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John George

@jcgeorge.bsky.social
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Professor of Mathematics, punster, cat steed, Working On A Novel but never seems actually to write. SF/F/H fan. Vaxxed. My opinions ≠anyone else's. He/him.

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John George @jcgeorge.bsky.social · 27/07/2026
I don't know how to reconcile this with the fact that many billionaires pay little to no taxes. Maybe Rich Dude meant "income" rather than "taxes"?
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John George @jcgeorge.bsky.social · 14/02/2026
Many (~50) years ago I bought an off-brand comic book with odd characters in the margins; little alien monsters, with bubbles around their heads indicating (probably) drunkenness. One recited a poem: Roses are orange, Violets are pink. 'Cause my color TV's On the blink. Happy Valentine's Day.
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John George @jcgeorge.bsky.social · 28/12/2025
A Culinary Enterprise. (Unisex restrooms labeled "To Boldly Go."
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John George @jcgeorge.bsky.social · 07/09/2025
Then: "We need to bring manufacturing jobs back!" Now: "I am shocked to find those foreign bastards doing manufacturing work here!"
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a man in a suit says " your winnings sir oh thank you very much " in a black and white photo
Alt: From Casablanca, Claude Rains was "shocked" to find gambling. The an employee says "Your winnings sir." "Oh, thank you very much."
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John George @jcgeorge.bsky.social · 29/08/2025
Post a random picture or everything will go bad in September.
A curious neighbor. Very young deer on the grass in an open area by a large tree.
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John George @jcgeorge.bsky.social · 06/07/2025
"Paddle faster, I hear banjos! Or Scar-Jo's!"
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John George @jcgeorge.bsky.social · 06/07/2025
Possible solution to the problem of detecting AI authorship: Require AI to train on nothing more recent than, say, 1935. "Sir Stanley faced the villain defiantly. 'What ho! When my telegram is received to-morrow, any body will be able to see the truth!' he cried." We'll all know it's AI.
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John George @jcgeorge.bsky.social · 27/06/2025
Movie you've seen more than six times with a gif. "Extremely HARD mode" No Star Wars, Star Trek, Lord of the Rings, Marvel, or Domestic(US) mainstream films. (I assume Princess Bride would be banned even though it really isn't mainstream.)
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a group of people are sitting next to each other and one of them is saying well she turned me into a newt
Alt: From Monty Python and the Holy Grail: a group of people are standing next to each other and one of them is saying, "Well, she turned me into a newt!" From the witch trial scene where Arthur picks up Sir Bedivere.
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John George @jcgeorge.bsky.social · 26/06/2025
I know someone who tried to flush a wooden shoe down a toilet so they could say "It's literally clogged!" They were flushed with embarrassment.
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John George @jcgeorge.bsky.social · 17/06/2025
Pessimist: Glass is half-empty. Optimist: Glass is half-full. Optometrist: Which glass is more full, this one <click> or this one? <Click> This one or <click> this one?
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ᴄ ꜱᴛᴜᴀʀᴛ ʜᴀʀᴅᴡɪᴄᴋ🛸 @cstuarthardwick.com · 17/06/2025
Baen Books has the winning entry of the Jim Baen Memorial short story contest, Gustavo Bondoni's "Space Monkeys," available for FREE on the website! baen.com/space-monkeys
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Space Monkeys by Gustavo Bondoni - Baen Books
Space Monkeys by Gustavo Bondoni - Baen Books
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John George @jcgeorge.bsky.social · 16/06/2025
Lord of the Rings. Earthquake trilogy (the original 3). Have Spacesuit, Will Travel. A Wrinkle in Time. Empire of the East.
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Elf M. Sternberg @elfsternberg.bsky.social · 13/06/2025
"The devil tempts you to be kind" is so hideously anti-faith, for any faith, I can't begin to encompass it. crookedtimber.org/2025/06/11/e...
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Empathy as a Sin — Crooked Timber
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John George @jcgeorge.bsky.social · 13/04/2025
I had a joke about Narcissus, but just gazed lovingly at it and forgot to post it.
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John George @jcgeorge.bsky.social · 05/04/2025
"Trump's math assumes that only a quarter of the tariffs would be passed onto American consumers in the form of higher prices. But economists who have studied Trump's tariffs in 2018 ... calculate that almost all of those tariffs ended up being passed onto Americans." www.npr.org/2025/04/03/g...
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How much will tariffs raise prices? Trump's economists just revealed their answer
The administration revealed how they calculated the tariffs. Buried in that math is a straightforward answer to a question Trump has long refused to answer: How much will his tariffs raise prices?
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John George @jcgeorge.bsky.social · 19/03/2025
Truth? Justice? The American Way? Didn't see any threats to any of those here!
