David Singleton @drsingleton.bsky.social · 11/10/2026The person or the Canadian goose in the tiger enclosure? Really different outcomes 000
Reposted by David SingletonYours in negritude, Ryan K. Smith @mewefree.bsky.social · 10/10/2026Geese are insane: Example #2,987,304 41865263
Reposted by David SingletonJason Koebler @jasonkoebler.bsky.social · 08/10/2026this is the funniest thing i've seen in a looooong time. city passes new rule allowing prayer before city council meetings. satanist prays. city council then debates proper time to "undo the curse that was just put on our city" www.404media.co/it-is-done-h... 712083504
David Singleton @drsingleton.bsky.social · 08/10/2026Violet let the kids dress her up. She looks like Scooby dressed in drag here 020
Reposted by David SingletonChise @sailorrooscout.bsky.social · 05/10/2026WELL NOW, would you look at that? A massive, 4-YEAR-LONG study of NEARLY 30 MILLION people in France found that individuals who received a COVID-19 mRNA vaccine had a 74% LOWER risk of death from severe COVID-19 compared to unvaccinated individuals and ZERO increased risk of all-cause mortality. 5340881281
Reposted by David SingletonRan Blekhman @blekhman.bsky.social · 04/10/2026My inbox is being flooded with fully AI-generated emails from prospective students. I tried to work out why I can't bring myself to read them, and ended up with some thoughts and advice for writing cold emails in the age of AI. My new post: blekhman.substack.com/p/why-i-am-n...blekhman.substack.comWhy I am not reading your AI-generated emailI hope this email finds you well-aligned 1116260
Reposted by David SingletonDr Hannah M. Rowland @hannahmrowland.bsky.social · 01/10/2026Hope your day was better than Darwin’s, on this day 165 years ago 201100372460
Reposted by David SingletonJason Leopold @jasonleopold.bsky.social · 18/09/2026HUGE EXCLUSIVE from @bloomberg.com Inside the US ‘Kill Chain’ That Destroyed an Iranian School Pentagon investigators discovered that flawed intel, outdated imagery & overreliance on AI contributed to a missile strike that killed 123 children in Minab 🎁 www.bloomberg.com/graphics/202...bloomberg.comInside the US ‘Kill Chain’ That Destroyed an Iranian SchoolPentagon investigators have discovered that flawed intelligence, outdated imagery and an overreliance on AI contributed to a missile strike that killed 123 children in Minab. 11026691408
Reposted by David SingletonThom Scott-Phillips @thomscottphillips.bsky.social · 17/09/2026Very far sighted from @nilsgilman.bsky.social. I think I agree with all of it www.persuasion.community/p/the-multiv...persuasion.communityThe University As We Know It Is FinishedThat’s a good thing. 194
Reposted by David SingletonMerriam-Webster @merriam-webster.com · 09/09/2026Not to brag, but our product has been foldable since 1828. 142135242189
Reposted by David Singleton🎃 Found Star Trek Episodes 🎃 @foundepisodes.bsky.social · 09/09/2026The original foldable phone 312126
Reposted by David SingletonEffin' Birds @effinbirds.com · 08/09/2026The proto-Effin’ Birds was my Tumblr “Swear Trek”. It opened a lot of doors for me and I wouldn’t be where I am today without it. I don’t have plans to revive it (one daily comic is enough work), just wanted to thank it for getting me here on this 60th anniversary of Star Trek. 1053886788
David Singleton @drsingleton.bsky.social · 08/09/2026I’ve missed this whole season. I dumped Paramount+ last year in a fit of rage 101
Reposted by David SingletonDavid Shiffman, Ph.D. 🦈 @whysharksmatter.bsky.social · 04/09/2026There’s a species of shark called the ninja lanternshark. It glows in the dark, like all lantern sharks. It’s called ninja because the scientist who discovered it was explaining her discovery to family at Thanksgiving and then her young cousin shouted “ninjas are cool, call it the ninja shark!” 202128360
Reposted by David Singletonare you not infotained @alopex-ii.bsky.social · 30/08/2026Services I provide for my cats 174708780
David Singleton @drsingleton.bsky.social · 30/08/2026static.klipy.comWatchmen: Rorschach's Iconic 'Locked In Here' QuoteAlt: Watchmen: Rorschach's Iconic 'Locked In Here' Quote 010
