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Walt Mankowski

@wmankowski.bsky.social
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Computer scientist in Columbia’s Radiology Department looking for better imaging biomarkers for breast and lung cancer. Longtime open source guy, new ham radio guy (KC3WHU). I’m @walt_man on that other site and @waltman@hachyderm.io on Mastodon.

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Walt Mankowski @wmankowski.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Looks like one of my neighbors is approaching retirement
A stack of four unmounted, stickered automobile tires sits on the floor of an apartment mailroom.
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Josh Fruhlinger @jfruh.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
threatening aura on this one imo
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Brandon Friedman @brandonfriedman.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Pete is lost in terms of modern war. I use the example of this outgunned Ukrainian army officer who successfully terrorized a Russian unit for weeks because she "did the math." At the time, someone commented, "yeah, in combat, 'I did the math' beats 'I can do 100 pushups' every time."
Ukrainian female soldier: Okay, I said the idea is this: There is enough time to empty one full can of 32 grenades and be gone by the time the return mortar fire reaches us. I did the math.
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Poorly Drawn Lines @poorlydrawnlines.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Things That Can Fly
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Philadelphia Phillies @phillies.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Feel like I’m coming down with something… #PlayoffFever
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Walt Mankowski @wmankowski.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
I just turned on today's Phillies game. There's an ad behind home plate for Hatfield pumpkin spice bacon — "It's back!" Is this something people actually want to eat?
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Sara Gibbs is Scary Enough Already @sararoseg.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
He imposed Shania Law
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Glenn Fleishman @glennf.com · 21/09/2026
This is the funniest thing that's happened in a grim year.

3 minutes ago
Michael Grynbaum
Media reporter

The TV networks did not bring cameras to Trump’s ribbon-cutting ceremony for the new helipad on the South Lawn. Watching the White House’s official YouTube stream, it was impossible to hear any of the president’s remarks. The audio is completely garbled.
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lauren @lauren.rotatingsandwiches.com · 19/09/2026
rough first week for humans at the intergalactic council. everyone was really nice but we spent a lot of time at orientation trying to figure out what made us unique among all the galaxy's species. turns out we're the only ones who thought to deep fry cheese. that's it. we're the fried cheese planet
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elia ayoub @ayoub.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Friend shared this video of a man unveiling the library he hid when he fled Damascus in 2011. It’s incredible
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Derek Willis @dwillis.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
Good cricket commentary always seems like it might be describing illegal and/or immoral acts.
tonked! Short and fast, Razaullah tries to get it up his hooter. But Brook is waiting, and hoicks it up and away for a one-bounce four through backward square
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Walt Mankowski @wmankowski.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
As a Phillies fan, I'm now rooting for the Braves to use up all their wins in the regular season, as usual.
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NY Times Pitchbot @nytpitchbot.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
If my Pennsylvania constituents would like to speak directly with me, they are welcome to join the staff of AIPAC or Fox News. by John Fetterman
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Adam Ellis @adamtots.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
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Walt Mankowski @wmankowski.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
Go Birds! theonion.com/jets-hope-to...
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Jets Hope To Sell More Merchandise With New ‘Philadelphia Eagles’–Themed Jerseys
EAST RUTHERFORD, NJ—Hoping that imagery strongly associated with success and winning will reignite fan enthusiasm, the New York Jets unveiled a line of “Philadelphia Eagles”–themed alternate jerseys T...
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Walt Mankowski @wmankowski.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
Say you’re in an Irish pub in New Jersey without saying you’re in an Irish pub in New Jersey
A pint of Guinness in a Guinness pint glass which has a Jets logo on it
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Walt Mankowski @wmankowski.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
Post your getaway vehicle
An old VW Beetle, painted white and with the number 53 on the side, in the style of Herbie the Love Bug
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Walt Mankowski @wmankowski.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
A small dog is carried through the woods and pulls back a curtain.
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Walt Mankowski @wmankowski.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
This is great news. All forms of cancer suck, but pancreatic cancer is particularly nasty because up to now it's been so difficult to treat. My lab at Columbia has been talking to Dr. Manji about collaborating on another project of his that involves imaging. www.cancer.columbia.edu/news/columbi...
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Columbia Research Helps Propel Daraxonrasib, a Potential New Standard of Care for Pancreatic Cancer
Daraxonrasib nearly doubled survival in patients with advanced pancreatic cancer in a landmark phase 3 trial.
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God @thegodshow.com · 26/08/2026
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derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
In his Second Discourse, Rousseau talks about how man was born free and able to live off the bountiful food that surrounded him in nature and then he was plucked from this state and introduced to society, where he was forced to labor. IG riverreachconstruction
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derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
Photos via Instagram riverreachconstruction, which has turned into a cat account.
There are four men in the photo, one of which is wearing a safety vest. The man in a safety vest is holding a small kitten, who is wearing a tiny hard hat. The kitten in a safety vest.The kitten in a safety vest and tiny hard hat.
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Justin Sherin @wychstreet.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
Big bearded Mexican guy opened his Met jersey on camera to reveal a Dolly shirt, place went nuts
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Bill Amend @billamend.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
Tonight’s dumb napkin cartoon…
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Mike Lynch @sportinfo247.bsky.social · 23/08/2026
The Phillies are the only team in the baseball reference db to score at least 6 runs in a 9-inning walk-off win after being scoreless and down to their last out
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Garth Marenghi's Catbus @catbus.phd · 21/08/2026
horrible
comic panel of an alarmed man beset by a cried saying 

