John B. Cole
@lsmsa1990.bsky.social
Dairy cattle geneticist, mediocre Python programmer, eccentric cat gentleman, Irish bouzouki owner, LSMSA, LSU, AAAS Fellow.
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"The MAGA right must be defeated, not negotiated with."
October 1, 2026 at 12:29 PM
"The MAGA right must be defeated, not negotiated with."
Brooke Rollins made an appearance at World Dairy Expo yesterday. I refused to attend her talk on principle, but I'm told the room was full when she started and nearly empty when she finished. If the regime is losing dairy farmer support, well, that doesn't bode well for Rs in November.
October 1, 2026 at 11:47 AM
Brooke Rollins made an appearance at World Dairy Expo yesterday. I refused to attend her talk on principle, but I'm told the room was full when she started and nearly empty when she finished. If the regime is losing dairy farmer support, well, that doesn't bode well for Rs in November.
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I truly, deeply, sincerely do think the guy flipping burgers at McDonalds should be able to afford rent, bills, and groceries with his paycheck alone. That's kind of the whole point of having a job and I can't believe this is considered a radical position.🤷🏽♀️
September 19, 2026 at 1:38 AM
I truly, deeply, sincerely do think the guy flipping burgers at McDonalds should be able to afford rent, bills, and groceries with his paycheck alone. That's kind of the whole point of having a job and I can't believe this is considered a radical position.🤷🏽♀️
Why can't the replicator use a combination of his voiceprint and comm badge proximity to figure out it's the Captain asking and give him tea, Earl Grey, hot, by default?
That Picard has to specify the temperature each time probably means that Earl Grey is popular onboard, but at different heat levels, and the ship's systems no longer has a default mode for that beverage.
October 1, 2026 at 11:17 AM
Why can't the replicator use a combination of his voiceprint and comm badge proximity to figure out it's the Captain asking and give him tea, Earl Grey, hot, by default?
So much this. I find it very difficult to get my phone to play the correct podcast by talking to it, much less anything important.
Entire generation of tech nerds never realized that talking to the computer on star trek was a narrative device and it is very rare that anyone wants to so this except necessary hands free situations
October 1, 2026 at 11:13 AM
So much this. I find it very difficult to get my phone to play the correct podcast by talking to it, much less anything important.
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SO YOU ARE A CATHOLIC?
NAME FIVE CATS!
NAME FIVE CATS!
September 29, 2026 at 2:18 AM
SO YOU ARE A CATHOLIC?
NAME FIVE CATS!
NAME FIVE CATS!
If they stop making Salted Nut Rolls I'm likely to be driven to intemperate behavior.
Salted Nut Rolls are delicious but also have an interesting story to tell, and same goes for lots of other Minnesota snacks.
A pleasure to contribute some thoughts and history to this excellent piece by @stribrooks.bsky.social
Gift link! 🍫 🍬
A pleasure to contribute some thoughts and history to this excellent piece by @stribrooks.bsky.social
Gift link! 🍫 🍬
Unwrapping Minnesota’s greatest contributions to the candy aisle
As the Pearson’s plant in St. Paul produces its last Salted Nut Roll, a look back at some sweet Minnesota history.
www.startribune.com
September 28, 2026 at 10:51 PM
If they stop making Salted Nut Rolls I'm likely to be driven to intemperate behavior.
This is a bad bill that will benefit the NCAA and the conferences, but won't fix the transfer portal, which is the real problem. As an LSU alumnus, I wish the schools would do something about the rape and all, too, but I guess Athletic Directors don't get paid for protecting people from athletes.
The transfer portal is the bigger issue than athlete pay. Schools like TCU and Texas A&M get hit hard by it.
September 28, 2026 at 9:58 PM
This is a bad bill that will benefit the NCAA and the conferences, but won't fix the transfer portal, which is the real problem. As an LSU alumnus, I wish the schools would do something about the rape and all, too, but I guess Athletic Directors don't get paid for protecting people from athletes.
