Trace Dominguez
@tracedominguez.com
I make internet, TV, video, and podcasts. If you want to learn something new, I can help
Weekly astronomy update: www.pbs.org/show/star-gazers/
Weekly sci/fun podcast: That's Absurd Please Elaborate: pod.link/1680094699
Everything Else: linktr.ee/trace
Weekly astronomy update: www.pbs.org/show/star-gazers/
Weekly sci/fun podcast: That's Absurd Please Elaborate: pod.link/1680094699
Everything Else: linktr.ee/trace
Today, somebody had the gall (again) to tell me that science communication and politics are separate.
Before you ask, of course it was a man.
Before you ask, of course it was a man.
October 29, 2025 at 4:21 PM
Today, somebody had the gall (again) to tell me that science communication and politics are separate.
Before you ask, of course it was a man.
Before you ask, of course it was a man.
ok this is an example of male privilege using a simple spelling error and suggested correction.
Why is @developers.google.com suggestion a male pronoun here? There's no indication anywhere that this doctor is male.
Why is @developers.google.com suggestion a male pronoun here? There's no indication anywhere that this doctor is male.
October 29, 2025 at 4:20 PM
ok this is an example of male privilege using a simple spelling error and suggested correction.
Why is @developers.google.com suggestion a male pronoun here? There's no indication anywhere that this doctor is male.
Why is @developers.google.com suggestion a male pronoun here? There's no indication anywhere that this doctor is male.
Thanks to everyone who came to listen to @thatsabsurdshow.com at the Bay Area Science Festival! What a treat it was to do our silly show in front of such a great audience. We were so touched that y’all came !!! #basf
October 26, 2025 at 12:06 AM
Thanks to everyone who came to listen to @thatsabsurdshow.com at the Bay Area Science Festival! What a treat it was to do our silly show in front of such a great audience. We were so touched that y’all came !!! #basf
This is why AI girlfriends (and boyfriends) are not a “healthy alternative” to a human relationship. It’s a real relationship, yes, but with a robot. The AI will never tell you off bc it had a stressful day, will never disagree with your opinion because of beliefs / experiences… It’s. Not. Real.
October 24, 2025 at 7:42 PM
This is why AI girlfriends (and boyfriends) are not a “healthy alternative” to a human relationship. It’s a real relationship, yes, but with a robot. The AI will never tell you off bc it had a stressful day, will never disagree with your opinion because of beliefs / experiences… It’s. Not. Real.
San Francisco I am in you. Looking forward to doing a live @thatsabsurdshow.com at the @bayareascifest.bsky.social tomorrow!
a little girl is laughing with her fist in the air while wearing a vest and tie .
ALT: a little girl is laughing with her fist in the air while wearing a vest and tie .
media.tenor.com
October 24, 2025 at 7:33 PM
San Francisco I am in you. Looking forward to doing a live @thatsabsurdshow.com at the @bayareascifest.bsky.social tomorrow!
Tomorrow a pretty controversial short video is going to come out on my channel. I’m worried about the blowback, but I feel like I had to say something
October 17, 2025 at 1:11 AM
Tomorrow a pretty controversial short video is going to come out on my channel. I’m worried about the blowback, but I feel like I had to say something
Reposted by Trace Dominguez
This month, skywatchers in the Northern Hemisphere will have the opportunity to observe not one but two once-in-a-lifetime comets in the fall skies.
Here's how to watch.
Here's how to watch.
Two Comets Are Moving Into Your Night Skies in October: How to Watch
The comets A6 (Lemmon) and R2 (SWAN) are visitors from the chilly fringes of our solar system, and could even be visible at the same time.
nyti.ms
October 4, 2025 at 2:50 AM
This month, skywatchers in the Northern Hemisphere will have the opportunity to observe not one but two once-in-a-lifetime comets in the fall skies.
Here's how to watch.
Here's how to watch.
Reposted by Trace Dominguez
This photo from the Perseverance rover captured in early March, may be my favorite Mars image from this year.
