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Mike Boylan-Kolchin

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Dad, husband, astrophysicist, dog herder. Samuel T. and Fern Yanagisawa Regents Professor in Astronomy at UT Austin. This is a personal account and the views expressed in my posts here are mine. https://mrbk.github.io

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None of these dipshits ever takes a second to consider that, if they take their own (specious) argument seriously, they should support "free Palestine" (which they don't).

10.03.2026 16:07 πŸ‘ 24 πŸ” 4 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0

I require more booze in protein, not more protein in booze.

10.03.2026 21:30 πŸ‘ 11 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Turns out that doing bad-form chin-ups with Hegseth may not be as positive for one's health as it's made out to be

10.03.2026 17:43 πŸ‘ 25 πŸ” 5 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0

None of these dipshits ever takes a second to consider that, if they take their own (specious) argument seriously, they should support "free Palestine" (which they don't).

10.03.2026 16:07 πŸ‘ 24 πŸ” 4 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0

Yeah, I think Crockett is a great politician who has a lot to recommend her. She tried a novel campaign strategy and it didn't work. I still think she has a bright future and I'm hoping to be able to vote for her in a statewide office soon.

10.03.2026 14:26 πŸ‘ 5 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Lobster tail is lethality fuel, everyone knows this

10.03.2026 13:52 πŸ‘ 21 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 3 πŸ“Œ 0

Not going to suggest that people refrain from engaging in Discourse, because a lot of people (not Kevin) are on here mainly to fight with strangers on the internet, but we are seeing seeing a lot of ops / bot accounts and that's going to increase substantially as we approach the midterms.

10.03.2026 13:51 πŸ‘ 33 πŸ” 4 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 1

Good old-fashioned jealousy is underrated as an explanation of the primary motivation of a lot of people in power

10.03.2026 13:42 πŸ‘ 18 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

All evidence so far is that Lane Kiffin will trip over his own ego whenever possible. Unless he can change that fundamental personality trait β€” and there's no reason to think that he can β€” I have a hard time seeing him winning a championship.

10.03.2026 13:34 πŸ‘ 8 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
Preview
The Danger of Silence When Academic Freedom Is Under Threat Inaction from rank-and-file workers enabled government censorship during the Red Scares.

You ever write something and there are so many parts you hope people engage with that you can't figure out which ones to quote?

I'll do a wee thread on the 3rd, and final, essay from my Red Scares series

www.insidehighered.com/opinion/colu...

10.03.2026 13:19 πŸ‘ 144 πŸ” 80 πŸ’¬ 4 πŸ“Œ 9

It may be middle school me speaking, but: End of the Road is a certified banger, actually

10.03.2026 02:14 πŸ‘ 7 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

11. Maybe 14

10.03.2026 00:32 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Hundreds of miles (some up to ~1000)

10.03.2026 00:05 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

I feel like taking over the Straight of Hormuz would solve all of the problems because ships just materialize there and once they’ve passed through, they are magically transported to where they needed to be.

09.03.2026 20:13 πŸ‘ 55 πŸ” 10 πŸ’¬ 4 πŸ“Œ 3

The Ohio State University is expected to close ranks and replace him with his hard-line son, further straining an already highly volatile situation in a region that has seen constant conflict over the past several decades

09.03.2026 14:31 πŸ‘ 650 πŸ” 104 πŸ’¬ 29 πŸ“Œ 2
09.03.2026 22:41 πŸ‘ 9 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

I feel like taking over the Straight of Hormuz would solve all of the problems because ships just materialize there and once they’ve passed through, they are magically transported to where they needed to be.

09.03.2026 20:13 πŸ‘ 55 πŸ” 10 πŸ’¬ 4 πŸ“Œ 3

Look, the novel infections disease understanders and tariff impact knowers must move to new areas when they are needed

09.03.2026 13:32 πŸ‘ 29 πŸ” 4 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

My "favorite" part about this is when they say 'your opinion is valuable to us!' Uhh, it clearly is not. Clearly.

09.03.2026 18:05 πŸ‘ 20 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

"Surely this will be the event that breaks the US's dependence on the personal automobile", according to all knowledge-havers for the ~15th time in recent memory.

09.03.2026 17:31 πŸ‘ 19 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

I believe the answer to this question come from the famous adage of "walk loudly and hit people indiscriminately with a stick"

09.03.2026 17:22 πŸ‘ 7 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Not ideal. @mbkplus.bsky.social and I will offer further thoughts on AI and academic publishing on our mostly human-generated podcast later this week. livefromwatthall.transistor.fm

09.03.2026 16:43 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
09.03.2026 16:39 πŸ‘ 13 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0

The crowd that was eager to sacrifice everyone else's grandma for the economy is back, telling folks operating enormous vessels carrying ~3 million barrels of one of the most valuable and flammable substances on earth that they should live a little by driving through an intense war zone

09.03.2026 16:28 πŸ‘ 18 πŸ” 8 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0

When a meeting gets canceled and I never knew about it in the first place, it feels like I've won 2x

09.03.2026 14:59 πŸ‘ 20 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

I'm very, very sorry. Or you're welcome, I'm not really sure at this point.

09.03.2026 14:34 πŸ‘ 5 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

The Ohio State University is expected to close ranks and replace him with his hard-line son, further straining an already highly volatile situation in a region that has seen constant conflict over the past several decades

09.03.2026 14:31 πŸ‘ 650 πŸ” 104 πŸ’¬ 29 πŸ“Œ 2

We thought the wallet inspector was just going to look for Obama's birth certificate and suddenly we're hunting neighbors for toilet paper again.

09.03.2026 14:26 πŸ‘ 83 πŸ” 16 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0

I guess BOFA deez focuses were obvious BS?

09.03.2026 14:24 πŸ‘ 9 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Who up broughting they sexual?

09.03.2026 14:07 πŸ‘ 47 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0