Reposted by Eric BriggsThis American Life @thisamericanlife.org · 23/09/2026Some NPR podcasts started getting mysterious comments on Spotify. They made no sense to the staff reading them – until someone from a younger generation cracked the code. Hear the story: link.podtrac.com/78g1b584 1232086
Reposted by Eric BriggsSchrödinger's Sneetch Belly @rtodkelly.bsky.social · 22/09/2026Please know that this is one of my few legitimate areas of actual, high-level professional expertise: Kicking the healthiest people off of a health insurance program will bankrupt it. Not 'could;' not 'might,' not 'probably," but absolutely will, with mathematical certainty. 25768232251
Reposted by Eric BriggsJadzia Axelrod 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️ @planetx.bsky.social · 19/09/2026Happy #BatmanDay, big guy. 104786919
Eric Briggs @tgebriggs.bsky.social · 20/09/2026Knightfall broke 16-yr-old me of the comic book superheroes habit. I pivoted to a fandom for a show where literally anything could happen: Tekwar #Batmanday 031
Reposted by Eric BriggsFlint Dibble @flintdibble.bsky.social · 18/09/2026They knew this 1,000-year-old archaeological site was here. It had been mapped, published, and reported to the agencies responsible for the land. Trump's border-wall contractors bulldozed right through it /1 Link: youtu.be/A4U6q76eqUM 4188109
Reposted by Eric BriggsJonathan McDowell @planet4589.bsky.social · 14/09/2026Apparently the commander of the International Space Station brought her dancing pants to space with her 1163138703
Eric Briggs @tgebriggs.bsky.social · 10/09/2026Imagining an episode of @radiofreeskaro.bsky.social where any two of the Three Who Rule are Muppets, thanks Disney 000
Eric Briggs @tgebriggs.bsky.social · 06/09/2026Would someone please answer that secret underground bunker? It's ringing off the hook. 010
Reposted by Eric BriggsLance Parkin @lanceparkin.bsky.social · 05/09/2026Kangaroos have been around longer than Betelgeuse. 2102
Reposted by Eric BriggsJason Perry @volcanopele.bsky.social · 27/08/2026Ontario Lacus is a hydrocarbon lake near the south pole of Saturn’s moon Titan. Measuring 235 kilometers long by 75 kilometers across, Ontario Lacus is slightly smaller than its terrestrial counterpart, Lake Ontario. Lakes on Titan are named after lakes on Earth that are roughly the same size. 717458
Reposted by Eric BriggsMicah @rincewind.run · 27/08/2026everything is so stupid and embarrassing all the time 403076451
Reposted by Eric BriggsbeeblePete @beeblepete.bsky.social · 27/08/2026Before his fame as the lead in #Transformers, Peter Cullen voiced all the leaders, despots and the very narrator of this myth of a mighty robot: From days of long ago, from uncharted regions of the universe, comes a legend: The legend of #Voltron, Defender of The Universe! youtu.be/3HgWCp79nzI #RIPyoutu.beVoltron Opening Theme | VOLTRON: DEFENDER OF THE UNIVERSEYouTube video by Universal Kids 043
Reposted by Eric BriggsAnon Opin @anonopin.bsky.social · 23/08/2026People use "the square root of fuck all" to mean less than fuck all, but in point of fact if the fuck all in question is less than 1.0000, then the square root of the fuck all is MORE than the fuck all. It is a mathematical certainty. 179515
Reposted by Eric BriggsThe Beaverton @thebeaverton.com · 22/08/2026Art Of The Deal author fails to secure deal with friendliest nation on planetthebeaverton.comArt Of The Deal author fails to secure deal with friendliest nation on planetWASHINGTON D.C. - President Trump, a man who was elected based on his self-proclaimed "deal-making genius", has failed to secure a trade deal with Canada, a nation most known for maple syrup and neigh... 652890887
Reposted by Eric BriggsKatie Mack @astrokatie.com · 22/08/2026Watching Prime Minister Carney discussing the breakdown of the Canada-US trade deal at a press conference and just really appreciating living in a country where the leader can speak coherently and knowledgeably about what is actually happening. 1845981884
