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Notorious RBMK

@comraderobot.bsky.social

equal parts physics, left politics, DIY science, and photos (space/birds/stuff). formerly astroparticle physics, now astrodynamicist. "dr" in certain extremely specific professional contexts. ohio for 3 decades then west coast (sfbay, now pdx). fuck ai art

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beautiful shot. only ever seen a few and they were darned hard to photo

05.03.2026 18:08 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Two weeks until Trump claims the Iran war would never have happened if he’d been president.

05.03.2026 17:52 β€” πŸ‘ 184    πŸ” 33    πŸ’¬ 7    πŸ“Œ 0

like literally my whole job is thinking in 3d in my brain but the second i have to do it in a GUI?????? rude

05.03.2026 18:04 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

linkedin sure loves professional headshot ai bullshit. no thanks. my headshot is a selfie in a grungly tshirt with the geese in the background

05.03.2026 18:02 β€” πŸ‘ 6    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

gen z’s don’t even know what a nextel is. they had to reinvent them from first principles

05.03.2026 18:00 β€” πŸ‘ 8    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

universe keeps conspiring to get me to learn blender >: |

05.03.2026 17:58 β€” πŸ‘ 8    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0

welcome to the Long Nextel

05.03.2026 17:56 β€” πŸ‘ 16    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0

im not usually an β€˜npc’ guy but holy shit, npc energy. every Gen X has a very short and shrubby dialog tree on trump

05.03.2026 17:19 β€” πŸ‘ 9    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

replies under any kind of trump news always look like not-particularly-well-thought out environmental text from a AAA game

05.03.2026 17:17 β€” πŸ‘ 12    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

BLUESKY EMPLOYEE: I hope our ugly users are hit by a high speed train.

BLUESKY POSTER: Sir, I run a food bank for coma orphans! Why would you say such a thing?

BLUESKY EMPLOYEE: I hope all the endangered animals on earth die. I hope the sky is choked with black smoke forever.

05.03.2026 16:17 β€” πŸ‘ 431    πŸ” 105    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 2

bluesky is my emotional support vibe coded app

05.03.2026 06:58 β€” πŸ‘ 17    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

tryna keep it tender

05.03.2026 06:32 β€” πŸ‘ 15    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

just ordered a buttload of polos bc i might actually be in an office for a week soon lol

05.03.2026 06:27 β€” πŸ‘ 13    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
bunch of men and a couple boys standing next to a very very very old ford model of 1920s vintage. leftmost kid is my grandpa

bunch of men and a couple boys standing next to a very very very old ford model of 1920s vintage. leftmost kid is my grandpa

young man and woman (my grandparents) sitting and leaning on hold of early 40s Oldsmobile

young man and woman (my grandparents) sitting and leaning on hold of early 40s Oldsmobile

woman with baby (my grandma and dad) by gray British carβ€”an Austin Devon. baby is sitting on roof

woman with baby (my grandma and dad) by gray British carβ€”an Austin Devon. baby is sitting on roof

my dad went through old family photos and pulled all the ones with cars and it whips

here’s a selection. that last one is a post-war british car. surprised to see those were available in Columbus ohio in the 40s!

05.03.2026 06:02 β€” πŸ‘ 24    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

never met one. don’t know what they do. can only guess they study spoken diseases which sounds scary and important

05.03.2026 05:23 β€” πŸ‘ 18    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0

about 32% of people on dating shows are β€œspeech language pathologists” for some reason

05.03.2026 05:21 β€” πŸ‘ 15    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0

we wouldn’t be here if people still fucking loved science

05.03.2026 04:54 β€” πŸ‘ 31    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

[hose water noises]

05.03.2026 04:49 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
Colour illustration of a black cat looking happy amongst tall flowers in pink, red, orange, and yellow with green leaves on a blue sky

Colour illustration of a black cat looking happy amongst tall flowers in pink, red, orange, and yellow with green leaves on a blue sky

Because today felt a lot like spring, here’s a portrait of my cat drawn after her first time in a garden. She loved it.

04.03.2026 16:13 β€” πŸ‘ 25    πŸ” 6    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0

the vibe is very much that this is a chatgpt war

02.03.2026 23:21 β€” πŸ‘ 25    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

holy shit i hate this

05.03.2026 04:11 β€” πŸ‘ 43    πŸ” 6    πŸ’¬ 5    πŸ“Œ 0

you cant make art with ai prompts because art is subversive and ai is a product and you cant subvert a product by consuming it

05.03.2026 02:20 β€” πŸ‘ 103    πŸ” 22    πŸ’¬ 5    πŸ“Œ 1

been trying to figure out how to word this idea for like, months, and i think i finally nailed it lol

05.03.2026 02:21 β€” πŸ‘ 23    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 3    πŸ“Œ 0

you cant make art with ai prompts because art is subversive and ai is a product and you cant subvert a product by consuming it

05.03.2026 02:20 β€” πŸ‘ 103    πŸ” 22    πŸ’¬ 5    πŸ“Œ 1
Uh-oh! Worst person you know learned therapy words

Uh-oh! Worst person you know learned therapy words

05.03.2026 02:06 β€” πŸ‘ 5921    πŸ” 1123    πŸ’¬ 34    πŸ“Œ 1

on one had it kinda sucks we have to inject ourselves with something to innocuate ourselves from the Innate Hazards of Modernity but on the other better quality of life is better quality of life

05.03.2026 01:53 β€” πŸ‘ 22    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

ive seen enough. as far as im concerned they should be chucking this shit out at people from vans for free

05.03.2026 01:47 β€” πŸ‘ 49    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
gene in her pool as a young goose

gene in her pool as a young goose

gene having a sit in the dry summer grass

gene having a sit in the dry summer grass

young Gene eats a leaf

young Gene eats a leaf

OK friends: I wanna get a tattoo to commemorate my friend Gene, who passed away last summer

Anyone got any artist recommendations in the Portland-Seattle area? Maybe even Bay Area?

Somewhat open on style but I think a less realistic & more playful β€œcharacter” take would suit her personality best

02.03.2026 01:35 β€” πŸ‘ 60    πŸ” 10    πŸ’¬ 3    πŸ“Œ 0

maximum

05.03.2026 00:16 β€” πŸ‘ 13    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

"Folks, they're going with a *breadth-first search pattern*. Let me repeat that, a breadth-first search. This has implications we can't even begin to calculate as it will ripple across the rest of the tree structure. Just incredible times we're in."

05.03.2026 00:10 β€” πŸ‘ 9    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0