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In short, kitty.
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In short, kitty.
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Indignant dilute tortie have needs.
Funranium (AKA Phil Broughton) (@funranium.bsky.social) reply parent
That's a little something called "impact".
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[Wurzel voice] OIM A ROMAN LEGION I LEGIONS ALL OF THE DAY MARCHIN IN TURTLE THAT'S HOW EARNS MY PAY OO ARR OO ARR AY OO ARR OO ARR AY
Funranium (AKA Phil Broughton) (@funranium.bsky.social) reply parent
Thinkin' 'bout Rome again.
Funranium (AKA Phil Broughton) (@funranium.bsky.social) reply parent
[Bob Barker invisible hat tip] Spay your Mattys, folks!
Funranium (AKA Phil Broughton) (@funranium.bsky.social) reply parent
Shane MacGowan taught me this lesson young.
Funranium (AKA Phil Broughton) (@funranium.bsky.social) reply parent
Our Lord and Savior, Jesus Pissfingers
Funranium (AKA Phil Broughton) (@funranium.bsky.social) reply parent
But, much like the Ren & Stimpy episode "Horse Thieves" it aired twice and then never again. Because SOMEONE definitely did notice.
Funranium (AKA Phil Broughton) (@funranium.bsky.social) reply parent
Talking to the creators of ZIM at a party 20 years ago, the "Dark Harvest" episode was made because they expected to get cancelled *immediately* so they went for broke on their 2nd ep. When they got no pushback, they were disoriented with, oh shit, we have no limits.
Funranium (AKA Phil Broughton) (@funranium.bsky.social) reply parent
That particular construction from Invader ZIM will live in my heart forever. The General Case: You have a $THING in/on your $PLACE You have $PLACE $THINGs Go To The Nurse
Funranium (AKA Phil Broughton) (@funranium.bsky.social) reply parent
There's a bat in your curtains. You have Curtain Bats. Go To The Nurse.
Funranium (AKA Phil Broughton) (@funranium.bsky.social) reply parent
Some people's mamas didn't learn them manners.
Funranium (AKA Phil Broughton) (@funranium.bsky.social) reply parent
Just Normal Americans.
Funranium (AKA Phil Broughton) (@funranium.bsky.social) reply parent
I gave this video the long Thuls Doom side eye. I’d sooner respond to the lab with 90% hydrogen peroxide. At least I know that was permitted and built for it. Kinda. We still had the stand back and let it burn order.
Funranium (AKA Phil Broughton) (@funranium.bsky.social) reply parent
Frank’s Web of GUNISHMENT
Funranium (AKA Phil Broughton) (@funranium.bsky.social)
“No Assblasting With Whales”
Funranium (AKA Phil Broughton) (@funranium.bsky.social) reply parent
[gets out the special calipers to measure the skull dents]
Funranium (AKA Phil Broughton) (@funranium.bsky.social) reply parent
I can fix many things. They *WILL* work but they will look terrible the whole time and it will offend the sensibilities of competent people that they refuse to fail.
Funranium (AKA Phil Broughton) (@funranium.bsky.social) reply parent
Dammit autocorrect, stop trying to shop me around. APPALLING not appealing.
Funranium (AKA Phil Broughton) (@funranium.bsky.social) reply parent
The funny thing about being the child of a person where they worked better after he fixed them, there are fewer broken things to learn their wizardry from. What skills I have a truly appealing kludge abilities.
Funranium (AKA Phil Broughton) (@funranium.bsky.social) reply parent
Never played, wouldn’t know.
Funranium (AKA Phil Broughton) (@funranium.bsky.social) reply parent
And I enjoyed the bejeezus out of it. Also, there was beer!
Funranium (AKA Phil Broughton) (@funranium.bsky.social) reply parent
I admit, I sighed and said “At least they didn’t end up in the pool.” Being a safety professional harms your faith in people.
Funranium (AKA Phil Broughton) (@funranium.bsky.social) reply parent
I know my unit conversions. I have physics degrees.
Funranium (AKA Phil Broughton) (@funranium.bsky.social) reply parent
A small Cadillac the size of a large Buick.
