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@mnent.bsky.social
The best lack all conviction
While the worst
Are full of passionate intensity.
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Trying not to sound completely nuts while explaining only a fraction of what's happening to not-terminally-online friends and family.
Currently not succeeding.
While the worst
Are full of passionate intensity.
...
Trying not to sound completely nuts while explaining only a fraction of what's happening to not-terminally-online friends and family.
Currently not succeeding.
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I’m just going to tell the story. Back in 2000 I was volunteering for the Gore campaign when he came along with Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Alfre Woodard and Dule Hill to a GOTV event here in MN. He ended up sitting down across from me stuffing his envelopes.
December 15, 2025 at 2:43 AM
I’m just going to tell the story. Back in 2000 I was volunteering for the Gore campaign when he came along with Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Alfre Woodard and Dule Hill to a GOTV event here in MN. He ended up sitting down across from me stuffing his envelopes.
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I learned that Makary & his top vaccine regulator Vinay Prasad forced FDA scientists to withdraw a paper from Vaccine. I am co-Editor-in-Chief of Vaccine. The data had been presented publicly. It showed the benefits outweigh the risks of COVID vaccines for all ages.
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Whistleblowers say Makary silenced internal researchers who supported COVID-19 vaccine access. Their studies were buried or delayed. The agency meant to protect public health is now struggling to protect its own scientists from retaliation.
December 14, 2025 at 2:01 AM
I learned that Makary & his top vaccine regulator Vinay Prasad forced FDA scientists to withdraw a paper from Vaccine. I am co-Editor-in-Chief of Vaccine. The data had been presented publicly. It showed the benefits outweigh the risks of COVID vaccines for all ages.
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What a great honour!
And well deserved, you're a great storyteller.
And well deserved, you're a great storyteller.
December 14, 2025 at 1:28 AM
What a great honour!
And well deserved, you're a great storyteller.
And well deserved, you're a great storyteller.
I'm not so sure.
The Federalist Society have their line of succession and their plan of action (Project 2025).
Like, Trump has been checked out since January, interested only in self-enrichment and shiny things, and the business of this executive is already being conducted by the worst people..
The Federalist Society have their line of succession and their plan of action (Project 2025).
Like, Trump has been checked out since January, interested only in self-enrichment and shiny things, and the business of this executive is already being conducted by the worst people..
December 14, 2025 at 12:21 AM
I'm not so sure.
The Federalist Society have their line of succession and their plan of action (Project 2025).
Like, Trump has been checked out since January, interested only in self-enrichment and shiny things, and the business of this executive is already being conducted by the worst people..
The Federalist Society have their line of succession and their plan of action (Project 2025).
Like, Trump has been checked out since January, interested only in self-enrichment and shiny things, and the business of this executive is already being conducted by the worst people..
What are you basing your optimism on, Kevin?
December 13, 2025 at 6:12 PM
What are you basing your optimism on, Kevin?
Robin Ince reveals to last night’s audience at a recording of Infinite Monkey Cage that the BBC has forced him to resign over his support of trans people
December 13, 2025 at 12:35 PM
I do think you might have looked into it before floating hypotheticals, Dorian.
It's known that the BBC have rules on how staff and contractors use social media, and his video stating his reasons pass the smell test, unless there's any evidence to the contrary, for me.
It's known that the BBC have rules on how staff and contractors use social media, and his video stating his reasons pass the smell test, unless there's any evidence to the contrary, for me.
December 13, 2025 at 12:33 PM
I do think you might have looked into it before floating hypotheticals, Dorian.
It's known that the BBC have rules on how staff and contractors use social media, and his video stating his reasons pass the smell test, unless there's any evidence to the contrary, for me.
It's known that the BBC have rules on how staff and contractors use social media, and his video stating his reasons pass the smell test, unless there's any evidence to the contrary, for me.
Can't imagine even attempting it.
A (sadly passed) pal did it, and I saw him completely die on his arse, and also blow a hugely established comedian off the stage on another occasion
A (sadly passed) pal did it, and I saw him completely die on his arse, and also blow a hugely established comedian off the stage on another occasion
December 13, 2025 at 11:17 AM
Can't imagine even attempting it.
A (sadly passed) pal did it, and I saw him completely die on his arse, and also blow a hugely established comedian off the stage on another occasion
A (sadly passed) pal did it, and I saw him completely die on his arse, and also blow a hugely established comedian off the stage on another occasion
Art director took the assignment 'Dick van Dyke' a bit literally
December 13, 2025 at 11:15 AM
Art director took the assignment 'Dick van Dyke' a bit literally
I'd imagine the very act of thinking you have the charisma to go up in front of a crowd and make them laugh / absorb the hecklers tends to attract a good proportion of self absorbed pricks, ok!
