Transitional Fossil
@transitfossil.bsky.social
retired mechanical engineer and computer scientist. avid swimmer. amateur classical guitar player. atheist. liberal. feminist. anti-fascist. never trump.
long past time when universities should separate from big time sports.
go back to intramural and club teams.
big time sports distorts the educational mission beyond recognition.
go back to intramural and club teams.
big time sports distorts the educational mission beyond recognition.
November 12, 2025 at 7:10 PM
long past time when universities should separate from big time sports.
go back to intramural and club teams.
big time sports distorts the educational mission beyond recognition.
go back to intramural and club teams.
big time sports distorts the educational mission beyond recognition.
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“Don to dusk...” by Jack Ohman on Bluesky and Jack Ohman's You Betcha!
Please support Editorial Cartoonists, whenever possible directly, whose work is shown on Bluesky.
This #EditorialCartoon was found on Jack Ohman's You Betcha!
Please support Editorial Cartoonists, whenever possible directly, whose work is shown on Bluesky.
This #EditorialCartoon was found on Jack Ohman's You Betcha!
November 12, 2025 at 12:56 AM
“Don to dusk...” by Jack Ohman on Bluesky and Jack Ohman's You Betcha!
Please support Editorial Cartoonists, whenever possible directly, whose work is shown on Bluesky.
This #EditorialCartoon was found on Jack Ohman's You Betcha!
Please support Editorial Cartoonists, whenever possible directly, whose work is shown on Bluesky.
This #EditorialCartoon was found on Jack Ohman's You Betcha!
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What someone is wearing is not an indication of who they are... how reliable, trustworthy they are...or how organized...or not...their inner world is; unless it's John Fetterman. Turns out...the slop he wears to work...is an accurate reflection of exactly who he is.
November 12, 2025 at 4:35 PM
What someone is wearing is not an indication of who they are... how reliable, trustworthy they are...or how organized...or not...their inner world is; unless it's John Fetterman. Turns out...the slop he wears to work...is an accurate reflection of exactly who he is.
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This is a lie. Trump and Epstein's falling out had *nothing* to do with Epstein being a "creep." That was, after all, why they were friends in the first place. It was over a real estate deal. Epstein outbid Trump on a Florida property Donald had told Epstein he wanted. Acrimony ensued.
November 12, 2025 at 5:12 PM
This is a lie. Trump and Epstein's falling out had *nothing* to do with Epstein being a "creep." That was, after all, why they were friends in the first place. It was over a real estate deal. Epstein outbid Trump on a Florida property Donald had told Epstein he wanted. Acrimony ensued.
No.
America won't be great until it faces up to the facts that it was built on land stolen from Native Americans, with 100M of them wiped out, and stolen labor from enslaved African Americans who were abducted and brought here starting in 1619. excluded women from civic life until 1920.
America won't be great until it faces up to the facts that it was built on land stolen from Native Americans, with 100M of them wiped out, and stolen labor from enslaved African Americans who were abducted and brought here starting in 1619. excluded women from civic life until 1920.
November 12, 2025 at 6:42 PM
No.
America won't be great until it faces up to the facts that it was built on land stolen from Native Americans, with 100M of them wiped out, and stolen labor from enslaved African Americans who were abducted and brought here starting in 1619. excluded women from civic life until 1920.
America won't be great until it faces up to the facts that it was built on land stolen from Native Americans, with 100M of them wiped out, and stolen labor from enslaved African Americans who were abducted and brought here starting in 1619. excluded women from civic life until 1920.
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The Democratic Party, despite a day of election wins everywhere, is reminding America that cowardice and incompetence are not just Republican traits. They’re glaringly omnipresent in Democrats.
Republicans INTEND to end democracy. Democrats lack the fortitude to stop them.
Republicans INTEND to end democracy. Democrats lack the fortitude to stop them.
November 11, 2025 at 7:01 PM
The Democratic Party, despite a day of election wins everywhere, is reminding America that cowardice and incompetence are not just Republican traits. They’re glaringly omnipresent in Democrats.
Republicans INTEND to end democracy. Democrats lack the fortitude to stop them.
Republicans INTEND to end democracy. Democrats lack the fortitude to stop them.
