The Duchess of Snork
@duchessofsnork.bsky.social
Benevolent monarch of the Duchy of Snork. All opinions are the Duchy of Snork's (because we are the monarch, see how that works?)
Finally
Trump: "Transgender for every member of your family. If they're not feeling well that night, let's just change their sex."
December 10, 2025 at 12:42 AM
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After MTG lied about me for weeks, she said that she felt bad for my unborn child because he'd have me as a mother. Her rhetoric led to threats against my family.
No one, even her, should receive threats like those, but I'd like to see her own up to the role she played in creating them for others.
No one, even her, should receive threats like those, but I'd like to see her own up to the role she played in creating them for others.
Marjorie Taylor Greene: "I sent those deaths threats directly to him in a text message & informed him of what his name calling & words were doing - it was a direct assassination threat on my son. And he was extremely - I won't repeat what he said - but it was extremely unkind. No sympathy. No care"
December 9, 2025 at 9:40 PM
After MTG lied about me for weeks, she said that she felt bad for my unborn child because he'd have me as a mother. Her rhetoric led to threats against my family.
No one, even her, should receive threats like those, but I'd like to see her own up to the role she played in creating them for others.
No one, even her, should receive threats like those, but I'd like to see her own up to the role she played in creating them for others.
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If you are providing me with an education that is low utility in the world then it’s a disservice. My composition class spent four weeks on poetry. I’m sorry, but that only would’ve been useful if I wanted to be a poet. I don’t need to know iambic pentameter in order to be a victim advocate.
December 9, 2025 at 7:11 PM
If you are providing me with an education that is low utility in the world then it’s a disservice. My composition class spent four weeks on poetry. I’m sorry, but that only would’ve been useful if I wanted to be a poet. I don’t need to know iambic pentameter in order to be a victim advocate.
This thread applies far more broadly than just physics or PhDs. It applies to learning and trying to get proficient at just about anything
A note on learning physics ⚛️ for starting PhD students:
At the risk of saying something completely useless because everyone has it worked out
There is no magic trick, your classmates *may* be faster than you, but they are still studying as long as they need to and you are quite capable of the same
At the risk of saying something completely useless because everyone has it worked out
There is no magic trick, your classmates *may* be faster than you, but they are still studying as long as they need to and you are quite capable of the same
December 9, 2025 at 8:00 PM
This thread applies far more broadly than just physics or PhDs. It applies to learning and trying to get proficient at just about anything
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I think too often physics students unconsciously have the idea that some people have brains that are "natural" for physics and some don't and who knows maybe that's true to some extent but regardless of natural tendency at some point everyone has to practice practice practice
December 4, 2025 at 9:20 PM
I think too often physics students unconsciously have the idea that some people have brains that are "natural" for physics and some don't and who knows maybe that's true to some extent but regardless of natural tendency at some point everyone has to practice practice practice
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Tucked inside the Republican bill for health care subsidies, a clause that would restrict the money from being used for abortion (with exception for rape, incest or life of the mother) or for "any sex trait modification procedure or service."
www.finance.senate.gov/imo/media/do...
www.finance.senate.gov/imo/media/do...
December 8, 2025 at 11:53 PM
Tucked inside the Republican bill for health care subsidies, a clause that would restrict the money from being used for abortion (with exception for rape, incest or life of the mother) or for "any sex trait modification procedure or service."
www.finance.senate.gov/imo/media/do...
www.finance.senate.gov/imo/media/do...
These people are dumb, right? It isn't just us thinking that?
Duffy on what he's doing to improve the airport experience for travelers: "Maybe I want a workout area where people might get some blood flowing doing some pull ups or step ups in the airport."
December 9, 2025 at 12:19 AM
These people are dumb, right? It isn't just us thinking that?
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it might seem surprising that the people who said “look, let trans people live their lives, but i have Reasonable Concerns about sports and toilets” aren’t up in arms about this, but what you have to remember is that those people who said that are liars who were lying
December 6, 2025 at 12:40 PM
it might seem surprising that the people who said “look, let trans people live their lives, but i have Reasonable Concerns about sports and toilets” aren’t up in arms about this, but what you have to remember is that those people who said that are liars who were lying
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I don't know if folks who didn't grow up in the Christian church grasp how painfully clear the Bible is about treating all humans with dignity and respect. Jesus was like PRETEND THOSE PEOPLE ARE ME IF THAT HELPS.
And yet!
And yet!
Leviticus 19:33-34
New International Version
33 “‘When a foreigner resides among you in your land, do not mistreat them. 34 The foreigner residing among you must be treated as your native-born. Love them as yourself, for you were foreigners in Egypt. I am the Lord your God.
New International Version
33 “‘When a foreigner resides among you in your land, do not mistreat them. 34 The foreigner residing among you must be treated as your native-born. Love them as yourself, for you were foreigners in Egypt. I am the Lord your God.
December 8, 2025 at 8:29 PM
I don't know if folks who didn't grow up in the Christian church grasp how painfully clear the Bible is about treating all humans with dignity and respect. Jesus was like PRETEND THOSE PEOPLE ARE ME IF THAT HELPS.
