Zach Simmons @zjsimmons.bsky.social · 13/10/2026In that vein: what about banning people pardoned by trump from holding government jobs? 001
Zach Simmons @zjsimmons.bsky.social · 13/10/2026The regular season radio broadcast is great, they have a lot of fun with that. That ad is only for the opponents, home team pitching change is ironworkers IIRC. 040
Zach Simmons @zjsimmons.bsky.social · 11/10/2026In an environment where people call a spade a spade wrt politics, Brooks pretty much ceases to have a purpose. 020
Reposted by Zach Simmons David Shiffman, Ph.D. 🦈 @whysharksmatter.bsky.social · 09/10/2026World Octopus Day: new discoveries about the world’s smartest invertebratesnews.mongabay.comWorld Octopus Day: new discoveries about the world’s smartest invertebratesHappy World Octopus Day! Every Oct 8, the world celebrates one of the more unusual creatures of the sea. Octopuses are well-known for their eight legs and ability to squirt ink when frightened.… 15719
Zach Simmons @zjsimmons.bsky.social · 09/10/2026I don't mean to suggest it's not horrific, it just also seems exceptionally stupid. 032
Zach Simmons @zjsimmons.bsky.social · 09/10/2026So their plan is to give this guy public martyrdom and they're going to broadcast it? Is the trump admin planning any other terrorist colabs? 111
Zach Simmons @zjsimmons.bsky.social · 08/10/2026Kind of amusing to see comments like this come out of a dude with an artificial face. 120
Zach Simmons @zjsimmons.bsky.social · 08/10/2026"think of my various grifts, if you don't reelect republicans, I won't be able to continue to feed at the public teet oversight free, think of how terrible THAT would be" 000
Zach Simmons @zjsimmons.bsky.social · 07/10/2026Bingo. Carney is exactly the kind of dude that finds being called racist as bad or worse than actual racism. 0310
Zach Simmons @zjsimmons.bsky.social · 03/10/2026Perhaps rather than tearing down the ballroom, it could be used for mass naturalization ceremonies. 180
Zach Simmons @zjsimmons.bsky.social · 02/10/2026Now they're coming after raw eye drops? What will it be next? 000
Zach Simmons @zjsimmons.bsky.social · 26/09/2026Nobody has more contempt for the intelligence of Americans than the gop, example 5,643. 020
Zach Simmons @zjsimmons.bsky.social · 17/09/2026My hot take is that the perception of inflation is an integral. 001
Zach Simmons @zjsimmons.bsky.social · 17/09/2026"anyway, I'm on vacation for the next two months, vote for me" 030
Zach Simmons @zjsimmons.bsky.social · 16/09/2026So "Americans are hurting and we're on vacation, vote for us" is their midterm strategy? Interesting 010
Zach Simmons @zjsimmons.bsky.social · 13/09/2026Yep, we teachers have no leverage in this fight and LMS companies know that. Why fix persistent problems when faculty are captive and the threshold of how crappy it has to be in order to move to another LMS is very high? But hey have a useless AI widget, we can roll that out quick. 021
Zach Simmons @zjsimmons.bsky.social · 13/09/2026Rather than actual diplomats we have credulous dipshits like kushner. Does he ever get any actual questions? "So you're advocating that putin, who is murdering civilians in Ukraine to try and get what he wants, should be rewarded for that behavior?" Seems like a pretty obvious one. 000
Zach Simmons @zjsimmons.bsky.social · 11/09/2026Earnest question: why is meta choosing to die on this hill? I don't understand why they don't say "our bad, AI did it, we fixed it and it's gone now." I just don't get why they need this or how doing away with it is bad for them in any way. 001
Zach Simmons @zjsimmons.bsky.social · 09/09/2026I don't follow- he tried but did not succeed, spent like 25M! 000
Zach Simmons @zjsimmons.bsky.social · 09/09/2026Seems very strange to call out "doing nothing about pesticides in food" considering that's basically rfks position? 021
Zach Simmons @zjsimmons.bsky.social · 06/09/2026The author sounds like they are not in the classroom. The concern is not what is AI good for vs not, it is what if overuse hobbles students' critical thinking abilities. A student with strong critical thinking will be equipped to figure out when to use AI. 010
Zach Simmons @zjsimmons.bsky.social · 06/09/2026I worry folks who seem to have substituted oppositional defiance for critical thinking are not very susceptible to shame. Maybe raw-milk induced diarrhea could be a more ideologically transformative experience. 000
