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Jon Phillips

@jowiph.bsky.social
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Historian of evolutionary biology and scientific racism who has somehow turned into a historian of the physical sciences. Expect lots of cat pictures and general miscellany. Baltimore.

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Jon Phillips @jowiph.bsky.social · 1h
Seriously? I always have it muted, but wtf indeed
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Jon Phillips @jowiph.bsky.social · 3h
God I thought they were announcing Jonathan's death again for a second there
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Joel @joelskeetsos.bsky.social · 9h
Notice that the Reds aren't gutting their staff ahead of the lockout. The Rockies haven't fired their lil dinosaur guy. The Pirates haven't laid off their fan experience personnel. Just good ol' neighborhood philanthrope Uncle Dave's Baltimore Orioles.
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Matt Binder @mattbinder.bsky.social · 23h
the tech industry is about to invent books
Andrew Yeung 
@andruyeung
X.com
We created gyms because modern day work no
longer required physical activity. Without exercise,
our muscles atrophy.
I predict we'll need gyms for our brains too, once Al
starts doing our knowledge work.
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Jon Phillips @jowiph.bsky.social · 11h
Wait, they let you??
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Jon Phillips @jowiph.bsky.social · 11h
I hope so!
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Jon Phillips @jowiph.bsky.social · 12h
Oh nice, going to have to check this one out
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Alex Ip 葉清霖 @alexip718.com · 13h
The Norwegian Nobel Committee could simply award the Peace Prize to the most deserving candidate and explain that they will not consider Donald Trump due to his human rights violations and alleged war crimes.
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Mother Jones @motherjones.com · 22h
ICE has ordered 6,650 pairs—and says it'll ignore any bans.
motherjones.com
Study: Shock gloves traumatized Army volunteers
After tests, military personnel said "just seeing the glove" that ICE plans to adopt scared them into obedience.
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Jon Phillips @jowiph.bsky.social · 22h
Whoever decided to make a Microsoft ad that includes the Teams ping noise should be flogged. I don't need to be triggered like that.
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Jon Phillips @jowiph.bsky.social · 22h
Or, you know, "hey everyone stop doing that, it's insanely racist and being racist is bad, actually"
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Jon Phillips @jowiph.bsky.social · 22h
Genuinely asking, what is the point of this? What is the value of turning mathematics into a firehose of papers that no human wrote and most of which no human will ever read?
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Jon Phillips @jowiph.bsky.social · 22h
Well, it was nice having an elite kicker (that's not Tucker) while it lasted
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Gillian Brockell @gillianbrockell.com · 22h
I regret to inform me the Ravens are about to lose this Sunday. These dumdums saw Trump’s massive sports-jinx record and went, “What if we fumbled in our own end zone?” Whhhyyyyyyyyyyyyy
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Jon Phillips @jowiph.bsky.social · 22h
Whomst among us...
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Jon Phillips @jowiph.bsky.social · 23h
Just totally unacceptable behavior, and the team actively celebrates it. That org needs to be burned to the ground and rebuilt from scratch
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Jon Phillips @jowiph.bsky.social · 23h
God, now the broadcast is focusing on them doing it. Stop it, you racist fucking assholes.
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Jon Phillips @jowiph.bsky.social · 23h
I want to know how much LeBron and Jeter are getting for these polymarket ads in relation to their annual income from other sources and net worth. They can't possibly need the money, but I want to know just how little (relatively speaking) they were willing to do it for
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Jon Phillips @jowiph.bsky.social · 23h
The Media Lab is a bizarre amalgamation of rich dilettantes and fringe researchers that produces sensational headlines, a lot of vaporware, and the occasional somewhat interesting if overhyped actual product.
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Jon Phillips @jowiph.bsky.social · 23h
This is way too far beyond my expertise to have any opinion beyond that any statements coming out of the MIT Media Lab, on any topic, should be treated with extreme skepticism by default.
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Jon Phillips @jowiph.bsky.social · 23h
This is an important baseball post
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Jon Phillips @jowiph.bsky.social · 23h
(Or I should say, when I figured out who Amber was, which didn't take long)
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Jon Phillips @jowiph.bsky.social · 23h
First time I read liveship traders, I didn't realize it was set in the same world as the Farseer trilogy and when the Fool showed up I basically did the Leo pointing meme at a book, I was so excited
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Jon Phillips @jowiph.bsky.social · 23h
It's really good! It will also fuck you up.
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Jon Phillips @jowiph.bsky.social · 23h
Seriously, who thinks the ump cam is a good idea?
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Jon Phillips @jowiph.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
My dyslexic ass just now learned that the Japanese/Space battleship was not in fact called Yamamoto
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Jon Phillips @jowiph.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Sorry for contributing to it blowing up
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Jon Phillips @jowiph.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Yamamoto almost had the play of the decade there
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Brendel @brendelbored.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
This is gonna be incredibly horny and good for her
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Jon Phillips @jowiph.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Is it just me,'or is ChatGPT advertising itself as something elderly people can use to learn how to *sail* a boat on the fly kind of irresponsible?
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Liz - High and Inside @lizzierie.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Once again I’m asking 😑😑
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Jon Phillips @jowiph.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Yeah, we were at one of those games. It was appalling
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Jon Phillips @jowiph.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Nah, I don't want LA to win the Series either, but fuck the Braves.
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Jon Phillips @jowiph.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Same with the Cleveland fans who still wear "Indians" shit with "Chief Wahoo" on it. MLB should have a league-wide zero-tolerance policy toward people wearing that at a game.
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The Dishwasher (a baseball blog) @thedishwasher.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Report: The Orioles are optimistic that the hot dog mascots can account for 80% of the Oriole Bird’s production for a fraction of the cost associated with retaining an expensive aging veteran
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Jon Phillips @jowiph.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Yeah, I haven't seen it on camera yet, but you can hear hear them doing it
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Jon Phillips @jowiph.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Ha, suck it Acuña
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Jon Phillips @jowiph.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
I want the Braves to lose every game they play until their asshole fans knock it off with the fucking chop
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Jon Phillips @jowiph.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Ohhhh these are even more brutal than the original Farseer trilogy. Enjoy the emotional devastation that awaits.
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Jon Phillips @jowiph.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
I literally did a double-take at the tv when that happened
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Jon Phillips @jowiph.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
I mean, our owner is a private equity guy, so it kind of makes sense...
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Jon Phillips @jowiph.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
There are so many things wrong with the Orioles organization. The mascot was not one of them. Pure insanity.
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Jon Phillips @jowiph.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
(Please note, I'm not trying to make light of the layoffs, I'm horrified and angry about it. Dumb jokes are my preferred method of cope)
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Jon Phillips @jowiph.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
I'd be ok with that, but I'd prefer to see him actually tarred and feathered rather than just in a costume
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Jon Phillips @jowiph.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
In honor of the now-fired (seriously, what the fuck) Oriole Bird, please enjoy the greatest piece of Orioles-related art that will ever exist
4-panel cartoon of the Oriole Bird, mascot of the Baltimore Orioles

