Reposted by Paul WilliamsThe Onion @theonion.com · 02/10/2026Unsupportive Parents Eat Crow After Son Makes It As Beetlejuice Impersonator theonion.com/unsupportive-parents-e… 61324105
Paul Williams @paulnwilliams.bsky.social · 02/10/2026I generally only post horrific news stories, but this one makes me happy, so I'm posting it www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...theguardian.comHitting the sweet spot: bear treats itself to baked goods at Colorado farmers’ marketShoppers and vendors in Aspen surprised by unusual customer as it stretched to sample stall offerings 000
Reposted by Paul Williamspixelatedboat aka “mr bluesky” @pixelatedboat.bsky.social · 02/10/2026The future of the military is one computer shooting missiles at whoever it wants and thousands of soldiers who stand around looking sexy 422048211
Paul Williams @paulnwilliams.bsky.social · 02/10/2026I've done this before to resounding silence, but I will nevertheless share the scary movies I plan on watching this month. First up is Barbarian, Zach Cregger's incredible debut feature. Such a clear, wild, and specific vision. If you liked Weapons, go back and check this one out. 120
Reposted by Paul WilliamsKristi Yamaguccimane @wapplehouse.bsky.social · 30/09/2026new meme template 931478228
Paul Williams @paulnwilliams.bsky.social · 01/10/2026It’s October 1st, so you know what that means!! New Longitudinal Knowledge Assessment questions to get mad at in just shy of three months! 000
Paul Williams @paulnwilliams.bsky.social · 01/10/2026Everything about this is horrific www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...theguardian.comTennessee woman on death row taken to hospital after surviving two lethal injectionsChrista Pike, sentenced to death over 1995 murder, was heard snoring 40 minutes after lethal doses administered, witnesses said 010
Reposted by Paul WilliamsBen Collins @bencollins.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Gobsmacked by the elite levels of not knowing ball in the Senate today, thinking an NBA team is called the Hawkeyes then, refusing to Google it, then accusing a guy of treason because you didn’t know the Iowa Lady Hawkeyes aren’t in the NBA. Somehow I don’t trust these people to Save Girls Sports. 274128272111
Paul Williams @paulnwilliams.bsky.social · 27/09/2026I'm so old that I can remember when Ashley Simpson had her career ended when she was caught lip syncing on SNL youtu.be/ZojDzYKnU1o?...youtu.beKATSEYE - Animal (Live from Saturday Night Live)YouTube video by KATSEYEVEVO 020
Paul Williams @paulnwilliams.bsky.social · 27/09/2026The potential for AI to cause real harm is very scary, but the tinfoil hat part of me wonders if we're not just amplifying it to distract from the actual harm being done by the human beings right in front of us 030
Reposted by Paul Williamsceej @ceej.online · 25/09/2026Be serious. Bert and Ernie are not “in love.” Maybe they used to be, once 913300395
Reposted by Paul WilliamsRadley Balko @radleybalko.bsky.social · 25/09/2026"RKF took money earmarked to provide health care for Black infants and spent it on his personal security detail" is a ludicrous headline. Comic book villainy.wsj.comExclusive | RFK Jr.’s Enhanced Security Was Funded With Money From Minority Health OfficeThe cost of the health secretary’s security grew from roughly $10 million in fiscal year 2025 to $17 million in fiscal year 2026. 27574933148
Paul Williams @paulnwilliams.bsky.social · 26/09/2026Playing Control: Resonant and it suffers from the common issue with many Remedy games that I like to call “Whoops, Forgot to Make It Fun” 000
Reposted by Paul WilliamsBen Collins @bencollins.bsky.social · 26/09/2026This is extraordinarily well written. 832808443
Reposted by Paul WilliamsDr. Bucky Isotope, PhD, BOFA @buckyisotope.bsky.social · 25/09/2026This is the way the world ends This is the way the world ends This is the way the world ends Not with a 01100010 01100001 01101110 01100111 but a 01110111 01101000 01101001 01101101 01110000 01100101 01110010 3276
Paul Williams @paulnwilliams.bsky.social · 22/09/2026Thrilled to learn I've evidently been bucking gender stereotypes for decades 010