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John George @jcgeorge.bsky.social · 02/03/2025
Truth will out.
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John George @jcgeorge.bsky.social · 20/02/2025
Movies you've watched more than six times, gifs only.
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a group of men are standing in a crowd with the words well she turned me into a newt
ALT: a group of men are standing in a crowd with the words well she turned me into a newt
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John George @jcgeorge.bsky.social · 15/02/2025
(A day late): One of my favorite Valentine's jokes, from the marginalia of an ancient (1960s) comic book: "Roses are purple//Violets are pink//'Cause my color//TV's on the blink."
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John George @jcgeorge.bsky.social · 15/02/2025
From Omar Khayyam: "The Moving Finger writes; and having writ, Moves on; nor all your Piety nor Wit shall lure it back to cancel half a Line, Nor all your Tears wash out a Word of it." (Rubaiyat, quatrain 71, 5th ed.)
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John George @jcgeorge.bsky.social · 13/02/2025
My alt text rating is 100.00% ☺️ 89 posts analyzed, 7 contain images, 7 have alt text... Get your Bluesky alt text rating here: dame.is/ratingalttext (I omitted replies b/c I reply to ppl who don't use alt-text to encourage them to use alt-text.)
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Bluesky Alt Text Rating Tool
How consistently do you use alt text?
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John George @jcgeorge.bsky.social · 06/02/2025
The Smithsonian Institution is still giving free pictures and information! Support it and other institutions that need our support. Credit for the picture to Shellie Pick, Smithsonian's National Zoo.
This is a picture of an amazingly cheerful-looking Clouded Leopard cub, credit to Shellie Pick, Smithsonian's National Zoo. This and other images available at si.edu.
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John George @jcgeorge.bsky.social · 04/02/2025
Fond memories of the TI 99-4A.
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John George @jcgeorge.bsky.social · 22/01/2025
One of my favorites (not a silent film): www.nfb.ca/film/the-cat...
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The Cat Came Back
This hilarious animated short is based on the century-old folk song of the same name. Old Mr. Johnson makes increasingly manic attempts to rid himself of a little …
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John George @jcgeorge.bsky.social · 18/01/2025
Tell me your favorite movie that not many people know. It's Bruno Bozzeto's _Allegro non troppo_. www.imdb.com/title/tt0074...
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Allegro non troppo (1976) ⭐ 7.4 | Animation, Comedy, Fantasy
1h 15m | PG
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John George @jcgeorge.bsky.social · 12/01/2025
Lots of very disturbed misinformation about the LA fires.
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Jeanine 💙 @madammaleficent.bsky.social · 30/12/2024
If you ever share / repost anything, please let it be this
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John George @jcgeorge.bsky.social · 03/01/2025
Make your own! One of my Christmas gifts: dissentpins.com/collections/...
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Bigfoot and Chemtrails and UFOs, Oh My! Conspiracy Theory Kit — Dissent PinsMenu iconSearch iconSpinner iconTranslation missing: en.general.icons.icon_search_close iconSearch iconAccount iconCart icon...
Tinfoil hat now included! What was Bigfoot doing on the dark side of the moon? Was Buzz Aldrin in on the cover-up? This kit has all the answers and even more questions for inquiring minds like yours! ...
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OuterBoroPrincess @outerbororoyal.bsky.social · 29/12/2024
When people say their 60 yo racist aunt is a “product of her time.” So was this 100 yo man.
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John George @jcgeorge.bsky.social · 26/12/2024
Thread! Worth your time.
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Ken Burnside @kenburnside.bsky.social · 23/12/2024
CATT by IKEA. Whoops. Lost the instructions. Either that or the soup is extra fuzzy today.
A kitten in a bowl, on her back, curled up in a topologically unlikely position. Her head is upside down and looking at the camera, and appears to be tucked halfway under her hind legs.
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John George @jcgeorge.bsky.social · 19/12/2024
Math major. Honors Seminar in Fine Arts. There are 7 spires on a "standard" Gothic cathedral symbolizing the 7 Sacred Virtues. None were ever completed. Why? Because communities that were supporting a cathedral under construction were exempt from taxes. That explained a lot!
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John George @jcgeorge.bsky.social · 17/12/2024
I'm glad I'm not the only one who makes an occasional error in calculation. On the other hand, I wish other peoples' errors were caught earlier.
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John George @jcgeorge.bsky.social · 17/12/2024
Ordinarily, I approve of women taking up positions normally held by men. However, in this case... I'm afraid it's only going to get worse. apnews.com/live/madison...
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Wisconsin school shooting was reported by a 2nd-grader, police say
A teenage student opened fire at the Abundant Life Christian School in Madison, Wisconsin, on Monday, killing a teacher and another teenage student in the final week before Christmas break. The shoote...
