Reposted by Colin Carlsonpixelatedboat aka “mr bluesky” @pixelatedboat.bsky.social · 16hSad news everyone. Our beloved friend the computer has now become a hated enemy 12280991680
Colin Carlson @colincarlson.bsky.social · 10hI am at that point in Twin Peaks and I have to say, I forgot just how murdered Maddie gets 1100
Reposted by Colin CarlsonKelsey Atherton @atherton.bsky.social · 11hyou should feel uncomfortable with frontier AI models not because the tools lack uses but because everyone who works in hyperscale AI wants to worship these machines and every algorithm that behaves unexpectedly is an enfant terrible they admire, love, and hope to have care for them in their dotage 240374
Reposted by Colin CarlsonJeremy Yoder says no war @jbyoder.org · 11hRussell T Davies: In my television programme I invented the Torment Plushies as a cautionary tale Tech Company: At long last, we have created the fan-favorite Torment Plushies from classic sci-fi series Doctor What 1375
Reposted by Colin CarlsonJeremy Yoder says no war @jbyoder.org · 11hThey look like the kind of consumer-tech apocalypse story I specifically associate with DOCTOR WHO, which is a real good news/ bad news situation 3656
Colin Carlson @colincarlson.bsky.social · 17hA lot of people have been very mad at me this week. After listening to my stakeholders, I am declaring a state of vibes emergency, and instituting a mad at me curfew. Citizens are no longer permitted to be mad at me beginning Monday (10/5) and ending Friday (10/9) 0211
Reposted by Colin CarlsonGregg Gonsalves @gregggonsalves.bsky.social · 19hIn 1969, a large sculpture of a lipstick on tank threads was installed in the middle of campus as a monument to free speech. In the wake of Yale’s new rules limiting public assembly, today students built their own new version of this iconic piece of art. 0464
Colin Carlson @colincarlson.bsky.social · 21hthe humble caesar's salad... could anything be better? yes: an end to war 2180
Colin Carlson @colincarlson.bsky.social · 21hIt sucks that this is very nearly the plot of a recent Dan Brown book 1222
Reposted by Colin CarlsonDoctors Without Borders / Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) @msf.ca · 22hTwo companies are developing potential #Ebola treatments for the #Bundibugyo virus. Access should be considered from the start, so these treatments reach people who need them. We’re calling for transparency on their development: www.doctorswithoutborders.ca/democratic-r...doctorswithoutborders.caDemocratic Republic of Congo: Ebola disease clinical trials must result in equitable access to treatment | Doctors Without Borders / Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF ...MSF is calling for greater transparency and access planning as promising Bundibugyo Ebola treatments are tested in DRC, warning that scientific success alone will not ensure equitable access for patie... 06720
Reposted by Colin Carlsonmuscular baby jeb lund @mobute.bsky.social · 02/10/2026Sinema's Ex-Boyfriend Accused of Having Knife 3581
Reposted by Colin CarlsonHelen Branswell 🇨🇦 @helenbranswell.bsky.social · 23hThe #Ebola outbreak in DRC isn't getting much attention these days. It should be. www.statnews.com/2026/10/02/e...statnews.comAn Ebola treatment center was burned down as the death toll in Congo passes 4,000Congo's Ebola outbreak has killed more than 4,000 people, authorities said, as they struggle to contain what has become the fastest-growing Ebola outbreak in history. 413276
Reposted by Colin CarlsonTim Carmody @tcarmody.bsky.social · 23hThis is the funniest thing I've seen today, possibly ever 38114312943
Colin Carlson @colincarlson.bsky.social · 02/10/2026Trying to have quiet and contemplative morning where I despair about fucking everything, and they’re playing Gives You Hell by the All-American Rejects in Atticus 1100
Reposted by Colin Carlsonalexis simpson is confused by display name changes @amutepiggy.bsky.social · 02/10/2026newsom you raggedy bitch you will never be president 920033
Reposted by Colin Carlsonjam @socialistboat.dad · 01/10/2026Caffeine doesn't replace lost hours of sleep, it only masks the fatigue signals to your brain so you don't realize how tired you actually are. You still suffer the cognitive and physiological deficits from the sleep deficiency, you just can't tell. Which is good actually and fine I've decided 7902149
Colin Carlson @colincarlson.bsky.social · 02/10/2026Are you a CAT? Are you thinking about BITING? Are you going to try to rip flesh off the arm by whipping your head side to side? You need to see this if you said YES 👇 1. Don’t do that 3281
Reposted by Colin CarlsonDirtbag Left Milk Hotel @stambrah.bsky.social · 01/10/2026POTUS: Donnie new ballroom. Practical Donnie entertainment room TIME: I'd like to talk about the rampant corruption and criminality. POTUS: Good ballroom good Donnie give beautiful Donnie deserve pedophile TIME: We have a limited amount of time. POTUS: jealousy interviewer 121623335
Colin Carlson @colincarlson.bsky.social · 02/10/2026yes I AM tired of reading theory. yes I DO believe I will be rewarded in the kingdom of heaven for reading theory. yes I am VERY worried the reward will be more theory to read 529937
Colin Carlson @colincarlson.bsky.social · 01/10/2026these revisions have taken everything from me... i have to actually read cop30 decision 12/CMA.7... girl what the fuck is an indicator... 110
