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John Scudder @johnscudder.bsky.social · 06/08/2026

How much doc would a Docusign if a dock queue could sign sine?

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John Scudder @johnscudder.bsky.social · 04/07/2026

Also: “oxygen-hydrogen atmosphere”? I don’t even know where to start.

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John Scudder @johnscudder.bsky.social · 26/06/2026

In the beginning of Red Mars, our heroes are (rightly) afraid of radiation from being on the surface. By the time we get to Blue Mars, they’re prancing around the surface buck naked. At no time in the intervening pages has Mars magically developed a magnetic field. WTF, KSR? Make it make sense.

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John Scudder @johnscudder.bsky.social · 24/05/2026

Isaac Asimov’s first Lucky Starr juvie featuring John “Bigman” Jones, the plucky Martian, came out in 1952. J’onn J’onzz, the Martian Manhunter, appeared in DC Comics in 1955. In the 1990s Kim Stanley Robinson’s Mars series features myths about Big Man, a kind of Paul Bunyan figure. Coincidence?

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AAUP Texas A&M-College Station Chapter @tamu-aaup.bsky.social · 06/01/2026

From an email to one of our faculty members.... Not even Plato can escape censorship at Texas A&M!

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The Onion @theonion.com · 06/01/2026

Lost Jan. 6 Rioter Still Searching Capitol Building For Mike Pence theonion.com/lost-jan-6-rioter-stil…

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The Onion @theonion.com · 06/01/2026

Apple Photos Reminds Man He Was Nude In Capitol Building 5 Years Ago

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John Scudder @johnscudder.bsky.social · 06/01/2026

Is Fortune still considered a legitimate publication, or is it more a self-publishing paid placement outlet?

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John Scudder @johnscudder.bsky.social · 06/01/2026

“Traversed”?!? (I suppose he means “transgressed”.)

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Foz Meadows @fozmeadows.bsky.social · 06/01/2026

my 75yo mother told me last night that she’s planning to delete Instagram and Facebook because she’s sick of not being able to tell what’s AI and what’s not, and I genuinely don’t think tech companies have reckoned with this kind of move as an actual possibility

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Zach Everson @zacheverson.com · 06/01/2026

Whoops

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Simon Rosenberg @simonwdc.bsky.social · 05/01/2026

Let's break the Internet with this today.....

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John Scudder @johnscudder.bsky.social · 05/01/2026

Not “hold my coffee spoon”?

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John Quiggin @johnquiggin.bsky.social · 04/01/2026

On the face of it, the Venezuelan regime has played Trump for a sucker. The details are murky but it appears that now-acting president Rodriguez convinced Rubio that she would accept a US take-over and that the US was given the location of Maduro (and his wife).

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Heather Cox Richardson (TDPR) @hcrichardson.bsky.social · 04/01/2026

The Epstein Files Transparency Act is a law, passed by Congress on November 19 with an overwhelming vote. Complying with it was not optional. The Department of Justice did not comply. I want to make sure this is very clear.

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Joel S. @joelhs.bsky.social · 04/01/2026

Mamdani rescinded every executive order issued by Eric Adams after Adams's indictment, but still the "New York Times" is focusing exclusively on two of those orders that had to do with Israel. There is someone singling out Israel here. And it isn't Zohran Mamdani.

"New York Times" headline: "Inside Mamdani’s Decision to Revoke Executive Orders That Backed Israel
Mr. Mamdani, a staunch critic of Israel and its treatment of Palestinians, knew he would not extend the orders, but he had to decide how and when he would rescind them."

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John Scudder @johnscudder.bsky.social · 04/01/2026

Oh wow. Ok, added to my mental list. I assume the origin is cast iron, but yeah.

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John Scudder @johnscudder.bsky.social · 04/01/2026

“Something must be done!” “Term limits are something.” … “Term limits must be done!”

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Jameel Jaffer @jameeljaffer.bsky.social · 04/01/2026

Every major free speech org has said the IHRA definition suppresses constitutionally protected speech. Every major human rights group has said it suppresses legitimate advocacy. The scandal is that Adams adopted the definition, not that Mamdani rejected it. www.nytimes.com/2026/01/04/n...

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Inside Mamdani’s Decision to Revoke Executive Orders That Backed Israel

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John Scudder @johnscudder.bsky.social · 04/01/2026

Although, if a lot of people believe the false etymology as I did, that’s still a reason not to use the phrase, as far as I’m concerned. See also, “calling a spade a spade“.

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John Scudder @johnscudder.bsky.social · 04/01/2026

Wikipedia disagrees with me, so maybe I’m full of shit. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_cre...

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The creek don't rise - Wikipedia

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John Scudder @johnscudder.bsky.social · 04/01/2026

“The good lord willing and the Creek don’t rise.” Kind of dated but I still hear it. Turns out it has nothing to do with flooding.

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Rebecca Solnit @rebeccasolnit.bsky.social · 03/01/2026

Wrote a thing: The carnage associated with fossil fuel is why speeding the transition to renewables is good for international stability as well as everything else. Fossil fuel is inseparable from violence, and dependence on it it has created a brutal world order....

