Thomopolis
@thomopolis.bsky.social
Designer of medical devices…maybe even some used on you.
Ok, a little more…I like dogs, especially greyhounds. Yes, I know the dog in the picture is not a greyhound.
Ok, a little more…I like dogs, especially greyhounds. Yes, I know the dog in the picture is not a greyhound.
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Thomopolis
@thomopolis.bsky.social
· Nov 13
Thought I should probably post something in case anyone happens by due to a response I’ve made. I don’t post often; mostly read. I am absolutely loving BSky. Just being able to both block and follow easily with lists makes this place infinitely more enjoyable to peruse than the dying place.
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The second paragraph of every article about Trump freeing House Republicans to vote to release the Epstein files should make it clear that he could order them released himself and chooses not to.
November 17, 2025 at 3:39 PM
The second paragraph of every article about Trump freeing House Republicans to vote to release the Epstein files should make it clear that he could order them released himself and chooses not to.
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NEW: Epstein survivors release the most powerful PSA I have ever seen.
Make this go viral so every member of the House of Representatives sees it.
Make this go viral so every member of the House of Representatives sees it.
November 16, 2025 at 11:43 PM
NEW: Epstein survivors release the most powerful PSA I have ever seen.
Make this go viral so every member of the House of Representatives sees it.
Make this go viral so every member of the House of Representatives sees it.
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Except no child left behind wasn't the problem. The problem is we haven't been teaching phonics. Bush actually wanted to mandate phonics instruction as part of NCLB but the teachers unions and Democrats fought against it.
There are valid criticisms of NCLB but this isn't one.
There are valid criticisms of NCLB but this isn't one.
November 16, 2025 at 11:54 PM
Except no child left behind wasn't the problem. The problem is we haven't been teaching phonics. Bush actually wanted to mandate phonics instruction as part of NCLB but the teachers unions and Democrats fought against it.
There are valid criticisms of NCLB but this isn't one.
There are valid criticisms of NCLB but this isn't one.
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I know everyone's outraged at Mygyn Kylly - as they should be - but what she's articulating actually IS the mainstream conservative position.
Why Are Some Republican Lawmakers Hellbent on Preserving Child Marriage?
GOP lawmakers across the U.S. have opposed raising the marriage age, with some arguing child marriage bans would encourage abortion.
www.rollingstone.com
November 15, 2025 at 4:00 PM
I know everyone's outraged at Mygyn Kylly - as they should be - but what she's articulating actually IS the mainstream conservative position.
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Whatever Trump is desperately covering up about Epstein, it’s clearly so bad that he thinks it could destroy him
November 15, 2025 at 1:02 AM
Whatever Trump is desperately covering up about Epstein, it’s clearly so bad that he thinks it could destroy him
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Message to all faculty: your expertise is no longer trusted or valued at this so-called “university.”
November 14, 2025 at 12:22 PM
Message to all faculty: your expertise is no longer trusted or valued at this so-called “university.”
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So… mortgage fraud?
November 14, 2025 at 4:21 PM
So… mortgage fraud?
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I like how full text search of every book and human thought ever was a SOLVED PROBLEM in 2001, and now dicks at search engines and my own phone – a piece of silicon faster to respond than God was ever imagined in scripture – prevent it from working, _as a retroactive infantilizing design choice_.
November 14, 2025 at 12:42 AM
I like how full text search of every book and human thought ever was a SOLVED PROBLEM in 2001, and now dicks at search engines and my own phone – a piece of silicon faster to respond than God was ever imagined in scripture – prevent it from working, _as a retroactive infantilizing design choice_.
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While technological progress involves some job loss, it also creates new jobs. Those in the tech, clean energy, and health sectors are set to grow fastest.
My @morningjoe-msnbc.bsky.social Chart
My @morningjoe-msnbc.bsky.social Chart
November 13, 2025 at 2:44 PM
While technological progress involves some job loss, it also creates new jobs. Those in the tech, clean energy, and health sectors are set to grow fastest.
My @morningjoe-msnbc.bsky.social Chart
My @morningjoe-msnbc.bsky.social Chart
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Creative destruction is part of progress. We no longer have telephone operators, but calls are now cheaper and faster.
My @morningjoe-msnbc.bsky.social Chart
My @morningjoe-msnbc.bsky.social Chart
November 13, 2025 at 2:43 PM
Creative destruction is part of progress. We no longer have telephone operators, but calls are now cheaper and faster.
My @morningjoe-msnbc.bsky.social Chart
My @morningjoe-msnbc.bsky.social Chart
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Some of the people running the world used Running the World as a cover for a sex trafficking ring, instead of a more conventional front like a car service, laundromat, or auto repair shop.
November 13, 2025 at 2:49 PM
Some of the people running the world used Running the World as a cover for a sex trafficking ring, instead of a more conventional front like a car service, laundromat, or auto repair shop.
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One reason you hold a meeting to pressure/cajole/threaten Boebert in the Situation Room is so she can't record it.
November 12, 2025 at 9:50 PM
One reason you hold a meeting to pressure/cajole/threaten Boebert in the Situation Room is so she can't record it.