Funranium (AKA Phil Broughton) (@funranium.bsky.social) reply parent
An Explorer that gets told "Bruh, that's so 16th century" and they up their game to full on Prospector. The mix and match possibilities are delightful.
Funranium (AKA Phil Broughton) (@funranium.bsky.social)
Sing the anthem! www.youtube.com/watch?v=KBXs...
Funranium (AKA Phil Broughton) (@funranium.bsky.social) reply parent
Nice upchuck, Benedetto!
Funranium (AKA Phil Broughton) (@funranium.bsky.social)
The brown stain on a white tablecloth left by the removed vendor is what really sells it. That is art.
Funranium (AKA Phil Broughton) (@funranium.bsky.social) reply parent
The concept of Journeyman Heroes is going to make some hybrid oddness and I'm excited for it. I smile at the very idea of Dr. Jargono Native who brings advanced fungus and healing shiv techniques to the Old West.
Funranium (AKA Phil Broughton) (@funranium.bsky.social) reply parent
MY TANK IS FIGHT!!! was made with the memory of Jen in mind. Also the very funny times that Forever Florida Man bit a tank to death and a Sumo stared down a tank and slapped the bejeezus out of it.
Funranium (AKA Phil Broughton) (@funranium.bsky.social) reply parent
Raise the bridge, trucks can be taller. QED ...oops
Funranium (AKA Phil Broughton) (@funranium.bsky.social) reply parent
FOSSILIZED BUTTSTUFF STRIKES AGAIN!
Anthony Maltese of the Badlands (@mosasaurologist.bsky.social) reposted
This was one of the most bizarre projects to work on in Cretaceous Crossroads. I only had ever found pieces of sturgeon in the field, but someone discovered a whole one um, "lodged" up a duckbill. What a find, glad we could help get a copy on display.
Funranium (AKA Phil Broughton) (@funranium.bsky.social)
It's Labor Day, which means it is time for Team SENSIBLE SHOES to fire up things up for Extra Life 2025! We've added a few new things and, on game day, whole new wheels to spin when the Kazoo of Destiny goes off. Everyone loves wheels!
David_j_roth (@davidjroth.bsky.social) reposted
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. filling an IV bag from a murky puddle near Trump National's sixth tee. "The president needs parameciums," he tells the assembled media. "It's the only treatment proven to work in real testing." His golf cart is piled high with dozens of dead birds.
Funranium (AKA Phil Broughton) (@funranium.bsky.social) reply parent
That just invites people to build something more interesting on top of it.
Funranium (AKA Phil Broughton) (@funranium.bsky.social) reply parent
There is a distressing lack of weird hair in that shot.
Funranium (AKA Phil Broughton) (@funranium.bsky.social) reply parent
The one true sauce!
Funranium (AKA Phil Broughton) (@funranium.bsky.social) reply parent
A Haunted Hamburger! www.youtube.com/watch?v=dwNV...
Funranium (AKA Phil Broughton) (@funranium.bsky.social) reply parent
Flung like a small Cadillac.
Funranium (AKA Phil Broughton) (@funranium.bsky.social) reply parent
DOE showing our imponderable degree descendants their O-face.
Funranium (AKA Phil Broughton) (@funranium.bsky.social) reply parent
[waves]
Funranium (AKA Phil Broughton) (@funranium.bsky.social) reply parent
They do. They are often much more of a pain than they’re worth. And quite expensive.
Funranium (AKA Phil Broughton) (@funranium.bsky.social)
I’m pleased to report that @aotearoabadger.bsky.social is back. I’m happy to return the conn to him. He Is The Captain.
Funranium (AKA Phil Broughton) (@funranium.bsky.social) reply parent
I do know the difference.
Funranium (AKA Phil Broughton) (@funranium.bsky.social) reply parent
There are an unfortunate number of them in the world and lasers are increasingly cheap and plentiful.
Funranium (AKA Phil Broughton) (@funranium.bsky.social) reply parent
Nice.
timothy faust (@tbone.malware-virus.biz) reposted
happy labor day everyone. now more than ever we got to remember what it's about.
Funranium (AKA Phil Broughton) (@funranium.bsky.social) reply parent
Right in the newts!
