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Matthew Williams

@paleochicago.bsky.social

Professional Dad, former scientist and teacher. All-purpose nerd.

19 Followers  |  23 Following  |  27 Posts  |  Joined: 13.01.2025  |  1.86

Latest posts by paleochicago.bsky.social on Bluesky

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Wrong! It was the Marines. What a liar.

09.06.2025 23:51 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Having just watched the most recent episodes of Andor, my current mood in the face of incipient fascism is Mon Mothma at that fuckin wedding. I will not be taking questions at this time.

26.04.2025 03:28 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Oh good. We’re saved.

24.03.2025 22:37 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Thank god for all the Dumbfuckery, Egotism, and Incompetence hires in the current administration, without whom journalists (and really anyone else inadvertently included on the Groupchat of the Damned) would have to wait until *after* military strikes had already happened to hear about them.

24.03.2025 22:10 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

That’s…that’s literally all the lines.

14.03.2025 01:51 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Thank goodness Schumer preemptively capitulated or the Democrats might’ve actually used the little leverage they had to achieve something.

14.03.2025 01:49 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Let’s say for the sake of argument that Trump is *not* a Russian agent. If he was, how would that Oval Office meeting have gone differently?

28.02.2025 22:08 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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iPhone Dictation Feature Transcribes the Word β€˜Racist’ as β€˜Trump’ The company said it was working to fix the problem after iPhone users began reporting the issue.

They say bug, I say feature!

26.02.2025 15:02 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Video Shows a Rare β€˜Doomsday’ Fish Off the Coast of Mexico Oarfish are rarely documented by scientists, but one was seen this month by a group visiting a beach in Mexico.

It’s probably just a coincidence.

21.02.2025 01:07 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Gulf of Map Explorer Create and share your own custom Gulf maps with MapQuest

Never thought MapQuest would be relevant again but man I’m having way too much fun with this.

19.02.2025 01:08 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Big congrats to brain worms. Huge win today.

13.02.2025 21:49 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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When the Eagles keep sacking Mahomes, even when they’re up by 20-30-odd points

10.02.2025 02:54 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

So our esteemed President thinks we should own Panama, Greenland, all of Canada, and now Gaza. The only thing dumber than America First is its successor: America Everywhere.

05.02.2025 02:23 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

The people who’ve been saying that the government doesn’t do anything sure are giving Americans a real-time lesson in just how many vital things the government does for them.

28.01.2025 21:26 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Trump Administration Halts H.I.V. Drug Distribution in Poor Countries PEPFAR’s computer systems also are being taken offline, a sign that the program may not return, as Republican critics had hoped.

Ah yes. The wasteful government spending on…treating disease. Gotta put a stop to that.

28.01.2025 00:02 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Regarding the Elon salute-that-was-definitely-a-Nazi-salute thing, keep in mind that Neil Patrick Harris was dressed like this in Starship Troopers and there were *still* plenty of people who didn’t get that he was supposed to be a Nazi.

So…maybe some people are just terrible at recognizing Nazis?

22.01.2025 19:52 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Is this game an actual game now?

21.01.2025 03:47 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Hell of a missed FG right there.

21.01.2025 03:29 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Trump Swears Oath Without His Hand on Bible, but He Wasn’t Required To The tradition of swearing the oath of office on a Bible stretches back to George Washington, but not all presidents have observed it.

Just try to imagine the frothing, incandescent anger that would emanate from the chorus of right-wing online outrage-machine nutjobs if any Democratic President did this.

21.01.2025 00:24 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Border Patrol Shooting Under Investigation in Vermont State Police said the shooting happened on Interstate 91, but provided no additional details.

Not the border I thought they’d be all about but kudos to the Border Patrol for really getting into the xenophobic mood right off the bat.

20.01.2025 22:59 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Didn’t think my loins could get any more girded but here we are. Keep your people close and be ready to reach out to those who may not have as much support as you. It’s gonna suck but we can get through this. Good luck to you all.

20.01.2025 13:53 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Hi!!! Though at our age on a new social media app these days it’s more like:

20.01.2025 01:43 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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TikTok users after a harrowing 18 hours without any TikTok.

19.01.2025 20:18 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

USA destroying Venezuela right now. But it’s in soccer so it won’t affect the defense budget or anything.

18.01.2025 20:53 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Moving the inauguration indoors ensures the dozens of attendees will have a good view of the speeches.

17.01.2025 19:22 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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It seems fitting that a drastically warming Earth, which Republicans are hell-bent on exploiting no matter what, will still blast everyone who stands outside in supplication to TFG with icy winds the entire time. I hope his hair freezes into an unusual and amusing shape mid-way through his speech.

17.01.2025 16:14 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Guess I’ll check out this Bluesky thing all the young’uns keep talking about. So I have to find all my friends here now? Well…

14.01.2025 18:06 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

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