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Scootypuff

@scootypuff.bsky.social
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Husband, Cat Dad, Biochemist, too many hobbies and too little time. N.D./Ph.D.

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Soraya Nadia McDonald @soraya.press · 17h
This is sexual violence as a form of terrorism. It is political violence and it is chilling and horrific, and AOC was absolutely right to be terrified that the goons (now pardoned) laying siege to the capital would rape her if they found her. Small changes won't fix this. FLIP THE TABLE NOW
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Gretchen Felker-Martin PRE ORDER CHIMERA 2.16.27 🍉 @scumbelievable.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Gaza is a wasteland, and still Israel holds its boot on the necks of the Palestinians. My friend Sama'a has a family to feed, and she relies on us. Please give what you can. chuffed.org/project/1575...
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Help Baha and his family rebuild their home and meet their d
Lying on my back feeling helpless and powerless, I decided to tell you my story from the beginning.
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Scootypuff @scootypuff.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Reading a complete Poe anthology for October. I’m not that far in, but wow, I would not recommend it. If your objective is to read enjoyable stories, stick with the hits: Cask of Amantillado, Masque of Red Death, Fall of the House of Usher, The Raven, etc.
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it's Halloween name charloh! (it/its) @charloh.online · 03/10/2026
two fasts, both alike in fury, in fair Los Angeles where we set our scene
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Alpha Chrome Yayo @alphachromeyayo.com · 02/10/2026
man, tape is such fun stuff
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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
You can see the genocide from space. Yet still it is widely denied.
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Julia Is Waving, Not Drowning @booktweeting.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
do you love Ann Leckie? do you love Lois McMaster Bujold? have you somehow never read C. J. Cherryh? you have an enormous treat ahead of you in this Humble Bundle! #BookSky 💙📚
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Scootypuff @scootypuff.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Honestly I feel like the most obnoxious part of diy synths, diy electronics in general, is mounting the PCB, pots, switches, etc. in the case. Have so much difficulty getting precisely spaced holes and getting the right lengths of wire for I/O. At some point I really need to get a CNC for this stuff
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Scootypuff @scootypuff.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Forbidden popsicles.
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Scootypuff @scootypuff.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Thinking about getting pumpkins as an excuse to buy new dremel attachments
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Scootypuff @scootypuff.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
I can draw perfectly straight lines, but only when I’m crossing the “t”s in my signature.
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Scootypuff @scootypuff.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
I kind of hate the phrase “Fake it til you make it” cuz, like, when do you know if you’ve made it?
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Scootypuff @scootypuff.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
A calculator can tell you what 2758 * 20691 is. A calculator can’t tell you what multiplication is or when it’s appropriate to multiply vs add. (An LLM can tell you confidently mistaken answers to all of those questions)
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Scootypuff @scootypuff.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Depends on the formality of the interview. If you’re looking at 1+ hours of interviewing time, being begrudged bringing a plastic water bottle or not being offered water/coffee/tea by your interviewers should be a dealbreaker. Ofc you’re hearing this from someone out of work 3+ months so…
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Scootypuff @scootypuff.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
My 9. Strangely, Master of Orion 2 wasn’t in the database.
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Scootypuff @scootypuff.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Parleys are a blight on humanity.
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David_j_roth @davidjroth.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
It's too depressing and obnoxious to write about, but virtually all of the doomy/horny AI hyperventilating is transparently displaced anxiety about our fucked climate and political situation. Even rich idiots know it's bad and being permitted to get worse. They're trying to write their own ending.
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Ryan North @ryannorth.ca · 23/09/2026
Pompeii is a UNESCO world heritage site not because it was remarkable in its prime, but because it survived to our era untouched: one moment, preserved for all time. But future generations won't know what OUR world was like unless we do the same. This is why we MUST bury Toronto with a volcano
Picture of the streets of Pompeii, from https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Pompei_-_panoramio_(26).jpg. Taken by Tanya Dedyukhina, used under CC
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Scootypuff @scootypuff.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Honestly being a latchkey kid wasn’t terrible. For reference see Craig of the Creek
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Scootypuff @scootypuff.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Playing FF7R for the first time. It’s on sale on Steam, also so is Rebirth. Pretty good and works well on the ‘deck.
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an appliance is making a weird noise that isn't on youtube @jesseltaylor.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
she's the champion of justice, can't dispute that
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Scootypuff @scootypuff.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
84-0 sounds less like a triumph than a severe problem with the NCAA matchmaking system
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Scootypuff @scootypuff.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
The name Tilly Norwood always makes me think of Eustace Tilley
Cover image of Eustace Tilley a dandy invented as a mascot for the magazine The New Yorker, first cover appearance from 1925.
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Scootypuff @scootypuff.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Is it a recession indicator when a job fair is canceled because only 3 companies sign up to recruit?
