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Retired NIH scientist. Caltech grad. Sci-fi author. Hiker: especially Nepal and the American Southwest. Happily married. Out of the blue DMs better be damn impressive.

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My wife has little trouble giving away her sourdough. But you may be more prolific.

28.09.2025 01:16 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Ahead of the curve!

23.09.2025 13:29 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Leg lifts are better than sit-ups. Thinking about leg lifts is also better than thinking about sit-ups. This is well established science - just ask RFKjr.

23.09.2025 13:29 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

It's not "criminal", thanks to John Roberts, who ruled that Trump is above the law - thereby allowing Trump to wield the law to crush anyone he pleases.

23.09.2025 12:02 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 5    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

No one I know has been Raptured yet today. So ... either I know a lot of ungodly people, OR the Rapture has been postponed for technical reasons. Oh well, next time.

23.09.2025 12:00 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

If there's a Federal shutdown this October, it will annoy me personally - as I have reservations at the Grand Canyon National Park. I'll take the mild annoyance in exchange for the opportunity for the D's to take a stand at last.

Forth now and fear no darkness!

22.09.2025 16:09 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Ovinity!

20.09.2025 11:23 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Exclusive: Bill Pulte accused Fed Governor Lisa Cook of fraud. His relatives filed housing claims similar to hers Close relatives of the federal official who has accused a Federal Reserve governor of improperly claiming primary residence on two properties have declared the same status on two homes in two different states, public records show.

And Pulte's father did something very similar. Is the DOJ on that one yet?
www.reuters.com/world/us/bil...

13.09.2025 12:37 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 4    ๐Ÿ” 2    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Thanks - very interesting glimpse into something most of us never think about. Has this line of research impacted studies of cell motility in the fetal stage, when there's a lot of action with "baby" cells maturing and then transporting over to their "forever" homes?

13.09.2025 12:28 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

To start with, the cuts to cancer research will not affect that many people. But as time goes on, more and more people will die that could have been saved. We don't know which axed research projects would have paid off -- that's WHY we do research. But some of them would have, and now they won't.

08.09.2025 16:52 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Well, the Supremes have just given ICE all the powers of the Gestapo, save for the power to execute people without any process or hearings. That ruling will be a few weeks away.

08.09.2025 16:37 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

"Numbers favor the left" -- peculiar, because all positive numbers are on the right side. [lame math joke about the way the number line is drawn]

05.09.2025 12:26 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 5    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Exactly the rationale of the 1936 Gestapo Law, which made their actions unreviewable "as long as the [the Gestapo] carries out the will of the leadership".

05.09.2025 12:25 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Mostly unmarried men. A very suspicious group, obviously.

05.09.2025 12:20 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Arrest them as soon as they leave the federal property.

03.09.2025 13:15 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

In a sense, the latter group you describe were the "nice guys".

02.09.2025 12:20 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

"Otherie"

02.09.2025 12:19 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Naming ALL of them after himself. The USS Trump A, Trump B, ....

02.09.2025 11:55 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 4    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Obviously a fake post. Syntax too clear and not all caps.

31.08.2025 01:56 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 5    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

We are in a masterclass whose lesson is "Power is EVERYTHING".

30.08.2025 01:46 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

The cruelty is the point. It appeals to the MAGA base.

27.08.2025 17:35 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Ted Cruz is widely accepted to be (a) very bright, and (b) an extremely unpleasant power hungry vile human being.

27.08.2025 15:26 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Your analysis is spot on. Just weird coincidences.

27.08.2025 02:27 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Giving up power is very difficult. Historically it is rare. "No matter how bad we are, THEY are worse."

25.08.2025 17:32 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Be more assertive!

25.08.2025 17:18 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Probably he has an old roof and should replace it before the panels go on, since doing it later is more expensive. But $30K seems like a lot.

25.08.2025 17:15 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

The US Govt must have already spent a couple million on trying to get rid of KAG. What a vendetta!

25.08.2025 14:21 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Hope on the Battlefield Military leaders know a secret: The vast majority of people are overwhelmingly reluctant to take a human life.

greatergood.berkeley.edu/article/item...

25.08.2025 12:13 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

An aside: interviews shortly after close combat in WW2 found that only about 20% of soldiers fired their weapons at the enemy. They wouldn't do it, but instead helped comrades, carried ammunition, etc.

25.08.2025 12:10 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

The Trumpettes are in some ways more advanced than the Nazis in 1933. They ginned up crises (Reichstag fire) and then declared emergencies. Now, the new way is to just declare an emergency that the media doesn't dare denounce - because doing so would be "partisan", and dangerous.

25.08.2025 01:45 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

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