Mike Palmer
@icengineer.bsky.social
Engineer, atheist, photographer, hiker, traveler
Update: From now on, our AI, which is the very best AI because our president has such a high IQ, will be known as Double Super AI.
September 25, 2026 at 12:38 AM
Update: From now on, our AI, which is the very best AI because our president has such a high IQ, will be known as Double Super AI.
I wonder if noted "historian" and Trump friend Newt Gingrich is lobbying for the position?
The Smithsonian’s top official, Lonnie G. Bunch III, is retiring, ushering a transition at the institution just as President Trump intensifies his campaign to influence its portrayal of American history.
Here is the full letter Bunch sent to staff:
Here is the full letter Bunch sent to staff:
Read Lonnie Bunch’s letter announcing his resignation to Smithsonian staff
The longtime head of the institution told staffers he would “continue to protect the integrity of the Smithsonian.” He said he would depart by the end of the year.
www.washingtonpost.com
September 9, 2026 at 6:17 AM
I wonder if noted "historian" and Trump friend Newt Gingrich is lobbying for the position?
Post your getaway vehicle
August 29, 2026 at 5:00 AM
Post your getaway vehicle
Sure do wish they could have rerouted that food cart stowaway to Honduras. Or Venezuela. Or Cuba.
NEW FROM ME: The US Air Force has done dozens of secret ICE flights to Honduras since early June, in the largest and most regular use of their aircraft in Trump's second term.
Read it here now, or read it in NYT six months from now. gillianbrockell.com/the-air-forc...
Read it here now, or read it in NYT six months from now. gillianbrockell.com/the-air-forc...
The Air Force has been doing secret ICE flights to Honduras for months
At least some of the flights were third-country removals, human rights group says.
gillianbrockell.com
August 15, 2026 at 5:23 AM
Sure do wish they could have rerouted that food cart stowaway to Honduras. Or Venezuela. Or Cuba.
Progress in my filed? We're not off to a good start.
![A screen shot from an AI research platform's home page, offering to help me find the latest progress in my filed [sic].](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:7qtxmew65e7jp4mdtgkoet2b/bafkreibo2mv5aqeboqnpwuidiog7inz5h3q6wwrvwmxlnhdf5ibbhtdyzi)
July 20, 2026 at 5:32 PM
Progress in my filed? We're not off to a good start.
Sentences I never imagined seeing...
I am substituting cheese. For my health
Angry that this food recall is depriving me of my favorite food, lettuce
July 19, 2026 at 6:27 AM
Sentences I never imagined seeing...
Huh? What? Seriously?
My first thought was, "You must be joking!"
My first thought was, "You must be joking!"
The racism complicates it a bit but this explains a lot of my experience onhere and off.
July 19, 2026 at 6:16 AM
Huh? What? Seriously?
My first thought was, "You must be joking!"
My first thought was, "You must be joking!"
Beloved sheriff of color erects toll booth in desert.
A burnt-out employee makes a rounding error.
July 17, 2026 at 4:37 PM
Beloved sheriff of color erects toll booth in desert.
"Depression and acceptance await."
What do depression and acceptance look like, if not like the anger and bargaining we've already seen? How can we tell the difference between acceptance and yet another round of bargaining?
@radiofreetom.bsky.social
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...
What do depression and acceptance look like, if not like the anger and bargaining we've already seen? How can we tell the difference between acceptance and yet another round of bargaining?
@radiofreetom.bsky.social
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...
Iran, Not Trump, Is in Control of This War
The cease-fire was always just a Trump fantasy.
www.theatlantic.com
July 9, 2026 at 2:47 PM
"Depression and acceptance await."
What do depression and acceptance look like, if not like the anger and bargaining we've already seen? How can we tell the difference between acceptance and yet another round of bargaining?
@radiofreetom.bsky.social
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...
What do depression and acceptance look like, if not like the anger and bargaining we've already seen? How can we tell the difference between acceptance and yet another round of bargaining?
@radiofreetom.bsky.social
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...
I would forward this to the Yale grads I know, but like so many Yale grads, they support Trump. Not sure how they would vote in Trump v. Yale, but it's not worth finding out.
#DontCaveYale
#DontCaveYale
The administration needs to know we expect them to not capitulate. You’ll find the contact information on the @yale.edu website, and please contact Cristina María Rodríguez, dean of the law school, to express your support. #DontCaveYale
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The dean of Yale Law School and some members of its faculty are trying to stop a settlement between the university and the Trump administration, warning that an agreement could jeopardize Yale’s independence, according to two people familiar with the deliberations.
