Jack Yatteau
@jackyatteau.bsky.social
THEN: computational physics and chemistry of planetary atmospheres
NOW: dodging viruses and toxic social media?
NOW: dodging viruses and toxic social media?
The US could defeat the Venezuelan military, oust the government in Caracas, replace it, and seize the oil fields.
What the US cannot do is prevent the Chavistas from organizing a guerilla movement, conducting asymmetric warfare, and destabilizing the region for a decade or more.
What the US cannot do is prevent the Chavistas from organizing a guerilla movement, conducting asymmetric warfare, and destabilizing the region for a decade or more.
December 11, 2025 at 10:57 PM
The US could defeat the Venezuelan military, oust the government in Caracas, replace it, and seize the oil fields.
What the US cannot do is prevent the Chavistas from organizing a guerilla movement, conducting asymmetric warfare, and destabilizing the region for a decade or more.
What the US cannot do is prevent the Chavistas from organizing a guerilla movement, conducting asymmetric warfare, and destabilizing the region for a decade or more.
Trump would have pardoned Lieutenant Calley for My Lai. As it was, Nixon changed his sentence to house arrest, and he only served 3 years of that. Hegseth might consider Calley an exemplar of the warrior ethos.
December 10, 2025 at 12:19 PM
Trump would have pardoned Lieutenant Calley for My Lai. As it was, Nixon changed his sentence to house arrest, and he only served 3 years of that. Hegseth might consider Calley an exemplar of the warrior ethos.
Do you think there might be a anticorrelation between chronic hepatitis B infections and adoption of universal vaccination for newborns?
(This map hasn’t been removed from the CDC website yet.)
(This map hasn’t been removed from the CDC website yet.)
December 5, 2025 at 10:13 PM
Do you think there might be a anticorrelation between chronic hepatitis B infections and adoption of universal vaccination for newborns?
(This map hasn’t been removed from the CDC website yet.)
(This map hasn’t been removed from the CDC website yet.)
The cold weather affecting the US follows the earliest sudden stratospheric warming ever recorded, disrupting the stratospheric polar vortex.
www.severe-weather.eu/global-weath...
www.severe-weather.eu/global-weath...
Polar Vortex Watch: A large Polar Vortex core is about to dive into North America, bringing snow and cold weather to last
A lower core the Polar Vortex is coming into the United States and Canada with cold and snow, following a Stratospheric Warming event
www.severe-weather.eu
December 4, 2025 at 8:34 PM
The cold weather affecting the US follows the earliest sudden stratospheric warming ever recorded, disrupting the stratospheric polar vortex.
www.severe-weather.eu/global-weath...
www.severe-weather.eu/global-weath...
To make groceries affordable, for starters have enough farm workers, and don’t tariff food. Most states don’t tax groceries (10 do). Why does the federal government?
To make housing affordable, encourage less expensive housing, not high profit luxury housing preferred by the free market.
To make housing affordable, encourage less expensive housing, not high profit luxury housing preferred by the free market.
November 22, 2025 at 4:32 PM
To make groceries affordable, for starters have enough farm workers, and don’t tariff food. Most states don’t tax groceries (10 do). Why does the federal government?
To make housing affordable, encourage less expensive housing, not high profit luxury housing preferred by the free market.
To make housing affordable, encourage less expensive housing, not high profit luxury housing preferred by the free market.
Phone photo Acton, MA, just now.
November 12, 2025 at 2:11 AM
Phone photo Acton, MA, just now.
It’s going to take another costly tsunami.
November 11, 2025 at 1:47 PM
It’s going to take another costly tsunami.
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I want to say something about incest or circular reasoning but I can’t formulate it.
I want to say something about incest or circular reasoning but I can’t formulate it.
November 2, 2025 at 3:33 PM
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I want to say something about incest or circular reasoning but I can’t formulate it.
I want to say something about incest or circular reasoning but I can’t formulate it.
It will be really easy for a future administration to eliminate ICE now that this regime has demonstrated how straightforward it is to destroy agencies. FAFO
October 28, 2025 at 10:16 PM
It will be really easy for a future administration to eliminate ICE now that this regime has demonstrated how straightforward it is to destroy agencies. FAFO
Envy is an insult to oneself.
—Yevtushenko
—Yevtushenko
October 23, 2025 at 5:42 PM
Envy is an insult to oneself.
—Yevtushenko
—Yevtushenko
It’s not just the First Lady’s office. Does the White House still have a working bunker?
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Preside...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Preside...
Presidential Emergency Operations Center - Wikipedia
en.wikipedia.org
October 23, 2025 at 11:22 AM
It’s not just the First Lady’s office. Does the White House still have a working bunker?
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Preside...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Preside...
After a scolding and being called to the principal’s office (in Budapest)…
Trump tells Zelensky he’s reluctant to sell Ukraine Tomahawk missiles after warning Russia he might
edition.pagesuite.com/popovers/dyn...
Trump tells Zelensky he’s reluctant to sell Ukraine Tomahawk missiles after warning Russia he might
edition.pagesuite.com/popovers/dyn...