A great player. No doubt.
This is not the Celtics teams of the last four years that went to 2 NBA Finals and won 70+ games the last two.
The season is a process. Enjoy watching players and team develop.
Or become an OKC fan.
☘️
This is not the Celtics teams of the last four years that went to 2 NBA Finals and won 70+ games the last two.
The season is a process. Enjoy watching players and team develop.
Or become an OKC fan.
☘️
No JB slander will be tolerated. He’s been absolutely carrying this team & has 6 game 30+ pts. Stop it. This game shouldn’t have been close to come down to a missed FT & a mistake on defense at the end there. Period. It’s a team sport. Not all on his shoulders. He’s doing a great job.
November 12, 2025 at 6:18 PM
A great player. No doubt.
This is not the Celtics teams of the last four years that went to 2 NBA Finals and won 70+ games the last two.
The season is a process. Enjoy watching players and team develop.
Or become an OKC fan.
☘️
This is not the Celtics teams of the last four years that went to 2 NBA Finals and won 70+ games the last two.
The season is a process. Enjoy watching players and team develop.
Or become an OKC fan.
☘️
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Chuck Schumer couldn’t hold his senators together at a time when their unity was essential. Yet Trump gets all Republicans to do his bidding.
Why are Democrats so undisciplined and Republicans so regimented?
Some thoughts... https://robertreich.substack.com/p/why-democrats-are-undisciplined-and
Why are Democrats so undisciplined and Republicans so regimented?
Some thoughts... https://robertreich.substack.com/p/why-democrats-are-undisciplined-and
Why Democrats are undisciplined and Republicans are regimented
The asymmetry explained
robertreich.substack.com
November 12, 2025 at 4:14 PM
Chuck Schumer couldn’t hold his senators together at a time when their unity was essential. Yet Trump gets all Republicans to do his bidding.
Why are Democrats so undisciplined and Republicans so regimented?
Some thoughts... https://robertreich.substack.com/p/why-democrats-are-undisciplined-and
Why are Democrats so undisciplined and Republicans so regimented?
Some thoughts... https://robertreich.substack.com/p/why-democrats-are-undisciplined-and
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Cartoon: Real American www.dailykos.com/stories/2025...
Cartoon: Real American
A cartoon by David Horsey.
Related |� Border czar admits ICE sees all immigrants as ...
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November 12, 2025 at 3:58 PM
Cartoon: Real American www.dailykos.com/stories/2025...
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Bird of the day, Great Tit enjoying the sun and looks deep in thought. Galway Ireland. #BirdOfTheDay #GreatTit #Yellow #Birds #Wildlife #Ireland #Nature #EastCoastKin #Photography
November 12, 2025 at 9:07 AM
Bird of the day, Great Tit enjoying the sun and looks deep in thought. Galway Ireland. #BirdOfTheDay #GreatTit #Yellow #Birds #Wildlife #Ireland #Nature #EastCoastKin #Photography
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AI is overhyped.
It’s not going away, but it is just now what people are making it out to be.
Can it be useful? Absolutely!! It is exceptionally good at culling and extracting large amounts of data. It can find things we miss.
But can it truly think, rationalize, analyze, and create? No.
It’s not going away, but it is just now what people are making it out to be.
Can it be useful? Absolutely!! It is exceptionally good at culling and extracting large amounts of data. It can find things we miss.
But can it truly think, rationalize, analyze, and create? No.
November 12, 2025 at 11:58 AM
AI is overhyped.
It’s not going away, but it is just now what people are making it out to be.
Can it be useful? Absolutely!! It is exceptionally good at culling and extracting large amounts of data. It can find things we miss.
But can it truly think, rationalize, analyze, and create? No.
It’s not going away, but it is just now what people are making it out to be.
Can it be useful? Absolutely!! It is exceptionally good at culling and extracting large amounts of data. It can find things we miss.
But can it truly think, rationalize, analyze, and create? No.
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Chump meeting former terrorist and Al Qaeda member Ahmad Al-Sharaa at the White House yesterday. The U.S. government had a $10 million bounty on his head until just before this meeting.
