Ted Bunn
@tedbunn.bsky.social
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Young Americans who aspire to be scientists should be looking for career paths outside their home country, just as aspiring scientists do in other countries that don’t adequately support science. If I were starting my career now, that’s what I’d be doing.
My teen, who had dreamt of being an astrophysicist, just told me he wants to go to law school because, “Science isn’t going to be a priority in the US in the future…I don’t want a job where I’ll be constantly worried my funding will be taken away.”
Gutting. How many future scientists have we lost?
Gutting. How many future scientists have we lost?
December 7, 2025 at 7:14 PM
Young Americans who aspire to be scientists should be looking for career paths outside their home country, just as aspiring scientists do in other countries that don’t adequately support science. If I were starting my career now, that’s what I’d be doing.
Seasonal public service announcement: Scrooge is younger than you probably think: probably mid 50s, 60 at most.
December 6, 2025 at 6:33 PM
Seasonal public service announcement: Scrooge is younger than you probably think: probably mid 50s, 60 at most.
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"And here's something I know you'll enjoy hearing," he assured the Humbug.
The bug listened with rapt attention to something he alone could hear—the shouts and applause of an enormous crowd, all cheering for him.
-- Norton Juster, "The Phantom Tollbooth"
The bug listened with rapt attention to something he alone could hear—the shouts and applause of an enormous crowd, all cheering for him.
-- Norton Juster, "The Phantom Tollbooth"
December 5, 2025 at 5:55 PM
"And here's something I know you'll enjoy hearing," he assured the Humbug.
The bug listened with rapt attention to something he alone could hear—the shouts and applause of an enormous crowd, all cheering for him.
-- Norton Juster, "The Phantom Tollbooth"
The bug listened with rapt attention to something he alone could hear—the shouts and applause of an enormous crowd, all cheering for him.
-- Norton Juster, "The Phantom Tollbooth"
Zach Weinersmith @zachweinersmith.bsky.social is a national treasure.
TIL about Tolkien's best named character: tolkiengateway.net/wiki/Teleporno
Extra funny because even if you imagine he was innocent of pornography, he surely knew the Greek roots would indicate something like far-prostitute.
Extra funny because even if you imagine he was innocent of pornography, he surely knew the Greek roots would indicate something like far-prostitute.
Teleporno
Teleporno is a Telerin name meaning "Silver-tall".
tolkiengateway.net
December 4, 2025 at 6:29 PM
Zach Weinersmith @zachweinersmith.bsky.social is a national treasure.
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my guide to intermittent fasting
December 4, 2025 at 3:48 PM
my guide to intermittent fasting
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Pretty much sums up the moment.
Current US Policy:
If you’re suspected of trafficking a small amount of drugs with no evidence, we will murder you, but if you’re convicted of trafficking an enormous amount of drugs with copious evidence, we will pardon you. Because we are currently a very stupid country.
If you’re suspected of trafficking a small amount of drugs with no evidence, we will murder you, but if you’re convicted of trafficking an enormous amount of drugs with copious evidence, we will pardon you. Because we are currently a very stupid country.
December 3, 2025 at 6:53 PM
Pretty much sums up the moment.
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'tis the season
The original "Planet of the Apes" is a Christmas movie. In the first ten minutes alone it has like 2,000 Christmases.
December 2, 2025 at 2:02 PM
'tis the season
Can you liken something to itself?
December 1, 2025 at 11:23 PM
Can you liken something to itself?
Mark Kelly for president
Kelly: He runs around on stage talking about lethality and the warrior ethos.. That’s not the message that should be coming from the Secretary of Defense… He runs around on a stage like he’s a 12 year old playing army. It’s embarrassing.
December 1, 2025 at 10:01 PM
Mark Kelly for president
Someone who says "Holy shit" about punctuation is my kind of person.
Holy shit. Here is Tolkien using question mark, then em dash, then lowercase. This is officially allowed.
November 30, 2025 at 11:10 PM
Someone who says "Holy shit" about punctuation is my kind of person.
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People will die, and are currently dying, because RFK was granted one of the most powerful megaphones in the country. Two people who could have thrown barriers in front of his climb decided not to; there's a sex scandal here but it is not the biggest scandal.
November 26, 2025 at 11:30 PM
People will die, and are currently dying, because RFK was granted one of the most powerful megaphones in the country. Two people who could have thrown barriers in front of his climb decided not to; there's a sex scandal here but it is not the biggest scandal.
I don't think he's lying when he says things like this. Lying implies intent to say something false, and I think that he is completely uninterested in whether what he's saying is true or false. He just says what makes him feel better and/or what his audience wants to hear.
