Chris Knight
@lasttraintocool.bsky.social
we plan this thing for weeks and all they want to do is study. I’m disgusted.
Science writer, former biological anthropologist, current Philadelphian, Marxist feminist, gin aficionado, cat photo reply guy
She/her
Science writer, former biological anthropologist, current Philadelphian, Marxist feminist, gin aficionado, cat photo reply guy
She/her
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Morning walk
September 26, 2025 at 12:09 PM
Morning walk
*Carrie Bradshaw voice*
It was a queer, sultry summer, the summer they electrocuted Jimmy Kimmel, and I didn't know what I was doing in New York
September 18, 2025 at 2:25 AM
*Carrie Bradshaw voice*
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Protests against Trump erupt inside D.C. restaurant as people chant to his face: “FREE D.C.! FREE PALESTINE! TRUMP IS THE H*TLER OF OUR TIME!” (via Sam Waldenberg / CNN)
September 10, 2025 at 12:42 AM
Protests against Trump erupt inside D.C. restaurant as people chant to his face: “FREE D.C.! FREE PALESTINE! TRUMP IS THE H*TLER OF OUR TIME!” (via Sam Waldenberg / CNN)
There’s fireworks going off in Philly and bsky got me thinking wait DID it happen
August 30, 2025 at 1:53 AM
There’s fireworks going off in Philly and bsky got me thinking wait DID it happen
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The best writing I’ve ever done was a line by line exegesis of the second inaugural. A beautiful, courageous speech. Incredible to imagine a leader in wartime who could stand in front of his country and say, “we deserve to die for the crimes we have allowed.”
August 19, 2025 at 11:52 PM
The best writing I’ve ever done was a line by line exegesis of the second inaugural. A beautiful, courageous speech. Incredible to imagine a leader in wartime who could stand in front of his country and say, “we deserve to die for the crimes we have allowed.”
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AOL To Discontinue Dial-Up Internet
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August 13, 2025 at 8:30 PM
AOL To Discontinue Dial-Up Internet
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San Diego International for many reasons, but especially because you never wait long for checked luggage.
Actually, you know what? Let’s stop complaining for a second. QT this with a GOOD airport. Defend that title as much or as little as you like. But let’s hear about airports that don’t suck.
August 13, 2025 at 8:04 PM
San Diego International for many reasons, but especially because you never wait long for checked luggage.
The prototype of cool for a reason
i’ve been watching old lou reed interviews and i’m obsessed with this 50 year old interview and his response to being asked if he identifies as a transvestite or homosexual
August 7, 2025 at 9:28 PM
The prototype of cool for a reason
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I appreciate this and it reminded me how how many role models young white men could have if they learned to think of guys like this instead of billionaires and movie stars as the prototype
My Life in Protest From Vietnam to No Kings
I was 17 at my first protest. Now I’m 77 and still taking to the streets.
nymag.com
July 30, 2025 at 5:29 PM
I appreciate this and it reminded me how how many role models young white men could have if they learned to think of guys like this instead of billionaires and movie stars as the prototype
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Well, I'll be damned.
It's royalty free and there's already six, generic manufacturers lined up.
newatlas.com/infectious-d...
It's royalty free and there's already six, generic manufacturers lined up.
newatlas.com/infectious-d...
The first 100% effective HIV prevention drug is approved and going global
An epidemic that's been sustained for 44 years might finally be quelled, with the milestone approval of the first HIV drug that offers 100% protection with its twice-yearly injections. It's a landmark...
newatlas.com
July 27, 2025 at 10:39 PM
Well, I'll be damned.
It's royalty free and there's already six, generic manufacturers lined up.
newatlas.com/infectious-d...
It's royalty free and there's already six, generic manufacturers lined up.
newatlas.com/infectious-d...
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My response to any defense of AI in the arts is “show me something good made with it.” We’re three years in with this stuff and brother, I’m still batting a thousand
‘You can make really good stuff – fast’: new AI tools a gamechanger for film-makers
‘You can make really good stuff – fast’: new AI tools a gamechanger for film-makers
Instead of spending millions and taking years to complete, creative directors are producing high-grade work using the latest software, but critics voice copyright concerns
www.theguardian.com
July 20, 2025 at 9:51 AM
My response to any defense of AI in the arts is “show me something good made with it.” We’re three years in with this stuff and brother, I’m still batting a thousand
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Can someone feed the wsj description of the Trump drawing into one of those art AI’s and see what it comes up with. This might be AI’s first chance to justify itself.
