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Margaret Killjoy @margaret.bsky.social · 22/01/2026

I came to Minneapolis to report on what's going on, and one of the main questions I showed up with is "just what is the scale of the resistance?" After all, we're all used to the news calling Portland a "war zone" or whatever when it's just some protests in one part of town.

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Steven Theiss @steventheiss.bsky.social · 20/11/2025

The comment tread is also golden.

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Steven Theiss @steventheiss.bsky.social · 20/11/2025

He's very ashamed (of being caught) He regrets his choices (to communicate via email) These actions are not a true reflection of his character (it's worse)

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Steven Theiss @steventheiss.bsky.social · 16/11/2025

You can try a steady twisting force. It's often easier to get a tape to de-adhere with shear forces. If that doesn't work, try a little bit of ethanol or isopropyl to get the adhesive to soften. Acetone should also work, but I'd try other solvents first. If none of that works, let me know.

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Steven Theiss @steventheiss.bsky.social · 10/11/2025

Same thing happened to William Shockley, Nobel Prize winner in Physics. I don't know what it is with these guys and their virulent racism/sexism.

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Steven Theiss @steventheiss.bsky.social · 08/11/2025

Thanks! I'd love to see the others! As a scientist and D&D nerd, I found your chart delightful!

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Steven Theiss @steventheiss.bsky.social · 07/11/2025

I want to make sure I'm reading it correctly. Am I correct in saying that all "sight" spells are illusion-related? Did other members of your lab group also produce DnD-related charts? (Sorry if that's a dumb question. The internet barely existed when I was a grad student.)

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Steven Theiss @steventheiss.bsky.social · 22/09/2025

The Help menu on HULU was the only way I could get it done.

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Steven Theiss @steventheiss.bsky.social · 22/09/2025

Bloomscrolling is my new favorite word!

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Steven Theiss @steventheiss.bsky.social · 20/09/2025

Cancelled my @DisneyPlus and @Hulu subscriptions today. Caving in to Trump was reprehensible!

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Steven Theiss @steventheiss.bsky.social · 16/09/2025

How is it possible that the US is getting worse at an ever increasing pace? Every day seems worse than the one before.

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Steven Theiss @steventheiss.bsky.social · 08/09/2025

One of the downsides of being a scientist is that we are well qualified to understand just how stupid we can be. Hope you feel better soon. I truly doubt that whatever you did surpasses my stupidest acts.

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Steven Theiss @steventheiss.bsky.social · 05/09/2025

It's really sweet! I am eagerly looking forward to breaking down some of the distancing behaviors I've learned over 60 years in the US.

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Steven Theiss @steventheiss.bsky.social · 05/09/2025

No, that's just sincere appreciation! Whenever someone does the two-handed shake with me, it always adds an element of emotion that's missing from most one-handed shakes. One of my favorite things about moving to Portugal soon is the two-cheek side-kiss they do. it builds an instant connection.

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Steven Theiss @steventheiss.bsky.social · 05/09/2025

I think you have to pull him off-balance for it to qualify.

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Steven Theiss @steventheiss.bsky.social · 18/08/2025

Have you ever seen a more literal anvil cloud?

Photo of anvil cloud taken near Tomah, WI, on August 17th, 2025.

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Steven Theiss @steventheiss.bsky.social · 14/08/2025

"I regret that I have but one Big Vito #7 to give for my country!" "The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants. Oh, and Extra Virgin Olive Oil!"

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Faine Greenwood @faineg.com · 13/08/2025

This is a boot-licking casting couch audition. Many such cases right now. We will remember who they are.

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Steven Theiss @steventheiss.bsky.social · 13/08/2025

Yikes! How repulsive! The last thing we need is to further uncouple science from ethics. This is nothing less than collaboration with evil!

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Steven Theiss @steventheiss.bsky.social · 31/07/2025

Haven't posted in ages, so here are a couple of photos my daughter took of our bunny having a nice nap.

Picture of a sleeping grey house rabbit in a carpeted cat tube.

Closeup photo of a sleeping bunny's face.

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Leif Malone @thetroops.fightins.online · 14/06/2025

Greenland should preemptively attack us

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Steven Theiss @steventheiss.bsky.social · 11/06/2025

Sarah, you looked absolutely gorgeous in your bridal dress! What lovely pictures!

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Steven Theiss @steventheiss.bsky.social · 08/06/2025

Congratulations and best wishes on a long and happy marriage!

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Steven Theiss @steventheiss.bsky.social · 08/06/2025

I thought we were all buying soup to feed our families.

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Steven Theiss @steventheiss.bsky.social · 26/05/2025

It's a little known fact that rabbits can dissolve their skeletons at will.

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Steven Theiss @steventheiss.bsky.social · 26/05/2025

Being a fake man is WAY more fun! I have only pity for real men.

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Steven Theiss @steventheiss.bsky.social · 11/05/2025

This is spectacular! My jaw is hanging open in amazement at how good this is!

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Steven Theiss @steventheiss.bsky.social · 11/05/2025

I'm sorry your mom is broken. I'm watching my wife having to deal with her anxiety-laden, aging mother and I know how deeply tiring that is for her. Sounds like you have it much worse. I offer my deepest sympathies to you.

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Steven Theiss @steventheiss.bsky.social · 30/04/2025

You have to put a Post-It on your diploma indicating your cumulative lifetime fluoride intake. Sorry, them's the rules.

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Steven Theiss @steventheiss.bsky.social · 27/04/2025

Was in Princeton, NJ this weekend. All the blooming trees looked great, but my eyes were apparently allergic to EVERY. SINGLE. ONE!

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Steven Theiss @steventheiss.bsky.social · 27/04/2025

My fellow Gen X men are such fucking losers!

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Steven Theiss @steventheiss.bsky.social · 25/04/2025

Heading off to Princeton University for the weekend to attend the group reunion of my first post-doc advisor. Working for Professor Wagner for those two years changed the trajectory of my entire life. He was one of the best "bosses" I've ever had and I'm honored to have the chance to tell him that.

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Steven Theiss @steventheiss.bsky.social · 24/04/2025

I wish he'd found that anger decades ago. Angry Al Gore was what this country needed (and still is).

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Steven Theiss @steventheiss.bsky.social · 24/04/2025

Wait! None of your colleagues cried because of your pronouns?!? Preposterous!

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Steven Theiss @steventheiss.bsky.social · 22/04/2025

I remember it as being the Twitter equivalent of the "Demon Core" criticality accidents. Started with a tiny slip, immediately proceeded to (almost) a fission bomb. (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Demon_c...

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Demon core - Wikipedia

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Kristi Yamaguccimane @wapplehouse.bsky.social · 21/04/2025

Guys, JD Vance did NOT kill the Pope and it’s stupid and immature to imply he did. The Pope killed himself after meeting JD Vance.

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Steven Theiss @steventheiss.bsky.social · 19/04/2025

This is an amazing thread. I had no idea that there were people who couldn't "playback" visual memories and isolate specific components!

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Steven Theiss @steventheiss.bsky.social · 19/04/2025

I can and do "see" any kind of apple I've ever experienced, except for the Red Delicious, which I absolutely refuse to think about. The Red Delicious is a demonic perversion of the very concept of "apple".

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