Reposted by Eric BriggsCosmicRami 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️ @rami.spaceaustralia.com · 17/08/2026So why did @astronerdika.bsky.social and I think this week should be #NeutronStarWeek? Well, two big things happened in August for Neutron Stars! Firstly, today is the anniversary of the double neutron star merger event - #GW170817 detected by @ligo.org @egovirgo.bsky.social Listen to the chirp!youtube.comGW170817 Spectrogram + Template AudioYouTube video by LIGO Virgo KAGRA 17922
Reposted by Eric BriggsJohn E Moores @arcticsaxifrage.bsky.social · 17/08/2026This week, new PVL Postdoc @transmartian.bsky.social talks about studying widely (as opposed to narrowly) in planetary science. Make sure to read through to the bottom for a deep dive into the saying "A jack of all trades is a master of none..." york-pvl.blogspot.com/2026/08/jack...york-pvl.blogspot.comJack of All Trades, Doctor of SomeThis week, our newly minted Doctor Innanen presents an essay in defence of the generalist. Once upon a time, all scientists were generalists... 044
Reposted by Eric BriggsJonn Elledge @jonnelledge.bsky.social · 15/08/2026How Not To Sound Like A Maniac.jonn.substack.comSome unwritten rules of EnglishOr: how not to sound like a maniac. 2114939
Reposted by Eric BriggsREwadent Evil @ewacat.bsky.social · 12/08/2026JUST TO NOTE IF PEOPLE PLAN ON USING COLANDERS TO SEE THE ECLIPSE YOU ARE NOT LOOKING THROUGH IT, YOU ARE USING IT TO FILTER THE LIGHT AND WATCH THE SHADOW OF THE MOON ON THE GROUND/OTHER SURFACE 19558182
Eric Briggs @tgebriggs.bsky.social · 08/08/2026@goonpod.bsky.social I checked out Beat the Devil to spot Sellers' additional dialogue for Humphrey Bogart 010
Eric Briggs @tgebriggs.bsky.social · 05/08/2026The intersection they loved so much, they used its name as code for 'The King has died' 010
Eric Briggs @tgebriggs.bsky.social · 05/08/2026There once was a beautiful moon It was up in the sky, chum 100
Reposted by Eric BriggsCanadian History Ehx @cdnhistoryehx.bsky.social · 01/08/2026On this day in 1905, Helen Sawyer Hogg was born. As an astronomer, she pioneered research into globular clusters and variable stars. She also inspired many to pursue science through her Toronto Star column With the Stars, that ran from 1951 to 1981. 📸 University of Toronto 17517
Reposted by Eric BriggsDr Pamela L Gay @starstryder.space · 31/07/2026I ❤️ planetarium. Go hug the sky with your brain. 2444
Reposted by Eric BriggsMeg Schwamb @megschwamb.bsky.social · 27/07/2026"All scientific observations at Jodrell are expected to cease on the 1 April 2028 unless alternative funding can be found." www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...bbc.co.ukJodrell Bank's Lovell telescope faces axe in science cuts, BBC understandsAstronomers warn it would tear the heart out of UK science, and leave a generation untrained. 44430
Reposted by Eric BriggsThe Daily Tism @thedailytism.com · 23/07/2026An autistic man with a special interest in the Harry Potter series has made the decision to value the lives and dignity of his trans friends more than a book about a wizard who grows up to be a cop, sources have reported.thedailytism.comAutistic man with special interest in Harry Potter gets over it, leaving you with no excuseAn autistic man with a special interest in the Harry Potter series has made the decision to value the lives and dignity of his trans friends more than a book about a wizard who grows up to be a cop,… 3242861585
Reposted by Eric BriggsKatharine Hayhoe @katharinehayhoe.com · 15/07/2026830 wildfires burning across Canada right now. And you know what’s going to make it worse in the future? More oil pipelines. This is why our voice and our vote matters. 461925773
Eric Briggs @tgebriggs.bsky.social · 17/07/2026As Auerbach wrote, "...even the Homeric epithets seem to me in the final analysis to be traceable to the same need for an externalization of phenomena in terms perceptible to the senses." 000
