Angry Rutabaga
@streamlass.bsky.social
Geologist (MSc), hydrologic modeler.
ELCA. She/her. Ace.
Walking SW Wisconsin stereotype, flatlanded in Iowa.
Avatar: Functionally unidentifiable in snow gear
Banner: Hailstones and engineering ruler
ELCA. She/her. Ace.
Walking SW Wisconsin stereotype, flatlanded in Iowa.
Avatar: Functionally unidentifiable in snow gear
Banner: Hailstones and engineering ruler
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I hate that how braindead people get when the magic words "Machine Learning" appear.
We're going to spend generations cleaning up after "exuberant" computer scientists.
We're going to spend generations cleaning up after "exuberant" computer scientists.
September 22, 2026 at 1:51 AM
I hate that how braindead people get when the magic words "Machine Learning" appear.
We're going to spend generations cleaning up after "exuberant" computer scientists.
We're going to spend generations cleaning up after "exuberant" computer scientists.
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I am listening to The Daily on the Endangered Species Act. And it's good.
But I need NYT to understand that the ESA isn't JUST FOR ANIMALS. And the ESA does not only protect plants when they form critical habitat for animals. It protects actual endangered plants.
www.nytimes.com/2026/09/21/p...
But I need NYT to understand that the ESA isn't JUST FOR ANIMALS. And the ESA does not only protect plants when they form critical habitat for animals. It protects actual endangered plants.
www.nytimes.com/2026/09/21/p...
The Trump Administration Defangs the Endangered Species Act
A new interpretation of the law would mean that only the intentional killing of animals, not collateral harm, would be illegal.
www.nytimes.com
September 22, 2026 at 1:14 AM
I am listening to The Daily on the Endangered Species Act. And it's good.
But I need NYT to understand that the ESA isn't JUST FOR ANIMALS. And the ESA does not only protect plants when they form critical habitat for animals. It protects actual endangered plants.
www.nytimes.com/2026/09/21/p...
But I need NYT to understand that the ESA isn't JUST FOR ANIMALS. And the ESA does not only protect plants when they form critical habitat for animals. It protects actual endangered plants.
www.nytimes.com/2026/09/21/p...
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"Funding Palantir"
NOT "arming the country." NOT "improving U.S. response and efficiency."
No, it's FUNDING FUCKING PALANTIR
NOT "arming the country." NOT "improving U.S. response and efficiency."
No, it's FUNDING FUCKING PALANTIR
Peter Thiel has the wheel: “US Deputy Secty of Defense Stephen Feinberg has drafted a memo directing Defense Department subordinates to purchase up to $243.9 M in services from…[Thiel’s] Palantir…without a competitive bidding process…The memo’s subject line is called ‘Funding Palantir’.” 8/11/26…1/
Give Palantir up to $244M through 2028, says internal Defense Department memo
Draft memo taps AI data analysis biz for help with military production efficiency
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September 21, 2026 at 11:06 PM
"Funding Palantir"
NOT "arming the country." NOT "improving U.S. response and efficiency."
No, it's FUNDING FUCKING PALANTIR
NOT "arming the country." NOT "improving U.S. response and efficiency."
No, it's FUNDING FUCKING PALANTIR
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Twenty. Family. Farms.
Of course he was employing undocumented immigrants. Doubtful he was paying fair wages or adhering to labor laws, definitely wasn't providing benefits.
Leopards will get you every time you think you're somehow protected from the fascism.
Of course he was employing undocumented immigrants. Doubtful he was paying fair wages or adhering to labor laws, definitely wasn't providing benefits.
Leopards will get you every time you think you're somehow protected from the fascism.
Republican Governor Jim Pillen has been a champion of Donald Trump’s immigration crackdown. But at least 20 of his family farms employed undocumented immigrants, according to a new investigation by the Flatwater Free Press and The New York Times. youtu.be/5RZgrR1_7Dc?...
This GOP governor said ‘illegal aliens’ have ‘invaded.’ His family farms EMPLOYED them, report finds
YouTube video by MS NOW
youtu.be
September 20, 2026 at 11:22 PM
Twenty. Family. Farms.
