Brother Brown
@agent-ape.bsky.social
Primate, Secular Humanist, Naturalist.
Pinned
Brother Brown
@agent-ape.bsky.social
· Aug 12
Please take 2 minutes of your time to read this...
"If we learn that “p”, then p. (You can’t learn a falsehood; you can only come to believe one.)"
"If we learn that “p”, then p. (You can’t learn a falsehood; you can only come to believe one.)"
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I find it staggering - almost beyond belief - to find myself having to constantly remind people (including serious professional journalists) that Putin does not represent the interests of Russian citizens
(ditto Xi and Chinese citizens)
(ditto Xi and Chinese citizens)
November 28, 2025 at 1:32 PM
I find it staggering - almost beyond belief - to find myself having to constantly remind people (including serious professional journalists) that Putin does not represent the interests of Russian citizens
(ditto Xi and Chinese citizens)
(ditto Xi and Chinese citizens)
Notable that Trump hasn't offered sanctuary to his precious Nigerian Christians nor threatened military intervention in South Africa.
& I'll bet a penny to a pound every blown up Venezuelan fishing boat was asked to be blessed by mother Mary by their catholic owners.
& I'll bet a penny to a pound every blown up Venezuelan fishing boat was asked to be blessed by mother Mary by their catholic owners.
November 28, 2025 at 5:46 AM
Notable that Trump hasn't offered sanctuary to his precious Nigerian Christians nor threatened military intervention in South Africa.
& I'll bet a penny to a pound every blown up Venezuelan fishing boat was asked to be blessed by mother Mary by their catholic owners.
& I'll bet a penny to a pound every blown up Venezuelan fishing boat was asked to be blessed by mother Mary by their catholic owners.
If you are unable or unwilling to accept your core identity as a sentient social ape then whatever personal identity you harbour lacks ontological grounding & as such probably fake.
November 28, 2025 at 4:26 AM
If you are unable or unwilling to accept your core identity as a sentient social ape then whatever personal identity you harbour lacks ontological grounding & as such probably fake.
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Amazing look at a Erenna siphonophore. @schmidtocean.bsky.social dive 874 #asgardarchaea #MarineLife
November 27, 2025 at 4:56 PM
Amazing look at a Erenna siphonophore. @schmidtocean.bsky.social dive 874 #asgardarchaea #MarineLife
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Putin's plan to end the war in Ukraine.
Cartoon by Michael de Adder
Cartoon by Michael de Adder
November 27, 2025 at 1:10 AM
Putin's plan to end the war in Ukraine.
Cartoon by Michael de Adder
Cartoon by Michael de Adder
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Reminder of who the real threat was, and who the threat has never been.
Maybe today should be a day of atonement.
Maybe today should be a day of atonement.
November 27, 2025 at 12:04 PM
Reminder of who the real threat was, and who the threat has never been.
Maybe today should be a day of atonement.
Maybe today should be a day of atonement.
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No one can help but be themselves I think it's oftentimes fair to say.
I'd just rather they be reasonably sound & enlightened selves to have to deal with every day.
I'd just rather they be reasonably sound & enlightened selves to have to deal with every day.
November 25, 2025 at 10:05 AM
No one can help but be themselves I think it's oftentimes fair to say.
I'd just rather they be reasonably sound & enlightened selves to have to deal with every day.
I'd just rather they be reasonably sound & enlightened selves to have to deal with every day.
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Iron Maiden - The Number of the Beast.
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
#Music #MusicSky #Vinyl #VinylSky #VinylCommunity #VinylCollectors #VinylRecords #NowPlaying #NowSpinning
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
#Music #MusicSky #Vinyl #VinylSky #VinylCommunity #VinylCollectors #VinylRecords #NowPlaying #NowSpinning
November 25, 2025 at 10:01 AM
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A day late for #forestfriday but the woods today were dark, wet, and quiet.
#nature #woods #trees #forest #photography #eastcoastkin #fall #autumn
#nature #woods #trees #forest #photography #eastcoastkin #fall #autumn
November 22, 2025 at 3:51 PM
A day late for #forestfriday but the woods today were dark, wet, and quiet.
#nature #woods #trees #forest #photography #eastcoastkin #fall #autumn
#nature #woods #trees #forest #photography #eastcoastkin #fall #autumn
Sharks never have, nor ever will, rule over any country whatsoever.
November 23, 2025 at 4:27 PM
Sharks never have, nor ever will, rule over any country whatsoever.
Sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic.
Sufficiently understood geopolitics is indistinguishable from tragedy.
Sufficiently understood geopolitics is indistinguishable from tragedy.
November 23, 2025 at 3:50 PM
Sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic.
Sufficiently understood geopolitics is indistinguishable from tragedy.
Sufficiently understood geopolitics is indistinguishable from tragedy.
By first acknowledging we're all just apes.
November 23, 2025 at 3:47 PM
By first acknowledging we're all just apes.