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aliii✨✨ @gigixmelo.bsky.social · 15/12/2024
if your words can be used against you like this then why are all the stalkers, rapists and abusers not in jail. they make threats every day against their victims and the law claims there’s not enough “evidence”. yet one statement is enough for 15 year charge??? the judicial system is a joke.
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John George @jcgeorge.bsky.social · 07/12/2024
Aside from social media, I am partway through a collection of Simak short stories, have momentarily put down the third volume in the _Dangerous Visions_ trilogy, and am working (for stress relief) through the "cozy fantasy" of The Weary Dragon Inn (Book 1).
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John George @jcgeorge.bsky.social · 03/12/2024
#MathSky 🧮question: I know that for n not a power of 10, in the sequence n, n², n³... any string of digits will occur as the beginning of a number in the sequence; e.g., there is a power of 2 beginning with 7799. I read that the same is true of prime numbers; but can't find a source. Help? (1/2)
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John George @jcgeorge.bsky.social · 02/12/2024
That's because those people get their opinions from the same AIs that tell us that glue is a good pizza topping. Garbage in, Glue-pizza out.
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John George @jcgeorge.bsky.social · 19/11/2024
At least half (likely more) of my institution's cleaning folks speak Spanish and little to no English. I am wondering how the local Trump supporters are going to feel on January 21st if/when nobody empties their wastebaskets or cleans the floors.
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John George @jcgeorge.bsky.social · 18/11/2024
Guess which of these options I am going to choose? Hint: Block early and often.
The profile of a user who declares in all-caps that "Trump is the best US President Ever" and "There are only two genders!" Next to the Follow button I have clicked the three dots giving me the options of "Share," "Add to Lists," "Mute Account," "Block Account," and "Report Account." If this person's views offend you, block! That's what the option is for!
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John George @jcgeorge.bsky.social · 18/11/2024
Before Bluesky, I knew of the shotgun meaning. New to me was the ejaculation meaning and the "rinsing out a heroin needle" meaning.
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Bilbo Yaga @bilboyaga.bsky.social · 11/11/2024
Support a culture of accessibility by using alt text. If you’re unfamiliar, learn basics via this thread. First, enable “require alt text” in your settings so you can’t forget. If you’re unable, use Alt4Me to request help. (nofeed) If you have fave alt text threads, share in the replies! #AltTalk
Infographic featuring a photo of a capybara. 

Writing Alt Text: identify who, expression, description, color, and interesting features. 

The completed example reads, “A capybara looking relaxed in a hot spa. Yellow yuzu fruits are floating in the water, and one is balanced on the top of the capybara’s head.”Screenshot of the bluesky accessibility settings that shows the “require alt text before posting” setting toggled on and underlined for emphasis.
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John George @jcgeorge.bsky.social · 17/11/2024
Bsky academics, let’s get to know each other! Quote & tell me: 1) a project you are working on & 2) an odd idea you aren’t working on but keep thinking about. 1) An elementary numerical analysis textbook based on Python. 2) A novel I began writing long ago, and occasionally chip away at.
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John George @jcgeorge.bsky.social · 16/11/2024
New theory: The Tangerine Fuehrer's pre-nominations for his administration are designed to be deliberately bad. He's looking to see which GOP senators he needs to bully or abuse into compliance so he doesn't run into another failure like the attempt to gut the ACA in his first term. (1/2)
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lorem ipsum 🇧🇷🇺🇸 @whiskeynachos.bsky.social · 09/11/2024
Yeah you know what else is in the 14th Amendment? That persons who shall have engaged in insurrection or rebellion against the USA after taking an oath of office are barred from Federal office. Yet here we are.
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John George @jcgeorge.bsky.social · 03/11/2024
So I've been counting. Since October 30th (Halloween to present) no fewer than 16 email messages purporting to be from "President Trump" or "Donald J. Trump" trying to persuade me to vote for them. I haven't gotten any from the Harris end b/c they bothered to check and know I already voted.
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John George @jcgeorge.bsky.social · 03/11/2024
Excellent thread on what does _not_ show election fraud.
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John George @jcgeorge.bsky.social · 21/10/2024
If you see this, post a vampire.
A still from the 1922 black and white silent film _Nosferatu_, the earliest vampire movie still extant. The title creature stares at the camera, leaning to one side as it stands over... maybe a body? Perhaps a sleeping victim? Its ears are pointed and the fangs are at the front of the mouth where the incisors would be, not to the sides as the canines.
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c0nc0rdance @c0nc0rdance.bsky.social · 16/10/2024
Remember: Everything about pandas makes more sense if you imagine that they're drunk 24/7.
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