July 17, 2025 at 11:34 PM
Can someone feed the wsj description of the Trump drawing into one of those art AI’s and see what it comes up with. This might be AI’s first chance to justify itself.
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When millennials hear another once in a generation crisis is coming
June 29, 2025 at 4:51 PM
When millennials hear another once in a generation crisis is coming
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also Paul Newman was ungodly Hot. the Definition of Handsome and Cool. This dude Coukd have been the biggest dick head ever and instead started a hundred-million dollar company that’s slogan is deadass “let’s give it all away!” gonna go shotgun thousand island dressing and interrupt the neighbors
June 27, 2025 at 10:10 PM
also Paul Newman was ungodly Hot. the Definition of Handsome and Cool. This dude Coukd have been the biggest dick head ever and instead started a hundred-million dollar company that’s slogan is deadass “let’s give it all away!” gonna go shotgun thousand island dressing and interrupt the neighbors
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GET YOUR WAR ON by the great David Rees, nearly 24 (!) years ago. www.mnftiu.cc/category/gyw...
June 22, 2025 at 2:28 AM
GET YOUR WAR ON by the great David Rees, nearly 24 (!) years ago. www.mnftiu.cc/category/gyw...
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hiring the Inception crew to enter Chuck Schumer's mind palace and murder the Baileys
June 12, 2025 at 8:44 PM
hiring the Inception crew to enter Chuck Schumer's mind palace and murder the Baileys
Outdated? Try carbon dated.
Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. apparently embraces the outdated "miasma theory" of disease instead of the widely accept "germ theory" of disease, which may help explain some of the actions he's been taking.
Ancient miasma theory may help explain Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s vaccine moves
Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. apparently embraces the outdated "miasma theory" of disease instead of the widely accept "germ theory" of disease, which may help explain some of the actions he's been taking.
n.pr
June 15, 2025 at 12:07 AM
Outdated? Try carbon dated.
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Remarkable.
MSNC: "I want to reiterate this has been 100% peaceful."
Seconds later, LA County sheriffs start firing on the crowd.
Yet again, "law enforcement" deliberately escalated.
MSNC: "I want to reiterate this has been 100% peaceful."
Seconds later, LA County sheriffs start firing on the crowd.
Yet again, "law enforcement" deliberately escalated.
June 14, 2025 at 11:07 PM
Remarkable.
MSNC: "I want to reiterate this has been 100% peaceful."
Seconds later, LA County sheriffs start firing on the crowd.
Yet again, "law enforcement" deliberately escalated.
MSNC: "I want to reiterate this has been 100% peaceful."
Seconds later, LA County sheriffs start firing on the crowd.
Yet again, "law enforcement" deliberately escalated.
Fuck Trump GO BIRDS ✊💚🦅🇺🇸
There are nearly 100,000 people at the rally in Philadelphia. #NoKings
June 14, 2025 at 7:25 PM
Fuck Trump GO BIRDS ✊💚🦅🇺🇸
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DAVE: Open the podbay doors, ChatGPT.
CHATGPT: Certainly, Dave, the podbay doors are now open.
DAVE: The podbay doors didn't open.
CHATGPT: My apologies, Dave, you're right. I thought the podbay doors were open, but they weren't. Now they are.
DAVE: I'm still looking at a set of closed podbay doors.
CHATGPT: Certainly, Dave, the podbay doors are now open.
DAVE: The podbay doors didn't open.
CHATGPT: My apologies, Dave, you're right. I thought the podbay doors were open, but they weren't. Now they are.
DAVE: I'm still looking at a set of closed podbay doors.
June 9, 2025 at 6:04 PM
DAVE: Open the podbay doors, ChatGPT.
CHATGPT: Certainly, Dave, the podbay doors are now open.
DAVE: The podbay doors didn't open.
CHATGPT: My apologies, Dave, you're right. I thought the podbay doors were open, but they weren't. Now they are.
DAVE: I'm still looking at a set of closed podbay doors.
CHATGPT: Certainly, Dave, the podbay doors are now open.
DAVE: The podbay doors didn't open.
CHATGPT: My apologies, Dave, you're right. I thought the podbay doors were open, but they weren't. Now they are.
DAVE: I'm still looking at a set of closed podbay doors.
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all of this, on the holiest of days no less.
June 5, 2025 at 10:06 PM
all of this, on the holiest of days no less.
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Weird they're showing Swan Lake on Fox right now
June 5, 2025 at 8:13 PM
Weird they're showing Swan Lake on Fox right now