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Mike Nock @mnocksr.bsky.social · 7h

Still on the fence about California Prop 50? Here’s a thoughtful, brief analysis. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Should Californians vote to redistrict and fight Texas’s fire with fire? | Moira Donegan

A state referendum could give Democrats five more congressional seats. It faces two key critiques

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Mike Nock @mnocksr.bsky.social · 2d

I’ve gone from owning the first Mac/iPhone/iPad, using Apple products for 41 years, a legit power user . . . to hanging on every word in Rich Bowlin’s outstanding YouTube series for my fellow geezers and me. Here’s Rich in action: youtu.be/HJ_eOnVM1Lo?...

Stop Forgetting Things! How to Stay Organized with Apple Reminders

YouTube video by Rich Bowlin

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James Fallows @jfallows.bsky.social · 2d

A 14-word replacement for most op-eds, substacks, etc about this moment.

The GOP could stop ALL of this, right now—if a handful of Sens or Reps could step outside the cult.

It would take four in the Senate, four (maybe five) in the House, to change history.

Until then, they're all to blame.

Jess Piper @piperformissouri.bsky.social · 2d

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Matt Novak @paleofuture.bsky.social · 3d

Here's the Ronald Reagan ad from Canada that Trump calls "fake."

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Mike Nock @mnocksr.bsky.social · 4d

Excellent, though I prefer the HL I saw at 6AM:
"The Gentrification of the Democratic Party is Unsustainable." www.nytimes.com/2025/10/23/o...

Opinion | How Democrats Became the Party of the Well-to-Do

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Mike Nock @mnocksr.bsky.social · 6d

“Finally, it is important for our students, and as many of our fellow citizens as we can engage, to better grasp how the evident decline in trust in the arena of public health came to pass.” bsky.app/profile/dick...

Richard Tofel @dicktofel.bsky.social · 6d

What I will be teaching about this afternoon @hsph.harvard.edu
www.statnews.com/2025/10/21/p...

The origins of Covid and public health’s uncertainty problem

“One of the greatest lessons of the last five years is that public health needs to step up its game in dealing with uncertainty.”

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Mike Nock @mnocksr.bsky.social · 9d

A slight variation from my Hotel Lobby Coffee iPad Series . . . the view from our little porch at the wonderful marquiscapemay.com. Definitely not our last October visit to @capemaynj.bsky.social

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James Fallows @jfallows.bsky.social · 11d

This guy really knows what he is doing.

Best natural campaigner in a long time.

Zohran Kwame Mamdani @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social · 11d

An important message to the people of New York City.

More information at zohranfornyc.com/birthday

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Mike Nock @mnocksr.bsky.social · 11d

Ahhh . . . memories. Thank you @theatlantic.com. h/t @kottke.org.
www.theatlantic.com/books/2025/1...

65 Essential Children’s Books

Illustrated titles that teach kids to love literature

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Bill Kristol @billkristolbulwark.bsky.social · 15d

Pope Leo quotes Hannah Arendt:

“The ideal subject of totalitarian rule is not the convinced Nazi or the convinced Communist, but people for whom the distinction between fact and fiction and the distinction between true and false no longer exist."

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Pope Leo calls for news agencies to stand as bulwark against "post-truths," lies and manipulation

Pope Leo XIV has encouraged international news agencies to stand firm as a bulwark against the "ancient art of lying" and manipulation.

www.cbsnews.com

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Mike Nock @mnocksr.bsky.social · 15d

Couldn’t have said it better myself . . .

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Krassensteins @krassenstein.bsky.social · 17d

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Mike Nock @mnocksr.bsky.social · 17d

For my kids . . . www.highagency.com

High Agency in 30 Minutes - George Mack

High agency might be the most important idea of the 21st century. This essay is what I wish I read at 18, rather than writing at 30. Join me in the high agency rabbit hole.

www.highagency.com

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Mike Nock @mnocksr.bsky.social · 18d

Another wonderful Clyde Haberman obit, this one full of life and business wisdom. RIP Saul Zabar. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/07/d...

Saul Zabar, Smoked Fish Czar of Upper West Side, Dies at 97

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Mike Nock @mnocksr.bsky.social · 19d

Done.

Scott Galloway @profgalloway.com · 19d

Prof G Markets is up for a Signal Award for Best Money & Finance podcast. Vote here: vote.signalaward.com/PublicVoting...

The Signal Listener's Choice Award needs YOU

I just voted for this finalist to win a Signal Listener's Choice Award. You should too.

vote.signalaward.com

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Mike Nock @mnocksr.bsky.social · 25d

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No really, what do you want to eat? 🙃 #marriedlife

YouTube video by Holderness Family Music

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Gabe Wasylko @gabewasylko.com · 29d

Your Cleveland Guardians are going to the MLB Postseason

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Richard Tofel @dicktofel.bsky.social · Sep 27

Naming a museum of capitalism after Mike Milken is like naming a museum of literature after Clifford Irving, or an art museum after Elmyr de Hory
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/27/b...

On Pennsylvania Ave., Michael Milken’s Curious Temple to the American Dream

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Kurt Andersen @kurtandersen.bsky.social · Sep 23

1982: unknown evil madman puts cyanide in Tylenol to kill and panic people, causing maker’s stock to drop 29%

2025: evil super-celebrity makes mad claims about Tylenol—“we found an answer to autism, won't let it happen anymore”—causing panic and maker’s stock to drop 20%

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Mike Nock @mnocksr.bsky.social · Sep 22

Smart. And well-timed. www.wsj.com/articles/the...

Exclusive | The Guardian’s New Pitch to Americans—It’s Not Just About Trump

British publisher aims to get more people visiting its website as AI summaries threaten search traffic.

www.wsj.com

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Mike Nock @mnocksr.bsky.social · Sep 21

"I learned my greatest lesson ever in songwriting from him, which was never let the lyric get in the way of the groove."
www.npr.org/2014/09/19/3...

Do you remember? Why 'September' Sustains

It begins, "Do you remember?" — and we supply the memories. Dan Charnas tells the origin story of the Earth, Wind & Fire hit that still unites generations on the dance floor.

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Mike Nock @mnocksr.bsky.social · Sep 21

Anyone else having trouble generating enthusiasm for Mass attendance this morning?

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Mike Nock @mnocksr.bsky.social · Sep 19

NYT: "Mr. Iger, @Disney’s chief executive, and Dana Walden, his head of television, were also hearing from skittish advertisers and employees who had begun to receive threatening messages . . .
So they made the call."

So did we. Goodbye DisneyPlus @ $24/mo. #BoycottCensorship

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Kurt Andersen @kurtandersen.bsky.social · Sep 19

My AI agent of choice is Claude. Added bonus: its maker Anthropic actually seems to care about the social good in addition to making money. And its CEO/co-founder isn’t sucking up to the autocrat like his OpenAI ex-colleague Sam Altman and the other shameless sycophantic tech leaders.

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