no...no people....the whole universe is full of PEOPLE!  there's no escape....
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Adam @adamundefined.com · 20/08/2026
I’m getting a banana caramel affogato right now but definitely have to come back for a sundae…even if just for the name. 😂🍌
A photo of the menu board at Dairy Bar showing one of the large sundaes this week:
It’s One Banana (Sundae) Michael, How Much Could It Cost?
- Soft serve twist (banana caramel affogato+ vanilla)
-Caramel sauce
-Cinnamon-Skor crunch Me holding up a cup of banana caramel affogato in front of Dairy Bar.
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Warrior_Snail @kungfuaction.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
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Team Talarico @teamtalaricohq.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
NEW AD: 14 years ago today, Ken Paxton stole someone's $1,000 pen. Today, Ken Paxton’s pen victim is endorsing James Talarico.
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Zebulon Vitruvius Pike @vitruviuspike.bsky.social · 04/08/2026
The image is of a Twitter(?) post with the poster paraphrasing John Adams, "I must study war so my sons can study business so their sons can study art so their sons can write gay vampire fiction."

Below this quote is another post with an image of Ulysses Grant Dietz, great grandson of Civil War general and president Ulysses S. Grant. Yes, Dietz is an author of gay vampire fiction. 

https://www.lgbtqnation.com/2012/10/a-u-s-presidents-great-great-grandsons-big-gay-vampire-novel/

#steampunk #19thc #acw #lgbtq
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Codify Baseball @codifybaseball.bsky.social · 26/07/2026
Kerry Wood, Behind-The-Back Eephus 😮
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Walt Mankowski @wmankowski.bsky.social · 25/07/2026
I drove back down the the Philly area today and stopped by the Barnes & Noble in Valley Forge. By chance Lisa Scottoline, who lives nearby, is doing a reading of her latest book. The store is filled with women of a certain age.
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Walt Mankowski @wmankowski.bsky.social · 25/07/2026
As I was driving along the PA Turnpike this morning, a group of 8 Harleys passed me, and all of the riders were wearing Pagan Motorcycle Club jackets. Life hack: Give the Pagans plenty of room.
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Walt Mankowski @wmankowski.bsky.social · 24/07/2026
A problem with working at Columbia is the existential angst of getting emails like this on Friday afternoon: business.columbia.edu/insights/90s...
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Sorry, the 90s are officially vintage now | Columbia Business School
True vintage products are moderately aged, iconic, and scarce, according to new research from Columbia Business School that defines vintage style.
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Count Binface @countbinface.bsky.social · 19/07/2023
Under a Binface government, anyone who doesn’t accept human-made climate change as fact will be sent back to school, from Year 1 right the way to A Levels, to see if anything goes in the second time round. #VoteBinface
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J. L. Westover @mrlovenstein.bsky.social · 24/07/2026
Secret Panel HERE 😩 tinyview.com/mrlovenstein/2026/07/23/old
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Walt Mankowski @wmankowski.bsky.social · 22/07/2026
I'm living dangerously — I had a salad for lunch today.
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Matt Separa @mattsepara.bsky.social · 21/07/2026
So today I learned there are little doors in the gates to the Colosseum in Rome because the city cats go there at night to sleep. cc @darthbluesky.bsky.social
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Jonathan Dushoff @jdushoff.bsky.social · 19/07/2026
This is the best opening paragraph in history. www.theatlantic.com/magazine/202...
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Punctuation: A Generational Divide
Can parents ever learn to text like their kids? Should they even try?
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Amy @lolennui.bsky.social · 19/07/2026
there’s my president rooting for his future home argentina
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sirosenbaum.bsky.social @sirosenbaum.bsky.social · 16/07/2026
Amazing that this man can perfectly execute both of the Great New York Expressions - Italian AND Jewish
Mamdani going “Eyyy”Mamdani going “nu?”
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The Museum of English Rural Life (MERL) @themerl.bsky.social · 16/07/2026
There's a lot we can learn from museums. For example: imagine how much better England would have been last night if there had been a dry-stone wall in front of Pickford's goal.
A clearly photoshopped image of Messi stood in front of a drystone wall (from The MERL collection)
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James Ball @jamesrball.com · 15/07/2026
Honestly, the way the entire pub chants "wanker" any time Infantino appears on screen is truly heartwarming.
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Molly Knight @mollyknight.bsky.social · 15/07/2026
Five center backs against Argentina, Piers.
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Will Bunch @willbunch.bsky.social · 15/07/2026
The scriptwriters need to make it a little more believable with Argentina
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Walt Mankowski @wmankowski.bsky.social · 10/07/2026
My vote for grump of the week was going to go to that Norwegian soccer fan who refuses to row after games, but Professor Mendelson is making a strong case here. news.columbia.edu/news/christo...
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Christopher Nolan’s ‘The Odyssey’ Is in Theaters This Summer. Columbia University ‘Lit Hum’ Professors Have Thoughts.
Faculty members reflect on Homer’s epic poem and its latest transfer to the big screen.
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Walt Mankowski @wmankowski.bsky.social · 10/07/2026
Truly New Jersey is the food center of the universe. www.nj.com/food/2026/07...
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Disco fries on pizza? This N.J. pizzeria combines two Jersey classics
It's the kind of mashup that could only make sense in New Jersey.
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Dexerto @dexerto.bsky.social · 10/07/2026
A Norway fan has gone viral for not taking part in their Row celebration after matches and won't do it if they win the World Cup "It’s factually wrong; they didn’t row, they sailed over the Atlantic”
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