Paul Williams @paulnwilliams.bsky.social · 21/09/2026Unfortunately, this administration believes that dying from preventable illnesses is "woke," so buckle up www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...theguardian.comTrump reportedly to form health funding board that could veto ‘woke’ initiativesPresident’s latest order expected to bring NIH funding under control of Trump administration to align with agenda 000
Paul Williams @paulnwilliams.bsky.social · 20/09/2026I am re-watching Blue Eyed Samurai on Netflix and it is an absolute masterpiece. Netflix is good for making it and absolutely evil for not allowing it to exist as physical media so I can cherish it forever. 001
Paul Williams @paulnwilliams.bsky.social · 20/09/2026I finally got around to buying Nilsson Schmilsson on vinyl and the decision follow Without You, one of the most achingly beautiful and sad songs ever committed to audio, with a song about putting limes in coconuts, is positively demented 010
Paul Williams @paulnwilliams.bsky.social · 19/09/2026For the first time in a long time, I slept until I wasn’t tired anymore. I can taste colors. I think I know Chinese. 040
Paul Williams @paulnwilliams.bsky.social · 18/09/2026LOL at "greatest robbery of labor in human history" 010
Paul Williams @paulnwilliams.bsky.social · 18/09/2026You don't hate this administration enough www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...theguardian.comRFK Jr promises anti-vaxxers a ‘friend at the White House’ amid deadly measles outbreakThe US health secretary added that he would’ve made sweeping changes ‘on day one’ but he had to follow the law 131
Paul Williams @paulnwilliams.bsky.social · 18/09/2026You know how everyone is exhausted all the time? Great to see that backed up by research. Probably no real reason for it. www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/nh... gizmodo.com/71-of-americ...gizmodo.com71% of Americans Say They're Completely ExhaustedA CDC report shows that people are not feeling relaxed and restful in the United States. 020
Paul Williams @paulnwilliams.bsky.social · 17/09/2026If you are a calling from a hospital or doctor’s office, please press 4. This is a special extension where we will still ignore your call. 240
Reposted by Paul WilliamsJenna Norton @jenna-m-norton.bsky.social · 17/09/2026Please join me in thanking the named plaintiffs in this lawsuit, including @arghavansallesmd.medsky.social @michaeldgreen.phd & @jddaw.bsky.social These brave scientists are taking on risk to protect science, scientists & beneficiaries of science (all of us). www.aclu.org/press-releas...aclu.orgResearchers Challenge NIH Screening of Grants for Disfavored Viewpoints | American Civil Liberties UnionClass action lawsuit seeks to stop censorship and termination of federally funded scientific research 6355123
Paul Williams @paulnwilliams.bsky.social · 17/09/2026I cannot think of another actor like Chris Evans. I like him and genuinely have good will towards him, but also, whenever I see he's going to be in a movie, I immediately assume it's going to be a C minus waste of my time 010
Paul Williams @paulnwilliams.bsky.social · 17/09/2026Genuinely had the vague notion that she was serving in some kind of official capacity for our current administration 020
Paul Williams @paulnwilliams.bsky.social · 16/09/2026Annie Dillard’s prose was breathtaking. Pilgrim at Tinker’s Creek is a work of absolute beauty. Go read some Annie Dillard. 010
Reposted by Paul Williamsthe babahuck @tylerhuckabee.bsky.social · 16/09/2026Annie Dillard would not want me to post about her. She would want me to take a walk, and I think that's what I'm gonna do. "How we spend our days is, of course, how we spend our lives." Rest in peace. 2526
Paul Williams @paulnwilliams.bsky.social · 16/09/2026I knew it was a long shot putting this one on my bingo card, but I'm thrilled to see it paid off www.nbcnews.com/politics/con...nbcnews.comKash Patel defends FBI’s new policy on bestiality at Senate hearingSen. John Kennedy grilled the FBI director about a recently revised policy that doesn’t automatically disqualify job applicants who have engaged in bestiality. 140
Reposted by Paul WilliamsSociety of General Internal Medicine (SGIM) @societygim.bsky.social · 16/09/2026🎓 TEACH gets you a full-day core session, electives at 2 Annual Meetings, an ePortfolio, and a lifelong educator community. Apply by Nov 13. 🔗 buff.ly/jLDIJev #SGIM #TEACH #MedicalEducation #FacultyDevelopment #ClinicianEducator #CareerDevelopment 011
