Melissa Fierce
@melifierce.bsky.social
Aimless recipe for a tiny life
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Geneticist and microbiologist Rita Rossi Colwell was born #OTD in 1934. She was the first researcher in the US to use computers to analyze bacteriological data, and the first woman to serve as director of the NSF. 🧪 👩🔬
November 23, 2025 at 6:32 PM
Geneticist and microbiologist Rita Rossi Colwell was born #OTD in 1934. She was the first researcher in the US to use computers to analyze bacteriological data, and the first woman to serve as director of the NSF. 🧪 👩🔬
Not sleeping. Thinking about disconfirmation bias, beliefs, and all of the ways we try to avoid believing what we a seeing by purposeful disengagement with the idea at hand.
So that my wild Saturday night.
So that my wild Saturday night.
November 23, 2025 at 10:43 AM
Not sleeping. Thinking about disconfirmation bias, beliefs, and all of the ways we try to avoid believing what we a seeing by purposeful disengagement with the idea at hand.
So that my wild Saturday night.
So that my wild Saturday night.
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If war were just human nature, it would not be so deeply long-term traumatizing to participate in war.
If war were just human nature, military training would not amount to psychological torture.
If war were just human nature, there would be no need to pump literal billions into pro-war propaganda.
If war were just human nature, military training would not amount to psychological torture.
If war were just human nature, there would be no need to pump literal billions into pro-war propaganda.
November 18, 2025 at 5:27 AM
If war were just human nature, it would not be so deeply long-term traumatizing to participate in war.
If war were just human nature, military training would not amount to psychological torture.
If war were just human nature, there would be no need to pump literal billions into pro-war propaganda.
If war were just human nature, military training would not amount to psychological torture.
If war were just human nature, there would be no need to pump literal billions into pro-war propaganda.
I am thinking about the time I asked my mother what she would serve the president if he came to our house - imagining the feast she would prepare - and she said she’d give him a peanut butter sandwich, because his job is to serve the people, not the other way around.
November 16, 2025 at 8:41 PM
I am thinking about the time I asked my mother what she would serve the president if he came to our house - imagining the feast she would prepare - and she said she’d give him a peanut butter sandwich, because his job is to serve the people, not the other way around.
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Anyway a great way to radicalize people is for them to realize that you just abandoned their chance at being able to access and afford health care because you didn’t like waiting in line at the airport.
November 10, 2025 at 1:17 AM
Anyway a great way to radicalize people is for them to realize that you just abandoned their chance at being able to access and afford health care because you didn’t like waiting in line at the airport.
The end is nigh
A pitch-black cave in the Balkans is home to what appears to be the world’s largest spider web, which researchers say is a singular work of cooperation by two usually-hostile species of spider.
Stinking, Spongy, Dark, Huge: A Spider Web Unlike Any Seen Before
www.nytimes.com
November 9, 2025 at 4:48 PM
The end is nigh
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So it turns out... the US air travel system was incredibly, deeply dependent on federal funding to just run day-to-day all this time, to the benefit of private airline shareholders, when everyone thinks that state-run trains are leeching off the government. Weird!
November 9, 2025 at 12:10 AM
So it turns out... the US air travel system was incredibly, deeply dependent on federal funding to just run day-to-day all this time, to the benefit of private airline shareholders, when everyone thinks that state-run trains are leeching off the government. Weird!
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I was hoping whatever was bursting out of the guy's chest in Alien would be something nice
November 8, 2025 at 11:34 PM
I was hoping whatever was bursting out of the guy's chest in Alien would be something nice
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HAPPY FOUR SEASONS TOTAL LANDSCAPING DAY TO ALL WHO CELEBRATE
November 7, 2025 at 6:44 PM
HAPPY FOUR SEASONS TOTAL LANDSCAPING DAY TO ALL WHO CELEBRATE
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The big article on data centers in the New Yorker is pretty good, which I wasn’t expecting given the reaction on X. Lots of talk of the good and bad of AI, and it covers both bubble & non-bubble arguments.
It also featured the best version of “I spoke to a local farmer about a data center”
It also featured the best version of “I spoke to a local farmer about a data center”
November 3, 2025 at 6:23 AM
The big article on data centers in the New Yorker is pretty good, which I wasn’t expecting given the reaction on X. Lots of talk of the good and bad of AI, and it covers both bubble & non-bubble arguments.
It also featured the best version of “I spoke to a local farmer about a data center”
It also featured the best version of “I spoke to a local farmer about a data center”
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Rest now, brother. We have the watch. And I will see you in Valhalla. 🫡
Duane Roberts, Inventor of the Frozen Burrito, Dead at 88
https://www.diningandcooking.com/2363023/duane-roberts-inventor-of-the-frozen-burrito-dead-at-88/
Duane Roberts Billionaire Who Invented Frozen Burrito Dead at 88 Published November 2, 2025 9:51 AM PST Duane Roberts — the billionaire …
https://www.diningandcooking.com/2363023/duane-roberts-inventor-of-the-frozen-burrito-dead-at-88/
Duane Roberts Billionaire Who Invented Frozen Burrito Dead at 88 Published November 2, 2025 9:51 AM PST Duane Roberts — the billionaire …
Duane Roberts, Inventor of the Frozen Burrito, Dead at 88 - Dining and Cooking
Duane Roberts -- the billionaire businessman credited with inventing the frozen burrito -- has died ... TMZ has learned.
www.diningandcooking.com
November 3, 2025 at 12:52 AM
Rest now, brother. We have the watch. And I will see you in Valhalla. 🫡
Men are on food stamps because they qualify to receive them under the law. Period.
