Mike O'Donnell
@modbol.bsky.social
Tenor in Colorado Springs, singing with Out Loud Chorus.
http://www.odonnell.koumbit.org/WildWorbWeed/ODBOL/
http://www.odonnell.koumbit.org/WildWorbWeed/ODBOL/
Smoke Signals: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Smoke_S...
Smoke Signals (film) - Wikipedia
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November 27, 2025 at 4:45 PM
Smoke Signals: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Smoke_S...
It's 'cause we rich old white men have the comfiest chairs.
EX CATHEDRA COMMODA POMPEOSE LOQUIMUR
EX CATHEDRA COMMODA POMPEOSE LOQUIMUR
November 19, 2025 at 3:38 PM
It's 'cause we rich old white men have the comfiest chairs.
EX CATHEDRA COMMODA POMPEOSE LOQUIMUR
EX CATHEDRA COMMODA POMPEOSE LOQUIMUR
EX CATHEDRA COMMODA POMPEOSE LOQUIMUR
Ooops. I pompously goofed my pompous Latin. My chair is very comfy.
Ooops. I pompously goofed my pompous Latin. My chair is very comfy.
November 19, 2025 at 3:37 PM
EX CATHEDRA COMMODA POMPEOSE LOQUIMUR
Ooops. I pompously goofed my pompous Latin. My chair is very comfy.
Ooops. I pompously goofed my pompous Latin. My chair is very comfy.
It appears to me that we as society tend to celebrate, thank, and sentimentalize our military veterans to avoid supporting them materially. This tendency goes back centuries, and involves every country that I've been able to read about. It is totally wrong and unjust.
November 11, 2025 at 4:03 PM
It appears to me that we as society tend to celebrate, thank, and sentimentalize our military veterans to avoid supporting them materially. This tendency goes back centuries, and involves every country that I've been able to read about. It is totally wrong and unjust.
I'm pretty sure that PPLD already owned Ruth Holley Branch Library, but operated it in a leased building. Now they have purchased the building. From the posted text, I thought that PPLD had acquired a separately owned and operated library.
November 11, 2025 at 12:10 AM
I'm pretty sure that PPLD already owned Ruth Holley Branch Library, but operated it in a leased building. Now they have purchased the building. From the posted text, I thought that PPLD had acquired a separately owned and operated library.
Please don't conflate punting (pushing with a pole) with rowing a gondola.
September 14, 2025 at 5:30 PM
Please don't conflate punting (pushing with a pole) with rowing a gondola.
I carry a nondisposable shopping bag for those times.
August 15, 2025 at 2:09 PM
I carry a nondisposable shopping bag for those times.
The Zipf's law distribution of word frequencies might be a problem: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zipf's_...
Zipf's law - Wikipedia
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August 7, 2025 at 3:56 PM
The Zipf's law distribution of word frequencies might be a problem: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zipf's_...
Will the online edition continue? The article seemed to imply that, but it wasn't explicit.
July 25, 2025 at 3:42 PM
Will the online edition continue? The article seemed to imply that, but it wasn't explicit.
Is your defense team ready to oppose the deportation order?
Coleridge was more prudent, and only twitted a despot from the distant past.
Coleridge was more prudent, and only twitted a despot from the distant past.
May 23, 2025 at 3:50 PM
Is your defense team ready to oppose the deportation order?
Coleridge was more prudent, and only twitted a despot from the distant past.
Coleridge was more prudent, and only twitted a despot from the distant past.
Once again, life follows art. In Patrick O'Brian's novel, The Surgeon's Mate, Captain Aubrey and Dr. Maturin are escaping from Napoleon's prison by breaking through the toilet hole. They are rescued in another way at the last minute, but still ...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Sur...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Sur...
The Surgeon's Mate - Wikipedia
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May 17, 2025 at 12:13 AM
Once again, life follows art. In Patrick O'Brian's novel, The Surgeon's Mate, Captain Aubrey and Dr. Maturin are escaping from Napoleon's prison by breaking through the toilet hole. They are rescued in another way at the last minute, but still ...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Sur...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Sur...
This article appears to say (second last sentence) that a log was delivered at 3:25 PM, 25 minutes late.
www.courthousenews.com/judge-threat...
www.courthousenews.com/judge-threat...
