Flannelman
@flannelforever.bsky.social
Living in Maine. Originally from Away. Winter is coming. Flannel is ready.
A reminder that nuclear winter would help offset global warming.
a man in a suit and tie is sitting in front of a sign that says positive thinking
Alt: Michael Che on Saturday Night Live Weekend Update with a caption that says positive thinking
media.tenor.com
December 9, 2025 at 1:45 AM
A reminder that nuclear winter would help offset global warming.
TIRED: Use the Defense Production Act to bypass local regs and ramp-up U.S. output of critical rare-Earth minerals.
WIRED: Switch from dependence on China for rare-Earth minerals to dependence on Russia, for a huge payout to friends and family.
WIRED: Switch from dependence on China for rare-Earth minerals to dependence on Russia, for a huge payout to friends and family.
Russian rare-Earth production is what? One percent of global output? The U.S. has bountiful rare-Earth deposits. Who in their right mind would want to invest in production in Russia when we could be investing in domestic production instead?
December 2, 2025 at 7:08 PM
TIRED: Use the Defense Production Act to bypass local regs and ramp-up U.S. output of critical rare-Earth minerals.
WIRED: Switch from dependence on China for rare-Earth minerals to dependence on Russia, for a huge payout to friends and family.
WIRED: Switch from dependence on China for rare-Earth minerals to dependence on Russia, for a huge payout to friends and family.
If a genie offers me three wishes, one of those wishes has to be raccoons with opposable thumbs. 🦝👌
December 2, 2025 at 3:10 AM
If a genie offers me three wishes, one of those wishes has to be raccoons with opposable thumbs. 🦝👌
Q: "What are you having for dinner tonight?"
A: "Leftovers."
Q: "Turkey?"
A: "No, pie."
Q: "What else are you having?"
A: "More pie."
A: "Leftovers."
Q: "Turkey?"
A: "No, pie."
Q: "What else are you having?"
A: "More pie."
November 28, 2025 at 10:36 PM
Q: "What are you having for dinner tonight?"
A: "Leftovers."
Q: "Turkey?"
A: "No, pie."
Q: "What else are you having?"
A: "More pie."
A: "Leftovers."
Q: "Turkey?"
A: "No, pie."
Q: "What else are you having?"
A: "More pie."
"In the U.S., they have a slightly freaky wing of the Republican Party where they have some sort of weird, you know, sort of homoerotic veneration for Putin which I don't understand..." -- Boris Johnson (at 35:35) youtu.be/sgJd9bkAa88?...
‘There’s no deal to be done with Putin’, with Lt General (Retired) H.R. McMaster & Boris Johnson
YouTube video by The Telegraph
youtu.be
November 23, 2025 at 1:46 AM
"In the U.S., they have a slightly freaky wing of the Republican Party where they have some sort of weird, you know, sort of homoerotic veneration for Putin which I don't understand..." -- Boris Johnson (at 35:35) youtu.be/sgJd9bkAa88?...
I am okay with the higher prices, just so long as none of the increased revenue after tariffs goes to the rank-and-file workers. Because that would be **checks notes** socialism.
November 18, 2025 at 12:02 AM
I am okay with the higher prices, just so long as none of the increased revenue after tariffs goes to the rank-and-file workers. Because that would be **checks notes** socialism.
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pre-writing a devastating obituary for your enemy is god-tier hating of a kind you don’t often see anymore. renaissance haterism. beautiful stuff.
A Sharon Begley byline, almost 5 years after her death.
Upon hearing the news James Watson had died, a STAT reporter said in our Slack, "I wish I could read what Sharon would have written."
Incredible news: Sharon in fact did pre-write a Watson obit. And it is masterful and excoriating.
🧪🧬🧫
Upon hearing the news James Watson had died, a STAT reporter said in our Slack, "I wish I could read what Sharon would have written."
Incredible news: Sharon in fact did pre-write a Watson obit. And it is masterful and excoriating.
