Tim C - aka Beam
@timc.bsky.social
Apparently an "elder"
Enthusiast of bikes, beer, music, cocktails, the STL, food, and good people. (He/Him)
Enthusiast of bikes, beer, music, cocktails, the STL, food, and good people. (He/Him)
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🦋 Butterfly wing patterns create motion illusions that protect them from predators! Our new study (8 years in the making) is out in Nature today
doi.org/10.1038/s415...
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September 30, 2026 at 4:06 PM
🦋 Butterfly wing patterns create motion illusions that protect them from predators! Our new study (8 years in the making) is out in Nature today
doi.org/10.1038/s415...
@grahancock.bsky.social @esbriolat.bsky.social
@scienceanna.bsky.social @lauraakelley.bsky.social @uniexecec.bsky.social
doi.org/10.1038/s415...
@grahancock.bsky.social @esbriolat.bsky.social
@scienceanna.bsky.social @lauraakelley.bsky.social @uniexecec.bsky.social
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"'If you can’t be nice to girls, you aren’t really a nice person.'
And I was like, 'Yeah, that’s exactly it, isn’t it?” And he was like, “It’s so obvious.' And I didn’t have the heart to tell him that apparently it isn’t."
And I was like, 'Yeah, that’s exactly it, isn’t it?” And he was like, “It’s so obvious.' And I didn’t have the heart to tell him that apparently it isn’t."
Raising a boy in Trump's America | Men Yell at Me
On Monday, I was reading about the alleged 2024 rape of a Cornell student. Several fraternity brothers allegedly drugged and raped her when
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September 30, 2026 at 11:33 AM
"'If you can’t be nice to girls, you aren’t really a nice person.'
And I was like, 'Yeah, that’s exactly it, isn’t it?” And he was like, “It’s so obvious.' And I didn’t have the heart to tell him that apparently it isn’t."
And I was like, 'Yeah, that’s exactly it, isn’t it?” And he was like, “It’s so obvious.' And I didn’t have the heart to tell him that apparently it isn’t."
This is a Rationalists thing isn't it? I fully expect the weird sex cultist to be very opposed to the word "artificial" when it comes to AI.
Trump: "Now we're calling it super. We're using the word super. Because the other word is a fake word. It's just not a good -- it's not an appropriate word. Whoever wins SI is going to win."
September 29, 2026 at 9:10 PM
This is a Rationalists thing isn't it? I fully expect the weird sex cultist to be very opposed to the word "artificial" when it comes to AI.
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Please 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.
Not 'could;' not 'might,' not 'probably," but absolutely will, with mathematical certainty.
Dr Oz says the Trump administration will kick more than a million people off health insurance because some of them have "never filed a claim"
September 22, 2026 at 4:39 PM
Please 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.
Not 'could;' not 'might,' not 'probably," but absolutely will, with mathematical certainty.
Photos from the Forest Park Balloon Glow
September 19, 2026 at 6:08 AM
Photos from the Forest Park Balloon Glow
Douchebags yelling about sports was the bread and butter of sports talk radio for decades. Somewhere along the way, ESPN got Bari Weiss'd and convinced that was the sweet, sweet audience they needed to cultivate.
ESPN used to be a place to go for sports highlights, player insights and funny anchors.
And now it's a douchebag roid case in a tank top screaming about the betting lines.
And now it's a douchebag roid case in a tank top screaming about the betting lines.
September 18, 2026 at 3:24 AM
Douchebags yelling about sports was the bread and butter of sports talk radio for decades. Somewhere along the way, ESPN got Bari Weiss'd and convinced that was the sweet, sweet audience they needed to cultivate.
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BREAKING: The Missouri Supreme Court has placed the redistricting referendum on the ballot.
It has also barred the use of the 2025 map in the general election. The 2022 map that almost guarantees Emanuel Cleaver's victory will be in effect.
ENORMOUS
It has also barred the use of the 2025 map in the general election. The 2022 map that almost guarantees Emanuel Cleaver's victory will be in effect.
ENORMOUS
September 3, 2026 at 9:40 PM
BREAKING: The Missouri Supreme Court has placed the redistricting referendum on the ballot.
It has also barred the use of the 2025 map in the general election. The 2022 map that almost guarantees Emanuel Cleaver's victory will be in effect.
ENORMOUS
It has also barred the use of the 2025 map in the general election. The 2022 map that almost guarantees Emanuel Cleaver's victory will be in effect.
ENORMOUS
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One thing I wish people would realize is just how central JK Rowling is to the entire anti-trans ecosystem. Looking at a network node analysis of the top 200 anti-trans X accounts, she is the most central figure spanning both sides of the Atlantic from Republicans to Labour.
August 19, 2026 at 11:59 PM
One thing I wish people would realize is just how central JK Rowling is to the entire anti-trans ecosystem. Looking at a network node analysis of the top 200 anti-trans X accounts, she is the most central figure spanning both sides of the Atlantic from Republicans to Labour.
