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Brandon.
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38yo scientist that's looking for a job

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Independence day for me! Very fitting, lol
December 19, 2025 at 10:48 PM
For this holiday season I'm begging you to rember this:

www.youtube.com/watch?v=7FXN...

#metalsky
Leave No Cross Unturned
YouTube video by Darkthrone - Topic
www.youtube.com
December 10, 2025 at 8:55 PM
My whole professional career has been learning new techniques/models every position I've been in. From PhD to postdoc to tech jobs. Now that I'm looking for a job every job eseential rejects PhDs who don't have expertise in their specific job.

How does one show this on a Resume/CV? 🧪
December 10, 2025 at 7:47 PM
Falling asleep all the time? Cognitive exams? regular infusions?

Fuck. He's got myasthenia gravis. My father in law has it, and he's going to love him even more.
I guess the president just announced he recently took his latest in a series of cognitive tests, this one in front of a room full of medical personnel observing him?
December 10, 2025 at 5:25 AM
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There is no sight that more efficiently puts the lie to immigration “court” than the common sight of children “representing themselves.” Children too small to climb into the chair, children in pajamas who don’t know where they are, children not yet old enough to speak.
Three-year-old child forced to serve as her own attorney in Tucson immigration court
More than a dozen undocumented minors were forced to make their case in front of an immigration judge as the Trump administration ramps up removal proceedings.
coppercourier.com
December 6, 2025 at 5:18 PM
Library people:you can request the book to be at your library!

The library 6 years later: the book you requested is here!
November 28, 2025 at 2:48 AM
Man I wasn't expecting Death to All to be so incredibly mediocre. I'm very disappointed with the show they put out. I didn't know you could make Death sound like a fucking cover band

#metalsky
November 10, 2025 at 3:52 AM
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A Brief History of Halloween Isn’t Fun Anymore

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October 26, 2025 at 6:58 PM
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I really think we should do a whole series about facts like this:

Have you noticed that poison ivy seems worse and itchier?

It's not your imagination. It's Climate Change.

grist.org/climate/clim...
October 27, 2025 at 3:30 PM
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1933 headline
October 21, 2025 at 10:08 PM
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A Brief History of Let’s Bring Back The Good Old Days

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October 15, 2025 at 9:54 PM
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I teach a history of antifascism course @ruhistorydept.bsky.social and figured I'd start an ongoing thread this semester to share some insights from course readings and recommend some great works on antifascism.

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September 30, 2025 at 3:30 PM
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LLMs are just plagiarism machines blah blah blah.

Reality: A chaired CS prof at UT Austin found it proposed a solution that saved him a week of work on a paper "proving oracle separations between quantum complexity classes" scottaaronson.blog?p=9183&utm_s...
October 9, 2025 at 2:01 PM
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A Brief History of Men are Becoming Less Manly

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October 7, 2025 at 9:49 PM
Hot take: best doom death album from the US. #metalsky
October 6, 2025 at 1:46 PM
My vet just sent an email about acupuncture. Man, I guess I need to get a new vet.
September 25, 2025 at 8:47 PM
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Fun fact: after I wrote & recorded this but during editing I saw the clip of Megyn Kelly publicly confirming what I said about Kirk backing off of his support for Israel bc it was unpopular with his audience. They’re really just saying the quiet parts out loud.
September 18, 2025 at 3:13 PM
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Now live: Charlie Kirk was a Nazi and no one should be expected to engage in performative mourning over his murder. skepchick.org/2025/09/char...
Charlie Kirk and the Empathy Paradox
Transcript: Previously on this channel, last month I said, “Considering the fact that Trump is now redirecting federal agents to patrolling the mean streets of Washington, DC, we can expect to see …
skepchick.org
September 18, 2025 at 1:48 PM
I think the fox station is playing the neverfilter "tink" during the chiefs and eagles game.

I keep getting excited randomly.

#poe #poe2
September 14, 2025 at 9:26 PM
youtu.be/T8kra2I5C8A?...

I bet on the cowboys win and this is me now
youtu.be
September 14, 2025 at 8:50 PM
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Mic drop.
September 13, 2025 at 8:13 PM
I'm near the end of "Never Flinch" by Steven King. Great story, and I'm really enjoying it. But man even Stephen King cannot describe a woman from a woman's point of view without being horny. 📚💙
September 10, 2025 at 11:13 PM
My kid asked me to play the "Best song ever" by one direction. So I put I Anata as a joke before putting on the song.

Eddie: "this is not the best song ever"
Me: I know but it's my favorite song and it's heavy
Eddie: "it's too heavy"

#metalsky
September 6, 2025 at 1:32 PM
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New, from me:
America is no longer a functioning democracy. It is a competitive authoritarian system, hurtling rapidly toward authoritarianism.
This was a hard piece to write but we can't move forward if we don’t acknowledge where we are.
donmoynihan.substack.com/p/the-author...
The authoritarian checklist
It is time to admit that America is no longer a functioning democracy
donmoynihan.substack.com
August 28, 2025 at 1:19 PM
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Not a conspiracy theory, more just a kind of obvious thing that operates in plain sight. www.liberalcurrents.com/we-need-to-t...
We Need to Talk About Pedocon Theory
The connection between Donald Trump and Jeffrey Epstein is no accident, but reveals a deep logic at the heart of reactionary politics.
www.liberalcurrents.com
July 29, 2025 at 2:30 PM