Mondo Mascots (@mondomascots.bsky.social) reposted
In Kochi City Station there’s a statue of Berobero No Kamisama, a nude, pink, spiral-eyed figure who is the local god for drunkards.
Funranium (AKA Phil Broughton) (@funranium.bsky.social) reply parent
Looks like success to me.
Funranium (AKA Phil Broughton) (@funranium.bsky.social) reply parent
I am a professional.
Funranium (AKA Phil Broughton) (@funranium.bsky.social) reply parent
I once played this continuously in my office for just short of three months before my officemate finally snapped. ...and then he missed it. chickenonaraft.com
Funranium (AKA Phil Broughton) (@funranium.bsky.social) reply parent
[sad hobbit face] I don’t think they know about Second Reconstruction. :(
Funranium (AKA Phil Broughton) (@funranium.bsky.social) reply parent
Qivut is startlingly warm and left me utterly convinced that our ancestors used blown mammoth undercoat and I want to know what it felt like.
Jessica Schulberg (@jessicaschulberg.bsky.social) reposted
I got to talk with @lataco.bsky.social's @eltragon.bsky.social about his tireless documentation of immigration raids in LA, and how his knowledge of the city's street food scene makes him a better immigration reporter
Funranium (AKA Phil Broughton) (@funranium.bsky.social) reply parent
🎶Heyyy-O Chikkin onna staff Ohhhh my Chikkin onna staff🎶
Funranium (AKA Phil Broughton) (@funranium.bsky.social) reply parent
If you go camping in the huts, there will be a log and a Possum Spear.
Funranium (AKA Phil Broughton) (@funranium.bsky.social) reply parent
Dangit, now I want Giants lumpia.
Funranium (AKA Phil Broughton) (@funranium.bsky.social) reply parent
I had not previously realized he was born that specific year. Per the anecdotal school district employees minding the kids, that appeared to be a particularly shit crop. 1986 was the next really great cohort.
Funranium (AKA Phil Broughton) (@funranium.bsky.social) reply parent
So dignified.
Funranium (AKA Phil Broughton) (@funranium.bsky.social) reply parent
I am promised fantastic eating at their stadium by @punkey.org but they won’t give me the CHAOSBALL that the Giants so regularly do. If aliens landed in the outfield of a Giants game, I would not be surprised and go get another hotdog.
Funranium (AKA Phil Broughton) (@funranium.bsky.social) reply parent
Oh yes. YES! I don’t even knit and I know this. I fondled much yarn. It feels nice.
Funranium (AKA Phil Broughton) (@funranium.bsky.social) reply parent
I admitted, to god and the internet, that LA sparks joy. I had to get over myself but I found things I love over time.
Funranium (AKA Phil Broughton) (@funranium.bsky.social) reply parent
Frankly, I’m used to California being barely acknowledged as on this continent much less solidarity.
Funranium (AKA Phil Broughton) (@funranium.bsky.social) reply parent
@aotearoabadger.bsky.social oh boy, HERESY!
Funranium (AKA Phil Broughton) (@funranium.bsky.social) reply parent
[shakes head sadly] This is the problem with getting old but not retired. Less free time for one’s passions.
Funranium (AKA Phil Broughton) (@funranium.bsky.social) reply parent
TRICK QUESTION: They didn’t write anything. Only did covers.
Funranium (AKA Phil Broughton) (@funranium.bsky.social) reply parent
I remember the day Mr. Templeton sent him to the nurse to get checked out, except no one was there that day thanks to Prop 13. When I asked if he was okay, Mr. Templeton hit me with the full 1000 yard stare and said "May you never have reason to know what a badly healed bullet wound looks like."
Funranium (AKA Phil Broughton) (@funranium.bsky.social) reply parent
The math is simple, people.
Funranium (AKA Phil Broughton) (@funranium.bsky.social)
My the associative property there is a secret third aisle between these two where you can get Meat Nuts.
Funranium (AKA Phil Broughton) (@funranium.bsky.social) reply parent
Can't learn on an empty stomach and definitely not when you're rapidly growing into a football lineman's body. It also amused Mr. Templeton to no end that the two of us got along well.
