Rick Thompson
@thompsre68.bsky.social
Johns Hopkins Department of Biostatistics. Interests include history, genealogy, travel, photography, politics, philosophy and theology. Urban Anabaptist looking for the 'Third Way.' https://publichealth.jhu.edu/faculty/704/richard-e-thompson
Is Bolsonaro in Brazil now? Or did Trump give him asylum in Florida?
September 11, 2025 at 10:54 PM
Is Bolsonaro in Brazil now? Or did Trump give him asylum in Florida?
"The beginning of the end; Chapter 57."
July 19, 2025 at 6:27 PM
"The beginning of the end; Chapter 57."
Can we call this the "Theresienstadt Effect"?
July 11, 2025 at 1:28 AM
Can we call this the "Theresienstadt Effect"?
Lil Marco was voted the Cabinet member with the most Neanderthal DNA.
July 11, 2025 at 1:26 AM
Lil Marco was voted the Cabinet member with the most Neanderthal DNA.
Any response from "Latinos for Trump"?
July 2, 2025 at 6:17 PM
Any response from "Latinos for Trump"?
yes the iPhone camera technology is very impressive these days...
June 30, 2025 at 6:20 PM
yes the iPhone camera technology is very impressive these days...
He's not aged well.
April 21, 2025 at 6:20 PM
He's not aged well.
Is this the guy who called Obama a liar during the SOTU speech? He's not aged well - at all.
April 21, 2025 at 6:19 PM
Is this the guy who called Obama a liar during the SOTU speech? He's not aged well - at all.
I'm from the Midwest; I understand the need for a truck. But I lived in a small town and a main street with everything; grocery store, library, 5 and dime, etc. Baltimore where I live does have dense neighborhoods (townhouses), but also walkable neighborhoods from the 1800s that aren't that dense.
April 20, 2025 at 4:01 AM
I'm from the Midwest; I understand the need for a truck. But I lived in a small town and a main street with everything; grocery store, library, 5 and dime, etc. Baltimore where I live does have dense neighborhoods (townhouses), but also walkable neighborhoods from the 1800s that aren't that dense.
They're a necessary evil. For most of the past 20 years we've lived in neighborhoods that were walkable(ish) and only relied on a car for longer trips. Also fortunate my company provides free shuttle buses from our neighborhood to my office; I've saved >$10K on monthly parking over my career.
April 20, 2025 at 3:38 AM
They're a necessary evil. For most of the past 20 years we've lived in neighborhoods that were walkable(ish) and only relied on a car for longer trips. Also fortunate my company provides free shuttle buses from our neighborhood to my office; I've saved >$10K on monthly parking over my career.
Social Media is like the automobile; I hate mine, I wish I could ride my bike or walk everywhere, but can't do with it..
April 20, 2025 at 3:26 AM
Social Media is like the automobile; I hate mine, I wish I could ride my bike or walk everywhere, but can't do with it..
Bukele better study up on Manuel Noriega. One Republican President was his ally and help put into power, while that next Republican President took him out when he outlived his usefulness. If it ends up Bukele oversees the deaths of US citizens, then his days are numbers once Trump is gone.
April 18, 2025 at 6:06 AM
Bukele better study up on Manuel Noriega. One Republican President was his ally and help put into power, while that next Republican President took him out when he outlived his usefulness. If it ends up Bukele oversees the deaths of US citizens, then his days are numbers once Trump is gone.
That's my Senator...
April 18, 2025 at 5:58 AM
That's my Senator...
Bulls hat = M13 gang member
KC Chiefs hat = ???
KC Chiefs hat = ???
April 18, 2025 at 5:54 AM
Bulls hat = M13 gang member
KC Chiefs hat = ???
KC Chiefs hat = ???
I'm sure Trump's buddy Franklin Graham will speak out against this.... any minute now..
April 17, 2025 at 2:41 PM
I'm sure Trump's buddy Franklin Graham will speak out against this.... any minute now..
By "statistical model" they mean the authors used a linear no-threshold model (LNT) to estimate the cancer risk and extrapolated the number of cancers from the cumulative exposure; however, the reliability of LNT is questionable.
April 16, 2025 at 11:01 PM
By "statistical model" they mean the authors used a linear no-threshold model (LNT) to estimate the cancer risk and extrapolated the number of cancers from the cumulative exposure; however, the reliability of LNT is questionable.
I agree but it could be a long fight and we may not see justice until long after Trump is dead.
April 16, 2025 at 10:45 PM
I agree but it could be a long fight and we may not see justice until long after Trump is dead.
Until I see more, I think that this is at best a slap on the wrist that Trump and Miller and Bondi will just simply ignore.
April 16, 2025 at 8:58 PM
Until I see more, I think that this is at best a slap on the wrist that Trump and Miller and Bondi will just simply ignore.
OK. Fight for Democracy, but realize that even in the United States of yesteryear there were still systems put in place to make it hard to prosecute former Presidents. Just image if the DOJ had spent as much time going after Trump's first term lawyers, advisors etc as they did going after Trump.
April 16, 2025 at 8:57 PM
OK. Fight for Democracy, but realize that even in the United States of yesteryear there were still systems put in place to make it hard to prosecute former Presidents. Just image if the DOJ had spent as much time going after Trump's first term lawyers, advisors etc as they did going after Trump.
So in response prepare for a declaration of Martial Law as early as next week.
April 16, 2025 at 8:54 PM
So in response prepare for a declaration of Martial Law as early as next week.
Sometimes evil people get away with their crimes; Stalin after all died peacefully in his bed. I'm sick and tied of hearing for the past 9 years; "Trump is finally going to be his just desserts." We need to wait him out, then go after his enablers and put laws in place to prevent future abuses.
April 16, 2025 at 8:52 PM
Sometimes evil people get away with their crimes; Stalin after all died peacefully in his bed. I'm sick and tied of hearing for the past 9 years; "Trump is finally going to be his just desserts." We need to wait him out, then go after his enablers and put laws in place to prevent future abuses.
I said that we have to accept that TRUMP will never face justice, not that we have to accept what he has done to the country. We can rebuild our democracy, but this obsession with 'getting Trump' is just a massive waste of time. There is a reason no former POTUS has ever been prosecuted.
April 16, 2025 at 8:48 PM
I said that we have to accept that TRUMP will never face justice, not that we have to accept what he has done to the country. We can rebuild our democracy, but this obsession with 'getting Trump' is just a massive waste of time. There is a reason no former POTUS has ever been prosecuted.