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Rachel Nolan

@rachelnolan.bsky.social

Data Scientist. she/her. dog lover. Opinions my own. Other stuff. πŸ³οΈβ€βš§οΈ.

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Ever Dream This Man? Every night throughout the world hundreds of people dream about this face. Formally this man is called Carmine. http://www.thisman.org

I would photoshop it into the "Have you Dreamed this Man?" poster, but I don't have the time or skills to care enough: www.google.com/url?sa=t&sou...

09.03.2026 15:26 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I was in front at the recent Rochester show w/my brother who had never seen the band before. Evidently he took something about Possum by Night with him 'cause he started yelling "Garbage Trucks to the Curb!" during the Tigers playoff games like it was his ESPN catchphrase or something. Delightful

23.01.2026 19:30 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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β€œICE agents, get out now because historically, this ends with you hanging from a lamppost and your body paraded through the streets.” - the …we rate dogs guy

16.01.2026 03:49 β€” πŸ‘ 17184    πŸ” 5115    πŸ’¬ 67    πŸ“Œ 23
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Another day, another musical AI fever dream. I don't think Malkmus or anyone has a bluesky, so I'll just #pavement #ai

26.11.2025 13:06 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

In a world of Bart Harley Jarvises, be a Taffy Lee Fubbins. #itysl

08.11.2025 19:13 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
28.10.2025 03:44 β€” πŸ‘ 14515    πŸ” 4453    πŸ’¬ 102    πŸ“Œ 88
Is your child texting about the song
"Walking in Memphis" by Marc Cohn?

What your teens texts ACTUALLY mean 

pimbss - put on my blue suede shoes bp - boarded the plane wim- walking in Memphis
iwwwmftfoob - I was walking with my feet ten feet off of Beale
stgoe - saw the ghost of Elvis tgcott - they've got catfish on the table dirftwif - do I really feel the way I feel?

Is your child texting about the song "Walking in Memphis" by Marc Cohn? What your teens texts ACTUALLY mean pimbss - put on my blue suede shoes bp - boarded the plane wim- walking in Memphis iwwwmftfoob - I was walking with my feet ten feet off of Beale stgoe - saw the ghost of Elvis tgcott - they've got catfish on the table dirftwif - do I really feel the way I feel?

26.10.2025 23:41 β€” πŸ‘ 232    πŸ” 39    πŸ’¬ 3    πŸ“Œ 3
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Syracuse University must protect faculty who criticize Charlie Kirk (Your Letters) To maintain the ethos of thorough inquiry at universities, "we must protect professors from institutional interference in the things they say and write," says the letter writer.

Academic freedom should protect honest criticism of Charlie Kirk, even if the criticism is delivered with an irreverent tone.

My new opinion piece on Syracuse.com:
www.syracuse.com/opinion/2025...

25.09.2025 16:22 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0

Moreover, if a hypothetical rape survivor wanted to make fun of Jeffrey Epstein, even to mock his death, it would be far more important to remember Epstein's horrible deeds than to castigate the victim for her tone.

18.09.2025 05:46 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
Bobby Hill saying "That's what the elves call 'Justice of the Unicorn' to Hank Hill"

Bobby Hill saying "That's what the elves call 'Justice of the Unicorn' to Hank Hill"

RE Charlie Kirk:

11.09.2025 11:23 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Yes, killing people is generally bad. But I have no room in my heart to feel sadness for a man who made a very conscious choice to spend his entire adult life profiting from sowing division, fear and hatred, gleefully putting a target on the back of vulnerable minorities every time he spoke. Sorry!

10.09.2025 22:19 β€” πŸ‘ 476    πŸ” 50    πŸ’¬ 5    πŸ“Œ 0

This thread gets it. Potential Democratic candidates minmaxing the "how far under the bus can I throw trans people to increase votes w/o alienating too many?" question is absurd. If the result of the calculus is > 0, they're fucking up even if they throw Trump's tactics back at him (Newsom *cough)

08.09.2025 11:38 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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I was trying to make a joke that mimics Sean Penn's reviled novel "Bob Honey Who Just Do Stuff" after seeing an article titled "Chat GPT5: It just does stuff". I tried this in Google's AI mode and I think I hit levels of meta-commentary I can't quite fathom here (aware of the irony, certainly).

