Brant Vogel

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Historian #histodon Ask me about the International Commission for the History of Meteorology. John Jay. Irish science. Early Modern Atlantic World. NYC. Art. Steel guitar. Glass tubes. No IT questions. I quit that.
Brant VogelDec 28, 2022
Irene Tosetti, MD, MBA MPHDec 27, 2022

RT @[email protected]

Dear god @[email protected] please ventilate your planes while boarding, this is an obscene level of CO2 and therefore everyone on this plane is breathing in everyone's else's air and sharing RSV, flu and #COVID19, the worst kind of xmas present!!

#COVIDIsAirborne #CovidIsNotOver

🐦🔗: https://twitter.com/kelcsimpkins/status/1607471754162708480

Kelsey ~the biggest mood~ Simpkins on Twitter

“Dear god @united please ventilate your planes while boarding, this is an obscene level of CO2 and therefore everyone on this plane is breathing in everyone's else's air and sharing RSV, flu and #COVID19, the worst kind of xmas present!! #COVIDIsAirborne #CovidIsNotOver”

Twitter
Brant VogelDec 28, 2022

A pic from 12 years ago. Out my front door. Williamsburg, Brooklyn.

Context: https://www.weather.gov/okx/Meteorology12262010

The Meteorology of the December 26-27th 2010 Blizzard

Brant VogelDec 27, 2022

https://www.technologyreview.com/2022/12/24/1066041/a-startup-says-its-begun-releasing-particles-into-the-atmosphere-in-an-effort-to-tweak-the-climate/

Injecting particles into the skies as the new NFTs? Thoughts?

A startup says it’s begun releasing particles into the atmosphere, in an effort to tweak the climate

Make Sunsets is already attempting to earn revenue for geoengineering, a move likely to provoke widespread criticism.

MIT Technology Review
Brant VogelDec 26, 2022
Despite his failed plebiscite, I am still trying to fill Spaceboy X's bird feed with random nonsense. Because it's fun! (And testing the limits of free ham.) #elonmusk
Brant VogelDec 23, 2022
I unpacked a little more of Jenn Steenshorne's stuff. Good books.
Brant VogelDec 21, 2022
Thomas ZimmerDec 21, 2022
The Non-Mystery of Elon Musk’s Reactionary Politics and the Destruction of the Virtual Public Square
 
There are real stakes in losing Twitter as an instrument to democratize America
 
My new column for Guardian US: https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2022/dec/21/elon-musk-liberal-twitter-plans-benevolent?CMP=twt_b-usopinion_c-us
Elon Musk was never a liberal, and his plans for Twitter were never benevolent

Tech barons’ lip-service to democracy and pluralism was always conditional on preserving their own positions at the top

The Guardian
Brant VogelDec 20, 2022
Jason Ramsland 🏃🏻‍♂️🥾🔨🪚Dec 19, 2022

Curious because it's relevant to a sexual harassment / sex discrimination brief that I'm working on this week:

In your view, is it part of the cultural zeitgeist to correlate hand size with the size of male reproductive organs?

(not asking whether it is a true or accurate belief, just whether the notion has percolated through culture, USA culture in particular)

Yes, this is a generally understood reference
65.6%
No, this is not a generally understood reference
34.4%
Poll ended at .
Show threadBrant VogelDec 19, 2022
@Jason I always heard shoe size.
Brant VogelDec 19, 2022
https://www.bbc.com/news/business-your-money-64021412.amp
Elon Musk: Twitter users vote in favour of boss resigning

Some 57.5% of users voted "yes" when Elon Musk asked them if he should quit as Twitter's chief executive.

BBC News
Show threadBrant VogelDec 19, 2022
@Zagercat I harbor a brother and sister, the brother being a tuxedo. Similar size difference. And sometimes they do this, when the little one isn't inciting a fight with her one stone brother. I'll try to capture an entertaining moment, like when they box standing on their hind legs.