And yet!
And yet!
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Saying Trump is “transactional” is just a gentle way of saying he’s corrupt. Every power he has been trusted with, he treats as a way to extract favors and benefits from anyone he sees as situationally vulnerable.
December 8, 2025 at 7:44 PM
Saying Trump is “transactional” is just a gentle way of saying he’s corrupt. Every power he has been trusted with, he treats as a way to extract favors and benefits from anyone he sees as situationally vulnerable.
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Four Homeless People Dead In What Girlfriend Refers To As 'Cuddle Weather' https://theonion.com/four-homeless-people-dead-in-what-girlfriend-refers-to-1819574385/
December 8, 2025 at 10:00 PM
Four Homeless People Dead In What Girlfriend Refers To As 'Cuddle Weather' https://theonion.com/four-homeless-people-dead-in-what-girlfriend-refers-to-1819574385/
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Every nazi movement needs a youth wing.
Happening now: Texas leaders announcing a rollout of a statewide program to put TPUSA chapters in high schools and colleges across the state. Gov. Abbott adds that schools that stand in the way should be reported to the Texas Education Agency.
December 8, 2025 at 10:05 PM
Every nazi movement needs a youth wing.
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this is why i prefer the term "the malaise." there is *demonstrably* a malaise. nobody likes The Current Thing™️. but *what* they're mad about? or more precisely, what *caused* them to be mad? that is a much harder question, and one it does not do to presuppose
December 8, 2025 at 10:28 PM
this is why i prefer the term "the malaise." there is *demonstrably* a malaise. nobody likes The Current Thing™️. but *what* they're mad about? or more precisely, what *caused* them to be mad? that is a much harder question, and one it does not do to presuppose
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The boat was rubble.
The drugs were no longer "loaded up"... if there were drugs.
The boaters were traumatized, shellshocked, and hanging on for dear life, incapacitated, incapable of doing anything.
You had them murdered.
Thanks for playing. Now release the video.
The drugs were no longer "loaded up"... if there were drugs.
The boaters were traumatized, shellshocked, and hanging on for dear life, incapacitated, incapable of doing anything.
You had them murdered.
Thanks for playing. Now release the video.
Q: Are you ordering Hegseth to release that full video?
TRUMP: Whatever he decides is okay with me ... I saw the video. They were trying to turn the boat back to where it could float. And we didn't want to see that because that boat was loaded up with drugs.
TRUMP: Whatever he decides is okay with me ... I saw the video. They were trying to turn the boat back to where it could float. And we didn't want to see that because that boat was loaded up with drugs.
December 8, 2025 at 8:21 PM
The boat was rubble.
The drugs were no longer "loaded up"... if there were drugs.
The boaters were traumatized, shellshocked, and hanging on for dear life, incapacitated, incapable of doing anything.
You had them murdered.
Thanks for playing. Now release the video.
The drugs were no longer "loaded up"... if there were drugs.
The boaters were traumatized, shellshocked, and hanging on for dear life, incapacitated, incapable of doing anything.
You had them murdered.
Thanks for playing. Now release the video.
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I know people say it's important to fund PBS, but framing this situation like Donald The Dove is the glue keeping this thing together and blaming Ukraine for not folding doesn't seem like the kind of thing I should pay money for
U.S. President Donald Trump has unleashed the most extensive diplomatic effort to end the fighting in Ukraine since Russia’s full-scale invasion nearly four years ago, but Washington’s efforts have run into sharply conflicting demands by Moscow and Kyiv. https://to.pbs.org/4rKTs9z
What to know about peace talks on Russia's war in Ukraine
Trump's special envoy Steve Witkoff and his son-in-law Jared Kushner visited Moscow last week for five-hour talks with Russian President Vladimir Putin.
www.pbs.org
December 8, 2025 at 8:09 PM
I know people say it's important to fund PBS, but framing this situation like Donald The Dove is the glue keeping this thing together and blaming Ukraine for not folding doesn't seem like the kind of thing I should pay money for
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Trans people are here. They have been here and they will always be here. #transisbeautiful
December 8, 2025 at 5:34 PM
Trans people are here. They have been here and they will always be here. #transisbeautiful
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How actions indicate character:
Kit, a pitcher, ducks as she's used to line drives coming back at her
Marla, a middle infielder, plants herself to field the ball
Dottie, a catcher, catches the ball
Kit, a pitcher, ducks as she's used to line drives coming back at her
Marla, a middle infielder, plants herself to field the ball
Dottie, a catcher, catches the ball
a woman in a purple hat is standing next to a man in a white shirt holding a baseball glove ..
ALT: a woman in a purple hat is standing next to a man in a white shirt holding a baseball glove ..
media.tenor.com
December 8, 2025 at 2:36 AM
How actions indicate character:
Kit, a pitcher, ducks as she's used to line drives coming back at her
Marla, a middle infielder, plants herself to field the ball
Dottie, a catcher, catches the ball
Kit, a pitcher, ducks as she's used to line drives coming back at her
Marla, a middle infielder, plants herself to field the ball
Dottie, a catcher, catches the ball
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This man did a photo opp of himself destroying homeless people's last possessions.