First of all, could you be anymore misogynistic? Secondly, you don't know why a lot of men are on Snap benefits. There are men that are too old to work. There are disabled men. There are single fathers that just can't make ends meet without the help of
www.montgomeryadvertiser.com/story/news/2...
www.montgomeryadvertiser.com/story/news/2...
With SNAP deadline looming, Sen. Tommy Tuberville says men on food stamps should be working
Alabama Sen. Tommy Tuberville told reporters earlier this week that young men who receive SNAP should be working. Morning show hosts respond.
www.montgomeryadvertiser.com
November 2, 2025 at 12:49 PM
Men are on food stamps because they qualify to receive them under the law. Period.
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Most economists agree by the time you're 50 you should have:
- a robust stock portfolio
- at least 2 enchanted swords
- a tiara of ancient goblin bones
- a secret lair in the old forest
- a steam powered mechanical wolf to ride through the old forest in style and menacing grace
- a robust stock portfolio
- at least 2 enchanted swords
- a tiara of ancient goblin bones
- a secret lair in the old forest
- a steam powered mechanical wolf to ride through the old forest in style and menacing grace
September 25, 2025 at 7:01 PM
Most economists agree by the time you're 50 you should have:
- a robust stock portfolio
- at least 2 enchanted swords
- a tiara of ancient goblin bones
- a secret lair in the old forest
- a steam powered mechanical wolf to ride through the old forest in style and menacing grace
- a robust stock portfolio
- at least 2 enchanted swords
- a tiara of ancient goblin bones
- a secret lair in the old forest
- a steam powered mechanical wolf to ride through the old forest in style and menacing grace
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An Online Trove of Historic Sewing Patterns & Costumes
An Online Trove of Historic Sewing Patterns & Costumes
As Halloween draws nigh, our thoughts turn to costumes.
www.openculture.com
November 1, 2025 at 5:33 PM
An Online Trove of Historic Sewing Patterns & Costumes
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We have progressed from data collection to data analysis.
November 1, 2025 at 12:31 AM
We have progressed from data collection to data analysis.
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Chicago fights back with oversight of ICE.
New policy will dispatch police supervisors to federal agent activity in Evanston
“A police supervisor is going to go to the scene immediately try to get identification that this is a federal agent and do what they can to keep people safe"
New policy will dispatch police supervisors to federal agent activity in Evanston
“A police supervisor is going to go to the scene immediately try to get identification that this is a federal agent and do what they can to keep people safe"
New policy will dispatch police supervisors to federal agent activity in Evanston
The City of Evanston is implementing a new policy to dispatch a police supervisor to reports of incidents involving federal agents in the community.
www.nbcchicago.com
November 1, 2025 at 1:22 PM
Chicago fights back with oversight of ICE.
New policy will dispatch police supervisors to federal agent activity in Evanston
“A police supervisor is going to go to the scene immediately try to get identification that this is a federal agent and do what they can to keep people safe"
New policy will dispatch police supervisors to federal agent activity in Evanston
“A police supervisor is going to go to the scene immediately try to get identification that this is a federal agent and do what they can to keep people safe"
A small big of normalcy in the SALTiest of cities:
Last night we put a “take one” sign on our candy bowl to step away and talk with neighbors.
On our walk back home we spotted a teenager with our empty candy bowl. I guess the bowl was the only “one” left to take 😂
#chicago #halloween
Last night we put a “take one” sign on our candy bowl to step away and talk with neighbors.
On our walk back home we spotted a teenager with our empty candy bowl. I guess the bowl was the only “one” left to take 😂
#chicago #halloween
November 1, 2025 at 4:04 PM
A small big of normalcy in the SALTiest of cities:
Last night we put a “take one” sign on our candy bowl to step away and talk with neighbors.
On our walk back home we spotted a teenager with our empty candy bowl. I guess the bowl was the only “one” left to take 😂
#chicago #halloween
Last night we put a “take one” sign on our candy bowl to step away and talk with neighbors.
On our walk back home we spotted a teenager with our empty candy bowl. I guess the bowl was the only “one” left to take 😂
#chicago #halloween
Good morning from my neighborhood in Chicago where we just played the game “Wait, is that a lawnmower or are those ICE helicopters again?”
Either way - f*ck those guys. It’s 7am and nobody wants that noise.
Either way - f*ck those guys. It’s 7am and nobody wants that noise.
October 10, 2025 at 12:28 PM
Good morning from my neighborhood in Chicago where we just played the game “Wait, is that a lawnmower or are those ICE helicopters again?”
Either way - f*ck those guys. It’s 7am and nobody wants that noise.
Either way - f*ck those guys. It’s 7am and nobody wants that noise.
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Well don't I feel stupid
September 26, 2025 at 11:02 PM
Well don't I feel stupid
This is where I am
July 29, 2025 at 12:58 PM
This is where I am
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So then Elon goes "Kill the Bill!" and Trump goes "Elon has TDS!" so Elon goes "I'm the reason Trump won!" so Trump goes "we waste billions on Elon!" so Elon goes "Epstein!" and a corpulent flunkie goes "Deport Elon!" and Elon goes "Impeach!"
And THAT'S why women are too emotional to be President.
And THAT'S why women are too emotional to be President.
June 6, 2025 at 3:33 AM
So then Elon goes "Kill the Bill!" and Trump goes "Elon has TDS!" so Elon goes "I'm the reason Trump won!" so Trump goes "we waste billions on Elon!" so Elon goes "Epstein!" and a corpulent flunkie goes "Deport Elon!" and Elon goes "Impeach!"
And THAT'S why women are too emotional to be President.
And THAT'S why women are too emotional to be President.