November 12, 2025 at 2:55 AM
Chump meeting former terrorist and Al Qaeda member Ahmad Al-Sharaa at the White House yesterday. The U.S. government had a $10 million bounty on his head until just before this meeting.
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I started studying the anti-vaccine movement more than fifteen years ago along with one of my colleagues, Dr. Kacey Ernst. It was clear to us even then that this movement was organized, effective, and growing.
Unfortunately, many of our colleagues at the time felt it wasn’t a problem. 1/2
Unfortunately, many of our colleagues at the time felt it wasn’t a problem. 1/2
November 12, 2025 at 2:37 PM
I started studying the anti-vaccine movement more than fifteen years ago along with one of my colleagues, Dr. Kacey Ernst. It was clear to us even then that this movement was organized, effective, and growing.
Unfortunately, many of our colleagues at the time felt it wasn’t a problem. 1/2
Unfortunately, many of our colleagues at the time felt it wasn’t a problem. 1/2
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That feeling when you walk into the airport bookstore and see a whole row of your book!
November 12, 2025 at 2:08 PM
That feeling when you walk into the airport bookstore and see a whole row of your book!
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They've really got it in for low emissions vehicles haven't they? Anyone would think they are funded by the fossil fuel lobby.
Or they want us to live in the poisonous smog we used to have?
Or they want us to live in the poisonous smog we used to have?
November 11, 2025 at 10:30 PM
They've really got it in for low emissions vehicles haven't they? Anyone would think they are funded by the fossil fuel lobby.
Or they want us to live in the poisonous smog we used to have?
Or they want us to live in the poisonous smog we used to have?
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This is what my students and I do! #STEM #STEAM #STEMSky #AcademicSky #ScienceSky #TeacherSky #EducatorSky Human-Robot InterAction youtu.be/Oc8wBqZNZ2s?...
Hand Gesture Blossom Robot
YouTube video by Solbin Lee
youtu.be
November 12, 2025 at 12:54 PM
This is what my students and I do! #STEM #STEAM #STEMSky #AcademicSky #ScienceSky #TeacherSky #EducatorSky Human-Robot InterAction youtu.be/Oc8wBqZNZ2s?...
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”To all those fallen soldiers, who gave everything so people like me could give nothing.”
November 12, 2025 at 12:20 AM
”To all those fallen soldiers, who gave everything so people like me could give nothing.”
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"He didn’t even have a chance to show them he was legal. They didn’t seem to care either way. See, Yomi had lived here for ten years. He came from Nigeria, built a life, earned his green card, followed every rule this country told him would keep him safe. He wasn’t hiding. He wasn’t 'illegal.'"
ICE Took a Green Card Holder Leaving for Work Just Weeks After His Baby’s Birth
Agents surrounded Abayomi Daramola in his front yard, just 3 weeks after his wife gave birth to their third child. Green card be damned.
dissentinbloom.substack.com
November 11, 2025 at 6:21 PM
"He didn’t even have a chance to show them he was legal. They didn’t seem to care either way. See, Yomi had lived here for ten years. He came from Nigeria, built a life, earned his green card, followed every rule this country told him would keep him safe. He wasn’t hiding. He wasn’t 'illegal.'"
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Normal isn't coming back so get off your knees and fight back - what they have planned for us is far worse than anything they've already done.
November 12, 2025 at 2:43 AM
Normal isn't coming back so get off your knees and fight back - what they have planned for us is far worse than anything they've already done.
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Anti-black racism from slavery is the gateway drug to every other kind of ism in this country.
It is the foundational and most prevalent delusion of superiority and entitlement that permeates and gives license to the inequality and otherizing of every other minority group.
If we get rid of
It is the foundational and most prevalent delusion of superiority and entitlement that permeates and gives license to the inequality and otherizing of every other minority group.
If we get rid of
November 12, 2025 at 11:33 AM
Anti-black racism from slavery is the gateway drug to every other kind of ism in this country.
It is the foundational and most prevalent delusion of superiority and entitlement that permeates and gives license to the inequality and otherizing of every other minority group.
If we get rid of
It is the foundational and most prevalent delusion of superiority and entitlement that permeates and gives license to the inequality and otherizing of every other minority group.
If we get rid of
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