Silly Badger
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Since I am actually using this more now, thought I'd add a real name:
Hey I am Rob Ramos, microbial ecologist and general nerd.
Hey I am Rob Ramos, microbial ecologist and general nerd.
Wait valve is releasing a new headset, controller, and steam machine? They CAN count to three!
November 12, 2025 at 6:37 PM
Wait valve is releasing a new headset, controller, and steam machine? They CAN count to three!
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Holy shit, just learned about the typewriter art of Montserrat Alberich Escardívol, a Catalan typist. Using an extra wide typewriter and 180 color ribbons, she built up elaborate images from simple characters like 'm' and '.' and ';'. Here is her typewritten painting of the Cathedral of Barcelona.
November 12, 2025 at 4:19 PM
Holy shit, just learned about the typewriter art of Montserrat Alberich Escardívol, a Catalan typist. Using an extra wide typewriter and 180 color ribbons, she built up elaborate images from simple characters like 'm' and '.' and ';'. Here is her typewritten painting of the Cathedral of Barcelona.
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“My name is Ozymandias, King of Kings;
Look on my Works, ye Mighty, and despair!"
Nothing beside remains. Round the decay
Of that colossal Wreck, boundless and bare
The lone and level sands stretch far away.
Look on my Works, ye Mighty, and despair!"
Nothing beside remains. Round the decay
Of that colossal Wreck, boundless and bare
The lone and level sands stretch far away.
October 25, 2025 at 7:45 PM
“My name is Ozymandias, King of Kings;
Look on my Works, ye Mighty, and despair!"
Nothing beside remains. Round the decay
Of that colossal Wreck, boundless and bare
The lone and level sands stretch far away.
Look on my Works, ye Mighty, and despair!"
Nothing beside remains. Round the decay
Of that colossal Wreck, boundless and bare
The lone and level sands stretch far away.
I thought history was suppose to rhyme, not literally repeat in 100 year cycles. Though to be fair anyone think were actually gonna make it to a Tuesday in 2029? www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q0Tp....
The State of the AI Industry is Freaking Me Out
YouTube video by Hank Green
www.youtube.com
October 20, 2025 at 6:38 PM
I thought history was suppose to rhyme, not literally repeat in 100 year cycles. Though to be fair anyone think were actually gonna make it to a Tuesday in 2029? www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q0Tp....
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ICE just blatantly violated the law and arrested sitting Chicago Alderperson Jessie Fuentes while seeking to illegally arrest a patient in a hospital. Fuck these fascists.
October 3, 2025 at 7:19 PM
ICE just blatantly violated the law and arrested sitting Chicago Alderperson Jessie Fuentes while seeking to illegally arrest a patient in a hospital. Fuck these fascists.
This is how the movie begins. www.colorado.edu/today/2025/1...
Researchers wake up microbes trapped in permafrost for thousands of years
Across the Arctic, bacteria and other microorganisms have become trapped underground in frozen soil and ice. A new study finds that these ancient microbes may
www.colorado.edu
October 3, 2025 at 7:05 PM
This is how the movie begins. www.colorado.edu/today/2025/1...
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Morning walk
September 26, 2025 at 12:09 PM
Morning walk
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It seems the GRFP solicitation is FINALLY released (like 5 minutes ago)! Due dates have also been pushed back, thankfully! 🧪 🔭
www.nsf.gov/funding/oppo...
www.nsf.gov/funding/oppo...
NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Program (GRFP)
www.nsf.gov
September 26, 2025 at 3:46 PM
It seems the GRFP solicitation is FINALLY released (like 5 minutes ago)! Due dates have also been pushed back, thankfully! 🧪 🔭
www.nsf.gov/funding/oppo...
www.nsf.gov/funding/oppo...
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It didn't end with Colbert, and it likely won't end with Kimmel.
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/18/o...
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/18/o...
September 18, 2025 at 8:03 PM
It didn't end with Colbert, and it likely won't end with Kimmel.
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/18/o...
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/18/o...
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This one was really tough and kind of emotional to write.
Hold My Beer No More
About the America we're losing, as the Trump Administration changes us, maybe irrevocably.
www.emptywheel.net/2025/08/08/h...
About the America we're losing, as the Trump Administration changes us, maybe irrevocably.
www.emptywheel.net/2025/08/08/h...
Hold My Beer No More - emptywheel
The America We’re Losing I have a fond memory of dropping my barely school-aged child off with a friend for babysitting. My friend, Simone, took my daughter’s hand and said “You’re going to learn the ...
www.emptywheel.net
August 8, 2025 at 6:48 PM
This one was really tough and kind of emotional to write.