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Donald Trump was practicing child rape the right way.
by Ezra Klein
by Ezra Klein
November 13, 2025 at 12:41 AM
Donald Trump was practicing child rape the right way.
by Ezra Klein
by Ezra Klein
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the man has admitted to sexually assaulting people and was legally proven by a court of law to be sexually assaulting people (a notoriously hard thing to do) but I’m sure this new evidence that he was sexually assaulting people will really wake up the base. It’ll be our lucky sexual assault evidence
November 12, 2025 at 10:00 PM
the man has admitted to sexually assaulting people and was legally proven by a court of law to be sexually assaulting people (a notoriously hard thing to do) but I’m sure this new evidence that he was sexually assaulting people will really wake up the base. It’ll be our lucky sexual assault evidence
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New data from the Bureau of What the Actual
November 12, 2025 at 1:41 AM
New data from the Bureau of What the Actual
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This "three cue method" is how I might try and decipher words in a low-res jpg where letter shapes are unclear, or how an LLM would try to "understand" a text predictively.
But text is fully determinate! A word is specific sequence of elements from a finite set of unique symbols, that's the point!
But text is fully determinate! A word is specific sequence of elements from a finite set of unique symbols, that's the point!
how did i go so long not knowing we were literally teaching people to read wrong. i knew something wasn't right but jesus christ www.apmreports.org/episode/2019...
How a flawed idea is teaching millions of kids to be poor readers
For decades, schools have taught children the strategies of struggling readers, using a theory about reading that cognitive scientists have repeatedly debunked. And many teachers and parents don't kno...
www.apmreports.org
November 11, 2025 at 10:41 PM
This "three cue method" is how I might try and decipher words in a low-res jpg where letter shapes are unclear, or how an LLM would try to "understand" a text predictively.
But text is fully determinate! A word is specific sequence of elements from a finite set of unique symbols, that's the point!
But text is fully determinate! A word is specific sequence of elements from a finite set of unique symbols, that's the point!
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Listen, I'm not saying I endorse brutal mockery of Avi Loeb's claims that every interstellar comet we see is an alien spaceship, but I will link to it because the aliens made me in order to sow doubt about their cometships.
oddnews.com/article/this...
oddnews.com/article/this...
“This Comet Thing Is Aliens,” Says Resident Harvard Fraud Avi Loeb
Like he does every week, without evidence.
oddnews.com
November 11, 2025 at 7:42 PM
Listen, I'm not saying I endorse brutal mockery of Avi Loeb's claims that every interstellar comet we see is an alien spaceship, but I will link to it because the aliens made me in order to sow doubt about their cometships.
oddnews.com/article/this...
oddnews.com/article/this...
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I consume a massive amount of political news. And in every story the reporter contacts the specific Trump admin spokesperson for comment and the response is always a venomous personal insult followed by praise for Trump or a cabinet official. I realize that has always been standard journalistic
November 11, 2025 at 5:12 PM
I consume a massive amount of political news. And in every story the reporter contacts the specific Trump admin spokesperson for comment and the response is always a venomous personal insult followed by praise for Trump or a cabinet official. I realize that has always been standard journalistic
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80% of Democratic voters want a new leader in the Senate.
Does that matter at all to Democratic senators?
Does that matter at all to Democratic senators?
November 10, 2025 at 3:25 AM
80% of Democratic voters want a new leader in the Senate.
Does that matter at all to Democratic senators?
Does that matter at all to Democratic senators?
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The model of holding individual senators responsible is broken here. The retirees clearly agreed to take the fall. Which is why the nos should get no credit for voting no unless they move to oust Schumer
November 10, 2025 at 3:20 AM
The model of holding individual senators responsible is broken here. The retirees clearly agreed to take the fall. Which is why the nos should get no credit for voting no unless they move to oust Schumer
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40 men Trump sent to CECOT tell the NYT they were beaten, tortured, and sexually assaulted. The details are worse than you can imagine.
We can’t let them get away with this. Miller and the other architects of this sadism need to go to prison.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/08/w...
We can’t let them get away with this. Miller and the other architects of this sadism need to go to prison.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/08/w...
‘You Are All Terrorists’: Four Months in a Salvadoran Prison
www.nytimes.com
November 9, 2025 at 2:20 AM
40 men Trump sent to CECOT tell the NYT they were beaten, tortured, and sexually assaulted. The details are worse than you can imagine.
We can’t let them get away with this. Miller and the other architects of this sadism need to go to prison.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/08/w...
We can’t let them get away with this. Miller and the other architects of this sadism need to go to prison.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/08/w...
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Ladies and Gentlemen, may I present Karma?
November 7, 2025 at 9:27 PM
Ladies and Gentlemen, may I present Karma?
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What happened, @nytimes.com? Why not stand by your original headline? Because it’s absolutely an accurate representation of this trash conversation.
To publish this at all should be a fireable offense - but to publish it as women’s rights are being decimated is deeply immoral, bordering on evil
To publish this at all should be a fireable offense - but to publish it as women’s rights are being decimated is deeply immoral, bordering on evil
November 7, 2025 at 8:10 PM
What happened, @nytimes.com? Why not stand by your original headline? Because it’s absolutely an accurate representation of this trash conversation.
To publish this at all should be a fireable offense - but to publish it as women’s rights are being decimated is deeply immoral, bordering on evil
To publish this at all should be a fireable offense - but to publish it as women’s rights are being decimated is deeply immoral, bordering on evil