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Allen W Snyder
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He/him/his. Retired computer scientist. #StandWithPlannedParenthood
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SON: dad, how did you get the nickname “huge gigantic moron”?
DAD: well son, it all started when i became a republican
December 15, 2024 at 7:50 PM
Sure there’s all three Portishead albums, Kate Bush, some early Queen, Peter Gabriel-era Genesis, Milla Jovovich’s only album, Fish-era Marillion, New Pornographers, but if forced to choose absolute favorite album: The Letting Go by Bonnie “Prince” Billy.

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No Bad News
YouTube video by Bonnie Prince Billy - Topic
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December 7, 2024 at 3:13 PM
In general, this is a terrible idea, but in Snyder’s case I doubt anyone could tell the difference. (I will go to my grave saying this: While it’s hardly great cinema, the Whedon cut of Justice League is *vastly* superior to the drudgery of the so-called Snyder cut.)
December 4, 2024 at 4:43 PM
For me, nothing else even remotely comes close (though I do like the soundtrack for the first Life Is Strange game, which included great tracks from Amanda Palmer, Alt-J, and others).
November 24, 2024 at 7:18 PM
I’m not really a podcast listener usually, but I’ve listened to a lot of these and they’re *really* good. Jess is a fantastic moderator/interviewer imo.
Hi! Do you love #science? Do you like listening to or watching interesting people talk science that matters in the real world?

Check out the show I host for the Union of Concerned Scientists, "This Is Science with Jess Phoenix."

Video episodes on YouTube!

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YouTube video by Union of Concerned Scientists
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November 23, 2024 at 7:30 PM
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The usual suspects are out there yelling "There are 23 million government workers! Fire most of them!" No awareness that most work for local governments, and most of *them* are schoolteachers. Federal employment hasn't grown since the 1950s
November 23, 2024 at 2:06 PM
Me voting in 2016 vs me voting in 2024
November 5, 2024 at 3:49 PM
I’m wearing this shirt until Kamala gets elected, so if Trump wins tomorrow*, things are going to get real stinky real fast.

*Not very likely imo
November 4, 2024 at 10:52 PM
Received the email from MD that my mail-in ballot had been received—I dropped it at a drop box instead of actually mailing it. So here’s all the “I Voted” stickers they sent me.
October 31, 2024 at 2:55 PM
To all those cancelling their Los Angeles Times and Washington Post subscriptions: The Philadelphia Inquirer is quite good and can use your dollars, and their stories are fairly well written. (They do tend to be a little provincial, but more dollars equals more reporters they can hire.)

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October 25, 2024 at 6:23 PM
The actor from Resident Alien, etc. is now on Bluesky.

Go follow him everyone!
“Come on, Toad. Let’s go fuck some shit up.”
October 17, 2024 at 5:40 PM
I am once again in Safeway having one of the worst experiences possible in a grocery store
September 27, 2024 at 7:35 PM
I warned y’all. Avert your eyes and send kids to other rooms.
September 10, 2024 at 8:12 PM
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[moments after installing a new toilet because the old one got ruined when I flushed a potato] ok now let's see how this bad boy does with a potato
September 5, 2024 at 6:35 PM
The plush I picked up from the Disney Pride collection. (I did wait for it to go on sale tbh.)
September 1, 2024 at 3:13 PM
Just ordered this yellow one. Fair warning: I will post a pic of me in it once it arrives. Shield your eyes; send your kids to the other room.
It's being sold by award-winning author Michael Chabon. All proceeds go to the Harris/Walz campaign.
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August 24, 2024 at 10:26 PM
Anyone who knows me knows I’m a big fan of Obama/Biden, even though it took Obama far too long to realize the republican party are now just pouty children who can’t be negotiated with, but Harris/Walz is the best Presidential ticket this country has ever had.
August 7, 2024 at 2:08 AM
I think my favorite Olympic sport is now BMX Freestyle. There are a lot of sports I know I couldn’t do at all (besides all of them), gymnastics rings, figure skating, but good lord. Other than some minor mountain biking, I don’t even like the wheels of my bike to leave the ground at all.
July 31, 2024 at 8:37 PM
Picking up the RV today for emissions test, a worker at the storage place said, “What have you got, malaria?”

Folks, you’ll be proud that I kept myself from saying, “What have you got, stupidity?” I kept to the slightly less aggro, “No, but I’m smarter than those who know nothing about science.”
July 11, 2024 at 4:32 PM
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Anyway, check out this muppet.
June 27, 2024 at 10:29 PM
Obviously Hunter isn’t on the ballot, so his convictions are irrelevant to who I’ll be voting for, but I’d still vote for Hunter over literally any republican.
June 11, 2024 at 9:31 PM
This would be our daughter too, even at 13

(Representative Weinstein is a Democratic US House member from Ohio.)
June 8, 2024 at 7:41 PM
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hey mrs alito here's a new flag for you
May 30, 2024 at 11:57 PM
I almost forget to post squishy face
May 10, 2024 at 10:25 PM