Topher

Double checks that I deleted their app (many months ago, but still…)

Husk from Hazbin Hotel rendered as a puppet. Work in progress.

Husk from Hazbin Hotel rendered as a puppet. Work in progress.

@imkeithdavid.bsky.social @vivziepop.bsky.social I hope you enjoy as I bring Husk into 3D puppet life.

Reading the latest @travisbaldree.bsky.social and I’m struck by the same delight I experienced with @alexwhite.bsky.social ‘s Salvagers series. There’s something really magical about reading an author’s first few books and seeing their them hone their skills as they go. Truly wonderful.

Here is how we know that vaccines do not cause autism Vaccines do not cause autism. You’ve almost certainly read that before — but often without a full explanation of how we know it to be true. Here's how we know.

FFS this isn’t up for debate. www.statnews.com/2025/02/03/v...

Trump admin axed 383 active clinical trials, dumping over 74K participants It’s a “violation of foundational ethical principles of human participant research.”…

Reprehensible. arstechnica.com/health/2025/...

It’s really easy—and sometimes important—to complain to a supervisor. But have you taken the time to praise a job well done? How many times have you left a situation happy and not bothered to tell anyone?

Find someone great and make their day better. Praise is a powerful tool to improve the world.

🦠Some infections can be prevented or significantly attenuated through vaccines. One of mankind's greatest triumphs.💉

Check out all the infections, vaccine-preventable & not, on the Epipocalypse: Bug Detectives Kickstarter going on now.

#IDSky #MedSky #EpiSky

www.kickstarter.com/projects/pha...

If millionaires can afford to buy a new wing for the WH or fund the military out of pocket, they can afford to pay taxes.

So many thoughts on what a Manfaccting Growp would be… 🤦‍♂️

My opinion: the leadership of a publicly traded company should be required to disclose any golden parachute they hold.

You’re asking the public to invest in your leadership. It’s only fair those investors know if you’re actually motivated to lead effectively.

A cat is backlit sitting on top of a scratching post. All you can make out is her silhouette.

Morning cat

“.. On closer inspection, however, it turned out that the image was not a photograph of a real event in Portland, but instead a fabrication created by combining two photographs of scenes that unfolded in South America nearly a decade apart ..”

@theguardian.com
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

Stealing from Wizards: Volume 4: Arson Stealing from Wizards: Volume 4: Arson - Kindle edition by Consell, R. A.. Download it once and read it on your Kindle device, PC, phones or tablets. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading Stealing from Wizards: Volume 4: Arson.

Stealing from Wizards Volume 4 is coming November 4th.

Canadian misfit kids learning about life, love, and larceny at wizard school

📚🪐

Preorder on amazon and Kobo now:
www.amazon.com/Stealing-Wiz...

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#writingcommunity

A young gray tabby lounges on a blue blanket.

Welcome Felix Nonius, Guardian of the Locked Cupboard.

Realistically he was probably in shirt and cavat, sleeves rolled up, with two dozen students in stadium seating looking over as the patient tripped on ether or screamed into a hunk of pine.

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Fun fact. The chainsaw was patented for wood around 1883. It was first used in surgery around 1785.

Surgeons invented the chainsaw, folks. #medsky

A 14 month old Great Pyrenees has thoughts.

Judgy Pyr.

Influenza-Associated Pediatric Deaths ... This report describes pediatric deaths during the 2024–25 influenza season.

“Among those with known [vax] status who were [vax]-eligible, 186 (89%) had not been fully [vaxed] … during the ‘24–25 season. … the % of children who were not fully [vaxed] was slightly lower among children with medical conditions (86%) than … those without (95%).”

www.cdc.gov/mmwr/volumes...

Was talking to my MD spouse about the Tylenol-autism kerfuffle. Her take was insightful. Now, pregnant women with fevers will be afraid to take Tylenol to stop their fevers. And ironically, it's the fevers that might be responsible for fetal neurological maldevelopment.

Tylenol and Autism Earlier this year, HHS secretary RFK Jr. predicted that, "By September, we will know what has caused the autism epidemic and we'll be able to eliminate those exposures." Scientists have been researc

Acetaminophen/paracetamol use in pregnancy doesn't cause autism, no matter what RFK says this week. This is not an unsettled question. Evidence summarized here: sciencebasedmedicine.org/tylenol-and-...

Serious question. Is Trump hiring reputable firms, who are then putting their most junior and incompetent people on the case? “Look this is a loser case but you’ll get a line on your resume, we’ll make some cash, and honestly we won’t be surprised when you fuck this up.”

Canadians are taking a big step back from the U.S. — and here's the data to prove it | CBC News In the weeks after U.S. President Donald Trump sparked a trade war with his punishing tariffs, Prime Minister Mark Carney said Canada’s "old relationship" with the U.S. would be "over" soon — and now ...

In Jan, the US-Canada trade deficit was about $70b. Due to crashing trade, it is now $6b. BUT Canadian tourism has also tanked, and they previously spent about $20b. So the US is in fact now down by $14b.

Trump is doing great at turning friends into enemies.

www.cbc.ca/news/politic...

I see the people who claim Jan 6 was “Freedom of Expression” hate freedom of expression.

‘Radicalized’ Evergreen High School shooter appeared to hold antisemitic, violent views in online accounts Social media accounts that appear to be connected to the 16-year-old shooter are littered with references to mass shootings and antisemitic views, The Denver Post found.

An antisemite shot two kids in Colorado, at least one of whom is Jewish.

The White House “fighting antisemitism” doesn’t care, because the shooter was a student radicalized online into far right beliefs, which the regime is cool with, rather than a student verbally criticizing Israeli govt policy.

Unfortunately it’s probably Capitalism in the guise of Amazon, UPS, or FedEx. Or maybe DoorDash.

A one year old Great Pyrenees puppy sulks because we won’t alert her on her barking.

When you’ve barked and barked and your humans just won’t listen. Great Pyrenees have the hardest lives.

Una the puppet breaks the rules of photography on the sky bridge (the Con was over, don’t worry).

Una, bad dog. No photos on the sky bridge! #dragoncon

Photo of a person in Murderbot cosplay

I ran into Murderbot earlier at DragonCon (@anisotoph.bsky.social) ! I hope you all are coming to my Murderbot panel — people are already lining up so better get over to the science track room soon if you want to get in!

Magrat Garlic, Rincewind, and Nanny Ogg from Discworld.

Muppets / Alien mashup

A few snaps from Dragon Con