Dr. SmolAnalyst is hoping the next town won't have an Omelas pit
@smolanalyst.bsky.social
DC wargamer abroad with two borked cats, an oversized dog, and an unhealthy interest in moral injury, chaplaincy and WMDs. The least prepared chaplaincy student and most relaxed part-time faculty member. Her dresses have pockets.
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Most discussions about “misinformation” treat the problem as if people simply don’t have good enough critical-thinking skills. It sounds intuitive, but it’s not entirely accurate. The problem isn’t just individual ignorance, it’s the structure of the information environment people are placed into.
Finland has emerged as a global leader in countering “fake news”. Here's how they've done it
Teaching when to trust
As fake news accelerates, we need to teach our children how to think critically. Finnish schools are leading the charge
newhumanist.org.uk
December 7, 2025 at 2:14 PM
Most discussions about “misinformation” treat the problem as if people simply don’t have good enough critical-thinking skills. It sounds intuitive, but it’s not entirely accurate. The problem isn’t just individual ignorance, it’s the structure of the information environment people are placed into.
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Ebenezer Scrooge: Goes outside
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You know how Enterprise has Faith of the Heart as a theme song, instead of good orchestral music?
What's the ideal Star Trek credits opening / pop song cover pairing and why is it Voyager and a minor key cover of I'll Be There For You?
What's the ideal Star Trek credits opening / pop song cover pairing and why is it Voyager and a minor key cover of I'll Be There For You?
December 6, 2025 at 5:41 AM
You know how Enterprise has Faith of the Heart as a theme song, instead of good orchestral music?
What's the ideal Star Trek credits opening / pop song cover pairing and why is it Voyager and a minor key cover of I'll Be There For You?
What's the ideal Star Trek credits opening / pop song cover pairing and why is it Voyager and a minor key cover of I'll Be There For You?
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Please get in touch with my friend Will if you are (or know) an artist who can donate a little time and skill to this union fight.
Are there any fan artists who can do (Western) TV cartoon characters reasonably true-to-style who want to donate a little mischievous labor to some Canadian creative industry workers in a union fight against corporate greed? If so, send me a message and I can give you details!
December 6, 2025 at 12:27 AM
Please get in touch with my friend Will if you are (or know) an artist who can donate a little time and skill to this union fight.
Everyone thinks the theory and steps matter
None of these guys remember the manual labor involved and the fact that the demon core killed a dude - not because he didn't know how to make a bomb, but because he physically put the two parts too close together
None of these guys remember the manual labor involved and the fact that the demon core killed a dude - not because he didn't know how to make a bomb, but because he physically put the two parts too close together
this is quite the detail
November 30, 2025 at 3:02 PM
Everyone thinks the theory and steps matter
None of these guys remember the manual labor involved and the fact that the demon core killed a dude - not because he didn't know how to make a bomb, but because he physically put the two parts too close together
None of these guys remember the manual labor involved and the fact that the demon core killed a dude - not because he didn't know how to make a bomb, but because he physically put the two parts too close together
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i could tell you how to make a nuclear bomb step by step and there's zero chance on earth you could make one because that's not the hard part
November 30, 2025 at 2:53 PM
i could tell you how to make a nuclear bomb step by step and there's zero chance on earth you could make one because that's not the hard part
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fighting for my life against the persistent and insistent intrusive thought
November 30, 2025 at 1:47 AM
fighting for my life against the persistent and insistent intrusive thought
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What I love about Dutch is every time you’re like “lol look at this funny phrase” a Dutch person is like “actually that translation is incorrect” and then the correct one they provide is somehow even sillier
November 29, 2025 at 10:14 AM
What I love about Dutch is every time you’re like “lol look at this funny phrase” a Dutch person is like “actually that translation is incorrect” and then the correct one they provide is somehow even sillier
November 29, 2025 at 10:20 AM
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Does anyone want a survivorship bias shortbread
November 29, 2025 at 4:50 AM
Does anyone want a survivorship bias shortbread
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broke: après ski
woke:
woke:
November 28, 2025 at 6:06 PM
broke: après ski
woke:
woke:
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just ask for things.
anything. there's 300 things and you deserve it.
hesitating on if you deserve it means you deserve it.
anything. there's 300 things and you deserve it.
hesitating on if you deserve it means you deserve it.
November 28, 2025 at 5:07 PM
just ask for things.
anything. there's 300 things and you deserve it.
hesitating on if you deserve it means you deserve it.
anything. there's 300 things and you deserve it.
hesitating on if you deserve it means you deserve it.
Help the baby has decided that rather than learn French or Danglish she would prefer to grow additional teeth
Kid, what if fewer teeth and more language?
Kid, what if fewer teeth and more language?
November 28, 2025 at 6:59 PM
Help the baby has decided that rather than learn French or Danglish she would prefer to grow additional teeth
Kid, what if fewer teeth and more language?
Kid, what if fewer teeth and more language?
My step-grandfather, who in retrospect absolutely made me the person I am today
My sister, for keeping me honest and razzing the crap outta me
Our friends Erik and Maggie, for being the most hospitable neighbors after our kid was born, and always having space and time for our family
My sister, for keeping me honest and razzing the crap outta me
Our friends Erik and Maggie, for being the most hospitable neighbors after our kid was born, and always having space and time for our family
Pop-up gratitude journal. Quick! Someone you appreciate & why!