Reposted by David SingletonKelly @broadwaybabyto.bsky.social · 30/08/2026Rabies is 100% fatal if untreated. Please help spread the word about the exposure at the Farm Adventures mobile petting zoo in North Carolina. The vaccine is incredibly effective and will save your life. Also…. Rabies at a petting zoo!?!? www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...nbcnews.comFour baby goats at mobile petting zoo in North Carolina test positive for rabiesThe North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services said the petting zoo held events involving children and elderly people between July 28 and Thursday. 7223441761
David Singleton @drsingleton.bsky.social · 28/08/2026Cronches from the kitchen during dog dinner are fine, cronches grabbed from the neighbor’s yard as we are finishing our walk are not fine. Usually cat turds 000
Reposted by David SingletonMicah @rincewind.run · 26/08/2026the famous line about how michael caine treated the muppets as fellow actors and tim curry treated himself as a fellow muppet keeps running through my head we have a lot of brilliant actors, but how many of them can really pull off 'unhinged muppet' the way curry could? what a tremendous lossstatic.klipy.comTim Curry Laughing as Pirate CaptainAlt: Tim Curry as Long John Silver in Muppet Treasure Island laughing 2465841441
Reposted by David SingletonTressie McMillan Cottom @tressiemcphd.bsky.social · 20/08/2026Almost every single student who has found me this week wants to talk about AI. A couple reflections. One student has taken three AI courses in philosophy, health sciences and comm. They’re basically the same class. As it turns out, it doesn’t take a lot of classes to “learn” ai. 91791312
Reposted by David Singleton🎃 Found Star Trek Episodes 🎃 @foundepisodes.bsky.social · 15/08/2026#StarTrekTNG "The Jester Of Pompeii" Trapped on a barren planet with no way to call for help, Tasha and Worf meet a precocious alien (Steve Martin). Picard and Riker play Rock Paper Scissors for control of the Battle Bridge. Transporter chief: Gary Larson. 68110
Reposted by David SingletonColin Carlson @colincarlson.bsky.social · 10/08/2026I wrote about a reason not to use generative AI in your writing that I haven't seen anyone talking about. Once I realized this, banning GenAI in our lab's writing became a no-brainer. Feel free to share, I think this is probably useful especially for trainees: www.carlsonlab.bio/thoughts/the...carlsonlab.bioThe only reason you’ll ever need not to write with AI — The Carlson LabOver the last year, our lab has been developing a policy on AI use. To do this, we did three main things: We read a lot of academic publications and tech news. We set up an #ai channel on our la... 351564633
David Singleton @drsingleton.bsky.social · 07/08/2026From an old Superman newspaper comic, Metropolis is in Delaware just across the river from Gotham City 000
Reposted by David SingletonBen Collins @bencollins.bsky.social · 04/08/2026Oh my god the dietician who is telling everyone in the White House to only eat steak and sauerkraut doesn't wipe his ass. 1987149993192
Reposted by David SingletonNPR @npr.org · 01/08/2026NPR asked an aspiring scientist in Philadelphia to interview an adult who is living his dream about his career in conservation science.n.prWe asked a first grader to interview his hero: A bird scientistNPR asked an aspiring scientist in Philadelphia to interview an adult who is living his dream about his career in conservation science. 16804177
Reposted by David SingletonBy Cory Doctorow (GPG 0xBF3D9110957E5F4C) @doctorow.pluralistic.net · 30/07/2026With "surveillance pricing," businesses have finally found something AI can do way, way, *way* better than people: price gouging. 1/ 7476257
Reposted by David SingletonWilliam Gibson @greatdismal.bsky.social · 26/07/2026www.youtube.com/watch?v=g79G...youtube.comNeuromancer — Official Teaser | Apple TVYouTube video by Apple TV 24759631516
Reposted by David Singletondannykatch.bsky.social @dannykatch.bsky.social · 21/07/2026I’ve been obsessed for years with the retail industry’s self-destructive strategy of making it harder to buy things. It calls into question whether bosses are capable of seeing through their own bullshit — in this case, the pandemic shoplifting panic — even for the sake of their bottom line.open.substack.comWe used to be able to buy things in this countryLocking up toothpaste was a warning sign that our executive class was crazy 714224
Reposted by David SingletonCarl T. Bergstrom @carlbergstrom.com · 23/07/20261. The new Trump / Kratsios plan for US science appears explicitly designed to destroy US universities. Diverting money to tech donors is probably just a bonus. Gift link.nytimes.comTrump’s Plan for Science: More Money for A.I., Less for Universities (Gift Article)Michael Kratsios, President Trump’s science adviser, proposed overhauling how the government funds research. Democrats said Mr. Trump’s actions had weakened science. 5120241141