Zach Simmons @zjsimmons.bsky.social · 27/08/2026I guess I don't understand the hostility to this idea? Aren't there many many circumstances where a figure is a better way to convey information than text? 110
Reposted by Zach Simmons Kevin J. Kircher @kevinjkircher.com · 24/08/2026Underappreciated: US farmland *already substantially produces energy, not food*, and does so very inefficiently. Corn ethanol (~40% of all US corn) requires about 100 times more land per vehicle-mile driven than solar photovoltaics -> electric vehicles. Shifting corn to solar *would free up land*. 4935101021
Zach Simmons @zjsimmons.bsky.social · 22/08/2026Clearest example of this IMO is SCOTUS, the GOP majority is all pre-MAGA, and yet they bend over backward to enable him with just ridiculous intellectually bankrupt BS like the immunity ruling. 090
Zach Simmons @zjsimmons.bsky.social · 12/08/2026Broke: "touching the stove" Woke: "sitting on the stove- you didn't say I couldn't sit on the stove and besides I don't feel anything now so what's the worst that could happen" 000
Zach Simmons @zjsimmons.bsky.social · 12/08/2026Exactly. A lot of online enthusiasm for Hong seemed to be from people out of state excited about the prospect of a DSA candidate winning a statewide race while insulated from the downsides/risk of a far-right nut as their governor. Do they not realize we currently have a far-right nut senator? 091
Zach Simmons @zjsimmons.bsky.social · 12/08/2026I would be curious to know what fraction of folks voted early.. seems like exactly the sort of race to wait. 030
Zach Simmons @zjsimmons.bsky.social · 09/08/2026Such a self-important clown. His legacy is "the doctor who confirmed an antivaxer" and nothing he says will undo that. 010
Zach Simmons @zjsimmons.bsky.social · 07/08/2026Agree. If scholarships are a "cost," then isn't that a cost associated with most all students? Most students don't pay sticker price. I wonder how widely understood the idea of discount rate is. 000
Zach Simmons @zjsimmons.bsky.social · 05/08/2026Mustn't endanger that sweet sweet post-senate $$$ and access 051
Reposted by Zach Simmons Rebecca R Helm @rebeccarhelm.bsky.social · 04/08/2026Today is the day the story There Will Come Soft Rain is set. An amazing and heartbreaking work of fiction for our modern age. Read it here: 19720275
Zach Simmons @zjsimmons.bsky.social · 03/08/2026Yeah the numbers in that piece have to be bogus.. it says 200M Americans make money from these things.. nah. 030
Reposted by Zach Simmons eileen chengyin chow @chowleen.bsky.social · 01/08/2026"When the first of August came round, the Professor realized he had pleasantly trifled away nearly two months at a task which should have taken little more than a week." -Willa Cather (from The Professor's House, 1925) 16686140
Zach Simmons @zjsimmons.bsky.social · 01/08/2026Reagan gave amnesty to something like 3M people; the modern GOP wouldn't have a place for him is an understatement, they'd string him up. 160
Zach Simmons @zjsimmons.bsky.social · 27/07/2026If you're threatened by clapping, you're on a power trip and probably not cut out for public office. 1990
Zach Simmons @zjsimmons.bsky.social · 26/07/2026Want to bring your online stalking to the real world? do we have a product for you. 010
Zach Simmons @zjsimmons.bsky.social · 23/07/2026No amount of being "carried away" makes up for the people dead because of him. 000
Zach Simmons @zjsimmons.bsky.social · 22/07/2026Presumably Medicare for All would be the position of politicians who support entrepreneurs and people who want the freedom to start small businesses, right?? 000
Reposted by Zach Simmons We Geek Girls @wegeekgirls.bsky.social · 18/07/2026‘Aliens’ was released on this day 40 years ago! (July 18, 1986) Directed & written by James Cameron. Starring Sigourney Weaver, Carrie Henn, Michael Biehn, Bill Paxton, Paul Reiser, Lance Henriksen, Jenette Goldstein, Mark Rolston, Al Matthews, Ricco Ross, Daniel Kash & Colette Hiller. #OnThisDay 514638
Zach Simmons @zjsimmons.bsky.social · 18/07/2026I don't understand why Dems aren't running on getting folks their trump tariff refunds. 010
Zach Simmons @zjsimmons.bsky.social · 18/07/2026Idk, pretty sus to claim meeting any people within 10 min in sodak 020
Zach Simmons @zjsimmons.bsky.social · 17/07/2026While having Tammy Baldwin as Senate counterpart btw. 000