It shows Mars' smaller moon Deimos over the hills of the Nili Planum region in the dark skies before dawn. 🔭
Full res: flic.kr/p/2rwUwV7
Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/Simeon Schmauß
It shows Mars' smaller moon Deimos over the hills of the Nili Planum region in the dark skies before dawn. 🔭
Full res: flic.kr/p/2rwUwV7
Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/Simeon Schmauß
October 2, 2025 at 4:16 PM
This photo from the Perseverance rover captured in early March, may be my favorite Mars image from this year.
It shows Mars' smaller moon Deimos over the hills of the Nili Planum region in the dark skies before dawn. 🔭
Full res: flic.kr/p/2rwUwV7
Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/Simeon Schmauß
It shows Mars' smaller moon Deimos over the hills of the Nili Planum region in the dark skies before dawn. 🔭
Full res: flic.kr/p/2rwUwV7
Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/Simeon Schmauß
🚨TODAY IS OUR 100th Episode of @thatsabsurdshow.com !🚨
We answer tons of questions in a wild thunder round, have tons o' guests like co-host Sophie Shrand, and experts @alexdainis.bsky.social aka #blimplady and STEM hero and Mythbuster @karibyron.bsky.social!!!
listen: pod.link/1680094699/e...
We answer tons of questions in a wild thunder round, have tons o' guests like co-host Sophie Shrand, and experts @alexdainis.bsky.social aka #blimplady and STEM hero and Mythbuster @karibyron.bsky.social!!!
listen: pod.link/1680094699/e...
October 2, 2025 at 4:41 PM
🚨TODAY IS OUR 100th Episode of @thatsabsurdshow.com !🚨
We answer tons of questions in a wild thunder round, have tons o' guests like co-host Sophie Shrand, and experts @alexdainis.bsky.social aka #blimplady and STEM hero and Mythbuster @karibyron.bsky.social!!!
listen: pod.link/1680094699/e...
We answer tons of questions in a wild thunder round, have tons o' guests like co-host Sophie Shrand, and experts @alexdainis.bsky.social aka #blimplady and STEM hero and Mythbuster @karibyron.bsky.social!!!
listen: pod.link/1680094699/e...
I am really bad at social media. Horrendously bad.
My podcast @thatsabsurdshow.com just hit 100 episodes and we are SO PUMPED to release it! A good social media person would tease this for a month but I've just been…making things instead.
SO PAY ATTENTION ON THURSDAY BC it's OUR 100TH EPISODE!!
My podcast @thatsabsurdshow.com just hit 100 episodes and we are SO PUMPED to release it! A good social media person would tease this for a month but I've just been…making things instead.
SO PAY ATTENTION ON THURSDAY BC it's OUR 100TH EPISODE!!
a woman is talking and saying it 's real and it 's coming netflix .
Alt: a woman is talking and saying it 's real and it 's coming netflix .
media.tenor.com
September 30, 2025 at 1:35 PM
I am really bad at social media. Horrendously bad.
My podcast @thatsabsurdshow.com just hit 100 episodes and we are SO PUMPED to release it! A good social media person would tease this for a month but I've just been…making things instead.
SO PAY ATTENTION ON THURSDAY BC it's OUR 100TH EPISODE!!
My podcast @thatsabsurdshow.com just hit 100 episodes and we are SO PUMPED to release it! A good social media person would tease this for a month but I've just been…making things instead.
SO PAY ATTENTION ON THURSDAY BC it's OUR 100TH EPISODE!!
As a reminder, the MAGA movement is a cult of cruelty. Just look at farmers in the US right now.
Did farmers vote against their interest OR did they just want Tr*mp to hurt OTHER PEOPLE
Did farmers vote against their interest OR did they just want Tr*mp to hurt OTHER PEOPLE
September 26, 2025 at 6:01 PM
As a reminder, the MAGA movement is a cult of cruelty. Just look at farmers in the US right now.
Did farmers vote against their interest OR did they just want Tr*mp to hurt OTHER PEOPLE
Did farmers vote against their interest OR did they just want Tr*mp to hurt OTHER PEOPLE
I have no reason to do it, but I want to do bullet time with a bunch of iphones SO BADLY #appleevent
September 9, 2025 at 6:08 PM
I have no reason to do it, but I want to do bullet time with a bunch of iphones SO BADLY #appleevent
so did they get a GIANT finger? or like…is it REALLY that thin?
