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Joe Hanson

@drjoehanson.bsky.social

Biologist, YouTube science dude. I moved to Austin back when it was still cool

2,709 Followers  |  109 Following  |  442 Posts  |  Joined: 03.07.2023
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it’s the porntipsguzzardo administration

17.02.2026 23:28 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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a man with a beard is talking into a microphone while another man in a suit stands behind him . ALT: a man with a beard is talking into a microphone while another man in a suit stands behind him .
09.02.2026 21:13 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

SPOILER: Their overriding priority is not actually "securing the future of civilization." You'll never guess what it really is!

09.02.2026 18:44 β€” πŸ‘ 17    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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If the overriding priority really is "securing the future of civilization" then I thought of 20 things billionaires can do NOW right here on Earth instead of far-fetched Moon/Mars dreams

Folks, if we can't reach prosperity within our own planet's boundaries, we'll never do it anywhere else either

09.02.2026 18:44 β€” πŸ‘ 23    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 3    πŸ“Œ 1

Look how hard it is for him to say no. He looks like he's sucking on a lemon just to get that word salad answer out

When it is this hard for the people in charge of our national health research infrastructure to tell the truth about easy and obvious things, we are in deep doo-doo

03.02.2026 18:46 β€” πŸ‘ 23    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0

Journalists arrested. Protestors murdered by the state. Religious nationalists at every level.

This administration has been stunningly bold in their assault on our rights. Not even trampling on one of the deep cut amendments that no one remembers, they’re just coming right after number 1

30.01.2026 17:06 β€” πŸ‘ 27    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

So many incredible applications of AI are being overlooked by the world because a few companies are obsessed with building slop meme machines and chatbot tamagotchis

30.01.2026 00:02 β€” πŸ‘ 21    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

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The 1st, 2nd, 4th are not hypothetical. They are inalienable.

Today will not be forgotten.

25.01.2026 02:51 β€” πŸ‘ 31    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Everything I Thought I Knew About Flavor Was Wrong
YouTube video by Be Smart Everything I Thought I Knew About Flavor Was Wrong

@pbs.org has had my whole heart since I was little little, so it is very surreal to be writing for a PBS Digital Studios show! Here is my first episode of Be Smart:

www.youtube.com/watch?v=4SBX...

Thank you @drjoehanson.bsky.social & team! My nose knowledge now knows no bounds πŸ‘ƒ

21.01.2026 17:07 β€” πŸ‘ 19    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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I am calling for a complete and total boycott of the Mercator projection in all news stories about Greenland until every member of the American public has seen this

13.01.2026 17:32 β€” πŸ‘ 4230    πŸ” 1525    πŸ’¬ 99    πŸ“Œ 142

If the hollow souls on the authoritarian right are so certain that agents are acting within their rights when detaining or killing US citizens, they should have no problem with this

12.01.2026 23:36 β€” πŸ‘ 28    πŸ” 8    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Tough weekend to be a team that lost to us

20.12.2025 20:39 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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So… every single word of this is now true. We are now in that world.

Sorry, Carl

13.12.2025 14:45 β€” πŸ‘ 39    πŸ” 9    πŸ’¬ 3    πŸ“Œ 1

Linda Perry from 4 Non Blondes wrote and produced Christina Aguilera’s hits β€œCandyman” and β€œBeautiful”

I feel like more people should know this

12.12.2025 01:48 β€” πŸ‘ 7    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

"Let me read/watch that for you" content is so tiresome and destructive to actual journalism

I think people sharing their connection and reaction to events can really help news penetrate society's numbed attention, but barfing up someone else's work and saying "look what I found" is C- mindset

07.12.2025 16:20 β€” πŸ‘ 12    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Can you DM a link? I will report

01.12.2025 17:59 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

I WANT TO BELIEVE (that people were making nuanced distinctions between little grays and slime-covered exoplanets, but I can't)

26.11.2025 01:20 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Alien Invasion! A MAN WHO ONCE worked for NASA is lecturing a couple of hundred normal-looking Americans in the exceedingly normal-looking ballroom of the Asheville, N.C., Radisson.

