Itinerant Hammer
@itineranthammer.bsky.social
Science, politics, space...not necessarily in that order. He/him.
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13 years ago today I built your crib.
8 months ago (tomorrow) we lost you.
Miss you every day little one. So much.
8 months ago (tomorrow) we lost you.
Miss you every day little one. So much.
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One of my favorite things is getting to tell friends who are new to NYC that the subway "stand clear of the closing doors please" voice is a trans woman named Bernie Wagenblast and she's amazing.
November 24, 2025 at 6:19 PM
One of my favorite things is getting to tell friends who are new to NYC that the subway "stand clear of the closing doors please" voice is a trans woman named Bernie Wagenblast and she's amazing.
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Nuremburg trials is the moderate position
He said that the agents would throw food at them to eat. The agents threatened to withhold food for a week and to beat him up if he didn't sign deportation papers. He said he saw others refuse and get beaten/receive no food. He signed because he was afraid.
November 7, 2025 at 12:34 PM
Nuremburg trials is the moderate position
@bradbauman.bsky.social - The MCRIB is back!!!
November 4, 2025 at 7:05 PM
@bradbauman.bsky.social - The MCRIB is back!!!
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“There is no joy more intense than that of coming upon a fact that cannot be understood in terms of currently accepted ideas."
Astronomer Cecilia Payne-Gaposchkin, who decoded spectral lines to deduce the elemental composition of stars, was born #OTD in 1900. 🧪 🔭 ⚛️ 👩🔬
Image: Harvard Observatory
Astronomer Cecilia Payne-Gaposchkin, who decoded spectral lines to deduce the elemental composition of stars, was born #OTD in 1900. 🧪 🔭 ⚛️ 👩🔬
Image: Harvard Observatory
May 10, 2025 at 6:02 PM
“There is no joy more intense than that of coming upon a fact that cannot be understood in terms of currently accepted ideas."
Astronomer Cecilia Payne-Gaposchkin, who decoded spectral lines to deduce the elemental composition of stars, was born #OTD in 1900. 🧪 🔭 ⚛️ 👩🔬
Image: Harvard Observatory
Astronomer Cecilia Payne-Gaposchkin, who decoded spectral lines to deduce the elemental composition of stars, was born #OTD in 1900. 🧪 🔭 ⚛️ 👩🔬
Image: Harvard Observatory
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People are following federal agents around DC w/the Imperial March. 😘
CHICAGO!!
Will add some basic ICE melting🧊 resources below.
Plz add other resources/ideas, & let’s get sub threads by city, so eg one person can start a Boston reply thread and everyone can add stuff to that thread — ?
🧵
CHICAGO!!
Will add some basic ICE melting🧊 resources below.
Plz add other resources/ideas, & let’s get sub threads by city, so eg one person can start a Boston reply thread and everyone can add stuff to that thread — ?
🧵
September 9, 2025 at 9:29 AM
People are following federal agents around DC w/the Imperial March. 😘
CHICAGO!!
Will add some basic ICE melting🧊 resources below.
Plz add other resources/ideas, & let’s get sub threads by city, so eg one person can start a Boston reply thread and everyone can add stuff to that thread — ?
🧵
CHICAGO!!
Will add some basic ICE melting🧊 resources below.
Plz add other resources/ideas, & let’s get sub threads by city, so eg one person can start a Boston reply thread and everyone can add stuff to that thread — ?
🧵
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This is not at all an exaggeration. Elon Musk, a single deranged billionaire, killed USAID and thus will kill millions globally.
Elon Musk will end his days with a body count comparable to the Holocaust's
September 9, 2025 at 4:12 PM
This is not at all an exaggeration. Elon Musk, a single deranged billionaire, killed USAID and thus will kill millions globally.
Started playing #RobocopRogueCity on stream and just re-creating the "Our #Robocop Remake - Scene 27" scene 167 times and it gets funnier Every. Single. Time!
Plus there's an achievement for it!
Plus there's an achievement for it!
September 9, 2025 at 4:21 PM
Started playing #RobocopRogueCity on stream and just re-creating the "Our #Robocop Remake - Scene 27" scene 167 times and it gets funnier Every. Single. Time!
Plus there's an achievement for it!
Plus there's an achievement for it!
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so the techbros on this coup know how to admin an Exchange server, maybe, which is more competence than we could have expected
Less than 30 minutes after the Social Security Administration’s chief data officer resigned following a whistleblower complaint, recipients could no longer access the resignation email. www.wired.com/story/charle...
SSA Whistleblower’s Resignation Email Mysteriously Disappeared From Inboxes
Less than 30 minutes after the Social Security Administration’s chief data officer resigned following a whistleblower complaint, recipients could no longer access the resignation email.
www.wired.com
August 29, 2025 at 11:33 PM
so the techbros on this coup know how to admin an Exchange server, maybe, which is more competence than we could have expected
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All I think about when I hear people say that it’s bad taste to dance on Hulk Hogan’s grave is that Emmett Till’s monument had to be replaced with a 500lb steel bulletproof monument because white people simply won’t stop riddling it with bullets. So now it just has tons of dents. From bullets.
July 28, 2025 at 1:12 AM
All I think about when I hear people say that it’s bad taste to dance on Hulk Hogan’s grave is that Emmett Till’s monument had to be replaced with a 500lb steel bulletproof monument because white people simply won’t stop riddling it with bullets. So now it just has tons of dents. From bullets.
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My last living musical hero is still my hero but unfortunately no longer living. RIP to the great, great Mr. Tom Lehrer.
July 27, 2025 at 5:33 PM
My last living musical hero is still my hero but unfortunately no longer living. RIP to the great, great Mr. Tom Lehrer.
