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Brian Rock

@brock-umr-asu.bsky.social

Science buff, zoo volunteer, photographer, programmer for fun, lifelong liberal, University of Missouri - Rolla and Arizona State graduate, PhD analytical chemist (chemometrics, simulation, statistics)

143 Followers  |  258 Following  |  150 Posts  |  Joined: 12.11.2024  |  2.0494

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Well, we know who the Crap King is for sure. Even he believes it.

20.10.2025 00:51 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Robyn is one of the most charismatic people I've ever met.

27.09.2025 23:21 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Bi+ Awareness Month is winding down, but the conversation and visibility continue!

As a reminder, I wanted to share the definition of bisexuality that I use. πŸ’–πŸ’œπŸ’™

#BiAwarenessMonth #BiPride #Bisexuality #BiPlus #LGBTQIA #BiVisibility

27.09.2025 22:39 β€” πŸ‘ 8    πŸ” 5    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 1

It's a scary time for the young, and for the older generations to be flinging poop at them on top of it all... it's a real shame. \7 \end

10.09.2025 15:11 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

If you're born rich, of course, no problem. You can make mistake after mistake and still wind up on top. For those not so fortunate though, mistakes are costly and for those at the very bottom of our economy, you can make no mistakes and still stay at the bottom. \6

10.09.2025 15:11 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Choose wrong and you might as well have pursued a degree in underwater basketweaving. \5

10.09.2025 15:11 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

We're in a period of massive change and what was true in our early lives is most definitely not true anymore. Trying to decide a career path with corporate outsourcing to other countries and now AI threatening is an absolute minefield. ... \4

10.09.2025 15:11 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

I would NOT want to be just starting out. Many boomers will say that it's a lack of virtues that they have self-assigned themselves that are the root cause of the problems of our younger citizens. Nope, not in the main in my view. ... \3

10.09.2025 15:11 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Each generation is entitled to their own choices and we olders can pass judgement on them as suits each of us individually, but as the most bitchy in the generations before us now look out of touch and intolerant, so our cranky ones look to them. \2

10.09.2025 15:11 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

I saw another one of those posts where boomers dump on more recent generations. Now I'm a boomer and I have to admit that I don't get many of the things they like, but I don't expect to. ... \1

10.09.2025 15:11 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

i’ll never get over how blatantly and proveably lying is one of the best political strategies of the modern age

16.08.2025 16:50 β€” πŸ‘ 10576    πŸ” 1725    πŸ’¬ 253    πŸ“Œ 102
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Tonight’s dumb napkin cartoon…

12.08.2025 01:28 β€” πŸ‘ 32807    πŸ” 6964    πŸ’¬ 409    πŸ“Œ 241

We should call this Trump's "Big Balls" emergency!

11.08.2025 23:15 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Let that sink in for a sec.

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If they still support him and his corrupt cronies, they are robots.

They might be flesh and blood, but they're programmed to ignore every atrocity, lie, and sin that he and they commit.

Until they break that infernal programming, they belong to him.

23.07.2025 15:25 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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So just to be clear - the β€œprotect the kids” party is now shutting the government down to protect sexual predators? Do we have this right?

22.07.2025 17:34 β€” πŸ‘ 24185    πŸ” 8677    πŸ’¬ 1029    πŸ“Œ 546
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A curious Arctic Fox pup checks out a nature photographer

22.07.2025 20:54 β€” πŸ‘ 12592    πŸ” 1671    πŸ’¬ 215    πŸ“Œ 117

Why were movies so special when man's inhumanity to man is not? \end

02.07.2025 22:27 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Why don't they rate politicians for their violations of Catholic doctrine? Surely Alligator Auschwitz rates a "morally offensive" rating that needs to be shared with Catholics world-wide, and American Catholics in particular. And not just for one week. \2

02.07.2025 22:27 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

The Catholic Church used to rate movies for how objectionable they were to Catholic doctrine. Perhaps they still do. This was usually dictated by how many Catholic-reckoned sins of the flesh they exhibited. The prohibitions were quite forceful. They did not hold back. \1

02.07.2025 22:27 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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the level of coercion they felt they were subject to if they did not comply, and their willingness to testify against those who exerted coercive force against them to compel their behavior.

Mitigating factors are important in your defense. \end

08.06.2025 20:43 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Those being required to commit crimes due to orders need to document, who, what, and when they were ordered to commit those crimes, ... \2

08.06.2025 20:43 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

"I was just following orders" has not been a valid defense for committing crimes in three generations (since Nuremberg). \1

08.06.2025 20:43 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Donald Trump is pursuing a communist agenda. What he accuses others of is what he is doing. It's always been that way with him. He learned that from one of the biggest scumbags in the history of the US - Roy Cohn. /end

02.06.2025 20:23 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

This is for the slow Trump cultists in my audience, if any. Government control of business entities has a label - communism. /2

02.06.2025 20:23 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

So it's ok for Nippon (Japan) Steel to buy US Steel because the government has a "golden ticket" to be able to control many of the decisions that the company makes. /1

02.06.2025 20:23 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

It bears repeating. Don't focus so much on the provocations. Focus on the single source.

19.05.2025 17:53 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Addendum: if they DO arrest Comey, they will be castrated in court. That would be stupid of them, but it is them we're talking about. /end

19.05.2025 14:33 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

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