Notorious RBMK
@comraderobot.bsky.social
equal parts physics, left politics, DIY science, and photos (space/birds/stuff). formerly astroparticle physics, now astrodynamicist. "dr" in certain extremely specific professional contexts. ohio for 3 decades then west coast (sfbay, now pdx). fuck gen ai
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Notorious RBMK
@comraderobot.bsky.social
· Oct 17
okay we can pin stuff now and tons of people are pouring in from an X debacle… so
Hi! my name is Nathan
i post jokes and do a bunch of tedious but aesthetic stuff in my free time:
* space photos
* bird photos
* bouncing radio off the moon
* making gadgets
* using/programming old computers
Hi! my name is Nathan
i post jokes and do a bunch of tedious but aesthetic stuff in my free time:
* space photos
* bird photos
* bouncing radio off the moon
* making gadgets
* using/programming old computers
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I designed a horseshoe crab sweater and published it on Ravelry on National horseshoe crab day! If you ever thought to yourself “man, I really want a hand knit sweater with horseshoe crabs on it” boy do I have great news for ya
www.ravelry.com/patterns/lib...
www.ravelry.com/patterns/lib...
June 20, 2025 at 2:29 PM
I designed a horseshoe crab sweater and published it on Ravelry on National horseshoe crab day! If you ever thought to yourself “man, I really want a hand knit sweater with horseshoe crabs on it” boy do I have great news for ya
www.ravelry.com/patterns/lib...
www.ravelry.com/patterns/lib...
low key sucks that the milady guys infested and destroyed steampunk because there was kinda some juice there
November 11, 2025 at 6:10 AM
low key sucks that the milady guys infested and destroyed steampunk because there was kinda some juice there
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listen i know it’s somewhat fashionable to hate on tiktok but you’re missing out on some legitimate human flourishing
November 11, 2025 at 5:23 AM
listen i know it’s somewhat fashionable to hate on tiktok but you’re missing out on some legitimate human flourishing
this is like wildly, wildly, WILDLY out of step with public opinion lol
More than 15 Senate Democrats join GOP to advance nationwide ban on hemp products, including CBD gummies,
oh the paul amendment is going down 78-22
November 11, 2025 at 5:10 AM
this is like wildly, wildly, WILDLY out of step with public opinion lol
honestly no other app does it like marketplace
November 11, 2025 at 3:28 AM
honestly no other app does it like marketplace
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this is art. im not fucking around this is art
New uncanny valley unlocked: inflatable corn maze for urban fall fests.
November 9, 2025 at 4:06 AM
this is art. im not fucking around this is art
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who called it Pluribus and not Better Call All
November 9, 2025 at 9:57 PM
who called it Pluribus and not Better Call All
wait isn’t groucho marx kind of owning him here too lol
![Joyce Carol Oates quoting a tweet that says “wherever he [Elon Musk] goes, he wants to leave”:
"wherever he goes, he wants to leave"-- that's because when he gets there, he has brought his own self along; & whatever club he's invited to join has been devalued by the invitation.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:buy3qvqcj3o76leo6ap7pn2p/bafkreifilfbsxemfsambf4kqwolr24ld2ekqcrz4ybgv3bv7kzi5e6kppm@jpeg)
November 11, 2025 at 3:08 AM
wait isn’t groucho marx kind of owning him here too lol
anyway while i was doing chores in the dark a bat was flapping around and he got so close I could see his little face and that’s the good shit
November 11, 2025 at 1:55 AM
anyway while i was doing chores in the dark a bat was flapping around and he got so close I could see his little face and that’s the good shit
indulged in a lot of white rice with lunch and just got walloped by reactive hypoglycemia. ow i hurt myself
November 11, 2025 at 1:52 AM
indulged in a lot of white rice with lunch and just got walloped by reactive hypoglycemia. ow i hurt myself
I love when he stands like he’s in the Mystery Spot. my dude brings his own dutch angles lmao
Trump shows off all the gold he has in the Oval Office
November 11, 2025 at 12:45 AM
I love when he stands like he’s in the Mystery Spot. my dude brings his own dutch angles lmao
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dude I don't want to negotiate my insurance. I'm fucking busy all day I'm working get few money
Trump: "I want the money to go into an account for people where they buy their own health insurance. It's so good. The insurance will be better. It'll cost less. Everybody is gonna be happy. They're gonna feel like entrepreneurs. They're actually able to go out & negotiate their own insurance"
November 11, 2025 at 12:43 AM
dude I don't want to negotiate my insurance. I'm fucking busy all day I'm working get few money
“how are people still betting against elon in 2025?”