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If I must belong to a cult then let it be one that encompasses the following!
Please point out anything that would be wrong or anything that’s missing!
Please point out anything that would be wrong or anything that’s missing!
November 22, 2025 at 12:32 PM
If I must belong to a cult then let it be one that encompasses the following!
Please point out anything that would be wrong or anything that’s missing!
Please point out anything that would be wrong or anything that’s missing!
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In between trips carrying water, sometimes one cannot help but step back and look with awe at the fire.
November 21, 2025 at 1:38 AM
In between trips carrying water, sometimes one cannot help but step back and look with awe at the fire.
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If taxing was fair there would be no need for philanthropy.
& If distribution of services fair the government would eliminate charity.
& wouldn't cost average Joe more than a couple of pennies if everyone rejected war for peace & prosperity.
Altruism makes for safety
& If distribution of services fair the government would eliminate charity.
& wouldn't cost average Joe more than a couple of pennies if everyone rejected war for peace & prosperity.
Altruism makes for safety
November 20, 2025 at 6:00 AM
If taxing was fair there would be no need for philanthropy.
& If distribution of services fair the government would eliminate charity.
& wouldn't cost average Joe more than a couple of pennies if everyone rejected war for peace & prosperity.
Altruism makes for safety
& If distribution of services fair the government would eliminate charity.
& wouldn't cost average Joe more than a couple of pennies if everyone rejected war for peace & prosperity.
Altruism makes for safety
The ballroom should be auctioned off as a keepsake for a billionaire when all this is done.
& The proceeds, If justice is to prevail, added to every penny they've all made confiscated & used to set up a universal health insurance fund.
& The proceeds, If justice is to prevail, added to every penny they've all made confiscated & used to set up a universal health insurance fund.
November 20, 2025 at 5:53 AM
The ballroom should be auctioned off as a keepsake for a billionaire when all this is done.
& The proceeds, If justice is to prevail, added to every penny they've all made confiscated & used to set up a universal health insurance fund.
& The proceeds, If justice is to prevail, added to every penny they've all made confiscated & used to set up a universal health insurance fund.
Your friend of your minerals is your friend.
& If not, you'd probably prefer they would be.
& If not, you'd probably prefer they would be.
November 20, 2025 at 5:48 AM
Your friend of your minerals is your friend.
& If not, you'd probably prefer they would be.
& If not, you'd probably prefer they would be.
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Known as “Hurrian Hymn No. 6,” this is the oldest complete #song known to humankind.
Discovered in an excavation in northern #Syria in the 1950s & written in #cuneiform in the #Hurrian language, the song is believed to date to at least 1400 B.C.
youtu.be/h8rsnGecwPU?... 🎧
#History #Music
Discovered in an excavation in northern #Syria in the 1950s & written in #cuneiform in the #Hurrian language, the song is believed to date to at least 1400 B.C.
youtu.be/h8rsnGecwPU?... 🎧
#History #Music
The Oldest (Known) Song Ever
YouTube video by Ming
youtu.be
November 19, 2025 at 2:08 AM
Known as “Hurrian Hymn No. 6,” this is the oldest complete #song known to humankind.
Discovered in an excavation in northern #Syria in the 1950s & written in #cuneiform in the #Hurrian language, the song is believed to date to at least 1400 B.C.
youtu.be/h8rsnGecwPU?... 🎧
#History #Music
Discovered in an excavation in northern #Syria in the 1950s & written in #cuneiform in the #Hurrian language, the song is believed to date to at least 1400 B.C.
youtu.be/h8rsnGecwPU?... 🎧
#History #Music
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Crossfire
YouTube video by Stevie Ray Vaughan - Topic
youtu.be
November 17, 2025 at 9:19 PM
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Joni Mitchell video.
Parking Lot Song & Both Sides Now. #60's
Parking Lot Song & Both Sides Now. #60's
Joni Mitchell ~ Big Yellow Taxi + Both Sides Now (BBC - 1969)
YouTube video by Boston 4 Evaa
music.youtube.com
November 18, 2025 at 5:32 AM
Joni Mitchell video.
Parking Lot Song & Both Sides Now. #60's
Parking Lot Song & Both Sides Now. #60's
Is it China that takes over Taiwan or China is taken over by democracy?
November 18, 2025 at 12:05 PM
Is it China that takes over Taiwan or China is taken over by democracy?
For those saying it's not right v left anymore but right v wrong side of history...
It's never been anything other than being on the right or wrong side of morality.
That any objective historian would dutifully attest.
It's never been anything other than being on the right or wrong side of morality.
That any objective historian would dutifully attest.
November 18, 2025 at 5:05 AM
For those saying it's not right v left anymore but right v wrong side of history...
It's never been anything other than being on the right or wrong side of morality.
That any objective historian would dutifully attest.
It's never been anything other than being on the right or wrong side of morality.
That any objective historian would dutifully attest.