Well, I have now been quoted calling SpaceX "fuckweasels" in a real publication by real journalists: https://au.pcmag.com/ai/116598/spacex-to-start-small-with-1-million-satellite-plan-pushes-back-on-critics

[ewen@social.ewenbell.com]

@sundogplanets

To quote Rebecca Solnit when asked if her strong language was inhibiting discussion on climate change: "Politeness is not the problem"

[colesstreetpothole@weatherishappening.network]

@sundogplanets This is so awesome.

[contrasocial@mastodon.social]

@sundogplanets

Getting this published is a great achievment, you are indeed our champion.

[overtondoors@infosec.exchange]

A point on the trend line of public consciousness I would be proud of @sundogplanets

Civility only works when the other party is capable of acting in good faith. It's your (and so many people's) good faith that they depend upon to advance their strategies.

[kierkegaanks@beige.party]

@sundogplanets dr evil (with mail order doctorate)

[sundogplanets@mastodon.social]

@teledyn 1000 Canadian bonus points to you!

[nicknamesofgod@mastodon.social]

@sundogplanets I'd call that an early strong contended for 2026's word of the year.

[vanalope@timeloop.cafe]

@sundogplanets i feel like "fuckweasel" is a kind and generous description.

[mxchara@seattle.pink]

@sundogplanets gasp! so uncivil towards the supergeniuses of the technological Singularity /s

[n_dimension@infosec.exchange]

@sundogplanets

In the fantastic space series "The Expanse"

If you fucked with the life support systems, air or water, you would be summarily executed by throwing into space from an airlock.

I think we should introduce this to preserve earth life support.

#expanse #stayawayfromtheaqua

[bzdev@fosstodon.org]

@sundogplanets Well, like Groucho Marx in Duck Soup, you could "apologize" for being insensitive: it isn't fair to the rest of the "f***weasels".

At least the public has learned that astronomers can be as expressive as everyone else.

An astrophysicist at NRAO once told me about being home with the flu as a kid on a Sunday morning. A preacher on the radio said you didn't get credit for just believing but for believing when you had every reason not to. He sat up and shouted "B___S___".

[plasticine_era@mastodon.social]

@sundogplanets

[starluna@mastodon.social]

@sundogplanets

[isol@mastodon.au]

@sundogplanets

Oh no! They've quoted you out of context!

They definitely should have included that you called SpaceX "SHITBALLS" before you called them "FUCKWEASELS".

#Fuckweasels

[katchwreck@mastodon.social]

@sundogplanets technically, fuckweasels must come from the Weasel region of France. so, they are most likely a cheap imitation, sometimes referred to as a "fuckvarmint"

[ids1024@mathstodon.xyz]

@sundogplanets Is it really appropriate to compare a perfectly respectable mustelid to those ruthless animals?

[scott@sfba.social]

@sundogplanets be sure to save a clipping of this for your tenure application!

[christianrickert@23.social]

@sundogplanets

I think by now it's officially a technical term for ... fuckweasels.

[catawu@mastodon.social]

@sundogplanets Yay! Fierce Truth!

[therieau@bitbang.social]

@sundogplanets Thank you, Doctor. It looks really hard, but I'm grateful that you're there leading the fight. Even if our own government is butts-to-nuts full of fuckweasels.
We're working on the tribunals down here, keep working on the stars up there. We love you.