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Sunny Moraine @dynamicsymmetry.bsky.social · 13h

I know there are people who are going to roll their eyes at this

Those people are stupid. Every tool should be on the table and this is a very specifically powerful one for a lot of folks

rahaeli @rahaeli.bsky.social · 14h

For any Catholic, the sight of a Eucharistic Procession being turned away at the gates of the destination is the embodiment of Jesus being denied entrance. You don't have to be Catholic to get the symbolism in that!

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👁🌻🦊⚙️⚓ Bob, Engineer, Pusher of Paper @navmecheng.bsky.social · 20h

> It is 2025 BC. I am a soldier from one of the outlying provinces called to defend the pyramid in Memphis

> It is 2025 AD. I am a soldier from one of the outlying provinces called to defend the pyramid in Memphis

Soldiers at the Bass Pro Shops pyramid in Memphis, TN.

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Patrick Cosmos @veryimportant.lawyer · 12h

There has got to be a version of the Bible where “Nate silver kind of admits he’s wrong” is one of the four horsemen

Ed Zitron @edzitron.com · 14h

AI has lost the dunce vote. It’s over

Nate Silver
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I'm just one person, and my programming needs are somewhat unusual (building various kinds of statistical forecasting models). But I'm just not seeing the consistent productivity gains from LLMs that I would have expected if you'd asked me 6 months ago.

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Ian Boudreau @ianboudreau.com · 2d

Johnny Cash released his cover of Nine Inch Nails' "Hurt" in 2002, shortly before he died - it was an enormous hit, it's hilarious that some guy writing for the Wall Street Journal is just now realizing he was cool

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John McFerrin @tarkus1980.bsky.social · 1d

"Football Done Right" is a pretty good read

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John McFerrin @tarkus1980.bsky.social · 1d

Actually I more or less described my old boss, who wasn't an idiot but was unquestionably an asshole who shouldn't have been allowed in polite society.

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John McFerrin @tarkus1980.bsky.social · 1d

Anyway I'm not interested in any definition or conception of "masculinity" that doesn't make room for John Lodge singing "Eyes of a Child" or Ray Thomas singing "Floating"

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John McFerrin @tarkus1980.bsky.social · 1d

If you're wondering why it doesn't have this song or that song it's because I didn't want it to be 50 songs long. There are *glaring* omissions in here.

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John McFerrin @tarkus1980.bsky.social · 1d

open.spotify.com/playlist/2D6...

A giant Moody Blues introduction Playlist I put together a few years ago, based off of a 2 CD Moodies compilation I made for myself in graduate school. Listen in order, I put a lot of thought into the sequencing.

Moody Blues Primer

open.spotify.com

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John McFerrin @tarkus1980.bsky.social · 1d

It would be simpler if Lombardi was an idiot. I think he's smart and insightful in a big picture sort of way, but he's arrogant enough to believe that makes him an expert on specific things that he has no skill in. He is the most toxic and dangerous kind of smart person to work with.

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John McFerrin @tarkus1980.bsky.social · 1d

Another great one from the same album

youtu.be/zPGCj_FzSQk?...

Who Could Change

YouTube video by John Lodge - Topic

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John McFerrin @tarkus1980.bsky.social · 1d

RIP John Lodge. Here's a great song that gets easily forgotten because it was on a solo album instead of a Moodies album.

youtu.be/BfFIIKlmPJg?...

Say You Love Me

YouTube video by John Lodge - Topic

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Capricorn Iscariot @deaconblues1979.bsky.social · 1d

Goodbye to a criminally underrated guitarist 😭

The Guardian @theguardian.com · 2d

Moody Blues singer and bassist John Lodge dies aged 82

Musician died peacefully surrounded by sounds of Everly Brothers and Buddy Holly, say family The Moody Blues singer and bass guitarist, John Lodge, has died at the age of 82, his family have said. A statement read: “It is with the deepest sadness that we have to announce that John Lodge, our darling husband, father, grandfather, father-in-law and brother, has been suddenly and unexpectedly taken from us. Continue reading...

www.theguardian.com

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John McFerrin @tarkus1980.bsky.social · 2d

This whole "the Super Bowl should feature good music like Lee Underwood" reminds me of my deceased father essentially believed that 20th century popular music peaked with "How Much is That Doggy in the Window"

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Rodger Sherman @rodger.bsky.social · 3d

when UNC scored on the first possession of the first game and Colin Cowherd immediately posted this, and then UNC lost by 34

Wasn’t really sure what to expect from Chapel Bill. But after that drive, I have him as second best college coach I’ve ever seen, just below Saban.

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John McFerrin @tarkus1980.bsky.social · 4d

The Cake Shake will be enough by itself to make him join the Pritzker khanate

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BUM CHILLUPS AKA SPENCER HALL @edsbs.bsky.social · 4d

I’m not body shaming but I’m also honest this Texas boy is gonna roll through Portillo’s once and switch allegiances

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John McFerrin @tarkus1980.bsky.social · 4d

He was an elite defensive coordinator who may have rolled higher by landing on Brady than any of us might have thought. There’s absolutely a world where he ends up remembered in NFL history closer to Steve Spagnuolo

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Jane Coaston @janecoaston.bsky.social · 4d

Has there ever been a college football hire with this level of hype that went worse faster

Gabriel Malor @gabrielmalor.bsky.social · 4d

Bill Belichick and Hulu's documentary to chronicle his first year at UNC has been canceled. Heh.

www.msn.com/en-us/sports...

MSN

www.msn.com

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John McFerrin @tarkus1980.bsky.social · 5d

Jon Davison is Temu Jon Anderson

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John McFerrin @tarkus1980.bsky.social · 5d

A few years ago, when the Chicago Bears fired their GM named Ryan and their head coach named Matt, they replaced them with a GM named Ryan and a head coach named Matt, and I've always had the theory they did this primarily because the owner of the team was 100 years old at the time.

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John McFerrin @tarkus1980.bsky.social · 5d

One of those people married Emily from "Emily's Song" by The Moody Blues!

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John McFerrin @tarkus1980.bsky.social · 5d

It is unbelievably funny and irritating to me how incorrectly the FB algorithm interprets my internet searches in terms of content it suggests to me

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John McFerrin @tarkus1980.bsky.social · 5d

"Spinal Meningitis Got Me Down"

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John McFerrin @tarkus1980.bsky.social · 5d

"Can U Taste The Waste?"

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