December 13, 2025 at 11:06 AM
I'd imagine the very act of thinking you have the charisma to go up in front of a crowd and make them laugh / absorb the hecklers tends to attract a good proportion of self absorbed pricks, ok!
Could you expand on why you think this applies in today's situation?
Anything I've read by him shows a fiercely principled neurodiverse person (the type, 9 out of 10 blueskyers already agree should be left to run the country), with unbounded curiosity and, yes, empathy.
Anything I've read by him shows a fiercely principled neurodiverse person (the type, 9 out of 10 blueskyers already agree should be left to run the country), with unbounded curiosity and, yes, empathy.
December 13, 2025 at 10:52 AM
Could you expand on why you think this applies in today's situation?
Anything I've read by him shows a fiercely principled neurodiverse person (the type, 9 out of 10 blueskyers already agree should be left to run the country), with unbounded curiosity and, yes, empathy.
Anything I've read by him shows a fiercely principled neurodiverse person (the type, 9 out of 10 blueskyers already agree should be left to run the country), with unbounded curiosity and, yes, empathy.
Signs you are in a cult, part 1
December 12, 2025 at 4:58 PM
Signs you are in a cult, part 1
You'd think when you found yourself so far out on a limb from your friends and family you'd start to question your thinking, instead of reaching for the saw
December 12, 2025 at 4:47 PM
You'd think when you found yourself so far out on a limb from your friends and family you'd start to question your thinking, instead of reaching for the saw
A milkshake duck scenario, it was swept under the carpet a bit, that or adolescence, I'd bet.
December 12, 2025 at 4:39 PM
A milkshake duck scenario, it was swept under the carpet a bit, that or adolescence, I'd bet.
'Top of the 4th Quarter here and USA playing offense'...
December 12, 2025 at 9:07 AM
'Top of the 4th Quarter here and USA playing offense'...
I have trouble wording these things circumspectly - it's nice to have a lawyer here who can couch these things in legal niceties!!
December 11, 2025 at 11:23 AM
I have trouble wording these things circumspectly - it's nice to have a lawyer here who can couch these things in legal niceties!!
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2/ This became quite a thread. Look below for some powerful reminiscences. As I said, I was watching that night with my dad. Just something lots of fathers and sons did and do. A total shock. I was eleven but a huge Beatles fan. Threw me in a profound way. It's overshadowed in my life because ...
December 9, 2025 at 2:04 PM
2/ This became quite a thread. Look below for some powerful reminiscences. As I said, I was watching that night with my dad. Just something lots of fathers and sons did and do. A total shock. I was eleven but a huge Beatles fan. Threw me in a profound way. It's overshadowed in my life because ...
Hadn't noticed but same here!
December 9, 2025 at 11:38 AM
Hadn't noticed but same here!
It's fascinating how stammerers can use music and rhythm to bypass it also!
December 5, 2025 at 12:33 AM
It's fascinating how stammerers can use music and rhythm to bypass it also!
I'll read this thanks
I was also idly speculating, since music seems to reach parts of the memory seemingly erased by dementia, could you somehow, along with accessing memories, seed new ones?
Musicophilia by Oliver Sacks is another great read by the way
I was also idly speculating, since music seems to reach parts of the memory seemingly erased by dementia, could you somehow, along with accessing memories, seed new ones?
Musicophilia by Oliver Sacks is another great read by the way
December 5, 2025 at 12:32 AM
I'll read this thanks
I was also idly speculating, since music seems to reach parts of the memory seemingly erased by dementia, could you somehow, along with accessing memories, seed new ones?
Musicophilia by Oliver Sacks is another great read by the way
I was also idly speculating, since music seems to reach parts of the memory seemingly erased by dementia, could you somehow, along with accessing memories, seed new ones?
Musicophilia by Oliver Sacks is another great read by the way
I was thinking of this since you wrote it Luke, have you read 'This is your brain on music' and David Byrne's 'How Music Works'?
Maybe you could find the beats and bleets to 'soothe the savage breast'?!
www.irishtimes.com/science/2025...
Maybe you could find the beats and bleets to 'soothe the savage breast'?!
www.irishtimes.com/science/2025...
Music and maths are inextricably intertwined
That’s Maths: the equal-tempered scale is a substantial gift of mathematics to music
www.irishtimes.com
December 5, 2025 at 12:24 AM
I was thinking of this since you wrote it Luke, have you read 'This is your brain on music' and David Byrne's 'How Music Works'?
Maybe you could find the beats and bleets to 'soothe the savage breast'?!
www.irishtimes.com/science/2025...
Maybe you could find the beats and bleets to 'soothe the savage breast'?!
www.irishtimes.com/science/2025...