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“ABC and CBS are making a serious miscalculation. Their servility to Trump will not earn them peace, only greater pressure.”
That’s the German professional association of journalists, @djv.de, calling on major US media to support their journalists instead of preemptively silencing them.
That’s the German professional association of journalists, @djv.de, calling on major US media to support their journalists instead of preemptively silencing them.
Nicht vor MAGA-Kult einknicken
Der Deutsche Journalisten-Verband ruft die Verantwortlichen der großen US-Medien dazu auf, ihren Journalistinnen und Journalisten den Rücken zu stärken, statt…
www.djv.de
September 18, 2025 at 10:21 AM
“ABC and CBS are making a serious miscalculation. Their servility to Trump will not earn them peace, only greater pressure.”
That’s the German professional association of journalists, @djv.de, calling on major US media to support their journalists instead of preemptively silencing them.
That’s the German professional association of journalists, @djv.de, calling on major US media to support their journalists instead of preemptively silencing them.
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Your move, BritBox.
If this became a weekly series, it would run longer than The Simpsons.
September 16, 2025 at 7:47 PM
Your move, BritBox.
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We are currently accepting applications for our 3rd cohort of Working Groups! Visit our website to learn more: esiil.org/working-groups
September 2, 2025 at 3:56 PM
We are currently accepting applications for our 3rd cohort of Working Groups! Visit our website to learn more: esiil.org/working-groups
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We are currently accepting Postdoc applications!
Visit our website to learn more and apply by Sept. 15th, 2025 for full consideration: esiil.org/careers
jobs.colorado.edu/jobs/JobDeta...
Visit our website to learn more and apply by Sept. 15th, 2025 for full consideration: esiil.org/careers
jobs.colorado.edu/jobs/JobDeta...
September 2, 2025 at 7:03 PM
We are currently accepting Postdoc applications!
Visit our website to learn more and apply by Sept. 15th, 2025 for full consideration: esiil.org/careers
jobs.colorado.edu/jobs/JobDeta...
Visit our website to learn more and apply by Sept. 15th, 2025 for full consideration: esiil.org/careers
jobs.colorado.edu/jobs/JobDeta...
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Next they'll be rewriting textbooks to say Japanese American internment camps were delightful summer resorts.
September 3, 2025 at 11:36 PM
Next they'll be rewriting textbooks to say Japanese American internment camps were delightful summer resorts.
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Off to @ecologicalsociety.bsky.social in Baltimore, Maryland! Join me at my talk on Wednesday afternoon to see what we have learned about drivers of plant diversification on islands worldwide!
COS 116 - COS - Biodiversity 1 - Details
events.rdmobile.com
August 9, 2025 at 7:27 AM
Off to @ecologicalsociety.bsky.social in Baltimore, Maryland! Join me at my talk on Wednesday afternoon to see what we have learned about drivers of plant diversification on islands worldwide!
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CIRES is excited to welcome our new Director of Communications, Steve Lommele!
📝 Lommele comes to the institute with decades of experience in strategic communications in science, technology, and policy.
📰 Read more: cires.colorado.edu/news/cires-welcomes-steve-lommele-director-communications
📝 Lommele comes to the institute with decades of experience in strategic communications in science, technology, and policy.
📰 Read more: cires.colorado.edu/news/cires-welcomes-steve-lommele-director-communications
August 7, 2025 at 5:22 PM
CIRES is excited to welcome our new Director of Communications, Steve Lommele!
📝 Lommele comes to the institute with decades of experience in strategic communications in science, technology, and policy.
📰 Read more: cires.colorado.edu/news/cires-welcomes-steve-lommele-director-communications
📝 Lommele comes to the institute with decades of experience in strategic communications in science, technology, and policy.
📰 Read more: cires.colorado.edu/news/cires-welcomes-steve-lommele-director-communications
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The entire business model of R1 public universities rests on 4 revenue sources:
1. Federal grants
2. Private gifts/endowments
3. Tuition (esp. from foreign students)
4. State $
For decades, 📈 in 1-3 offset a secular 📉 in 4. Now, 1 & 3 are being decimated & 4 ain't coming back. The math is clear.
1. Federal grants
2. Private gifts/endowments
3. Tuition (esp. from foreign students)
4. State $
For decades, 📈 in 1-3 offset a secular 📉 in 4. Now, 1 & 3 are being decimated & 4 ain't coming back. The math is clear.