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Scootypuff @scootypuff.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Ugh.
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Scootypuff @scootypuff.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Vonnegut part of the edgy atheist 90s teen fun pack as Douglas Adams, Bill Maher and Richard Dawkins. (Ok, sometimes Ayn Rand too, most unfortunately)
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Scootypuff @scootypuff.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
What, if anything, is a spiritual successor to the live action Mario Bros movie?
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Scootypuff @scootypuff.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
What he looks like when he wants to be fed
Fluffy brown tabby starting directly at me from a coffee table in front of the couch.
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Scootypuff @scootypuff.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Think my interview went pretty well, not 100% but I have a good shot. MY be disappointed if I get a rejection, but I can’t blame myself bc I worked hard in prep.
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Scootypuff @scootypuff.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Tried Arby’s for the first time in like a decade. A French dip. Curly fries were ok, sandwich incredibly disappointing.
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Janel Comeau 🍁 @verybadllama.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
I mean if you really want to hear Ed Sheeran without any opening acts you can simply get put on hold with your bank
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Scootypuff @scootypuff.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
Leo leaves behind so much fluff you could almost make another Leo out of the fluff within a few weeks.
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Scootypuff @scootypuff.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
Allistic Dog: Chases cars because it’s fun. Autistic Dog: Chases trains because it’s a special interest.
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Scootypuff @scootypuff.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
I would like the people who want to “cure” autism to describe what the hell they think autism even is.
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Scootypuff @scootypuff.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
We’ve had superhuman tools since the invention of the Atl-Atl, and we’ve had rich assholes willing to sacrifice lives for another sliver of power since the dawn of civilization and technology has always had to live in the real world of chemistry, economics and politics. AI don’t change that l
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Scootypuff @scootypuff.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
One unforeseen benefit of the CPAP, lowering stress hormone levels in your sleep is the effect on the, er, parasympathetic nervous system.
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Scootypuff @scootypuff.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
Rereading Neuromancer in anticipation of the AppleTV series next year. I’ve always felt the book was written pretty densely, but I feel like I understand why, a bit better than previously. Mostly I feel like he’s trying to put so many complex visual details into a written medium, before the tropes..
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Scootypuff @scootypuff.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
Somebody did not like being at the vet
A a 15 pound brown tabby jumped up onto counter and is in the sink of the vets office.
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Sean Carroll @seanmcarroll.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
My thoughts on existential risk: * Humanity isn't going to be wiped out any time soon. * Negligible chance that AI by itself causes catastrophic damage to humanity (millions dead). * Some nontrivial chance that human beings will leverage AI to help them do something catastrophically harmful.
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Ada Palmer @adapalmer.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
Chinook salmon have recolonised 88% of their historic range on the Klamath River, with more than 13,000 fish passing the old Iron Gate Dam site in 2025, up from 7,700 the year before. Two years after the dams’ removal, it’s going better than anyone predicted. buff.ly/pToC9gB #ShareGoodNewsToo
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Rewilding the upper Klamath River Basin: rapid recolonization of Chinook salmon following the world’s largest dam removal - Scientific Reports
Scientific Reports - Rewilding the upper Klamath River Basin: rapid recolonization of Chinook salmon following the world’s largest dam removal
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Scootypuff @scootypuff.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
Fluffy boy showing his fluffy belly
Large very fluffy brown tabby cat on a laminate hardwoods floor laying on its side/back.
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いわひば @iwahiba.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
ぷよぷよ
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Scootypuff @scootypuff.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
Love my dad but he is undoubtedly a weird guy. Like, Dylan Thomas is a great poet, but not my first choice for something to read at your son’s (that is, my) wedding.
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Down Here For Your Soul @bombsfall.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
watching Lethal Weapon 2 and you could NOT make this movie today (anti-aparteid, insensitive to south africans)
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Richard M. Nixon @dicknixon.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
Write it on the blackboard a thousand times: they will have to demolish the ballroom, the arch and so forth. They will have to make a show of it. You will get the usual sons of bitches saying we don’t do that in this country. We do now. That is not emotion, it’s politics. To do less is dereliction.
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Scootypuff @scootypuff.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
Which way are the lock washers supposed to go, and on which side?
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Scootypuff @scootypuff.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
e x c a r n a t i o n
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Swedens Softest Kitty @chizita.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
You would repost a frog

a picture of a frog
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Scootypuff @scootypuff.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
They say you can never go home, but damn, life, did you really need to make it that obvious?
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