Reposted by KlaatuJess Zafarris @jesszafarris.com · 2hOne podcast was simply not enough! My coauthor Shannon Miller and I started a casual little pod called Ms. Miscellany. For our first episode it's just us, but in the following episodes we'll interview interesting people about their career twists and the fun facts they've learned along the way. 2142
Klaatu @klaatu82.bsky.social · 3h"Consumers should be able to play video games without being tricked into spending more money than they want.” Ya. I want to win the game because I worked hard for it… not because of 300 microtransactions… 000
Reposted by KlaatuNPR @npr.org · 4hMillions of voices are impossible to ignore. As we begin our second year without federal funding, our reporting remains loud and clear because people continue to step up to power this free press. Public media is an ongoing commitment that we will live out together. Donate today: n.pr/3VxNBIZ 25734261
Reposted by KlaatuEarl Grey Memes Club @earlgreymemes.club · 30/09/2026Happy 35th Anniversary to "Darmok" 1238797
Reposted by KlaatuStand Up for Science! @standupforscience.net · 30/09/2026Sen. Hassan: "Do you think it's possible for the president to ever be wrong about something?" 58824
Reposted by KlaatuNPR @npr.org · 23hIn most states, people with Medicaid coverage will have to prove they're working, volunteering or studying, starting Jan. 1. But Montana is starting that early, and it's sowing confusion and anxiety. n.pr/3VXrvzMn.prMontana starts enforcing Medicaid work requirements on Oct 1. Patients are confusedIn most states, people with Medicaid coverage will have to prove they're working, volunteering or studying, starting Jan. 1. But Montana is starting that early, and it's sowing confusion and anxiety. 712556
Reposted by KlaatuColette Delawalla, PhD @cdelawalla.bsky.social · 30/09/2026As always, excellent reporting by @melodyschreiber.com. I have *so much* to say about all this. But let me say this: I've worked with medical record data for research and LMAO, LMFAO even...this is why we need qualified scientists in charge of our scientific institutions.theguardian.comRFK Jr outlines expansive vision for collecting US health data at Maha eventHealth secretary calls for medical and lifestyle details to be sent to doctors and AI to address ‘chronic disease epidemic’ 1011047
Reposted by KlaatuCole Donovan @colesci.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Not enough people take seriously "funding delays"/"bureaucratic nonsense can kill people" but here it is right here. If I was mad when a patient died because it took a few extra months for lawyers to try to look for a legal basis for an international data transfer, I'm incandescent, now.cnbc.comNIH funding cuts delayed a promising childhood brain cancer trial. Patients lost time they didn't haveA delayed clinical trial underscores the stakes of federal research funding cuts for children with DIPG, a deadly brain tumor with few treatment options. 39944
Klaatu @klaatu82.bsky.social · 30/09/2026Tonight’s Movie: Ernest Scared Stupid (1991) Trantor: You will die for the disgrace of your forefathers! Ernest: I didn't have four fathers! I only had one father and I didn't know him that well! #MovieNight #Halloween #HorrorMovieNight #Halloween2026 #HorrorComedy #90sHorror #CampHorror #Trolls 100
Klaatu @klaatu82.bsky.social · 30/09/2026Okay, @seanferrick.bsky.social ... help me out here... (and possible tc episode idea...) but how many sentient species are indigenous to the Sol system... so far, I've got: Humans Voth Humpback whales Dolphins Martians Dol'drm Am I missing any? But also... that seems like too many... 121
Klaatu @klaatu82.bsky.social · 28/09/2026Well, dangit! I *was* going to watch Subspecies V: Bloodrise (2023) for movie night… but I apparently have to have a subscription to Full Moon. I mean… I could rent it through Prime… but at that price, I could just buy it… blarg. I dont want to *buy* a movie on Prime… UGH! 000
Klaatu @klaatu82.bsky.social · 28/09/2026What part of a fish weighs the most? —Its scales! #dadjoke 010
Reposted by Klaatumigas7.bsky.social @migas7.bsky.social · 26/09/2026The Real Stories - not the GOP’s. 17972001981
Reposted by KlaatuChristopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 26/09/2026ICE BEHIND THE MASKS HAVE NAMES 2 masked agents threatened to arrest Robert Peck for legally observing them. He sued. “And now, because of a lawsuit, the (ICE) agents have names.” A Hylton 📌Nicholas Lapointe 📌Christopher Semler I hope more people take ICE to court when their rights are violated. 534202108130