Of course he was employing undocumented immigrants. Doubtful he was paying fair wages or adhering to labor laws, definitely wasn't providing benefits.
Leopards will get you every time you think you're somehow protected from the fascism.
Of course he was employing undocumented immigrants. Doubtful he was paying fair wages or adhering to labor laws, definitely wasn't providing benefits.
Leopards will get you every time you think you're somehow protected from the fascism.
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Vote… well, I don’t know but vote anyway 😉😁
#MinCup26 Round 2 Match 5
It's a pair or rare, vibrant minerals with unusual chemistry as purple #Putnisite is up against blue #Julienite.
VOTE: www.mineralcup.org/2026/vote-re...
RESULTS: www.mineralcup.org/2026/vote-re...
It's a pair or rare, vibrant minerals with unusual chemistry as purple #Putnisite is up against blue #Julienite.
VOTE: www.mineralcup.org/2026/vote-re...
RESULTS: www.mineralcup.org/2026/vote-re...
September 21, 2026 at 1:09 AM
Vote… well, I don’t know but vote anyway 😉😁
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I’ve been writing the annual staff appraisals.
Unfortunately, everyone has received ‘Requires Improvement’.
Nobody brought chicken.
I’ve provided constructive feedback.
Bring chicken.
Unfortunately, everyone has received ‘Requires Improvement’.
Nobody brought chicken.
I’ve provided constructive feedback.
Bring chicken.
September 20, 2026 at 4:19 PM
I’ve been writing the annual staff appraisals.
Unfortunately, everyone has received ‘Requires Improvement’.
Nobody brought chicken.
I’ve provided constructive feedback.
Bring chicken.
Unfortunately, everyone has received ‘Requires Improvement’.
Nobody brought chicken.
I’ve provided constructive feedback.
Bring chicken.
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I don't know, seems like talk about drones and snipers in DC should be a little more alarming to people, even at this stage.
September 20, 2026 at 2:27 PM
I don't know, seems like talk about drones and snipers in DC should be a little more alarming to people, even at this stage.
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ExxonMobil wants the Miocene climate.
We really, really don't want to see the Miocene climate.
We really, really don't want to see the Miocene climate.
Exxon is now expecting a 2.5 - 3C rise by 2050
But says f*ck you - we are just going to keep right on sucking up as much gas and oil as we can
Because even though we know what's coming, we really don't give a sh*t
www.reuters.com/business/ene...
But says f*ck you - we are just going to keep right on sucking up as much gas and oil as we can
Because even though we know what's coming, we really don't give a sh*t
www.reuters.com/business/ene...
Exxon raises 2050 global emissions forecast, sees slower coal decline
The world is at risk of falling behind in efforts to reduce carbon emissions by 2050, ExxonMobil said in its annual energy outlook published on Thursday, as the burning of coal could decline at a slo...
www.reuters.com
September 20, 2026 at 7:32 AM
ExxonMobil wants the Miocene climate.
We really, really don't want to see the Miocene climate.
We really, really don't want to see the Miocene climate.
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“The arrangement would give Vought, the director of the White House Office of Management and Budget, a direct role in determining how NIH distributes its $48 billion in congressionally-appropriated money.”
Bypassing the many checks and balances at NIH on grant funding decisions.
Bypassing the many checks and balances at NIH on grant funding decisions.
Trump asked budget chief to draft order bringing health research funding under his control
Trump asked budget chief to draft order bringing health research funding under his control
The move came after the NIH director refused Trump’s request to cut Harvard grants in an Oval Office meeting.
dlvr.it
September 20, 2026 at 4:00 AM
“The arrangement would give Vought, the director of the White House Office of Management and Budget, a direct role in determining how NIH distributes its $48 billion in congressionally-appropriated money.”
Bypassing the many checks and balances at NIH on grant funding decisions.
Bypassing the many checks and balances at NIH on grant funding decisions.
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Nobody is going to want to hear this, but a real risk we face, no matter who is president next, is that they will see no need to restore the rights lost or the executive power stolen in the last 10 years.