California Governor Gavin Newsom said on Thursday that the Democratic Party needed to be “more culturally normal” and “less judgmental.”
December 7, 2025 at 1:36 AM
This man did a photo opp of himself destroying homeless people's last possessions.
The "everyone is 12" theory continues to gain evidence
December 8, 2025 at 2:45 AM
The "everyone is 12" theory continues to gain evidence
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After the recent joy of Hard Boiled in a packed theater it hit me that one of the tragedies of capitalism’s manifestation of our tech age is that on top of imprisoning us in gilded cages disconnected from shared reality, they are transforming communal experience into an expensive, uncommon novelty.
James Gunn says theatrical releases are “incredibly important” for DC after the Warner Bros & Netflix merger news
“The communal theatrical experience is something that is incredibly important & remarkably well suited to our big spectacle films”
(Source: www.bloomberg.com/news/article...)
“The communal theatrical experience is something that is incredibly important & remarkably well suited to our big spectacle films”
(Source: www.bloomberg.com/news/article...)
December 6, 2025 at 4:26 PM
After the recent joy of Hard Boiled in a packed theater it hit me that one of the tragedies of capitalism’s manifestation of our tech age is that on top of imprisoning us in gilded cages disconnected from shared reality, they are transforming communal experience into an expensive, uncommon novelty.
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"The dismantling of USAID, according to models from Boston University epidemiologist Brooke Nichols, “has already caused the deaths of six hundred thousand people, two-thirds of them children” hsph.harvard.edu/news/usaid-s...
Does this answer the question about why one of Elon’s 1st acts was to kill USAID (condemning 100s of 1000s of people to death?)
![Mass Deaths
From this point onward, Bach speculates openly about mass death. "Maybe climate change is a good way of dealing with overpopulation... the earth's forest fire... potentially a good thing for the species," he writes.
He goes further still: "too many people, so many mass executions of the elderly and infirm make sense... if the brain discards unused neurons, why shold socieity (sic] keep their equivalent".](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:jmu5wxhgzspuoig4kssnvu7b/bafkreidbgt4ycst7zmvbl6vpub26icuewb7grtsxprm5im25f6nuea4z44@jpeg)
December 7, 2025 at 6:46 PM
"The dismantling of USAID, according to models from Boston University epidemiologist Brooke Nichols, “has already caused the deaths of six hundred thousand people, two-thirds of them children” hsph.harvard.edu/news/usaid-s...
Nope
California Governor Gavin Newsom said on Thursday that the Democratic Party needed to be “more culturally normal” and “less judgmental.”
December 7, 2025 at 7:29 AM
Nope
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Evergreen Tech post
If he controls over 50% of the voting stock, he should be personally liable for the company’s actions. If you can never be removed from control, that’s not a publicly held company, that’s a grift.
December 7, 2025 at 6:38 AM
Evergreen Tech post
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I keep saying we all need to be sand in their gears
10:00am ICE chased a guy to an apartment building. Crowd gathered. Rapid response arrived. By 3:30pm 30 agents there, & used chem munitions & gassed the n’hood*
5 hours
Eventually 30 agents
1 guy
Neighbors & rapid response were sand in the gears
10:00am ICE chased a guy to an apartment building. Crowd gathered. Rapid response arrived. By 3:30pm 30 agents there, & used chem munitions & gassed the n’hood*
5 hours
Eventually 30 agents
1 guy
Neighbors & rapid response were sand in the gears
Happening right now. Community members in Elgin, IL are in a standoff with Feds who are trying to abduct their neighbor.
ERO guy in picture on left just peppered sprayed person I screencapped.
ERO guy in picture on left just peppered sprayed person I screencapped.
December 7, 2025 at 12:43 AM
I keep saying we all need to be sand in their gears
10:00am ICE chased a guy to an apartment building. Crowd gathered. Rapid response arrived. By 3:30pm 30 agents there, & used chem munitions & gassed the n’hood*
5 hours
Eventually 30 agents
1 guy
Neighbors & rapid response were sand in the gears
10:00am ICE chased a guy to an apartment building. Crowd gathered. Rapid response arrived. By 3:30pm 30 agents there, & used chem munitions & gassed the n’hood*
5 hours
Eventually 30 agents
1 guy
Neighbors & rapid response were sand in the gears
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Women and girls are constantly:
- cat called.
- not able to walk alone at night.
- not able to feel safe.
Stick up for these girls and women. This treatment isn't ok and we need to stick together.
- cat called.
- not able to walk alone at night.
- not able to feel safe.
Stick up for these girls and women. This treatment isn't ok and we need to stick together.
December 6, 2025 at 8:25 PM
Women and girls are constantly:
- cat called.
- not able to walk alone at night.
- not able to feel safe.
Stick up for these girls and women. This treatment isn't ok and we need to stick together.
- cat called.
- not able to walk alone at night.
- not able to feel safe.
Stick up for these girls and women. This treatment isn't ok and we need to stick together.