04.09.2025 14:52 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Today's thought exercise that's taxing my cognitive ability instead of doing my actual job:
Rewriting "Not Like Us" so it's about our dog Margie.

"Why you rollin on the floor/ain't you tired?"
"Trynna get a toy/and its prolly a Bite Bear"

*her rope bears we call "Bite Bears"

26.08.2025 16:04 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Our 3yo had like a hundred fuckin questions about the rules & logistics & moral implications of how mogwais become gremlins, but ZERO questions about "sometimes people change from girl to boy" or "sometimes boys marry other boys" or whatever, kids dgaf, the problem has ALWAYS been bigot ass parents

25.08.2025 02:06 β€” πŸ‘ 1911    πŸ” 343    πŸ’¬ 27    πŸ“Œ 13

I was told by @saraburke.bsky.social that this was opaque, so:
I'm referring to the line in "Gimme Shelter" by The Rolling Stones where Merry Clayton's voice breaks with intensity (supposedly this performance caused a miscarriage). After that you can hear Jagger/Zuck going "Woo!" on the recording.

20.08.2025 17:58 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Meta faces backlash over AI policy that lets bots have β€˜sensual’ conversations with children US senator Josh Hawley opened investigation into the tech giant, which said it had removed the policy guidelines

"Raaaayyyyyype, Meeeuuuurrrrddderrrr, they're just a prompt away, just a prompt away" - Merry Clayton, voice breaking.

"Woo" - Zuckerberg:

www.theguardian.com/technology/2...

20.08.2025 17:22 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

This is legitimately one of the most beautiful pathos-invoking pieces of art I've ever seen. This will go on the list of things I look at when I want to sob my eyes out at the general wonderfulness of dogs along with those ancient Roman dog obituaries.

13.08.2025 17:15 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I got added to a 7000 member block list for spreading "AI Disinformation" I've never felt so honored.

03.07.2025 16:11 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

@econmarshall.bsky.social As the only "real econ" person I know or follow, give me your thoughts on Yanis Varoufakis. Read a piece by him in the Guardian and def want to know more

03.07.2025 14:11 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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So like, normally I would quibble with assigning a gendered pronoun to an AI bot, but honestly, when a string of text appears discussing white genocide a la Jar Jar Binks on twitter, I think we all know that whatever produced it is a white guy.

16.05.2025 16:58 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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that's still a lot of people, let's not focus on the negatives

06.04.2025 14:27 β€” πŸ‘ 3348    πŸ” 476    πŸ’¬ 20    πŸ“Œ 1
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The original text was going to be β€œFuck off and die, Nazi scum!”

06.04.2025 01:17 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I'm obligated to also say that this is completely a joke. Don't try this at home, etc ,etc

02.04.2025 01:25 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington -- Simpsons
YouTube video by MetalSonic7 Mr. Smith Goes to Washington -- Simpsons

I think we all know there's only one logical way this Corey Booker thing can end: www.youtube.com/watch?v=W8im...

02.04.2025 01:20 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

The trump administration remains the world's most tragic version of Remembering Some Guys

25.03.2025 04:08 β€” πŸ‘ 115    πŸ” 11    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0
The Baseball Project - "Panda and the Freak" (Official Audio)
YouTube video by Yep Roc Records The Baseball Project - "Panda and the Freak" (Official Audio)

Shit is shitty right now, but at least #MLB is back. Listening to The Baseball Project all day. As I said on fb, "1976," about Mark Fidrych does Big Star as well as Big Star could hope to do itself. If you're all about "Remembering Guys", check them out: www.youtube.com/watch?v=WmuN...

27.03.2025 19:05 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Exceedingly lukewarm take, but of all the songs out there that might encompass the fundamental gist of rock n roll, "Handle with Care" by the Traveling Wilburys might be the most accurate.

10.03.2025 15:24 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0