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I’ve come to regard LLMs in what is I think a healthy way: like a somewhat-well-trained pack animal that I’m grudgingly willing to work with on code projects, but with the constant understanding that I am the superior species here and I can eat it if it keeps disappointing me
August 14, 2026 at 1:10 AM
I’ve come to regard LLMs in what is I think a healthy way: like a somewhat-well-trained pack animal that I’m grudgingly willing to work with on code projects, but with the constant understanding that I am the superior species here and I can eat it if it keeps disappointing me
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if you're bad at driving you shouldn't do it
Do you have any extremely niche, but serious, ethical stances?
July 30, 2026 at 5:27 AM
if you're bad at driving you shouldn't do it
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Leandro Paredes with a red card after the final whistle
July 19, 2026 at 10:08 PM
Leandro Paredes with a red card after the final whistle
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German broadcast. Nailed it
July 19, 2026 at 8:27 PM
German broadcast. Nailed it
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[everybody, all at once] we fucking told you
My god. The Heritage Foundation, which mercilessly attacked transgender kids in order to protect the "integrity of women's sports," is now attacking the legal basis for women's sports. The transgender student decision is barely 2 weeks old.
July 14, 2026 at 12:28 AM
[everybody, all at once] we fucking told you
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Barack Obama had no right to nominate a new Supreme Court justice after Antonin Scalia died. And if a senator from Kentucky has died recently, Andy Beshear has no right to choose a new senator.
by Mitch McConnell
by Mitch McConnell
July 11, 2026 at 11:23 PM
Barack Obama had no right to nominate a new Supreme Court justice after Antonin Scalia died. And if a senator from Kentucky has died recently, Andy Beshear has no right to choose a new senator.
by Mitch McConnell
by Mitch McConnell
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...and this right here is precisely what trans folks have been saying: these sports bans *have never been about sports* – they're a backdoor way to stripping trans rights more generally...
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See, people always want to make this just about "sports," but the real upshot here is that, 6-3, trans women can't make a claim under the Equal Protection Clause. And if they can't do that, it's hard to see how they have constitutional rights.
June 30, 2026 at 2:28 PM
...and this right here is precisely what trans folks have been saying: these sports bans *have never been about sports* – they're a backdoor way to stripping trans rights more generally...
bsky.app/profile/elie...
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I suppose that's one way to improve ratings... Add commentators that will cause people to hate watch. Wiggins, Armstrong, and Bruyneel? Fuck those guys.
NBC has clearly figured out how to build a Time Machine back to 2002. The network recently confirmed that the TDF broadcast team will include Lance, Bruyneel, Wiggins, Bob Roll, Phil Liggett.
June 25, 2026 at 6:14 PM
I suppose that's one way to improve ratings... Add commentators that will cause people to hate watch. Wiggins, Armstrong, and Bruyneel? Fuck those guys.
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Graphic design is my passion.
June 24, 2026 at 12:25 AM
Graphic design is my passion.
Why yes, I did realize my First Order shirt looks like on of the USA kits. Thanks for noticing.
June 19, 2026 at 8:35 PM
Why yes, I did realize my First Order shirt looks like on of the USA kits. Thanks for noticing.
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Make a band much worse:
The Stephen Miller Band
The Stephen Miller Band
June 19, 2026 at 4:59 PM
Make a band much worse:
The Stephen Miller Band
The Stephen Miller Band
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Yes I did. www.teamziller.com/nba-predicti...
June 14, 2026 at 4:41 AM
Yes I did. www.teamziller.com/nba-predicti...
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Huge shoutout to the pride of Jefferson City Missouri, OG Anunoby!
June 11, 2026 at 3:43 AM
Huge shoutout to the pride of Jefferson City Missouri, OG Anunoby!
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I am on record that protected corners, when designed so that they put a 6" curb directly in the path of travel of a bicyclist, are a hazard.
Yes, this does have the effect of limiting the likelihood of right-hook crashes, but also almost certainly causes solo crashes that will never be reported.
Yes, this does have the effect of limiting the likelihood of right-hook crashes, but also almost certainly causes solo crashes that will never be reported.
June 10, 2026 at 5:33 PM
I am on record that protected corners, when designed so that they put a 6" curb directly in the path of travel of a bicyclist, are a hazard.
Yes, this does have the effect of limiting the likelihood of right-hook crashes, but also almost certainly causes solo crashes that will never be reported.
Yes, this does have the effect of limiting the likelihood of right-hook crashes, but also almost certainly causes solo crashes that will never be reported.
This smacks so hard of a high school Student Council member who ran because no one took The Foutainhead seriously.
Here is the memo that Nick Bilton sent to staff about firing Scott Pelley:
June 3, 2026 at 3:14 AM
This smacks so hard of a high school Student Council member who ran because no one took The Foutainhead seriously.