July 8, 2026 at 6:44 AM
I would forward this to the Yale grads I know, but like so many Yale grads, they support Trump. Not sure how they would vote in Trump v. Yale, but it's not worth finding out.
#DontCaveYale
#DontCaveYale
I am Larry. Shut up if you don't like my hole.
July 4, 2026 at 5:53 AM
I am Larry. Shut up if you don't like my hole.
Children of a Special* God
* He hates those who need mercy and compassion and love and empathy.
* He hates those who need mercy and compassion and love and empathy.
what i find fascinating is that these people genuinely consider themselves religious
was looking at X to check something and uh, yeah, i really don't think the next couple of years are going to be great
June 26, 2026 at 2:30 AM
Children of a Special* God
* He hates those who need mercy and compassion and love and empathy.
* He hates those who need mercy and compassion and love and empathy.
Wow... Just amazing. Intelligence must have looked into Tulsi's background. Did they miss this? Or did Trump give her top clearance anyway?
From WaPo:
Tulsi Gabbard, her guru and the mysterious messages that helped shape her political career
www.washingtonpost.com/investigatio...
From WaPo:
Tulsi Gabbard, her guru and the mysterious messages that helped shape her political career
www.washingtonpost.com/investigatio...
Tulsi Gabbard, her guru and the mysterious messages that helped shape her political career
I obtained hundreds of confidential memos detailing politics and policy guidance for Gabbard from her years in Congress, then embarked on a quest to identify who was behind them.
www.washingtonpost.com
June 21, 2026 at 9:49 PM
Wow... Just amazing. Intelligence must have looked into Tulsi's background. Did they miss this? Or did Trump give her top clearance anyway?
From WaPo:
Tulsi Gabbard, her guru and the mysterious messages that helped shape her political career
www.washingtonpost.com/investigatio...
From WaPo:
Tulsi Gabbard, her guru and the mysterious messages that helped shape her political career
www.washingtonpost.com/investigatio...
The relatively low cost of basic science compared to the incredible payoffs we get from it never ceases to amaze me.
The stupidity of those who would end that research, on the other hand, is perpetually baffling.
www.nytimes.com/2026/06/20/o...
The stupidity of those who would end that research, on the other hand, is perpetually baffling.
www.nytimes.com/2026/06/20/o...
Opinion | The Science That Turned Lizard Venom Into GLP-1s Is Under Attack
www.nytimes.com
June 21, 2026 at 12:00 AM
The relatively low cost of basic science compared to the incredible payoffs we get from it never ceases to amaze me.
The stupidity of those who would end that research, on the other hand, is perpetually baffling.
www.nytimes.com/2026/06/20/o...
The stupidity of those who would end that research, on the other hand, is perpetually baffling.
www.nytimes.com/2026/06/20/o...
The biggest surrender flag in history! Nobody's ever seen anything like it! Big strong men, with tears in their eyes, say "Sir, nobody has ever surrendered like you! Even Hitler didn't surrender like you did, sir! Yours was the biggest surrender in history!"
June 13, 2026 at 1:49 PM
The biggest surrender flag in history! Nobody's ever seen anything like it! Big strong men, with tears in their eyes, say "Sir, nobody has ever surrendered like you! Even Hitler didn't surrender like you did, sir! Yours was the biggest surrender in history!"
www.nytimes.com/2026/06/12/o...
Middle Goldberg: "The inanity of the leftists who’d censor such a film shouldn’t distract us from the right-wing nightmare it reveals."
Middle Goldberg: "The inanity of the leftists who’d censor such a film shouldn’t distract us from the right-wing nightmare it reveals."
Opinion | Some Leftists Are Boycotting This Film. Everyone Should Watch It.
www.nytimes.com
June 13, 2026 at 1:30 AM
www.nytimes.com/2026/06/12/o...
Middle Goldberg: "The inanity of the leftists who’d censor such a film shouldn’t distract us from the right-wing nightmare it reveals."
Middle Goldberg: "The inanity of the leftists who’d censor such a film shouldn’t distract us from the right-wing nightmare it reveals."
I grew up at a time when everybody knew instinctively that people of color were inferior.
RAJU: But what evidence is there to prove the California election is rigged?