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“Huh. That’s weird.” is the essence of being a scientist. When did that become a surprise to people?
"For a long time, I thought becoming a scientist meant learning how to appear certain, composed, and knowledgeable. But the people I came to admire have held on to their willingness to ask questions and to be excited by what they did not yet know." #ScienceWorkingLife https://scim.ag/4rsIztb
September 28, 2026 at 9:05 PM
“Huh. That’s weird.” is the essence of being a scientist. When did that become a surprise to people?
"Choosin' Texas" is a perfectly cromulent song and the dance is fun. There doesn't need to be a Discourse about it. I have a bad memory and often get the title wrong (it's not "Leavin' Texas"?) and I have no idea what the singer's name is. She sounds just a hair Lucinda, sometimes, which I like.
September 27, 2026 at 2:50 PM
"Choosin' Texas" is a perfectly cromulent song and the dance is fun. There doesn't need to be a Discourse about it. I have a bad memory and often get the title wrong (it's not "Leavin' Texas"?) and I have no idea what the singer's name is. She sounds just a hair Lucinda, sometimes, which I like.
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Git outto heer yu dumb pinnople!
September 27, 2026 at 3:06 AM
Git outto heer yu dumb pinnople!
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when you get a good DM
September 25, 2026 at 11:24 PM
when you get a good DM
I refuse to address the New York Times list of best TV shows of the 21st century on the grounds that they're going to be haunted by Bourdain, anyway, and I can't write anything worse than that.
September 25, 2026 at 5:00 PM
I refuse to address the New York Times list of best TV shows of the 21st century on the grounds that they're going to be haunted by Bourdain, anyway, and I can't write anything worse than that.
There are no penalties too harsh for these folks. I hope their luggage ends up in Cleveland and they're in Miami. I hope their favorite snack runs out just before the cart reaches them, I hope the person in the seat in front of them reclines, all the way back. Foul spirits.
at an airport rn and it's absolutely startling how many people are playing videos on their phones or taking calls on speaker phone, all sans headphones. all of these people should be severely reprimanded!
September 25, 2026 at 4:54 PM
There are no penalties too harsh for these folks. I hope their luggage ends up in Cleveland and they're in Miami. I hope their favorite snack runs out just before the cart reaches them, I hope the person in the seat in front of them reclines, all the way back. Foul spirits.
@baldwin.senate.gov I can't believe y'all have nothing better to spend floor time on than Ted Cruz's "Protect the NCAA's Monopoly" bill.
September 25, 2026 at 3:18 PM
@baldwin.senate.gov I can't believe y'all have nothing better to spend floor time on than Ted Cruz's "Protect the NCAA's Monopoly" bill.
We're Costco members but aren't really Costco People. I kind of hate going there because the other customers are awful and the cashiers get mad if you don't want to BOGO the cream cheese Danishes. I rolled by this evening to get a couple of pizzas, and I pity every worker in the food court, what a.
September 24, 2026 at 11:57 PM
We're Costco members but aren't really Costco People. I kind of hate going there because the other customers are awful and the cashiers get mad if you don't want to BOGO the cream cheese Danishes. I rolled by this evening to get a couple of pizzas, and I pity every worker in the food court, what a.
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Maybe if you refuse to answer direct questions, Congress shouldn't confirm you.
Just a thought.
Just a thought.
September 24, 2026 at 4:52 PM
Maybe if you refuse to answer direct questions, Congress shouldn't confirm you.
Just a thought.
Just a thought.
If I was a grown person who didn't know his own address, I probably wouldn't admit it. What are we even doing here? That's not admirable, or evidence of mental dexterity, or systems thinking, or whatever. In fact, I don't even believe him.
I regret to inform you that Ezra Douthglesias is at it again
Ezra Klein asked Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang about AI making kids worse at math and reading. Huang’s reply: “Does it matter?”
Then he said he doesn’t know his own address or phone number. “We’re going to lose some fine intellectual dexterity.” www.nytimes.com/2026/09/23/o...