Hey its fucking wierd more of the dems platform isnt "we will give you abortion rights back"
September 20, 2026 at 3:45 AM
Nobody is going to want to hear this, but a real risk we face, no matter who is president next, is that they will see no need to restore the rights lost or the executive power stolen in the last 10 years.
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The amazing “Elk’s Head of Huittinen” comes from a Mesolithic settlement in southern Finland, dating to around 6100 BC.
The ~10 cm long steatite (soapstone) head was carefully ground and finished and features a shaft hole for mounting.
Because the stone is soft, it is unlikely...🧵1/3
📷 me
The ~10 cm long steatite (soapstone) head was carefully ground and finished and features a shaft hole for mounting.
Because the stone is soft, it is unlikely...🧵1/3
📷 me
September 20, 2026 at 7:14 AM
The amazing “Elk’s Head of Huittinen” comes from a Mesolithic settlement in southern Finland, dating to around 6100 BC.
The ~10 cm long steatite (soapstone) head was carefully ground and finished and features a shaft hole for mounting.
Because the stone is soft, it is unlikely...🧵1/3
📷 me
The ~10 cm long steatite (soapstone) head was carefully ground and finished and features a shaft hole for mounting.
Because the stone is soft, it is unlikely...🧵1/3
📷 me
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“The Uncompahgre Ute[…] harnessed [triboluminescence from electrical charges under mechanical stress] by making ceremonial rattles of translucent buffalo rawhide filled with quartz crystals. When shaken[…] the crystals smashing into each other produced enough glow to be visible through the rawhide.”
#MinCup26 Round 2 Match 4
Both colourful yet opposite in almost every other way, it’s abundant and hard #Quartz against rare and very soft #Stichtite.
VOTE: www.mineralcup.org/2026/vote-re...
RESULTS: www.mineralcup.org/2026/vote-re...
Both colourful yet opposite in almost every other way, it’s abundant and hard #Quartz against rare and very soft #Stichtite.
VOTE: www.mineralcup.org/2026/vote-re...
RESULTS: www.mineralcup.org/2026/vote-re...
September 20, 2026 at 4:23 AM
“The Uncompahgre Ute[…] harnessed [triboluminescence from electrical charges under mechanical stress] by making ceremonial rattles of translucent buffalo rawhide filled with quartz crystals. When shaken[…] the crystals smashing into each other produced enough glow to be visible through the rawhide.”
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#MinCup26 Round 2 Match 4
Both colourful yet opposite in almost every other way, it’s abundant and hard #Quartz against rare and very soft #Stichtite.
VOTE: www.mineralcup.org/2026/vote-re...
RESULTS: www.mineralcup.org/2026/vote-re...
Both colourful yet opposite in almost every other way, it’s abundant and hard #Quartz against rare and very soft #Stichtite.
VOTE: www.mineralcup.org/2026/vote-re...
RESULTS: www.mineralcup.org/2026/vote-re...
September 20, 2026 at 12:00 AM
#MinCup26 Round 2 Match 4
Both colourful yet opposite in almost every other way, it’s abundant and hard #Quartz against rare and very soft #Stichtite.
VOTE: www.mineralcup.org/2026/vote-re...
RESULTS: www.mineralcup.org/2026/vote-re...
Both colourful yet opposite in almost every other way, it’s abundant and hard #Quartz against rare and very soft #Stichtite.
VOTE: www.mineralcup.org/2026/vote-re...
RESULTS: www.mineralcup.org/2026/vote-re...
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The climatologist
told me societies
can change
but it’s inconvenient.
The teacher told me students can think but it’s inconvenient.
The epidemiologist told me people can help but it’s inconvenient.
The ethicist told me that
it’s inconvenient
is no excuse.
The teacher told me students can think but it’s inconvenient.
The epidemiologist told me people can help but it’s inconvenient.
The ethicist told me that
it’s inconvenient
is no excuse.
September 18, 2026 at 10:09 PM
The climatologist
told me societies
can change
but it’s inconvenient.
The teacher told me students can think but it’s inconvenient.
The epidemiologist told me people can help but it’s inconvenient.
The ethicist told me that
it’s inconvenient
is no excuse.
