Joe Auerbach

Joe Auerbach

@joeauerbach.bsky.social

Professional nerd. Hobbyist nerd. Biological nerd? he/him I think I wrote a book? It was sort of an accident, but it's in my linktree: linktr.ee/joe.auerbach

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If you're a radical leftist, a progressive, a liberal, or even just a plain old Democrat, I'm probably on board with your politics. But in this political climate, that shit doesn't matter because we're not even in the ballpark. So until the room changes a LOT, I'm focusing on other shit.

I'm not sure what my wife is dreaming about but someone gave her sleeping self super sour alcohol and she's glad we're going. If you have the option, marry someone who talks in their sleep. It's constantly entertaining.

If you've been watching FoodTubers for years, you actually don't need to ask if we're in a recession. Because everybody knows that pre-covid the whole algorithm was A5 wagyu beef. And now it's ways to stretch out your dollar store ground beef with beans and wood chips.

I hate when your phone gets so old that it develops taste. And it's like, "This charger? No, I'm way too good for this charger. There's really only like 2 chargers that work for me and to be honest one is a pity charger." Like, damn, look, I'm glad you have standards, but you also need power.

The thing that scares the ramaslimey ad discourse is that it centers him. It's just like the trump campaign. His campaign was all about him but the opposition was ALSO about him. How awful he is. How much he lied. None of it was about the other candidate. It made him the only one in the race.

This feels like that. Yes, he's semi-sapient slime. Yes he's only doing this because he thinks he's going to lose. But none of that is about her. Her policies. Her politics. It's not even about HIS politics or policies. That is not smart.

I legitimately get emotional thinking about Voyager 1. It's simply amazing that it's still out there doing its job. At like 28,000 mph. Just 50 times the speed of sound. No big deal.

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I've taken a lot of turtle pics while snorkeling - and occasionally I've gotten 4 or more in the same shot... but never with this kind of lighting. Only really possible when the sun is first rising. (Also cool because nobody else is out there). #turtles #honu #photography #marinelife #nokings #maui

So to begin with @mattcolville.bsky.social 's stream tonight has convinced me to watch You Can See Everything. But also, I think my takeaway from all the Elizabeth Holmes discourse that has been floating around is that she's awful, but no more guilty than Musk or Bezos. They do the same shit.

And Io think the correct takeaway isn't that she shouldn't be going to jail. It's that they should ALSO be going to jail and they're not probably mostly because they're men.

The Columbus school for the deaf, which is also the school for the blind is one of the most gorgeous places in town this morning. There's a wide green campus wearing a thick blanket of fog that stops like a wall at the road.

It feels like a little bit of a waste that half the students there can't see it. I hope they can feel it. And I guess I'll just have to enjoy it extra on their behalf.

every group of people has names that are good and names that are shit. My draw steel game is no exception. Good elf names: Screaming Falls, breathing mist Great Gust, a doe flees Shit elf names: Chittering brush, dancing green Shittest elf name: Child fart, laughter dances

Conversation I just had with my kid's cat: "Look buddy. We both know that when I come back in this room I'm going to carry you into the other room and put you on the bed. You might as well do it for me. Think about it." When I came back my child had moved. They thought I was talking to them.

I was probably 25 or 30 years old when I realized that the guy in Lady in Red is dancing with her "cheek to cheek". I was pretty sure he said chuggity chug or something.

[Spiderman 2] Peter: finishes a ten step quest to honor the memory of his aunt, his best friend, and his best friend's mother. Harry hologram: Hey, I made you a new spiderman suit to represent all your hard work and our friendship. Me: Wow. This is .... just the ugliest suit ever.

This one isn't really a hot take either, but modern bodybuilding is almost exclusively a sport about wrecking your body with drugs. And to be quite honest, if that's what it is, it shouldn't exist.