Trump tells Zelensky he’s reluctant to sell Ukraine Tomahawk missiles after warning Russia he might - The Boston Globe
edition.pagesuite.com
October 18, 2025 at 11:53 AM
After a scolding and being called to the principal’s office (in Budapest)…
Trump tells Zelensky he’s reluctant to sell Ukraine Tomahawk missiles after warning Russia he might
edition.pagesuite.com/popovers/dyn...
Trump tells Zelensky he’s reluctant to sell Ukraine Tomahawk missiles after warning Russia he might
edition.pagesuite.com/popovers/dyn...
Industrial accident or sabotage? We might never know.
Trump has fired all the top people who would investigate terrorism or sabotage on US soil leaving the US more open to asymmetric attacks.
Russia is already waging asymmetric warfare in Europe, including sabotage.
apnews.com/video/powerf...
Trump has fired all the top people who would investigate terrorism or sabotage on US soil leaving the US more open to asymmetric attacks.
Russia is already waging asymmetric warfare in Europe, including sabotage.
apnews.com/video/powerf...
Powerful blast at Tennessee military explosives plant rattles homes miles away
A powerful blast ripped through a military explosives manufacturing plant in rural Tennessee on Friday morning, rattling homes miles away and bringing emergency responders to the scene, authorities an...
apnews.com
October 11, 2025 at 4:37 PM
Industrial accident or sabotage? We might never know.
Trump has fired all the top people who would investigate terrorism or sabotage on US soil leaving the US more open to asymmetric attacks.
Russia is already waging asymmetric warfare in Europe, including sabotage.
apnews.com/video/powerf...
Trump has fired all the top people who would investigate terrorism or sabotage on US soil leaving the US more open to asymmetric attacks.
Russia is already waging asymmetric warfare in Europe, including sabotage.
apnews.com/video/powerf...
Sometimes little evidence remains.
November, 2024:
November, 2024:
October 11, 2025 at 12:19 PM
Sometimes little evidence remains.
November, 2024:
November, 2024:
Anti-vaxxers can take comfort from the significant advances in treatment since the development of the polio vaccine.
October 7, 2025 at 5:42 PM
Anti-vaxxers can take comfort from the significant advances in treatment since the development of the polio vaccine.
Some other collectible coins not to miss: Gaius Caesar Germanicus (Caligula), and der Führer und Reichskanzler, struck during their lifetimes
October 4, 2025 at 5:05 PM
Some other collectible coins not to miss: Gaius Caesar Germanicus (Caligula), and der Führer und Reichskanzler, struck during their lifetimes
Given that most MAGA supporters are reportedly not college educated, it seems likely that most students applying to college would be turned off by colleges that pledge to adhere to the administration’s values.
Signing is a bad choice for recruiting.
Signing is a bad choice for recruiting.
October 3, 2025 at 12:39 PM
Given that most MAGA supporters are reportedly not college educated, it seems likely that most students applying to college would be turned off by colleges that pledge to adhere to the administration’s values.
Signing is a bad choice for recruiting.
Signing is a bad choice for recruiting.
It’s renewable, not nuclear.
The Republicans have the votes to avoid a shutdown. They can change the senate rules to avoid the filibuster as they’ve done before. They prefer a shutdown because they think they can blame it on Ds.
The Republicans have the votes to avoid a shutdown. They can change the senate rules to avoid the filibuster as they’ve done before. They prefer a shutdown because they think they can blame it on Ds.
September 30, 2025 at 12:03 PM
It’s renewable, not nuclear.
The Republicans have the votes to avoid a shutdown. They can change the senate rules to avoid the filibuster as they’ve done before. They prefer a shutdown because they think they can blame it on Ds.
The Republicans have the votes to avoid a shutdown. They can change the senate rules to avoid the filibuster as they’ve done before. They prefer a shutdown because they think they can blame it on Ds.
Reposted by Jack Yatteau
Republicans control the White House, the Senate, the House of Representatives, and the Supreme Court, and they can’t keep the government open.
September 23, 2025 at 6:52 PM
Republicans control the White House, the Senate, the House of Representatives, and the Supreme Court, and they can’t keep the government open.
The Supreme Court just agreed to allow the deaths of Africans.
September 26, 2025 at 9:33 PM
The Supreme Court just agreed to allow the deaths of Africans.
James Comey influenced the 2016 election by publicly reopening an investigation of Hillary Clinton shortly before the election, then shutting it down right before the election. He probably regrets that.
“Show me the man and I’ll show you the crime.” — Beria (head of Stalin’s secret police)
September 26, 2025 at 10:39 AM
James Comey influenced the 2016 election by publicly reopening an investigation of Hillary Clinton shortly before the election, then shutting it down right before the election. He probably regrets that.
“Show me the man and I’ll show you the crime.” — Beria (head of Stalin’s secret police)
September 25, 2025 at 8:11 PM
“Show me the man and I’ll show you the crime.” — Beria (head of Stalin’s secret police)
How to telegraph that he doesn’t really mean it
September 25, 2025 at 11:06 AM
How to telegraph that he doesn’t really mean it