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Five Facets of the Attack on Venezuela by the Rogue Nation the US Has Become

1 They are saying it baldly: this is an oil grab. There is a history of oil grabs going back to British imperialism in the middle east in the late nineteenth century and murders of Osage Nation triba...

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John Scudder @johnscudder.bsky.social · 03/01/2026

I’m reasonably sure that Robert Redford battered and deep fried would look better than that, even three and a half months dead. And even 3 1/2 months dead he’s still twice the man Trump ever was or will be. But I see where you’re coming from.

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John Scudder @johnscudder.bsky.social · 03/01/2026

He probably thinks it’s due to Marilyn Monroe.

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Joyce White Vance @joycewhitevance.bsky.social · 03/01/2026

DOJ is still in violation of the Epstein Files Transparency Act.

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Heba Gowayed هبة جويد @hebagowayed.bsky.social · 03/01/2026

Ok I really am working out the logistics of permanently shuttering my twitter account - but my god is this funny.

Laura loomer
One thing I dont see anyone talking about is how @zohranmamdani had the AG of NY swear him in as Mayor on a Quran INSIDE A TUNNEL!

This is 100% an homage to Hamas and the Globalize the intifiada movement

He is signaling the beginning of his islamic conquest from a tunnel

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John Scudder @johnscudder.bsky.social · 03/01/2026

Tho in my experience the back of spoon whacking technique calls for (a) a whole tree full of pomegranates (because you’re going to lose more than if you carefully disassemble the fruit) and (b) an apron (or red clothing). It’s the most cathartic way to prep a fruit EVAR though.

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John Scudder @johnscudder.bsky.social · 02/01/2026

I am conflicted about naming the novel because it would be a spoiler.

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John Scudder @johnscudder.bsky.social · 02/01/2026

This was kind of the plot of a novel I read a few years ago.

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John Scudder @johnscudder.bsky.social · 02/01/2026

The wave of skeets about the FOXification of CBS are a little bemusing to me. I mean, yeah, it’s awful. But all you ppl who are professing shock — are you actually shocked? Because my level of shock would be accurately represented by the old Casablanca clip. This was both predictable, and predicted.

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John Scudder @johnscudder.bsky.social · 02/01/2026

It feels like it’s a case of capitalism ruins everything and a collective action problem for universities to stop doing behaviors they by and large know are harmful or at least problematic.

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John Scudder @johnscudder.bsky.social · 02/01/2026

It has been an ongoing struggle for me to convince people in my orbit that the AI overview is not to be trusted AT ALL. If it says the sun rises in the east or that water is wet, click through on the underlying article to make sure that’s really right.

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John Scudder @johnscudder.bsky.social · 02/01/2026

We’re a bit too far along the process to take your advice but thanks. Their SAT (and GPA) is very respectable, my ire is more a case of how I can see how someone with the same potential but without the same economic advantages is massively disadvantaged.

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John Scudder @johnscudder.bsky.social · 02/01/2026

I have a senior in high school who’s going through the college application process and I have been developing oPiNiOnS about the SAT (in a nutshell, it sure feels like a scam, though so does the entire process). It’s nice to have some proper studies to inform my attitude.

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John Scudder @johnscudder.bsky.social · 02/01/2026

Thanks. Followup, what’s the “it” that’s well documented/known? That the SAT’s predictive power has not been demonstrated beyond year one?

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John Scudder @johnscudder.bsky.social · 02/01/2026

“Are only correlated” in the sense of “have been shown not to correlate with years beyond the first” or “have not been studied in years beyond the first”? (It doesn’t help that the “learn more” link in the two paragraph College Board summary is 404.)

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John Scudder @johnscudder.bsky.social · 02/01/2026

Well now I know who this guy is, and I really wish I didn’t.

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John Scudder @johnscudder.bsky.social · 02/01/2026

There’s no chance he could pronounce, much less spell or define it.

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John Scudder @johnscudder.bsky.social · 31/12/2025

@terriblemapshq.bsky.social are congratulations in order? Where are you registered for gifts?

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John Scudder @johnscudder.bsky.social · 31/12/2025

I want to see the long form hand certificate.

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John Scudder @johnscudder.bsky.social · 31/12/2025

The first mistake is not deleting the message unread.

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Matt Binder @mattbinder.bsky.social · 31/12/2025

Elon Musk promised a lot of things by 2025 - colonists arriving on Mars - xAI achieving AGI - Tesla robotaxis serving half the U.S. - completely driverless robotaxis - a Tesla Roadster demo - DOGE cutting trillions none of them happened mashable.com/article/elon-mus...

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Everything Elon Musk promised in 2025, but didn't deliver

Musk is now infamous for his false promises, but even this is excessive.

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John Scudder @johnscudder.bsky.social · 31/12/2025

My email address is what motivated me to do exactly that. Phone reps in particular REALLY appreciate it. Oddly, it sometimes makes things worse f2f. (Well, I’ve learned the necessary letters, anyway. I have good intentions to learn the rest.)

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