November 28, 2025 at 6:49 PM
My step-grandfather, who in retrospect absolutely made me the person I am today
My sister, for keeping me honest and razzing the crap outta me
Our friends Erik and Maggie, for being the most hospitable neighbors after our kid was born, and always having space and time for our family
My sister, for keeping me honest and razzing the crap outta me
Our friends Erik and Maggie, for being the most hospitable neighbors after our kid was born, and always having space and time for our family
Introduce yourself with 5 animals you've seen in the wild:
Eurasian Brown Bear (from a distance!)
Prairie dog
Least weasel
Roe deer
Sea lion
Eurasian Brown Bear (from a distance!)
Prairie dog
Least weasel
Roe deer
Sea lion
Introduce yourself with 5 animals you've seen in the wild:
Goliath heron
Himalayan vulture
Cerulean warbler
Laysan albatross
Australian king parrot
Goliath heron
Himalayan vulture
Cerulean warbler
Laysan albatross
Australian king parrot
Introduce yourself with 5 animals you've seen in the wild:
Blue whale (and calf)
Mexican free-tailed bat
King rail
Portuguese man-o-war
17 year periodical cicada
Blue whale (and calf)
Mexican free-tailed bat
King rail
Portuguese man-o-war
17 year periodical cicada
November 28, 2025 at 6:27 PM
Introduce yourself with 5 animals you've seen in the wild:
Eurasian Brown Bear (from a distance!)
Prairie dog
Least weasel
Roe deer
Sea lion
Eurasian Brown Bear (from a distance!)
Prairie dog
Least weasel
Roe deer
Sea lion
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🩷 let's make some magic 🩷
last year, this community turned the most consumerist day of the year into a day defined strangers saying "I got you" to people that really need a bright spot in their life.
it's time to run it back.
last year, this community turned the most consumerist day of the year into a day defined strangers saying "I got you" to people that really need a bright spot in their life.
it's time to run it back.
November 28, 2025 at 3:00 PM
🩷 let's make some magic 🩷
last year, this community turned the most consumerist day of the year into a day defined strangers saying "I got you" to people that really need a bright spot in their life.
it's time to run it back.
last year, this community turned the most consumerist day of the year into a day defined strangers saying "I got you" to people that really need a bright spot in their life.
it's time to run it back.
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I don't hold to any faith, but there's a saying I hold close to my heart: a guest is a gift from god.
Going to great lengths to shut out immigrants—whether they be refugees, asylum seekers, or just people looking to start new lives for whatever reason—shows a meanness that is unworthy of humanity.
Going to great lengths to shut out immigrants—whether they be refugees, asylum seekers, or just people looking to start new lives for whatever reason—shows a meanness that is unworthy of humanity.
Idea: Immigrants should be welcomed instead of demonized.
November 28, 2025 at 6:01 AM
I don't hold to any faith, but there's a saying I hold close to my heart: a guest is a gift from god.
Going to great lengths to shut out immigrants—whether they be refugees, asylum seekers, or just people looking to start new lives for whatever reason—shows a meanness that is unworthy of humanity.
Going to great lengths to shut out immigrants—whether they be refugees, asylum seekers, or just people looking to start new lives for whatever reason—shows a meanness that is unworthy of humanity.
Shout outs to the local government for informing me that they don't actually need an apostille version of my birth certificate, but that without it they tragically cannot include my parents in my lineage documents
Because they want to build out my lineage in a file
Like a horse or an aristocrat
Because they want to build out my lineage in a file
Like a horse or an aristocrat
November 27, 2025 at 7:50 PM
Shout outs to the local government for informing me that they don't actually need an apostille version of my birth certificate, but that without it they tragically cannot include my parents in my lineage documents
Because they want to build out my lineage in a file
Like a horse or an aristocrat
Because they want to build out my lineage in a file
Like a horse or an aristocrat
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me: *sees a dead bird* this is a bad omen
wife: you're ruining thanksgiving
wife: you're ruining thanksgiving
November 23, 2023 at 5:07 PM
me: *sees a dead bird* this is a bad omen
wife: you're ruining thanksgiving
wife: you're ruining thanksgiving
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I took a work meeting in the car while we were driving to visit my family in northern Michigan and was playing stardew valley on my phone and my 19yo goes "look at my chaplain, dawg, I'm never getting to heaven" and I laughed so hard I accidentally hung up the teams meeting
November 26, 2025 at 10:46 PM
I took a work meeting in the car while we were driving to visit my family in northern Michigan and was playing stardew valley on my phone and my 19yo goes "look at my chaplain, dawg, I'm never getting to heaven" and I laughed so hard I accidentally hung up the teams meeting
Guillermo del Toro's Spice World
Guillermo del Toro’s Blues Clues
guillermo del toro's amelia bedelia
November 26, 2025 at 5:59 AM
Guillermo del Toro's Spice World
Gonna helicopter parent like a CV-22.
Helicopter parenting is for losers. How about you try fighter jet parenting and raise some real warriors
November 25, 2025 at 6:00 PM
Gonna helicopter parent like a CV-22.
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h-o-t-t-o-g-o
how spell hot dog? I don't know!
how spell hot dog? I don't know!
November 25, 2025 at 4:59 PM
h-o-t-t-o-g-o
how spell hot dog? I don't know!
how spell hot dog? I don't know!
Driving around with fog lights in broad daylight in the Belgian countryside and why did nobody warn me this country is fucking Silent Hill
November 25, 2025 at 7:23 AM
Driving around with fog lights in broad daylight in the Belgian countryside and why did nobody warn me this country is fucking Silent Hill