#appleevent
#appleevent
September 9, 2025 at 5:42 PM
so did they get a GIANT finger? or like…is it REALLY that thin?
#appleevent
#appleevent
i've been asking for iphone to do a FULL SQUARE / CIRCULAR SENSOR FOR YEARS!!
They did it, the sunofabitch did it
#appleevent
They did it, the sunofabitch did it
#appleevent
Jurassic Park - Surprised GIF
Alt: Jurassic Park - Surprised GIF
media.tenor.com
September 9, 2025 at 5:41 PM
i've been asking for iphone to do a FULL SQUARE / CIRCULAR SENSOR FOR YEARS!!
They did it, the sunofabitch did it
#appleevent
They did it, the sunofabitch did it
#appleevent
We're about to hit 100 Episodes of @thatsabsurdshow.com!!!
What should we do for the hundredth episode?! We've done lightning & thunder rounds, favorite questions…
SOME OF MY O.K. IDEAS:
- Mini Qs : short answers
- 1Deep Q : both do 1
- Absurd Mob : lotsa guests
- Do y'all have other ideas 👇️
What should we do for the hundredth episode?! We've done lightning & thunder rounds, favorite questions…
SOME OF MY O.K. IDEAS:
- Mini Qs : short answers
- 1Deep Q : both do 1
- Absurd Mob : lotsa guests
- Do y'all have other ideas 👇️
August 25, 2025 at 2:34 PM
We're about to hit 100 Episodes of @thatsabsurdshow.com!!!
What should we do for the hundredth episode?! We've done lightning & thunder rounds, favorite questions…
SOME OF MY O.K. IDEAS:
- Mini Qs : short answers
- 1Deep Q : both do 1
- Absurd Mob : lotsa guests
- Do y'all have other ideas 👇️
What should we do for the hundredth episode?! We've done lightning & thunder rounds, favorite questions…
SOME OF MY O.K. IDEAS:
- Mini Qs : short answers
- 1Deep Q : both do 1
- Absurd Mob : lotsa guests
- Do y'all have other ideas 👇️
Yes I’m a competent Emmy-nominated television host, digital creator and podcaster with over a decade of experience and billions of views.
But, I’m also a human who ran out of clean underwear so am just wearing shorts over nothing
But, I’m also a human who ran out of clean underwear so am just wearing shorts over nothing
August 16, 2025 at 5:40 PM
Yes I’m a competent Emmy-nominated television host, digital creator and podcaster with over a decade of experience and billions of views.
But, I’m also a human who ran out of clean underwear so am just wearing shorts over nothing
But, I’m also a human who ran out of clean underwear so am just wearing shorts over nothing
Science needs an independent voice. The nerds that built everything we use every day are being defunded, discredited, and denigrated.
I want to launch a new #sciencenews show, but need help. Facts matter. Let's share them!
#Artlist100kFund @artlistio.bsky.social
youtu.be/yKiAbONAH4w
I want to launch a new #sciencenews show, but need help. Facts matter. Let's share them!
#Artlist100kFund @artlistio.bsky.social
youtu.be/yKiAbONAH4w
Trace Elements: a Pitch for the 2025 Artlist $100K Fund
YouTube video by Trace Elements
youtu.be
August 15, 2025 at 12:34 PM
Science needs an independent voice. The nerds that built everything we use every day are being defunded, discredited, and denigrated.
I want to launch a new #sciencenews show, but need help. Facts matter. Let's share them!
#Artlist100kFund @artlistio.bsky.social
youtu.be/yKiAbONAH4w
I want to launch a new #sciencenews show, but need help. Facts matter. Let's share them!
#Artlist100kFund @artlistio.bsky.social
youtu.be/yKiAbONAH4w
Reposted by Trace Dominguez
This is great.
Keep it up.
Take photos of national park signs now, before they’re whitewashed
Keep it up.
Take photos of national park signs now, before they’re whitewashed
Volunteers are taking pics of signs at national parks that tell the full story of American history. In an organized campaign they are capturing displays on the brutality of slavery, imprisonment of Native Americans, rising sea levels and other hard truths that Trump wants to erase.