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In the middle of a heightened threat environment with Iran, DHS is gutting its intelligence office by 75%—and put a 22-year-old ex-grocer with no natsec experience in charge of countering extremism. What could possibly go wrong?
DHS to cut 75% of staff in its intelligence office amid heightened threat environment
DHS plans to reduce its Office of Intelligence & Analysis to just 275 personnel, four sources said.
www.cbsnews.com
July 4, 2025 at 3:07 AM
In the middle of a heightened threat environment with Iran, DHS is gutting its intelligence office by 75%—and put a 22-year-old ex-grocer with no natsec experience in charge of countering extremism. What could possibly go wrong?
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With ICE's *enormous* new budget and its ability to hire *many* more agents, the United States is about to enter an era of brutal domestic terrorism that we've never seen before.
July 3, 2025 at 7:28 PM
With ICE's *enormous* new budget and its ability to hire *many* more agents, the United States is about to enter an era of brutal domestic terrorism that we've never seen before.
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A spiral galaxy in a merger, observed with the Apache Point 2.5m Telescope in the SDSS survey.
It is at redshift 0.028 (lookback time 397.0 million years) with coordinates (156.44276, 13.71685).
43 volunteers classified this galaxy in Galaxy Zoo 2.
It is at redshift 0.028 (lookback time 397.0 million years) with coordinates (156.44276, 13.71685).
43 volunteers classified this galaxy in Galaxy Zoo 2.
July 4, 2025 at 4:29 AM
A spiral galaxy in a merger, observed with the Apache Point 2.5m Telescope in the SDSS survey.
It is at redshift 0.028 (lookback time 397.0 million years) with coordinates (156.44276, 13.71685).
43 volunteers classified this galaxy in Galaxy Zoo 2.
It is at redshift 0.028 (lookback time 397.0 million years) with coordinates (156.44276, 13.71685).
43 volunteers classified this galaxy in Galaxy Zoo 2.
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That face screams exactly that!
July 3, 2025 at 4:34 AM
That face screams exactly that!
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Editors: trusted government agency sends out email full of lies to senior citizens is a front page story
Can confirm this email is authentic — and about nothing in it is true.
Social Security income is still taxed. This bill does nothing to change that.
It’s willful disinformation on the part of SSA. It’s a lie.
Social Security income is still taxed. This bill does nothing to change that.
It’s willful disinformation on the part of SSA. It’s a lie.
Hi, I think a lot of us received e-mails from SSA saying that social security will no longer be taxed - and that somehow there is "enhanced deductions" (how much enhancement can you make to 0?) for those over 65. What part, if any, of this is true? Thank you!
July 4, 2025 at 4:30 AM
Editors: trusted government agency sends out email full of lies to senior citizens is a front page story
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I kept hoping this myth would burn itself out, but no — the idea that em dashes are a sign of AI writing just keeps spreading.
I finally couldn't take it anymore, so I crashed a segment into the latest Grammar Girl podcast. 🧵
APPLE PODCASTS: bit.ly/4kV4HbF
SPOTIFY: bit.ly/45YGCfh
I finally couldn't take it anymore, so I crashed a segment into the latest Grammar Girl podcast. 🧵
APPLE PODCASTS: bit.ly/4kV4HbF
SPOTIFY: bit.ly/45YGCfh
July 3, 2025 at 7:45 PM
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Big fan of democracy but we'll have to admit it's an L of historic proportions to get subverted and destroyed not by some strategic genius but by possibly the dumbest man on earth
July 3, 2025 at 9:02 PM
Big fan of democracy but we'll have to admit it's an L of historic proportions to get subverted and destroyed not by some strategic genius but by possibly the dumbest man on earth
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The asymmetry of Bouie having to delete posts for a bunch of journalists suffering zero consequences for horrifically unethical journalism is peak
I deleted several posts about a Times story because they violated Times social media standards.
July 4, 2025 at 1:57 AM
The asymmetry of Bouie having to delete posts for a bunch of journalists suffering zero consequences for horrifically unethical journalism is peak
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Anyway, it strikes me that the best thing to do now that ICE has that big budget is to make it impossible for them to spend it, starting with manpower: anyone who not only works with ICE but works somewhere that has contracted with them *once* needs to be made a pariah
July 4, 2025 at 4:02 AM
Anyway, it strikes me that the best thing to do now that ICE has that big budget is to make it impossible for them to spend it, starting with manpower: anyone who not only works with ICE but works somewhere that has contracted with them *once* needs to be made a pariah
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Never assume anyone has walked an easy path to get to where they are - we all have our own struggles behind the scenes. If you ever feel like giving up, I hope you find the strength to push through because you never know what the future may hold! 🥰
#mentalhealth #inspiration #srength #youcandoit
#mentalhealth #inspiration #srength #youcandoit
June 14, 2025 at 7:46 PM
Never assume anyone has walked an easy path to get to where they are - we all have our own struggles behind the scenes. If you ever feel like giving up, I hope you find the strength to push through because you never know what the future may hold! 🥰
#mentalhealth #inspiration #srength #youcandoit
#mentalhealth #inspiration #srength #youcandoit
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The most important part of republican fascism is the demand you must be nice to them.
June 24, 2025 at 2:52 PM
The most important part of republican fascism is the demand you must be nice to them.
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Disability Justice is Housing Justice! #KnowYourRights
June 24, 2025 at 10:29 PM
Disability Justice is Housing Justice! #KnowYourRights
Zohran Mamdani is poised to become the Democratic nominee for New York mayor.
The 33-year-old democratic socialist declared victory in the party's primary on Tuesday, defeating his main rival and political veteran Andrew Cuomo who previously served as state governor.
The 33-year-old democratic socialist declared victory in the party's primary on Tuesday, defeating his main rival and political veteran Andrew Cuomo who previously served as state governor.
June 25, 2025 at 3:22 PM