Judge threatens DOJ with contempt over silence in Abrego Garcia deportation case
A Maryland judge is just the latest to call out the Trump administration for violating court orders.
www.courthousenews.com
May 13, 2025 at 11:08 PM
This article appears to say (second last sentence) that a log was delivered at 3:25 PM, 25 minutes late.
www.courthousenews.com/judge-threat...
www.courthousenews.com/judge-threat...
And this is the infallible word of Slats Grobnik speaking ex Billy Goat.
May 9, 2025 at 4:56 PM
And this is the infallible word of Slats Grobnik speaking ex Billy Goat.
Nope. He's "Da Pope," and we don't need no style guides. We got da style ourselves.
May 9, 2025 at 4:43 PM
Nope. He's "Da Pope," and we don't need no style guides. We got da style ourselves.
I see that there is no long-term displacement, but I'm not quick enough to tell whether there is a very brief displacement.
The notion of "displacement" is also not clearly defined when brightness of pixels changes.
The notion of "displacement" is also not clearly defined when brightness of pixels changes.
May 7, 2025 at 5:58 PM
I see that there is no long-term displacement, but I'm not quick enough to tell whether there is a very brief displacement.
The notion of "displacement" is also not clearly defined when brightness of pixels changes.
The notion of "displacement" is also not clearly defined when brightness of pixels changes.
The "further reading" item attributes the illusion to "reverse phi." I found the description confusing, and I'm not sure whether it involves slight displacement or not. It seems to imply that some motion is detected already at the fovea.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phi_phe...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phi_phe...
en.wikipedia.org
May 7, 2025 at 5:03 PM
The "further reading" item attributes the illusion to "reverse phi." I found the description confusing, and I'm not sure whether it involves slight displacement or not. It seems to imply that some motion is detected already at the fovea.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phi_phe...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phi_phe...
I'm pretty sure the images move very slightly, then reset. The illusion is not the motion, but missing the reset.
We detect motion quickly at a fairly low level of visual cognition, in a way that does not depend on tracking an object over longer times and distances.
nba.uth.tmc.edu/neuroscience...
We detect motion quickly at a fairly low level of visual cognition, in a way that does not depend on tracking an object over longer times and distances.
nba.uth.tmc.edu/neuroscience...
Visual Processing: Cortical Pathways (Section 2, Chapter 15) Neuroscience Online: An Electronic Textbook for the Neurosciences | Department of Neurobiology and Anatomy - The University of Texas Medica...
nba.uth.tmc.edu
May 7, 2025 at 4:46 PM
I'm pretty sure the images move very slightly, then reset. The illusion is not the motion, but missing the reset.
We detect motion quickly at a fairly low level of visual cognition, in a way that does not depend on tracking an object over longer times and distances.
nba.uth.tmc.edu/neuroscience...
We detect motion quickly at a fairly low level of visual cognition, in a way that does not depend on tracking an object over longer times and distances.
nba.uth.tmc.edu/neuroscience...
You neglected to say nothing of the dog.
May 2, 2025 at 5:10 PM
You neglected to say nothing of the dog.
Mike O'Donnell
@modbol.bsky.social
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I found an article with some information about the actual authority of the ICE under an administrative (not judicial) warrant, vs. Judge Dugan's authority in her courtroom.
www.azcentral.com/story/news/l...
@modbol.bsky.social
· 43m
I found an article with some information about the actual authority of the ICE under an administrative (not judicial) warrant, vs. Judge Dugan's authority in her courtroom.
www.azcentral.com/story/news/l...
www.azcentral.com
April 25, 2025 at 6:55 PM
Mike O'Donnell
@modbol.bsky.social
· 43m
I found an article with some information about the actual authority of the ICE under an administrative (not judicial) warrant, vs. Judge Dugan's authority in her courtroom.
www.azcentral.com/story/news/l...
@modbol.bsky.social
· 43m
I found an article with some information about the actual authority of the ICE under an administrative (not judicial) warrant, vs. Judge Dugan's authority in her courtroom.
www.azcentral.com/story/news/l...
Judge Xinis had ordered DOJ to explain its apparent defiance of court orders regarding Kilmar Abrego Garcia's detention in El Salvador by 6:00 PM EDT yesterday, Wednesday April 23.
April 24, 2025 at 5:57 PM
Judge Xinis had ordered DOJ to explain its apparent defiance of court orders regarding Kilmar Abrego Garcia's detention in El Salvador by 6:00 PM EDT yesterday, Wednesday April 23.