At this point, I wonder if he isn't lying when he says he has "my highest Poll Numbers, ever" since it's entirely possible that's what his aides are telling him. It's quite likely that there's an entire Potemkin village built around Trump right now.
Trump responds to a detailed report about his waning energy and propensity to sleep through on-camera events by calling the New York Times's Katie Rogers ugly
November 26, 2025 at 4:01 PM
I don't think he's lying when he says things like this. Lying implies intent to say something false, and I think that he is completely uninterested in whether what he's saying is true or false. He just says what makes him feel better and/or what his audience wants to hear.
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At one point one says "Maman" & gestures to her offscreen & she says "I'm not getting mixed up in your business" 😭
These French babies arguing 🤣
November 26, 2025 at 3:22 AM
At one point one says "Maman" & gestures to her offscreen & she says "I'm not getting mixed up in your business" 😭
I have something in common with @jamellebouie.net: abut 30 years ago, my sweet potato pecan pie won a pie contest.
i have no pie ranking — i like all pie — but i will say that my sweet potato pie once won an award
November 26, 2025 at 3:14 PM
I have something in common with @jamellebouie.net: abut 30 years ago, my sweet potato pecan pie won a pie contest.
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You have to keep giving money to avoid collapse and if there’s collapse you have to give more money. It’s called the free market.
November 24, 2025 at 10:54 PM
You have to keep giving money to avoid collapse and if there’s collapse you have to give more money. It’s called the free market.
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If a swastika isn't a hate symbol, what is?
Exclusive: The U.S. Coast Guard will no longer classify the swastika, nooses and the Confederate flag as hate symbols.
The military service drafted a new policy that classifies them as “potentially divisive.”
The military service drafted a new policy that classifies them as “potentially divisive.”
U.S. Coast Guard will no longer classify swastikas, nooses as hate symbols
The military service, which falls under the Department of Homeland Security, has drafted a new policy that classifies such items “potentially divisive.”
www.washingtonpost.com
November 20, 2025 at 7:11 PM
If a swastika isn't a hate symbol, what is?
Ten years ago, I would never have imagined it possible that a US president could call for the execution of his political opponents, and that this call would barely be considered worth covering in the press.
Trump rages at Democratic vets urging troops to defy unlawful orders
His post suggested the Democrats' actions were treasonous and punishable by death.
www.axios.com
November 20, 2025 at 6:52 PM
Ten years ago, I would never have imagined it possible that a US president could call for the execution of his political opponents, and that this call would barely be considered worth covering in the press.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/19/u...
Summers is stopping teaching but remaining a tenured professor, presumably at full salary.
Summers is stopping teaching but remaining a tenured professor, presumably at full salary.
Lawrence Summers to Stop Teaching at Harvard While It Investigates His Epstein Ties
www.nytimes.com
November 20, 2025 at 3:03 AM
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/19/u...
Summers is stopping teaching but remaining a tenured professor, presumably at full salary.
Summers is stopping teaching but remaining a tenured professor, presumably at full salary.
I don't think of myself as an exceptionally cynical person, but I'm baffled that anyone could find this claim (that the DOJ will scrub the Epstein files to remove mentions of Republicans before releasing them) to be "stunning". It would never have occurred to me to imagine that they wouldn't.
Epstein's Brother Makes Stunning Claim About Why Trump Is All Of A Sudden Backing The Release Of Files
Mark Epstein does not believe Republicans pushed for a vote to release the Jeffrey Epstein files purely out of goodwill.
www.yahoo.com
November 19, 2025 at 6:05 PM
I don't think of myself as an exceptionally cynical person, but I'm baffled that anyone could find this claim (that the DOJ will scrub the Epstein files to remove mentions of Republicans before releasing them) to be "stunning". It would never have occurred to me to imagine that they wouldn't.
If Jonathan Coulton had done nothing in his career but rhyme "Norsemen" with *divorced men", Dayenu.
November 19, 2025 at 3:21 AM
If Jonathan Coulton had done nothing in his career but rhyme "Norsemen" with *divorced men", Dayenu.
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November 18, 2025 at 6:57 PM
It's actually amazing how this guy can still shock the conscience after all these years.
Trump suggests Khashoggi had it coming: "You're mentioning someone that was extremely controversial. A lot of people didn't like that gentleman that you're talking about. Whether you like him or didn't like him, things happen. But he knew nothing about it. You don't have to embarrass our guest."
November 18, 2025 at 7:01 PM
It's actually amazing how this guy can still shock the conscience after all these years.
I thought I had a low opinion of Larry Summers before ...
Here is Summers literally saying that his "best shot" at sleeping with a younger colleague is to leverage his status as an influential figure in the field. These people know exactly what they are doing.
November 17, 2025 at 11:09 PM
I thought I had a low opinion of Larry Summers before ...