this far from civilized since water hoses were used to take out the eyes of black people fighting for basic human rights.
We have not been this far from civilized since water hoses were used to take out the eyes of black people fighting for basic human rights.
November 1, 2025 at 1:16 AM
Video 2/2 Post 2/3
We have not been this far from civilized since water hoses were used to take out the eyes of black people fighting for basic human rights.
We have not been this far from civilized since water hoses were used to take out the eyes of black people fighting for basic human rights.
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Who needs Halloween when America is an actual horror-show?
October 30, 2025 at 2:44 PM
Who needs Halloween when America is an actual horror-show?
Another great thread here.
JD Vance claims that diversity weakens unions, as people end up distrusting each other and not organizing.
Let me tell you two menswear stories related to this claim. 🧵
Let me tell you two menswear stories related to this claim. 🧵
October 30, 2025 at 2:46 PM
Another great thread here.
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This year's jack o'lantern for the cats: The Flea.
October 29, 2025 at 1:32 AM
This year's jack o'lantern for the cats: The Flea.
Love this!
Here are some of the scary jack o'lanterns I've made for our cats over the years. First: the cone.
October 29, 2025 at 2:25 AM
Love this!