In 1996 only 48% of Americans thought aliens were real so things are going great 🫠 www.newsweek.com/alien-invasi...

25.11.2025 22:31 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

In 1996, only 48% of Americans believed aliens were probably real. Things are not moving in the right direction! 🫠

www.newsweek.com/alien-invasi...

25.11.2025 22:29 β€” πŸ‘ 6    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0

In the sense that β€œunhealed emotional and spiritual trauma” means multiple mutations in genes involved in cell proliferation, DNA repair, and immune system evasion, this is true

25.11.2025 18:57 β€” πŸ‘ 16    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Bluesky traffic is not gonna top any scales here

25.11.2025 18:52 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Mi-6 Helicopter | The Cold War Monster That Shocked the West!
YouTube video by ShadowStrike Tech Mi-6 Helicopter | The Cold War Monster That Shocked the West!

Here's another: www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bgpy...

These channels are tiny nothingburgers when it comes to traffic, but this is a critical invasion of privacy. If these companies aren't going to protect creator identities from AI theft, we're doomed y'all

25.11.2025 17:14 β€” πŸ‘ 9    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0
What Samsung's Phone Letters REALLY Mean (A, M, S, Z, FE)
YouTube video by Droid Sage What Samsung's Phone Letters REALLY Mean (A, M, S, Z, FE)

Numerous videos are using an unauthorized model of my voice to narrate AI slop.

And YouTube just told me this doesn't violate any privacy rules!

This is unquestionably me: www.youtube.com/watch?v=8F4N...

Apparently YouTube doesn't care about protecting our identities from AI theft. Infuriating.

25.11.2025 17:09 β€” πŸ‘ 23    πŸ” 6    πŸ’¬ 3    πŸ“Œ 0
Did I Make This Video to Debunk Your Biology Class?
YouTube video by Be Smart Did I Make This Video to Debunk Your Biology Class?

@pbs.org & @drjoehanson.bsky.social doing the lord's work & letting ppl know that genetics isn't as simple & convenient as the Punnett Square, & that life is so complex & messy that even the simplest, most mundane things about us are still the result incredibly complex systems interacting 🧬

13.11.2025 17:00 β€” πŸ‘ 14    πŸ” 5    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1
1973: The MUHAMMAD ALI of MARBLES | Nationwide | Classic BBC Sport | BBC Archive
YouTube video by BBC Archive 1973: The MUHAMMAD ALI of MARBLES | Nationwide | Classic BBC Sport | BBC Archive

I refuse to believe this is not a Monty Python sketch. No notes. Next-level hilarious!

www.youtube.com/watch?v=53w9...

13.11.2025 05:28 β€” πŸ‘ 9    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

If a person wants to build wealth, there are much easier and cheaper ways than buying a slowly appreciating asset that requires insurance, maintenance, and property taxes and would cost you hundreds of thousands of dollars of interest payments in order to see any real equity

11.11.2025 20:49 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Sadly, I think a lot of people don’t know better

A friend used to work in computer sales. He was required to sell financing but frequently broke his sales script to ask if buyer understood how much they would end up paying for a $500 computer

Few cared. Monthly payment was all they understood

11.11.2025 18:35 β€” πŸ‘ 14    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Here’s the breakdown of a $500,000 home with 5% down at 5% interest.

Who wouldn’t want to be tethered to a single asset for 50 years in exchange for paying double the asset value in interest and achieving little to no equity until year 25?

Financial illiteracy is a prerequisite for this

11.11.2025 18:35 β€” πŸ‘ 14    πŸ” 4    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 1

Dangling the idea of a 50 year mortgage as a solution to home ownership relies completely on assuming that the average American can not do basic math

And sadly, that might not be a bad assumption 😐

11.11.2025 18:35 β€” πŸ‘ 14    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 3    πŸ“Œ 0
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08.11.2025 02:30 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0