Paul Williams @paulnwilliams.bsky.social · 16/09/2026In this short comedic skit, Dr. Glaucomflecken explains the use of tecovirimat for the treatment of Mpox www.nejm.org/do/10.1056/N...nejm.orgDr. Glaucomflecken Explains: Tecovirimat for the treatment of Mpox (STOMP/A5418) | NEJM 110
Paul Williams @paulnwilliams.bsky.social · 13/09/2026Sunday running chronicles: A genuinely awful half-marathon, but I saw a bunch of grasshoppers, a very brave baby chipmunk with a bald forehead, some hawks, a deer, and a groundhog. So still a pretty good run. 010
Reposted by Paul WilliamsThe Onion @theonion.com · 12/09/2026Critically Acclaimed ‘Ted Lasso’ Episode Just Stock Photos Of People Hugging Each Other theonion.com/critically-acclaimed-t… 153859406
Reposted by Paul WilliamsThe Onion @theonion.com · 10/09/2026Locust Humiliated Swarm He Organized Only Got 40 Million Attendees theonion.com/locust-humiliated-swar… 12119699
Reposted by Paul WilliamsBetter Things Are Possible @internethippo.bsky.social · 10/09/2026If you made software not intended to kill everyone and now you think it might kill everyone that sounds like a product liability issue. You should go fix it and stop bothering me 365224746
Paul Williams @paulnwilliams.bsky.social · 10/09/2026Just a common sense senator doing common sense things, like carrying water for fascists and blowing off the disabled veterans and children of his state. www.npr.org/2026/09/09/n...npr.orgFetterman, already at odds with his party, makes surprise video for GOP conventionThe Pennsylvania Democrat has already had a strained relationship with many inside his party. In the video, he spoke about working with Trump but did not outright praise him. 100
Reposted by Paul WilliamsThe Onion @theonion.com · 09/09/2026Experts Advise Against Throwing Laptop Across Office Even Though It Will Feel Incredible theonion.com/experts-advise-against… 271699253
Paul Williams @paulnwilliams.bsky.social · 10/09/2026I just told OpenEvidence it was being condescending. Just trying to hurry things along a little. 000
Paul Williams @paulnwilliams.bsky.social · 09/09/2026I was setting up a peer-to-peer, and after the representative confirmed my information, she asked “Do you have any additional comments?” and I said “Nothing I should say out loud” and then we both enjoyed a nice laugh 010
Reposted by Paul WilliamsRob Delaney @robdelaney.bsky.social · 09/09/2026Initially I was frustrated with the rise of self-checkout but I appreciated how stores passed the savings on to me rather than pocket the money, fire armies of workers & make me do a job I suck at. It’s also why I’m optimistic about AI! I have been kicked in the head by several horses. 654000787
Reposted by Paul WilliamsPenn State Clinical and Translational Science Institute @pennstatectsi.bsky.social · 08/09/2026 Don't miss this upcoming presentation on Sept 17! 🗓️ Learn how to strengthen community capacity for implementation planning. Featuring Penn State's William Calo and Chelsea Bufalini, hosted by the UCLA @CHIPTS Implementation Science Hub. Register: tinyurl.com/2552w6pm 011
Reposted by Paul WilliamsThe Onion @theonion.com · 09/09/2026“Humanity has never faced a more deadly carrier of disease and bacteria than children, and their total removal is a massive medical breakthrough and a milestone in the management of illness in this country,” — Jane Christiansen, CDC spokesperson theonion.comCDC Successfully Eradicates ChildrenATLANTA—Hailing its success as a major victory for the public health and safety of all Americans, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention announced Monday that it had successfully eradicated ch... 301570273
Paul Williams @paulnwilliams.bsky.social · 09/09/2026Watching Days of Heaven for the first time, and I’m starting to think my guy Terry loves a sweeping landscape 101
Paul Williams @paulnwilliams.bsky.social · 07/09/2026I just excavated my work emails for an hour and then gave myself permission to enjoy the day off. Feels weird. 010
Paul Williams @paulnwilliams.bsky.social · 07/09/2026Probably my most tinfoil-hat coded belief is that the reason MAHA is undercutting trust in science and access to healthcare is to drive people to alternatives where hucksters can easily make money off of those people 132