Then he said he doesn’t know his own address or phone number. “We’re going to lose some fine intellectual dexterity.” www.nytimes.com/2026/09/23/o...
September 24, 2026 at 4:42 PM
If I was a grown person who didn't know his own address, I probably wouldn't admit it. What are we even doing here? That's not admirable, or evidence of mental dexterity, or systems thinking, or whatever. In fact, I don't even believe him.
There are so many gaps in my knowledge of music, but why was "Bitches Brew" so controversial in the jazz world? Hadn't Ornette Coleman already burned everything down with "Free Jazz"?
September 24, 2026 at 4:35 PM
There are so many gaps in my knowledge of music, but why was "Bitches Brew" so controversial in the jazz world? Hadn't Ornette Coleman already burned everything down with "Free Jazz"?
I am so grateful to this post because I'd not yet heard that. It's fantastic. God bless our aviation-shanty overlords. Also, go see the sea shanty-based retelling of Mary Ann Brown Patten's story, "Steady She Goes", by Erica Berman, it's fantastic.
“it’s so important that we continue to hold space for nuance in the ongoing debate over the role of AI in our lives” — slide 1 of 270 in my presentation “Why the ‘How Do I Start An F-16?’ song is an objective societal good”
September 24, 2026 at 3:05 PM
I am so grateful to this post because I'd not yet heard that. It's fantastic. God bless our aviation-shanty overlords. Also, go see the sea shanty-based retelling of Mary Ann Brown Patten's story, "Steady She Goes", by Erica Berman, it's fantastic.
@bsky.app, what the heck? Why am I getting "Invalid handle" messages on my profile, and "Failed to verify handle. Please try again." when I try and re-validate my domain? The file's there. The contents are correct. This had been working for, I don't know, a year or more?
September 24, 2026 at 12:23 PM
@bsky.app, what the heck? Why am I getting "Invalid handle" messages on my profile, and "Failed to verify handle. Please try again." when I try and re-validate my domain? The file's there. The contents are correct. This had been working for, I don't know, a year or more?
The Covid booster I got yesterday is kicking my butt much more than the flu or pneumonia shots did, but hopefully I'll avoid the post-Expo wave of sickness that happens every year now.
September 24, 2026 at 12:12 PM
The Covid booster I got yesterday is kicking my butt much more than the flu or pneumonia shots did, but hopefully I'll avoid the post-Expo wave of sickness that happens every year now.
Imagine the poor staffer who had to explain furries to the dumbest member of Congress. Or don't, they work for him voluntarily.
Tommy Tuberville: Many airline pilots, flight attendants, and air traffic controllers are part of the furry community. It's terrifying.
September 23, 2026 at 5:44 PM
Imagine the poor staffer who had to explain furries to the dumbest member of Congress. Or don't, they work for him voluntarily.
I'm generally calmer as I age, but the absolute trash that is the "styling" system in Microsoft PowerPoint does terrible things to my blood pressure. "Slide Master" my foot. I'm about 30 seconds away from becoming a Beamer person, I swear, then at least formatting would work properly.
September 23, 2026 at 12:51 PM
I'm generally calmer as I age, but the absolute trash that is the "styling" system in Microsoft PowerPoint does terrible things to my blood pressure. "Slide Master" my foot. I'm about 30 seconds away from becoming a Beamer person, I swear, then at least formatting would work properly.
Utter trash. California deserves better. As if we're not already years into learning (yet again) why imperial presidents/governors/potentates are Bad, Actually.
Dude thinks he's appealing to "moderates" (really just a handful of right-wing podcasters) and can't stop printing out receipts that say "Gavin ain't got that dog in him." His veto may as well have been sent from another planet where Republicans don't instantly breach every supposed norm.
September 22, 2026 at 12:41 PM
Utter trash. California deserves better. As if we're not already years into learning (yet again) why imperial presidents/governors/potentates are Bad, Actually.