August 5, 2025 at 6:13 PM
The entire business model of R1 public universities rests on 4 revenue sources:
1. Federal grants
2. Private gifts/endowments
3. Tuition (esp. from foreign students)
4. State $
For decades, 📈 in 1-3 offset a secular 📉 in 4. Now, 1 & 3 are being decimated & 4 ain't coming back. The math is clear.
1. Federal grants
2. Private gifts/endowments
3. Tuition (esp. from foreign students)
4. State $
For decades, 📈 in 1-3 offset a secular 📉 in 4. Now, 1 & 3 are being decimated & 4 ain't coming back. The math is clear.
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We’ve discovered a literal miracle with almost unlimited potential and it’s being scrapped for *no reason whatsoever*. This isn’t even nihilism, it’s outright worship of death and human suffering.
"The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) today announced the beginning of a coordinated wind-down of its mRNA vaccine development activities...."
cc: Sen. Bill Cassidy
cc: Sen. Bill Cassidy
August 5, 2025 at 11:09 PM
We’ve discovered a literal miracle with almost unlimited potential and it’s being scrapped for *no reason whatsoever*. This isn’t even nihilism, it’s outright worship of death and human suffering.
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Guys, looking at the foreign titles for the movie AIRPLANE! (1980) is a voyage of discovery.
August 2, 2025 at 1:36 AM
Guys, looking at the foreign titles for the movie AIRPLANE! (1980) is a voyage of discovery.
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I love this so much.
August 1, 2025 at 1:26 AM
I love this so much.
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the fact that I could immediately find at least half a dozen op-ed columns on the Sydney Sweeney kerfuffle and none about this...
www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...
www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...
Three Venezuelan men who the Trump administration sent to a notorious prison in El Salvador said they experienced physical and psychological torture.
The men said there were many moments of anguish and terror and that they feared for their lives.
www.nbcnews.com
July 31, 2025 at 9:05 PM
the fact that I could immediately find at least half a dozen op-ed columns on the Sydney Sweeney kerfuffle and none about this...
www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...
www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...
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After marine heatwaves, removing dead coral skeletons cuts macroalgae in half and boosts coral recruitment 5-fold.
A novel, field-tested strategy to promote reef resilience.
Bravo, Kai Kopecky!
🧠📸🪸
Open access @ESA_org doi.org/10.1002/eap....
A novel, field-tested strategy to promote reef resilience.
Bravo, Kai Kopecky!
🧠📸🪸
Open access @ESA_org doi.org/10.1002/eap....
July 29, 2025 at 4:52 PM
After marine heatwaves, removing dead coral skeletons cuts macroalgae in half and boosts coral recruitment 5-fold.
A novel, field-tested strategy to promote reef resilience.
Bravo, Kai Kopecky!
🧠📸🪸
Open access @ESA_org doi.org/10.1002/eap....
A novel, field-tested strategy to promote reef resilience.
Bravo, Kai Kopecky!
🧠📸🪸
Open access @ESA_org doi.org/10.1002/eap....
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No, *your* parents have memorialized their dead cat on a screen-printed pillow to keep the live one company.
July 31, 2025 at 3:21 AM
No, *your* parents have memorialized their dead cat on a screen-printed pillow to keep the live one company.
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When your dedicated DM has a 3D printer and zero chill, high-end minis magically appear.
Meet:
💎Rock (the rock barbarian)
🐝 A drow beekeeper/ crossbow sniper
🍄 Myc the spore druid
🕵️♂️ Mildew (two gnome rogues in a trench coat)
🐺 A nasty Wild Shape wolf
#DnD #minis #3dprinting
Meet:
💎Rock (the rock barbarian)
🐝 A drow beekeeper/ crossbow sniper
🍄 Myc the spore druid
🕵️♂️ Mildew (two gnome rogues in a trench coat)
🐺 A nasty Wild Shape wolf
#DnD #minis #3dprinting
July 17, 2025 at 7:07 PM
When your dedicated DM has a 3D printer and zero chill, high-end minis magically appear.
Meet:
💎Rock (the rock barbarian)
🐝 A drow beekeeper/ crossbow sniper
🍄 Myc the spore druid
🕵️♂️ Mildew (two gnome rogues in a trench coat)
🐺 A nasty Wild Shape wolf
#DnD #minis #3dprinting
Meet:
💎Rock (the rock barbarian)
🐝 A drow beekeeper/ crossbow sniper
🍄 Myc the spore druid
🕵️♂️ Mildew (two gnome rogues in a trench coat)
🐺 A nasty Wild Shape wolf
#DnD #minis #3dprinting