Shawn Pecan
@shawnpecan.bsky.social
Former petrochemical scientist and engineer. Currently working in the sustainable chemistry space (circular polymers, biofuel, green chemistry, etc).
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Pissing Out Cancer, my comedy special produced by and formerly exclusively on Dropout.tv is now available for free and in full on YouTube.
Thank you so much to Dropout for being chill and letting me write this into my contract!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=xh5G...
Thank you so much to Dropout for being chill and letting me write this into my contract!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=xh5G...
Hank Green: Pissing Out Cancer | Full Comedy Special
YouTube video by Hank Green
www.youtube.com
December 11, 2025 at 7:41 PM
Pissing Out Cancer, my comedy special produced by and formerly exclusively on Dropout.tv is now available for free and in full on YouTube.
Thank you so much to Dropout for being chill and letting me write this into my contract!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=xh5G...
Thank you so much to Dropout for being chill and letting me write this into my contract!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=xh5G...
So I joined AARP on a whim a few months ago because it was like $50 for five years or something like that, and I was able to get like $200 off a set of tires with the discount.
Anyways. I know we ask concerning questions about the youths, but what about our elders?
Anyways. I know we ask concerning questions about the youths, but what about our elders?
November 14, 2025 at 7:23 AM
So I joined AARP on a whim a few months ago because it was like $50 for five years or something like that, and I was able to get like $200 off a set of tires with the discount.
Anyways. I know we ask concerning questions about the youths, but what about our elders?
Anyways. I know we ask concerning questions about the youths, but what about our elders?
50 year mortgage but the interest isn't amortized.
November 10, 2025 at 3:31 AM
50 year mortgage but the interest isn't amortized.
Time to boycott Disney again.
Breaking news: ABC takes Jimmy Kimmel off the air after backlash over remarks on Charlie Kirk’s death.
A network spokesperson did not comment beyond saying that the show will be preempted “indefinitely.”
A network spokesperson did not comment beyond saying that the show will be preempted “indefinitely.”
ABC takes Jimmy Kimmel off the air over remarks on Charlie Kirk’s killing
The decision to indefinitely pre-empt “Jimmy Kimmel Live!” follows backlash to comments he made about Charlie Kirk.
www.washingtonpost.com
September 18, 2025 at 2:39 AM
Time to boycott Disney again.
Chili's just served me their skillet queso in a bowl. I'm so offended. I at least want the illusion that it isn't simply a reheated cheese food product with a can of chili.
September 18, 2025 at 12:38 AM
Chili's just served me their skillet queso in a bowl. I'm so offended. I at least want the illusion that it isn't simply a reheated cheese food product with a can of chili.
I flippantly told a close friend over the phone that the shooter's motive(s), just like a lot of violence in general, is going to be a muddied mess that doesn't fit a nice narrative.
A cursory glance looks like this is right-wing on right-wing gang violence.
A cursory glance looks like this is right-wing on right-wing gang violence.
September 12, 2025 at 10:28 PM
I flippantly told a close friend over the phone that the shooter's motive(s), just like a lot of violence in general, is going to be a muddied mess that doesn't fit a nice narrative.
A cursory glance looks like this is right-wing on right-wing gang violence.
A cursory glance looks like this is right-wing on right-wing gang violence.
True. But it's okay to eat one of these every now and then. Just eat your veggies so you poop more than once a week.
If the composition of the char on a grilled hot dog were listed in the ingredients, it would be illegal to sell because of high levels of nitrosamines and polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons which are both banned as carcinogens in the EU and US.
Weird!
Weird!
September 10, 2025 at 3:06 PM
True. But it's okay to eat one of these every now and then. Just eat your veggies so you poop more than once a week.
If it feels like Louisiana US Reps and Senators aren't in it for Louisiana, it's because several aren't. Source: OpenSecrets.org
August 13, 2025 at 4:57 AM
If it feels like Louisiana US Reps and Senators aren't in it for Louisiana, it's because several aren't. Source: OpenSecrets.org
I'm convinced Trump has dementia. DC was a crime hotspot in the 80s and 90s for several reasons, by the DC metro area as a whole isn't much different than Dallas or Atlanta.
Trump announces he's placing the DC police department "under direct federal control" and deploying the National Guard in the city
August 11, 2025 at 3:06 PM
I'm convinced Trump has dementia. DC was a crime hotspot in the 80s and 90s for several reasons, by the DC metro area as a whole isn't much different than Dallas or Atlanta.