🧪🧬🧫
James Watson, dead at 97, was a scientific legend and a pariah among his peers
James Watson, the co-discoverer of the structure of DNA who died Thursday at 97, was a scientific legend and a pariah among his peers.
www.statnews.com
November 9, 2025 at 12:55 AM
pre-writing a devastating obituary for your enemy is god-tier hating of a kind you don’t often see anymore. renaissance haterism. beautiful stuff.
"I argue with random people on the Internet, who might be bots, therefore I am."
Now waiting for the ghost of René Descartes to appear and slap me.
Now waiting for the ghost of René Descartes to appear and slap me.
November 9, 2025 at 6:00 PM
"I argue with random people on the Internet, who might be bots, therefore I am."
Now waiting for the ghost of René Descartes to appear and slap me.
Now waiting for the ghost of René Descartes to appear and slap me.
One trillion dollars in compensation for a part-time CEO? 🙄
September 5, 2025 at 4:08 PM
One trillion dollars in compensation for a part-time CEO? 🙄
Squinting at the posted pics from the protests today, trying to pick out all the Biden robot clones in the crowd.
a man with a beard is sitting in the back seat of a car making a face .
Alt: A man with a beard is squinting with binoculars.
media.tenor.com
June 15, 2025 at 3:14 AM
Squinting at the posted pics from the protests today, trying to pick out all the Biden robot clones in the crowd.
Coming soon: talking points about the plumes of black soot from scrubberless coal plants creating cooling shade, and acid rain being cleansing.
www.npr.org/2025/06/11/n...
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Trump's EPA plans to repeal climate pollution limits on fossil fuel power plants
The Trump administration plans to get rid of all limits on climate-warming pollution from the nation's fossil fuel power plants. Fossil fuel interests hailed the proposal, which likely faces legal cha...
www.npr.org
June 11, 2025 at 11:28 PM
Coming soon: talking points about the plumes of black soot from scrubberless coal plants creating cooling shade, and acid rain being cleansing.
www.npr.org/2025/06/11/n...
www.npr.org/2025/06/11/n...
A brief history of the somewhat dubious efforts to control hurricanes: www.bbc.com/future/artic...
What a US mission to control hurricanes taught us about deadly storms
An ambitious project to weaken or divert hurricanes generated decades of suspicion and disagreement. What did we learn – and will it ever be revived?
www.bbc.com
June 5, 2025 at 11:51 AM
A brief history of the somewhat dubious efforts to control hurricanes: www.bbc.com/future/artic...
Sure, Kennedy may be attending his victim's funeral for politics, spin, or to spread more health disinformation. Or maybe it is just part of the compulsion that drives him to promote lies that keep killing people. mickipistorius.co.za/serial-kille...
April 6, 2025 at 1:38 PM
Sure, Kennedy may be attending his victim's funeral for politics, spin, or to spread more health disinformation. Or maybe it is just part of the compulsion that drives him to promote lies that keep killing people. mickipistorius.co.za/serial-kille...
I look forward to Senator Schumer's rationale for voting in favor of this.
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www.nbcnews.com/politics/con...
Speaker Mike Johnson floats eliminating federal courts as GOP ramps up attacks on judges
Republican lawmakers are setting their sights on the judiciary following court rulings that have halted Trump's agenda.
www.nbcnews.com
March 25, 2025 at 8:20 PM
I look forward to Senator Schumer's rationale for voting in favor of this.
www.nbcnews.com/politics/con...
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In 1930, the US military made a war plan to invade Canada, which was declassified in 1974:
www.spytalk.co/p/inside-the...
www.spytalk.co/p/inside-the...
Inside the US War Plans to Invade Canada
A military blueprint to attack Canada has been on the books for almost a century now. Former Washington Post feature writer Peter Carlson recounts how he came across it 20 years ago.
www.spytalk.co
March 15, 2025 at 7:43 PM
In 1930, the US military made a war plan to invade Canada, which was declassified in 1974:
www.spytalk.co/p/inside-the...
www.spytalk.co/p/inside-the...
Baguettes to go with the baked penne. Looks like I missed a few air bubbles.