Funranium (AKA Phil Broughton) (@funranium.bsky.social) reply parent
Kid ultimately dropped out in high school and it was to the enduring frustration of the counselors that Mr. Templeton's class stood out as the lone A in his grades among all the D's and F's. Clearly he could do the work & wasn't dumb, he just wouldn't. The secret: Mr. Templeton kept him fed.
Funranium (AKA Phil Broughton) (@funranium.bsky.social) reply parent
Also, kind of impressive as a teacher in that he wouldn't give up on any student. Kid I usually sat next to had a really unpleasant home life, already heading toward a football build, w/ a certain metalhead/punk loathing of authority. Pretty sure Mr. Templeton was the only adult who was kind to him.
Funranium (AKA Phil Broughton) (@funranium.bsky.social) reply parent
He was a Korean War vet who had some rather bitter feelings about the military and the irresponsible use of it. He HATED the Gulf War and had a rather fascinating amount of insight to share regarding the many American & British concessions.
Funranium (AKA Phil Broughton) (@funranium.bsky.social) reply parent
Unfortunately, by the time I would have thanked him advanced Alzheimer’s had long since taken the man I knew.
Funranium (AKA Phil Broughton) (@funranium.bsky.social)
I didn’t really need one to teach me to love history. They generally wanted me to shut up. HOWEVER, Mr. Templeton was a 8th grade history & social studies who regarded his class as Civics. “You’ll all be able to vote soon. Some of you will serve in the military. You all need to know WHY and HOW.”
Funranium (AKA Phil Broughton) (@funranium.bsky.social) reply parent
There is a complimentary @katie.bzky.team in the background of this screencap. It is surprisingly not their fault this time.
Funranium (AKA Phil Broughton) (@funranium.bsky.social)
Okay, I hate this. This is so goddamn easy to fatfinger and launch the Bluesky Zendesk by accident.
Funranium (AKA Phil Broughton) (@funranium.bsky.social) reply parent
You are having an exceptionally Ursula day. Commitment to the "yes, and..." lifestyle gets weird sometimes.
Funranium (AKA Phil Broughton) (@funranium.bsky.social) reply parent
Corvidae: They're assholes, but they're fun.
Funranium (AKA Phil Broughton) (@funranium.bsky.social) reply parent
BROWN
Funranium (AKA Phil Broughton) (@funranium.bsky.social)
It has only been 72 hours but I already miss the gurgle-rattle of the ravens at Yellowstone. It was cute.
Funranium (AKA Phil Broughton) (@funranium.bsky.social) reply parent
Laser Flamethrowers: Responsibly used, they're good!
Funranium (AKA Phil Broughton) (@funranium.bsky.social) reply parent
Someone needs to take a laser flamethrower to that place. It is covered in centuries of Portufilth and needs to be CLEANSED back to gleaming white.
Funranium (AKA Phil Broughton) (@funranium.bsky.social) reply parent
I went to bed early so Santa would come but my stocking was not filled with a warm, fresh obituary this morning. :(
Funranium (AKA Phil Broughton) (@funranium.bsky.social) reply parent
Oh wow.
Funranium (AKA Phil Broughton) (@funranium.bsky.social) reply parent
The new ranger did indeed note this. They have seen The Truth.
Funranium (AKA Phil Broughton) (@funranium.bsky.social) reply parent
I cannot explain how joyful Yellowstone was to anyone but a geologist, to whom I don’t need to. The ecologist ranger we met had come to the conclusion that geology was better after being stationed at Yellowstone.
Funranium (AKA Phil Broughton) (@funranium.bsky.social) reply parent
Pouring a glass is, technically speaking, unpacking and cleaning at the same time.
Funranium (AKA Phil Broughton) (@funranium.bsky.social) reply parent
There were people handed Jeep Rubicons by rental companies that definitely were not up for this level of penis extension.
Funranium (AKA Phil Broughton) (@funranium.bsky.social) reply parent
THAT’S WHAT I SAID
PopGirl //NATOWave// (@popgirlnatowave.bsky.social) reposted
The Great Khan extols the his sacred virtues and calls upon his warriors to uphold the wisdom of the Steppe!
Funranium (AKA Phil Broughton) (@funranium.bsky.social) reply parent
I am still mad that the Cybertruck I saw in Yellowstone didn’t get destroyed by a geyser.