Gabriel S. Jacobs
@gsjphd.bsky.social
Paleontologist. Schoolteacher. Big galoot. Bespoke homemade opinions. (he/him)
Arthropod enthusiast, echino-curious.
Eamus Catuli, illegitimi non carborundum.
Arthropod enthusiast, echino-curious.
Eamus Catuli, illegitimi non carborundum.
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women are always saying “lord grant me the confidence of a mediocre man.” ok well he did. now what. is the world a better place? look at what you’ve wrought.
Olivia Nuzzi's 'American Canto': Read the Exclusive Excerpt
She flamed out and she faded away. 'Vanity Fair'’s West Coast Editor returns to the written word to survey scorched earth.
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November 17, 2025 at 3:46 PM
women are always saying “lord grant me the confidence of a mediocre man.” ok well he did. now what. is the world a better place? look at what you’ve wrought.
Eight years ago today, I participated in removing a huge sheet of lead from inside the walls of a lab room that used to house some X-ray instruments. That sucker was HEAVY!
November 16, 2025 at 10:50 PM
Eight years ago today, I participated in removing a huge sheet of lead from inside the walls of a lab room that used to house some X-ray instruments. That sucker was HEAVY!
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This is what Jupiter looks like in the infrared.
Its hot, lower atmosphere shining through the cooler cloud layers above.
You show me Jupiter and I'll show you a planet that wants you dead.
Its hot, lower atmosphere shining through the cooler cloud layers above.
You show me Jupiter and I'll show you a planet that wants you dead.
November 16, 2025 at 3:05 AM
This is what Jupiter looks like in the infrared.
Its hot, lower atmosphere shining through the cooler cloud layers above.
You show me Jupiter and I'll show you a planet that wants you dead.
Its hot, lower atmosphere shining through the cooler cloud layers above.
You show me Jupiter and I'll show you a planet that wants you dead.
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The difference between the sociopathic and non-sociopathic takes is really quite stark
November 16, 2025 at 4:00 PM
The difference between the sociopathic and non-sociopathic takes is really quite stark
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got my ass tbh
@thelouvreof.bsky.social @britishmuseum.bsky.social @ Neues museum (Berlin)
Notice how the Grand Egyptian Museum (GEM) did it.
They made a museum of their civilization with their own art and didn't have to steal art like you did.
Return the Rosetta Stone, Zodiac of Dendera, Nefertiti's Bust
Notice how the Grand Egyptian Museum (GEM) did it.
They made a museum of their civilization with their own art and didn't have to steal art like you did.
Return the Rosetta Stone, Zodiac of Dendera, Nefertiti's Bust
November 16, 2025 at 3:14 AM
got my ass tbh
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The problem isn't "we gave him money and he wasted it" it's that the job was represent and serve everyone and he only looked out for himself and his buddies
November 15, 2025 at 1:23 PM
The problem isn't "we gave him money and he wasted it" it's that the job was represent and serve everyone and he only looked out for himself and his buddies
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An important thing many corruption stories get wrong is that what's stolen isn't "taxpayer money" it's collective governance
November 15, 2025 at 1:20 PM
An important thing many corruption stories get wrong is that what's stolen isn't "taxpayer money" it's collective governance
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I know the hypocrisy is part of the point and that none of these people actually stand for anything beyond, power, money, and making others suffer, but it’s still doing my head in to see the “what about the children” crowd pivot to a pro-pedophilia stance this fast.
November 14, 2025 at 4:29 PM
I know the hypocrisy is part of the point and that none of these people actually stand for anything beyond, power, money, and making others suffer, but it’s still doing my head in to see the “what about the children” crowd pivot to a pro-pedophilia stance this fast.
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“But you see your honor, I added spikes to mine, so I believe this constitutes transformative use.”
November 14, 2025 at 1:37 PM
“But you see your honor, I added spikes to mine, so I believe this constitutes transformative use.”
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i’d be more comfortable with the olivia nuzzi coverage if every story was headlined something like “seduced by a guy who eats roadkill: the story of an extremely stupid lady”
November 14, 2025 at 7:02 PM
i’d be more comfortable with the olivia nuzzi coverage if every story was headlined something like “seduced by a guy who eats roadkill: the story of an extremely stupid lady”
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everything but the bagel seasoning is american furikake. send tweet
November 13, 2025 at 9:36 PM
everything but the bagel seasoning is american furikake. send tweet
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you could fact check this — there aren’t 30 million illegal immigrants and there is no evidence that the presence of an immigrant in say houston has any impact on housing in madison, wisconsin — or you could note straightforwardly that this is just nazi rhetoric
JD Vance: "A lot of young people are saying housing is way too expensive. Why is that? Because we flooded the country with 30 million illegal immigrants who were taking houses that ought by right go to American citizens."