March 11, 2025 at 10:27 PM
Baguettes to go with the baked penne. Looks like I missed a few air bubbles.
The cold, hard truth.
You can’t negotiate with Putin’s Russia.
1. You can deter them, or, if you fail to deter them,
2. You can stop them, or, if you fail to stop them,
3. You lose.
Europe has long failed to deter Russia. We now have two options left: Stop them, or lose.
Choose wisely.
1. You can deter them, or, if you fail to deter them,
2. You can stop them, or, if you fail to stop them,
3. You lose.
Europe has long failed to deter Russia. We now have two options left: Stop them, or lose.
Choose wisely.
March 11, 2025 at 1:31 PM
The cold, hard truth.
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Pitch-perfect response to Interim U.S. Attorney Ed Martin from @georgetownlaw.bsky.social Dean Bill Treanor.
It’s always a privilege and honor to be part of the GULC community (and to be Bill’s colleague), but *especially* today.
It’s always a privilege and honor to be part of the GULC community (and to be Bill’s colleague), but *especially* today.
March 6, 2025 at 8:41 PM
Pitch-perfect response to Interim U.S. Attorney Ed Martin from @georgetownlaw.bsky.social Dean Bill Treanor.
It’s always a privilege and honor to be part of the GULC community (and to be Bill’s colleague), but *especially* today.
It’s always a privilege and honor to be part of the GULC community (and to be Bill’s colleague), but *especially* today.
Damn straight, Skippy. www.bbc.com/news/article...
Volodymyr Zelensky calls for creation of 'army of Europe' to face Russian threats
The Ukraine president suggests Europe can no longer rely on the US to come to its defence.
www.bbc.com
February 15, 2025 at 6:33 PM
Damn straight, Skippy. www.bbc.com/news/article...
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Bless their hearts. We can’t even help ourselves.
Bonobos recognize when humans are ignorant, try to help
Study provides evidence that our relatives have a “theory of mind.”…
arstechnica.com
February 4, 2025 at 5:26 AM
Bless their hearts. We can’t even help ourselves.
Why sell-off Nvidia stock based on a Chinese company releasing a supposedly inexpensive AI chatbot, if that chatbot is running on Nvidia hardware? Export controls aside, more efficient software doesn't negate the need for more advanced hardware. www.technologyreview.com/2025/01/24/1...
How a top Chinese AI model overcame US sanctions
With a new reasoning model that matches the performance of ChatGPT o1, DeepSeek managed to turn restrictions into innovation.
www.technologyreview.com
January 27, 2025 at 6:53 PM
Why sell-off Nvidia stock based on a Chinese company releasing a supposedly inexpensive AI chatbot, if that chatbot is running on Nvidia hardware? Export controls aside, more efficient software doesn't negate the need for more advanced hardware. www.technologyreview.com/2025/01/24/1...
Seeing lots of comments today that the President can't overrule the Constitution by executive fiat, and that the courts will intercede. While that is how things are supposed to work, a gentle reminder that presidents have ignored court rulings without consequence.
January 27, 2025 at 4:54 PM
Seeing lots of comments today that the President can't overrule the Constitution by executive fiat, and that the courts will intercede. While that is how things are supposed to work, a gentle reminder that presidents have ignored court rulings without consequence.
I guess the TikTok ban means that the Chinese Government will have to buy confidential info about U.S. citizens from Meta instead.
The Supreme Court ruled on Friday that the federal government can legally shut down TikTok in the U.S., delivering a stunning blow to the viral video app used by about half of Americans.
www.npr.org/2025/01/17/n...
www.npr.org/2025/01/17/n...
Supreme Court upholds TikTok ban, threatening app's existence in the U.S.
The decision resolves a long-running legal dispute between the Department of Justice and TikTok. But experts say President-elect Donald Trump will now have considerable sway over the platform's future...
www.npr.org
January 17, 2025 at 3:34 PM
I guess the TikTok ban means that the Chinese Government will have to buy confidential info about U.S. citizens from Meta instead.