If I had a nickel for every time a presidential criminal interjected themselves into the operations of the Bureau of Labor and Statistics out of political paranoia, I'd have two nickels, which isn't a lot. But it's weird that it happened twice.
en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nixon_J...
en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nixon_J...
Nixon Jew count - Wikipedia
en.m.wikipedia.org
August 5, 2025 at 1:27 AM
If I had a nickel for every time a presidential criminal interjected themselves into the operations of the Bureau of Labor and Statistics out of political paranoia, I'd have two nickels, which isn't a lot. But it's weird that it happened twice.
en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nixon_J...
en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nixon_J...
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The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) released a climate report that aims to cast doubt on the severity of climate change.
Prominent climate scientists who are cited in it say their work was distorted or misused.
“This isn’t science—it’s propaganda,” says climate expert Ben Santer.
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Prominent climate scientists who are cited in it say their work was distorted or misused.
“This isn’t science—it’s propaganda,” says climate expert Ben Santer.
zurl.co/UELHj
Scientists Say New Government Climate Report Twists Their Work
A new Department of Energy report “fundamentally misrepresents” climate research and leaves out key context, multiple scientists cited in the report tell WIRED.
zurl.co
August 3, 2025 at 11:39 AM
The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) released a climate report that aims to cast doubt on the severity of climate change.
Prominent climate scientists who are cited in it say their work was distorted or misused.
“This isn’t science—it’s propaganda,” says climate expert Ben Santer.
zurl.co/UELHj
Prominent climate scientists who are cited in it say their work was distorted or misused.
“This isn’t science—it’s propaganda,” says climate expert Ben Santer.
zurl.co/UELHj
Deep dish pizza will always have a unique place in my lore. This is a slice at Rotolo's Craft & Crust in Baton Rouge, LA. 🧵
August 1, 2025 at 11:46 PM
Deep dish pizza will always have a unique place in my lore. This is a slice at Rotolo's Craft & Crust in Baton Rouge, LA. 🧵
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My first book, "On Bigotry: Twenty Lessons on How Bigotry Works and What to Do About It" came out a week ago and is now available in hardcover and e-book edition with an audiobook version coming out in August!
#booksky
www.bloomsbury.com/us/on-bigotr...
#booksky
www.bloomsbury.com/us/on-bigotr...
On Bigotry
We like to believe that bigotry is a product of ignorance and that if we educate people enough, they will become immune to bigotry. But what if bigotry isn't a…
www.bloomsbury.com
July 17, 2025 at 4:34 PM
My first book, "On Bigotry: Twenty Lessons on How Bigotry Works and What to Do About It" came out a week ago and is now available in hardcover and e-book edition with an audiobook version coming out in August!
#booksky
www.bloomsbury.com/us/on-bigotr...
#booksky
www.bloomsbury.com/us/on-bigotr...
To be frank, learning is the best part of being human.
July 29, 2025 at 4:55 PM
To be frank, learning is the best part of being human.
Timeline cleanse. Clouds outside the plane while landing in Baton Rouge.
July 25, 2025 at 4:36 PM
Timeline cleanse. Clouds outside the plane while landing in Baton Rouge.
I'm officially renaming HR 1 to either the "Trump Tax Tragedy" or the "Trump Tax Trespass".
July 6, 2025 at 7:50 PM
I'm officially renaming HR 1 to either the "Trump Tax Tragedy" or the "Trump Tax Trespass".
Walmart, Amazon, Dollar Tree, Dollar General, and FedEx typically top the list in most jurisdictions. Fast food franchisees like McDonalds and Burger King are also contenders.
The best way to reduce the cost of Medicaid is to name and shame big employers that pay their full time employees so little, they qualify for Medicaid
June 26, 2025 at 3:45 PM
Walmart, Amazon, Dollar Tree, Dollar General, and FedEx typically top the list in most jurisdictions. Fast food franchisees like McDonalds and Burger King are also contenders.
Men and women who have never smelled the aroma of sintered human flesh or tasted the sandy Arabian air will stand before cameras, lecterns, and microphones today to justify the blood sacrifice of American sons and daughters to appease the ego of a deflated, dilapidated, and weak president.
