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Derek Johnson

@bridgeburner.bsky.social

Coloradan, former paleontologist, former software engineer, current goof-off Sometimes silly. Sometimes serious. Always pedantic. Science & dogs & photography & nerd shit & music & politics

1,249 Followers  |  3,404 Following  |  2,211 Posts  |  Joined: 27.06.2023  |  2.1751

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I have a millennial Congressperson. Wanna trade?

16.10.2025 16:49 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

You already undercut your own argument by including that post, dumbass. I think Iβ€˜ll just mute you and carry on with my day. How about you go debate Google Gemini for making you look like an ignorant douche?

15.10.2025 13:40 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0

Wow, that’s super interesting until you read this line: β€œHowever, both parties have evolved significantly since that time, leading to very different platforms regarding women's rights today.”

Gosh, I wonder how the GOP changed. Hmm.

15.10.2025 13:33 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Yeah, I have concert t-shirts from the β€˜70s. Admittedly, they don’t fit anymore, but they are t-shirts, they are older than you, and I possess them.

Is this what you’re like in real life? Please say yes.

07.10.2025 14:09 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

”….starts coming to the guy's (me) house…”

This website is a public forum, dipshit. Everyone can see every post unless blocked. There is no personal β€œhouse” here. You haven’t made any private posts. You’re whining openly for all to see. I stand by my assertion that you’re a fucking moron.

07.10.2025 14:04 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Elon Musk: We'll have people on Mars by 2025 The SpaceX chief teases a "very big rocket" that would take off in 2024 and says he wants to send people every 26 months.

From 2016…

06.10.2025 23:09 β€” πŸ‘ 21    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Hell yeah. It’s entertaining. I love the slow motion car crash.

06.10.2025 13:09 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

So in your analogy, your house is a public forum where everyone can hear you, even if they’re not at your house.

I understand the problem now: you’re a fucking moron.

06.10.2025 13:07 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

I was born in the β€˜60s, junior.

06.10.2025 13:04 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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There will be fewer people in Lost Creek, guaranteed. A bit harder to get to, but worth it if you want to avoid crowds.

05.10.2025 19:10 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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05.10.2025 19:04 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

That’s on the Hankins Pass Trail, about a week ago, but I can still see gold on the trees that direction today.

05.10.2025 19:03 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

That’s in Lost Creek Wilderness Area in southern JeffCo. Saw about 6 people all day.

05.10.2025 18:57 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Let me present you with an analogy: bunch of people at a party, having a good time. A new guy shows up, stands around for 20 seconds, announces β€œThis party sucks!”

Others weigh in, but new guy keeps shouting about how mature, rational, and cool he is.

Now, who do you think the new guy is?

03.10.2025 15:30 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0

You bet. The instant you say something that isn’t worthy of mockery, I’ll follow you.

Good luck, troll.

03.10.2025 14:08 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Kids? I have t-shirts older than you, little man.

03.10.2025 14:07 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

You started off whining about a site that you just joined, you stupid little ninny. There’s literally no world where you’re not a colossal dickbag.

03.10.2025 14:05 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Yeah, I mean…it’s so clever, so witty. You must be the envy of village idiots everywhere.

03.10.2025 14:03 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

You already said it was an echo chamber three weeks ago when you were here. Don't tell me you spent three weeks just to come back and say the same thing again. Got any new material? Maybe work in a "libtard" or something?

01.10.2025 18:06 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

I just wanted you to know that I really appreciated your world-class whining. It's really great. And you're so brave, confronting all the "sickness" of the app so that you can be a whiny little bitch for my entertainment. I mean, come on. You deserve the slow clap. So brave. So unselfish.

01.10.2025 18:04 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0

Knock β€˜em dead!

20.09.2025 00:39 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Should scientists be allowed to bring distant human ancestors back to life? Recently, several attempts have been made to modify modern species with ancient DNA in the name of β€˜de-extinction’. This Perspective argues that independent ethical oversight needs to be put in place ...

journals.plos.org/plosbiology/...

20.09.2025 00:38 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

www.cell.com/stem-cell-re...

20.09.2025 00:34 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Frustratingly, lots of it is behind paywalls…still looking.

20.09.2025 00:33 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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How to clone a Dire Wolf? | EMBO reports EMBO Press is an editorially independent publishing platform for the development of EMBO scientific publications.

www.embopress.org/doi/full/10....

20.09.2025 00:31 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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The dire wolf (Aenocyon dirus) resurrection that wasn't Canids originally evolved in North America, presenting a compelling story of shifting climates, paleogeographies, and both successes and failures in adapting to these changes. Species evolveβ€”new ones....

anatomypubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1...

20.09.2025 00:30 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Colossal scientist now admits they haven’t really made dire wolves Despite a huge media fanfare in which Colossal Biosciences claimed to have resurrected the extinct dire wolf, the company's chief scientist now concedes that the animals are merely modified grey wolve...

www.newscientist.com/article/2481...

20.09.2025 00:28 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Gotcha…let me see what I can find,

20.09.2025 00:28 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

If they were to take modern elephants and tweak genes so that they grew rich fur, you wouldn’t have woolly mammoths.

20.09.2025 00:26 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

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