Fred Bentler
@bentler.bsky.social
An outdoorsman pecking at a computer.
I try to be careful about how I use the word, "we."
September 1, 2025 at 6:49 PM
I try to be careful about how I use the word, "we."
Right on cue
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House will vote on Trump’s request to cut funding for NPR, PBS and foreign aid
House Republicans will look to cut about $9.4 billion in spending already approved by Congress as President Donald Trump’s administration seeks to follow through on work by the Department of Governmen...
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June 12, 2025 at 2:11 PM
Right on cue
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I think you do a nice job of spreading reasonable lines of thinking, for what it's worth. California turned things around after this guy taught for a while. People think what they see and hear.
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June 11, 2025 at 2:44 PM
I think you do a nice job of spreading reasonable lines of thinking, for what it's worth. California turned things around after this guy taught for a while. People think what they see and hear.
newsarchive.berkeley.edu/news/media/r...
newsarchive.berkeley.edu/news/media/r...
Yeah, they've been playing the long game for a long time. Interesting discussion about this at www.philosophytalk.org/shows/politi...
Politics and Cognitive Science
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June 11, 2025 at 2:28 PM
Yeah, they've been playing the long game for a long time. Interesting discussion about this at www.philosophytalk.org/shows/politi...
My 19 yo is the same way-- voracious! He gave me Nexus for Christmas and then read it first, in like three days. But I don't think he stocked up like that for summer yet! 😄
May 31, 2025 at 2:22 AM
My 19 yo is the same way-- voracious! He gave me Nexus for Christmas and then read it first, in like three days. But I don't think he stocked up like that for summer yet! 😄
This is another aspect of rightwing extremist tactics: accuse the enemy of that which you are guilty.
"It is, in other words, an attempt to abuse government power in the precise way that Beattie and Republicans have accused Democrats of doing."
"It is, in other words, an attempt to abuse government power in the precise way that Beattie and Republicans have accused Democrats of doing."
May 3, 2025 at 1:18 AM
This is another aspect of rightwing extremist tactics: accuse the enemy of that which you are guilty.
"It is, in other words, an attempt to abuse government power in the precise way that Beattie and Republicans have accused Democrats of doing."
"It is, in other words, an attempt to abuse government power in the precise way that Beattie and Republicans have accused Democrats of doing."
There's a great presentation about the underlying idea of life detection method by Professor Lynn Margulis:
youtu.be/c5m1pXX8NBM?...
youtu.be/c5m1pXX8NBM?...
Lynn Margulis presents the Gaia Hypothesis at NASA
YouTube video by Gaian Systems
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April 18, 2025 at 2:30 PM
There's a great presentation about the underlying idea of life detection method by Professor Lynn Margulis:
youtu.be/c5m1pXX8NBM?...
youtu.be/c5m1pXX8NBM?...
The mind guards are working overtime these days.
April 7, 2025 at 2:21 AM
The mind guards are working overtime these days.
Their messages are as relevant today as they were eight years ago. From what I see, they remain authentic and consistent in their beliefs- "based."
R-E-S-P-E-C-T.
R-E-S-P-E-C-T.
April 6, 2025 at 5:31 PM
Their messages are as relevant today as they were eight years ago. From what I see, they remain authentic and consistent in their beliefs- "based."
R-E-S-P-E-C-T.
R-E-S-P-E-C-T.