MIKE JOHNSON: Look, some of these efforts are so diabolical and so far upstream it's impossible to prove. But I think everybody knows instinctively that something is wrong here.
MIKE JOHNSON: Look, some of these efforts are so diabolical and so far upstream it's impossible to prove. But I think everybody knows instinctively that something is wrong here.
June 9, 2026 at 8:04 AM
I grew up at a time when everybody knew instinctively that people of color were inferior.
Update from someone living in Venezuela:
May 29, 2026
"The power goes out more often now, inflation keeps rising, and that whole idea that there would be more jobs because investment in Venezuela—and in new oil companies—was going to start up? That never happened." 1/2
May 29, 2026
"The power goes out more often now, inflation keeps rising, and that whole idea that there would be more jobs because investment in Venezuela—and in new oil companies—was going to start up? That never happened." 1/2
May 31, 2026 at 5:58 PM
Update from someone living in Venezuela:
May 29, 2026
"The power goes out more often now, inflation keeps rising, and that whole idea that there would be more jobs because investment in Venezuela—and in new oil companies—was going to start up? That never happened." 1/2
May 29, 2026
"The power goes out more often now, inflation keeps rising, and that whole idea that there would be more jobs because investment in Venezuela—and in new oil companies—was going to start up? That never happened." 1/2
45470 is the White House mental status hotline. When you text "POTUS" to 45470, it will reply with awake, alert, sleeping, nodding off, drooling, texting, dreaming, sleepwalking, soiling his pants, taking a mental acuity test, ending a war, demanding praise, accepting praise, or simply catatonic.
May 28, 2026 at 10:44 AM
45470 is the White House mental status hotline. When you text "POTUS" to 45470, it will reply with awake, alert, sleeping, nodding off, drooling, texting, dreaming, sleepwalking, soiling his pants, taking a mental acuity test, ending a war, demanding praise, accepting praise, or simply catatonic.
My new band is called "The Anecdote."
We're worse than The Cure.
We're worse than The Cure.
May 23, 2026 at 10:14 PM
My new band is called "The Anecdote."
We're worse than The Cure.
We're worse than The Cure.
Velella velella, a strange colonial hydrozoan. Millions of them washed ashore this week around Morro Bay, California. This is the northern hemisphere version - the sail relative to the main axis is at an angle of about 30 degrees. In the southern hemisphere, the angle would be about -30 degrees.
May 16, 2026 at 6:31 AM
Velella velella, a strange colonial hydrozoan. Millions of them washed ashore this week around Morro Bay, California. This is the northern hemisphere version - the sail relative to the main axis is at an angle of about 30 degrees. In the southern hemisphere, the angle would be about -30 degrees.
Can anyone explain this? I have never seen magnets in the list of dangerous items that can't be carried in checked on carry-on baggage before. They aren't in any printed lists, but there they are, in the pictures. WTF?
April 27, 2026 at 8:10 PM
Can anyone explain this? I have never seen magnets in the list of dangerous items that can't be carried in checked on carry-on baggage before. They aren't in any printed lists, but there they are, in the pictures. WTF?
Any word on why NYT seems to have shuttered comments on all articles?
April 13, 2026 at 3:59 AM
Any word on why NYT seems to have shuttered comments on all articles?
From a friend in Dubai: The Address Hotel in Dubai Creek Harbor was hit by a bomb this morning at 2:30am. No word on damage, but it would appear that Iran's drone/missile capability has not been destroyed, as our President Stupid says.
March 12, 2026 at 5:57 AM
From a friend in Dubai: The Address Hotel in Dubai Creek Harbor was hit by a bomb this morning at 2:30am. No word on damage, but it would appear that Iran's drone/missile capability has not been destroyed, as our President Stupid says.
Trump says the worst case is that we get a new leader and they might be just as bad as the one before.
I agree: JD is likely to be just as bad, and number three is Mike Johnson... It's just dumbshits, all the way down.
I agree: JD is likely to be just as bad, and number three is Mike Johnson... It's just dumbshits, all the way down.
March 3, 2026 at 9:14 PM
Trump says the worst case is that we get a new leader and they might be just as bad as the one before.
I agree: JD is likely to be just as bad, and number three is Mike Johnson... It's just dumbshits, all the way down.
I agree: JD is likely to be just as bad, and number three is Mike Johnson... It's just dumbshits, all the way down.