Colin Carlson @colincarlson.bsky.social · 01/10/2026I think this is right, and, if you've been paying any attention since the neo-Nazis occupied Berkeley a decade ago, if not... the de-segregation of American schools... it should be obvious that the culture war issue of "higher education versus reactionary whites" cannot be won by any concession 1316
Colin Carlson @colincarlson.bsky.social · 01/10/2026It would be good if the Manny Yekutiel stuff started a broader conversation, although I suspect we’re about a decade off from anyone being ready to have it 130
Reposted by Colin CarlsonTali Hammond @talisintess.bsky.social · 01/10/2026Surveys have found that only a few hundred mountain yellow-legged frogs are left in the wild in SoCal. This year our partners group released hundreds more. @mongabay.com covers the reintroductions and the fight against chytrid. 🐸 news.mongabay.com/2026/09/new-... @aquariumpacific.bsky.socialnews.mongabay.comNew releases a leap forward for endangered frog in southern CaliforniaFrog release days always start early, at about 4 a.m., so that staff can get up to the site before the day gets too hot, said Erin Lundy, manager of conservation initiatives at the Aquarium of the Pac... 02614
Colin Carlson @colincarlson.bsky.social · 01/10/2026Very cool new preprint I was very excited to be a VERY small part of, from @viralverity.bsky.social and @nathangrubaugh.bsky.social: "Phylodynamic analysis reveals asymmetric and accelerating global spread of dengue virus" www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6... 32510
Colin Carlson @colincarlson.bsky.social · 30/09/2026GIANT FROM TWIN PEAKS: you will eat hot dogs for three meals in a row. when this happens, will you believe what I tell you? ME, MOUTH FULL: mshaybe 050
Colin Carlson @colincarlson.bsky.social · 30/09/2026the big beautiful president has declared wet and open warfare on ticks and mosquitoes. i don't understand it either www.whitehouse.gov/presidential...whitehouse.govEliminating Disease-Carrying Pests And Restoring Enjoyment Of The Great OutdoorsBy the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, it is hereby ordered: Section 1. Background Every child deserves a safe and nurturing home... 8267
Colin Carlson @colincarlson.bsky.social · 30/09/2026do any of you have a million dollar grant you can give me 4216
Reposted by Colin CarlsonChristopher Callahan @ccallahan45.bsky.social · 30/09/2026A very fitting and timely episode, as conservative forces are once again gearing up to steal the emails of scientists (including mine) to help avoid accountability for climate change impacts www.politico.com/news/2026/09...politico.comInside the anti-climate campaign against researchersA POLITICO investigation reveals more than 100 open records requests demanding documents from climate scientists nationwide. 095
Reposted by Colin CarlsonMeade Krosby @meadekrosby.bsky.social · 28/09/2026Hey fellow alumni — Cornell Board of Trustees: trustees@cornell.edu Alumni Affairs: alumniaffairs@cornell.edu And if you’d like to support the Cornell Daily Sun:cdsaa-2660.wp.greekly.ioCornell Daily Sun Alumni Association 17815
Colin Carlson @colincarlson.bsky.social · 30/09/2026Twin Peaks: The Town The Age Of Consent Forgot 190
Reposted by Colin Carlsonceej @ceej.online · 03/07/2024getting sucked into silent hill but the greatest pain at the center of my psyche is not ordering french fries at lunch so the whole thing starts to become very potato-focused 1253385
Colin Carlson @colincarlson.bsky.social · 30/09/2026This is correct and, more broadly, he’s sort of an instructive case in how a politician can avoid becoming terminally (outwardly) resentful of their own constituents, although I will admit I don’t know the formula beyond “have good in your heart” and “never log on” 2141
Colin Carlson @colincarlson.bsky.social · 30/09/2026Just found out Curtis Sliwa and I have the exact same deli order, don’t call, don’t text 1140
Reposted by Colin CarlsonBrian Wasik @brianrwasik.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Wait... so are NIH and NSF gonna change language in RFAs, existing programs, etc? 392
Colin Carlson @colincarlson.bsky.social · 29/09/2026feeling utterly defeated by academia right now 1140
Colin Carlson @colincarlson.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Holly is really one of my favorite thinkers in climate and more broadly the science-policy interface. So well deserved!!!! 0244
Reposted by Colin Carlsonmattie lubchansky @mattielubchansky.com · 29/09/2026awoke this morning with a Vision 4990761670
Reposted by Colin CarlsonGrace @gracekind.net · 19/09/2026Frog built a wet lab for the AI model. "There," he said. "Now it can do its own experiments." "What the fuck?" said Toad 13817129
Colin Carlson @colincarlson.bsky.social · 29/09/2026I’m finally living a nightmare I’ve feared for years: I’m in an ADHD / sleep deprivation / anxiety point where I hear the same 30 seconds of a song in my brain every five minutes. And this time, that song is Who’s Got The Pain 3170
Colin Carlson @colincarlson.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Securitization theory rocks because you’ll read a journal article that’s like “here’s how a subtle mosaic of powerful interests lead to this specific delegation of power as a foreign policy strategy” and then you go on LinkedIn and it’s like “plastics in our bloodstream are killing the warfighter” 1121
Reposted by Colin CarlsonLSM @slukemorgan.bsky.social · 29/09/2026this article unscrambles the literature's egg. this article puts prior observers' toothpaste back in the tube. this article wrangles the literature's cats. this article boldly goes. (getting these out of my system.) 172