August 9, 2025 at 1:45 AM
This is great.
Keep it up.
Take photos of national park signs now, before they’re whitewashed
Keep it up.
Take photos of national park signs now, before they’re whitewashed
the biggest lie kids movies and grade-school science spread was the "balance" of nature. Nature is not a "balanced" system. Things adapt to fill niches or with change in enviroments, but there's no imaginary rules keeping nature "balanced." In reality, nature is chaos manifest.
August 6, 2025 at 3:46 PM
the biggest lie kids movies and grade-school science spread was the "balance" of nature. Nature is not a "balanced" system. Things adapt to fill niches or with change in enviroments, but there's no imaginary rules keeping nature "balanced." In reality, nature is chaos manifest.
I CANT BELIEVE I FORGOT TO BRING MY @thatsabsurdshow.com STICKERS.
July 17, 2025 at 2:34 AM
I CANT BELIEVE I FORGOT TO BRING MY @thatsabsurdshow.com STICKERS.
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Soo doesn’t work doesn’t do what it says , has created a metric system that not only is opaque is
WRONG
is being used for the past three years to destroy field knowledge
and is going to lessen profits because .. you WILL have to fix this debt
WRONG
is being used for the past three years to destroy field knowledge
and is going to lessen profits because .. you WILL have to fix this debt
We ran a randomized controlled trial to see how much AI coding tools speed up experienced open-source developers.
The results surprised us: Developers thought they were 20% faster with AI tools, but they were actually 19% slower when they had access to AI than when they didn't.
The results surprised us: Developers thought they were 20% faster with AI tools, but they were actually 19% slower when they had access to AI than when they didn't.
July 16, 2025 at 7:03 PM
Soo doesn’t work doesn’t do what it says , has created a metric system that not only is opaque is
WRONG
is being used for the past three years to destroy field knowledge
and is going to lessen profits because .. you WILL have to fix this debt
WRONG
is being used for the past three years to destroy field knowledge
and is going to lessen profits because .. you WILL have to fix this debt
👋 TOMORROW 👋 I'm going to be in San Francisco doing a #NerdNite about venom vs poison and if Westley from The Princess Bride could REALLY have gained immunity to ioncaine powder or was something else *actually going on* (the latter!!!)
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July 15, 2025 at 7:31 PM
👋 TOMORROW 👋 I'm going to be in San Francisco doing a #NerdNite about venom vs poison and if Westley from The Princess Bride could REALLY have gained immunity to ioncaine powder or was something else *actually going on* (the latter!!!)
Come join us! Tickets are here: wl.eventim.us/event/nerd-n...
Come join us! Tickets are here: wl.eventim.us/event/nerd-n...
I came to this bc I like soccer, and americans dont becsue they say
1. It’s low scoring — what they really mean, I am incapable of focusing for 10 minutes at a time to get emotionally invested in the game. They CRAVE a stop to analyze what happened and argue.
More below…
1. It’s low scoring — what they really mean, I am incapable of focusing for 10 minutes at a time to get emotionally invested in the game. They CRAVE a stop to analyze what happened and argue.
More below…
This aligns with my belief that Americans hate sports without clocks that stop.
They don’t like actually having to play the OTHER TEAM — they want to play the clock, exploit the rules, push the fouls.
It’s all bad faith, bad sportsmanship. It’s like all the big fans are a-holes at Monopoly
They don’t like actually having to play the OTHER TEAM — they want to play the clock, exploit the rules, push the fouls.
It’s all bad faith, bad sportsmanship. It’s like all the big fans are a-holes at Monopoly
July 9, 2025 at 5:59 PM
I came to this bc I like soccer, and americans dont becsue they say
1. It’s low scoring — what they really mean, I am incapable of focusing for 10 minutes at a time to get emotionally invested in the game. They CRAVE a stop to analyze what happened and argue.
More below…
1. It’s low scoring — what they really mean, I am incapable of focusing for 10 minutes at a time to get emotionally invested in the game. They CRAVE a stop to analyze what happened and argue.
More below…