okay im gonna need you to say that again and this time think about every word you say
okay im gonna need you to say that again and this time think about every word you say
November 11, 2025 at 12:43 AM
“how are people still betting against elon in 2025?”
okay im gonna need you to say that again and this time think about every word you say
okay im gonna need you to say that again and this time think about every word you say
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i will never apologize for posting through it on a twitter app. to me that would be like apologizing to the toilet for shitting in it
April 16, 2025 at 2:06 AM
i will never apologize for posting through it on a twitter app. to me that would be like apologizing to the toilet for shitting in it
lol they hate mlk man. can’t go quoting that guy
November 11, 2025 at 12:40 AM
lol they hate mlk man. can’t go quoting that guy
wild we went all the way from There’s An Interstellar Comet???? What The Shit??? to Meh Another One inside about 8 years
November 10, 2025 at 11:36 PM
wild we went all the way from There’s An Interstellar Comet???? What The Shit??? to Meh Another One inside about 8 years
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every single week they're throwing this guy a special oval office love-in that appears to be the presidential equivalent of letting your dog scarf an entire big mac and fries before that last trip to the vet
Pirro: "Mr President, there is in this room a group of people who love you, who believe in you, and who are so proud to be in this Oval Office and to be part of this amazing day because you have changed the course of America."
November 10, 2025 at 9:10 PM
every single week they're throwing this guy a special oval office love-in that appears to be the presidential equivalent of letting your dog scarf an entire big mac and fries before that last trip to the vet
everyone dunking here has homework due in 30 minutes explaining to me what magnets are
November 10, 2025 at 9:27 PM
everyone dunking here has homework due in 30 minutes explaining to me what magnets are
very mindfully and very demurely not engaging on an ai article posted at work that i do not have a single good thing to say about
November 10, 2025 at 9:05 PM
very mindfully and very demurely not engaging on an ai article posted at work that i do not have a single good thing to say about
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books have no tech tree, no fog of war
November 10, 2025 at 8:13 PM
books have no tech tree, no fog of war
my experience of getting old has been coupled to a growing depth of curiosity about increasingly dull shit
the fact that the opposite can happen to some people is mind boggling
the fact that the opposite can happen to some people is mind boggling
The older I get, the more tired I become of the uncurious.
November 10, 2025 at 8:22 PM
my experience of getting old has been coupled to a growing depth of curiosity about increasingly dull shit
the fact that the opposite can happen to some people is mind boggling
the fact that the opposite can happen to some people is mind boggling
we’re putting data centers in the little birdhouse in your soul now. you’d think the economics wouldn’t work and they dont but I’m taking investors now please read read my white paper
STEP 1: make a little birdhouse in your soul
STEP 2: ???
STEP 3: profit
STEP 2: ???
STEP 3: profit
November 10, 2025 at 8:17 PM
we’re putting data centers in the little birdhouse in your soul now. you’d think the economics wouldn’t work and they dont but I’m taking investors now please read read my white paper
the ongoing narcissism/megalomania phase of elon musk has not been fun to live through but the inevitable solipsism/nihilism phase will be even worse
November 10, 2025 at 8:08 PM
the ongoing narcissism/megalomania phase of elon musk has not been fun to live through but the inevitable solipsism/nihilism phase will be even worse