Reposted by KlaatuMrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 26/09/2026The major platforms—Facebook, YouTube, and X—are all refusing to show the trailer for the upcoming documentary that eviscerates the ridiculous pest Elon Musk. So I guess we have to do our part to make sure it is seen. www.youtube.com/watch?v=eY_8...youtube.comMusk | Official Trailer | Bleecker StreetYouTube video by Musk 23958824018
Reposted by KlaatuIGN @ign.com · 26/09/2026The seminal workplace comedy 9 to 5 is returning to theaters October 9 with ticket sales benefitting Dolly Parton's Imagination Library, which gifts free books to kids and promotes childhood literacy. 320388
Reposted by KlaatuGod @thegodshow.com · 25/09/2026Classic case of MAGA not caring until it affects them. You voted for this. 80795170
Reposted by KlaatuMark Hamill @markhamillofficial.bsky.social · 25/09/2026The best birthday present imaginable. #DollyDay 💖 923193463046
Klaatu @klaatu82.bsky.social · 25/09/2026@theryangeorge.bsky.social has a new video out! I mean… it *would* be funny… if it were not… upsettingly true. 😅 Still… watch said video. Fun times. Fun times.youtu.beMrBeast Winners 20 Years From NowYouTube video by Ryan George 000
Klaatu @klaatu82.bsky.social · 24/09/2026Okay, this is more like it! More of this, please!  #Fall #Autumn #Fall2026 #Autumn2026 000
Reposted by KlaatuDr. Annie Andrews @drannieandrews.com · 24/09/2026Unlike my opponent, I’m not backed by AI companies or data-center developers. I answer to you — and only you. I know we can invest in technology without sacrificing local control, property rights, or our way of life. 29935376
Klaatu @klaatu82.bsky.social · 24/09/2026Somehow I missed the news… but Rayman Legends Retold has been delayed until 12/03/2026. Well, that’s… disappointing. I guess I will be playing Ocarina of Time first. 000
Klaatu @klaatu82.bsky.social · 24/09/2026Why can't there just be a birthday card that says "hey, sis! Happy birthday!" And *not* be about getting old or farts or unfunny cards with sock puppets or super religious cards or a card with a long-ass poem my sister is *not* going to read? *sigh* Fine. I'll just make one. 000
Klaatu @klaatu82.bsky.social · 23/09/2026Kicking off my official #HorrorMovieNight for #Halloween2026 with… Tonight’s movie: Subspecies 4: Bloodstorm (1998) “Purge your sadness in a wellspring of blood.” #MovieNight #Halloween #Bmovie 110
Klaatu @klaatu82.bsky.social · 22/09/2026Why did the tree worry that he would never get his leaves back after autumn? —He didn’t be-leaf in himself! Happy Equinox! #dadjoke 020
Klaatu @klaatu82.bsky.social · 22/09/2026…but also… As a person who is *not* going to buy this watch, I do not consent to be recorded by someone else’s watch. I live in NC and it *is* legal to record someone without their knowledge (not cool)… but it is *not* legal in CA, CT, DE, FL, IL, MD, MA, MT, PA, and WA. @mkbhd.com #AppleWatchyoutu.beThe Apple Watch Has a ProblemYouTube video by Marques Brownlee 100
Klaatu @klaatu82.bsky.social · 22/09/2026Beannachtaí Chónocht an Fhómhair! Happy Mabon / Equinox to those who celebrate! 000
Reposted by KlaatuMichael Warburton @michaelwarburton.bsky.social · 21/09/2026This aired just the once in 1998 on the live SNL show for which McKay wrote it. It was effectively banned as it never aired again. I wonder why. MEDIA-OPOLY 256143836816
Klaatu @klaatu82.bsky.social · 21/09/2026Tomorrow is the autumnal equinox… What the hell?! 🥵 #ClimateChange 000
Reposted by KlaatuKarl Bode @karlbode.com · 21/09/2026for your future voting knowledge, Gavin Newsom was central in pressuring the AGs to settle their antitrust lawsuit against Paramount:deadline.comDone! Paramount Settles Antitrust Suit, Set To Seal Deal For Warner Bros. DiscoveryParamount agreed to settle an antitrust suit by a dozen State Attorneys General led by California's Rob Bonta, the last obstacle to its merger with WBD. 16835751394
Reposted by KlaatuColette Delawalla, PhD @cdelawalla.bsky.social · 21/09/2026Alright, let’s all get on the same page about Vought/NIH/Trump. THEY👏WILL👏STOP👏AT👏NOTHING👏 The goal is to destroy the STEM ecosystem, universities, and democracy as we have known it. PERIOD. The only way to win is to impeach them all…which means we need Congress. HERE’S HOW WE WIN 🧵 141164344
Klaatu @klaatu82.bsky.social · 21/09/2026I used to run a dating service for chickens. But I struggled to make hens meet. #dadjoke 020
Klaatu @klaatu82.bsky.social · 21/09/2026Monday has cometh. Let's make it a good one! What's goin' down? Standin' on shaky ground We got to make things happenyoutu.beMake Things HappenYouTube video by Miguel Migs - Topic 010