June 22, 2025 at 3:15 PM
Men and women who have never smelled the aroma of sintered human flesh or tasted the sandy Arabian air will stand before cameras, lecterns, and microphones today to justify the blood sacrifice of American sons and daughters to appease the ego of a deflated, dilapidated, and weak president.
Cursing is rather boring, no?
Back in the 19th century, if an abolitionist wanted to get under the skin of a "proper" Southerner, they would label slave owners as sex addicts.
I vote for developing some equivalent modern version of that salicious language that has some modicum of truth like above.
Back in the 19th century, if an abolitionist wanted to get under the skin of a "proper" Southerner, they would label slave owners as sex addicts.
I vote for developing some equivalent modern version of that salicious language that has some modicum of truth like above.
I honestly think it’s time for some Dems to start dropping f-bombs. On national television. Let’s start acting like the crisis this is
June 13, 2025 at 9:27 AM
Cursing is rather boring, no?
Back in the 19th century, if an abolitionist wanted to get under the skin of a "proper" Southerner, they would label slave owners as sex addicts.
I vote for developing some equivalent modern version of that salicious language that has some modicum of truth like above.
Back in the 19th century, if an abolitionist wanted to get under the skin of a "proper" Southerner, they would label slave owners as sex addicts.
I vote for developing some equivalent modern version of that salicious language that has some modicum of truth like above.
Something that's been knocking around my noggin but isn't fully fleshed out is the notion that it isn't "illegal aliens are here" but "illegal aliens suppress wages due to intentional actions by employers" that probably concern most reasonable citizens.
While Trump blusters about "law & order," a reminder that his administration has dropped or halted nearly 150 corporate enforcement actions.
And Trump himself has pardoned dozens of his supporters convicted of crimes like money laundering and bribery.
The hypocrisy is staggering.
And Trump himself has pardoned dozens of his supporters convicted of crimes like money laundering and bribery.
The hypocrisy is staggering.
June 10, 2025 at 11:43 PM
Something that's been knocking around my noggin but isn't fully fleshed out is the notion that it isn't "illegal aliens are here" but "illegal aliens suppress wages due to intentional actions by employers" that probably concern most reasonable citizens.
Has anyone just been vibing and then a (drunken) stranger just rocks your perspective so hard with one innocuous question that you feel like you won't be able to sleep for a minute, or is it just me putting the finger down on this one?
June 8, 2025 at 5:24 AM
Has anyone just been vibing and then a (drunken) stranger just rocks your perspective so hard with one innocuous question that you feel like you won't be able to sleep for a minute, or is it just me putting the finger down on this one?
The best outcome would be a Musk/Tech centered third party that fractures the GOP voterbase and lead to a Dem majority that fixes some of the brokenness in Congress (re: to repair the electoral college, we need to course correct our Congressional apportionment to where 1 person = 1 vote)
June 6, 2025 at 11:50 PM
The best outcome would be a Musk/Tech centered third party that fractures the GOP voterbase and lead to a Dem majority that fixes some of the brokenness in Congress (re: to repair the electoral college, we need to course correct our Congressional apportionment to where 1 person = 1 vote)
It's 2025. We have a plethora of peer nations with different approaches to state-provided healthcare. It's absolutely pathetic to keep wanting only employer-proivded solutions.
Lankford: "People are screaming & saying, 'It's kicking people off Medicaid.' It's not kicking people off Medicaid. It's transitioning from Medicaid to employer-provided healthcare. So yes, we've got 10 mil ppl that are not gonna be on Medicaid, but they are gonna be on employer-provided healthcare"
June 6, 2025 at 6:24 PM
It's 2025. We have a plethora of peer nations with different approaches to state-provided healthcare. It's absolutely pathetic to keep wanting only employer-proivded solutions.
The alt text though 💀
June 2, 2025 at 8:50 PM
The alt text though 💀
No reasonable person would look at Aldi products and think they are Nabisco products.
Mondelez International, a corporate giant behind the name-brand versions of many snacks, filed a lawsuit last month against the U.S. branch of the German supermarket chain Aldi over what it says is Aldi’s look-alike product packaging.
Snack Maker Sues Aldi Grocery Chain Over Look-Alike Product Packaging
www.nytimes.com
June 1, 2025 at 9:29 PM
No reasonable person would look at Aldi products and think they are Nabisco products.