Panel 1: A weirdly humanoid bird wearing a baseball cap and holding a bat says "Hello. I'm the Baltimore Oriole!"

Panel 2: The Oriole hits a baseball, saying "I love to play baseball"

Panel 3: The Oriole is bending over, looking back over his shoulder toward the viewer, saying "All my bathroom stuff comes out of one hole. My cloaca"

Panel 4: A closer view of the Oriole who is looking straight at the viewer. The Oriole says "THEY SAID I'M NOT SUPPOSED TO
TALK ABOUT MY CLOACA BUT WHAT CAN THEY DO, KILL MY SON?
IT TURNS OUT HE WAS JUST A BEACH BALL PAINTED WHITE. NOT A
REAL EGG AT ALL! I TRULY AM THE LAST OF MY KIND!"
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Jon Phillips @jowiph.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
How have I never noticed Big Papi's blinged out earpiece before?
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Jon Phillips @jowiph.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Staying in a hotel overnight for a work thing and discovering that your room has FS1 so you can still watch postseason baseball >>>>>>
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depths of wikipedia @depthsofwikipedia.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
it blows my mind that these bizarre AI people think “the commons” is just sitting around for them to strip-mine for free
OpenAI "rogue" agent activities found on wikimedia projects. by selena deckelmann 5 october 2026
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Crits For Cats, Inc. Cat Rescue @crits4cats.org · 14/09/2026
Someone should really, really adopt Cid. This cat is the kind of cat who will take your love and return it tenfold. I don’t have enough words for him— kind, curious, charming, full of personality & presence. This is the kind of cat who will be someone’s soul cat. Elkton, MD. Apply: bit.ly/4cOmi21
Cid, an extremely handsome marmalade-colored orange tabby cat with pretty stripes and tall ears, one of them clipped as a former TNR cat.
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Micah @rincewind.run · 06/10/2026
damnatio memoriae is the right thing to do with trump for many reasons and at the top of the list is the fact that it will make him so, so angry
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