Klaatu @klaatu82.bsky.social · 21/09/2026Okay, @hankgreen.bsky.social. Here’s one for ya: Why do we have 2 brains? I mean… I know. It’s one brain separated into 2 hemispheres, separated by the corpus callosum… but why? Why not one big brain, *not* separated by a ‘hardened body?’ …or why not 4 sections with like an X shaped corpus callosum… 000
Reposted by KlaatuNPR @npr.org · 21/09/2026KUT News spoke to two people who work at a business nearby, who said they heard two gun shots and went to see what happened. One witness encountered an ICE agent and a man in a car who had been shot in the back.n.prMan injured in shooting by ICE officer in North AustinThe shooting happened Sunday afternoon near Anderson and U.S. 183. 14319140
Reposted by KlaatuMatt Baume 🏳️🌈 @mattbaume.bsky.social · 19/09/2026New video about Tim Curry premieres tomorrow! I see you shiver ... youtu.be/RTPd8FqVxS8youtu.beHow Tim Curry Changed Your LifeYouTube video by Matt Baume 620153
Reposted by KlaatuStand Up for Science! @standupforscience.net · 20/09/2026It’s time to fund & support pro-science politicians ourselves if we want evidence-based decision making & truth, over blind loyalty to a party. The Science Victory Fund is exactly that. Send us some support today, and make a stand against the same old bullshit. 🧪🧬✊ buff.ly/78Cyu2F 513843
Reposted by Klaatuleftylady.bsky.social @leftylady.bsky.social · 19/09/2026The corruption never ends. 38452602068
Reposted by KlaatuJan Kirsch, M.D., M.P.H. @drjanicekirsch.bsky.social · 20/09/2026Enforce Quarantines for Cases A passenger with measles passed through at least six counties on Amtrak – Alameda, Butte, Kern, Los Angeles, Sacramento and San Joaquin – while making multiple transfers. www.ktvu.com/news/califor...ktvu.comCalifornia health department notifies of measles exposure from unvaccinated Amtrak passengerThe California Department of Public Health (CDPH) is urging residents to get their measles vaccination after notifying the public of an exposure from an Amtrak passenger who traveled on the rail syste... 42559172824
Reposted by KlaatuMrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 20/09/2026Darlene McBride has the gift of prophecy when it came to MAGA.youtube.comMADtv Darlene McBride- Take Back America TourYouTube video by aleciousboi 33647140
Reposted by KlaatuTechnology Connections @techconnectify.bsky.social · 19/09/2026I am literally filming an engine right now because they are very cool, and I get that. Even I appreciate vroom vroom! But we really need move beyond this and I'm so sick of it only every being salient when oops there go oil prices again. Anyway good luck out there folks. 3286816
Reposted by KlaatuTechnology Connections @techconnectify.bsky.social · 19/09/2026I don't really know how to navigate this tactfully because cars aren't great in general and EVs remain expensive, but through the power of paying attention, I've managed to notice that electricity costs are so much more stable than the cost of a fuel you buy constantly to set on fire. 2791741
Reposted by KlaatuTechnology Connections @techconnectify.bsky.social · 19/09/2026Look, my intention is not to rub it in here, but I've been interested in electric cars for a very long time because I have been blessed with a memory longer than that of a goldfish. My flavor of Midwestern cheap is about stability in costs, not just what's cheap today. 37127796
Reposted by KlaatuKarl Bode @karlbode.com · 18/09/2026honestly some of the most apocalyptic impacts of "AI" will be shit like this, and most of the doomsday dipshits predicting SkyNet can't be bothered to notice or carearstechnica.comUnitedHealth uses AI model with 90% error rate to deny care, lawsuit allegesFor the largest health insurer in the US, AI's error rate is like a feature, not a bug. 7944651581
Klaatu @klaatu82.bsky.social · 18/09/2026Of the 1.2 million people living with HIV infection in the U.S., an estimated 24 percent are age 55 or over. Treatment options have improved but prevention & testing are still crucial, especially if you are in healthcare! Get tested! Know your status! #HIV/AIDSAgingAwarenessDay #hiv #u=uhiv.govNational HIV/AIDS and Aging Awareness DayLearn about HIV and aging awareness, resources, and events aimed at supporting older adults living with HIV. 000
Reposted by KlaatuDrH @drhaup.bsky.social · 18/09/2026Due by 9/20/26: Please consider commenting on this Federal Register notice. It could narrow access to vaccines and sow further confusion in the United States. HHS gave the public an unusually short window to weigh in. yourlocalepidemiologist.substack.com/p/two-days-l...yourlocalepidemiologist.substack.comTwo days left to comment on HHS's vaccine category proposalOkay, this one’s a bit in the weeds, but it’s worth your attention. 510594