Reposted by David SingletonBloody Disgusting @bloody-disgusting.com · 21/07/2026Gillian Anderson has officially revealed the upcoming 1,478-piece LEGO set for THE X-FILES. The set is centered on Mulder’s office, paired with a forest clearing scene and a hovering UFO. Includes 8 minifigures, featuring Mulder, Scully, The Flukeman & more. August 4. 16151921216
Reposted by David SingletonPhil Lewis @phillewis.bsky.social · 19/07/2026Pool report from @svdate.bsky.social, who is at the World Cup ceremony: "The president walked onto the field at 1826 to a sustained chorus of boos. Ambient crowd noise was about 78 decibels. Booing brought it to 84." 9894621951
Reposted by David SingletonTom Nichols @radiofreetom.bsky.social · 19/07/2026Two more Americans dead, one missing. The president must tell Congress why he’s gambling with the lives of U.S. service members. www.theatlantic.com/national-sec...theatlantic.comTwo More Americans Dead in the Iran WarCongress must demand an explanation from the president about why he’s gambling with the lives of U.S. service members. 982142595
Reposted by David SingletonMichael Lobel @mlobelart.bsky.social · 11/07/2026For those outside academia who are curious: as someone who has taught for ~25 years, many of us now face an existential crisis in assessing student work. Anything you haven't viewed a student actually writing down with their own hand is basically suspect; it's a shitty feeling, to put it bluntly 381477266
Reposted by David SingletonAndrew Heiss @andrew.heiss.phd · 11/07/2026woof ≈80% of assignments this summer term have essentially been just raw chatgpt/claude output, including assignments that required designing stuff in illustrator/affinity/canva. The battle is lost for asynchronous online courses. 1232458294
Reposted by David SingletonMore Movies @moremovies.co.uk · 09/07/2026Mitch is alive and well... and in perfect hibernation 🎬 #filmsky #moviesky #cinema 397108281985
Reposted by David SingletonAdam Kucharski @adamjkucharski.bsky.social · 09/07/2026New post, on why people shouldn't 'never-skill' themselves with AI: kucharski.substack.com/p/dont-never...kucharski.substack.comDon’t 'never-skill' yourself with AIIf you rent your abilities from AI companies, other people can rent them too 05523
Reposted by David SingletonDave Baltrus 🦦 @surtlab.bsky.social · 06/07/2026In case anyone ever questions whether the current US administration has hurt science…small data point…but I’ve had one bacterial genome sitting at Genbank waiting to be cleared for 7 months with little to no response on their end 86122
Reposted by David Singletonturgut keskintürk @tkeskinturk.bsky.social · 06/07/2026data visualization is my passion. 491173812143
Reposted by David SingletonJeff Fecke @jkfecke.bsky.social · 04/07/2026If you're under 50 you have no idea how big the Bicentennial was, and how massive this flop is. But Trump knows. 31613123
Reposted by David SingletonCarl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 04/07/2026“.. Members of the group Patriot Front ride the metro on the 250th anniversary of U.S. independence in Washington, D.C.” @reuters.com 149078692941
Reposted by David SingletonAaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 03/07/2026Mamdani: "Those who led through exclusion & isolation have tried to win power & enrich themselves by turning us against one another ... today, too many of our leaders do not believe in a vision of this nation as an asylum for the persecuted, but rather as one that persecutes those seeking asylum" 291184105130
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Snipes) gets radical sabretooth shark surgery to hunt down the Atlantian mob who killed his father. Dr. Strangesnork: René Auberjonois.
7 PM channel 13 STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION(CC)—Science Fiction; 60 min.
Trapped on a barren planet with no way to call for help, Tasha and Worf meet a precocious alien (Steve Martin). Picard and Riker play Rock Paper Scissors for control of the Battle Bridge. Transporter chief: Gary Larson.
[SCI] MOVIE(CC)—Science Fiction; 2 hrs.
“Space Battleship Orca.” Robert Shaw. Ken Wat-](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:yulpnkidj3dkdip5ma3c3ssn/bafkreih2qol3rgewpsagvggdvnebdzwcz5rtc3nbjtg6ruslnrtcuvwywq)