November 13, 2025 at 10:12 PM
you could fact check this — there aren’t 30 million illegal immigrants and there is no evidence that the presence of an immigrant in say houston has any impact on housing in madison, wisconsin — or you could note straightforwardly that this is just nazi rhetoric
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Billion year old shallow water stromatolitic carbonates contact metamorphosed. Green layers with diopside and occasional grossular garnet. Sedimentary layers are preserved, including ripples! Franklin Mountains, El Paso, Texas.
November 13, 2025 at 2:28 PM
Billion year old shallow water stromatolitic carbonates contact metamorphosed. Green layers with diopside and occasional grossular garnet. Sedimentary layers are preserved, including ripples! Franklin Mountains, El Paso, Texas.
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jeffrey epstein won't see your jokes about how poorly written his emails were, but your barely literate friends also won't see them, because they can't read. fire away
November 13, 2025 at 4:55 AM
jeffrey epstein won't see your jokes about how poorly written his emails were, but your barely literate friends also won't see them, because they can't read. fire away
If you've seen "Blues Brothers" (1980) you probably know that the scene with the Illinois Nazis is a reference to the Skokie Affair, in which the National Socialist Party of America successfully argued before the Supreme Court that Skokie,
November 13, 2025 at 6:48 AM
If you've seen "Blues Brothers" (1980) you probably know that the scene with the Illinois Nazis is a reference to the Skokie Affair, in which the National Socialist Party of America successfully argued before the Supreme Court that Skokie,
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Unbelievable! How can this crap still be published?
Reverse Image Forensics Challenge: Try to find a unique area in Figure 9 of this recent Scientific Reports paper: 10.1038/s41598-025-17456-6 [Aug 2025] - Annotated by ImageTwin.ai
November 11, 2025 at 4:22 AM
Unbelievable! How can this crap still be published?
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Great piece by Zadie Smith. When the right talks about classics or "Western" culture, these works are only important to the extent that it demonstrates their superiority, they have no interest in art in and of itself beyond that www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
November 12, 2025 at 2:29 PM
Great piece by Zadie Smith. When the right talks about classics or "Western" culture, these works are only important to the extent that it demonstrates their superiority, they have no interest in art in and of itself beyond that www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
can't help but feel a bit miffed that I spent a whole year living in a tiny Iowa town, but all this aurora activity waited to happen until I moved to just across the Hudson from the car-tailgating-you-with-its-high-beams-on that is Manhattan at night.
November 13, 2025 at 2:55 AM
can't help but feel a bit miffed that I spent a whole year living in a tiny Iowa town, but all this aurora activity waited to happen until I moved to just across the Hudson from the car-tailgating-you-with-its-high-beams-on that is Manhattan at night.
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The attorney general and the FBI director, a manosphere podcaster bro, pulled into the situation room a member of Congress best known for getting kicked out of a Beetlejuice musical for drunkenly giving her date a handy, in order to pressure her about the president's child sex trafficking scandal.
November 12, 2025 at 11:23 PM
The attorney general and the FBI director, a manosphere podcaster bro, pulled into the situation room a member of Congress best known for getting kicked out of a Beetlejuice musical for drunkenly giving her date a handy, in order to pressure her about the president's child sex trafficking scandal.
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I’m at the annual paleontology conference. Here’s how people today have described their work:
“I basically study swamp monsters”
“I’m a dinosaur orthodontist”
“Dead bird bird watcher”
#2025SVP
“I basically study swamp monsters”
“I’m a dinosaur orthodontist”
“Dead bird bird watcher”
#2025SVP
November 12, 2025 at 10:26 PM
I’m at the annual paleontology conference. Here’s how people today have described their work:
“I basically study swamp monsters”
“I’m a dinosaur orthodontist”
“Dead bird bird watcher”
#2025SVP
“I basically study swamp monsters”
“I’m a dinosaur orthodontist”
“Dead bird bird watcher”
#2025SVP
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Everytime I say something like, “so now’s a great time to commit tax fraud” or “remember kids, one crime at a time” in lectures:
November 12, 2025 at 5:17 PM
Everytime I say something like, “so now’s a great time to commit tax fraud” or “remember kids, one crime at a time” in lectures:
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how did i go so long not knowing we were literally teaching people to read wrong. i knew something wasn't right but jesus christ www.apmreports.org/episode/2019...
How a flawed idea is teaching millions of kids to be poor readers
For decades, schools have taught children the strategies of struggling readers, using a theory about reading that cognitive scientists have repeatedly debunked. And many teachers and parents don't kno...
www.apmreports.org
November 11, 2025 at 6:18 PM
how did i go so long not knowing we were literally teaching people to read wrong. i knew something wasn't right but jesus christ www.apmreports.org/episode/2019...
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