The teacher told me students can think but it’s inconvenient.
The epidemiologist told me people can help but it’s inconvenient.
The ethicist told me that
it’s inconvenient
is no excuse.
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this isn't even a moral judgment on the party all that much. I mean it is, but less than you think, it's more just an observation that the Democratic Party is an organism that responds to stimuli in predictable ways once you learn its biology.
September 19, 2026 at 11:16 PM
this isn't even a moral judgment on the party all that much. I mean it is, but less than you think, it's more just an observation that the Democratic Party is an organism that responds to stimuli in predictable ways once you learn its biology.
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trans people are also just flatly correct to rage at Dems for wavering on trans rights because immigration advocates did not do so when Dems started wavering on immigration under Obama and that led us to Biden adopting Trump I immigration policy almost wholesale
September 19, 2026 at 11:09 PM
trans people are also just flatly correct to rage at Dems for wavering on trans rights because immigration advocates did not do so when Dems started wavering on immigration under Obama and that led us to Biden adopting Trump I immigration policy almost wholesale
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Hey all, this is a very important video and it's not being seen. The border wall is violating sovereignty for the Tohono O'odham nation and destroying sacred cultural heritage
Please share widely and support those advocating on the ground
Please share widely and support those advocating on the ground
They 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
Trump's border-wall contractors bulldozed right through it
/1
Link: youtu.be/A4U6q76eqUM
September 19, 2026 at 7:40 PM
Hey all, this is a very important video and it's not being seen. The border wall is violating sovereignty for the Tohono O'odham nation and destroying sacred cultural heritage
Please share widely and support those advocating on the ground
Please share widely and support those advocating on the ground
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I am Experiencing Nature lmao
September 19, 2026 at 8:05 PM
I am Experiencing Nature lmao
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The important thing to know is that i have *not* been capsized by an otter
But it was a closer thing than I'd have liked
But it was a closer thing than I'd have liked
September 19, 2026 at 6:18 PM
The important thing to know is that i have *not* been capsized by an otter
But it was a closer thing than I'd have liked
But it was a closer thing than I'd have liked
@skwinnicki.bsky.social bird onna boot onna boat!
September 19, 2026 at 8:32 PM
@skwinnicki.bsky.social bird onna boot onna boat!
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And a reminder: no matter how much damn electronics you think you know, or can even prove you know, you will not be allowed to go to outer space naked.
September 19, 2026 at 8:24 PM
And a reminder: no matter how much damn electronics you think you know, or can even prove you know, you will not be allowed to go to outer space naked.
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Insisting that LLMs are Not People is not an academic argument about the nature of sapience or free will.
It's a rejection of accountability laundering.
If non-determinism made machines responsible for their own actions then revolvers used in Russian Roulette should be indicted for murder.
It's a rejection of accountability laundering.
If non-determinism made machines responsible for their own actions then revolvers used in Russian Roulette should be indicted for murder.
September 19, 2026 at 1:34 PM
Insisting that LLMs are Not People is not an academic argument about the nature of sapience or free will.
It's a rejection of accountability laundering.
If non-determinism made machines responsible for their own actions then revolvers used in Russian Roulette should be indicted for murder.
It's a rejection of accountability laundering.
If non-determinism made machines responsible for their own actions then revolvers used in Russian Roulette should be indicted for murder.
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Screenshot from California Law Review's "Black English for Lawyers", which has some really tragic real-world examples of police and lawyers not understanding AAVE constructions.
Black English for Lawyers: A Primer — California Law Review
Lawyers do not know as much about Black English as they should, and people’s freedom hangs in the balance. Differences between language varieties in sounds and grammar can change and have changed the ...
www.californialawreview.org
September 19, 2026 at 3:53 PM
Screenshot from California Law Review's "Black English for Lawyers", which has some really tragic real-world examples of police and lawyers not understanding AAVE constructions.
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This is why they're eliminating geoscience programs.
this whole thing is madness inducing but the middle paragraph here is the one that made me say "oh we're FUUUUUCKED fucked" out loud
September 18, 2026 at 11:34 PM
This is why they're eliminating geoscience programs.